World/N ation Sports P r e v ie w o f E a s t G e r m a n y ' s l a s t c o m m u n is t LEADER PROSECUTED Page 3 ASU DEFENSIVE SQUAD Classified* ... Ctossword.... Homseopes . Opinion... ... Pofiee Report Sports........... © Copyright, State P re ss, 1997 Tem pe, Arizona A n Indep endent .M orning D a ily V o i. 82 N o. 2 T u e sd a y , A u g u st 2 6 ,1 9 9 7 400 still lack housing; officials seek alternatives B y G in g e r S c o t t S tate P ress Heading into the first week of school, 400 students remain without permanent hopsing after Residential Life accepted more applications than it could honor. Sally Bryant, director of Residential Life, said the department always accepts, extra applications in anticipation of can­ cellations. Because o f a 700-student increase in freshman enrollm ent this year, the number of cancellations was less than expected. The number of students without hous­ ing was cut from 2,000 as of July 29 to more than 400, Bryant said. "We have moved all of the students in who had room s assigned to them ,” Bryant said. “We are currently running an audit of the no-shows to find out how much space we have available and then we will begin putting more students into those rooms.” One hundred students were expected to temporarily live in the Twin Palms Hotel, located at 225 E Apache Blvd. However, Residential Life moved in 75 students dur­ ing orientation week. Only 44 students still reside there. Each student must pay $20 each night to stay at the hotel. Residential Life is paying an additional" $6.50 for each stu­ dent living at the hotel—- approximately $2,600 total , to compensate for the extra costs and inconveniences. The average dorm costs $2,705 per academic year, which breaks down to about $10 a day. Residential Life was able to move some people from Twin Palms to the res­ idence halls right away due to cancella­ tions, Bryant said. ‘‘They sent me a letter a couple of weeks before I was moving out here,” Tino Bichsel, a temporary resident at the Twin Palms Hotel, said. “It’s kind of annoying because I’ve had so many problems.” Bichsel said he has checked in with Residential Life and expects to be mov­ ing into a residence hall within a couple of weeks. It is the goal of Residential Life offi­ cials to have everyone out of the hotel and into the residence halls by Sept. 15. Bryant said she expects the students to be transferred ,to .ti>e residence haU$ much sooner. JygTi“ “I anticipate they will ail be within the system in the next two w eeks,” Bryant said, adding that many students will participate in Rush and will be mov­ ing from the residence halls into fraterni­ ty housing. Along with the hotel, students are seek­ ing residence at ASU East’s Williams Campus Housing, The residence halls there sue similar to Ocotillo Hall on ASU’s main campus. Students can commute to the main campus via shuttle. ASU East is housing a total of 850 students and a small percentage of those are main campus students, said Jennifer T urn to H o u s in g , P a g e 2 Trevor Roach, a freshm an studying m usic performance, is one of the many ASU students liv­ ing at the Twin Palm s Hotel until dorm, room s becom e available. He said hé likes living In thé hotel because the maid service cleans the room daily. Intergroup Relations Center to tackle A§U racial issues B y D ave W o o d f ill S t a te P ress More than a year after an explosion of racial incidents on campus, the Intergroup Relations Center has opened its doors to stu­ dents and faculty to create a more tolerant campus environment. Jesus Trevino, director of the center said the IRC isn’t just another race relations program. “The role of the center will be to engage in a new type of training of students and facul­ ty,” Trevino said. “We’re going to take what’s called a non-defensive approach. “In older techniques they would bring whites into a room and the speaker would say, ‘Everyone here is a racist and by the time we are through you will understand why you are racists.’ What happened is that their defensive shields would go up and whatever valuable information the speaker would have wouldn’t sink in.” The programs are optional for faculty, staff and students, Trevino said. The center will ask ■KBHMHnpjMppi professors to encourage students to attend the Je su s Trevino, director of the Intergroup Relatione Center. u ses hula hoops a s a vliluat devlce to program by giving them audit f a doing so. demonstrate the many groups in which one Individual can belong. The initiative for the IRC began after a series discussion on race relations, but when it surfaced with ASU’s p residen t L attie C oor to of racial upsets, one of which included Beth Pearce, a teacher's aide who handed out a sheet outside of the class it caused an uproar among address the problem, “The administration has been very supportive. during one of her classes containing several many students. Students Against Discrimination met Because we presented such an impressive repre­ racial jokes. The paper was meant to promote a sentation of the campus, it was something that they really couldn’t ignore,” said Tonya Banz, one of the SAD founders. Dondrell Swanson, former head spokesman of SAD, said he was ecstatic to see the program quickly. It was the result of an enor­ mous effort from the students who composed the task force, he said. , “What we wanted were structural changes,” wanted to put some type of his University that would help to edu­ cate those on campus and to basically teach people to get along with each other.” Trevino said the IRC was one of the group’s proposals. Several of the C enter’s programs are already underway. One of these is Voices of .Discovery, a six-week program composed of ‘ ¿tiidents from all walks of life who will dis- i culs etfiilic issues and seek solutions and i understanding of other cultures tuid values. P The IRC has already received calls from the English department and the Tempe Human ? Relations Counsel for training. Trevino said, “A vast majority of our work will be done on campus with faculty, staff and students but the center also supports the sur­ rounding community.” S t a t e P ress Tuesday, August 2 6 ,1997 ■................................. ... I T oday ______ ' ^MÉÉlÉÉÉkriÉÉÉÉÉMÉiiÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉiÉaHHAHHHHHH § H o u s in g . C ontinued Campus clubs and organizatn entries to the State Press in the basem ent o f the M athews Center. Requests will not be taken over the |rfnM nr viafihL' Deadline for requests is noon the day before publi­ cation and entries will not be accepted more than three working days before publication. Only one entry per otjiM tiaaiwmperdayfapen^ Entries mast contain the foil name o f the club or «gteiization, a description o f the event, date, time asd the Adi address of the location. All requests are subject to editing for content space and clarity. Incomplete or itieg&le entries wiB be dfacarded. The Today Section is a daily calendar o f events printed as a service to the ASU community. Request» are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis and are printed as space permits. • Baptist Student Union Christian Ministries-— Tuesday praise and worship at 8 p.m.. 1322 S. Mill Ave. • ASU Forensics — Organizational meeting for inter­ ested debaters, speakers and performers will be held 3:15 p.m. at StaofferHall, room 301. • Kappa Delta O n sorority — Informational meeting. Come and meet new members and find out about membership. Sunday dress, please. Meeting will be held on the second floor o f the MU, check the screens fur more information. • ASU Rugby C lub — T ryouts are at 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays at the ASU bandfields. Tryouts will be held from Aug. 26 to Sept 15. AD stu­ dents are welcome. For more information, call Corbin KreU at 425-0783. S t a t e P r e ss fkom page 1. H iatt, program coordinator for Williams Campus Housing. “We still have som e space remaining and we will accept appli­ cations from main campus students,” she said. ASU students living at the East campus will have the option of being temporary or permanent residents. “We have said we would be really liberal in letting people out of their contracts if they find housing on the maimcampus,” Hiatt said. There are also students without T he § T ffi Pkes§ campus housing who are not living at ASU East or the Twin Palms Hotel. “This was a huge inconvenience,” said John Duncan. “Along with sleep­ ing on a sofa, I’m living out of my car.” Duncan said he received notice in July that he may not be appointed to a residence hall room. Tins was fol­ lowed by another letter on July 30 telling Duncan that he would need to find some form of alternate housing. “The letter pretty m uch said ‘sorry we don’t have any space,’” Duncan said. “They also sent a list of apartment complexes in the area.” Bryant said some students may have found apartm ent housing as well. Students that no longer want on-campus housing need to write a fo rm al can cellatio n or contact R esidential Life before receiving their deposit. There are some students who have not inform ed R esidential Life of their status, Bryant said. “Some of these may be applicants who may or may not have elected to come to ASU,” she said. seek in g r e p o r t e r s a n d opinion colum nists fo r the F all 1997 se m e st e r . This is a great experience for anyone interested in pursuing a career in journalism. Reporter applicants should be competent writers familiar with AP style, and able to find good story ideas without a lot o f prodding. Experience and/or a high level o f motivation is preferred. Opinion writers should have an above-average command o f the language and a strong writing voice. Ideally, articles should be as well-researched and informative as they are thought-provoking. If you’re interested, please pick up an application today and return it with clips o f any stories you’ve written to Student Publications, in the Matthews Center basement. P ouce R eports Deadline: § ept. 8.1997 Too bizarre to be anything but real. m l M Vi U-LOCKS SAVE G w/Rock ore LX R eg ular $29.95 W H ILE T H E Y LA S T ! ÿ f University Dr. AMERICA EXPRES! ________ W o rld S t a t e P ress /N a t io n Tuesday, August 26,1997 B ERLIN — The East German communist leader who threw open the Berlin Wall eight years ago Was convicted of manslaughter M onday for the shooting d ea th s o f c itiz e n s who tried to flee to the W est during the ColdTiVar. E gon K renz, who labeled the trial ‘‘victor’s justice,” remained defiant even as he was taken into custody to begin serving his 6 1/ 2-year sentence. Pale but with his head held high, the 60-year-old Krenz shouted “I will not submit!” before being led away. Krenz says he does not accept unified Germany’s right to prosecute him. “I Wasn’t convicted because o f a crim e, but because o f my political offices in East Germany,” he said in a statem ent.after­ ward. “The political persecu­ tion is revenge for the fact that East Germany existed.” The Berlin state court con­ victed Krenz on four m anslaughter counts and ordered him jailed immedi­ ately as a potential flight risk. The verdicts mark the first time former members of the East German political hierarchy have been held accountable for deaths at the heavily fortified East German border. It also was likely to be the last such trial against form er p alitic al leaders, since m ost e ith e r have died or been excused for health reasons. Other trials since the 1989 fall of the B erlin W all have d ea lt only w ith border guards and military leaders. At least 916 people were killed trying to escape dur­ ing East G erm any’s 41 years of existence, accord­ ing to authorities, including 80 at the Berlin Wall. The charges were reduced to six counts of manslaughter to speed up the trial that began in November 1995. Krenz’s defense lawyers' Page • Last East German communist leader jailed for shooting B y P aul G eitner A sso c ia te d P ress __________ 3 Florida setdes lawsuit against tobacco industry B y K aren T esta A sso c ia te d P ress A P P h o to /J a n B a u e r Egon Krenz, E a st Germ any’s last com m unist leader, is su r­ rounded by members of the media a s he makes his way to the courtroom Monday, just before being convicted on four counts of manslaughter in the shooting deaths of citizens trying to flee to West Berlin. Krenz w as sentenced to six years in prison. had argued he couldn’t be held accountable for the deaths because East Germany lacked indepen­ dence as a pawn of Moscow. The ’court* sáid ’ffi'áf wàs no defense. “Even if East Germany acted under the com m and o f the Soviet Union, the crimes still must be prosecuted,“ presiding Wffgë JosèFHôcK said. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Florida’s war against the tobacco industry ended today with the signing of an $11.3 bil­ lion settlement of a lawsuit intended to punish cigarette makers for decades of fraud and racketeering. “The tobacco industry very much wanted to settle because our trial is getting closer,” said April Herrie, a spokeswoman for Gov. Lawton Chiles. “The clock has been ticking for tobacco.” Chiles said the state won on three important battlegrounds: “protecting Florida’s children, making tobacco pay for the damage it has cost our taxpayers and for cigarette makers to finally tell the truth.” In Philadelphia, meanwhile, a federal judge today set an October trial date for another major lawsuit against the industry. Chiles and tobacco industry lawyer Arthur Golden signed their agreement in court today before Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Harold Cohen. The trial had been injury selection since Aug. 1. In deposi­ tions, tobacco executives had already conceded that smoking is harmful and can cause deadly diseases. Chiles said those admissions helped spur the deal. “The industry finally acknowledged that it has a responsi­ bility to truly warn people that smoking kills,” Chiles said out­ side court. “There’s a debt long past due for tobacco to pay.” The industry said in a statement: “This is another step in a process to end the climate of confrontation and litigation that has marked the national debate on tobacco-related issues.” White House spokesman Barry Toiv said President Clinton had not yet seen the Florida settlement, but planned to continue an administration review of the proposed overall settlement. “We don’t think it should have any impact on our review of the proposed national settlement,” Toiv said. As for that review, “we’ll probably have more to say about it in September.” In addition to the financial settlement, the industry agreed to pull down all of its billboards within six months and start with signs within 1,000 feet of schools. Vending machines where children have access will be removed, and outdoor advertising in sporting'arenas and on mass transit will be banned.' Burger King yanks Hudson meat from restaurants after bacteria scare Problem s plague M ir Occupants straggle as oxygen generators m alfunction A sso c ia t e d P ress OMAHA, Neb.— Embroiled in a bad-beef nightmare, Hudson Foods Inc. thought the worst was over. Then the company was hit with a Whopper-sized wallop. In a bid to restore public confidence in its burgers, Burger King yanked Hudson’s beef out Of its restaurants permanently, said David Nixon, a spokesman at Burger King headquarters in Miami. Hudson’s had announced a recall of 25 million pounds of possibly tainted beef last week, the largest such recall ever. Burger King also began advertising in newspapers around the country today in an attempt to assure customers that its beef is safe. The fast-food giant was Hudson’s largest beef client. It was unknown what would happen to the company’s idled plant in Columbus following the recall and Burger King's reaction to it. Burger King competitors McDonald’s and Wendy’s don’t use Hudson meat and weren’t affected by the scare. Other Hudson customers, including Boston Market restaurants and Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club stores, pulled the meat last week Some consumers are cutting back on beef regardless of the source. Ann Vogelson, a New York bank employee and mother of two, said she was serving her family less meat. “We only eat beef once, maybe twice a week anyway,” Vogelson said today. “But yesterday, 1 was making sauce, and just decided I should make it ' without the ground beef. T can’t say I’m really worried, but it’s in the back of my mind.” Others were not bothered. Charlie Hurwitz, 85, ate two plain hamburgers for lunch today at a McDonald’s in midtown New York, as he does three or four times a week. “I’ve been around a long time, and people have banned everything at some point. When I want a hamburger, I’m going to order it. I just don’t let it bother me,” said the retired banker. The recall was prompted by possible contamination by E. coli contamination. Hudson Foods has said the contamination likely came from a supplier. The company said it will try to keep the Columbus plant open, but the deci­ sion will be made only if the Department of Agriculture approves. The recall forced restaurants and supermarket chains to scramble for replacement beef Thursday night and Friday. Burger King, the nation’s second-largest fast-food chain, took a huge hit by die recall. Some 1,650 restaurants in 28 states ■ —- or one of every four Burger Kings in die United States — was reduced to serving thicken, ham and fish,even BLT’s, fra a day or two. Tests on samples of Burger King’s recalled meat showed no problem, said Michael Simmonds, president of Simmonds Restaurant Management in Omaha, which owns 64 Burger Kings in Nebraska and Iowa. T think Burger King is doing the right thing in dropping Hudson Foods to make sure any meat supplier we use is flawless,” he said. B y M a r cia D u n n A sso cia ted P ress ~ r . -. ■ « APPtwta/Dm Loh A craw o f w orkers make ch eesesteak sand w iches at Pat’s King ot Steaks In South Philadelphia Monday. At Pat’s King at S in k s , a restaurant thdf apoclailzot In Philadelphia cheesestonka, s s ls s have incraosed by at least 10 percent sin ce the boot recall, accordtog to Prank E . Odvlerl, one of Pat’s owners. The three men aboard R ussia’s M ir space station lost use of both their primary and backup oxygen generators at least tem­ porarily today, a potentially serious prob­ lem, NASA said. It was not immediately known whether either system had resumed working, said NASA spokesman Ed Campion. Even if still are broken, Mir has enough oxy­ gen to last at least a couple of days, he said. “If you Can’t get either of the two sys­ tems back up, then you’re facing a seri­ ous situation,” said Campion, speaking by telephone from the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Russian flight controllers do not know the present status aboard Mir because the two Russian cosmonauts and one American astronaut were trying to fix the failed solid fuel-burning system — the backup system — when they had their last communication ! pass of the day, Campion said. If neither system can be repaired in the next few days, the crew would have to return to Earth in the attached Soyuz escape capsule. ~ Neither. Russian nor U.S. space officials will rind out whether that system is still broken until early Tuesday ÉDT. For sure, the primary Elektron generator was not Working; it began'overheating and shut itself, down today, Campion said. “It »could be that tomorrow it could be no problem, or it could be a fairly signifi­ cant problem,” Campion said. In Russia, calls to R ussian M ission Control for comment late in the evening M oscow tim e w ent unansw ered after NASA disclosed, the problem. O p in io n Page 4 Tuesday, August 2 6 ,1997 S t a t e P ress E a it o iS H H Football gam es m ake bad parking worse t h e end o f August means different tilings to diffa c ts people. For the students o f ASU, it means the beginning of fall semester — no more relaxing, sleeping late or veggm gootby the pool To some o f us, that means coming back to this Valley o f Sweat from somewhere much cooler and more comfortable. But to others — we who have remained in this blistering heat all summer — it means something • * | It M m Ihe invasion has begun. To those who have bever been around tsmnpas during Ae summer, here’s the rundown. Sure, fit’s extremely hot and miserable, but there is an over­ all sense o f quiet and peacefulness that pervades the a ^ j ^ B B 45.000 or so people m to a three-mile area are no longer a problcBo. § l |||||i j § For example, it ft possible to walk on Mill Avenue on a Friday night witfaout being attacked by hordes of I people cruising the strip and “checking out the scenery," as fit may be. How idee it was to be able to drive around campus, patk close to the destination of choice and not h aw to fight fen a space— or, for that matter, to have to sit in long lines at traffic lights, waiting to make a left turn, as the air conditioning in the car begins to Mow iuke-warm mr. The invasion includes more than just students, however. There is another fall tradition which wreakshavoc on the sanity of those who long for the peace of summertime. - y fc tr!: . ■¿d That’s right, folks— it’s professional football season. A« parking, traffic and general overcrowding wMea’t eao el^ ixolAnite, we also have to deal with I the flocks teti'aad-white-wearisg, feeer-feiil|fsig rnnliinilr ffw f' wtin R M ggfiai M t a p N fe H H H I reservoirs of hope, continue to pack fee» bodies into Sun Devil Stadium and their cars into our less-than plentiful number of parifegg io^. It still amazes us titai studena whs fink out their hard-earned financial aid money for parking decals cannot get spaces in feefrjpwa lots because fee Sms have to park their cars as close to fee s t ^ u m as'pOssible. Heaven fa ta d they have to walk And what about driving around campus? It’s not even worth leaving hoofe for at least an hotir before or after a game, because fee traffic jams are enough to bring even the toughest football player to tears. And then there’s fee fact that fee police put up a>ad