W o r l d L e s b ia n / N S a t io n p o r t s C u r r e n t S u n D e v il s t e a c h e r f ir e d a s r ea c t t o s c h o o l' s vo lleyb a ll c o a c h e x - le a d e r ' s p r o m o t io n Pag e 3 Pag e 15 ©Copyright, State Press, 1997 . ..Tenipei Arizona W ednesday, O cto b er 2 2 ,1 9 9 7 An Ind ep en d en t M orning D aily V oi. 82 N o. 41 Plummer called on to fix leaky Cardinals B y J o s h D e Fa m io S tate P ress W hen the Arizona Cardinals m ade Jake Plum m er the 42nd pick in last spring’s N F L draft, m any experts pre­ dicted that the ex-A SU star would replace K ent Graham as starting quarterback before th e end o f the season. Those experts w ere right. On Tuesday, Arizona Cardinals head coach Vince Tobin named Plummer the starting quarterback for Sunday’s game against the Tennessee Oilers. Plummer earned the nod over the injured Graham and third-year pro Stoney Case, who failed to impress Tobin in last week’ s game. “T he bottom line is th a t w e ’re 1-6 at th is p o in t in tim e,” Tobin said, “W e need to w in a foo tb all gam e. I think that Jake will give us the best opportunity at quar­ terback to win this ball gam e.” A lthough the change w as w ildly rum ored before th e announcement, Plummer said he was thrilled at the decision, . “I t’s ex citin g . I t’s a g re a t o p p o rtu n ity fo r m y se lf,” Plum m er said. “It w asn’t som ething that I w asn’t sitting there, chewing my nails, wondering about. B u t once the deci­ sion was made 1 was happy. It’s a big step in my career.” The switch comes on the heels o f Plummer’s impressive pro debut last week against the Philadelphia Eagles. Plummer relieved Case with die Cardinals pinned on their own twoyard line and calmly led the team 98 yards. The drive culmi­ nated with a 31-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Kevin Williams, giving Arizona a short-lived 10-7 lead. P lum m er finished the day 5-for-9, fo r a total o f 95 yards. He also rushed three tim es for 22 yards. E ven w ith the notable perform ance, T obin isn’t ready to declare Plum m er the savior for the C ardinals’ offensive w oes. H e shuffled the starting lineup, inserting Johnny M cW illiam s at tight end and Jam es D exter al right guard. He also prom ised that running back D errick M oore and offensive linem en M att Joyce and Aaron G raham w ould see m ore playing time. T obin said he realizes m ost young quarterbacks strug­ gle during their first few years in the league. “W e ca n ’t throw it all on Ja k e ’s sho u ld ers,” T obin said. “In order for Us to be a better football team, and to win gam es — the tw o or three changes that 1 made, those guys have obviously got to play well. “M ost quarterbacks have struggled for a year o r tw o w hen they’ve had to com e in and play their first year. The only one I can think o f that set the league on fire his first year w as (M iami D olphins’ quarterback) D an M arino.” T his w on’t be the first tim e Plum m er has earned the starting jo b during his firsf year w ith a team. A s a true freshm an at A SU , P lum m er earned the start-; ing nod for the Sun D evils the sixth gam e o f the 1993 season against the Oregon Ducks. H e threw for 237 yards Jerem y Hein/State Press Current Arizona Cardinal and ex-ASU Sun Devil quarterback Jake Plummer answers questions from the media at the Cardinals training complex on Tuesday. Plum mer w ill make his first professional start this Sunday, when the Cardinals h o s t the Tennessee Oilers. during A SU ’s 45-36 loss and never looked back. H e start­ ed the next 4 0 gam es for the Sun Devils. “A high school kid com ing out — you ju st d o n ’t know how they’re going to develop, o r w hat is inside their chest c a v ity ,” A SU h e a d co ach B ru ce S n y d er said . “B u t it d idn’t take us long to realize that he w as a special player. A nd that’s w hy w e played him as a freshm an.” P lu m m e r p o in ts o u t th a t th e b ig g e s t d if f é r e n c e betw een his first college start and his first pro start is his know ledge o f the gam e „ ,; “Com ing out o f high school, I d idn’t know m uch about fo o tb all,” P lum m er said. “I w as ju s t o ut th e re playing. B ut now, progressing from college to the pros, I’ve really learned m ore ab o u t défenses. A nd ju s t m ore about the offense that w e’re running.” G raham ’s ankle and knee sprains w ere m ore serious than previously thought, keeping him out o f this w eek’s gam e. Even so, T obin did not indicate w hether or not the sw itch w as perm anent o r temporary. “E verything is evaluated on an on-going basis,” Tobin said. “Jake’s a guy that I ’d like for him to com e in there, see What he can do.” Plum m er w ill becom e the third rookie quarterback to m ake a start in the N FL this season. San Francisqo’s Jim Druckenm iller led the 49ers to a 15-12 w in over the St. L o u is R am s in th e seco n d w eek o f th e seaso n , w h ile D anny W uerffel got the nod for the New O rleans Saints during last Week’s 13-0 loss to the Carolina Panthers. A stronom er seeks info on binary star solar systems B y G en o a S ibo l d -C o h n St a te P ress A SU astronom er Eric Jensen would like to fin d o u t how L uke Sky w a lk e r’s hom e planet cam e to be formed. Jensen is studying how binary stars — tw o stars that o rb it ea ch o th e r — create planetary systems. Currently, scientists have little id e a ho w p la n e ts lik e th e fic tio n a l T atooine develop around such stars. “ M y s tu d y is lo o k in g a t b in a ry s ta r sy ste m s th a t are ( re la tiv e ly ) y o u n g a n d h o w lik e ly th e y a re to f o r m p la n e ts ,” Jen sen said. Jensen added that E arth’s star, the sun, is ab o u t 4 b illio n y ears o ld , w h ile th e stars h e’s researching are “only” about 1 billion years old. H is re s e a r c h is b e in g m a d e p o s s ib le t h r o u g h a $ 1 8 0 ,0 0 0 g r a n t r e c e n t l y r e c e i v e d f r o m th e N a t i o n a l S c ie n c e F o u n d atio n . Je n sen shares th e th ree-y ear g r a n t w ith r e s e a r c h e r s f r o m th e U n iv ersity o f W isco n sin , P en n S tate and th e J e t P r o p u l s i o n L a b in P a s a d e n a , C alifo rn ia. M ost o f the little dots th a t appear in the sk y a re a c tu a lly tw o s ta rs , Je n se n said . T hough scientists used to believ e our sun w as one o f the m ost typical stars in the uni­ verse, research show s that up to 60 percept T urn to J ensen, page 2. Sorority women annoyed at Palo Verde M ain housing B y S ha ra n K. G ill State P ress Som e A SU sorority w om en have been feeling the shove o f the Residential L ife housing crunch since having to con­ solidate floors and give up private rooms. Members o f four sororities found out at the beginning o f die semester they would be sharing two floors in Palo Verde Main as a result o f a Residential Life decision made over die summer. As part o f that decision, an entire floor in die residence hall was vacated to house non-sorority freshmen women. This forced die women to do more room-sharing. S andee Streech, A lpha G am m a D elta sorority advisor, said she w as con cern ed she h ad no p a rt in th e decisionmaking process. “T his is ju s t ano th er incident o f R esidential L ife irre­ sponsibly recruiting m ore freshm en m em bers (for housing) than th ey h av e room fo r,” S treech said. “I m ade several alternative suggestions to Residential Life because I did not dunk that this w as a good idea to have tw o separate, orga­ nized groups on d ie same floor, but it w as obvious that the decision w as w ell-m ade before I w as even contacted.” Sally B ryant, asso ciate dean o f stu d en t developm ent, said Residential Life officials have w eekly m eetings w ith the PV M ain representatives to listen to student concerns and complaints. B ut S treech said th e o th e r so ro rities h av e n o th in g to com plain about. “Nobody else is going to com plain because they all had som ething to gain land nothing to lose,” Streech said. “W e T urn to PV M ain , page 2. 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