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OCT. 6, 1997
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By Genoa Sibold-Cohn, State Press
Today's forecast on the Red Planet calls for a clear atmosphere, free of dust, according to ASU's thermal emission spectrometer.
The thermal emission spectrometer (TES) is one of the instruments on board the Mars Global Surveyor, which entered orbit on Oct. 11.
Phil Christensen, geology professor and principal investigator of the TES instrument, said that the instrument was designed to identify geographical structures on Mars and to determine the possibility of life on Mars. The TES breaks up 150 different infrared colors and characterizes such things as dust, carbon dioxide and the planetary surface, he said.
"The main objective is to map the rocks and minerals on the surface such as hot springs, lakes or oceans where life may have gotten started," he said. "We're looking for places where there used to be liquid water which may be a sign of ancient life on Mars."
The spacecraft is expected to close in on Mars by March 1998. The Surveyor is currently undergoing an aerobraking procedure, which will gradually reduce the amount of time of the orbit from 45 hours to two hours by December.
In the first 11 orbits of Mars, the Surveyor has begun collecting data on the planet's weather, said Christensen.
"The atmosphere is clear and very free of dust," Christensen said. "There are no local dust storms, and this is very good news to the engineers flying the spacecraft. We'll continue to monitor the atmosphere of Mars continually over the next few months, and we can use TES as an early warning for the possibility of any dust storms that might be forming."
NASA scientists and ASU Surveyor members said they do not anticipate dust storms in the "near-Martian future."
Greg Mehall, instrument manager for TES, said the geology on surface, atmospheric composition, dust clouds and dust abundance in the atmosphere are among the data being collected by the instrument.
"We basically have been monitoring every atmosphere to look out for local dust storms or global storms," Mehall said. "This helps us to determine the detrimental effects of Mars in dust storms."
He added that dust storms could occur if the sun heads toward the South Pole, creating a meltdown of polar ice caps. Mehall said this is the first time that scientists have been able to monitor polar ice caps.
"They didn't study the South Pole in the Viking mission of the late 1970s," Mehall said. "The scientists here still use the Viking data because it was the only thing we had. The data we collect from this mission will be used by scientists for the next 20 years."
Christensen said the TES instrument has shown huge ice caps that will shrink as the planet's summer begins in the next two months. The instrument recorded temperature at the southern pole as -200 degrees Fahrenheit and the warmest temperature at the surface as about 20 degrees Fahrenheit, he said.
"This is the first time we have flown a instrument with these kinds of geological capabilities," Mehall said. "We are basically the weathermen."
By Ginger Scott, State Press
After three years of making precise scales of building entrances, sidewalks and other landmarks on ASU's main campus, one of the most detailed Braille maps at a university is finally complete, Disability Resource officials said.
"We're the only campus I know of that has a map this elaborate," said Terri Hedgpeth, program coordinator in Disability Resources for Students.
She said the first Braille map of ASU's main campus was a graduate student project from 1980. The map represented the east, west and central areas of the main campus on three separate pages. There were about 10 copies available to students in a three-page book format.
"The campus underwent a lot of changes since then," Hedgpeth said. "I got to thinking, 'Gosh, wouldn't it be nice if someone else would do a map?'"
In the spring of 1994, Hedgpeth and Jean Alley, coordinator of accessibility compliance in the affirmative action office, decided to take on the task of creating a detailed Braille map of the entire main campus.
"It started as something we hoped would be ready by the next summer (1995)," Hedgpeth said. "But there were so many issues."
In order to create the most accurate map, Hedgpeth and Alley consulted with facilities management to be up to date with campus development. The map has removable square-foot sections so that it can be more easily updated with any changes to the campus.
"My emphasis was that I wanted as much information on the map as possible," Hedgpeth said. "It's important to have real exact concrete information."
Alley said putting a lot of information on the map was also part of the challenge.
"We didn't want to make it confusing (by putting too much information on it)," she said.
Stairs are represented by a ladder shaped texture, ramps are represented by zig-zags and fountains by octagon shapes. The sidewalks have a grated texture and the buildings are outlined.
A numbering system was chosen for the buildings rather than putting their names in Braille because the building names could change, Hedgpeth said.
The map was a cooperative effort of Disability Resources, facilities management and the campus sign shop. It was funded by the American Disabilities Act.
Jim Newell, supervisor of the sign shop, said the map should be installed in the lobby of the Matthews Center within the next month.
"It was a huge commitment by ASU to make this happen," Hedgpeth said. "It is something that can help blind students learn the spatial relations between buildings as well as give them a chance to learn to use maps."
By Stacy Mann, State Press
An ASU professor's research on embarrassment has made its way halfway around the world.
Sandra Petronio's study of strategic embarrassment and its affect on behavior is the foundation for a physician's anti-smoking campaign developed by LeLin Fairchild, a Valley physician.
"Strategic embarrassment is a very effective way to tell someone their behavior is not appropriate," said the communication professor. "It works wonderfully on role models."
Fairchild went to China pitching the strategic-embarrassment tool in an attempt to curb doctors' smoking habits.
Outside Beijing, Petronio's work can be seen on more common scales. Everything from writing an unruly child's name on the board to media coverage of a celebrity's mishap can be considered strategic embarrassment. Petronio said an example of this is Hugh Grant being caught with a prostitute and the media frenzy that followed.
Although the reaction to strategic embarrassment is often positive, Petronio warns that playing the role of the embarrasser is high risk.
"If a professor embarrasses a student in class, the embarrassment can be considered out of line and rude," Petronio said. "People in power positions, like professors, have to be very cautious with the use of strategic embarrassment."
Petronio said there are two forms of strategic embarrassment.
"The positive focus is one of social control," Petronio said. "The negative goal is motivated by revenge and the intent to humiliate."
The negative focus was first noticed by Petronio in her early research on privacy and disclosure.
"In researching couples and disclosure, we found that often one partner discloses private and embarrassing information intentionally and strategically," Petronio said. "In some cases it's accidental, but often one partner does this because they're miffed."
Although the intent lies on the embarrasser, the effectiveness of strategic embarrassment rides on the receiver, she said.
"The key to strategic embarrassment is the sense of shame," Petronio said. "If there was a high level of embarrassment associated with an action, the next time the embarrassed person attempts the action, the emotion will be recalled.
"Strategic embarrassment will not work on psychopaths," Petronio said. "They just don't care."
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* Golden Key National Honor Society -- General meeting will be held 3:30 p.m. in the McClintock Hall study lounge.
* MUAB Gallery Committee -- Meeting 1:40 p.m. in Conference Room 1A on the third floor of the MU.
* Arizona Horizon Project Solar Car team -- General meeting will be held 5 p.m. in room 593 of the Engineering Research Center.
* Liberal Arts and Sciences College Council -- General meeting will be held 5 p.m. in the Hopi room of the MU.
* Sun Devil Triathlon team -- Meeting 8 p.m. in the SRC Classroom. Call 910-8289 for more information.
* Circle K International -- General meeting and discussion of upcoming service projects will be held 4:30 p.m. in the Gila Room of the MU. All are welcome.
* Learning Resources Center -- Free mid-term strategies workshop will be held 3 p.m. in Room 209 of the MU.
* Kundalini Yoga Club -- Free yoga classes are given 7 p.m. every Monday and Wednesday in the Coconino Room of the MU.
* Japanese Student Organization -- General meeting will be held 5 p.m. in the Copper Room of the MU. Refreshments will be served. Anyone interested in Japanese culture is welcome to attend.
* Native American Business Organization -- General meeting will be held 6 p.m. in the American Indian Institute Conference Room. All majors are welcome.
* MUAB Special Events Committee -- "Onstage Live" afternoon band show features Eric Hates Everything 11:30 a.m. in the MU Programming Lounge.
* Engineering College Council (EASCC) -- Dr. Anthony Garcia will talk on his research on the Web 4:30 p.m. in PSH 151. Free pizza will be served.
* Career Services -- "How to Succeed at Career Fiesta" workshop will be held 5 p.m. in Room 203 of the MU.
* Career Services -- Resume writing workshop will be held 5 p.m. in Room 223 of the MU.
* ASASU Counseling and Health Advisory Committee -- General meeting will be held 6 p.m. in the ASASU offices on the third floor of the MU.
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The ASU Police reported the following incidents on Friday and Saturday:
* An adult female student reported that someone removed her bicycle from the Language and Literature Building, where it was secured with a lock.
* An adult female student reported that someone removed her bicycle from Bateman Physical Sciences, where it was secured with a lock.
* An adult female student reported that someone removed her gray, Scott 18-speed mountain bike from Physical Science A-wing.
* An adult female student was arrested, cited and released for domestic violence assault at 410 Adelphi Drive.
* An adult male employee reported that someone criminally damaged a restroom at the Administration Building
* A bicycle was impounded for safekeeping by ASU Police.
* A female student, was arrested, cited and released for underage possession of alcohol at 401 E. Adelphi Drive.
* An adult male not affiliated with ASU was arrested, cited and released for trying to get a five-fingered discount at Tower Records.
* An adult male student was arrested, cited and released for underage possession of alcohol at Manzanita Hall.
* An adult male not affiliated with ASU was arrested, cited and released for underage possession of alcohol at Manzanita Hall.
* An adult male not affiliated with ASU was arrested, cited and released for driving on a suspended license at Sixth Street and Rural Road.
* An adult male not affiliated with ASU was arrested, cited and released for underage possession of alcohol at Sahuaro Hall.
* An adult male student was arrested for driving under the influence of intoxicating liquors, having a blood alcohol content above .10, and for two outstanding warrants at 620 Alpha Drive.
* An adult male not affiliated with ASU was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol at 600 N. Scottsdale Road.
* An adult male affiliate reported that person(s) unknown broke into his vehicle, parked in lot 63, and stole his stereo.
* An adult male student was arrested, cited and released for underage possession of alcohol at Best Hall.
* A juvenile male not affiliated with ASU was arrested for shoplifting at Tower Records. The subject was transported to the Southeast Juvenile Facility.
* An adult male student was arrested, cited and released for guzzling alcohol in public at 606 Alpha Drive.
* An adult female student reported that person(s) unknown removed a plaque from Palo Verde Main.
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By Ed Odeven, State Press
SEATTLE-- The challenge was great: beat a well-rested, revenge-minded Washington Huskies team.
"We knew that we knew we were going to have to make every kick. We were going to have to block ... ," ASU head coach Bruce Snyder said in retrospect.
"This was going to have to be one those ones where the margin of errors was going to have to be like that (none) to win it."
Well, it wasn't.
The now-unranked Sun Devils (3-2 overall, 1-1 in the Pac-10) committed several cardinal sins Saturday before 74,986 spectators at Husky Stadium en route to a 26-14 loss.
The disappointing setback snapped ASU's nine-game Pac-10 winning streak. The Huskies improved to 3-1, 1-0.
"Washington played a great game," ASU sophomore J.R. Redmond said. "The whole 11 on offense and the whole 11 on defense."
The 14 points was not a clear indication of ASU's offensive opportunities. The chances were there, but the team did not capitalize. The Sun Devils got the ball within the Washington 30 three times in the first half. And three times they failed to produce.
"That's terrible," Snyder said. "And that's why the offense's job is to put it in the end zone, (and) not settle for a field goal."
Senior Robert Nycz, who drilled a game-winning 38-yarder last season to defeat the Huskies 45-42, missed all three of his field-goal tries (two 46-yarders and one 35-yarder).
"I think it just didn't go smooth today," said Nycz, who was 8 for 9 in field-goal attempts heading into this game. "It's all got to be together and that didn't happen today.
It appeared that the second and third field-goal attempts faltered because of bad snaps. But Nycz wouldn't make excuses.
"They may have been (poor snaps)," he said, "but in my mind, when the ball gets down, I've got to be able to strike it good.
However, Snyder yanked short snapper Jeff Johannesen and replaced him with Brian Jennings.
No. 10 Washington's ability to dictate the game's tempo was particularly impressive.
It was done with a sustained ground attack for four quarters. The hulky Huskies' offensive line, led by All-Americans Olin Kreutz and Benji Olson, created holes for senior tailback Rashaan Shehee to run through all game.
Shehee finished with 29 rushes for 146 yards and a touchdown. The Huskies generated 240 yards rushing. ASU had only 51.
ASU free safety Mitchell Freedman said the Huskies' offensive rhythm wasn't stopped..
"Their offense was just pushing the ball," said the junior who had a game-high 15 tackles. "They were just working hard. We made the tackles when it was time to make the contact, and most people made contact with them. We brought him (Shehee) down to the ground. We just got to get him sooner in the backfield instead of letting him get to the line."
Although the Sun Devils were aware of Washington's running ability, they weren't able to contain it.
"We've seen it before," ASU senior outside linebacker Pat Tillman said. "They came out with two tight ends and blew our ass off the ball. It wasn't anything we didn't expect, but it was something we didn't expect to be so effective."
Washington's effectiveness did not surprise ASU head coach Bruce Snyder.
"I think this is a good team, better than last year's, particularly in the long haul of it all, because they can really now run the ball," he said. "Shehee's doing a great job of running the ball. Your mistackles go way up the better the back. Barry Sanders proves that. The better the back, the harder he is to tackle. He was hard to tackle. I was impressed with him today.
When Shehee wasn't doing damage, backup Maurice Shaw was.
Shaw's 28-yard rushing TD gave the Huskies the go-ahead score (13-7) with 1:25 left in the second quarter.
"It was like the parting of the Red Sea by the offensive line," Shaw said. "There was a big hole ... They pounded and really won the game in the trenches."
A positive sign for Snyder was ASU's opening-drive of the third quarter that was capped by tight end Matt Cercone's 14-yard TD rececption from Kealy. That score pulled ASU to within five (19-14) with 12:59 remaining in the quarter.
ASU took its only lead (7-6) on Redmond's three-yard TD run with 7:28 remaining in the second quarter.
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By Ed Odeven
State Press
SEATTLE--Washington showcased its brute strength and dominating defensive intimidation, while ASU simultaneously displayed a glaring weakness-- pass protection.
And the defending Pac-10 Champions paid dearly because of this overwhelming mismatch. Redshirt freshman quarterback Ryan Kealy was sacked nine times for a loss of 55 yards, as the Huskies feasted on the once-again revamped Sun Devils' offensive line.
With starting center Randy Leaphart sidelined due to a strained left foot, ASU head coach Bruce Snyder and his staff had to juggle the lineup. He inserted 6-foot-6, 315-pound Marvel Smith into junior Grey Ruegamer's customary left tackle spot. Reugamer, a 6-5, 297-pounder, was moved to center.
The offensive line also featured another redshirt freshman: right guard Victor Leyva. The results were less than less stellar: Washington 26, ASU 14.
However what shined like a falling star, more than the score, was the offensive line's inability to safeguard Kealy.
"Well, there were times when the protection was good, but when they decide to rush they are very good," Snyder said. "They are probably the best pass-rushing team in our conference. Their scheme is built for it, their selection of personnel is built for that and particularly in their stadium where they know the crowd noise can really limit your snap count and your audibles."
Those ideal conditions produced ideal results for the Huskies. And Snyder was not shocked.
"That was not a surprise," said Snyder, who is 0-5 in trips to Seattle during his six years at ASU. "He (Kealy) was hit way too many times."
In short, ASU did not execute, according to Reugamer who made his first appearance at center since the first four games of the 1995 season.
"We weren't making the plays," Reugamer lamented.
"I don't think I can put my finger on any one thing. We just did not make plays. I don't think it has anything to do with being a young team. We are finding out about ourselves. We are doing a lot of experimenting. I have been moved. We are just trying to get the best people on the field ... I'd say we didn't make the plays regardless of young, veteran or whatever."
The Huskies did.
Leading the purple Dawgs' all-out pass-rushing assault was whip linebacker Jerry Jensen. He finished with 13 tackles (six for losses), one forced fumbled and two sacks. All-American Jason Chorak (two sacks), Chris Campbell (two), Jeremiah Pharms (one), Lester Towns (one) and Nigel Burton (one) all put a dent in Kealy's intentions.
"They are a pressure defense," said Kealy who completed 13 of 30 pass attempts. "We knew that coming into this game. We had all of that planned out. (But) sometimes they are going to get you because they rush more than you can block."
"We've got to protect him better," Snyder said. "I don't know of many quarterbacks that play well when they get hit. They normally start to play less than their ability."
Jensen and the rest of Washington's menacing eight-man front was well aware of this. Although their initial game plan centered on stopping the slicing and dicing of electrifying tailback J.R. Redmond, the Huskies' defensive strategy turned into an all-out attack on Kealy.
"First of all were concentrating on stopping the run," Jensen said. "Once we did that the emphasis really changed to putting pressure on (Ryan) Kealy."
Despite the loss, senior left guard Kyle Murphy believes the Sun Devils will bounce back.
"We got to go back to Tempe and work hard, " he said. "The season's not over. This is a tough loss. There are still a lot of games left and there's still a chance at the Rose Bowl."
By Randy Jones, State Press
Proving that desire can sometimes overcome lack of talent, the Tennessee women's soccer team upset ASU on Sunday, 2-1.
Sun Devils head coach Terri Patraw said the Volunteers simply wanted the game more.
That little added emotional advantage proved to be the difference, as UT outshot ASU 15-9, as the Volunteers took home a victory.
"We didn't have any fight. We looked sluggish, tired and we looked like we didn't want it," Patraw said. "And (the Volunteers) did. I don't know. Some days I feel we are too young."
On the game, the Sun Devils were outshot 15-9 while committing 14 fouls to UT's 17.
The loss drops ASU's record to 7-3 (1-0 Pac-10), while UT ended a three-game losing skid and improved to 6-5.
Sophomore Kim Wagner was equally distressed with the Sun Devils' performance.
"I personally wish we could play that game over," she said. "I think that we struggled. I think we are going to have a long week ahead of us to work on a lot of things.
"They wanted the game more than we did. I just don't think we came out ready to play."
Patraw was critical of her players' lack of effort.
"A few of our key players didn't show up to play today and caused a little bit of a problem," she said.
The Volunteers jumped out quickly on the Sun Devils.
Tennessee forward blasted a shot at ASU keeper Erin Reinke in the games' eighth minute, but the redshirt freshman made a diving save, deflecting the ball off the post. It was a sign of things to come.
Soon after, a Volunteer forward slipped past the defense and only a brilliant slide tackle by ASU defender Jill Rivard stopped the breakaway.
Things weren't all bad for ASU. At the 29:31 mark, freshman Erin McGinnis fed sophomore Aisha Thomas for a 1-0 Sun Devil lead. McGinnis fought by a UT defender and centered the ball where Thomas tapped it in.
With 14 minutes remaining in the first half, the Volunteers reeled off a barrage of shots. Sophomore Shayna Teutsch got two blasts at Reinke in a 20-second span, but neither found the back of the net.
Coming out of halftime, the Sun Devils continued to play lackluster soccer.
In the half's second minute, Thomas grabbed a Volunteer forward from behind, setting up a direct kick from outside the penalty box.
Volunteer forward Whitney Rayburn put the ball in the top right corner of the net to tie the game at one.
Patraw said the teams' penalties were lazy ones.
"Grabbing, reaching with arms when you don't want to use your feet," Patraw said. "Things like that (hurt us.) I just don't know what it is. We just looked tired today,
"and we really didn't play well on Friday either."
ASU's fate was sealed when defender Kim Wagner misplayed a ball deep in her own end which UT forward Laura Lauter buried in the goal.
The Sun Devils' last chance to tie the game came with 3:13 remaining. From a corner kick, freshman Jaclyn Clark aimed a header at the net, but it was corralled by the UT keeper.
On a brighter note, ASU defeated the Loyola Marymount Lions 4-2 on Friday.
The Lions took a 1-0 lead at the 41:30 mark of the first half when defender Stacy Roberts beat Reinke.
ASU could manage little the first 15 minutes of the half, but as has been the case with the team all season, the Sun Devils scored all its goals very quickly.
At the 18:39 mark, freshman Karine Inoue was tripped in the box by a Lions' defender. She promptly placed the ball in the right lower corner to tie the game up on the penalty kick.
Five minutes later, Thomas took a rebound off the post and appeared ready to make it 2-1, but was dropped by a LMU player in the box.
Inoue stepped up and put the PK in the same spot -- 2-1 ASU.
Forty-seven seconds later, Thomas took an assist from Antoinette Marjanovic and made it 3-1.
The Sun Devils added their final, and prettiest tally, with 5:45 remaining in the half.
Sophomore midfielder Kerri Kulak regained an errant pass in the right corner and centered it to the middle, where sophomore Melissa Reynolds headed the ball into the left corner.
Patraw, though discouraged with the teams' second-half effort against the Lions praised Inoue and fellow freshman Jessica Bohl.
"I thought we did some really good stuff in the first half. I thought Karine Inoue was absolutely fantastic and I thought Jessica Bohl was great in the first half," she said.
"We got tons of chances (in the half). We had talked to the two of them and told them they had to pick up their play and they obviously listened and did."
By Josh DeFamio, State Press
Shortly after Vikings quarterback Brad Johnson hit tight end David Glover with a 43-yard strike down the middle of the field, a red, foam seat cushion flew from the stands and landed on the field.
The cushion came from a frustrated fan who sensed the Arizona Cardinals were about to find a way to lose yet another game.
"It's like déjà vu all over again," linebacker Jamir Miller said. "It's frustrating. I can't even explain exactly how it is. Or how it feels. Or how I feel. It gets to the point where (you're saying) 'when is it going to stop?'"
For the fourth time this season, the Cardinals (1-4) lost a close contest. The Cardinals could have won all four of the losses, and, in fact, should have won at least three of those contests.
This loss may have been the worst.
"It's a pivotal game in our season," head coach Vince Tobin said. "Maybe not as much pivotal that we lost the game, but we react to the ball game. Because this is going to be the week of the finger-pointing, from a lot of different directions. A lot of areas that people can point at and say, if he would have done that, we would have won."
Midway through the fourth quarter, there seemed no need to point any fingers. The Cardinals had held the potent Vikings offense to only 12 first downs and 10 points, and, thanks to a Kent Graham 33-yard touchdown pass and four field goals by Kevin Butler, the Cardinals held a nine-point advantage.
The Vikings put together a 13-play, 85-yard drive that culminated in a one-yard touchdown pass to Cris Carter to make the score 19-17.
But the Cardinals appeared to retain control. Kevin Williams returned the ensuing kickoff 52 yards into Minnesota territory, and the Cardinals offense moved the ball to the six and found itself with a second-and-one with 1:49 left.
That's when the Cardinals started working on its weekly method of losing.
After two runs for losses, Tobin brought in Butler to attempt a 31-yard field goal that would have effectively put the game out of reach.
Butler, who missed two field goals in last week's 19-18 loss in Tampa Bay, was off target again. His kick went wide left, giving the Vikings the ball at its own 22.
"The field goal should have been made in the end," Tobin said. "There is no question about that."
"I don't know what's broken," Butler said. "I don't think anything is broken."
The Vikings took advantage as Johnson completed three straight passes, including the 43-yarder over the middle to Glover which put Minnesota in field goal range at Arizona's 20.
"The ball seemed to be in the air a long time," cornerback Aeneas Williams said. "So to see why we didn't find a way to make the play, I'd have to see the film and see what happened."
A 37-yard field goal by Eddie Murray gave the Vikings the 20-19 victory.
"It leaves you speechless," cornerback J.J. McClesky said. "I'm hurt. I'm speechless."
As effective as the offense was -- it gained 293 yards through the air, and an additional 108 on the ground -- it had problems within the 20 yard line. Four times the Cardinals visited the red zone, and all it came away with was six points.
"The red area is tough to get into," said quarterback Kent Graham, who threw the 33-yard touchdown pass to tight end Chris Gedney, but fumbled on the three-yard line in the first quarter. "When you get in those areas, you've got to be extremely sharp. If you can run the ball in, that's what we were trying to do, that's easier."
Actually, the Cardinals did run the ball in. Tailback Leeland McElroy, who rushed for a season-high 87 yards, ran for an apparent touchdown in the third quarter, but the play was called back for holding by right guard Rob Selby. The Cardinals eventually settled for a field goal.
The failure in the red zone reflects the failure of a team that has been outscored by eight points on the season, yet still sits three games below .500.
"This team's a whole lot better (than Baltimore)," linebacker Mike Caldwell said. Last season, Caldwell's Baltimore Ravens finished 4-12 despite holding a fourth-quarter lead in 12 games. "We're a good team, we keep improving, we'll stick together, and we'll start making those plays."
"There's nothing we can do about (the losses)," McElroy said. "It's all said and done. We're 1-4, that's the reality of it. We're a good team, but that's not good enough right now. We have to find a way to win."
And find a way to keep the fans' frustrations from playing out on the field.
By Lori Haro, State Press
The ASU volleyball team may have split its matches against Washington and Washington State this weekend notching its first Pac-10 win and breaking a four-game losing streak in the process.
Friday night ASU (10-6, 1-4 Pac-10) defeated Washington (8-6, 3-2) taking the match to five games 14-16, 15-3, 15-12, 10-15, 15-12.
"It was really nice to see us close one out," head coach Patti Snyder-Park said. "We need that shot of confidence, we needed the win."
In the match, senior outside hitter Terri Cox had a match-high 27 kills and 26 digs. Senior middle blocker Kirstin Mattson contributed adding 14 kills, five digs, five service aces, one block solo and four block assists.
"I thought we played really well," Cox said. "It gave us confidence. It was a huge win emotionally, mentally and physically."
After their loss to the UofA last weekend, Snyder-Park stressed the team's need for leadership on the court. After Friday night's game, she said the improvement in leadership showed on the court in how they played.
She also mentioned that the bench played an important role.
"It was nice to have the bench with us, with support," Snyder-Park said. "The energy and momentum from the bench carries out on the court so that was good to see."
However, Friday night's momentum wavered on Saturday when the Sun Devils lost to Washington State 15-13, 10-15, 14-16, 15-6.
In the third game the Sun Devils led 14-8 before the Cougars made a comeback run, leaving ASU in disbelief.
"This was more disbelieving, you would think they would've seen the comeback coming, the recognition should've been sooner," Snyder-Park said. "It's really an absolute lack of fight and aggression. After the game it was blank stares of disbelief, they knew they lost the fight, but they weren't sure why."
"I think we played a lot better, but we just couldn't close it out," Mattson said. "We can come out strong, but it's like the game is over for us at 14 (points)."
Snyder-Park said that while she felt the team played well overall, there is still room for improvement, she feels that once the team perfects its skills, the confidence to win will follow.
"Their (Washington State's) experience won out in the end and we're trying to force that experience," Snyder-Park said. "I think we've made progress every week, but the bottom line is we're facing tougher opponents. Our goal now is to be about .500 in the Pac-10 and we still have a lot of volleyball left, all of October and November."
From all appearances, Saturday's Promise Keepers gathering in Washington, D.C., proved to be bigger in size than last year's Million Man March, which also was held in the nation's capital.
And like the Million Man March, the Promise Keepers gathering was not without some form of controversy. While the Million Man March was steeped in intrigue regarding Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, who initially called for the march, the Promise Keepers gathering was controversial in its stance toward women, atheists and homosexuals.
Warranted or not, the controversy surrounding both events tainted the main purpose behind the two gatherings: Unity.
Controversy never fails to attach itself to Farrakhan, but in the case of the Promise Keepers, the point of contention stood on fears that the movement excluded homosexuals, atheists and feminists.
Although there are those who will burst into a hue and cry over the fact that these two completely unrelated events are being compared, both gatherings have their similarities -- and those similarities are hard to deny.
Both organizations are led by a single, charismatic individual. The colorful and outspoken Farrakhan holds the banner for the Nation of Islam while former University of Colorado football coach Bill McCartney founded the Promise Keepers. Fire and ice, these two men. But both had one goal in mind for their respective gatherings: Unity.
And both gatherings were meant to unify specific groups. In the Million Man March's case, the target audience was African-American males and the goal was to curb the violence committed by African Americans toward African Americans. The Promise Keepers, who bill themselves "Men of Integrity," aim toward keeping men of every ethnic background accountable to their families and responsibilities.
Finally, both McCartney and Farrakhan want to take their messages worldwide, to spread the gospel, so to speak. In fact, it was even revealed that McCartney would run for president, if it was God's will. Politics, too, are no stranger to Farrakhan.
But for once, rather than exploiting the downside of major events like Saturday's meeting, let's look at the good -- and only the good -- that outlines the purpose of a gathering such as the Promise Keepers summit:
Unity.
Responsibility.
Integrity.
Let's not taint the intent the group had in meeting by seeking the negative.
The valor behind the Million Man March's intent was undermined by the controversy surrounding Farrakhan. We shouldn't make the same mistake by treating the Promise Keepers the same way. We don't always agree with everything that we are told, but we can at least have an understanding.
Ross Eide, Columnist
In the last couple of years, our sister university to the south, UofA, has been having smaller and smaller enrollment numbers. This has sparked the powers that be at UofA to start a marketing blitz. Part of this plan has been to place UofA billboards in the Phoenix area. Now, this has outraged many ASU students and alumni in the Valley. They have been demanding that ASU retaliate and advertise in Tucson. To all those people out there who think that, I have one question: "Why?"
Have you been to Tucson lately?
If you haven't noticed, ASU has been trying to push the perception that we are an academic powerhouse, and it is working. We are getting more and more of the top students in Arizona to attend ASU. Students, smart and mediocre, are choosing not to go to UofA, and the administration down there cannot figure it out. I think I can outline a couple of reasons why their enrollment is going down.
The biggest reason is location. UofA is located in Tucson and not even the nice part of Tucson, but the "Hood" of Tucson. The city of Tucson was the "big" city in Arizona for hundreds of years, and now it's not, and the people of Tucson cannot seem to let this fact go.
I know that ASU gets a lot of students from Tucson, so before all the people from Tucson write to the State Press and say how great Tucson is, let's get some facts straight. You do not currently live in Tucson, and you are not planning to move back there after you graduate. That tells me that some part of your conscious or subconscious seriously dislikes Tucson.
Another reason enrollment is down at UofA is ... well, I can't really think of another one. Once you get over the Tucson factor -- which is one huge factor -- the school is almost desirable. So why doesn't all the faculty, staff, administration and student body get together and pick a new location? The metro-Phoenix area is spoken for. So is Flagstaff. And Yuma is worse than Tucson. So where? Why not Sedona? That would be a great location for the new UofA. An institution of higher learning nestled in between the red rocks and valleys of Sedona.
As for the marketing blitz that UofA is in the middle of right now, I don't know what to tell them. UofA is slipping. For example, ASU went to the Rose Bowl last year and we lost; I can finally admit that nine months later. The following year we have the largest enrollment ever at the University. The experts will tell you the Rose Bowl had nothing to do with it, but it couldn't hurt too much. UofA, on the other hand, won the national championships in basketball, the big dance, the whole thing. They did what ASU couldn't do in football. What is the result for their school, lower enrollment? Do the math; something isn't adding up for the Wildcats.
So UofA, please take down your billboards, it is bad enough that all the parking signs on Mill Avenue are your colors. In return for stopping your marketing blitz in the metro-Phoenix area, we promise never to put up ASU signs in Tucson. Thank you very much.
Ross Eide is a senior studying marketing and can be reached at eide@asu.edu.
Joshua Solovskoy,Columnist
Men from across the nation assembled on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on Saturday for what has been reported by Steve Handlesman of NBC in Washington, D.C. as being "one of the largest gathering ever at any time for any reason." The Sunday issue of the Arizona Republic reports that "unofficial estimates started at just under 500,000." The significance of this gathering is not so much how many people were there Saturday, but who was there and why.
The participants were men, Promise Keepers (PK), who gathered together to repent of their sins, to sing, worship and pray for their fellows, their families and our nation. President Clinton in his radio address praised the Promise Keepers, stating, "No one can question the sincerity of hundreds of thousands of men who are willing to reassume their responsibilities to their families, to their children and therefore to our future." But some do question their sincerity.
A counter demonstration staged by the National Organization of Women, who have passed a resolution declaring Promise Keepers "the greatest danger to women's rights," demonstrated with signs, chanting and bare-breasted marching. NOW President Patricia Ireland said, "Their only sin, if you will, is looking for answers in going back to the history of the patriarchy instead of looking forward in solving problems with women as fully equal partners."
PK organizers declare that the man is held accountable by God as "the spiritual leader of the family." A participant who was interviewed by WRC-TV said, "It used to be, 'I am the man of the house and that is just the way it is; you are under my heel.' Now, it is, 'We're all equal, we talk about it, it's compromising, it's give and take.'"
The beliefs about the relationship of a woman to a man put forth by NOW and PK appear to be diametrically opposed. But are they? According to the Bible, the relationship between man and woman started in Genesis 2:22-3 not as a dominant and submissive but as equals.
"Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. The man said, 'This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called "woman," for she was taken out of man.'"
Here, the word "rib" in the original Hebrew is "tsela," which means "side" in English. The flesh of man that was used by God to create the woman was not taken from the foot so that man would rule over woman, nor was it taken from the head so that woman would rule over man, but from the "side" so that man and woman would be equal.
Christians believe the man is the "spiritual leader" of the family but is limited -- for it is his wife, the other half, who strengthens his prayer and walk with God. It has been said that "behind every great man is an even greater woman." This is true because the man is incomplete without his woman, just as the woman is incomplete without her man.
Sadly, in the wake of the growing popularity of Promise Keepers, Patricia Ireland says "the Promise Keepers is the religious extremist movement reinventing its public image to create a more positive popular base." This is not so. Promise Keepers are not reinventing anything -- they are simply committing, as all Christians should, to "building strong marriages and families through love, protection and biblical values." That is the way it was intended.
Joshua Solovskoy is a senior studying political science and can be reached at solovskoy@msn.com.
After reading (State Press columnist Joshua) Solovskoy's article "Church, state 'separation' still not practiced in class," we can see he didn't change his twisted journalistic technique over the summer: To take a biased argument, drown it with facts and quotes and have it begin to look acceptable.
Once again he did it on Sept. 19. Supported by several statements by the Supreme Court, the ACLU and quotes from the Humanist Manifesto, his column appears rational and well-documented. Taking a closer look, we realize that the whole article is based on his own personal interpretation of facts. Solovskoy states that Humanists were declared a religion by the Supreme Court and also that they believe in evolution. Therefore he concludes that evolution is a religious critique and not a scientific one. Then, Solovskoy, we ask you: What is a genuinely scientific critique? Does it mean whenever a religious person supports a scientific theory it becomes a religious critique, which makes it ineligible to be taught in public schools?
Solovskoy should know that the first Humanists who appeared in Europe during the early 16th century were Christians motivated by their disgust at the abuse and excess of the Catholic Church. Their limited understanding of the universe certainly didn't lead them to believe in evolution at that time. Later however, Humanists adapted their personal belief to the rational scientific evidence supporting evolution. To base your opinion on rational thoughts is the groundwork of Humanism. This (is the opposite of) religious fundamentalists whose opinions are entirely based on intangible convictions.
I'm afraid you belong to the latter category, Joshua Solovskoy. Your narrow-mindedness makes you unable to consider centuries of scientific work, and that is an insult to human intelligence.
Pierre Lucas, Doctorate, Chemistry
(ASU reporter Genoa) Sibold-Cohn's article on the radioisotope thermoelectric generator on the Saturn probe in the Sept. 29 State Press made reference to plutonium as "...the most deadly substance known." This is a factually incorrect statement. There are many people who have inhaled measurable quantities of plutonium many years ago and have suffered no ill effects. The radiological hazards of plutonium are of the same types and magnitudes as those of naturally occurring radioactive elements radium and thorium, which are now and always have been present in the food we eat, in the water we drink and in trace amounts in our bodies. However, the potential for public exposure to plutonium is negligible compared with thorium, which is found everywhere in soil and rock; it is three times as abundant as uranium and about as abundant as lead in the earth's crust. Thorium has many commercial applications including the manufacture of gas lantern mantles which are sold to anyone without cause for concern.
Kenneth L. Mossman, Professor of Health Physics, Director, Office of Radiation Protection
Regarding the editorial in the Sept. 29 State Press: I would like to applaud the balanced, informative article presented on the front page. Unfortunately, the editorial presented on page 4 could not be described in such terms. The editorial begins with the quote, "The risk factor on this mission is unbelievably high." I feel "unbelievable" sums up the editorial just right.
If we really want to make a case for the dangers of plutonium falling from space, we need look no further than the many Soviet and Chinese satellites that have already re-entered the Earth's atmosphere. These spacecraft use much larger nuclear power cores than the Cassini generator. There have been no deaths reported due to these wayward military satellites, and yet we are supposed to believe the smaller, almost certainly better-designed reactor for Cassini will be the cause of death for 40 million people and cancer in the rest of the Earth's population? My baloney-detection alarm just went off.
The editor tried to use the Galileo mission as an example of the potential science from robotic missions to the planets. I take exception to the praise heaped on the Galileo mission while only fear and loathing is heaped on the Cassini. They are nearly identical vehicles; both have descent probes, both use nuclear power, both made close flybys of Earth. Why then the difference in opinion? Is Cassini the political movement of the week?
The entire hysteria over Cassini grows from the same media alarmism over "Hurricane Nora" ridiculed by the State Press. Does the editor denounce alarmism in the media or embrace it? The National Weather Service, a group of scientists trained to make predictions about the weather, tried to downplay the danger the media was trying to build up. Mission scientists have repeatedly stated that there is a vanishingly small chance of any harm to the environment or any people, yet now, the editor embraces the media and anti-science hype and portrays NASA as a soulless group, bent on knowingly poisoning us all. I hope the editor likes all the other trappings of science and technology that society is so dependent on.
Kevin Healy, Graduate Student, Physics and Astronomy Department
I appreciate that finally, in the 90s, ASU and the rest of the nation have been able to acknowledge the value of clean air and the rights of non-smokers to have this clean air within public buildings. But why don't non-smoking areas apply to outdoor spaces?
I'll tell you why -- these smokers were all upset to find that they would no longer be able to contaminate the air indoors. Naturally, in their eyes, they are being persecuted for what is their right to inhale and blow smoke wherever and whenever they please. As far as I'm concerned, all smokers have the right to smoke if they want. Everyone has equal rights to freedom to choose what they do and how they do it.
But let's get this straight, folks. Why do all non-smokers have to walk through cigarette smoke while trying to get into the Memorial Union, or the Language and Literature building? Why do non-smokers have to inhale the secondhand smoke of the secretaries standing in the outdoor stairwell of the Academic Services building? Why are there covered areas outdoors complete with picnic tables, clearly made for anyone to sit in the shade, but almost always taken over by one or two ... smokers?
I'm pissed off that the these otherwise pleasant outdoor places for relaxation away from the buzz of the crowd are always undoubtedly trashed by the inconsiderate smoker blowing that (smoke) nearby.
To all non-smokers: Beware, you are not free from the secondhand smoke that will kill you. You must find back entrances to enter buildings and far away benches in the mid-day sun because everything else is contaminated with smoke from ... people who are reaping the benefits of indoor no-smoking regulations. Here are some places to avoid if you value your air quality: The MU outdoor patio off the lower level near Zia Records; the MU north entrance near the art gallery; the MU west entrance and the nearby picnic tables; the main entrance of the Language and Literature building; the Academic Services building east entrances and all along the stairwell; the only entrance to the Hayden Library; the covered courtyard of the Payne education building. All are contaminated by secondhand cigarette smoke.
My suggestion to ASU officials is to implement protected areas around the perimeter of all buildings on campus. Non-smokers have rights to get to class or to sit in the shade between classes as much as these smokers have the right to smoke. But smokers are the offenders here. Displace them by giving them designated smoking areas outdoors. Whatever happened to clean air?
M. Bruning, Graduate Student, Art History
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