City council considers crime-curbing cameras

By Jennifer Netherby
State Press
	George Orwell's vision of Big Brother watching everyone may 
someday be reality on Mill Avenue.
	Over the next year, the Tempe Public Health and Safety Committee 
will be considering the option of adding surveillance cameras downtown as one 
way of improving safety, said Tempe Police Chief Ron Burns.
	"It's really in a laundry list of suggestions," he said.
	The suggestion came from a forum this summer with a group of 
citizens and political groups, he said.
	Burns said the cameras could help solve crimes and possibly act as a 
crime deterrent.
	The committee still has to research the cost and benefits of adding the 
cameras before making a final decision. Installation of the cameras would 
ultimately be decided by the city council.
	"It's quite an expensive proposition," Burns said.
	At a public forum in July, a Tempe citizen suggested the installation of 
surveillance cameras. Tempe is looking at the city of Baltimore, which installed 
cameras last year, to determine the effectiveness of the program.
	Baltimore spent $58,000 to place 16 cameras in the downtown 
transportation corridor last January, said Frank Russo, public safety director of 
the Baltimore Downtown Partnership.
	Since surveillance began, Russo said there has been a 10 percent 
overall drop in crime near camera locations. In the past three months the district 
has seen a 50 percent drop.
	Ultimately Baltimore wants to install more than 200 cameras 
throughout the downtown area, Russo said.
	The cameras have also helped Baltimore solve crimes and, in some 
instances, allowed officers to respond while a crime was taking place. Russo 
said if a crime is committed while an officer is monitoring the system, response 
time is greatly reduced.
	All of the crimes caught on tape have been plea-bargained out of court, 
he said.
	Russo said the system is monitored 16 hours a day by an officer and 
recorded 24 hours. 
	Signs alert pedestrians and motorists on every block the cameras 
survey. Russo said the signs are very visible. 
	"It impacts the perception of crime," Russo said.
	There has been a mainly positive response to the cameras from the 
community, he said.
	The American Civil Liberties Union at first challenged the cameras as 
an extension of "big brother," but later chose not to pursue the issue.

University Club quenching debt with stadium beer sales

By Deanna Darr
State Press
	Part of the $297,900 debt the University Club racked up after it opened 
is now being paid off with a share of the profits from beer sales at Sun Devil 
Stadium.
	The University Club received a $71,000 subsidy from stadium alcohol 
sales last year. Ann Bolser, director of business services for ASU Public Events, 
said the office expects to receive the same amount during the next fiscal year.
	Bolser said she expects the debt to be $181,400 at the end of the current 
fiscal year - June 30, 1997.
	"The $71,000 subsidy ... helps run the Club," she said. "Anything that's 
left at the end of the year we put toward the debt."
	Gerald Snyder, comptroller and treasurer for the Comptrollers Office, 
said the funds the University Club received from alcohol sales were the main 
reason it was able to make payments on the debt.
	The University Club was $297,900 in the red in 1993 - just prior to a 
change in club management from Memorial Union to ASU Public Events.
	Bolser said the change took place when Marriott lost the concessions 
contract for Sun Devil Stadium and the University Club to the Fine Host 
company.
	She added that the initial debt was created mainly due to start-up costs 
when the Club opened in March 1992.
	Snyder said the Club is making progress on the mound of debt. "They 
have a positive trend toward gradually reducing the debt - it is still substantial, 
but they're going in the right direction," he said.
	ASU Provost Milton Glick said the members-only hangout was created 
in response to faculty and staff requests.
	"There's a sense that we improve the whole University when we create 
places where people can gather," Glick said.
	There are many such common meeting grounds on campus for students 
and faculty and these areas help to create a sense of community at the 
University, he added.
	Glick said that having such a club on college campuses is a tradition 
across the country.
	The University Club's revenue comes not only from stadium alcohol 
sales, but also from the dues and initiation fees its members pay. Initiation fees 
range from $125 to $500 and monthly dues vary from $6 to $20, depending on 
what category the member falls under. Members can be ASU alumni, faculty, 
staff, retirees and community and corporate leaders.
	Colleen Jennings-Roggensack, director of ASU Public Events, said 
students are not eligible for membership because of conditions of the Club's 
liquor license.

Proposed rental code changes ruffle supporters' feathers

By Jennifer Netherby
State Press
	Proponents of Tempe's proposed rental codes charged Wednesday that 
changes in the latest draft will adversely affect the most vulnerable tenants.
	Arizona Tenants Association founder Ken Volk said the new codes will 
result in retribution from landlords if tenants complain to the city. 
	"It's [the rental codes] been substantially weakened," Volk said.
	The newest draft requires that a tenant contact their landlord prior to 
complaining to the city about a code violation. Complaints about the interior of a 
rental could only be made by the tenant who is directly affected by the problem.
	The Tempe City Council will discuss the changes today at 6:30 p.m.
	Councilman Dennis Cahill said he is concerned about tenants receiving 
retribution from landlords. 
	"There are numerous times that people are evicted or terminated in jobs 
other than for the reasons stated," he said.
	Cahill said he would not be able to make a complaint about a rental 
property that is not complying with the codes on behalf of a constituent who is 
afraid to do it himself.
	The people who are least likely to complain about substandard rental 
conditions are more likely to live in slum-like housing, such as suspected drug 
dealers and prostitutes, Cahill said.
	Councilwoman Linda Spears said she supposes retribution by landlords 
is possible with the complaint procedure, but doesn't know how to prevent it.
	"What I don't want is someone minding someone else's business," she 
said.
	Spears said she is concerned that the codes are not dealing with the 
important issues of health and safety.
	"I think what we're attempting to do is solve all issues of rental 
property," she said.
	Cahill said he will vote for the rental codes but would prefer to see it 
written as the original committee drafted it. That committee consisted of both 
landlords and tenants. 
	Tempe landlord Bill Butler said although he doesn't agree with 
everything in the new draft, he thinks it should be passed.
	"I'm agitating 100 percent for passing some kind of ordinance," Butler 
said.
	If there are problems after it is in place, he said it can be amended in a 
year or two.
	"I think we have to compromise," Butler said. "There are too many 
diverse interests to go in with a big club and get it passed."
	Butler is the landlord of a duplex and four-plex in Tempe. He says the 
proposed rental codes are necessary to keep rental properties in a decent 
condition for tenants.
	Wayne Kaplan, director of the Arizona Multihousing Association, said 
he supports what the council is trying to accomplish but doesn't think the 
proposed codes will achieve the desired objectives. 
	Kaplan said his biggest concern is that the regulations would require 
retrofitting of rental homes to meet the new standards. He said this would raise 
rental rates for tenants.
	Butler said rising rental rates isn't a valid argument. His property is 
located next to a "slum" property with rental prices equal to or higher than his.
	Kaplan said the rental code should deal specifically with the 5- to-10 
percent of rental housing with substandard conditions. 
	There are already codes dealing with substandard housing, but they are 
not enforced, he said.
	However, Volk said the new draft  doesn't have enough specific 
regulations. This leaves loopholes open to landlords which allow them to avoid 
following the regulations. 
	"There will be challenges galore by landlords to citations," he said. 
"The bottom line is tenants won't know when to complain.
	"The code has the potential to help tenants," Volk added. "It could have 
done so much more."

Recent suicide attempts incite concern among ASU officials

By Melody McDonald
State Press
	Two people attempted suicide on campus within five hours of each 
other last weekend, concerning officials who say more people are using suicide 
to try and solve their problems.
	At 7:23 a.m. Sunday, a 23-year-old transient who claimed he "didn't 
have anything" cut his wrists with a razor blade.
	Five hours later, a 32-year-old ASU student, distraught over a physical 
disability, overdosed on prescription drugs.
	Police said both were admitted to Tempe St. Luke's Hospital, where 
they were treated and eventually released.
	"Both individuals were in a great state of despair, and one wonders how 
someone can be at such a point in their life," said ASU Police Chief Lanny 
Standridge. "But society is stressful on all of us, and campus is more stressful 
than it appears to be."
	In the last 20 years, the suicide rate for people 14 to 25 years old has 
doubled. Last year, ASU police responded to a total of six attempted suicides.
	Standridge said that number is "saddening."
	"It's a surprising number," he said. "But what concerns me is the depth 
of despair that exists in the community. I have to think that every life is truly 
valuable and should be preserved."
	Jack Clark, chief of mental health for the ASU Student Health Center, 
agreed.
	"Sometimes people just look at life and occasionally have a hard time 
seeing anything good about it," he said  "They can't see any way out of the hole 
and decide to take the other way out.
	"It's a very personal thing, but I think it's a tremendous loss when it 
occurs. I believe there's another way we can do it. We can work this out."
	Clark said there's a number of places both on and off campus where 
students can seek help. 
	"Talk to your friends and people around you," he said. "If there's no 
interest, go to the next level. [talk to mental health professionals]
	"Come in and say, 'I'm feeling really bad and I don't know what to do.' 
We're not going to let you out of here until you get help."
	Students thinking about suicide are encouraged to call the crisis hotline 
at 921-1006.

Ambassador Program enjoys decade of success

By Rowe Edgell
State Press
	An ASU program that introduces high school students to University 
faculty while bringing teachers of all levels together is celebrating a decade of 
success this year.
	ASU faculty, administrators and local high school teachers 
commemorated the 10-year anniversary of the faculty ambassador program 
Tuesday at the University Center.
	The program, sponsored by the provost's office and the College of 
Liberal Arts and Sciences, was started in 1987 as a partnership between 
University faculty and high school students to assist the students in academic 
preparations.
	"We want to help all Arizona high school students to succeed in 
college, even people who would never have a chance at going to a university," 
said Barbara Colby, the program coordinator.
	Faculty Ambassadors are volunteers that visit high schools, giving 
lectures, working with teachers on curriculum, and reviewing content of classes 
and textbooks, she said.
	"Many of the schools we visit are lower-income schools and with the 
ambassador program we have seen an improvement in the schools in these 
areas," said Leonard Gordon, associate dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences and 
the program director. "The program helps the students to see the value of a 
higher education."
	Joyotpaul Chaudhuri, the program's former director, said at first he 
wasn't sure the program would get out the trial stage.
	"In the beginning it was touch-and-go, but now we can see the results," 
he said.
	NAU and UofA, which started their ambassador programs about the 
same time as ASU, canceled them within three years because of low interest.
	Gordon said the program has grown substantially in the last decade.
	"We started with 12 faculty members who visited a few schools and 
currently there are more than 125 faculty members who visit a dozen schools 
across the state," he said.
	Sue Garcia, a Dobson High School marketing teacher, said many 
students are more interested in college once they meet the University faculty.
	"The teachers can really identify with the students," she said.

Editorial: Big picture ignored in surveillance camera plan

	Big Brother may be coming to a town near you.
	Well it won't actually be Big Brother himself but pretty close.
	Members of the Tempe Public Health and Safety Committee are 
looking into installing surveillance cameras in and around the downtown area 
for the purpose of apprehending many hardened criminals who roam this 
dangerous area.
	The city will pattern the surveillance camera program in Tempe after a 
similar program implemented in Baltimore a little over a year ago.
	The City of Baltimore bought cameras and installed them over 18 city 
blocks for only $58,000. What a deal. The numbers show that crime has been 
reduced by 50 percent over the past three months. The decline is being chalked 
up to this new program.
	These figures make a similar offer seem like a good buy, but the 
downtown area of Tempe hardly has the same hardcore reputation as  Baltimore. 
We can think of a better way to reduce the number of crimes printed in the State 
Press police log: install the cameras on each floor in Manzy.
	The city apparently thinks that the cost of the surveillance program will 
be significantly less than having all those officers and horses patrol Mill 
Avenue. The city will be comparing the cost of removing the 20 officers that are 
stationed there every Friday and Saturday night against the cost of purchasing, 
installing and maintaining the cameras, establishing one monitoring station per 
every 16 cameras and the officers that will be posted at the monitoring stations.
	In theory this would seem to be a feasible and economical resolution. 
However, the city has stated that the purpose of installing the cameras is to 
apprehend criminals, not to prevent crime. 			There seem to be 
more problematic areas than downtown Tempe. Why not install some of the 
cameras in those areas? Cameras could prevent a number of the many problems 
here on campus, like rapes, assaults, vandalism and thefts. 
	We also wonder why there is so much police concentration on Mill 
Avenue. The roughest looking characters haunting this street are the uncombed 
homeless kids that reek of patchouli, live there with their dogs, and are there by 
choice. The many officers on horses and bikes and nuclear flood lights have yet 
to run these transients off. 
	Goodness knows that a few cameras placed on Apache Boulevard 
might ward off the joke of Tempe: highly visible prostitution.
	But what will happen to our individual privacy if this proposal is 
approved?
	This situation should make the lyrics to the song "I always feel like 
somebody's watching me" ring in your head. Should we count on a visit from the 
Thought Police?

Column: Ebonics is latest name for oppression

	As someone who is not from these parts (being black Canadian of West 
Indian heritage) it is fascinating to follow the pro and con arguments on Ebonics. 
The arguments are reminiscent of the debates on black English I saw occurring 
when I lived in New York City and Washington, D.C. in the 70s.
	Growing up black in Montreal, is quite different from growing up in a 
metropolitan U.S. city. A commonality is the racism to which people of African 
descent are exposed. The manner in which this is perpetrated may vary but the 
net effect is the same: keeping us down as a people.
	My parents permitted us to speak only "the Queen's English," i.e. 
standard English, at home, though we could speak whatever we wanted to in the 
street. Their rationale was simple: "As blacks, we have enough strikes against 
us. You will not add to them by not being able to speak and write properly." We 
were taught that education was the key to getting out of the inner city. The 
analogy my father used was that of a building: "There are buildings your mother 
and I have only been able to enter by the basement -you will be able to boldly 
walk in the front door." And like almost every child of African descent on the 
planet, we were taught that we had to be twice as good as white folks just to be 
in the same playing field.
	I am grateful to my parents. Though they were struggling financially, 
they made a point of filling our home with literature. My siblings and I were all 
reading before starting school. Books made me excited about words and 
knowledge. Sure, as a kid there were many times when black friends accused me 
of speaking white or of trying to "put on airs." But that stopped around fifth 
grade when the curriculum began really kicking their butts and they needed my 
help just to stay afloat.
	While the neighborhood school streamed black boys into menial trades 
and girls into vocational programs, it was my parents' attitude toward English 
that encouraged me to excel and to go on to college. It enabled me to breeze 
through college and work myself up from case worker to one of only three black 
social work administrators in the second largest child protection agency in 
Quebec. None of my inner-city friends, who to this day speak neighborhood 
English, graduated from high school. As I moved up the agency chain, some of 
these old friends called me to speak on their behalf when one of their children 
came to the agency's attention.
	When I meet some of my old friends socially, they often argue that my 
siblings and I are different, of a genius breed. I have to disagree. All seven of my 
siblings and I have done well, and four of us are university graduates because of 
our parents' forward thinking.
	When my 16-year-old daughter started school, I faced a similar 
dilemma. To my dismay, her school embraced the "whole language" approach. 
The philosophy was that children just learning to read and write shouldn't have 
their spelling and grammar corrected because it stifles their enthusiasm to learn 
and their creativity. Instead, we parents were instructed to praise our little ones 
for their daily creative efforts and to ignore the spelling and grammar mistakes 
for six months; they would learn correct spelling through exposure to library 
books, etc.
	I was able to contain myself for about two weeks - common sense told 
me that the "whole language" approach was bogus. I began to give my daughter 
supplementary lessons in which I stressed correct spelling and grammar. After a 
while she began to ask me to correct her class work as well and today she is a 
gifted writer. Some of her whole language classmates haven't faired so well.
	I see analogous dangers in the Ebonics approach. I urge brothers and 
sisters embracing this approach to rethink it. Just as a writer must know the basic 
rules of grammar, tense and voice before being able to creatively break them, the 
same is true of the relationship between standard English and Ebonics. It is only 
by playing the white man's game better than himself that we can share our piece 
of the pie. But then I be trippin'.
Diane C. Jacobs is a doctoral student in social work and can be reached at 
dianecjacobs@juno.

Column: Political correctness invades even our childhood memories

	Well, Disney just managed to ruin my favorite ride for me. Dancing to 
the tune of "spineless things we do to maintain political correctness," they are 
altering the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction. The ride, as most people know, 
takes Disneyland guests through a series of pirate scenarios, including a cave of 
buried treasure, forts firing on pirate ships, and the pillaging of a town by 
gluttonous swashbucklers. 
	In the pillaging section of the ride, the corsair caricatures have attacked 
a coastal town and are busy enjoying the spoils of their efforts. These spoils 
include alcohol, food and wenches. One part of the ride shows women being 
auctioned off to "marriage" with the victors, other sections show the pirates 
chasing their new brides around a room ,and in one case, the bride chases her 
new husband. The Disney people, in their planned renovation of the ride, want to 
place trays of food in the hands of the brides being chased, to infer the pirates 
are after the food instead of the women. What a joke.
	Spokespeople for Disneyland say they have received negative 
comments from some of their guests over the type of behavior represented by 
the pirates. It is demeaning to women, they say. They believe the planned 
changes are minor and innocuous. I believe this sort of kowtowing to the thought 
police is both frightening and disappointing.
	Disney is the great sanitizer of myths, legends and history. Take Snow 
White as an example. Is it really plausible that she lived with seven short miners 
who worshipped her and she didn't sleep with even one of them? Besides living 
up to her virginal name, she also enjoyed cleaning up after these men she wasn't 
sleeping with? Only Disney could make rational adults believe that.
	Of course, having Snow White engaging in group sex with Doc and 
Grumpy makes for bad children's cinema, so we expect these omissions. 
However, it is unhealthy to completely erase the physical reality of the stories 
they choose to tell. One of the nice things about the Pirates of the Caribbean 
attraction was its early-Disney quality of nodding toward the realities of life 
without over-doing them. Avoiding the sexual nature of the pirates' lust and their 
behavior toward the conquered men and women may actually be more harmful 
for children than showing the truth.
	The attraction already glorifies deviant behavior. Pirates are, after all, 
criminals who operate outside proper socialized norms. These are the guys who 
get "does not play well with others" stamped on their report cards. Those who 
condemn the Disney ride for being insensitive to women need to widen the 
scope of their indignation to include real pirates who killed to accumulate gold, 
as well those who compromised the rights of men and women while pillaging 
their towns. Altering one of these potentially offensive behaviors actually has 
the effect of making the pirates seem like even better guys than the mythicized 
version Disney is propagating. 
	This latest head-rearing of political correctness speaks to a trend of de-
sexing our society in favor of sanitized models where nobody ever thinks about 
copulating with anyone else. Of course we need to protect members of our 
society from sexual harassment, but can we really pretend sex doesn't exist? 
Ignoring, instead of accepting, this part of human nature seems a poor way to 
deal with it. What our society is trying to do amounts to trying to wish away one 
of the most powerful cultural forces in the world.
	The problem with sex is it doesn't fit well into square, pre-fabricated 
boxes. Primal forces, after all, can be difficult to integrate into polite society. 
The sex drive is a hold-over from our days as cave people at the dawn of history, 
when our survival needs were quite different. Unchecked, the primary goal of 
the sexual drive is to mate as often as possible, with as many different people as 
possible. Culturally, this tends to be a problem, so for the good of everyone we 
try to repress or confine these urges.
	The reality of this is that at some level, men and women are always 
going to be considered sex objects. While certainly no person should be 
objectified as only a vehicle for sexual desire, to deny this part of humanity 
completely is to reject something much older and more natural to us than 
society. Sexual desire needs to be seen as the integral part of the psyche that it is. 
	When Disney first designed the Pirates of the Caribbean ride, they 
knew sexual desire to be a natural thing that would be worth poking a little fun 
at by way of lusty pirates. It seems a logical progression to take the joke in the 
spirit intended instead of bowing to those who would push an unnecessary 
prohibition on healthy desires because of their own agendas. Try not to forget 
there is a little bit of the pirate in all of us, men and women alike. So, let the 
pirates chase their brides. Their actions are no worse than the other things, both 
shown and implied, in the attraction.
	And besides, they never catch them. 
Rick Liljgren  is a graduate student of creative writing and can be contacted at 
Rick.Liljegren@asu.edu.

Column: Balanced budget amendment is just a fool's paradise

	Since Ronald Reagan became president in 1980, there has been an 
increasing desire by politicians to embrace the idea of a balanced budget 
amendment. These politicians have trumpeted the idea that if only we had a 
balanced budget each year, many of our economic problems would simply go 
away, or at the worst, be reduced greatly. Many Americans have bought into 
these ideas, mainly because progressives haven't had the fortitude to demonstrate 
publicly that a balanced budget amendment would not achieve its purported 
goals.
	Charles Plosser, a professor at the William E. Simon Graduate School, 
explains that the amount of money is saved and invested in an economy has a lot 
more to do with how that economy performs than how big budget deficits 
happen to be. He points out, for example, that the United States has one of the 
lowest deficits as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the world. 
Our deficits run about 2 percent of our GDP, while Western European 
industrialized countries run about 5 percent. Their economies perform just as 
well as ours, despite the higher deficits. Plosser demonstrates that the real 
problem in the United States is not deficits but the way in which we tax people 
who invest and don't tax people who consume. The Europeans tax people who 
buy TVs, for example, encouraging people to invest in businesses instead. There 
is no capital gains tax in most European countries and Japan, unlike the United 
States. Yet the "deficit hawks" in this country continue to play up how important 
it is to have a balanced budget amendment, even if the achievement of this goal 
might require us to cut money for the environment, welfare, and even education 
- do student loans ring a bell?
	One question that isn't asked enough is what the purpose of government 
is and how the answer affects if balancing the budget every year is such a great 
idea.
	The Democrats have pretty much conceded to the Republicans that 
government should be run like a business. If this argument is taken to its logical 
conclusion, it is more important to balance the budget each year than toprovide a 
social safety net, since a business cannot run a deficit and survive. The 
repercussions of this policy in terms of the disadvantaged in our society are quite 
scary.
	Is government supposed to be run like a business? Is it in Americans' 
best interest to reduce federal expenditures so they are always in line with 
income? According to Frederick C. Thayer, a visiting professor of public 
administration at George Washington University, all six economic depressions 
in American history occurred after the government cut the federal budget. 
Thayer also points out that since the 1930s our country has run "chronic" deficits 
and not coincidentally, we have had the longest "crash-free period in history."
	Democrats know that balancing the federal budget will not substantially 
change this country's economic climate, but are afraid to be honest about it for 
fear of alienating voters. What's really sad is that the progressives have chosen to 
sacrifice their own principles rather than argue passionately for what they 
believe in: maintaining a social safety net over balancing the budget each year 
because government has a fundamentally different role in the economy than 
business does.
	Is it not surprising that Ronald Reagan was the first modern U.S. 
president to push strongly for the idea of a balanced budget every year? Reagan's 
presidency has a record of incurring the greatest budget deficits of all previous 
or current administrations. He chose to cut taxes while raising defense spending. 
He told the American people they could have their cake and eat it too. And we 
bought it. It's a simple economic fact that when government spending increases, 
revenues in the form of taxes are needed to pay for it. Whether Americans like 
this economic reality or not makes it no less true.
   The balanced budget amendment makes no sense from a practical standpoint 
either. Suppose we did have an economic downturn and many people were out 
of work. If the federal budget has to be balanced each year without exception, 
where are we going to get the money to pay the unemployment benefits? Are we 
supposed to let people who are down on their luck rot so the government doesn't 
run a deficit? Doesn't the government have a role to play when the economy is 
floundering? And what about the economy if there is a war? Randolph Holhut 
points out that during World War II, the annual deficit was 20 percent to 31 
percent of GDP, a staggering amount. He suggests that we could have chosen 
not to fight Germany or Japan in order to have a balanced budget, but we 
decided it was more important to fight fascism. What about future conflicts? Do 
we have to go through a Constitutional crisis each time we need to spend more 
money than we're taking in, for whatever reason?
	None of the above suggests that the government shouldn't do all it can 
to control spending and cut waste. There is no question that there are a lot of 
areas in government that need to be more efficient. However, it's also important 
for the government to encourage saving and investing, and to play a strong role 
in the economy during economic downturns. The government is not a business 
and shouldn't be run as such. Running small deficits will not bankrupt the 
country and will keep in place the social safety net we have set up so less 
fortunate people can survive. Politicians need to be honest about the idea that if 
the government is going to spend more money, the government is going to have 
to raise more money from its citizens. Otherwise, bigger deficits are as 
inevitable as Tempe being hot and sunny in July.
Steven Stein is a senior studying psychology and can be reached at 
steingrt@asu.edu.

Sun Devils look to stop Wilkins, 3-game decline

By Ed Odeven
State Press
	Diminutive Kenya Wilkins poses several problems for the Sun Devils.
	The 5-foot-10, 159-pound senior point guard will be the center of 
attention tonight when Oregon faces the ASU men's basketball team at the 
University Activity Center. 
	Wilkins is  fourth in the Pac-10, averaging 5.1 assists per game. He is 
tied for seventh in the conference with 2.3 steals per game and is seventh in free 
throw shooting at 80.9 percent. If that wasn't enough, he also chips in 15.6 points 
per game.
	ASU head coach Bill Frieder knows Wilkins can dominate games and 
he said the Sun Devils need to find a way to contain him.
	"He's a quality basketball player," Frieder said. "He has great 
quickness, so he'll cause you problems at both ends of the floor. He has good 
vision. He's capable enough to knock down the (open) jump shot. He makes big 
plays and he's all over the place."
 	Oregon power forward Henry Madden feels his team plays better when 
Wilkins is in control.
	"When Kenya takes over, it opens things up for everyone else," 
Madden said. "Kenya is the leader and has done a great job for four years."
	But Wilkins hasn't been able to stop the recent Duck slide.
	Oregon (10-4, 1-4 in the Pac-10) has lost four in a row. The Sun Devils 
(9-8, 1-4) have dropped three straight, and five of their last seven, dating back to 
the loss in the final of the Tribune Classic.
	Despite the Duck's recent misfortunes, Frieder isn't overlooking 
Oregon. He knows that they will be tough.
	"They start all juniors and seniors," he said. "I don't think they're 
overrated. I think they are an excellent basketball team. They just lost a couple 
of close games that they could have won. I think it just comes down to them. 
They are very experienced. They just lost a couple of tough basketball games on 
the road. They'll be tough for everybody they play. Don't count them out at 
beating somebody on the road."
	ASU was plagued by sloppy play in its last game. The Sun Devils made 
a season-high 27 turnovers in a 75-56 road loss against USC Saturday.
	Frieder does not want to see his squad repeat that style of play.
	"We've got to take care of the basketball or he (Wilkins) will steal it 
and lay it in at the other end," Frieder said.
	Notes: 
	The Sun Devils lead the all-time series against the Ducks, with a record 
of 25-16.
	ASU has won seven of the last eight games played against Oregon, 
including four straight at the UAC.
	Two of the previous three games have been one-point contests. Oregon 
defeated then-No. 15 ASU 73-72 in Tempe in 1995. Then-junior forward 
Rodger Farrington's last second tip-in gave ASU a 74-73 victory at Oregon in 
1995. The lone loss was ASU's 80-71 loss at McArthur Court last season.

Top-ranked Stanford's pitching holds key to Six-Pac title

By Percy Ednalino Jr.
State Press
This is part two of a three-part series.
	The conference season hasn't started yet, but the teams in the Six-Pac 
already are preparing for each other. Expect to see a brutal battle for Six-Pac 
supremacy come mid-February.
	Stanford is a lock to win the Pac-10, but only by the slimmest margin. 
ASU and USC may end up battling down to the final game for second place.
	So why is the Cardinal tops in the Six-Pac? Read on.
	Stanford
	Cardinal coach Mark Marquess shrugs off the preseason No.1 ranking 
that Stanford has been given by Baseball America. For Marquess, it's the Trojans 
who deserve the top slot.
	"They've got their entire pitching staff back," Marquess said. "We lost 
seven players off our team. In my opinion, the reason we're No. 1 is because all 
three of our starting pitchers are considered to be pretty good pro drafts."
	Still, the Cardinal finished with a record of 41-19 (19-11 Pac-10) last 
season.
	Gone to the pros are catcher A.J. Hinch, first baseman Troy Kent and 
second baseman Brian Dallimore. Stepping into the Cardinal's younger lineup 
are All-American sophomore Jody Gerut and junior Joe Kilburg. Gerut hit .321 
with five home runs and 46 RBIs last season. Kilburg batted .358, 23 stolen 
bases, and also notched five home runs and 46 RBIs.
	Pitching will be the key for this team, with last year's rotation of 
sophomores Jeff Austin and Chad Hutchinson and junior Kyle Peterson intact. 
The big hole Marquess wants to fill is relief pitching.
	So why should the Cardinal be ranked No. 1? Their schedule isn't as 
rigorous as ASU's. Stanford and ASU both face Fresno State, UC Santa Barbara 
and UNLV, but the Cardinal also have Cal State Los Angeles, Santa Clara, 
Sacramento State and UC Davis.
	They may not have their entire pitching staff back and relief pitching 
may be shallow, but their starters are good enough and experienced enough to 
pull Stanford through. Peterson may be the only player the Cardinal lose to the 
draft, giving Stanford a head start for next season.
	USC may have better depth right now, but barring any early departures 
for the pros, Stanford's going to be set for the next few years. Prediction: First 
place.
	Cal
	Golden Bears head coach Bob Milano, also in his 20th season, ushers in 
a team loaded with underclassmen. Five seniors, five juniors, eight sophomores 
and 18 freshman dominate this year's team. Milano said the No. 3 Six-Pac 
ranking is too high.
	"We lost a lot of good offensive players, replacing them with three 
freshmen," he said.
	Milano said the Bears (27-29, 10-20 Pac-10 in 1996) should finish 
strong in the conference, despite the number of young faces dominating the 
roster.
	"Our newcomers are talented and will be thrown into the action right 
away," Milano said. "We will be looking for someone to surface and lead the 
team. In order for us to be successful, we are going to have to be scrappy."
	That someone should be sophomore shortstop Brian Oliver, a preseason 
third-team All-American. Last season, Oliver hit .335 with 14 doubles, two 
triples, five home runs and 32 RBIs. Milano played Oliver at second base last 
season.
	The Bears' pitching rotation will be anchored by first-team All-
American Ryan Drese, who is battling back from an elbow injury to his right 
arm.
	They may look like contenders on paper, but Milano's sonic youth 
won't be visiting Omaha this season. Prediction: Fourth place.

Women's hoops goes hunting for Ducks, Beavers in Oregon

State Press
	It's turning out to be an up-and-down season for the ASU women's 
basketball team.
	Last week, the Sun Devils beat UCLA by one point with a late-game 
shot. Two days later, ASU lost to USC by 27 points.
	The Sun Devils face the Oregon Ducks tonight in Eugene, Ore., then 
face the Oregon State Beavers in Corvallis on Saturday.
	Up and down.
	ASU coach Charli Turner Thorne said she hopes the team can break out 
of that pattern and pull off a sweep against both Oregon teams this weekend. 
Turner Thorne said the Ducks (11-3, 4-1 Pac-10) are going to pose a tougher 
challenge than the Trojans did Saturday.
	"Oregon's very, very good. They're 11-3 and their only loss in the Pac-
10 is to Stanford," she said. "I think they're better than USC because they're 
better defensively."
	Junior point guard Rameeka Lowe, who scored 11 points and snagged 
three steals against USC, agreed with her coach.
	"I've watched them on TV a couple of times, and I noticed that they 
work harder on defense and I think they pressure more than USC does," Lowe 
said.
	Although Turner Thorne draws comparisons between Stanford and 
Oregon defensively, she said Oregon is the weaker of the two. Lowe said the big 
difference between the Trojans and the Ducks is in the way both teams play in 
the post.
	"It'll be a little different in the sense that Oregon likes to pound the ball 
inside," she said. "It's going to be up to us on the perimeter to put a lot of 
pressure on their guards to make their passes harder and to help our post players 
out."
	Lowe said the key to defeating the Ducks is to shoot well from the 
perimeter and pressure Oregon to turn the ball over.
	"We also have to hit our shots," Lowe said.
	And how. ASU shot an anorexic 27.1 percent from the field against 
USC. Oregon. is led by senior Arianne Boyer's 14 points per game average.
	Ducks coach Jody Runge said containing senior forward Molly Tuter 
will be a main goal. Runge said she plans to guard the 6-foot forward with junior 
Mendy Benson.
	"They're both from Alaska and they're both good friends," Runge said. 
"It'll be an interesting matchup. Mendy is a bit stronger and physically built 
stronger. I think Molly is more of a pure shooter. Mendy's strengths are 
defensive, so it should be a great matchup."
	ASU guard La Toya Johnson said although the Ducks are going to be 
the tougher of the two teams to beat, they aren't taking the Beavers (7-7 overall) 
lightly either. The Sun Devils match up well with Oregon State, both of whom 
own 1-4 records in the Pac-10.
	"I'm sure UCLA didn't expect us to beat them, but we did," Johnson 
said. "Hopefully, we beat both teams. The most important thing for us right now 
is to get wins in the Pac-10."

ASU police reported the following incidents Wednesday:
- An adult male not affiliated with ASU was arrested at 900 S. McAllister Ave. 
for driving under the influence of alcohol. He had a blood alcohol level over .10 
. 
- An adult female employee reported that someone entered an office in the 
Architecture Building and stole computer equipment.
- An adult male student reported that someone stole his bike from the racks at 
the ASU Bookstore, where it had been locked up. 
- An adult female student and adult male student reported that someone stole 
their backpacks from the storage area inside the ASU Bookstore.
- An adult female student reported that someone stole her purse from a bench 
outside the ASU Bookstore, where it was left unattended.
- An adult male reported that someone criminally damaged a door at Gammage 
Auditorium.
- An adult female student was contacted at Physical Science H-Wing where she 
became ill. Paramedics responded and she was transported to Scottsdale 
Memorial Hospital.
 Tempe police reported the following incidents Wednesday:
- A 42-year-old man was arrested Tuesday on charges of aggravated assault, 
burglary, possession of a firearm, probation-violation and driving on a 
suspended license and canceled registration. Police said the man unlawfully 
entered a locked apartment with a key at about 8:45 a.m., pushed the woman 
inside into a wall three or four times and struck her in the right eye. The man 
was booked into Tempe City Jail.
- A 37-year-old male was arrested Tuesday for assault/domestic violence, 
criminal trespass and interference with a court order of protection. At about 
12:05 a.m., police said the suspect used a screwdriver to get into his ex-
girlfriend's Tempe apartment. Once inside, the suspect entered his ex-girlfriend's 
bedroom, where she was sleeping, and asked for sex. When she refused, the 
suspect became angry and struck her head against the back wall of the 
apartment. At the time of the incident, the victim had a valid order of protection 
against the suspect.
Compiled by  State Press reporter Melody McDonald.

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- Campus Crusade for Christ - "Thursday Night Live" will have bible study, 
music and fun starting at 7:30 p.m.. Open meeting will take place at 205 E. 15th 
St. (SE corner of College and 15th St.). Call 968-7667 for more information.
- Barren Mind Improv - Free Improvisational Comedy Show! Bring your lunch 
to the first show of the semester. Starts at 12:15 p.m. in the MU Programming 
Lounge.
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251 at 4:45 p.m.