Local police lack cooperation
It is ridiculous how the Tempe and ASU police departments interact and coordinate with one another. Recently, I was given a citation on Mill Avenue for cruising by the Tempe police. It might be worthwhile to mention that I am a research associate working in the computer science department at the Brickyard on Mill Avenue, and my research work involves emergency trips to the lab at odd hours.
But the police were not ready to listen to my concerns and said because I had been around the Brickyard more than two times at that time, I was being ticketed.
I called up the ASU police to sort out the matter, but they refused to help, saying that the issues were not under their jurisdiction. Tempe police had asked me to contact the ASU police.
It seems like the Brickyard is under some jungle law where none of the police departments have any jurisdiction to help people, but both have the rights to harass them for working diligently on research benefiting ASU.
--Prabhdeep Singh
ASU graduate student
Editorial lacking ethics
I personally do not agree with Residential Life's policy against signs in windows. However, as it is their policy, I do respect it. That seems to be something you do not. Residents sign agreements that state they will abide by Residential Life policy and can be punished for not abiding.
Thus, I found Tuesday's editorial to be very irresponsible for encouraging residents to disobey the policies they had accepted contractually. If a resident gets into trouble for taking your suggestions and actually putting a "Res Life is great" sign in a window, are you going to take the blame? I doubt it.
It is time the staff of The State Press learns how to write with ethics and responsibility.
--Robert J. Benscoter
anthropology sophomore
Taylor fair-weather fan
The reason the stands at Sun Devil Stadium are usually empty is because of people like Kim who refuse to support the home team. Kim is a stereotypical ASU student who decides to come here and escape the barren wasteland known as Wisconsin. But rather than support the Sun Devils, she decides to hold onto memories of Wisconsin football and tailgate parties in the snow.
What true Sun Devil would rather go to a UA game than watch ASU upset a ranked opponent? Then as soon as we start winning, she jumps on the bandwagon and wants to go to all the games.
There are plenty of students who go to every football game and cheer just as loud. Those are true Sun Devils. I think it's pathetic that Kim can talk bad about Sun Devil football and wait four years before attending a game. She hasn't earned the right to rush the field or travel with the team to watch them upset USC (that's right, I call it right now). Go Devils, and to all you bandwagon fans ... go home!
--Brandon Bettis
justice studies senior
Safety Escort more than golf cart
[The Sept. 22] editorial on the Safety Escort Service started promisingly and then took a left turn toward irrelevance.
It seems the editorial board has missed the point of the Safety Escort Service. It's not there to give you a comfy ride in a golf cart to Lot 59 -- it's there to prevent people from being attacked on campus after dark.
You're not helping them by encouraging students to not use the service when a golf cart is unavailable...
The notion that a golf cart makes you safer is irrelevant -- the key to the escort service is safety in numbers. If ASU wants to purchase a van, that's great -- but it could expand service today using nothing more than shoe leather.
--John Davis
ASU alumni
Sun Devil football history
The embarrassing thing (with regard to Ryan Smith's letter to the editor chastising The State Press for their lack of football knowledge) is that he didn't do his homework before criticizing people for not doing theirs.
ASU did only score one touchdown in the 19-0 lashing of Nebraska in 1996. One TD, three safeties and two field goals add up to 19 points.
The merits of rushing the field after a game like Saturday's are debatable, but for the time being, let's give the Devils some credit where credit is due. They won a big game in a big way, that's the kind of thing that will get our program to the next level. Go Devils!
--Matt Schuh
ASU Alumni
