ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY W e d n e s d a y , M a rc h 6 ,1 9 9 6 An In d e p e n d e n t M o rn in g D a ily V o I. 8 0 N o . 102 ASU police complete assault investigation Frieder reacts B y G arin G r o w State P ress ASU police have completed their inves­ tigation into the incident that led to the arrest of three Sun Devil basketball players and are preparing, to turn the case over to the M aricopa C ounty Attorney ’s Office. The players were arrest­ ed Thursday after two 18year-old women claim ed I the three held the women against their will and raped one of them. The woman who was allegedly raped was an ASU student. Chief of ASU Police Lanny Standridge said police arc drafting a final report of the incident and expect to turn the case over to the county attorney’s office late this week or early next week. The attorney’s office will use the police report to decide whether to bring formal charges against the players. Police do not plan any more interviews with the women or suspects, I Standridge said, adding he f- is confident police have a | valid case to present to the county attorney’s office. ' ■ “It still seem s that the basis for making the original arrests is still there,” he said. Police interviewed freshman guard Duane Davis Monday, but details of the interview T urn to I nvestigation , page 2. Pro-ASU legislators blast R epublican budget deal B y R ay Stern State P ress ASU basketball co ach S ill Frieder reacts to que^Rons asked by local m edia at Tuesday's press conference, about the arrests of thre%freshmen basketball players on charges of, among other things, sexual assault and kidnapping. Frieder said the allega­ tions made him consider retirement from coaching, but that he decided to stay on as head coach. Story, Page 15. . ’ • On paper, the tentative budget agreement reached by Republican legislators Monday puts another $8 million m the coffer for universities. But in reality, “it’s a gruesome picture when you realty,analyze the numbers,”.Sen. Gary R iehm dw f^T l-l^iip W ^d ’flm^ftay. Ü I Legislative Budget Committee) proposal, which was.bad already.” The agreem ent made Monday by s Rëpü®’cà!TŸéttâffl?^§^shes $3 million from out-of-state tuition waivers and reduces funding for building renewal programs by $5.7 million. This $8 million in savings is then put baek into the general fund to help out the universities’ bottom lines. ASU is slated to get $4.5 million of the $8 million, but loses at least that amount in the shuffle, legislators said. 0 “This is an unmitigated hose job on the u n iversity sy stem ,” said Rep. George Cunningham, D-Tucson. “It's sort of like taking out of one pocket and putting it into •ahftthern .Th|iji-l!ua.neit loss^ an d iit’.çjeptoi*-sented) as Some sort of proposal to help ASU President Lattie Coor said the Senate’s tentative agreement is a bad solution. “It obligates $8.7 million that is hot new money,” he said. “It reduces building renew­ al by $5.7 million. Then it identifies out-ofstate tuition waivers — those are not cash.” Coor also said a state formula that deter­ mines how much money campuses get for T urn to Budget , page 2. Guest escorts try to bring visibility to Safety Escort Service By T im B axter State P ress It’s a busy semester for the Safety Escort Service. In addition to making a record 1,620 escorts since Jan. 16, the service has a full calendar of guest escorts, including Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Arid, a second, dispatch base should be up and running by the end of the month. Arpaio, scheduled to escort from 6:30 to 8:30 tonight, is not exactly sure what he'll be doing with the service, but said he was happy to lend a hand. “The thing I want to do is send a mes­ sage that this is a great service and I’m will­ ing to help out for a few hours,” he said. Tempe Mayor Neil Giuliano was a guest escort Monday night. "What they're doing is a very important thing as far as confronting safety issues,” he said, adding it was an opportunity for him to learn more about safety concerns in the area. “It’s part of what I’m doing to learn more about public safety issues,” he said. SES Director Kevin Kolb said he hoped having the guest escorts would raise the profile of the service and provide an oppor­ tunity to point out areas that could be safer. "For Mayor Giuliano, (I want to) show lots of areas that we go to that I’d like to see if they-can put in more street lights,” he said. "It’s something that works both ways. Maybe we can get more attention when they conspbut.” : s Plans é k in the works for Chief of ASU Police Lanny Standridge to volunteer March 20, Student Life Dean Art Carter on March 25 and President Lattie Coor on March 27. W orld/Nation STA TE PRESS Weather Outlook Mostly sunny and breezy. High 70°. low 50°. Israeli soldiers beef up . border checkpoints at Palestinian-controlled. areas. Page 3 Tempe Mayor Neil Giuliano keeps in touch with the Safety Escort Service while serving as a guest escort Monday night. SES plans to have more guest escorts throughout the month, including Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio tonight. Sports The ASU baseball team hosted Grand Canyon University Tuesday night at Packard Stadium. Page 15 Where To Find It Classifieds......... .......16 Comics...................... . ......14 Crossword...;..,..........:;;.... ...6 Horoscopes ........... ..........19 Opinion................. .... „..4 ...... 10 Sports......................... ... ...15 Today's Activities....... ■• • 2 World/Nation^.-................. 3 Page 2 S tate P ress Wednesday, March 6,1996 In vestigation T oday C ontinued Cam pus du bs and organizations m ay subm it written entries to the State Press in the basem ent o f M atthews C enter. Requests w ill not be taken over the phone or via fax. D eadine fo r requests is noon the day before publication and entries w ill not be accepted m ore than three working days before publication. O nly one entry p e r organization p e r day is perm itted. Entries m ust contain the full nam e o f the chib o r organization, a description o f the event, date, tim e and the full address o f the location. A ll requests a re s u b ject to ed itin g fo r content, sp ace a n d clarity. Incom plete o r illegible entries w ill be discarded. The Today Section is a dally calendar o f events printed a s a service to the A S U community. Requests are accepted on a first-com e, testserved basis an d a re printed as space perm its. • Alcoholics Anonymous — D aily campus m eeting. Newm an Center, Aquinas H all in the basem ent; noon to 1:15 p.m . Cam pus W omen’s Group m eeting. N ew m an C en ter, Aquinas H alt in the basem ent; 10 a.m • Anthropology C lu b — G eneral m eeting to pian Spring Break activi­ tie s , in clu d in g a p o ss ib le trip to C o lo ra d o . E v e ry o n e w elcom e. Anthropology Building, in front of m ain entrance; 1 p.m. • ASHA — G eneral m eeting to discuss upcom ing presentation and issues. M U Coconino Room 224; 7:30 p.m . ■ C om m unication Student A ssociation — General m eeting. MU Coconino G 0dm ;,3:30 p-ih. • C yclin g D avits — M ountain/Road club and team m eeting. Everyone welcom e, from beginning to expert riders. A gram way to always have a riding partner. Outside U fe Sciences Bldg, 104; 8:30 p.m . • E ckankar — Discussion: “Becom e Liberated from Being the Victim .* M U Graham Room 216: noon. • G un D evils — General m eeting. M U Plata Room; 5 p.m . « H EM P — M eeting to discuss legalization of hem p in Verm ont and recent legislation. M U Gold Room ¿ 1 3 :7:30 p.m . • Hispanic Business Students Association — G eneral m eeting. Ail m ajors welcom e. Business Administration Bldg. 3 6 5 :3 :3 0 p.m . • KASR — G uest DJ w eek. Tune in to A M 1260/C hanne! 2 to hear Pelvic M eatloàf a t 4 p.m . and Spinning Jenny a t 6 p.m . • Kundalini Y og a C lu b — W e com bine breathing, m ovem ent and med­ itation to create health and happiness in your Kfa. M U G raham Room 216; 7 p.m . • M U M — Special Events Com m ittee M U Conference Room 1A; 3:30 p.m . R ecreation C om m ittee. M U C onferen ce Room 2A ; 3 :3 0 p.m . G allery Com m ittee. M U C onference Room 1A; 4:40 p.m . • Rainbow Alliance - Gam e Night. M U Room 206; 7:30 p.m . • Religious Studies Chib — Reading D ay! Bring a quotation or read­ ing to share m id discuss. Don’t forget your friends. Refreshm ents and tun provided. Engineering Com plex A 332; 3 p.m . to 4:30 p m . • Residence Life — Free workshop to learn M arim ba, South African traditional m usic, from doe Hlupheka B ayana and H arare. Palo Verde W est Resow ed Center; 7 p .m . » S oil & W ater C o n servatio n S o c ie ty — G u es t s p e a k e r: D itto DeSim one on natural resources on the Internet. Architecture & Design Bldg. 234; 6 p.m . • Students Against Discrim ination — G eneral m eeting to discuss the c|ub mission statem ent, goals and subsequent plans o f action. Also, tee upcoming rally. MU Gold Room 203; noon. • T arg et 4 .0 C om m ittee — Luncheon w ith g u est s p e a ke r Laura Rendon. M U Ventana Room; noon. • Volunteer Income T ax Association — F ree la x advice fo r ASU stu­ dents and faculty. Bring your tax inform ation and w e'll help you prepáre your return. Armstrong HaH 114; 6 p.m . to 9 p.m . from page 1. \ are not available now, Standridge said. Davis allegedly drove the women to the Sonora Center, 725 E. Adelphi Drive, where the incident occurred early Wednesday morning, the women told police. Davis was not present during the incident, the non-student told the State Press Monday. The accused men — Thomas Prince, Rico Harris and George “Gee” Gervin — were arrested and released on their own recognizance Thursday morning. They did not play on the team this season because they did not meet aca­ demic qualifications. Police also questioned freshman center Okeme Oziwo in connection with the incident but have not arrested him. According to police, Prince pointed a gun at one of the women and said he would shoot her if she didn’t have sex with him. , “(He) said he would shoot her but not in the house, that he would take her somewhere else to do it,” a preliminary police report of the incident states. Standridge said Prince was accused o f aggravated assault because the weapon — a BB gun — posed a deadly threat in the eyes of the women. Prince also was accused of threatening and intimidation, unlawful imprisonment, kidnapping and sexual assault. The women visited the players willingly, but wanted to leave after being there about 15 minutes, the woman who is not an ASU student told the State Press. The two were held against their will for about an hour, she said. The women did not feel free to leave, according to police, and the players blocked their movement toward the door when they tried to leave. The women were released after one of the players said he didn’t want to “lose his career oyer this,” according to the police report. B udget C ontinued from page 1. building repairs was scaled back to 50 percent of the original building renewal formula under the Republican plan. The JLBC has recommended to fund 75 percent of the formula. “We have tried very carefully to ... make sure the facilities arc reasonably up to date,” Coor added. “When you start scrim ping on that, you really start causing problems on campus.” After leaving a Republican House representative caucus Tuesday, Rep. Laura Knaperek, R-Tempe, said key legisla­ tive university supporters do not like the new budget agree­ ment and will stand firm on their demands for more funding. “Our leadership will go over (to the Senate) and tell them what’s going on. My understanding is that there is an uprising in Senate caucus. It’s going to be bloody. “We want to continue to look for new money from other parts of the budget and especially take a look at prison con­ struction,” she added. Richardson said five or six Republican state senators were banding together to form a pro-university stance on the budget. A dozen Republican House representatives have taken a similar stance, promising to vote against any budget that does not fund universities adequately. “We have our work cut out for us and are working behind the scenes,” he said. “It’s very frustrating right now because it seems like we are having to fight for things we shouldn’t have to fight for.” Correction; frfy r ''jm jjr .. A photo caption on the front page of Monday's State Press mistakenly identified a student playing volley hall as Randy Williams, t h e player’s name 1$ Dierk Seeburg, a botany graduate student M a r tin i R a n c h Wed "Countdown to Disco T h u rs . . . . . «JR Chadwicks M i Fn...... . «I Polliwog F r id a y imm Seit * #,* Rock Lobster T u e s ............ •o E T .M E » Sill C h e r r y P o p p in D a d d ie s ililllP iS ll ÉMMHHril I 7295 E. Stetson Dr., Scottsdale 970-0500 World/Nation P age 3 Wednesday, March 6, 1996 State P ress Dole sweeps 8 states in ‘Junior Tuesday’ Associated Press Sen. Bob Dole took a commanding lead in the Republican pres­ idential race Tuesday with an eight-state prim ary sweep against fast-fading Pat Buchanan and a shrinking field of chal­ lengers. “I always felt in my heart it Was going to happen, but you never know until the people vote,” Dole said in an interview, confident now that his third bid for the Republican nomination would be successful. An ecstatic Dole urged Republicans to rally around him and turn their fire at President Clinton.”1 think it is a big, big boost,” the Senate majority leader said, pre­ dicting he would handily Win New York7s primary on Thursday and carry momentum into next week’s “Super Tuesday” contests in Texas, Florida and five other states. “I think we are in a very strong position to win the nomination,” he said, and for once there was no voice in dissent. Dole won primaries in Georgia, Vermont, C o n ne c tic u t, Maryland, Maine and M assachusetts and seemèd headed for a “Junior T uesday” sweep when returns were counted in Colorado and Rhode Island. All told, the day’s booty represented D ole more than a quarter of the 996 delegates needed to clinch nomina­ tion — with another 93 up for grabs in New York and 362 in next w eek ’s “ Super Tuesday” contests in Florida, Texas and five other states. Convinced Dole’s lead was insurmount­ able, Indiana; Sen. Dick Lugar was prepar­ ing to quit the chase. He told associates he would bow out Wednesday. It was another dismal night for former Tennessee Gov. Lamar Alexander, and a senior campaign aide told at least two senior Republican officials Tuesday night that Alexander was likely to quit, too. Buchanan vowed to fight all the way to the August Republican convention, but acknowl­ edged, “It’s an uphill battle everywhere.” Also in for a bad night was multimillion­ aire publisher Steve Forbes, who Was already focusing on the Thursday show­ down in New York. “We can win in New York and nationwide,” he said, ignoring Dole’s lead in the state—- and the momen­ tum likely to come from Tuesday. The returns looked like this: In Georgia, w ith more than half the precincts counted, Dole had 39 percept, Buchanan 34 percent, Alexander 13 and Forbes 11. The New England states were solid for Dole. He was picking up 47 percent of the vote in Massachusetts, with Buchanan next at 26. In Connecticut, Dole had 54 percent and Forbes 20. In Vermont, it was 41 per­ cent for Dole, with Buchanan, Forbes and Lugar all in the teens. In Maine, Dole had 46 percent, Buchanan 25 and 15 for Forbes. In Maryland, Dole had 55 percent and Buchanan 19. Israel blockades West Bank, seeks Hamas members A s so cia ted P ress Diners at a sidewalk cafe in Jerusalem’s pedestrian mall watch a heavily-armed Israeli police patrol. Across the country, the military and police forces tightened already-strlngent security in the wake of Monday’s suicide bombing in Tel Aviv. RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Trying to stanch the terror,Israel’s army blockaded more than a million Palestinians in their West Bank communities on Tuesday and Sealed the houses of Islamic militants suspected in four bombings that have paralyzed peacemaking. Stepping up their offensive against the militants, sol­ diers raided a West Bank village, herding all the men into the Plain square for questioning. Prime Minister Shimon Peres vowed to imprison relatives of the suicide bombers without trial. Troops also raided and ordered shut several aca­ demic and charity groups in the Hebron and Jerusalem areas which Israel considered connected to the militant groups, Israeli and Palestinian sources said. In an about-face, the military wing of Hamas said it would heed a call from the group’s political leaders to halt the bombing attacks until July. The wing, Izzedine al Qassam, claimed responsibility for four bombings in nine days that killed four bombers and 57 other people. Angry Israelis buried the 13 victims of the latest attack, killed Monday when an Islamic militant blew himself up outside Tel Aviv’s main shopping mall. T urn to P alestinian, page 13. Israelis go back in th e bunker after b om b in gs JERUSALEM (AP) — As big as a bus. As small as a backpack- As light and flat as a smear of face paint. These are the dimensions of fear in Israel, a country where peace of mind is a memory and logic has been reduced to the randomness of the next suicide bomb. Irit K alisk er c o u ld n ’t shake the thought that the bomber who killed 13 people — including five teen-agers — in Tel Aviv on Monday seemed headed for a shopping center where a children’s cos­ tume party marking the joyous Purim hol­ iday was taking place. Dressing her 5-year-old son Amit for a Purim party on Tuesday, she abandoned plans for face paint and a costume, choos­ ing instead a blue sweat suit that barely covered his gangly body. “I thought, ‘Why make him a target?’” she said. Later, the choice shocked her. “I feel helpless, despairing, not in control,” she Said. Those sentiments seemed to define the whole nation after nine days in which four suicide bombers have killed 57 inno­ cent people. The bombers’ element of surprise has thrown the country — which thought it knew what to do in war — out of kilter, said N ahm an Shai, who as army spokesman had calmed Israelis while Iraq launched 39 Scud missiles against the Jewish state during the 1991 Gulf War. “W e’ve lost a certain focus” since then, he told Channel 2 television. “We’ve got to get it back.” The “focus” Israelis miss is an identifi­ able reason for the violence. Ayelet Dror, a clinical psychologist, said Israelis who had expected peace with the Arabs and were getting used to a feel­ ing of prosperous normalcy after decades of war now felt “uncertainty.” “People don’t know What the signifi­ cance of the pain is, as they did in previ­ ous wars,” she said. Israelis sifted through arcane details in reports on the carnage, searching for clues that could save their lives in the future. The backpack containing 33 pounds of TNT — which was set off Monday by a suicide bomber near a central Tel T urn to R eaction , page 13. U.S. military: Soldier raped in Bosnia; Czechs say no TASZAR. Hungary (AP) — American military officials said Tuesday that a U.S. soldier with the NATO-led peace mission in Bosnia was raped, and they suspected Czech peacekeepers. However, Czech officials insisted that the woman consented to have sex with two soldiers. The attack was reported to have occurred in central Bosnia on Saturday. It was the first reported rape complaint involving the NATO-led mission. Czech m ilitary officials said that the American had agreed to the advances of two of their soldiers. “The outcome is that she agreed to do it,” said Capt. Oldrich Holecek, a spokesman for the Czech contingent with the Bosnian peace force. The two men will pot be prosecuted under Czech law, Holecek said from Zagreb, Croatia. In Prague, the Czech Defense Ministry did not dispute that two of its soldiers had sfex with the woman but said in a statement that she “was not forced into sexual inter­ course. The men did not resort to violence, “threat of vio­ lence o r ... abuse of her helplessness,” it said. However, a U.S. Army spokeswoman in Taszar, Capt. Leela J. Dawson-Hamm, insisted the woman was raped over the weekend in central Bosnia in an area where Czech soldiers are posted. Defense Secretary William Perry said it was “not only a _ matter of finding thè perpetrators of that act but of taking proper care of the victim.” The woman Was evacuated Sunday to the 67th Combat Support Hospital at Taszar, a southwestern Hungarian town where the Americans have set up a supply and logistics base for the Bosnian peace force. There she was “being provided with every medical and legal effort possible to ensure the safety and well-being of our soldier,” Dawson-Hamm said. A reporter trying to gain access to the hospital on the American base was turned away. . The Stars and Stripes, the military newspaper published for U.S. forces in Germany, reported the attack occurred near the town of Ljubija, 10 miles north of Sanski Most. “This was a significant and traumatic experience for any person and she was extremely traumatized as any person would be,” Dawson-Hamm said. Stars and Stripes reported she was in good condition and was being attended by a rape crisis counselor, As a result of the attack, Dawson-Hamm said, the U.S. Army will put greater emphasis on training Soldiers' about traveling in groups, using the buddy system and being aware of possible dangers. She said all American soldiers receive siffial harass­ ment prevention training. Opinion Sta te P ress Wednesday, March 6, 1996 P age 4 S w jp P ress B . chtonal Broken promises S&S.xn.xw.'«'''» How quickly the promise of peace has faded. As terrorist bombs rock Tel Aviv, Loudon and Jerusalem, we are once again reminded at how some people cannot stand the thought of peace. Where there was once war. peaceful negotiations had taken over. The Irish Republican Army and the British government had called a cease-fire and sat down at the peace table. Israel and the Palestinian Liberation Organization, once mortal enemies, signed a peace accord. • All was seemingly right in the world. Then, very recently, the peacemakers returned to their old games. The IRA called off its cease-fire and began bomb­ ing civilian targets in the heart of London. This action was necessary, the IRA claimed, because the peace, process was moving too slowly for their tastes. . And while the PLO is no longer engaged in terror­ ist activities, a new group — Hamas •— has waged an inhuman war of terror against Israeli civilians. The most recent bombing in Tel Aviv took the lives Of 14 innocent bystanders — many of diem children. Clearly, some people will stoop to any level to achieve their goals — even tactics as base and cow­ ardly as terrorism. Hamas has claimed that its goal is the establish­ ment of a Palestinian homeland. Yet Israel-PLO peace talks are moving precisely in that direction. An autonomous Palestinian stare could be a reality very soon. if Hamas really wanted to achieve its goals, it would sit down at the peace table. Instead, it goes about murdering civilians — and destroys Israeli willingness to negotiate. Likewise, the IRA’s campaign against London civilians has no chance of achieving the stated goal of the return of Northern Ireland to the Irish Republic. Negotiations are the only realistic avenue. But British or Israeli retaliation will not have the desired effect of ending the strikes. Israel is currently barricading Palestinian villages — and raising the ire ofraanyPalestinianswJmsiH»port peace. hi tire end, there is only one way to end the violence. These acts of terrorism are supposedly being car­ ried out on behalf of an "oppressed” group. Hamas wages war in the name of Palestinians, tile IRA in the name of the Irish citizens of Northern Ireland. If anyone has any chance of stopping Hamas with­ out risking the entire peace process, it is the PLO. The PLO, not the Israeli government, should be cracking down on Hamas. PLO troops should be con­ ducting raids against Hamas meeting places. Palestinian police should be arresting the group’s leaders. The PLO has the opportunity to do what Israel cannot risk. The Palestinian people must let Hamas know, on no certain terms, that it will not tolerate such coward­ ly attacks being conducted in their name. PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat has already condemned the strikes — but Hamas must be punished. Likewise, tire Irish people should inform the IRA that it does not condone its behavior. The Irish — not the British — are the ones that should be running the IRA out on a rail. The world must know that those that love peace will tolerate no violence committed against them —or