Trials and Tribulations

By Cody V. Aycock
State Press

Editor's note: Cody V. Aycock covered the second murder trial of 
Ray Krone for six months and spent time with Krone's family, as 
well as the family of the victim. He also received letters from 
Krone describing life on death row.

	Daniel Miller extended his hand and a piece of his heart to 
the parents of the man twice convicted of killing his mother.
	He wanted to wish them well and provide some closure to 
the senseless slaying of his 36-year-old mother on Dec. 29, 1991.
	"I don't have anything against them," the 18-year-old said. 
"I wish them luck." 
	Miller's mother, Kimberly Ancona, was murdered at the 
CBS Lounge, 1615 W. Camelback Road, in Phoenix. Her naked 
body was found in the men's restroom.
	Ancona, a bartender at the lounge, was attacked as she was 
closing. She was stabbed twice in the back and four times in the 
neck. One of the blows penetrated her lung, causing massive 
hemorrhaging.
	She died within minutes of the attack.
	Ancona was also bitten on the left breast Ñ a piece of 
evidence that became the cornerstone of the state's case against 
Ray Krone, 39.
	Miller approached Krone's family in the corridor of  
Maricopa County Superior Court April 11, while a jury was still 
deciding the former mailman's fate.
	Alone and away from the watchful eye of his grandmother, 
Miller attempted to establish a flimsy relationship between the 
embattled families.
	"Kimberly Ancona is not the only victim in this case," 
Krone's stepfather, Jim Leming, said after the encounter. "We are 
all victims."
	The 30-minute meeting between Miller and members of 
Krone's family typified the emotions of people thrust into the 
middle of a tragedy that has changed their lives forever.
	Now, after persevering through Krone's second murder 
trial Ñ and again hearing a guilty verdict Ñ the families struggle 
to regain control of their tattered emotions.
	Ancona's mother, Patricia Gasman, 66, said she still thinks 
about what her daughter's dying words might have been. She has 
constant images of her "baby" on the floor, bleeding to death.
	Miller and Ancona's two other children will never again 
experience their mother's loving touch. Miller aspires to be an 
actor and is trying to put the loss of his mother behind him.
	Meanwhile, Krone's mother, stepfather and other family 
members have returned to their hometown of York, Pa., not 
knowing if their son will spend the rest of his life in prison or be 
condemned to die. Krone spent nearly 3 1/2 years on death row 
after his first conviction.
	He was convicted April 12 of felony murder and 
kidnapping Ñ the second time a jury determined his teeth matched 
the marks on Ancona's breast.
	Krone's teeth marks are unusual because he broke his jaw 
in an auto accident and required reconstructive surgery on his front 
teeth. As a result, his left-front tooth protrudes from his other teeth 
and his lower-bottom teeth are made of porcelain.  
	"This is insane," Krone's sister, Amy, whispered as the 
verdict was read. Amy, 10, had arrived from Pennsylvania only 
moments before the devastating verdict was announced.
	Krone's family was in shock, staring aimlessly at the jury. 
His mother, Carolyn Leming, shook uncontrollably. They had 
come to take their son back home. Now, once again, a piece of 
Plexiglas will separate them. Their visits will come in a prison or 
over a telephone.
	Krone showed no emotion as the verdict was read by the 
clerk of the court. He turned and consoled his friends and family.
	"It's all right; don't worry," he said in the calm manner he 
had maintained throughout his seven-week trial.
	He had been through it before.

A regular at the CBS Lounge 
	Krone was arrested Dec. 31, 1991 after investigators 
determined his teeth matched the mark on Ancona's breast. He was 
a regular at the CBS Lounge, and Ancona's co-workers told police 
the two were dating.
	Krone told police he and Ancona were casual 
acquaintances and she was infatuated with him. They played darts 
together at the bar, but Krone said that was the extent of their 
relationship.
	Kate Koester, who had worked with Ancona just hours 
prior to the murder, testified that Ancona told her "Ray" was 
coming to help her close. Krone claimed he was home sleeping 
from 10 p.m. to 8 a.m. Investigators concluded the murder 
occurred between 1 a.m. and 4 a.m.
	With no other physical evidence, the teeth marks became 
the backbone of prosecutor Noel Levy's two cases against Krone. 
He presented two experts at both trials who testified Krone's bite 
was consistent with the impression. 
	Krone presented no rebuttal witnesses to the testimony 
during his first trial, when he was represented by a court-appointed 
attorney.
	"I had little to worry about," Krone wrote in a letter from 
his holding cell during his second trial. "'I am innocent, so how 
could I possibly be convicted,' I thought. Obviously, that 
misconception has been exposed."
	Krone had agreed to a series of written interviews after 
several courtroom conversations and approval from his attorney.
	Krone's original jury found him guilty of first-degree 
murder and kidnapping in August 1992. The jury took two hours to 
reach a verdict after hearing eight days of testimony. A judge later 
sentenced him to death, calling the crime "heinous" and 
"depraved."
	"I wasn't afraid when I was sentenced to death," Krone said 
in one of his letters. "Not because I am some tough, macho guy, or 
downright stupid, but because I was still naive in believing that the 
system was about truth and justice and would correct such a 
horrible mistake on its own."
	He arrived on Cell Block 6 at the Arizona State Prison in 
Florence on Dec. 3, 1992, where the subculture of death row was 
far different from his days as a bar-hopping bachelor.

Dealing with death row
	Death row inmates spend most of their time "sitting around, 
watching TV  and filing lawsuits," said Mike Arra, a spokesman 
for the Arizona Department of Corrections.
	Krone said he passed the time writing letters, building a 
model of a ship that his family sent him and staying out of trouble.
	    He said that three days after arriving at the state prison, 
he discovered a cruel reality in the world of the condemned. 
    One of the inmates was planning to kill another, and Krone was 
warned to stay cool and keep quiet.
	    "An hour later, I hear a short struggle, a grunt and that's 
it," Krone explained in his letter.
      "About four hours later, the guard was doing a bed check and 
found the inmate on the other side of me didn't answer. They 
found him stabbed and unconscious with blood-soaked bedding." 
	The inmate lived, but Krone said the experience taught him 
a lesson he would never forget: "Prison is full of predators, and if 
you're not of that type, you have to become smart enough not to 
become their prey."
	There were 97 men and two women on death row when 
Krone first arrived at the prison. Currently, there are 117 men and 
2 women there. Three men have been executed during Krone's 
time on death row. In the days before the executions he said, 
"Everyone begins to think about their time."
	Death row inmates in Arizona are housed individually in 
two-story pods of four, separated from each other by concrete and 
sliding steel doors. While in their cells, they communicate by 
yelling through the tiny slots in the doors used to serve meals. 
	Inmates are let out for an hour each day to shower and get 
supplies. They are also allowed to leave their cells for a limited 
time three days a week for exercise in a restricted area. Each time 
they leave or re-enter their cells, they are strip-searched for 
weapons.  
	Krone said that each inmate has their own way of dealing 
with their fate.
	"These youngsters come (to death row) and run their 
mouths like they know everything, and they become a target from 
then on," he wrote. "I was old enough and experienced enough to 
know to go in there with my eyes open and my mouth shut."  
	Some inmates form gangs and attempt to gain power, using 
their reputations as killers, while others become "hermits," Krone 
wrote.
	"I didn't feel the need to try to fool my subconscious as to 
where I was," he added. "I suppose that is the way we all learn to 
adapt or adjust to our environment. Like those that went off to war, 
they had to adapt to survive, or it was a living hell. I can only guess 
about war, but I still think you can draw some parallels to prison as 
far as the mental anguish and suffering associated with each." 
	In June 1995, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that Levy, 
the prosecutor, turned over a video prepared by the prosecution's 
key bite mark expert too late. The defense was given the video 
only two days before the start of the trial, violating Arizona's law 
on disclosing evidence in a timely manner.
	"The bite marks on the victim were critical to the state's 
case," Justice Frederick Martone wrote. "Without them, there 
likely would have been no jury submissible case against Krone."

A second chance 
	Krone's family was elated by the news.
	"Definitely we will prove that (the prosecution) had no case 
against Ray in the first place," Krone's mother said during the trial. 
"They will find that he was innocent and had nothing to do with 
it."
	Without the support of her faith, her husband and her 
family, Leming said she would "have given up" while Krone was 
on death row.
 	In the second trial, Krone's family hired a private attorney 
from San Diego. They also found bite mark experts to oppose the 
conclusions of those testifying for the prosecution.
	Believing in Krone's innocence, family members spent 
everything they could for his second defense. 
	"If Ray said he didn't do, it I believe it," Leming said. "If 
my son was a murderer, I don't think I could deal with it. I can deal 
with it because I know he is innocent."
	They moved to Arizona and lived in a mobile home in a 
friend's backyard in Apache Junction during the trial. They 
traveled nearly 50 miles everyday to attend the proceedings.
	They were not alone in their agony. A new trial also meant 
that the victim's mother would have to relive the horror of her 
daughter's death.
	For years, Gasman tried to cope with the loss of her 
"miracle child," who she had almost lost due to complications 
during delivery. She suffered a heart attack when she learned of the 
murder. 
	Gasman sought counseling to deal with her grief. She said 
she had nightmares of laying next to her daughter. 
	"We are laying head to head, and then she (Ancona) wakes 
up screaming but no words come out of her mouth," Gasman said.
	The images have long haunted her. 
	"I see Kim's face, distorted," she said. "Trying to cry out to 
me, but I can't hear her. I see Krone's hand raised with the knife 
and all the time I am struggling to wake up."
	Gasman had to borrow money from her grandchildren's 
savings to pay for Ancona's funeral and grave marker. Ancona is 
buried in a west Phoenix cemetery.
	After the burial Gasman did not visit the plot for more than 
a year and a half. 
	"I was in denial," she said.
	Now, with the help of her husband, she visits the grave on a 
regular basis. On holidays, she takes flowers and decorates a tree 
near the cemetery marker. In 1991, the newly planted tree was a 
twig, but now Gasman decorates its limbs in her daughter's honor. 
	Her grandchildren were turned over to their father, who 
lives in California. She said that with her daughter dead and her 
grandchildren gone, she became bitter and hardened. 
	During the first trial, she was surrounded by Ancona's 
friends. At Krone's retrial, she sat quietly, often alone, leaving 
when graphic pictures of Ancona's body were displayed or her 
health demanded her departure. 
	She said she became increasingly concerned during the 
lengthy trial, afraid that Krone would be acquitted because of his 
"hot shot" lawyer. Like Leming, Gasman said she turned to her 
faith for reconciliation.
	"It says in the Bible that if you live by the sword you 
should die by the sword," she said near the end of the trail. "God 
will take care of him."
	While Gasman's hope waned, the Lemings' grew. Krone's 
family displayed confidence throughout the trial.
	Their son's lawyer, Chris Plourd, was an effective 
counselor who would bring out the truth, they said.
	"I, too, share Mrs. Gasman's belief that God will deal with 
him (Krone)," Krone's mother said. "Only I believe God allows 
trials and tests in our lives for a purpose. We have found the 
resources to hire a proper defense, and we will continue to trust in 
God's power over all evil. The truth will prevail in the end." 

Pleased with the progress
	Several weeks into the trail, Krone said he also was pleased 
with his lawyer's progress. 
	"I feel little has been accomplished by Mr. Levy against 
me, and with Mr. Plourd's preparation and background 
information, along with courtroom delivery, much has come out 
favorable to my defense," he wrote in one of his letters. "One thing 
is already obvious: This is nothing like the first trial where Levy 
got witnesses to say just what he wanted, and my attorney never 
got the truth out of them."
	Throughout testimony Plourd seemed to impress the jury 
while cross-examining prosecution witnesses. Across the room, 
Levy often seemed unprepared, stumbling through his questions. 
Several times, jurors smirked and laughed at him. 
	The defense case revolved around three points not present 
in Krone's first trial. The defense had three bite mark experts 
testify that the bites did not match Krone's teeth. Plourd presented 
alternate theories that several other people could have killed 
Ancona, and he had a star witness who claimed to have seen 
someone approach the door to the lounge at about the time of the 
murder. 
	In the early morning hours on the day of the murder, Dale 
Hensen was cleaning the sidewalk at the shopping center where the 
lounge is located. 
	He testified that at about 2 a.m. he was approximately six 
feet from the front door at the CBS Lounge when a man walked 
past him and appeared to open the door.
	"We made a bit of eye contact for a split second," Hensen 
said in an interview after his testimony. "Then he disappeared 
behind me. I turned around to see where he was, and there was 
nobody behind me. I think he went in the bar because that was the 
closest thing to me."
    He said that a half hour later, he saw the same man getting in his 
car and leaving the area. 
     "I am 90 percent sure the man I saw was not Mr. Krone," he 
said, reiterating what he told the jury. 
     He described the unidentified person as a white male with a 
medium build, roughly 5 feet 10 inches tall with about two to three 
days of facial hair. 
    Krone is over 6 feet tall and, in 1991, he had a beard. 
    Hensen was shown a photo lineup during his original police 
interview. Detectives showed him five men with similar 
characteristics. Krone's photo was in the lineup, but Hensen did 
not choose Krone as the man he saw.
    Hensen did not testify in the original trial because during his 
initial interview with police, Officer Chuck Gregory noted that 
Hensen was at the shopping center at about 6 a.m., not 2 a.m. as 
the cleaner claimed. The 6 a.m. time put Hensen at the scene well 
after the time investigators believe the murder occurred. 
	Hensen's boss testified that Hensen was at another 
shopping center on the other side of town at the time of the killing. 
	After Hensen's testimony in the second trial, the confidence 
of Krone's family seemed to peak. They began to plan a 
celebration party for their son and anticipated a short jury 
deliberation for his release.

Waiting for a verdict
	The jury began deliberating at 3:20 p.m. on April 10.
	"If they take more than two hours, I will begin to worry," 
Plourd said with confidence. 
	The panel took more than two days to reach a decision. 
	During the first day, the families sat quietly in the corridor 
outside the courtroom. Krone's family was in good spirits and 
carried on casual conversations. "They don't want to insult the 
judge and the justice system by returning a quick verdict," Krone's 
mother speculated. 
	The mood changed on the second day. The cordial 
conversations ceased and Krone's friends and family began to 
ponder thoughts of a hung jury, which would mean another 
agonizing trial.
	Krone's mother was noticeably disturbed as the hours 
ticked away without a verdict. She skipped lunch with her husband 
to pace the streets around the courthouse. She repeated the ritual 
several times. 
	Emotions reached a boiling point at the end of the second 
day when jury members emerged from their deliberations crying.  
	Several jurors refused to appear before the anxious families 
and the press waiting in the hallway. Officials quickly cleared the 
corridor, and the 10 women and two men were whisked out of the 
courthouse through a side door. 
	"I get up there and everybody is crying," said a detention 
officer who was called to assist the evacuation.
	The tearful departure left Krone's attorney and family 
frantically searching for a meaning to the dramatic event. Earlier 
that day, Plourd began reviewing questionnaires filled out by the 
jury during selection.
	After the jury adjourned for the second day, he attempted to 
determine which members were crying and what groups may have 
formed in the tiny deliberation room.
	The questions were answered at 11 a.m. the following day. 
In the packed courtroom, the clerk of the court read the two guilty 
verdicts on the counts of kidnapping and felony murder.
	Juror Eileen Ahles said in the end, the jury convicted Krone 
because it determined his teeth matched the bite mark. She refused 
to elaborate. Other jurors did not return repeated phone calls.
	The jury disregarded Hensen's testimony because of 
inconsistencies in the time, prosecutor Levy said. 
	"He was just not credible," he added. "They wanted to find 
him not guilty, but the teeth fit. I felt strongly that he was the 
murderer, but I would have respected the jury however it came 
out."
	Gasman, the victim's mother, began to wail uncontrollably 
after the verdict was read. After months of waiting, the man she 
calls a "monster" would remain behind bars. 
	"He is accountable for the cruel and brutal killing of my 
daughter," she said. 
	Felony murder is murder committed in the act of a felony. 
Although the charge is still punishable by death, it is more difficult 
for prosecutors to ask for the death penalty than in cases of 
premeditated murder. 
	Levy said his office will ask for the death penalty because 
the murder was "cruel, heinous and depraved."
	Krone will appear before Judge James McDougall for a 
presentencing hearing June 11. A final sentence will be handed 
down July 11. 
 	Gasman, who plans to speak at Krone's sentencing, said 
she has already decided to ask the judge to send Krone to prison 
for the rest of his life, not death. 
	"I will never live to see it (execution) happen, and it's too 
final," she added. "I want him to suffer behind bars until he dies."
	Moments before the verdict was read, Krone's mother 
asked that her son be given a note. 
	"And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God," the 
scribbled Bible passage read. "Not only so, but we also rejoice in 
our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces 
perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope."
	It is not known whether Krone received the note, but the 
Lemings are taking heed of the message. They plan to rebuild their 
bank account and try to win their son's freedom in appeals court.
	Leming said they lost everything while trying to defend 
their son. The family is more than $160,000 in debt and must still 
pay Plourd's fees. He waived any payment until the end of the 
trial.
	"Unless you are in a position to come up with money and 
pay to do everything you possibly can (for a defense), the 
prosecution has the advantage," she said. 
	"The legal system failed again," Jim Leming said.
	Trembling on a downtown Phoenix street, Krone's mother 
thanked her friends and family.
	"We love them all for their support," she said. "We can 
never thank them enough, and we just hope they will stick with us, 
because we haven't given up."
	Gasman has returned to her west Phoenix apartment and 
often rereads the newspaper accounts of the events of the last four 
years.
	"I will never know whether my daughter called out to me 
before she died," Gasman said. "I will never know how long she 
suffered. Only Krone knows that."
	Daniel Miller, who lives with a friend in Phoenix, said he 
thinks about his mother and her murder everyday. 
	"It is something that you can not hide or get away from," he 
said. "I deal with it. I go to bed each night for a few minutes and 
cry, but then I move on. I am trying to do what makes me proud 
and would make my mother proud."

Coor treks to U.K.; studies 21st century plan

By Timothy Tait
State Press
	After serving nearly two decades as a university president 
without a vacation, ASU President Lattie Coor is taking a break.
	Coor is on "study sabbatical" at Cambridge University in 
England to work on ASU's "University for the Next Century" 
program. He will return to his presidential duties in early August.
	The program Ñ in its second year of development Ñ will 
outline the direction that ASU will take in the future. Coor plans on 
looking closely at the draft of the plan and adding his 
recommendations.
	"I felt that it was better to study it outside of the country," 
he said. "I need to step back from the daily routine and look at it 
deeply. I really cannot concentrate here."
	Coor handed the daily duties of the presidency to Provost 
Milton Glick on May 13. Glick will preside over the summer 
commencement ceremony, but does not expect any changes in the 
day-to-day operations of the University.
	"This will not be too different from what I have done 
before," he said. "Many people help to keep things running."
	Glick, who served as the president of Iowa State University 
for one year, added that he is familiar with many of the issues that 
with which Coor deals.
	"He sees many issues, many of which I also see," he said. 
"External relations is the one area that he cannot be replaced. No 
one can fill his shoes in community relations."
	Coor said the trip will take him back to the days when he 
was just a professor.
	"I will be like an academic, like I used to be," he said. "I 
need to take time out to study this plan. I hope that my time away 
is beneficial for both me and ASU."
	Glick said the trip was overdue for the president, now in his 
sixth year at ASU.
	"This is a long overdue opportunity for him to step back 
and look five to 10 years into the future and get a better 
perspective," he said. "He needs to get an arms length away."
	Coor chose to study at Cambridge because of the strong 
academic environment and resources available.
	"I plan on doing a lot of reading and a lot of writing," he 
said. "There is some very interesting work going on there and it is 
a great place to get some work done."

SRC comes under fire for disabled access and resources, grievance planed

By Rebecca Murray
State Press
	Two disabled users of the Student Recreation Center plan 
to file a grievance against the SRC for not providing quality 
equipment or equal access to facilities for the disabled.
	The grievance, being filed by Zachary Elizondo, a non-
student member, and Shawn Witte, a student member, focuses on 
the University's Wellness Safety, Education, Training, Adaptive 
Recreation and Therapy Center housed in the SRC.
	The Well S.T.A.R.T. Center is located in the east wing of 
the SRC and is designed for the disabled, the recently injured and 
people who want to start a workout program. It is currently 
available to both students and non-students.
	Elizondo said the University is responsible for providing 
adequate resources to all students in exchange for the membership 
cost. Non-students must either enroll in an Adaptive Physical 
Education course or pay a $100 membership fee to use the Well 
S.T.A.R.T Center. Registered students automatically pay $25 for 
any SRC use.
	"You're paying a significant fee and you should have 
access and you should have quality equipment to work on," 
Elizondo said. "It should be maintained at the same level and 
standards as the equipment in the rest of the building."
	Tedde Scharf, associate director of Disabled Student 
Resources, said the Well S.T.A.R.T. Center's equipment and hours 
of operation are more than adequate for the level of use. She said 
because of low usage, the equipment does not require replacement 
as frequently as the machines in the general weight room. She 
added that low usage also makes it unreasonable for the Center to 
keep the same hours as the other room.
	Legally, organizations such as ASU are only required to 
provide equal access for the disabled, not special privileges. Scharf 
said she feels the students requests could be considered special 
privileges.
	"There is a specific clause in the law that says that an 
institution such as ASU is not responsible for providing special 
care and attention, and that's basically what these students want," 
Scharf said .
	She said by filing the grievance, disabled students risk 
losing the progress they have made.
	"We either have equal access, or we have special 
privileges," Scharf said. "We have both right now, but they're not 
likely to have them much longer because they're pushing the 
issue."
	The weight room in the SRC is currently open for use 109 
hours a week while the Well S.T.A.R.T. Center is open roughly 
half that time. Elizondo acknowledges that the weight room has a 
considerably larger clientele, but said that should have no bearing 
on the Well S.T.A.R.T. Center's hours of operation.
	"What we are saying basically is that this is the only place a 
disabled person or mobility-impaired person can come to work out 
in the entire facility and therefore it should be open an equal 
amount of time as the weight room," Elizondo said.

Gentle Strength strengthens

By Sara Bush
State Press
	After months of internal conflict, Gentle Strength Co-op is 
hoping to find greener pastures with the selection of a new general 
manager.
	Co-op members selected Richard "Scotty" Scott as the new 
manager of the 4,600 member cooperative, which has been in 
operation at 234 W. University Drive for more than 25 years. As a 
co-op, the membership collectively owns and controls the Gentle 
Strength Natural Foods Grocery and Deli.
	In September 1995, Gentle Strength was forced to shut 
down for several days as a result of management conflicts. Some 
members felt that the co-op was becoming too commercial, too 
focused on profit and was losing its sense of community. A recent 
change in bylaws gave the membership more electoral control over 
co-op issues formerly controlled by the co-op's Coordinating 
Committee.
	Several members of the former management staff quit as a 
result of the problems.
	Lucy Logan, an active Gentle Strength member, was 
involved with the change in bylaws in September that gave 
members additional power over the co-op's actions.
	"I feel it's important that the (coordinating) committee 
advocate for the members first," Logan said. "I am very optimistic 
about the changes."
	New manager Richard Scott will focus on developing the 
co-op as a learning organization.
	"A delicate balance needs to be maintained to strengthen 
the community and the bottom line at the same time," Scott said. 
"In my view, the stronger the community, the stronger the bottom 
line."
	Both Scott and Logan hope to see an increase in member 
involvement. They also see future connection between ASU and 
the co-op.
	"My goal is to strengthen the relationship between the co-
op and ASU," said Scott. "ASU is like the co-op because it is the 
seed of learning."
	Logan agrees that ASU and the co-op can help each other.
	"The co-op is a tremendous opportunity for students to see 
the results of participating in their community," Logan said.

Faculty conduct targeted by ABOR

By Jennifer Netherby
State Press
	Tenured faculty members could be fired for off-campus 
"immoral conduct" as well as unsatisfactory academic performance 
under a plan proposed by the Arizona Board of Regents Friday.
	Regent John Munger said faculty should be held 
accountable for off-campus conduct to ensure the safety of 
students.
	Regent Art Chapa said the University president should be 
able to take action without convening a review committee, 
especially for incidents such as driving a school vehicle drunk.
	Regents discussed changing academic reviews to include an 
additional extensive review every five to seven years with people 
outside the University involved in the review.
	There is a need for "accountability of faculty to somebody 
other than faculty," Munger said.
	The board also discussed the possibility of adding peer 
evaluations in addition to student ratings to the annual review 
process.
	Faculty members with performance deemed unsatisfactory 
must submit a plan for improvement and show improvement within 
a certain time frame. They will be policed to "ensure appropriate 
progress is taking place," said John Schwartz, committee member.
	If an improvement plan is not submitted or there is no 
improvement in performance, the person would be dismissed.
	Many Board members also said that appeals should be kept 
short with the possibility of appealing directly to the University 
president.
	Regent Hank Amos said the changes "only affect a small 
percentage of people" since the majority of faculty have 
satisfactory performance.

Mom, daughter earn degrees through Hispanic program

By Jennifer Netherby
State Press
	It's hard enough competing for a job after graduation, but 
it's even harder when you're competing with your own mother.
	The excitement of graduation was heightened for Monica 
Orozco by the fact that she was standing in line next to her mother, 
Lucy, who was wearing her own cap and gown.
	When Lucy tried to convince her daughter of the 
importance of a college education, Monica asked why she hadn't 
gone to college Ñ Lucy didn't have an answer. So, 23 years after 
graduating from high school, Lucy set out to earn her college 
degree.
	"It was always in the back of my mind," Lucy said.
	Lucy and Monica were the first mother and daughter pair to 
graduate together from the Hispanic Mother-Daughter Program in 
May.
	The program targets eighth-grade Hispanic girls at Valley 
schools and offers support and services leading to a college 
education, said Rosemarie Lopez, program coordinator.
	Lucy and Monica both graduated with degrees in education, 
Lucy in bilingual education and Monica in English as a second 
language. The two had classes together the last semester of college.
	Monica said having a class with her mother was helpful to 
her because she always could get the notes if she missed class. 
	"It was better for me than it was for her," Monica said.
	The two also held student teaching positions at the same 
school. This fall Lucy will be teaching first grade at John F. 
Kennedy Elementary School, and less than a block away, Monica 
will be teaching fifth grade at Greenfield Elementary School.
	Monica said her mother was "inspirational for a lot of 
people." Lucy worked full time while attending school.
	The two weren't sure they would graduate together. "She 
(Lucy) really pushed herself," Monica said. "She was more 
focused than I was."
	Five other people in the Hispanic Mother-Daughter 
Program also graduated this year, Lopez said. There are more than 
400 students in the program, which is in its 12th year.  
	The program helps students find financial aid and offers 
workshops and support to students, Lopez said. The goal is to get 
the students to go to college and show the importance of a college 
education.
	Although the program focuses on the daughters, Lopez said 
many times the mothers are influenced and go back to school.
	Monica said she always knew she wanted to go to school 
and the program convinced her mother, too.
	Lucy said she was sure her daughter would go to college. 
	"We value an education. There was never really a doubt she 
would go to school."

Spring graduation participation falls to new low with 1,200 walkers

By Sharon Corley
State Press
	Even though about 3,800 students graduated in the spring 
of 1996, just less than one third of them actually participated in the 
commencement ceremony.
	About 1,200 students walked in the ceremony, 400 less 
than the number of students who walked in the December 
ceremony, and almost half as many as in May 1995.
	To Jason Swanson, a student who did walk in the spring 
1996 ceremony, the number of students participating wasn't too 
surprising.
	"Most of my friends didn't walk because their families 
couldn't be there. It was more for the families," he said. "I walked 
because my parents wanted me to."
	Some of the explanations given for this decrease include 
the growing number of additional convocations given by other 
organizations and a lack of general awareness. More than 14 
convocations were held this spring, including one from each of the 
colleges within the University and various cultural ceremonies. In 
fact, the Hispanic cultural convocation ceremony beat out the 
numbers for the general commencement with 2,351 graduates in 
attendance.
	In the past five years, the number of students who 
participated in the spring ceremony fluctuated between 1,800 to 
2,500, and has never been as low as spring 1996.
	Angela Muniz, program coordinator for the office of 
summer sessions and commencement, said they are looking into 
why fewer students are attending the traditional ceremony and 
hope to increase the numbers in spring 1997.
"We're working on students being more aware of the importance 
of the ceremony," she said. 

Drownings abound in AZ during summer months

By Dane D'Antuono
State Press
	While Arizona residents retreat to the coolness of their 
backyard pools, local lakes and rivers, lives are being claimed.
	Arizona ranks second in the nation for drowning fatalities.
	"We bounce back and forth between the ranking of one and 
two. It ranks between us and Florida," said Beverly Burns, public 
education specialist for the Tempe Fire Department. "There are 
more pools per capita (in Arizona) than anywhere in the United 
States."
	In Tempe, due to the college population, water accidents 
happen more frequently among adults Ñ often because of the 
consumption of alcohol, Burns said.
	"Unfortunately, at the age of 20, we believe that we are 
going to live forever and we take more risks," she added.
	Water accidents include submersions and near drownings 
where CPR was performed. Three of these accidents have occurred 
in Tempe in 1996.
	"A typical scenario consists of a group of young adults 
partying by the pool and drinking. One person will coax another to 
play the 'how long can you hold your breath' game," Burns said. 
"When you hold your breath, you black out due to a lack of oxygen 
É the person is down too long and friends don't notice in time."
	The most recent drowning in Tempe occurred when a 2-
year-old boy fell into a backyard pool. Apparently, the boy went 
out an open patio door and fell in.
	Drowning is one of the leading causes of death for children 
under the age of four in Arizona. Most children drown in their own 
pools, but many children drown in buckets, toilets, bathtubs and 
ponds, Burns said.
	From Jan. 1 to May 27, the Maricopa County Medical 
Examiner's Office recorded a total of 21 drowning deaths, 23.5 
percent more than the 1995 total for the same period.
	Those figures only include recorded accidents, though, the 
medical examiner's office said. They do not reflect near drownings 
or those people who may still be in extended care facilities or 
victims who have recovered and were released. 
	Alcohol consumption is one of the leading contributors in 
adult drowning accidents, the office said. Five of the 21 victims 
tested positive for alcohol in their blood.
	"A lot of the accidents are due to partying and consumption 
of alcohol," said Dr. Tim Flood, medical director of the Office of 
Chronic Disease Epidemiology. "Someone tries to do something 
crazy like  crossing the river or jumping off of the rocks at Blue 
Point Bridge in the Salt River."

Valley job pool growing steadily

By Dane D'Antuono
State Press
	Less means more for ASU graduates, students and job 
seekers in the Valley.
	As of April, the metro Phoenix unemployment rate of 3.3 
percent is 2.1 percent less than the national average of 5.4 percent 
Ñ that means more jobs are being created.
	In the last 12 months, Arizona employers have created 
70,100 jobs, according to the Arizona Workforce newsletter 
published by the Arizona Department of Economic Security 
Research Administration.
	A majority of Phoenix's largest companies Ñ firms with 
400 or more workers Ñ expect to hire additional employees during 
the remainder of 1996, according to a survey conducted in April by 
TPM Staffing Services, Inc. in Tempe.
	The industries represented in the survey include health care, 
banking, manufacturing, insurance and financial services, retail, 
communications, real estate and general business services, which 
employ approximately 57,400 people in the greater Phoenix area.
	Samaritan Health Systems, which employs approximately 
11,000 full-time equivalent employees according to the Phoenix 
Chamber of Commerce, is currently looking to fill 60 various 
positions.
	"These positions include administrative assistants, 
directors, clerks, medical assistants and more," said Susan 
Martinez of personnel recruitment. "We always have openings 
because people within our companies are transferring and new 
positions have been created."
	In April, the summer travel season helped push 
employment levels up in transportation, communications and 
public utilities industry groups, the publication said. Heavy airline 
traffic, and the importance of Phoenix Sky Harbor International 
Airport as a travel hub, helped the industry add 200 jobs in April 
and 1,900 jobs over the last 12 months.
	"As a result of increasing flights and obtaining more 
aircraft, we are hiring for at least 100 positions in ground 
operations," said Deanna Escarcega, America West Airlines 
employee recruiter.
	"We take the best qualified. We do look at ASU 
graduates," she said.

ASU captures six Wilson fellowships

By Jennifer Netherby
State Press
	Six ASU students won Woodrow Wilson fellowships in 
public policy and international affairs in April, making the 
University the biggest winner of the scholarships in the country, 
according to Honors College Dean Ted Humphrey.
	The six winners, all juniors, were Todd Romero, political 
science; Renita Thompson, political science; Stella Cheung, family 
studies; Jose de la Torre, mathematics; Matt Tafoya, justice studies 
and Anthony Chavez, journalism. 
	Chavez  said he was a little surprised when he found out he 
won because he had sent the application in at the last minute. He 
hopes to eventually work in government public relations.
	Winners must show a leadership role in the community as 
well as a commitment to public service and a strong academic 
record, Humphrey said. Students who have an interest in studying 
public policy in graduate school are eligible for the scholarship. 
	Humphrey estimated that 2,000 students applied 
nationwide. Only 130 winners were selected.
	Winners recieve a seven-week paid summer study program 
in public programs and international affairs. The scholarship also 
covers two years of graduate school at one of the universities 
affiliated with the program.
	According to Humphrey, the purpose of the scholarship is 
to prepare students for graduate school.

Exhibit celebrates Tempe's architecture

By Rebecca Murray
State Press
	For Jane and Dick Evans, the Tempe Historical Museum's 
newest exhibit, Doors to the Past: Preserving Tempe's Historic and 
Architectural Heritage, is a trip down memory lane.
	Using photographic reproductions, original documents and 
fixtures from the original buildings, the exhibit, which opened 
April 27, examines some of Tempe's historic buildings, including 
several ASU structures.
	"It's terrific to see all the buildings from when we were 
growing up," Jane said.
	"I took classes in this building," she said, pointing to the 
ASU Industrial Arts building, built in 1914. "Home economics 
(was) on this side."
	Dick said the exhibit revived personal memories.
	"It isn't just the buildings. We see the names and pictures 
of the forebears of people we knew," Dick said.
	Richard Bauer, curator of photographs and archives, said 
many people are unaware of the city's historical structures.
	"People think that there's not very many left," Bauer said. 
"But as you can see in the exhibit, I think one of the things you are 
impressed with is that there are a lot of historic structures left."
	Bauer points out some of the buildings on the ASU campus 
as examples.
	"The Old Main building is one of the oldest buildings in 
Tempe," Bauer said. "It's the oldest building on campus."
	Started in 1894, Old Main was completed in 1898 at a cost 
of $44,000. Grady Gammage Auditorium, completed in 1962, was 
the last public building designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
	Scott Solliday, curator for the Doors to the Past exhibit, 
said he hopes the interactive component will also make people 
more aware of the city's architecture.
	"Hopefully as they walk around Tempe, they'll recognize 
some of these buildings or even if it's not a building that's in there, 
they'll be able to look at it and have an idea of the architectural 
style, the time period that it was built," Solliday said.
	The Doors to the Past exhibit is scheduled to run until 
January 5, 1997. The Tempe Historical Museum is located at 809 
East Southern Ave. For more information, call (602) 350-1500.

Maricopa county voters favor Clinton over Dole for president in latest poll

By Sara Bush
State Press
	Although Sen. Robert Dole trails President Clinton by 12 
points in one recent Maricopa County poll, local campaigns are not 
expected to change their strategies, party spokespersons said.
	The Behavior Research Center, one of the top political 
research organizations in the Southwest, asked 473 Maricopa 
County voters of various demographic groups which candidate 
they would vote for if the election were today.
	Despite being a typically Republican stronghold, 44 percent 
of Maricopa County voters favored Clinton while only 32 percent 
said they would vote for Dole. Twelve percent did not favor either 
candidate and another 12 percent are still undecided.
	Republicans are still confident, however, that Dole will win 
Arizona, especially among the younger population. In fact, the 
Dole campaign has such confidence that it has closed down its 
Arizona headquarters.
	Ron Jackson, Chairman of the Arizona Federation of 
College Republicans, does not expect the poll results to change 
voters' minds about Dole.
	"I find it (the results) hard to believe," said Jackson. "I 
can't think of anything that would make Dole's support in the 
county fall."
	Jackson said he thinks the results of the poll will, at most, 
make a few campaign workers fight harder. He said he believes 
Dole represents values that many ASU students support.
	However, some Democrats seem to believe the poll shows 
how circumstances Ñ such as his failure to appear at the 
Republican presidential nominee debate at ASU in October Ñ 
have led Arizona voters to shift away from Dole, said Doug 
Banfelder, a Young Democrat at ASU, and that Clinton will easily 
win Arizona.
	Melodee Jackson, chair of the Maricopa County 
Democratic Party, said she believes Dole is not what voters are 
looking for in a candidate.
	"Bob Dole is not amenable to a lot of people," Jackson 
said. "He's an insider."
	Banfelder agreed Dole is losing votes, especially with 
students.
	"Dole is too old to address students concerns," Banfelder 
said. "Students recognize Clinton's vision and commitment."

Column: Wage raise long overdue

By Kelly Wendel
Entertainment editor
State Press
	In corporate board rooms across America, worried executives, with 
sweat 
rolling down their pale bald foreheads and onto their $3,000 suits, are anxiously 
dialing up U. S. senators they have bought and paid for through campaign 
contributions, fund-raising dinners and fact-finding junkets.
	The big-wigs aren't worried about foreign competition. The good ole' 
U.S. of 
A has been doing all right on the world market as of late. The national economy 
is chugging along, economic indicators are up and the stock market is floating 
along on a righteous air of sunshine that has investors from Ma and Pa Kettle to 
the heavy hitters on Wall Street singing all the way to the local Chase-
Manhattan bank.
	So why are many of the C.E.O.'s, V.P.'s and C.F.O.'s and all the other 
corporate marionettes worried? The U.S. House of Representatives recently 
passed a bill raising the national minimum wage from $4.25 to $5.15 an hour. 
The bill will now move into the Senate, where it looks as if it actually might 
pass.
	"My God! What if we have to pay the workers in the poorest fifth of 
our 
nation more money?" they are saying to themselves.
	Chief executive officers' visions of an estate in the Hamptons, a beach 
house 
in Newport and a condo in the south of France, along with a parachute golden 
enough to take care of his next four generations, suddenly starts swirling down 
the tubes.
	Think what having to pay American workers a minimum wage that 
amounts 
to barely $10,000 a year will do to the corporate bottom line.
	Executives are gnashing their teeth and pulling out their hair just 
thinking 
about it. Before you know it, American workers are going to start demanding 
affordable health care, too.
	Considering that a C.E.O. at a fortune 500 company would generally 
start off, 
conservatively, at a yearly salary of $1 million a year, or 235,294 times the 
current minimum wage of $4.25 an hour. If, God forbid, the U.S. Senate actually 
passes this absolutely socialistic and anti-business law that would upgrade the 
minimum wage to $5.15 an hour, then the average C.E.O. would only make 
194,174 times as much as his lowest paid employee.
	Of course, this simple calculation doesn't take into account the 
C.E.O.'s 
bonuses (generally for cutting overhead Ñ e.g., employees), stock options, 
board membership payments or any of a million perks from free cars to free 
housing corporate fat-cats receive.
	While business executives have been raking it in over the past 10 years, 
the 
real buying power of the minimum wage has decreased 27 percent. Money is 
becoming more concentrated in the hands of the few and although a raise in the 
national minimum-wage law won't do much to change that, but it will give 
millions of American workers a chance at a better life.

Column: Smoking kills people, money - so let it

Smoking.
	If there was ever an issue that raised thorny questions about 
freedom and responsibility this is it.  Should people be free to do 
something that might be harmful, even fatal to themselves? Or is it 
the responsibility of society at large to dissuade individuals from 
such actions?
	In days gone by individual freedom was paramount. You were 
basically free to take as much risk as you wanted with your health. 
Of course, if you hurt yourself there wasn't much that medical 
science could do for you, and society at large felt no need to 
provide you with medical help in any case. 
	Today things have changed drastically. Not only can modern 
medicine perform miraculous (and often expensive) cures, but 
today there is a common consensus that it is society's 
responsibility to help provide these cures to all who need them.
	Why don't we just let smokers die instead of treating them? 
They are choosing to take the risk, aren't they?
	There are two problems with this line of reasoning. Most people 
are not comfortable with the idea of letting people die when there 
might be help for them, regardless of who is to blame. Secondly, 
once you begin refusing treatment for "risky" behavior you open 
up a messy can of worms. Driving, for example, is actually more 
risky than smoking. Should we quit treating people who are injured 
in auto accidents?
	The reality of smoking's impact on health care costs is the 
opposite of what most people think. The U.S. Navy, for example, 
is on an anti-smoking binge. It was originally started on the 
premise that keeping people from smoking would save lots of 
money spent on treating retirees for lung cancer. The Navy now 
calculates, however, that having less smokers will actually increase 
long-term medical costs. Instead of getting terminal lung cancer 
and dying relatively quickly at age 60 many more people will live 
on to age 90, suffering heart attacks, getting hips replaced, and 
requiring years of expensive nursing home care.
	As many smokers point out, smoking is certainly not the only 
human activity that increases the risks of health problems. Are 
Americans eating too much red meat for their own good? Too 
much chocolate? Drinking too much beer?
	Are you overweight? Maybe you need to be put on a mandatory 
exercise program. Such actions may seem politically impossible at 
this time, but what about 30 years from now? If you had gone back 
to the 1950s and told people that the government might someday 
consider outlawing smoking they would have busted out laughing. 
Today it is a real possibility.
	Do we want to take another step towards greater government 
control over our lives?
	One of the main arguments against smoking is that it impacts not 
only the smoker, but also all those who inhale "second-hand" 
smoke. This might be a good reason to curb smoking in enclosed 
spaces, but what about the increasing number of ordinances that 
prohibit smoking "in public," which means just about anywhere 
outdoors. The infamous Phoenix brown cloud is not caused by 
people smoking.
	The battle over smoking, certain to increase in intensity over the 
next several years, is about much more than deciding whether or 
not  people will be free to puff. Rather, it will be a bellwether of 
the future of individual choice in our society. It will be interesting 
to see how this one turns out.
	Steve Forsberg is a senior studying history.

Limited funds, signal hinder college radio station

By Ray Stern
State Press
	Driving north of Broadway Road on Mill Avenue, a faint beat of 
music can be heard beneath the steady drone of static on AM 
frequency 1260. The radio signal increases near Apache Blvd., still 
struggling with static, and a song can almost be distinguished.
	But turning east on University Drive and motoring past the 
Tower Center, which houses student-run radio station KASR's 
studio, an annoying low whine accompanies the music like a 
parasite.
	The upgrade last year from 20 to 30 watts of transmission power 
has done little to boost the station's reception area.
	"We're not sure if we're getting 100 people listening at any one 
time," said Mike Sherwood, a broadcasting junior and the station's 
newest manager.
	Frederick Leigh, director of ASU broadcasting and the radio 
station's adviser, said some surveys were done a few years ago in 
an attempt to count listeners, but at this time he has no idea how 
many there actually are.
	Even with extra exposure on a closed-circuit cable channel that 
gets pumped to fraternity houses and dorms, KASR is effectively 
mute, and putting it on the map in the Valley would not be easy.
	"We were up for academic affairs funds, but we ... couldn't find 
a place on the (radio) dial to license. It's possible technically," 
Leigh said. "(But) not a very real possibility monetarily. It would 
take a ton of money to do."
	To give KASR a frequency on the FM dial, the necessary 
equipment upgrades, professional staff members and Federal 
Communications Commission stamp of approval would cost 
"hundreds of thousands of dollars," Leigh said.
	KASR currently receives about $25,000 a year from ASU.
	"When I say a few hundred thousand," Leigh added. "That's to 
get the thing on the air. Then, to hire a full-time person or more Ñ 
and what is the justification?"
	Sherwood said he would like to see KASR launch into the 
community at large, but he doesn't see a lot of momentum in that 
direction.
	"From day one it's something where you get in there and you say 
'What? I can't be heard?'" he said.
	However, Sherwood said, "a large sum of money" was recently 
offered by the Asociated Students of ASU, and the station turned it 
down.
	"(ASASU Activities Vice President Kolby Granville) had called 
at the beginning of May, the first week or so, and said he would 
like to work with us, (and) wanted to have a meeting with Dr. 
Leigh. He was more than interested in giving money to let us be 
heard," Sherwood said.
	Sherwood said Leigh met with Granville, and a decision was 
made to hold off on the upgrade efforts.
	"The more I discussed it with (Leigh), if we took the money now 
it would be years down the road before it would be obvious," 
Sherwood said. "It takes such a long time to get the FCC licensing, 
and then the actual set-up of the station."
	The question of cranking up KASR's signal arises every year, 
Leigh said, and there are no easy answers.
	In 1978 the Arizona Board of Regents approved funding for the 
station after 9,000 faculty members and students signed a petition 
to build it, and Leigh completed the necessary FCC and federal 
station grant applications. (The previous campus radio station was 
primarily news-oriented and dismantled in 1970).
	The ball rolling, ideas abounded concerning format, dial 
position, power, and everything else. Hope for a FM station was 
killed when President Reagan rolled back federal assistance for 
such projects in the early eighties.
	KASR eventually switched to a 20-watt antenna transmission, 
and now radiates at 30 watts. The antenna is located on top of the 
Computing Commons building.
	Leigh said simply boosting the AM transmission wattage to 100 
or 1,000 watts is not an option.
	"We have to be careful not to interfere with licensed stations," 
he said.
	The campus radio does not need to meet standard FCC 
regulations as long the signal drops off drastically beyond campus 
borders.
	Because of the sound quality of an AM frequency, FM is the 
preferred medium for any music oriented station. Presently, 
however, there is no room on the crowded Phoenix FM dial for 
another station.
	Non-commercial radio can only occupy spots below 92 on the 
dial, and the last non-commercial frequency, 89.5, was taken by 
KBAQ in April of 1993.
	"It took virtually 10 years and hundreds of thousands of dollars 
to get it there," Leigh said.
	If there was a place to put KASR, he said, the issue then 
becomes how to support the station.
	To be non-commercial, the station could not sell advertising. 
KASR's format as a cutting-edge alternative station may not appeal 
to enough wealthy supporters to keep things going, which could 
lead to a more restricted music format.
	As a commercial operation, a competent advertising staff would 
be necessary. KASR would have to compete with the Edge, 
KUPD, the Blaze, and other Valley radio stations. Again, the 
format could become more restrictive in order to maintain ratings 
and ensure advertising dollars.
	Another hurdle are FCC codes that say every licensed station 
must fill a community need, Leigh said.
	Right now, the station is used to train students in management, 
production, news and other basics of radio programming. The gulf 
between a community radio station and a training facility is a 
"huge quantum leap," Leigh said, and one has nothing to do with 
the other.
	As a training ground for employment in the field of radio, 
KASR does a good job, said Jake Buffington, KASR's new 
program and music director.
	"(It's good) as far as going up on a record, having really good 
breaks, coming up with content, coming up with an on-air list. The 
feed-back isn't really there Ñ it's an impression you get for 
yourself," he said.
	Buffington, a 20-year-old junior majoring in computer science, 
said he will focus on the cable channel this year to help cultivate 
more listeners.
	"Most of the callers are from dorms listening on Cable Channel 
2 from what I know," he said. "I've walked by dorms and seen that 
it's on."
	Not having listeners is bad for staff morale, Buffington added. 
Like Sherwood, he also dreams of bigger things for KASR.
	"If we had a fully operable FM station citywide we could 
actually have a station that impacts the music scene in Phoenix," 
he said. "It would be nice to be able to play (something) and have 
it create a buzz in town. It would be a more rewarding experience."
	Sherwood has a similar outlook.
	"It would be nice to have a larger station to reach into the Tempe 
community," he said. "And having an audience is a key factor in 
the education process, but the way it's set up, it's a learning tool 
for people who want to go into radio or a related field."
	"It's a great educational experience," he added. "I've gained 
greatly from it. If you put time into it, it does pay it back."
	KSLX DJ Leah Miller said she got her first job in radio because 
of the three years she worked at KASR. Miller, who graduated in 
1991, has worked for KSLX for two years doing her own shows as 
well as the more mundane day-to-day routines. Before that, she 
was at KUKQ for seven years.
	"You'd be amazed" how close KASR is to the real thing, she 
said. "Especially directing Ñ it's pretty much what you do (on the 
outside). I was doing the same thing at KUKQ as KASR, talking to 
the same (music) promotions directors."
	The experience alone gives you a jump in the employment field, 
she added.
	Miller will be the chair of a new advisory board of KASR 
alumni that is being put together for the 1996-1997 school year. 
The board will let KASR staff know what is going on in the 
Phoenix market, help generate ideas and try to establish pride for 
KASR, perhaps with a new award case.
	A new ground conductor will be installed this July which should 
help reception and clear up some of the background noise, Leigh 
said.
	Leigh said he believes that having some transmission 
capabilities is important.
	"It's obviously a concern. As least we have something to shoot 
for," he said. "We would rather have something than nothing."
	Miller said that if KASR got too fancy, it might not be in the 
school's best interest. As an example, she cites KAET, where 
students do not play a key role in running the operation.
	"What good does it do for students if you have a big radio 
station, the same thing would happen," she said.
	The full time nature of some of the jobs would be difficult for 
students to balance with classes, she added. Also, having top 
managers leaving school every year would not allow for the 
important nurturing process.
	"The way KASR is now, everybody has an opportunity to give it 
a shot," she said.
	Leigh said he doubts whether the Cronkite school of journalism 
would be ready to make the jump to hiring full-time professional 
help. In any case, Leigh said he does not have the time to manage a 
new and improved KASR.
	The station is serving the main mission, which is to teach, and 
that is sufficient for the time being, he said.
	"Students say we'd do a better job if people were listening," he 
added. "Maybe."

Barbie, Baywatch to blame for 'lookism' in America

	Lynn Romer founded the Pinocchio Plot, a group of about a 
dozen members in Utah, dedicated to getting the message out that 
looks aren't everything.
	Her cause is noble, but judging from a society that is 
growing more shallow by the minute, it is doomed to fail.
	The problem of "looksism" is a valid one with far-reaching 
manifestations and implications. If you examine the huge amount 
of money spent in our world dedicated simply to beauty and 
achieving it, you are left with one question. Why?
	I blame it on Barbie. Barbie is the anti-Christ. 
	What seemed like such an innocent piece of Americana is 
actually an insidious gender-role programming tool created by a 
patriarchal scum-sucking society.
	I know this because the feminist movement tells me so. 
They spend ridiculous amounts of time deriding the Barbie 
Corvette and criticizing airhead Barbie, superficial Barbie and 
money-slut Barbie as if they represent poor role models.
	Lets consider for a moment the cosmetic surgery industry. 
	In this multi-million dollar business, you can have your 
tummy tucked, your face lifted, your breasts enhanced, your lips 
injected, your lipo suctioned. You can become a totally different 
person faster than you can say "bulimia." 
	Just ask Michael Jackson, Liz Taylor and most of the 
women hanging out at the Scottsdale Country Club.
	And don't forget the beauty industry, where you can have 
your hair permed, dyed and styled, while purchasing a gazillion 
different shades of lipstick and nail polish, skin enhancers, beauty 
creams and anti-aging oils for one low, low price, but comparable 
to the national debt. 
	Perhaps the optical industry observed how much money 
there is in changing appearances. Not only can you give up your 
unsightly glasses for contacts, but they can be color contacts. Or, if 
you are going for that intellectual look, grab some non- 
prescription glasses .
	All this in the name of aesthetic beauty.
	Need we mention the fashion world? 
	To keep things interesting, the fashion people frequently 
change fashions to keep the money rolling in and the customers 
trying to catch up Ñ if you have purchased any of the 60s 
resurgence clothing styles, you get what you deserve. 
	OK, so Barbie, Baywatch and politically incorrect fairy 
tales create unrealistic expectations of beauty that few of us can 
hope to meet, then transmit the message that beauty equals good 
and ugly equals bad. 
	Looksism is a behemoth not easily fought. We could 
eradicate all of these combined injustices except for one small 
catch Ñ beauty is so cool.
	Beauty is one of the yardsticks of success in our society. If 
you have it or mingle with it, you are a winner. We want to be 
winners. As a  people, we are an odd combination of body and 
soul, and it will take a few more generations Ñ probably 176 or so 
Ñ before we can disassociate the two enough to not judge people 
by their looks.
Rick Liljegren is a graduate student studying creative writing.

The Deadly Game

By Josh Krist
State Press
	Tempe Little Theatre's The Deadly Game, directed by 
Gerald Thomson, may not be soul-lifting drama but it is good fun.
	It's kind of like reading a mystery novel instead of Russian 
literature. The time goes by quick, and it might seem a little too 
contrived at times, but it's a good way to spend the evening. 
	The plot revolves around Howard Trapp (Keith Wick), an 
American in a remote part of Switzerland. Trapp's car gets stuck in 
a snowdrift and he's taken in at the house of  Emile Carpeau 
(Robert Harrison), a judge. 
	Carpeau is entertaining visitors: Bernard Laroque (Barry 
Siegwart), the main public defender of the province, and Gustave 
(Roger Schroeder), a top-notch prosecutor. The group welcomes 
the stranded stranger, who turns out to be a traveling salesman 
from New York. As the evening wears on, and Trapp drinks more 
and more, the judge and his friends invite the salesman to 
participate in their favorite parlor game.
	This is where the fun begins. The first few minutes of the 
play come off like an informative, but unexciting introduction. The 
play could just as well have started when everyone is seated at the 
dinner table, and discussion of the game comes up. Before the 
stranger shows up we see the judge and the public defender playing 
chess. Of course, we're supposed to remember the scene in the film 
The Seventh Seal, where a black-robed death plays chess with a 
man, the stakes being the man's life.
	As a game, the three Swiss like to set up mock court, and as 
Carpeau explains it, "Re-enact the famous trials of history Ñ the 
trial of Socrates, the trial of Joan of Arc, the Dreyfuss affair Ñ 
Gustave presents the evidence for the prosecution, Bernard 
presents the evidence for the defense, and as judge of the court I 
arrive at a verdict and deliver the appropriate sentence." 
	Sometimes, they like to play it with live material Ñ a flesh 
and blood human being who takes the witness stand and defends 
himself. After some reluctance, Trapp decides to play the game, 
thinking that his powers of smooth-talking and salesmanship will 
keep him out of trouble. 
	When the court asks the salesman what he'd like to be 
charged with, things start looking like a Kafka novel. The salesman 
says he's guilty of no crime, but the court is convinced that he 
must have done something wrong and they're eager to begin trying 
to prove or disprove his guilt. 
	The prosecutor starts questioning the salesman, convinced 
that with enough probing he'll uncover a crime, or as he thinks of 
it: do a little digging and you'll come up with a corpse. Through a 
clever line of questioning, the salesman is eventually charged with 
murder. The courtroom scene takes up most of the play, as well it 
deserves to. James Yaffe adapted this play from the French novel 
Trapps by Frederich Duerrenmatt, and one or both of these fellows 
have a fine ear for the tension and wit of heated courtroom debate. 
	As the trial goes on, the salesman finds out that these 
people don't take their game lightly. The judge explains that even 
though the death sentence has been repealed by Switzerland, it still 
holds in his private court. As a good suspense should, the tension 
builds and builds, until all of a sudden the world is turned upside 
down. Although an observant audience member could probably 
guess the ending half-way through, there's enough uncertainty to 
keep things interesting. 
	Most of the acting was pretty good. The largest complaint 
in that department is the quick speech of Robert Harrison, the actor 
portraying the judge. He looks the part, and moves how his 
character should move, and even gives his words the right 
inflection, but he speaks so quickly that occasionally he'd trip up 
on himself. If he were just a bit more relaxed he probably would 
have carried it off much better. 
	Other noteworthy performances were by John Gnome as 
Pierre, the mute that acts as bailiff to the court, and Keith Wick as 
the salesman Howard Trapp. Although his performances were 
brief, Gnome pulled off the deceptively easy task of making a 
smile and a nod into very funny stuff. Although, when he first 
comes on stage, his presence isn't explained. This reviewer thought 
at first that maybe he was a stage hand, as he was fiddling with the 
curtains and doing something with masking tape. 
	Keith Wick did the fast-talking traveling salesman well, 
bringing out the dimensions of the character without devolving into 
melodrama. 
	The set was very good, simple but full, with everything 
there from the beginning so there was no need for set changes. The 
directing is like the set, economical and to the point. Tempe Little 
Theatre is the community's only all volunteer theater company, 
and it was nice to know that the people on stage were there for the 
love of it. If you love a good suspense, light but satisfying, this is 
the play to see.

The Deadly Game will be presented at 8 p.m. on June 7, 8, 14 and 
15, with a matinee at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 9. Tickets are $8 for 
adults, $7 for students/seniors. Tempe Little Theatre is at 132 E. 
6th St.

PR firm declares war on 'rogue' web sites

	SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Ñ To advertisers and activists, 
the Internet is nirvana Ñ unlimited space and the chance to get 
their message to the world. To the public relations firm of 
Middleberg and Associates, it's a potential nightmare.
	Before the World Wide Web, people unhappy with 
individual companies were reduced to convincing a news 
organization they had a legitimate gripe or standing around 
handing out leaflets at corporate headquarters.
	Now, all it takes is a weekend coding some HTML files 
and every complaint or concern they've ever had is instantly 
available to millions.
	"There was the 'Kmart Sucks' site, created by a disgruntled 
employee who was saying a lot of mean and nasty things about 
Kmart. Then there was the First Boston site, where a former 
employee published proprietary salary figures," said Don 
Middleberg, whose firm protects its clients from attacks on the 
Internet.
	"Companies spend small fortunes to create a brand image 
and something called good will," he said. "These sites are actively 
destroying them."
	To counter the threat, Middleberg's firm monitors the Web 
for what he calls "rogue" sites, then finds the people who created 
them and attempts to convince them to go off-line.
	"If gentle persuasion doesn't work," he said from his New 
York office, "you need to bring in the lawyers."
	Over and above First Amendment concerns, threats of legal 
action are a long way from the golden vision of the Web as an 
democratic leveler rhapsodized about by Howard Rheingold, who 
has written several books about the ethos of the Internet.
	"The Internet puts the masses back in mass media. It lets 
anyone publish their manifesto for all the world to read," 
Rheingold said from his home near San Francisco.
	Those days are over, countered Middleberg.
	"Rheingold's perceptions of where things are might have 
been true a few months ago," he said. "But this is big business. 
Things have changed. This is no longer a cottage industry. 
Companies have spent millions of dollars on this. They're going to 
fight to protect their sites."
	It's legally unclear, however, how much power companies 
actually have. Merely making derogatory comments is not illegal, 
said David Maher, co-chair of the subcommittee on Internet 
Trademark Issues of the International Trademark Association.
	"If you have an individual who doesn't like Ford motor 
cars or Burger King and says rude things about them, the First 
Amendment provides quite a shield. Just because people are saying 
bad things about you, you can't necessarily stop them," he said.
	But legal or not, even the threat might be enough to shut 
down smaller sites, said Jonathan Hall, a spokesman for the 
environmental group Greenpeace Ñ which maintains an active 
Web site.
	"I wouldn't be surprised if people gave in if they got a call 
and were told to 'remove this or there will be legal action.' They 
might do it because they don't know their legal rights," he said.

Flick picks for cheap summer kicks

By Rocket J. Squirrel
State Press

*****
You will absolutely bust a nut over this one
****
Worth running across the road for
***
Worth squirreling away
**
Surviving the winter on low-fat nuts
*
Not worth squirrel stew

Crumb
Produced by Lynn O'Donnel and Terry Zwigoff
Directed by Terry Zwigoff
Columbia Pictures
Rated R, 119 minutes.
*
	Siskel and Ebert, Chicago Sun Times and New York Daily 
News raved about this film. Reviewers say the damnedest things.
	Crumb is for the die-hard Robert Crumb fan.
	This movie follows Crumb Ñwho is best known for Zap 
Comix, Mr. Natural, Fritz the Cat and the Keep on Truckin' 
cartoon Ñ as he visits with friends, family and colleagues. He sits 
around and shoots the shit with these incredibly bizarre characters. 
The frightening thing is that Crumb is one of the more normal 
people in the film. These people are wacked.
	Calling Crumb  normal is a far stretch of  imagination, 
especially when he talks about his childhood fantasies of Bugs 
Bunny and cowboy boots. 
	"I would go in the closet and hump my mother's cowboy 
boots and sing Jesus Loves Me," he said.
	The best part of this movie was the flavorless air-popped 
popcorn that accompanied it. If you happen to be a fan of  Crumb 
then this movie might be for you. But your money may be better 
spent on his comic books.
	Crumb is crummy.

Empire Records
Produced by Arnon Mylchan, Alan Riche , Tony Ludwig and 
Michael Nathanson.
Directed by Alan Moyle
Warner Brothers 
Rated PG-13, 91 minutes.  
***
	Ferris Bueller hangs out with the kids from The Breakfast 
Club in a record store. Well, Empire Records, from the director of 
Pump Up The Volume, isn't quite as good as any of these movies 
but it's not as bad as the soundtrack would lead you to believe.
	The plot is totally predictable. The characters are 
introduced, a conflict is presented, the conflict is solved and 
everything is cool. Their mission is to save the bustling, 
independently-owned record store where they all work from a 
corporate buyout.
	All of this is thrown together with the typical day-to-day 
happenings of a record store, such as a teenage shoplifter who 
returns with a vengeance and the latest video heartthrob doing an 
in-store autograph signing. Of course there is the inevitable love 
story between two characters.
	The characters are predictable as well Ñ a beautiful, over-
achieving speed-freak, a slut, a tattooed suicidal girl, a Beavis 
wannabe and an over analytical Ferris wannabe just to name a few.
	Surprisingly Empire Records was a fairly good movie even 
if the Gin Blossoms and Better Than Ezra are included on the 
soundtrack. While it's a formula film, the acting is at least decent. 
The funny parts make you laugh while the serious parts aren't too 
lengthy and boring.
	Empire Records is a good choice for an evening of 
mindless entertainment.

Go Fish
Produced by Guinevere Turner and Rose Troche
Directed by Rose Troche
Evergreen Entertainment 
Rated R, 83 minutes. 
****
	Go Fish is one of the best low budget films to appear in a 
long time. Guinevere Turner is superb as Max, an aspiring young 
writer who is desperately seeking a relationship. Ely is a shy, 
gentle soul who may or may not be involved in an out-of-town 
relationship. Daria, Evy and Kia are their mutual friends who have 
taken it upon themselves to see that Max and Ely start a 
relationship together.
	This black and white film delves into the  lives of these five 
women and their friends. While these women are lesbians this is 
definitely not a movie solely about lesbian issues. It depicts these 
women as people first; the fact they are lesbians is just one aspect 
of who they are as people.
	Go Fish also deals with the prejudices found within the 
lesbian community. One of the women sleeps with a man solely 
because she wants sex. She is chastised by a group of women who 
ridicule her for engaging in an anti-homosexual act. This very 
powerful scene provides insight into a topic which is not 
uncommon to the lesbian community but may be unknown to 
many heterosexuals.
	A provocative look at friendship and love from the female 
point of view combined with great cinematography and a jazzy 
soundtrack make this a must-rent video.

Music to melt by

By Bryn Chancellor
State Press

The Ratings
***** Ignores speed limits with a smirk, revs it's engine next to 
God at the stoplight and corners like it's on rails. Red, of course.
**** Thinks nothing of 80 in a 55, bravely waves to God in 
passing, solid and built to withstand pressures of winter, summer 
and greatness.
*** Follows the speed limit, prays to God when going up hills, but 
reliable  enough to get to the 7-Eleven for a Big Gulp.
** Feels 35 is appropriate for the freeway, doesn't know who God 
is and has K-Lite on the radio.
* Parked on blocks in a trailer park, the neighbors pray to God to 
get rid of it and  it eerily resembles a Pinto station wagon with 
porthole windows.

hayden
everything i long for
Outpost Records
****

keeping in the spirit of pretentious lowercase names, no 
capitalization will be used here. thank heaven hayden does more 
than sport a bad name. his voice, for example, lives in the moment 
of whiskey-scratch and a deliberate inattention to perfection that 
suits the simple, vignette-style lyrics and sweet, dark electric guitar 
and piano. the ideas in his songs are absolutely appealing Ñ they 
deal with the day-to-day basics that make life move. "bad as they 
seem" is about a guy who spends his summer on the roof of his 
parent's house writing songs about people as they walk by. "we 
don't mind" is two people in love who call in sick to spend the day 
together. in "my parent's house," you can actually hear the foot 
pedal on the piano, which, charmingly, is hayden's parent's piano. 
the overall effect is better than the individual lyrics which at times 
are too close, too centered on the experience, and have the effect of 
hand-holding the listener through moments that need some 
distance to stand on their own.










Prescott Curlywolf
6ix Ways to Sunday
Mercury Records
***

Four guys from Texas who have three things going for them: one 
doozy of a name; a lead singer with this crazy-strange voice that 
sounds like Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson and Geddy Lee, if that's 
possible; and nice titles. Aside from those three things, there's not 
a whole lot new or original to be found in this album. There are a 
lot of bands out there with four guys, two guitars, bass and drums. 
Hope can be found, however, in songs like "Celebrate Ray," with 
lyrics like "You better build me a rocket, we're gonna celebrate 
Ray, we're gonna act like idiots and dance on the grave of 
somebody great", or the collage of lyrics randomly compiled in the 
jacket that, come to think of it, would make a better song than the 
whole album.
Brassic Beats
trip hop all funked up
Moonshine Music
* to ***** (depending on how wasted you are)

Sitting down and listening to a techo mix is about as fun as dancing 
your ass off to a Johnny Cash album. Therefore, take this music 
with a grain of mind-altering stimulation, head on over to your 
nearest rave and let me know what you think.







Bass Is Base
Memories of the Soulshack Survivors
Island Records
****1/2

Go right ahead and dance to this, darlin', because it's begging for 
it. Mystic, Chin and Ivana all share evenly in the limelight 
(although Mystic's a dead ringer for Germaine Jackson ala the 
Jackson Five and hence a smidgen more noticeable). Ms. Ivana's 
voice may be the sweetest thing you've heard since I-don't-know-
who and sneaks up on you quietly behind Chin and Mystic's 
distinctive tones (one of which is alarming similar to yet another 
Jackson). Some features to check out: the sax and flute in 
"Westside Funk," Sarah McLachlan's cameo in "Chocolate 
Factory," and "Funkmobile" for the sheer groove factor. 

dimestore hoods
dimestore hoods
MCA Records
***1/2

At times, this gets brutal Ñ very hard-core, tinges of metal Ñ but 
then lead singer Ray Korthe slips into this almost Lenny Kravitz 
bluesy love snarl and the band lays in a blanket of funk when you 
least expect it. Korthe used to be in a Chicano gang in L.A. and a 
lot of the songs deal with his experience. This is an album all about 
edginess and aggression, so get ready and hold on tight. 

Brief interludes help students manage stress

By Deanna Darr
State Press
	A brief interlude with rubbing oils and a complete stranger 
Ñ now available on campus at bargain basement prices. 
	It's not an ad pitch for some illicit enterprise Ñ it's a 
professional massage students, faculty and staff can enjoy five 
days a week at the Student Health Center.
	"Having a massage on a regular basis can be a way of 
managing stress or even preventing some of the effects stress has 
on the body," said Karen Moses, assistant director of the Health 
Education and Wellness Center. 
	For $12.50 a half hour and $25 an hour, students can enjoy 
a massage from a professional massage therapist. Faculty rates are 
slightly higher at $17.50 a half hour and $35 an hour. 
	The massage program, part of the Stress Management 
Health Education Program, has continually grown in popularity 
since it was started four years ago, Moses said. She added they 
now average 60 massages every week. 
	"It isn't necessary to publicize," she said. "Through word 
of mouth and so on people find out."
	During the summer, students can usually schedule an 
appointment within two weeks, but during the school year the wait 
can be four to six weeks. 
	Massage therapy has become a more acceptable form of 
treatment in the past few years, said Michael Thomas, a licensed 
massage therapist working at ASU. 
	"People are starting to take more interest in their health, 
being more holistic minded and not depending on physicians to 
give them all the answers," Thomas said.
	Thomas is only one of the massage therapists working with 
the program. All are licensed by the City of Tempe and have 
private practices outside of ASU. The therapists charge 
significantly higher rates in their own practices. Moses said the 
lowest private practice rate she knows is $50 per hour.
	The therapists are contracted by ASU and are paid an 
hourly rate for the time they are working. Thomas said he likes to 
be able to show up and have his schedule already set for him. This 
was one of the reasons he decided to work with ASU.
	"I'm going to school for acupuncture and I didn't want to 
spend a lot of time scheduling my own clients," Thomas said. 
"This system is very easy."
	Moses said several additional therapists were hired to help 
cut down on the wait. Evening hours were also added two night a 
week. She said the main restriction they find in scheduling 
appointments is the lack of space they have within the Student 
Health Center. 
	Thomas said he believes the main benefit to students is 
stress reduction.
	 "Massage helps maintain a better frame of reference for 
your studies," he said.

ASU athletes to make mark at Atlanta Olympics

By Deanna Darr
State Press
	When the Olympic torch is lit in Atlanta July 19, several 
ASU athletes will  bask in its glow as the world celebrates the 100 
year anniversary of the modern Olympiad.
	Eight ASU athletes have already qualified for Olympic 
teams from various nations, and 16 others are competing for spots 
on national Olympic teams ranging from Indonesia to Iceland.
	For one ASU swimmer, the Olympics will be a family 
affair. Robert Delgado, a sophomore on the ASU swim team, has 
qualified along with his brother, Felipe Delgado, for Ecuador's 
Olympic Swim Team.
	Robert, a native of Ecuador, has spent most of his life in 
theUnited States.
	"I'm doing it for my parents, for my relatives," he said. 
	This will be the first major international competition for 
Delgado, who will be swimming in the 100-meter butterfly and the 
4 by 100 meter relay.
	Zeke Jones, ASU assistant wrestling coach and a University 
alumni, is among 11 ASU alumni wrestlers waiting to qualify for a 
spot on the U.S. Olympic team.
	Jones, who won a silver medal for freestyle wrestling in the 
1992 Barcelona Olympics, has been ranked first in the nation in his 
weight class for the past seven years.
	Jones believes he has a good chance for another medal as 
he heads into the Olympic qualifying heats in Spokane, Wash. on 
June 7 and 8. 
	"I really love wrestling," said the 29-year-old free style 
wrestler who has been on the mat since  age 5. "The real challenge 
is making the team. Like anything you do in life, you have to have 
some passion for it."

ASU athletes who qualified or are in the final trials

Lorrieann Adams - track and field - Guyana
Lade Akinremi - track and field - Nigeria
Tayo Akinremi - track and field - Nigeria
Eric Albarracin - wrestling - United  States
Richard Bera - swimming - Indonesia
Felipe Delgado - swimming - Ecuador
Robert Delgado - swimming - Ecuador
Pal Arne Fagneres - track and field - Norway
Zeke Jones - wrestling - United States
Logi Kristjansson - swimming - Iceland 
Panagiotis Lagopatis - swimming - Greece 
Rafael Moscote - swimming - Panama
Francisco Sanchez - swimming - Venezuela
Kaipo Spenser - baseball - United States 
Steve St. John - wrestling - United States 
Lynda Tolbert-Goode - track and field - United States

ASU Police reported the following incidents last week.

Tuesday, May 28
- A student reported that sometime on May 26 an unknown person 
or persons burglarized the Alpha Epsilon Pi house at 717 Alpha 
Drive. Loss was estimated at $240.
- A man reported $1150 worth of property was taken from the 
Sigma Nu house, located at 601 Alpha Drive, sometime between 
May 22 and 24.
- A man was advised of trespassing and loitering after officers 
located him "dumpster diving" at 929 S. Mill.

Wednesday, May 29
- A male student reported his $200 Motorola cellular phone was 
stolen from where it was left unattended. 

Thursday, May 30
- A University employee reported damage to several restrooms at 
Sun Devil Stadium. Dollar loss was unknown.
- Another University employee reported criminal damage to an 
elevator door in Chollo Apartment. Damage was estimated at $300.
- A man was treated by Tempe Fire Department and transported to 
Scottsdale Memorial Hospital after he became ill at Wilson Hall.
- A man was arrested by ASU Police for an outstanding warrant 
from the Scottsdale Police Department. The warrant was for failure 
to appear. 

Friday, May 31
- A man was charged and released for driving with a suspended 
license.
- A man was charged with disorderly conduct involving weapons, 
misconduct involving weapons, and a warrant for driving with a 
suspended license.

Sunday, June 2
- A man was charged with seven counts of burglary, four counts of 
possession of burglary tools, two counts of attempted burglary and 
three counts of theft Sunday. 

Compiled by State Press Reporter Christina Lambard.