State Rep. Steve May, R-Phoenix, must only read the State Press'Police Beat. How else could he have such a low opinion of all the people that frequent this campus?
May should realize that the people in the Police Beat, particularly the ones who use the word "wee-wee" are not the majority at this University. In fact we never use the word "wee-wee." We feel "wee-wee" is an inappropriate term for a body part best learned about in biology class. "Wee-wee" feel that use of the word "wee-wee" should definitely be restricted. Hee hee.
Despite, ahem, some students low sense of humor, in case May hasn't noticed, this is a Research I institution now. We're more about research, learning and diversity than we are about football and parties. We Devils gots smarts. And we pride ourselves on knowing what's going on.
Which is why it's so insulting that May thinks he can pull the wool over our eyes with a bill that proposes turning ASU's Karsten Golf Course from a place for Snowbirds to a place for the Red Birds to continue to hone their losing skills.
May has proposed a bill that would take land from the course and make it into a new Arizona Cardinals' football stadium complete with event facilities.
ASU President Lattie Coor called a press conference Monday to voice his disagreement with the bill.
We, like Coor, wonder why University officials haven't been included in discussions concerning the plans for this proposal. Everyone is so concerned with trying to find a place to put this stadium in a hurry. That's what got the first site-selection process into trouble.
Rushing around trying to find a place to put this monstrosity of athletics is like hastily trying to find a place to put an elephant in the Memorial Union at lunchtime. No matter how fast you do it, you're going to step on some toes. May and others involved in this game of pin-the-stadium-on–the-city should learn to consult everyone affected by a certain site and make an informed decision.
It's an insult to students and officials that May would be so inconsiderate of the University's needs and take his plans for a stadium site straight to the Legislature.
Did May not realize that ASU should have a say in the future of Karsten Golf Course? As Coor said, "The land has other functions that are essential to the University."
Perhaps the ASU golf program doesn't want to move to Rolling Hills golf course as May proposed. Mike Scott, the recent first graduate of the ASU East professional golf management program, said Tuesday that "there's no comparison at all" between the two courses and that Karsten is a more professional, better course.
Plus we're worried that the ASU football team and the Arizona Cardinals would find some old golf score cards and get confused. We certainly don't want either team to try to score less.
Coor also said that the land is being considered as a site for the Arizona Biomedical Institute. ASU has been making great strides in research and with a new biomedical facility the University and its students, the one's who don't end up in Police Beat, could achieve even more. They, the professors and students committed to research, are the ones who deserve a new facility … not two losing football teams.
It's time to reward the smart people for once and let the jocks get the leftovers. It's time state lawmakers like May realized that ASU is more intellectual than they give us credit for.
It's time for May to take a cue from ASASU and propose a bill to vote his bright ideas about ASU land out of existence.
