Key University bills face legislative fate

By Ray Stern
State Press
	As frazzled legislators attempt to wrap up the session by 
next week, some key University issues still face approval or 
failure.
	One bill would give universities the authority to sell $245 
million in bonds for capital improvement projects. Another would 
allow students with concealed weapons permits to legally carry 
their guns on campus.
	The bonding bill has cleared both houses of the Legislature 
and now awaits a final House vote to approve some minor changes 
made by the Senate.
	Sen. Gary Richardson, R-Tempe, said if the House concurs 
with the changes, the bill goes straight to the governor.
	"We will be waiting with anticipation as to whether he 
signs it," he said. "We need this bill because bonding authority is 
about to run out, and universities need the capacity to move 
forward with programs."
	Criticism over the bill has been relatively minor. Mark 
Davis, student regent and director of the Arizona Students' 
Association, a student lobbying group, has claimed the bond sales 
may result in future tuition increases to pay them off.
	However, the Arizona Board of Regents has supported the 
legislation as a crucial step toward improving campus buildings 
during the next five years.
	"That's the one we've watched very carefully," said Tony 
Seese-Bieda, the ABOR's assistant executive director for public 
affairs. "A significant portion of the projects will take care of 
environmental safety and health concerns of existing buildings Ñ 
upgrading sprinkling systems, fire alarms Ñ things really essential 
to preserve environmental quality."
	Seese-Bieda shrugged off concerns about the bill, saying 
there was no direct linkage between incurred debt and tuition 
increases. In addition, he said, if tuition was impacted, the regents 
would consider it as part of their regular tuition-setting process.
	He added that the issue will be discussed during a 
Wednesday tuition hearing on campus.
	If the concealed weapons bill becomes law, permit-holders 
could carry guns anywhere on campus except classrooms, said 
Greg Jernigan, the legal counsel to Sen. John Greene, R-Phoenix, 
the president of the Senate. Greene is sponsoring the bill.
	"In effect, those people who are already carrying on 
campus will no longer be criminals," Jernigan said.
	University and ABOR attempts to impose weapons-free 
areas Ñ which are already being questioned by lawmakers Ñ may 
soon be superseded by the new law, he said.
	"There is a state law which pre-empts the weapons areas, 
indicating only the state can regulate in that area," Jernigan added.
	Although the bill has been watered down, allowing 
businesses to escape a provision that would force them to supply 
"safekeeping" boxes or shelters for the guns, public institutions 
would still have to abide by the rule. Campus administrators and 
police officials have expressed doubts about the University's ability 
to provide storage for guns, and the potential liability in case of 
accidents or loss.
	Other bills the Legislature is expected to decide on include:
	- The "Superboard" bill, which is designed to create a new 
state board over the regents. The bill has been diluted to a mere 
shadow of the original concept. It now charges the Arizona Post-
secondary Education Commission with developing some new 
studies on University enrollment and policy.
	- The establishment of a post-secondary education tuition 
voucher program. The bill would grant $1,500 in vouchers to 
community-college graduates to attend private four-year colleges.
	"It's anybody's guess as to what's going to happen,"  Seese-
Bieda said.

Over 100 firms descend on ASU for Collegiate Job Fair

By Jeff Owens
State Press
	RŽsumŽs will be flying Saturday as more than 1,000 
students and alumni from several major Arizona schools descend 
on ASU for the Arizona Collegiate Job Fair '96.
	Representatives of more than 100 firms from McDonnell 
Douglas to McDonald's will meet prospective employees from 
ASU, NAU, UofA, Grand Canyon University, DeVry Institute of 
Technology and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University from 9 
a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Arizona and Ventana rooms of the Memorial 
Union.
	"The scope of this event is wonderful," said Elaine Stover, 
associate director of ASU Career Services. "The exposure on both 
sides is terrific Ñ for companies to be able to have that many job 
candidates, and for individuals to meet that many employers in one 
place."
	Jacque Gutierrez, Career Services office manager, said the 
businesses will include Intel, CIGNA Healthcare, McDonnell 
Douglas, Sears, McDonald's and several insurance companies and 
investment planning firms.
	Those who seek jobs can participate free of charge. 
Bulletins about the fair are available on the third floor of the 
Student Services Building, room C-363.
	"Industries are looking for all kinds of candidates in all 
majors," Stover said. "This is an outstanding opportunity for 
organizations to meet, screen and interview the best graduates and 
soon-to-be graduates the state of Arizona has to offer."

Coor hires Queens College dean to take over ASU West

By Timothy Tait
State Press
	The search for a new vice president and provost for ASU 
West has ended with the selection of Elaine Maimon to replace 
Ben Forsyth, interim provost of both ASU West and East.
	ASU President Lattie Coor made the appointment from the 
top three candidates Thursday.
	Maimon is the dean of experimental programs and a 
professor of English at Queens College in New York. She takes 
over the ASU West post on Aug. 1.
	"She has had broad experience in a number of institutions 
in ways that reach across disciplines to tie people together," Coor 
said. "She has many strong ideas for ASU West."
	In her 25 years as an educator, Maimon has been associate 
dean of the college at Brown University and associate vice 
president for special projects at Beaver College. She is also the 
founder of the Writing Across the Curriculum movement. Maimon 
earned a doctorate in English from the University of Pennsylvania 
in 1970.
	In a written statement, Maimon said, "ASU West is a 
campus with a strong vision: a respect for diversity within a strong 
sense of community; top scholars working in research partnerships 
with students; Arizona citizens aspiring to the highest levels of 
education, while living and working in Maricopa County 
neighborhoods."
	Other candidates for the position included Julia Miller, 
Dean of the College of Human Ecology, Michigan State University 
and Daniel Johnson, Dean of the School of Community Service, 
University of North Texas.
	Coor said that although all three finalists had impressive 
credentials, Maimon has the leadership skills to take the next 
significant steps in ASU West's development.
	"Dr. Maimon has demonstrated particular interest in 
working with the community to draw them more actively into the 
work of the campus," he said.
	Allan Brawley, search committee chairman and ASU West 
professor of social work, said more than 100 applications for the 
position were reviewed last fall.
	The original applications were reduced to six semi-finalists 
who were interviewed on campus in February. Based on those 
interviews, three finalists were chosen by the 15-member search 
committee.
	Brawley said eliminating the candidates to the three 
finalists was a difficult process.
	"There is very high agreement on the part of the committee 
that we have some excellent finalists," he said. "It was very 
difficult to narrow the group down."
	The search committee, Brawley said, looked for candidates 
who would be able to guide the branch campus into the next 
century.
	"We are at the stage that we need to identify new directions 
for the University," Brawley said. "We need people with that type 
of leadership."
	However, the academic credentials and experience that the 
search committee stipulated were not specifically outlined.
	"We cast the net fairly wide as far as background and 
academic discipline," Brawley said. "We ended up with a diverse 
group of finalists."
	Forsyth was appointed by Coor three years ago to serve as 
the head of the West campus on an temporary basis. Forsyth also 
works in the president's office on special projects and is interim 
provost of ASU East.
	"ASU West has shown impressive growth in academic 
programs and community service under Dr. Forsyth's leadership," 
Coor said. "Dr. Forsyth has been instrumental in creating a unique 
identity for the West campus."

Club to take on world issues at simulated U.N. conference

By Andrea M. Healey
State Press
	Trying to fix many of the world's problems in a four-day 
time period isn't something most students undertake.
	But eight members of ASU's United Nations Club are 
taking on the challenge in California. 
	"It's a simulation of the real U.N.," said Renee Kerr, club 
president. "There will be over 1,000 students from around the 
world, and we are the only Arizona university represented there."
	The ASU delegates are representing the countries of Mali, 
Tajikistan and Australia April 11-14.
	Representatives were chosen based on position papers and 
research skills.
	"Everyone contributes different qualities to the team," said 
Kerr, a senior double-majoring in accounting and political science.
	The committees involved include the general assembly, the 
international court of justice and the social, humanitarian and 
cultural committees. There will be two to three ASU delegates to 
each committee that will debate several issues.
	Kerr represents Mali in the third committee which deals 
with refugees, the rights of the child and human rights in the 
former Yugoslavia.
	Keith Gordon, a junior political science major, is 
representing Australia in the general assembly. His committee will 
discuss how to restructure the U.N. financially and in peace-
keeping activities, among other things.
	"I enjoy debating," Gordon said. "I'm going as a delegate, 
but I'm also going to try and be a support system for everyone 
else."
	Gordon also hopes to establish a name for ASU at the 
conference.
	"I'm hoping that these people will get some exposure," he 
said. "The most important part is to improve communication skills 
and to take a position that you don't necessarily agree with, but you 
fight for."
	Hedra Taylor, a sophomore humanities major, said she was 
looking forward to the trip. She is representing Australia in the 
third committee with Kerr.
	"I definitely hope to work on diplomatic communications," 
she said. "I'm excited about going and seeing some resolutions to 
some current world problems. You can't help hoping that the 
resolutions you come to will one day help the actual problems."
	The United Nations Club was founded last year. Students 
interested in joining may contact the REACH office, or call 968-
6452.

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Editorial: Boos & Bravos

	BRAVO Ñ To Arizona law-enforcement officials for their 
crackdown on the Aryan Brotherhood, a white-supremacist prison 
gang.
	Violence in prisons, drug smuggling and groups that preach 
the religion of hate and intolerance are all problems within our 
society. This crackdown, though not a total solution, struck blows 
against all three.
	The group is accused of smuggling drugs and guns in to 
inmates. Though prisoners are convicted of crimes, they do have 
the right to be incarcerated in an environment as safe as possible.
	We applaud the efforts of the law-enforcement officials that 
participated in Thursday's successful raids, particularly the Arizona 
Department of Corrections.

BOO Ñ To Gov. Fife Symington's threat to veto a bill that would 
drastically reform lobbying techniques.
	The bill would put a $25 cap on dinners purchased for 
lawmakers, and would ban entertainment gifts.
	But Symington has threatened to kill the measure unless it 
removes restrictions on free professional work, including legal and 
accounting services.
	Could Symington's proposed veto be motivated by a 
reliance on those very services? The director of a watchdog group 
claimed that Symington has received hundreds of thousands of 
dollars in such services.
	Lobbying reform is a noble measure. It helps ensure that 
lawmaker's votes cannot be bought. Too bad our governor doesn't 
have very noble motivations.

BRAVO Ñ To the Department of the Interior's successful flooding 
experiment in the Grand Canyon.
	In order to help restore the Grand Canyon's natural 
environment, the federal government created an artificial flood of 
the Colorado River by releasing water from the Glen Canyon Dam. 
The flood was meant to mimic the spring floods that were 
commonplace in the Canyon before the dam was built in 1963.
	The experiment appears to have gone very well. Beaches 
received up to 12 feet of new sand, backwater spawning areas for 
endangered species of fish were cleared out and non-native 
vegetation was washed away.
	It is encouraging to see the resources of the federal 
government being used in such a positive way Ñ to help not only 
preserve, but to re-create a natural environment.
	We hope to see more success stories like this one soon.

BOO Ñ To the name and logo of Phoenix's new NHL team: The 
Phoenix Coyotes.
	Forgive us for being literalists, but exactly how does a 
coyote have any connection with ice hockey? About the only 
connection we can see is that coyotes are fast, and so is hockey.
	And has anyone seen the new logo? We haven't seen a 
more ridiculous logo since the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. But 
then, at least ducks had something to do with water (and therefore, 
ice).
	Arizona has another pro team Ñ and another ridiculous, 
bush-league name. Why couldn't we just keep calling them the 
Jets?

Column: Procrastinators slow down life for others

Jonathan Inge
Columnist

	Nowadays, everybody wants everything fast, at the snap of 
their fingers.
	But no matter how fast we get something, it is never fast 
enough.
	A prime example of this is fast-food restaurants.
	Standing in line at a mad-cow-beef-serving joint, I 
pondered, why are the lines so long? Can't they go any faster?
	It's not that the workers are not fast; it is the other 
customers standing in line.
	They stand in line, looking at the menu, knowing full well 
what's on it. (Come on, every burger joint serves the same thing!)
	And it's usually those people who procrastinate that 
complain the most about the slow service.
	"I've been standing in line for 10 minutes and I haven't 
gotten my food yet," someone always will say.
	And I always want to reply, "Maybe if you'd make up your 
mind, you'd be out of here in two."
	By the time I get to the cashier, I already forgot what I 
wanted. And, the people behind me are wishing the hand of God 
would come down and smite me where I stood Ñ which to their 
misfortune, didn't happen.
	There are names for these kinds of people who cannot 
make up their minds and hold up everybody else.
	Procrastinators.
	(I will use this term since the other ones could be 
considered offensive.)
	No matter where you go or what you do, procrastinators 
will always be in the way, holding up everybody, being a major 
pain.
	Who are they? 
	Why do they procrastinate?
	Why can't they just annoy themselves?
	Why can't they know what they want before they get to the 
head of lines?
	And is it contagious?
	Procrastination is a widespread problem that affects 
millions of American who cannot rush into chores without 
considering all the options, and assessing whether it is the right 
day, month or year for specific tasks, said social commentator 
Nancy McIntyre in The Arizona Republic. "It is not surprising 
procrastinators have found lucrative careers in government."
	Could it be that procrastinators are born with an indecisive 
gene?
	In the womb, these ambivalent babes frequently stall for 
two or three weeks before taking the turbulent trip down the birth 
canal.
	Of course, there is no medical evidence of this connection, 
but it will remain a high-water mark.
	According to another article in The Arizona Republic, 
procrastinators may be perfectionists, waiting for the ideal time 
and place before beginning their work, or researching so 
thoroughly that they never advance beyond that research. They 
may be afraid of failing and proving they aren't worthy, or they 
may be afraid of succeeding and making others jealous. They may 
use procrastination as a method of control or to prove they don't 
play by others' rules. It may be central to their images as clowns 
known for their stories of delay and distraction. 
	Or procrastinators can have low motivational powers. They 
simply can't mobilize themselves.
	Or they could be just plain lazy.
	Berkeley psychologist Jane Burka, co-author of 
Procrastination: Why You Do It, What to Do About It, believes 
there are two categories to this behavioral problem Ñ "comfortable 
procrastination" and "problem procrastination."
	"Some procrastination can be really useful," Burka told the 
Republic, "For one thing, it can be a compromise with reality. You 
just can't do everything. You have to make some things priorities.
	"But problem procrastination is self-sabotaging and self-
defeating," she added. "What you're putting off is your No. 1 
priority. You're not putting off the tasks in your 'C' pile, but the 
tasks in your 'A' pile."
	Everybody knows a problem procrastinator. If you are 
sitting next to one as you read this, don't panic! The procrastinator 
is a docile creature; just back away slowly, and it will not attack.
	There is no medical evidence to show that procrastination is 
contagious. Of course, there is none to prove that it is not. 
	So, how can these poor schmucks save themselves from 
their own self-deprecating abuse?
	Unfortunately, Burka said, there are no quick fixes. The 
procrastinator has to come to terms with his or her fears. "You 
really have to have some self-reflection."
	Procrastinators should also learn to work with the time they 
have. Make a schedule and stick to it. If this cannot be done, get 
help Ñ lots of it.
	It's time to start the journey of a thousand steps. Just don't 
let the trip take a thousand years.

Johnathon Inge is a freshman studying journalism.

Letters to the Editor

Letter: CEO criticized for positive decision

	After almost two years at this University, I have not seen 
many editorials that I felt strongly enough about to respond to. 
However, after reading the editorial on Wall Street, I feel that a 
response is due. Almost every normal indicator in the markets is 
hinting that the economy is beyond any recession, and may even be 
on the verge of an inflationary run soon. 
	With news of high employment, combined with higher 
bond rates and the highest commodity rates in eight years, the 
stock markets are simply being cautious. With the employment 
news released Friday, many analysts have realized that the Fed will 
probably not be cutting any interest rates in the near future to spur 
the economy. Obviously, if the Fed does not continue on the 
strategy that it has followed for the past year, then there could be 
some overall slowing in the stock markets.
	The complaints that corporate America has heard in the 
past few months about their overpaid CEOs simply amount to 
short-sighted whining. Many CEOs' pay packages consist of a base 
salary and then bonuses and stock options that are directly tied to 
the performance of the stock and/or the overall performance of the 
company. Last year the Dow Jones Industrial increased almost 30 
percent, as did many other stock indicators. This is due to many 
reasons, one of which is a major influx of money from baby 
boomers planning for their future. The stock prices rose because of 
increased demand, and with this increase there is going to be a 
similar rise in CEO pay. This is a justifiable practice, and if the 
general public actually had a problem with it, a simple 
readjustment of the board of directors could take place with the 
stockholders' consent.
	Robert Allen, CEO of AT&T, has been targeted by many 
press agencies because of his pay increase last year, even though it 
is hardly ever mentioned that he took a base pay cut. His overall 
increase came from bonuses and stock options. AT&T stock rose 
about 35 percent in 1995, riding the general wave of stock 
increases and on the news that they were going to split up the huge 
conglomerate known as AT&T into three separate companies. This 
is good for business and stockholders alike, and Allen was 
compensated accordingly. All AT&T is doing is ridding 
themselves of some of the bureaucracy that they created in 
building the company. The people that they are letting go are a 
trained work force and can help many other companies in our 
economy. Allen designed this action and yet he is ridiculed for 
increasing efficiency that will pay off in the long run. It is no 
wonder that the federal government has such a hard time 
increasing its efficiency, since many of the congressmen are 
corporate executives and have seen firsthand the near-sightedness 
of the press and some of the public to the thinning out of 
employment in industry, and they have no desire to irritate their 
constituents by doing the same thing in the hellish bureaucracy of 
our federal government.

Dereck Tatman
Graduate 
Chemistry

Letter: New election method needed

	I thought Rebecca Lee's comments on April 9 about the 
lack of substantive issues in this Associated Students of ASU 
election were right on. I think there is another cause of this voter 
apathy, though.
	I voted in this election thinking that even though I was 
probably woefully misinformed about the candidates that at least 
my vote counted. Now I find out that there is a runoff election and 
I now know that my vote was meaningless.
	If the ASASU officers are elected by scant voter turnout 
anyway, what incredible idiocy is it to pretend that 50 percent of 
that small number will make any difference? What the runoff does 
is ensure that our officers are elected by an even smaller minority 
of voters. 
	Who will show up to the runoff? Almost no one. I won't 
show because the candidate I voted for did not make it. The two 
remaining candidates are so unimpressive that it matters little 
which one is elected.
	Why bother showing up to the first election at all? We all 
seem to know that the candidate with the most friends or special-
interest connections will win anyway (unless you give out lots of 
free stuff to buy the rest of the people staggering by the Memorial 
Union), and the existence of a runoff election only ensures that this 
is true. If, by chance, a decent candidate makes it through the 
preliminary election, we'll make sure he or she is eliminated in the 
end.
	As I was typing this, someone looked over my shoulder and 
said, "You know what your problem is? You still believe in 
participative democracy." Maybe so. Maybe the problem is that the 
ASASU election rules were formed with the silly notion that a 
university student government is a democracy. 
	Perhaps we should make the special-interest involvement in 
these elections explicit. Let's have primaries. Organizations can 
gather behind a candidate and make an official endorsement. The 
Greeks can unite behind a candidate or split between a few. Other 
organizations on campus can have their candidates, and perhaps 
they can even make coalitions. Knowing that there is, for example, 
a candidate officially endorsed by Students Against Discrimination 
would be very helpful.
	What's the worst that can happen? The elections are unfair? 
We get a poor student government? Folks, we have that already. 
Maybe it's time to try something new.

Steve Vrooman
Graduate student
Communication

Letter: Police should be concerned with catching real criminals

	I read the newspaper today, and saw a cute story about this 
guy who spent a lot of time painting his love on the "A" on "A" 
Mountain. It was a gesture of his love to his fiancee, and he asked 
her if she would marry him. 
	Now the Tempe police want to put his butt in jail because 
of this?
	There are rapes and violent crimes being committed all 
over campus, as well as all over Tempe, and all the Tempe police 
can worry about is some guy who paints the "A" (which has over 
2,000 coats of paint anyhow).
	Note: Just so that the Tempe police don't arrest me for 
yellow journalism, that's a false statement which I just made up.
	Tempe police, Wake up! 
	Will you please start doing your job and arrest people who 
are actually committing crimes? Is that too much to ask?
	Franc DelFosse has my full support. All that needs to be 
done is for him to repaint the "A" its normal, disgusting yellow 
color. I wish Franc and Alison all the happiness in the world.

Eric Jacobson
Undecided
Freshman

Letter: U.S. reluctant to take responsibility for immigration

	Thank you to Fr. Marzullo for pointing out in his letter on 
April 9 a tragically neglected point in the current immigrant-media 
hubbub: economic problems imposed on Mexico by the United 
States have caused the insurgence of immigrants.
	With NAFTA, the United States threw the equivalent of an 
economic smoke bomb into Mexico. When the people there started 
running out for fresh(er) air, i.e. across the border, the United 
States wiped its hands clean of responsibility. 
	The number of media outlets that pointed out the parallel 
between the implementation of NAFTA and the crash of the peso 
can be counted on one hand. Now with unemployment soaring in 
Mexico and relocated U.S. corporations offering to put people 
there to work for poverty wages and no inkling of worker 
protection (in violation of the one provision in NAFTA intended to 
protect workers' rights), pundits and populace alike have joined in 
the immigrant-bashing frenzy.
	Americans have never been ones to take credit for problems 
where that credit is due, though they are more than happy to take 
credit for the slightest accomplishment globally, usually when it is 
not due. The immigration "problem" is more blood on the hands of 
U.S. economic policy. A complacent media has made sure that we 
never view it as such, else we might feel the slightest twinge of 
responsibility.

Greg Nigh
ASU staff
Information technology

Confident gymnastics team heads to Utah for regionals

By Randy Jones
State Press
	The wait is over for the seventh-ranked ASU women's 
gymnastics team.
	All season long, players and coaches alike have had 
Saturday, April 13 circled on their calendars.
	The big event? ASU travels to the Huntsman Center in Salt 
Lake City for the NCAA Midwest Regionals.
	After last year's disappointing performance at the regionals, 
held in Lincoln, Neb., the team set a goal of winning this year and 
advancing to the NCAA Championships in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on 
April 25-27.
	"This meet is what we've been focusing on all year," senior 
Katie Freeland said. "There are a lot of strong teams. But if we do 
everything like we have been, we'll be there (nationals)."
	A victory would erase much of the pain of last year's set 
back. The team started off slow on the beam, and never found 
itself, finishing in fourth place.
	"We were good enough last year to win it. But it went all 
wrong," sophomore Meagan Wright said. "It makes it even better 
this year, because I don't want it to happen again."
	Sophomore Gina Holleran agreed.
	"We're ready for this meet," she said. "Especially since it's 
regionals and we didn't do well last year."
	The team heads into the competition as the No. 2 seed, 
behind only two-time defending national champion Utah.
	Utah defeated the Sun Devils earlier this year by the slim 
margin of 193.875-193.250, but that doesn't faze assistant coach 
Kyle Jenne.
	"Mentally, I'd say we are tougher and much stronger than 
the other teams out there," he said. "It's going to come down to that 
toughness ... and whoever hits on that given night. And that's 
where we'll come through."
	The team heads into the meet as healthy as it has been all 
season.
	"I would be surprised if the whole team is not 100 percent, 
or at least as close to 100 as possible at this time of the year," 
Coach John Spini said
	Also bolstering the team's confidence is the reputation of its 
beam team.
	Volunteer beam coach Roe Kreutzer was traveling on the 
East Coast with the national team and was given complements 
from other coaches, each raving about the Sun Devils' beam.
	"They came up to me and said, 'We heard you've got a real 
mean beam team at ASU,'" she said. "I'm really happy at the 
progress they've made."
	The team's rotation is a favorable one. They open with the 
uneven bars, followed in order with: bye, balance beam, floor 
exercise, a bye and finally the vault.
	This rotation should be advantageous to the Sun Devils, as 
the team has been particularly strong on the vault at recent meets. 
At the season finale at UofA two weeks ago, the team set a team 
record with a score of 49.350 on the event, and freshman Lisa 
Vincijanovic scored a 9.95, which was good for third best in the 
Pac-10 on the season.
	Other Pac-10 top scores for the Sun Devils included 
Wright's 9.95 on the floor exercise (tied-1st), Vincijanovic's and 
sophomore Kim Keever's 9.95s on the beam (tied-1st) and Wright's 
nearly perfect 9.975 on the bars (tied-2nd).

Snyder ready for last home meet

By Seth Landau
State Press
	Joey Snyder is the kind of guy you want to root for.
	He is humble, focused, optimistic, coachable and always 
preoccupied with what's best for the team. A member of the ASU 
men's golf squad, Snyder, is well-deserving of his recent success.  
	The senior business marketing major was presented with 
the Dave Williams Award earlier this week. The honor is granted 
annually to the overall most outstanding senior male collegiate 
golfer in the nation. Athletic performance, academic prudence and 
team leadership are the criteria Ñ all qualities Snyder prides 
himself on.
	"I was really surprised to get that award, I wasn't expecting 
to be the outstanding senior of the year," said Snyder, who will be 
playing in his last ASU home tournament today and Saturday, in 
the Thunderbird Invitational at Karsten Golf Course. "The guys 
who won it before me have unbelievable records Ñ Phil 
Mickelson, David Duval, Todd Dempsey, one of my former 
teammates. If I can follow what they've done, then I'm in pretty 
good company."
	Success Ñ it was never easy for Snyder, who said his 
transformation from an average player to a good player came 
midway through last year.
   "I used to just go out and play good enough to just stay on the 
team," he said. "Last year in January I just said, 'No, that's not the 
attitude, I want to win tournaments and I want our team to win 
tournaments.'"
	He started playing golf at the young age of 6 and used more 
conventional methods to learn the sport. Snyder never had the 
benefit of a teacher until two years ago.
   "I just practiced and practiced and practiced what I had to work 
with back then," he said. "I watched guys on TV and tried to study 
and emulate some of their swings."
   Whatever persuasion utilized by Snyder to improve his game Ñ 
it worked.  He went from a walk-on his freshman year at ASU, to 
an established starter his senior year.
	"My philosophy in life is do what I have to do and then try 
and help the team follow," he said. "I'm not the best (player on the 
team), but what I try and do is keep the guys positive."    
	And in the future? Snyder will play amateur golf over the 
summer after he graduates in May with a B.A. 	
	"Those are the times when you're playing for pride, you're 
not playing for money," he said of playing as an amateur.
	At this summer's end, if everything falls into place, Snyder 
will try out for the PGA Tour. To qualify, applicants trying to earn 
their tour card encounter three stages of a month-long weeding-out 
process. In the end, about 50 of the 3,000 tour hopefuls earn the 
right to play professional golf in the United States.
	"It's a scary feeling, you're in the real world. You're out 
there vying for a job," Snyder said. "It's not like the NBA or NFL 
where those guys get drafted out and they get paid big bucks right 
from the get-go."
	The entry fee for tryouts on the professional golf tour is 
$3,000.
	"You have to pay in order to try and get onto the tour, and 
your chances are slim to none," Snyder said. "But you have to hold 
onto your hope."
	ASU Coach Randy Lein, who has witnessed Snyder 
develop into one of the Sun Devils' top players,  thinks Snyder can 
become a contributing member on the PGA Tour.
 	"I think he'll make it as a pro," said Lein, who is in his 
fourth year as ASU coach. "He has great length on his drives, great 
attitude and his short game continues to improve."
	But for now, a more immediate task looms ahead for 
Snyder, Lein and the rest of the team Ñ this weekend's 
invitational.
 	"This is a spring-board going into (the) conference (Pac-10 
Championships). Everyone's playing well," Lein said. "We're all 
realistically looking to win the tournament."
	With the Thunderbird Invitational being Snyder's last 
competition at Karsten, Lein can only hope Snyder's work ethic 
will remain with the team after his departure next month. 
	"His whole attitude has changed his game, he's gotten better 
and better," Lein said of Snyder. "He has done everything and 
more than a coach would expect from a player."

Spring Fling wraps up football practices

By Dustin Krugel
State Press
	ASU football head coach Bruce Snyder admitted this week 
that spring football isn't an ideal situation for blending a team 
together. 
	"It's a grind for players," he said. "We understand that. It's 
not a great time to put a team together. That's not the importance of 
it. What is important is individual development. I think we have 
come a long way in that regard."
	On top of that, several players have missed portions of 
practice due to classes.
	"We have had a number players that have been missing 
because of classes," Snyder said. "This is an educational institution 
and they do go to class."
	Spring football, which began on March 19, will conclude 
with Saturday's Maroon and Gold Spring Football game at Sun 
Devil Stadium at 4 p.m. Before the scrimmage, player autographs, 
a Kids Interactive Zone (games and activities) and a Select-a-Seat 
promotion will be available for anyone who attends ASU's Football 
Spring Fling Day.
	Snyder said spring-ending injuries to senior tight end Steve 
Bush, junior linebacker Pat Tillman, senior safety Harlan Rashada, 
senior linebacker Ron McCook and junior defensive end Malchi 
Crawford could make for a limited scrimmage.
	"I don't know how much a game it will be because we are 
fairly thin at some spots," Snyder said. "It's hard to put two teams 
together. There will be some kicking and a lot of scrimmaging, 
close to 100 (plays)."
	Snyder said practices seem to get shorter every year 
because of new NCAA rules.
	"Spring practice used to be 20 days of full pads," he said. 
"These guys think 15 days in full pads is long. It was tough. The 
(NCAA) has limited it to 15 and only 10 can be in full pads. There 
is no way to be as prepared for fall as we used to be."
	Admission to Spring Fling Day is a can of food or $3. 
Subway and Coca-Cola will provide free lunch.
	Fans will also receive a free admission ticket to the ASU 
vs. California home baseball game at 7 p.m. at Packard Stadium.

ASU pitching gives Murphy concerns

By Ron Matejko
State Press
	Chinese arithmetic isn't as tough as trying to figure out the 
ASU pitching rotation.
	Due to injuries and suspensions, Coach Pat Murphy has 
performed a juggling act to maintain a rested pitching staff.
	No. 21 ASU (25-15, 7-11) meets California (22-10, 6-12) 
in a three-game series starting at 7 tonight at Packard Stadium.
	Murphy hasn't had the luxury of going with a regular 
rotation since the first series of the season.
	Now, out of necessity, he has to start pitchers who were 
being used in other capacities. 
	Murphy said he will start junior Jason Bond, who has 
recently taken on a starting role, along with sophomore Widd 
Workman and recent pitching standout junior Gabe Molina.
	"With (Phill) Lowery, (Ryan) Mills and (Ben) Byrd out and 
(Kaipo) Spenser not throwing the way he can, we have to go to 
somebody (to start)," Murphy said. "Molina hasn't been in that role 
yet, but he did a good job Wednesday night."
	Molina pitched six scoreless innings, allowing one hit and 
striking out 10, against Southern Utah, his first start as a Sun Devil.
	With the emergence of sophomore Mike Tommasini and 
junior Mike Grijalva, Murphy said he will be making some 
changes with the position players as well.
	"Tommasini has established himself as a guy who needs to 
be in the lineup," Murphy said. "Grijalva takes a good hack. I 
might have to stop kidding myself and put him in there."
	 Murphy said regular first baseman Robbie Kent might be 
moved over to second to get Grijalva's bat into the lineup.
	Left-hander Mike Miller (2-1, 4.42) will be on the mound 
for the Golden Bears tonight.
	ASU took two of three from Cal earlier this year at Evans 
Diamond.
From the bullpen
- Lowery, a freshman, will remain out of the lineup at least two 
weeks with tendonitis in his pitching elbow. 
- Mills, a freshman, could see action out of the bullpen this 
weekend. Mills has pitched one inning since he got hit in the face 
by a line drive Feb. 4. 
- Sophomore outfielder Dan McKinley carries an ASU season-high 
13-game hitting streak into the Cal series. 

Tough task ahead for women's tennis

By Brian A. Anderson
State Press
	The ASU women's tennis team has not beaten No. 3 
Stanford since 1980 and is 0-29 versus the Cardinal during that 
time, but nonetheless it is excited about today's match at the 
Whiteman Tennis Center.
	 "We're real fired up and ready for them to come play us 
down here," freshman Katy Propstra said.
	The two teams last met on Feb. 17 with Stanford (17-1, 5-
0) cruising to a 7-1 victory. This time ASU (9-8, 0-7) hopes things 
can be different.  
	"Stanford kicked us up there, but the girls are looking 
forward to playing better this time," said ASU Coach Sheila 
McInerney.
	Stanford has three players ranked in the top 20 including 
No. 10 Katy Schlukebir. However,  Stephanie Lansdorp playing at 
the No. 2 singles position defeated Schlukebir the last time the two 
teams played.
 	ASU's sophomore All-America Reka Cseresnyes will face 
yet another top-ranked player when she faces off against No. 11 
Ania Bleszynski. In the last two weeks Cseresnyes has had to play 
the No. 1, No. 8 and No. 13 ranked singles players in the nation.
	Junior Anna Moll, who has been arguably the most 
consistent player on the team, will look to continue her winning 
ways and should be playing at the No. 5 singles spot. 
	"Last time I had to play at the No. 4 spot and the girl from 
Stanford killed me," said Moll, referring to her 6-1, 6-3, defeat at 
the hands of Stanford's Kim Shasby.
	The No. 18 ASU doubles team of Propstra and Lansdorp 
will be looking to move up in the national rankings with a win over 
the No. 3 team of Schlukebir and Bleszynski.
	ASU will play No. 23 California on Saturday at noon at the 
Whiteman Tennis Center. It will be an interesting match because 
the two teams are comparable, according to McInerney.
	"We were able to beat Cal here last year," McInerney said. 
"We have been very competitive with them for the last few years." 
	On Feb. 16 Cal defeated ASU 6-3. ASU was without the 
services of freshman Alison Nash, out with a pulled stomach 
muscle. This time ASU should be at full strength.

Nigerian athlete strives to become 2-sport star

By Ed Odeven
State Press
	Charity Amama loves to play. 
	Give her a basketball and she'll shoot it. 
	Give her a javelin and she'll throw it.
	Amama, a 22-year-old junior, has donned the uniforms of 
two varsity sports this season. She joins Lisa Dacquisto (volleyball 
and softball) as ASU's only current two-sport female athletes.
	A competitive nature drives Amama to compete.
	"I know I just got to be competing in something," said the 
pre-med major from Nigeria. "It's me. I have to compete."
	After a stellar season on ASU's women's basketball team Ñ 
she led the team in field goal shooting (56.5 percent) Ñ Amama 
was ready for another challenge.
	 A week after spring break she joined the track team as a 
javelin thrower.
	"She's very undertrained and so inexperienced at this," said 
ASU assistant track and field coach Steve Lemke, who will watch 
his team compete in a double dual meet with UofA and NAU at 5 
p.m. Saturday in Tucson.
	But the hard-working Sun Devil continues to improve.
	"Every week she gets better and better. She shows signs 
that she could be very good at this," Lemke said. "She's a real 
quick learner. You tell her something and she understands it. It 
might not happen right away, but she understands what she's trying 
to do and it comes."
	Lemke learned about Amama through ASU women's 
basketball coach Jacquie Hullah.
	"When we knew she was coming to school here, the 
basketball coach said she also threw the javelin," he said. "Then we 
saw her on the campus this fall and I knew I had to get her (to join 
the team) once the basketball season was over. She is built for 
throwing the javelin. She has wide shoulders, is strong and runs 
well."
	Amama's athletic career is still in the elementary stages. 
She began playing competitive basketball in  junior college. She 
started throwing the javelin in high school. However, her raw 
talent is evident.
	"Charity has so much talent to throw the javelin," Lemke 
said.
	On the basketball court she is also showing signs of 
stardom. As a sophomore forward at L.A. Trade Tech College in 
1994-95, she averaged 18 points and 15.7 rebounds per game. 
	She lists Charles Barkley and Hakeem Olajuwon as role 
models.
	"I like Charles Barkley because he is so competitive and 
emotional," she said. "I like Olajuwon because he goes beyond 
what a post player does."
	Apparently, Amama brings a combination of her heroes 
onto the court.
	"Along with her basketball skills, she brings the heart of a 
champion," Hullah said.
	Amama's heart tells her there is still room for improvement 
ÐÐ in both sports.
	"In track I've improved a little bit in terms of distance, but I 
still have a long way to go because I still have my technique mixed 
up," she said. "I have to work on that but I'm getting better." 	
	She also has drastically improved on the hard court.
	"My freshman season, I couldn't jump shoot," Amama said. 
"I came a long way to be able to be able to be at ASU in 
basketball."
	Despite only two weeks of practice with the track team, she 
has performed well against more experienced athletes.
	During Amama's first competition as a Sun Devil on March 
28, she won the javelin event with a toss of 143 feet, 2 inches. It 
was a personal-best for Amama and a season-best for ASU.
	"These first two weeks we had to teach her everything," 
Lemke said. "Now it's to the point where we are trying to get those 
things better."
 	Her performance was even better last Saturday. Amama's 
toss of 148-4 was good enought for fourth place in the Sun Angel 
Classic, which featured several world-class athletes.
	"(She competed) with three girls that were out of school 
and two of them were former NCAA champions. The other one 
was an NCAA runner-up two years ago,"  Lemke said.  "She was 
more upset with getting beat than throwing a personal best. With 
an attitude like that, she'll do well."
	Amama has already done well. She has qualified for the 
Pac-10 Track and Field Championships and  hopes to make it to 
nationals.
	"If I can get my technique right and stay healthy, I hope to 
make it to NCAAs," Amama said.
	Don't expect Amama to give up sports after college. She is 
an athlete that relishes the competitive nature of sports.
	"I don't think it is something I can stop," she said. "I'm still 
going to be competing on the track or at the park. Playing with 
some people running four-on-four (basketball). I know I'm still 
going to be doing that."
	And Charity's drive to win will still be there.

One last test for ASU golf team before Pac-10s

By Seth Landau
State Press
	Today's California Collegiate at Stanford's Palo Alto 
(Calif.) course is the last opportunity for the three-time reigning 
national champion Sun Devils to get a little work in before the Pac-
10 Championships, which take place in two weeks.
	"We're ready to go compete again," said ASU Coach Linda 
Vollstedt, whose squad won the Ping Invitational at Karsten Golf 
Course last month.
	The two week hiatus has allowed sophomore Kellee Booth, 
who was absent from the last tournament, to rejoin the Sun Devils. 
Also, senior Vinny Riviello will play competitively for the first 
time since she shot a course-record, 7-under 65 at last month's Ping 
Invitational to help boost ASU to victory.
	"I'm kind of curious to see how I'm going to play Ñ I feel 
really good right now," said Riviello earlier this week. "I know at 
least that I have the confidence to play some good rounds."
	Riviello's third-round 65 in the Ping Invitational, was the 
lowest score by a women's collegiate golfer this season.
	Linda Ericsson, ASU's other senior, said practices have 
gone well since the Sun Devils' last time out.
	"We're playing good golf," she said. "I think we're starting 
to play better as a team, and that's going to help us in the end."
	The Sun Devils will field a team of Booth, Ericsson, 
Riviello, freshmen Jody Niemann and Keri Cornelius. 
	Although both players and coaches are regarding the 
California Collegiate as a "tune-up," expect a determined 
performance from ASU. With San Jose State, the No. 1-ranked 
team in the country, participating the Sun Devils will take this 
opportunity to send a message.
	"We're going to go in with a positive attitude and get some 
practice," Vollstedt said. "But it would be positive to have another 
win to add to our win (Ping Invitational) from last week."

ASU men's tennis search for elusive victories in Pac- 10

By Brian A. Anderson
State Press
	The ASU men's tennis team travels to the Bay Area this 
weekend to take on tennis powerhouses Stanford and California.
	The Sun Devils have only one conference win but it came 
against Cal on March 30. The team is looking to sweep the season 
series from the Golden Bears when the two teams meet at 1:30 p.m 
today in Berkeley.
	With their win over the Golden Bears the Sun Devils feel 
that they have wrapped up a slot in the regional tournament coming 
up in May. Another split with the Bay Area schools would help 
improve ASU's seeding at that tournament according to junior 
Sergio Elias.
	"We can get a high seed , and that would be nice, because it 
would give us an easier match in the first round of the regionals," 
he said.
	But don't think that the team is only looking for a good 
seed. Junior Wolf von Lindenau got the win that clinched the team 
victory for ASU in March and is looking forward to beating Cal 
again.
	"I just love playing up there and it would be great to get a 
win," said von Lindenau. "These matches have a lot of meaning."
	Most of the players agreed that having to travel and play on 
the road would not be too much of a disadvantage.
	"Personally I like playing on the road because the faster 
courts suit my game better,"
 senior David Critchley said. Critchley is a serve and volley 
specialist with a big serve.
	"I also like the road because there are no distractions," he 
added. "You don't have to come from class and play a match. You 
can just sit in the hotel room and get focused."
	Von Lindenau said he was more concerned with the 
weather than the courts.
	"Up there it can be windy and cold. Down here we have sun 
and fun," he said.
	Senior No. 1 player Oscar Bustos returns to the team after a 
stint with Chile in the Davis Cup. Bustos went 1-2 while in Canada 
last week as Chile lost 3-2. The Sun Devils are still missing senior 
Paul Reber who has been out with a shoulder injury. He will make 
the trip but probably won't see any action as ASU Coach Lou 
Belken wants to save Reber for regionals.
	On Saturday the Sun Devils meet the No. 2 Stanford 
Cardinal at the Stanford Tennis Center at noon.
Struggling softball team travels to Oregon
	The Sun Devil softball team needs some Pac-10 wins in a 
hurry. 
	The squad, which has dropped seven of its last eight Pac-10 
games, needs wins Saturday at Oregon State and Sunday at Oregon 
to stay alive in the regional playoff race. 
	"We have to win those games," said senior Alyssa Johnson. 
"Pac-10 play is so important from now on. We have to beat the 
teams that are unranked and at least come out with a split with the 
one, two (and) three teams." 
	ASU (22-17, 2-8) failed in its first bid to split with No. 1 
UofA on Wednesday. The squad lost 8-2 and 6-2, despite out-
hitting the Wildcats in the second game. 
	The Beavers and the Ducks are both unranked coming into 
this weekend's contests. 
	Coach Linda Wells underlined the importance of the 
Oregon contests. 
	"Those games are critical for us," Wells said. "Every one is 
important in the Pac-10. We need to understand that it's not the top 
three (ranked teams) that we need to be concerned about. It would 
be nice to win a game against them, but it's Cal, Stanford, Oregon, 
Oregon State that's going to be critical in whether we finish fourth 
in the Pac-10 or sixth."
	Generally, the top four teams in the Pac-10 are invited to 
postseason play. So far, the Sun Devils have split with two teams 
ranked ahead of them, UCLA (No. 3) and Cal (then 11th). The 
Devils have yet to beat Washington (No. 2), UofA and Stanford 
(unranked), but will have chances to avenge those losses later this 
season. 
	Ñ Damian Shaw

ASU police reported the following incidents Thursday:
- A student was contacted at 601 Alpha Drive, where members of 
his fraternity house where consuming alcohol in public and 
dancing on a ledge. He was warned of disorderly conduct and 
advised to have members of his house drink inside.
- A green organic substance was impounded for destruction at 
Manzanita Hall.
- An ASU master key was lost. 
- A man not affiliated with the University was arrested at 51 E. 
10th St. for criminal nuisance. He also had two outstanding 
warrants for his arrest. He was not able to post bond of $212 and 
was turned over to Tempe police.
- A student became ill at Gammage Auditorium. She was treated at 
the scene by Tempe Fire Department but refused treatment at a 
hospital.
- A stereo was stolen from a student's car in Parking Structure 1. 
The stereo was valued at $380.
- Two students reported receiving harassing phone calls.
Tempe police reported the following incidents Thursday:
- A man stopped for suspicious activity at 725 W. Baseline Road 
was arrested on several drug charges. He had several warrants for 
his arrest. A search revealed he was in possession of marijuana and 
methamphetamine and his vehicle was seized as evidence. 
- A man was arrested at 1707 E. Apache Blvd. after an officer saw 
him throw a 40-ounce bottle at a victim and start a fist fight. He 
had to be maced to stop fighting. An investigation revealed he 
waived a knife at his girlfriend and her brother. He was charged 
with disorderly conduct, disorderly conduct with a dangerous 
instrument, misdemeanor assault and two counts of aggravated 
assault.
- A female server was arrested at a bar and charged with 
consuming alcohol while serving. 
Compiled by State Press reporter Garin Groff

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- Alcoholics Anonymous Ñ Daily campus meeting. Newman 
Center, Aquinas Hall in the basement; noon to 1:15 p.m. Campus 
Women's Group meeting. Newman Center, Aquinas Hall in the 
basement; 10 a.m.
- Asian Students Association Ñ General meeting to discuss 
upcoming activities. MU Santa Cruz Room 213; 3 p.m.
- Deaf College Students' Association Ñ Organizational meeting 
for the Deaf Awareness Workshop next fall. Interpreters will be 
provided for both voice and American Sign Language. MU Pima 
Room; 1:40 p.m.
- Mock Democratic Convention Ñ Political science classes 
recreate the democratic process. Student Recreation Center Maroon 
Gym; 12:30 p.m.
- Student Environmental Action Coalition Ñ General meeting. MU 
Conference Room 2, third floor; 12:40 p.m.