for April 7th, 2000

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WEB EXCLUSIVE! The recent proposed hike in tuition sparked many debates and concerns among the ASU students. --> Photo by Jeremy Pearlman of the ASU Web Devil

The recent proposal by the presidents of Arizona's three largest universities to the Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR) to hike the tuition for both in-state and out-of-state students has annoyed a many.. more --> (express your opinion) Cash luring student to pro basketball  As the Michigan State Spartans were crowned NCAA men's basketball Champions, all who viewed the game, witnessed what will most doubly be one of the last senior-laden teams to win a title. Times are changing, and the days of the fourth-year senior are rapidly diminishing. more --> ASU students are not wasted? The story behind the full page advertisements in The State Press  lauding ASU students' habits .more--> A journalist, and a personality Many people only dream of exploring the remote and distance countries, which have a history with U.S. foreign policy. But journalist Marites Vitug. more-->

ABOR approves $100 tuition hike; vote split The Arizona Board of Regents decided in a 5-3 vote Thursday to increase both in-state and out-of-state tuition rates for all three state universities for the 2000-01 school year. While all three university presidents recommended to increase the in-state tuition rate $100, the $84 amount agreed upon by the board was still $19 more than the three Arizona student body presidents recommended.

McGrath 'vigorously opposed' to ABOR tuition hike Representative Jean McGrath, R-Glendale, said she is "vigorously opposed" to the tuition increases proposed by the Arizona university president's, so she wrote a letter to Arizona Board of Regents President George Amos urging him to not raise tuition. The letter was written to encourage ABOR to keep tuition "as nearly free as possible," as stated in Arizona's Constitution, McGrath said.

Web-based e-mail could be on horizon for ASU A more efficient ASU e-mail system should be in place by the fall of 2000. ASU's current e-mail service, Pine, is text based, which means it cannot read graphics. But Mark Royal, ASU's Information Systems manager, heads an Information Technology team trying to set up a Web-based e-mail system. The program's accounts could easily transmit and read text as well as graphics. It would be similar to America Online or Yahoo, Royal said. "This has been our top priority since November," he added. If the service gets the green light, students with ASU accounts could click on an icon and check messages through the University home page, Royal added. The process would be similar for students checking their grades or class schedule.

'Census Counts' tour stops at Tempe school; Guiliano speaks Tempe Mayor Neil Giuliano dropped in on Thew Elementary School Thursday to tout the Census 2000 awareness campaign and stress that being counted is "cool."

Bike Repair Co-op may add employees Three new paid positions may be created at the campus Bike Repair Co-op next year, if the budget is approved Tuesday by the Associated Students of ASU. A section of the budget appropriates $2,554 for two new semester positions and $414 for a summer position. The money needs to be appropriated so the co-op can stay open longer and during the summer, said John Chase, ASASU campus affairs vice president.

Hull forms task force to combat Valley pollution Brown Cloud Summit coordinators are tapping their heels, waiting for state legislators to finish the current session They want to begin exploring possibilities such as alternative fuel sources to handle the effects of pollution in the Valley. The new fuels and other pollution-curtailing suggestions could help alleviate the ugly brown pall that hangs over the downtown area, a screen of smog and dust primarily seen in the winter months.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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No. 4 Sun Devils host Oregon State in critical Pac-10 series

No. 4 Sun Devils can't afford to overlook Beavers ASU looks to add to 28-8 overall record, 4-2 Pac-10 mark The No. 4 ASU baseball team will take on unranked Oregon State (18-15, 0-3 Pac-10) this weekend at Packard Stadium. The Sun Devils should sweep the series but ASU head coach Pat Murphy certainly isn't going to overlook the Beavers. "Oregon State will kick our butt if we don't come out ready to play," Murphy said. "They are a very good team and won the regional tournament in 1998."

Track team travels to Texas ASU's track and field teams are just getting warmed up. Two weeks away from their biggest home meet, the Sun Angel Classic, the Sun Devils have already provisionally qualified for the NCAA championships in four events. They look to improve that number at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays in Austin, Texas, this weekend.

Cal, Stanford could test ASU softball squad Tuesday, the fourth-ranked ASU softball team found out just how far it is from the second-ranked team in the land. Two hits -- home runs to be exact. Head coach Linda Wells hopes that there is a larger gap between the No. 4 Sun Devils and her team's opponents this weekend: seventh-ranked Cal and No. 9 Stanford.

Editorial: Boos & Bravos Bravo to Juan Miguel Gonzalez, father of 6-year-old Elian Gonzalez, for finally coming to his senses and coming to the United States to try and resolve his child's custody battle. While this journey took him nearly five months, we applaud his efforts to be reunited with his son. We can only hope that these most recent actions are being driven by his love for his child and not the will of the Castro regime. More -->

Cuban-Americans resemble Castro in campaign for Eliˆn Cuban-Americans have conveyed a message to the rest of America. In matters relating to Cuba, it is our way or no way. The custody battle over Eliˆn Gonzalez is only a recent episode in a long history of their anti-Castro campaign. In this case, about 800,000 Cuban-Americans are determined to override nearly two-thirds of Americans, who favor sending the boy to Cuba with his father.

Models wanted: clothed men need not apply I can't count how many magazine ads and TV commercials I've seen with half-naked women trying to sell me perfumes and pumps. (Well, I could, but then I'd have problems.) As I wondered why Heidi Klum's perfect breasts would actually make me want to buy a Victoria's Secret bra, I realized that feminists are right about something -- finally. There does indeed exist a great inequality between men and women. A horrible injustice that must be rectified immediately to ensure the progress of equality between the sexes -- there are not nearly enough half-naked men trying to sell me stuff.