/ M andatory insurance exten d ed through ’95 Senator fears effect on students B y S hawn Boyd State P ress A bill passed by the Arizona Legislature Tuesday that extends mandatory auto insurance laws through June 1995 will hurt students and others with strict financial situations, a state sen­ ator said Wednesday. “There are a lot of students that w ilt really have to sacrifice to pay insurance, or else they will have to break the law." said Sen. Pete Rios, D-Phoenix. The law requiring mandatory auto insurance would have expired Dec. 31 if the bill did not ■pass,.. . ■ After debate, the State Legislature opted not to add several proposed amendments to the bill. Rios said he voted against the measure because an amendment requiring prior governmental approval of insurance rates was not adopted. “(The bill) does nothing to stop ever-increas­ ing insurance rates." he said. "All it does is extend m andatory insurance with no prior approval.of rates.” Sen. Marc Spitzer, R-Phoenix, voted for the bill, claiming that prior approval of rates is unnecessary. “There are really two theories why our rates are out of control," he said. “One is that we need to control insurance, which 1 reject. I believe that the high cost of insurance is attributable to the legal system. “Seventy percent of all premium dollars go to the legal system. I think the problem is with the fact that the legal system is out of whack." K athy Fazio, a teach er at A SU ’s C hild Development Lab, said there are two sides to controlling what insurance com panies can charge. “1 think that the government is involved in so many things and are taking control of our lives," she said. But Fazio said that under mandatory insur­ ance. some control is needed. “I th in k that if people are going to be required to have insurance, then government T urn t o I nsurance, page 2. Army request endangers ASU East W illiams site B y M ark M. M acias State P ress As Williams Air Force Base officially closes its doors today, new conflicts have arisen for the proposed ASU East campus in Mesa. The U S. Army has requested a lease for three buildings on the same land that ASU is pursuing in its second branch campus. ASU President Lattie Goor said'the Army’s announcement heavily affects the future for the proposed ASU East campus. “We in the college (community) and the gov­ erning group for the Williams relocation have all very strongly urged our congressional delegation to keep (the Army lease) from happening." Coor said. - Coor added that ASU will have to re-evaluate the proposed ASU East campus if the Army is awarded the three buildings. Lynn K usy, executive directo r of the Williams Redevelopment Partnership, said he is "very optimistic" for the proposed ASU East campus despite the Army’s request for the land. “We have asked the Army to disrupt those requests," Kusy said, claiming that the army’s requests are “not compatible with” and “would seriously disrupt” plans to utilize the base as a learning facility. Tally Defense Systems, an aircraft-painting firm, and a private golf course have also request­ ed leases for the Air Force base, but Coor said those proposals will not affect the ASU East campus. “There are 4,000 acres at Williams Air Force Base, and the education research and training campus that we are looking at is 600 of those acres,” he said. “All of the (other lease requests) are for the airport part and the functions that go on there. None of those things are in conflict with the general plans we have.” Brent Brown, ASU vice president for univerT urn to ASU E ast, page Sam antha Feldm an/State Press Sophomore chem istry major Stephanie Perry bites into a Chicago-style hot dog with the w orks for lunch Tuesday- 2. Sparky hard at work for posh University Club, Coor B y J ames Frusetta State P ress Sparky the Sun Devil is coming to a product near you. The latest addition to the sometimes bewildering array of ASU clothing, school supplies and beer mugs is Brach’s "Champs” candies — peanut and choco­ late candies similar to M&Ms coated in maroon and gold and packaged under the Sparky logo. Although Brach’s came up with the concept and design for the candy, the prod­ uct was actually approved and tested here at ASU. The University has its own trademark licensing and product testing divisions, directed by Fernando Morales, coordinator for INSIDE S T A T E P R E S S W eather Outlook V ariable clouds w ith a slig h t chance of rain. High 95. low 70. trademark licensing. Brach’s, like any company wishing to use an ASU trademark, went through à rigorous process to obtain permission. ‘ “We require a $3 million minimum liability, and approval by thé FDA for food products,” Morales said. Morales added that students were consulted to evaluate the taste and texture of the candy. There are several restrictions on products ASU will agree to market. Morales said as well as a large “hall of shame” for products which didn’t quite make it. Morales said the three most important attributes are appropri­ ateness, safety and quality. “(A product) has to be keeping with the ASU-image, and can’t call that image into question,” Morales said. “ASU’s name has to be bigger than the company’s name on the product’s labeling. “It can’t be a hazard — we’ve had products like darts or knives that we wouldn’t accept. It also has to be a good quality product... ► Tempe City Council members saylhey’re adjusting their focus following a recent retreat Page 9 )► ASU’s Career Services is help­ ing students get going after graduation with a “Career Fiesta.” Page 6 World/ Nation Anti-Yeltsin protesters clash with Russian riot police Wednesday. P age 3 we’ve had hats submitted for approval which would melt in strong sunlight.” Although the products are evaluated for how well they repre­ sent ASU as an entity. Associate Director for Fiscal Planning and Analysis Jim Sliwicki said the proceeds from trademark licensing are placed in ASU President Lattie Coor’s special projects account. This year, part of the fund will go to support the University Club, a facility restricted to faculty and alumni. Sliwicki said that other funds will be used to support scholar­ ships, management development, employee recognition programs and support graduate research. On the horizon. Morales said that products under consideration include a Sparky the Sun Devil screen-saver for computers and a Grateful Dead ‘Dancing Bear’ ASU T-shirt. “We’re always looking out for things which are fun, good reminders of the college experience,” Morales said. Sports ASU linebacker Jason Kyle is no stranger to disci­ pline and hard work. P age 11 Where To Find It Advertiser Index....13 Classifieds..... ........ .....14 Comics..................................10 Crossword....... ......................8 Horoscopes ............ „....„..15 Opinion......................... ....4 Police Report,.,;.....,..,...........8 Sports....................................11 Today’s A c t i v i t i e s ........2 World/Nation.........................3 T S tate P ress Thursday, September 30, 1993 Page 2 Insurance oday C ontinued The Today section is a daily calendar o f events printed as a service to the ASU community. Requests are primed according to the space available each day. Campus clubs and organizations may submit written entries to the State Press in the base­ m ent o f Matthews Center, Room 15. Requests will not be taken oxer the phone. Entries must contain the fu ll name o f the group, a description o f the event, date, time and the fu ll address o f the location. A ll requests are subject to editing fo r content, space and clarity. Deadline fo r entries is noon the day before publication. * Counselor Training Center — Counseling for ASU students, provided by counseling and counseling psychology graduate students, supervised by faculty. Payne Hall Room 402. For more information or appointment, contact Jan. 965-5067. P C ’' » Alcoholics Anonymous — Daily closed meeting, noon, All Saints Catholic Newman Center, northwest comer of College Avenue and University Drive. * MUAB Special Events Committee — Meeting, everyone welcome, 3 p.m., MU Room I A, third floor. * Campus Crusade for Christ — Thursday Night Live, 7:30 p.m., Bateman Physical Science Building, H-wing, Room 150. * Fencing Chib — Practice, beginners welcome, 7:30 p.m.. Student Recreation Center, Small Gym B. * Delta Kappa Epsilon (DEKE) — Social event for Rush, ctane and visit with members and alumni anytime, 4 p.m.- 7 p.m., MU North Gold Room. * Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers — General meeting, short discussion of West Coast Expo Career Conference, 4:45 p.m.. Classroom Office Building Room 328. * Department o f Recreation Management and Tourism — Bermuda and Caribbean summer study programs, informational meeting for summer 1994 program activities, 2 p.m.. Fanner Education Building Room 206. * Baha’i Club of ASU — Weekly fireside, everyone welcome, 8 p.m., MU. see monitors for room, * G«m D e v ils W e e k ly meeting, 5 piin., MU Santa Cruz Room. * Undergraduate Law Chib — Professor Michael Musheno will lecture on Alternative Dispute Resolution, 6 p.imr 7 p.m., ASU Law School Room 111. * Communication Student Association —. “The Professional Outlook” seminar featuring, Mercy Lopez. Ph.D., 7 p.m., MU Alumni Lounge Room 202. * Inter Varsity Christian Fellowship — Weekly meeting and Bible study, everyone welcome, 7 p.m., MU. * Women’s Studies Brown Bag Lecture Series — “Why Working Women Drive Alone,” by Elizabeth Bums. Geography, noon. Women’s Student Center, MU lower level. * Association fur Women’s Active Return to Education (AWARE) — “Campus Safety,” guest speaker, open meeting, everyone welcome, 1:30 p.m., Women’s Student Center, MU Iowa1level. * University Toastmasters — Area humorous speech a id evaluation c m te ^ f w im ie t ^ n m ' tion call Damian, 921-8749,6 p.m., Sah River Project Buildingoff of Van Buren Street * American M arketing A ssociation — Guest speaker Eileen Eisen, manager of Frequent Traveler Marketing, America West Airlines, 4:15 p.m., MU Pisaa Room 218. * N ative American Graduate Student O rganization — Meeting, noon, American Indian Institute Engineering Annex Cent«:. * American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AJCSES) — Guest speaker from Sandia Laboratory, please be on time, 6 p.m., American Indian Institute Conference Room. from page 1. needs to put a cap on rates,” she said. M aureen M argolies, a senior journalism rriajor, said she supports the Legislature’s deci­ sion. “I think m andatory in su ran c e is good, because if someone hits me, I want to make sure I get compensation,” she said. Sen. Lela Alston, D-Phoenix, said that, like Rios, she voted against the bill because no amendments were added. “I think we needed some changes that could have easily been dohe this session,” she said. Alston said the bill was in need of amend­ ments to set fines for those who are caught with no insurance, and also to allow insurance buyers to make monthly payments. Rate review is also necessary, she said. “Right now, we’re all at the mercy of insur­ ance companies,” she said. One insurance agent said she doesn’t feel the government needs to get involved with regulat­ ing auto insurance. “We feel that the mandatory law needed to be kept because if you get hit by someone who doesn’t have insurance, you have to pay for m edical and p roperty dam age b ills ,” said K arolyn Pyle, an agent at A uto In su ran ce Centers. Mandatory insurance, however, should not be tied with governmental control of rates, Pyle said. “To me, free enterprise keeps the competition going,” Pyle said. “Rates just depend upon your circumstances.’’ Greg Krajewski, a Tempe insurance agent at Farmer's Insurance Group, said trying to keep insurance rates low through regulation would not work. “They don't just go and regulate ice cream stores,” he said. “You can’t do that. You’ve got to let everybody stand arid do their business.” While in support of mandatory insurance: Margolies said she recognized that there are two sides to the debate. She said controlling insurance costs is neces­ sary so that “people who are getting insurance don’t have to pay exorbitant rates. “On the other hand, it’s a free-enterprise, capitalist country we live in,” she added. A.SU East _ C ontinued from page 1. sity relations, said the prospects are still bright for the ASU East campus because it is in the best interest of the public. “I would expect the (federal government) would want to be responsive to what the com­ munity thinks (the land) should be used for,” Brown said. But he added, “If the Air Force gives (the Army) those buildings, obviously it would impact the campus we have envisioned.” The Arizona Board of Regents approved a $2.2 million appropriation request for the East campus at last Thursday’s meeting. The request now falls into the hands o f the State Legislature. Coor said academic classes will be offered in the fall of 1994 at ASU East if the Legislature approves and appropriates funds to the campus. 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H ie reimbursement agreement is sub­ ject to approval by Bankruptcy Judge Robert G. Mooreman, who scheduled an Oct. 6 hearing but said during a hearing Wednesday he would issue a preliminary ruling earlier. Authorities seek ‘beef thief’ H IL L SID E (A P) — A u thorities searched Wednesday for a man they sus­ pect has shot seven cows and carved out 100-pound hunks o f prime beef in an apparent attempt to live off the land. Tim best lead so far is a sighting of a scruffy-looking man, clad in camouflage and boots and toting two rifles, a pistol, a ' knife and a backpack. He ran off when approached Tuesday by livestock inves­ tig a to rs from the state A griculture Department. Seven o f rancher G ary H alfo rd ’s cows h av e been killed since Sept. 10. Each was found shot and missing a slice of the best meat, said sheriff s Deputy R.W. Belmore. “He likes the prime cuts. H e's just taking the hindquarters; might as well have the best." Belmore said. Deputies, aided by officers from the state Department o f Public Safety and Apiculture Department livestock inves­ tigators, planned to search a six-squaremile area south Of Prescott until dark. T h e area is 75 m iles northw est o f Pboemx. Escapees convicted in absentia TUCSON (AP) — Two men still at . large after escaping this month from the Cochise County Jail in Bisbee have been ■ . co n v icte d in absentia fo r an ea rlier •! É escape from the same jail. :• A P im a C ounty S uperior C ourt jury — the case was transferred from Cochise County — deliberated five min­ utes T uesday b efo re convicting F ran cisco Ja v ie r R obinson, 31, and yi Russell &;JEsMb.'?0r Robinson and Keith escaped Dec. 20 after using a hydraulic door closer to b a tte r -a t e l e i n an e x te rio r w ail. Robinson was recaptured in April in . Tucson while Keith was arrested in July ’ in Bisbee. They and tw o other inm ates, who since have been recaptured, escaped S ept 12 after overpowingf a guard. F o r m e r a r t if ic ia l h e a rt p a tie n t re le a se d a fte r 6 -m o n th sta y T U C SO N (A P ) — S haroyn Loughran, America’s first artificial heart recipient since 1991, was released from the hospital W ednesday with a trans­ planted human heart. Loughran, 47, o f S cottsdale, was kept alive (or 186 days by »a artificial h ea rt w h ile d o cto rs a t U niversity Medical Center worked to stabilize te r condition to stabilize and t e d a suitable donor heart. T n happy, and I’m sad," Loughran said. T m sad because I’m leaving all my friends” at the hospital, she said, break­ ing into tears. “But Ts» happy.” Russian riot police form a chain with shield s to counteract anti-Yeltsin protesters outside the R ussian parliament building in Moscow Wednesday. H a r d l i n e r s g iv e n u lt im a t u in MOSCOW (AP) — The government gave increasingly isolated lawmakers five days to leave the parliament building or “face the conse­ quences” Wednesday, Besieged hard liners, short on food but long on weapons and bravado, vowed to hold out. The government kept up a tight cordon of razor-wire, guns and thousands of armed riot police and troops around the building. But the hard-liners showed no signs of surrendering, and the government's ultimatum threatened to paint Yeltsin into a corner of his own. The governm ent d id n 't spell out what it meant by "serious consequences," but it will be expected to do something if the lawmakers con­ tinue to hold out past Monday. Foreign Minister Andrei V. Kozyrev offered fresh assurances Wednesday that force would not be used in the showdown, but Yeltsin may ultimately have no other option.. For a second straight night, police with rob­ R utskoi and p arliam en t speaker Ruslan ber batons clashed with hundreds of people who Khasbulatov — that they would bear all respon­ tried to demonstrate in support of parliament. sibility if the building were not evacuated and all Protesters threw bottles at police. One lawmaker weapons Surrendered by Monday. was injured. Russian Foreign Minister Andrei V. Kozyrev The week-long standoff claim ed its third offered fresh assurances Wednesday that force fatality, when a traffic policeman died of injuries would not be used in the showdown. He spoke suffered when he was pushed in front of a car by during a visit to the United Nations in New an ti-g o v ern m en t p ro testers during a clash York. Tuesday with police, r Police on Tuesday had given lawmakers until Elsewhere in the capital, people seemed tired Wednesday to surrender their weapons and leave of the long political struggle that has pitted the building. But the deadline passed without Yeltsin against parliament for 18 months. incident. “We’re fed up,” said Otto Latsis, political The threat of armed conflict has caused con­ commentator for the newspaper Izvestia. cern among world leaders who have voiced President Boris Yeltsin, who has refused to_ compromise with the hard-liners, met in the strong support for Yeltsin, and the dqgoing standoff also poses risks for the president at Kremlin with his top advisors. Later, the government bluntly warned the home by making him appear weak and indeci­ rebels’ leaders — Vice President Alexander sive. ; Charities pull workers out o f Somalia Aid group say U .N . military operations make matters worse : NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) —; International charities are pulling staff out of the embattled Somali capital of Mogadishu, citing dangers they say are only made worse by U.N. military operations. “There is no respect for (aid workers) in Somalia anymore,” said Patrick Vial of the Paris-based Doctors Without Borders. Vial was his organization’s last worker in Mogadishu. He left this week for neighboring Kenya. Several other relief groups also recalled workers to Kenya in recent days because of threats that Somali gunmen plan to take Americans or other foreigners hostage. Several aid workers have been killed in Somalia this year and many others robbed or threated with guns, knives and even hand grenades. Most of the charities cut back to skeleton staffs, in June, when the United Nations blamed militiamen of warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid for the ambush slayings of 24 Pakistani peacekeepers and directed that Aidid be captured. Since then, almost daily clashes between U.N. forces and Aidid’s gunmen have killed 56 peacekeepers and hundreds of Somalis. Womán charged with killing another who complained about her smoking SAN PABLO, CidB. (AP) A toothae of four who was ordered to stub out te r after lighting up in the no-smoking section of a restaurant returned with a 12-gauge shotgun and lulled one o f the patrons who complained, police said. ia a state that leads the nation to restricting smoking to public areas, toe slaying to fltis Site Francisco suburb Anew conflicting opinions from ptO ' and anti-smoking advocates. “While no one can condone that violence, a possible explanation o i it is the 1rind of nasty, state-sponsored ads they bombard Californians With th a t ridicule smokers»” , said Thomas Lauria o f the Tobacco Institute in Washington. Americans for { t e t o i A 01'' Bights termed toe killing * bizarre act o f violence Amt -^ be interpreted as a signof smokers* frustration. I “The tobacco industry wants to create that perception, but that's not at all what’s happ*®majority of smokers agree that we need to pro­ hibit smoking in public places.” comment Wednesday, a secretary said. . But according to previous police state­ ments, the shooting early Saturday morning was prompted try an argument over smoking in pstauram , . Arrested for investigation o f murder was ; D apbnye L u ster, 2 2 , o f n eig h b o rin g Richmond. She was held without bail. ’ ’' • T i e R a s h a n Houston, was s t e t to toe head as she drove , AcJjsAing to reports, the altercation began wbenLuster lit a cigarette in a nonsmoking | ae^teii:..Haastoatika|fw «: Other women at another table complained to the manager, who Luster complied but then allegedly got into go argument with some of the women, left the restaurant and returned wf|ft fee gun. She was arrested at her hom e T pj j a y after police found unspecified evidence allegedly linking In January, a man was charged with murder after he allegedly stabbetoiSataamratto restau­ rant employee who demanded that he put out% cigarette. O p in io n Page 4 State P ress Thursday, September 30, 1993 State P ress B d ito ria l In s u r in g f a ir n e s s Insurance companies must be pretty happy w ith the state L egislature after it extended mandatory auto coverage Tuesday for another couple of years. The m easure, designed to force A rizona drivers into financial responsibility for any dam­ age they might do with their vehicles, will prob­ ably make a few companies very confortable, giving them a captive consumer base without enforcing any social responsibility upon the companies themselves. Without the Legislature's intervention, the old law would have expired, easing the burden o f increasingly expensive insurance rates for poor people, but at the same time leaving drivers at the mercy o f uninsured m otorists who cause accidents. L egislators had the opportunity to enact insurance regulations, but those efforts were repeatedly shot down for the sake of time. Som e law m akers, m ost n o tab ly state Republicans, are apparently having a tough time figuring out how insurance rates have gotten so out of hand. Marc Spitzer, R-Phoenix, offers two theories: one, the state needs to control insurance, or two, the legal system is at fault. Amazingly, Spitzer, along with most o f his Republican peers, goes w ith the latter option. You see, Republicans don’t believe in solving problems through government economic in ters. vention — even, apparently, when they caused the problem in the first place by altering an eco­ nomic condition through legislation. That’s the case with Arizona’s newly extend­ ed insurance law. Spitzer and his like-minded buddies know full well that insurance rates have skyrocketed for one reason: people are forced to purchase it. With a public mandated by law to buy insur­ ance, the companies can charge whatever they want. ¿ v L ‘" i It’s simple economics —- the market will bear just about anything when consum ers have no other choice in the matter. The state does need to force driver responsi­ bility, but it also needs to be fair. Law m akers have s o problem reg u latin g industries like electricity, water and phone ser­ vice, which are required to function m any soci­ ety. Auto insurance certainly fits that category, especially in light o f Arizona’s law. The Legislature will have other opfxjrtonities to give consumers a break in the form o f several regulation proposals. Let’s hope members put as much effort into future legislation as they did ram-rodding M s one through. I mfímct Ae vizWEof