W o r ld / N a t io n S crapped R u ssian SPORTS L in ebacker Pa t T illm an n a m ed P a c -1 0 D efensive P layer o f th e Y ear Page 13 n u clear subs POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL TIMEBOMB Page 3 « mt ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY ©Copyright, State Press, 1997 Tempe, Arizona ■■■ Voi. 82 No. 63 An Independent Morning Daily C o m in g a n d g o in g Tuesday, November 25,1997 ASASU officer blasts petition cam paign B y K ara S h ire S tate P ress rasi oiidiiiidiidii/ouiic n e s s The late afternoon sun silhouettes two unidentified people as they walk on bridges at the Towers Apartments leading to and from the elevators. cert budget and give the m oney to co l­ le g e c o u n c ils an d c a m p u s c lu b s a n d An A ssociated Students o f ASU sena­ organizations. tor has drawn up a petition to assess the A ccording to the bill, $9,000 w ould lack o f student support fo r cam pus con­ go to c o lle g e c o u n c ils w ith $ 2 ,0 0 0 certs in search o f support for a senate bill going to the B usiness C ollege C ouncil that would wipe out the ASASU concert a n d $ 1 ,0 0 0 g o in g to th e E d u c a tio n b u dget and give the m oney to cam pus C o lle g e C o u n c il. T h e S a fe ty E s c o rt organizations. Service w ould receive a $2,000 boost if T he p e titio n d riv e , h ead ed by S en. the b ill p a sse s and cam pus c lu b s and A ndrew L efburg, C ollege : o rg a n iz a tio n s w ould get o f Business, will work as a .... ..... r . ^ ’ an extra $4,000. A nother counterpart to a poll being $ 1 ,0 0 0 w ill go to M ardi Jr‘My epllege : conducted by the ASASU G ra s o r th e A S A S U A ctivities Department. council a m i/ w ant A ctivities Vice President. The A c tiv itie s Ness said the petition is I P f ii? nrm*many Department poll began last biased. w eek to get student input “T he c la u se at the top people would on th e fre e c o n c e rt doesn’t mention a goal,” she p la n n e d f o r th e s p rin g rather see that said. “All it says is it’s a s e m e s te r. T h e p e titio n concert, which is inaccurate. money go into d e s ig n e d by L e fb u rg is It’s a festival. The way it’s intended to show that the other areas. It will written right now it’s com­ m ajority o f students don’t biased. It’s very easy show that we have pletely actually w ant a free con­ to pass around a petition in a cert at all. a demand that we class and have a bunch of “ M y c o lle g e c o u n c il peo p le sign it-. It tak es a don’t want an d 1 w a n t to se e how whole lot more communica­ many people would rather tion to do a survey. Anyone concerts.” see 'th a t m o n ey go in to can pass around a petition other areas,” Lefburg said. and get signatures.” “It will show that we have The petition states that, a d e m a n d th a t we d o n ’t “ L a st y e a r A S A S U lo s t want concerts.” over $40,000 by putting on Autumn Ness, activities a c o n c e rt,” it goes on to v ic e p re s id e n t, s a id th e a sk i f s tu d e n ts w o u ld p etition is an exam ple o f r a th e r see th e $ 1 5 ,0 0 0 the lack o f cooperation in concert budget allocated to other sources. the senate. The petition will be distributed to the “I see a continuing trend o f Working B usiness C ollege C ouncil and possibly a g a in s t e a c h o th e r ,” N e ss s a id . “I f o th e r c o lle g e c o u n c ils a n d c la s s e s , .(L efb u rg ) w ould com e to m e and say, Lefburg said. The petitions will be given ‘Let’s cater this poll so we can get both to other senators to distribute as well. r e s p o n s e s .’ In ste a d he w an ts to w ork Lefburg said he is not sure how suc­ against the departm ent.” ' f , s, i cessful the petition will be. L efburg has drafted a bill to be intro­ “It’s hard to tell because we have this d u c e d a t th e D e c . 2 A S A S U S e n a te w eek a n d th e re a r e n ’t m an y p e o p le m eeting that w ould abolish the ASASU around, and we have M onday,” he said. A c tiv itie s D e p a rtm e n t’s $ 15,0.00 c o n - , “W e’ll see what happens.” M in ority graduation risin g, cam pus officials say By G inger Scott State P ress Minority students at ASU are graduating at a rate 4.6 percent higher than last year because of the success of stu­ dent support programs on campus, University officials said. According to the Office o f Institutional Analysis, 43.4 percent o f the 410 minority students who entered ASU as first-time, full-time freshman in 1991 have graduated by the fall o f 1997. Overall graduation rates have increased to 48.4 p e rc e n t — 1.6 p e rc e n t h ig h e r th an last y e a r’s rate. Graduation rates are based on the six-year standard used by the NCAA. “There have been a number of things put together to give students support when they need it,” ASU President Lattie Coor said. “(Improving die success o f students) has been a major goal o f ours.” Coor said some major reasons for the success of minori­ ty graduation rates is peer-to-peer counseling, advising and academic assistance offered in many of the minority sup­ port programs. A major priority in the Native American Achievement Program is to provide needed attention to struggling stu­ dents, said Aaron Woods, instructor and counselor in the T urn to M inority graduation , page 2. H ull holds advantage for 1998 governors race, poll says B y Sh a r a n K . G il l St a t e P r ess G ov ern o r Jane H ull has captured the popu lar v ote for the g o v ern o r’s race in 1998, according to a recent poll conducted by KAET-TV and ASU. When given a, choice between Gov. Hull and former Phoenix Mayor Paul Johnson, Hull holds 55 percent of the vote and Johnson has 27 percent, with 18 percent undecided. Bruce M errill, survey conductor, said Hull’s lead is due to her weB-known recog­ nition and the positive publicity she has received in recent months. She also tends to do well with voters over the age o f 60, who are more likely to vote. The race for Attorney General should prove com petitive w ith a close run betw een Republican challengers Sen. John Kaites and Tom McGovern, and former U.S. attorney Janet Napolitano as the Democratic contender. If the race were between Napolitano and Kaites, the poll shows the opponents even at 34 p ercent. The p o ll show s N apolitano ah ead a t 34 p e rc e n t in a race a g a in st M cGovern, at 31 percent. However more than 32 percent o f voters are still undecided in that race. %he poll was conducted Nov. 20-23 to 336 registered voters statewide with a sam­ pling error o f plus or minus 5.3 percent. Page 2 S tate P ress Tuesday, November 25,1997 ........ ' .......s'" ' " lLl , J.' .... N ' Í M in o rity g ra d u a tio n — C ontinued Campu s dubs and organizations may W: B aptist Student Union — G roup o f submit written entries to the S ta te le ss is praise and worship meeting at 8 p.m. at the basement of Aft Matthews Center. : BSU, 1322 S MW Ave. Requests will not be takenover the phone • Career S ervices £ * “Com pleting the puzzle” workshop from 2 p.tn. to 3 pan. or via fax. Deadline for requests is noon the day at Career Development Center, Student before publication and entries will not be Services b u ä d t o g , ") accepted more than three working days • P h ilip p in e -A m e r ic a n S tu d en t before publication. 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Louis Olivas, assistant vice president for academic affairs, said the increase in minor­ ity graduation rates also can be attributed to faculty efforts. “The academic units and the deans of the colleges deserve cred it for keeping g r a d u a tio n a t th e f o r e f r o n t o f th e ir g o a ls ,” O liv a s said ; “ T he g o al o f the U niversity is to graduate m inorities at a rate com parable to non-m inority students, We’ve come a long way in the p a s t five to six years, (but) we still have a lot o f room for im provem ent.” 'T IS THE SEASON Y o u r m o th e r w o n ts . m 1. program. “I think that when you’re there for the stu d en ts, the ad ju stm e n t (they h a v e ,to make) is a little bit easier,” Woods said. “By offering a lot o f quality programs stu­ dents are able to adjust. You can’t just see them one time and think they’ll do well. The more you interact with them, the better it is. It is a huge responsibility.” A goal o f the M in o rity E n g in eerin g Program is to provide students with support early in college, said Maria Reyes, program coordinator senior. “Our focus is on bringing students in and retaining them,” Reyes said. She said the program also offers students collaborative learning opportunities, group tutoring and workshops on topics such as Beat Ü of A Week *07 -1 • '— — —— F e a tu r in g — — — — — BIS 4 0 2 Senior Sem inar/ Interdisciplinary Studies M C E 4 4 6 Understanding the Culturally D iverse C hild SPE311 Orientation to Education o f Exceptional Children FA S 3 3 2 Hum an Sexuality HIS 4 7 5 The A m erican Experience in Vietnam FIN 4 2 7 Speculative Securities PGS304 Effective Thinking REL 310 W estern Religious Traditions a m o n g m o r e th a n 5 0 c o m p r e s s e d c la s s e s For a complete list of courses and registration information, pick up a W inter Session brochure at any of the following campus locations: Memorial Union Information Desk; Registrar’s Office (SSV); registration sites at BA 141, SS 104 and UASB 140; the ASU Bookstore; Hayden Library Help Desk; and Instructional Programs (Rittcr B-132). R e g is te r n o w th r o u g h D e c . 1 9 R itte r B - 1 3 2 o r 9 6 5 - 9 7 9 7 llllllilS I A r i z o n a S t at e U n i v e r s i t y Collèga of Extended Education Part o f the A S U Exten ded Cam pus W o r ld / N a tio n S tate P ress Tuesday, November 25,1997 Pag;e 3 R u ssia p ro b e s ris k s fro m a g in g n u c le a r s u b m a rin e s B y V ladimir I sachenkov A ssociated P ress MOSCOW — Once instruments o f doomsday during the Cold War, scores o f mothballed nuclear submarines are rusting away in Russian harbors, threatening to unleash radioactive waste that could bring environmental ruin. Russia’s cash-strapped government can afford to dis­ mantle only five or six of the vessels a year. So far, just 16 of the 156 retired nuclear submarines have been fully disas­ sembled. Another 100 subs are slated to go out o f service by 2000. Russia has called in its former foe, NATO, to help assess the problem. “When we were building up our nuclear potential, no one thought about the need to dispose of the waste some day,” Ashot Sarkisov, a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, said Monday. “It’s a lesson for the future — before building something nuclear, we must first think what to do with it later,” he added. Several dozen R ussian and W estern ex p erts heard Sarkisov address submarine-dismantling teclinologies and the ensuing risks on the first day of a three-day seminar organized with NATO’s help. “Scientists who used to devote their resources to defense now should devote their efforts to peaceful purposes,” said Nancy Schulte, an official with N A TO ’s D isarm am ent Technologies, Scientific and Environmental Affairs Division. D ecom m issioning nuclear subm arines is a com plex problem also faced by the United States and other nations. Russia, however, has the largest number of mothballed subs and is also plagued by severe fund shortages. “Our economy is ill,” Sarkisov told The Associated Press. “And our leaders Clearly downplay the potential danger.” Dismantling Russia’s old submarine fleet is expected to cost hundreds o f millions o f dollars. Sarkisov said the gov­ ernment is providing only 10 percent of what is needed, but did not give any concrete figures. Until 1990, the Soviet Navy routinely dumped radioac­ tive waste in Arctic waters, and the Russian Navy contin­ ued the practice in the Far East until Japan agreed to assist in a waste disposal project. Other nations also have promised help. Norway, cautious about possible contamination o f fish­ ing waters and marine life, has promised $35 m illion to help clean up Russian naval bases in the Arctic and Far East. The United States is helping build a waste disposal plant in Murmansk, near Russia’s border with Finland. Still, Russia cannot afford to build Western-type facilities , . AP File Photo Decom m issioned Russian nuclear subm arines float at the Arctic base of Severom orsk in a picture taken last fall. Most of them are likely to stay in harbor for decades waiting for their turn to be dism antled, due to a severe shortage of funds. Experts are increasingly concerned about possible radiation leaks. Russian and Western scientists gathered to a ssess and m inimize the concerns at a sem inar, organized with N ATO’s help in Moscow on Monday. for storing submarine nuclear reactors. In fact, it still lacks capabilities to simply unload spent fuel from those reactors — the first step in a long process of scrapping a submarine. Russia’s Atomic Energy Ministry, which is in charge of reprocessing nuclear waste, has only four railw ay cars capable o f carrying radioactive waste, limiting the number of submarines that can be serviced. As a result, more than 60 percent of the mothballed sub­ marines still have fuel in their reactors, making them partic­ ularly prone to accidents. “Such a submarine may leak radioactivity and its reactor may spin out o f control, leading to an uncontrolled chain reaction,” Sarkisov said. He added that many decommissioned submarines were in poor condition and haven’t had proper maintenance for a decade. Some have hulls that are rusted through and are halfsubmerged, apd many others may leak if they are moved. Last M ay, a decommissioned nuclear submarine sank near Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula after collid­ ing with another vessel while being moved. Officials said there was no radiation leak because the vessel’s nuclear fuel had already been removed. Controversy grows over Van G oghs sunflower paintings B y J enifer C hao A ssociated P ress AMSTERDAM, Netherlands —• Created only to decorate his room, the bright sun­ flo w e rs p a in te d by V in cen t van G ogh caused an international stir when one of the famous works drew a record $39.5 million bid ten years ago. The sam e painting is at the center o f attention again. This tim e, the art world wants to know whether the Japanese insur­ ance company that bought the still life in fact paid fo ra masterful fake. Van Gogh’s first Sunflowers painting was created in August 1888 while he was living in Arles, France. Most art experts agree this orig­ inal masterpiece -rr\ 14 flowers set against a pale yellow background — now hangs in London’s National Gallery. A near replica that Van Gogh created later is said to be in the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. The Yasuda Fire and Marine Insurance Co. believes it holds a third Sunflowers, the work it bought at Christie’s auction house in 1987. At the time, the bid was the most ever paid for a painting. N ow , the a u th e n tic ity o f the th ird Sunflowers is in doubt. The Van Gogh Museum, which owns the w o rld ’s largest collection o f Van Gogh paintings, has opened a joint investigation with Yasuda and the National Gallery to try to determine, once and for all, the authen­ ticity o f the work. Benoit Landais, a French writer who says he spent five years investigating works by the D utch post-im pressionist, contends th at Yasuda’s Sunflowers was actually painted by French artist Claude-Emile Schuffenecker, who also was a Van Gogh collector. London art w riter G eraldine Norm an reported the same finding last month. The claims trail other allegations about fake Van Goghs. In July, a leading London art journal, the A rt N ew spaper, reported th at scholarly studies'found that more than 100 paintings and d ra w in g s a ttrib u te d to V an G ogh, incl^djng Y asuda’s copy, may be fakes. And a catalog on Van Gogh’s works pub­ lished by Dutch scholar Jan Hulsker lists 45 paintings as possible fabrications. U.N. weapons teams carry out inspections as new crisis looms B y W aiel Faleh A ssociated P ress British R oy« A ir Forco GR7 Harrier Jum p Jot aircrafts with the No.1 Squadron are aeon on the HMS Invincible aircraft carrier Monday in the Mediterranean Sea. The Harriers are from R A F . W ittering in E n g la n d . The c a rrie r d isco n tin u e d a to u r o f the C arib b ean to s a il Into the Mediterranean for poesibie use in the Persian Gulf. BAGHDAD, Iraq — U.N. arms moni­ tors searching fo r Iraq ’s banned arsenal in sp ected 11 sites w ithout in terferen ce Monday — including pharmaceutical facto­ ries where biological or chemical weapons could be produced. . B u t a new c o n fro n ta tio n co u ld still develop if U.N. inspectors try to search dozens o f other sites, including President Saddam H ussein’s m any palaces, which Iraq considers sensitive to national security. An American U-2 spy plane, which Iraq has threatened to shoot down, made another flight into Iraqi airspace Monday, its third since the crisis over weapons inspections started more than three weeks ago. A Pentagon official in Washington said the flight over central Iraq — part o f the U.N. weapons inspection program -—was completed without incident. Monday’s inspections went smoothly, as they have has since they w ere resum ed Saturday. “They have had a normal inspec­ tion day with no problems reported,” said Allan Dacey, a British spokesman for the U.N. monitors. He said the inspectors were searching for missiles and biological, chemical and nucle­ ar w eapons, as w ell as exam ining arm s imports and exports. Some inspectors flew iti helicopters to check for any inappropriate activity on the ground; U.N. inspectors have accused Iraq o f sneaking documents out the back doors of weapons sites even as inspec­ tors were entering die front. The arms inspectors’ job is to certify that Iraq has com plied with U.N. resolutions requiring it to eliminate weapons o f mass destruction in line with treaties that ended the 1991 Persian G ulf War. Economic sanc­ tions, imposed after Iraq’s 1990 invasion of Kuwait that led to the war, have devastated the Iraqi economy. D e s p ite th e la te s t c o o p e ra tio n in B aghdad, A m erican and Iraqi officials were still arguing over w hether inspec­ tors should search Saddam ’s many presi­ dential compounds.. O p in io n Page 4 Tuesday, November 25,1997 S t a t e P r es s Es s m usien TOWYoii L et's all observe a moment o f silence for the end o f an era, the passing of one o f the m ost loved and m ost hated cartoons ever — M TV’s TJ0UIT Beavis and Butt-head. On Friday, Beavis and Butt-head w ill perform one last set o f hijinks before calling it quits for good. It's been a long, interesting road for the tw o teen agers. B ut — as it is w ith a ll good things — the end was inevitable. 1 D on't laugh... B ea vis a n d B u tt-h ea d provided m illions o f kids, and adults who act like kids, with entertain­ ment, for belter or lo r worse. For the last four years, Beavis and Butt-head broke stuff, smacked the bejesus out of each other and (thought they) picked up on a lot o f “chicks.” Sure, their laughs were stupid and clim bed up our spines, yet somehow they were surprisingly sim ilar to our own. We rem em ber doing — or at least thinking of doing — many o f the things Beavis and Butthead did Hey, it was a part o f growing up But it was that sort o f thing that got the show For exam ple, in Beavis and Butt-head’s infan­ cy, the teen s' fascination with fire was blam ed when 5-year-old boy started- a fire that burned the fam ily barn to the ground and killed bis sis­ ter. Undoubtedly countless other teenage pranks have also been blam ed to som e extent on the two anim ated, m isguided youths. A fter a ll, th ey represent everything th at is wrong with children today- they are destructive, illiterate, degrading toward women and clueless. ■ But then again, they’re cartoons — give ‘em a break. C reator M ike Judge never intended kids to walk around school — shuts pulled over their heads and without hall passes — dem anding toi­ let paper from the principal. Beavis and Butt-head has w hat it takes to fos­ ter a cult following. They are quotable; the show has the types o f sound bites th at b u /z around cam pus die day after a new episode. Few sit­ com s o r cartoons have that power. They even managed to crank out a full-length feature film (although that’s not saying much gives today’s movie market) which we gladly waited in line amongst giggling adolescents to see. For many, though, the movie made it d ear that there is only so much people will tolerate o f a good dung. A t feast Bemds and Btat-head will live forev­ e r in syndication, somewhere in between reruns of GiUigan's Island and Family Ties. S o w ave goodbye; it’s tim e to go, B eavis and B utt-head. Yon gave u s dow n-and-dirty fun to grew up w ith. As B utt-bead w ould say: w e’ll, lik e , m iss you and stuff. W e'd like to reflect som e m ore, b u t w e have to go w atch South Park now. up YMUTTLE B R JW l Beavis and B utt-head call it quits, huh-huh PLAYiWG WITHALL THAT STUFF!! m /m m i Love shows life’s simplicity Y ou n e v e r have a seco n d had chance to make a first im pres­ TW ITTY sion. A nd la st w eek en d w as f ir s t- im p r e s s io n tim e ! S he Columnist w a sn ’t ju s t my com pany fo r Friday evening; she was my destiny ! •* : I took a shower, cleaned up and got dressed as nor­ mal. b u t she was everything but normal. Everything had to be perfect because I had a feeling she was! A girl like this one doesn’t come along every day, and Friday night was to be our night. All I could think about for weeks before this date was. having the opportunity to hold this angel in my arms and get lost in her deep eyes: I was hoping she wouldn’t disappoint. The anticipation o f this day was intense and I was literally shaking as I w aited fo r h er to arrive. M inutes rolled into hours and my anxiety turned to fear. Where was she? T his girl had no idea w hat kind o f a web she had already spun on me and we hadn’t even met. So I waited and waited and she still didn’t arrive. There isn’t any­ thing more painful than being stood up by a girl who is the o n ly th in g th a t I h av e been able to b reath e fo r weeks. At 7:10 p.m. Friday (but w ho’s keeping time?), she finally arrived! She was everything 1 imagined her to be and more. Her eyes were a deep, penetrating blue. Her skin was delicate pink and felt like a rose petal. 1 stared at her, mumbled hello, and then I wept. Seeing her m elt­ ed me. I kissed her soft forehead and then held my new baby daughter, Tylere, ju st like I had wanted to for so long! W ords cannot describe what I felt Friday night when I w elcom ed my daughter to the world. And suddenly, life took on a whole new perspective! My college degree, money, fame and all the awards in the world had no value to me when compared to this baby girl. No m atter what I accomplish in this life, noth­ ing will have more meaning or significance than this lit­ E tle eight-pound, one-ounce bundle o f joy. As I held her at 3 a.m. the next day, I had a hard time im a g in in g how a n d w hy so m e p e o p le can be so unattached to som ething so special. 1 can ’t and w on’t speculate into others’ personal ethics, but it hurts to live in a society where babies are found abandoned or even stuffed in trash bins or coffee cans. It’s easy to bring a baby into the world; the challenge is raising and teach­ ing them in love. 1 guess my little girl helped rem ind me o f the sim ­ p licity o f life and th at life is bigger than I am. She rem inds me o f all that is pure and precious in this life. In the hustle and bustle o f the w orld, it’s nice to stop for a few special m om ents and appreciate what I have and actually be grateful. I alw ays seem to find tim e to co m p lain and gru m b le ab o u t pro b lem s, b u t I rarely take the effort to savor the good and ju st be thankful. I don’t know how m any other college students can relate to actually having a baby, but I think sooner or later — baby or not — we all stop and think long and hard about o u t future. A baby ju st forces you to think sooner instead o f later. My little girl has brought not only jo y and beauty to my life, but also a little terror and anxiety when I think about her future and what it holds. It’s difficult to put into words the feelings you expe­ rience when you hold som ething that is a part o f you and realize that her future is in your hands. Y ou n ev er have a seco n d ch an ce to m ake a first im pression, and I’ll never have a second chance to raise Tylere. But it’s refreshing to worry more about her and my wife. It’s good for the soul to care about others more than m yself. V. So here I am, taking a new Jerry M aguire-like per­ sp ectiv e on life a fte r my F rid a y -n ig h t d ate w ith an a n g e l. T h a n k y o u , p r in c e s s , an d w e lc o m e to th e world! Chad Twitty is a ju n io r studying journalism and Russian and can be reached at chadtw@ imap3.asu.edu. STATE PRESS TAFF PERCY EDNALINO JR., Editor CARYL-SUE MICALIZIO...... Night Editor JENNIFER NETHERBY. CADONNA PEYTON..... ........................Asst. City Editor MATT MORGAN............. JODI BAFUNDO...'... . PATSHANNAHAN........ RANDY JONES.... ..... ... EDODEVEN..... ...... ..... DEANNA DARR . .. . .. REPORTERS; Brian Anderson, Tim Baxter, Sharan K. Gill, Stacy Mann, Ginger Scott, Kara Shire, Genoa Sibold-Cohn, Tara Teichgraeber. SPORTS REPORTERS: Josh DeFamio, Lori Haro, Scott Lewis, Matt Paulson. COPY EDITORS: Christi Foist, Lorie Roberts. PHOTOGRAPHERS: Paul Besing, Jeremy Hein, Brad Lang, E.B. McGovern. COLUMNISTS: Brian Ary, Scott Bennett, Ross Eide, Aislinn Fahy, J.E. 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Topics included AIDS activist groups, fem inist organizations, race relations and marriage, as well as gay cultural identity. Katzenstein brought up some interesting points from an “institutional perspective,” and when questioned later, clarified that politics center around cultural identities, not -class relations. L etters to the E ditor A s a re c e n t g ra d u a te o f a sm a ll, p riv a te lib e ra la rts c o lle g e in so u th e rn C a lifo rn ia , I ’ve b e e n a b le to m a k e so m e g rim c o m p a ris o n s to th e u n d e rg ra d ­ u a t e e d u c a t i o n a l p r o g r a m s h e r e a t A S U . I t ’s u n fo rtu n a te th a t A S U is m a k in g so m an y b la ta n t m is ta k e s as an i n s t i t u t i o n w h ic h is c o n tin u a lly s triv in g to g a in re c o g n itio n as a m o re p re s tig io u s u n iv e r s ity . I t ’s c o m p le te ly o b v io u s th a t to o m a n y p r o f e s ­ so rs d o n o t c a re to b e te a c h in g th e ir u n d e rg ra d u ­ a te c o u rs e s . T h e y sk ip c la s s d u e to o u ts id e o b lig a ­ tio n s , in fre q u e n tly a s s ig n s tim u la tin g h o m e w o rk , d o n o t a d h e re to o ffic e h o u rs a n d re ly o n T A s to b a il th e m o u t. S o m e o f th is c a n b e a ttr ib u te d to th é o b lig a to r y r e s e a r c h e n v ir o n m e n t w h ic h A S U p ro f e s s o r s su p p o rt, b u t h o w c a n su c h g ro s s b e h a v ­ i o r p o s s ib ly s tim u la te c h a lle n g in g a n d r ig o r o u s i n t e l l e c t u a l d e v e lo p m e n t a m o n g th o s e W ho a re m o s t v u ln e r a b le : th e f ir s t- a n d s e c o n d - y e a r s t u ­ d e n ts ? M y th s r e g a r d in g g h a s tly e x p e n s e s n n d p o s t ­ g r a d u a te d e b t r e s u ltin g fro m p riv a te c o lle g e s a re f a l s e . M a n y p r i v a t e s c h o o ls h a v e e n d o w m e n ts W hich a r e s e v e ra l tim e s g re a te r th a n th o s e o f p u b ­ lic s c h o o l s a n d h a v e a l u m n i - c o n t r i b u t i o n r a te s u p w a rd s o f 7 0 p e rc e n t (b e c a u se th e y lik e d g o in g u r g e d This letter is «Erected at any sororities who use the Hayden Library quiet-study lounge. I study in the quiet-study lounge rise days a week for tluee-to-six hours per day. Anyone who has been in the quietstudy room can attest to the continuous level o f silence which is maintained. I have no qualms with the use o f the quiet-study lounge by any group o f indi­ viduals. It is the inconsiderate attitude o f these groups that provokes my hostility. My venomous glares and repeated shush­ es alert most talkers that their behavior is unappreciated. Yet, they seem to have little effect on the sororities. I do not speak for myself in this letter. to th e re — c o m p a re d to 10 p e rc e n t fo r A S U ). T h is m e a n s th a t p r iv a te s c h o o ls a re r ic h a n d c o n s e ­ q u e n t l y h a v e l o t s o f m o n e y to g r a n t to t h e i r u n d e rg ra d u a te s tu d e n ts . S e v e ra l o f th e se sc h o o ls a ls o h a v e n e e d - b lin d a d m is s io n s , w h ic h m e a n s th a t th ey d o n o t c a re h o w m u ch m o n ey y o u h av e. I f y o u c a n ’t p ay tu itio n , th e y w ill c o v e r th e d if f e r ­ e n c e . E v e n b e f o r e s c h o la r s h ip s , th e c o s t o f m y a tte n d a n c e at P o m o n a C o lle g e w as ro u g h ly h a lf o f w h a t it w o u ld c o s t at th e U n iv e rs ity o f C a lifo rn ia . In sta rk c o n tra s t to A S U , th e p ro fe s s o rs a t lib ­ e r a l- a r ts c o lle g e s a c tu a lly c a r e f o r th e ir u n d e r ­ g r a d u a te s t u d e n t s . T h e y o f t e n i n s i s t o n b e in g c a lle d b y t h e i r f i r s t n a m e s , a s s ig n c h a lle n g in g h o m e w o rk f r e q u e n tly a n d c o n s e q u e n tly a re a lw a y s a v a ila b le fo r c o n s u lta tio n a n d d is c u s s io n . W h e n w a s th e la s t tim e y o u h a d d in n e r a t y o u r p r o fe s s o r’s h o u s e ? H av e y o u e v e r h a d a se m e s te r w h e re y o u r la rg e s t c la s s w as ju s t se v e n s tu d e n ts ? A s a T A , I am fo rtu n a te e n o u g h to h a v e A S U w a iv e m y tu itio n . I t ’s a g o o d th in g , fo r I w o u ld n o t p ay fo r su c h c ra p o n m y o w n. P e te r L eth G r a d u a te S tu d e n t D e p a r tm e n t o f G e o lo g y v ia e -m a il b e q u ie t I notice the dirty looks o f others and have collaborated my feelings with peo­ ple w ho use the quiet-study lounge as much as myself. I write this not as an attack but as a plea. Please, allow me to concentrate on my studies. Please, if you are going to talk, go elsewhere. If your sorority has a policy on m andatory use o f the study room, please revise that poliey. 1 hope that I will still see you in the quiet-study room —- it is a great place to study. But, please, please be quiet! T h n S Id m Secondary Education, History S tar P res HE e tte rs to th e I. ttM fw m i n d a s teager Sail turn p*fu> ta h t e d it o r fra» o w ra w to o« m f lopte-AS pBbCcXfc» S líu t wctofe y