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Clemson from page 32 put true freshman Rashaad Reid at corner and put Morgan [Burnett] lead you have is safe in a game that back at safety,” Johnson said. Men’sBy Randy Darnowsky Swim,tives weDive can build on beats from this “It Clemson was a tough loss on both was that close,” Nesbitt said. Tech’s defense kept Clemson Staff Writer meet and will continue towards sides, but I thought we did a bet- The third quarter was a turbu- pinned back inside its own 20 for our goals at the ACC Champion- ter job getting up to race mentally lent one for the Jackets. Tech got Clemson’s first two possessions of The Tech swimming and div- ships,” Wilson said. than we did last week,” Wilson the ball at the beginning of the the fourth quarter, In the series ing teams recently competed in The list of first-place finish- said. half, but after taking the ball 53 between the two defensive stands, two crucial road meets against es goes on with Senior Mickey Once again, Nevo garnered yards, Dwyer had his second fum- Tech made an attempt at the end conference opponents Clem- Malul in the 100-breast, Senior a couple of victories at the meet. ble of day, which Clemson recov- zone, but a well thrown pass by son and Florida State. The men’s Mauricio Sousa in the 50-free, He won the 200-fly and 200-Indi- ered on the George Tech 44-yard- Nesbitt was dropped by Thomas team won their match-up against Freshman Matthew Vaughn in vidual Medley events. Sousa was line. Four plays and 44 yards in the end zone. Clemson. the 200-breast and Sophomore the first to touch the wall in the later, Clemson “I was dis- “This was a great performance Travis Wagner in the 100-fly. The 50-free event. Copeland won the scored its first a p p o i n t e d tonight against a very strong relay team of Sousa, Sophomore 100-free event in an even faster t ou c hd ow n after the first Clemson team,” said Head Coach Garrett Robberson, Wagner and time of 46.15. The relay team of of the game drop I had, Stu Wilson to ramblinwreck. Copeland garnered a victory in Sousa, Robberson, Freshman Ni- off the 32- but heading com. the 400-free. The diving events gel Plummer and Copeland won yard Cullen over to the Senior Noah Copeland and were led by a sweep by Junior the 200-free. Harper pass. sideline, they Junior Gal Nevo represented their Hannah Krimm and a victory in On the women’s side, Junior On the same said it was on team with first-place finishes. The the three-meter springboard event Agatha Kwasnik won the 100-free play, senior me to win the senior won the 200-free (1:41.61) for Sophomore Jacob Tzegaegbe. in a time of 51.64 while Sopho- c or ne r b a c k game, so I did and 100-free (46.50). The fresh- The Jackets were ousted by more Christine Chuang won the Jahi Word- what I had to man won the 200-fly (1:53.26) and tough competition, though, at 100-fly. Daniels went do,” Thomas 200-Individual Medley (54.77). their recent dual meet against The Jackets compete today in out of the said. “I think there are a lot of posi- Florida State. the annual alumni meet. game with Tech’s of- an apparent fense had a H a m s t r i n g 60 yard ten injury. play drive to On Clem- the end zone son’s next to recapture p o s s e s sion, the lead. The the Tigers t o u c h d o w n drove eighty By Jason Ossey/ Student Publications came on a yards, which Roddy Jones carries the ball dur- 24-yard pass included three ing Saturday’s game at Clemson. from Nesbitt passes by Cul- to Thomas, len Harper and set the fi- which combined for 58 yards. The nal score at 21-17. gave Clemson a 17-14 With the win over Clemson, lead which stood into the fourth Tech was able to enter the first quarter. BCS poll of the season at No. 18. “I think we were running out of This is the first time the Jackets gas close to the end [of the game]. have been ranked in the BCS since [Clemson] made some nice plays the Dec. 3 poll in 2006.

By Jon Drews/ Student Publications on offense…We had to do some The Jackets look to continue Dalton Hedberg competes at the Campus Recreation Center. The men’s and women’s teams com- rotating when Jahi got hurt to put their success tomorrow against Morgan [Burnett] out on corner- Virginia at Bobby Dodd Stadi- peted against Clemson and Florida State over past two weeks, with the men beating Clemson. back. Then we switched back and um. SPORTS Technique • October 24, 2008 • 27 Ramblin Wreck song carries long and storied history By Randy Darnowsky with trumpet flashes was pub- Staff Writer licized and later copyrighted by Frank Roman in 1919. Roman is The official Tech fight song has also credited with publishing the a long history. The tune is similar “Up with the White and Gold” to that of an old English and Irish in 1919 and the modern version drinking song by the name of of the “Alma Mater” in 1923. Iver “Son of a Gambolier” by Charles Granath helped write the lyrics to Ives. The lyrics of the Tech fight the “Alma Mater” and also com- song have originated from the posed the song “Yellow Jacket same drinking song and other col- Gal.” A similar song by the name lege fight songs dating back to the of “My Yellow Jacket Girl” was 1800’s. The initial use of Tech’s performed at an old Broadway official fight song is somewhat show. obscure. While some believe that The “Wreck” and “White and the song originated from a base- Gold” fight songs were first com- ball game against Georgia, others mercially published in 1925 by credit Bill Walthall, a member of the Columbia Gramophone Com- the first four-year graduating class. pany. The “Ramblin Wreck” was According to a 1953 Sports Illus- sung by President Richard Nixon trated article, the song was written and Nikita Khrushchev at their in 1893 by a Tech football player historic meeting in Moscow. In By Jon Drews/ Student Publications en route to a match against Au- fact, Khrushchev had been intro- The Georgia Tech Band preforms at Bobby Dodd Stadium at a football game. The band plays the burn. The song would be adopted duced to the song through a per- as the official fight song in 1905. formance of it on The Ed Sullivan Georgia Tech fight songs at every football game and has done so since its formation 100 years ago. The song was first published in Show. The fight song has also ap- Blueprint as “What causes Whit- peared in various movies includ- D-day. It is believed that “Ramb- change the lyrics of the renowned force sought to change the ste- lock to Blush.” ing The Man in the Gray Flannel lin’ Wreck” was the first fight song fight song. The proposed changes reotypes of men and women por- The song was initially com- Suit and The High and the Mighty. to be sung in outer space. to the song were submitted on the trayed in the song. Nevertheless, posed by an early bandmaster by Rumors report that the song was As reported in a 1998 copy basis of the song’s proficient al- the proposal was dropped due to the name of Michael Greenblatt. sang by soldiers crossing the Eng- of the Technique, a 19-member lusions to the use of alcohol and strong opposition from students However, the modern version lish Channel on the morning of Diversity Task Force sought to the portrayal of women. The task and alumni.

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from page 32 gie Schmelzle lead both teams in point streak. The Jackets were able Volleyball kills with 12 but was Maryland’s take that match 25-22. when the Deacons took an 18-12 only double figure scorer. Senior The Jackets traveled further lead and looked to close the frame setter for Tech Allie Niekamp let north for their next game against up 23-18. The Jackets scored six both teams with 40 assists and a Boston College in Chestnut Hill. straight points before Wake tied career-high 18 digs. The Jackets The Jackets were again led by Kel- the game. Kellogg’s key kill along and Terps went back and forth in logg’s 10 kills. Three other players, with the match point helped the first set. With Maryland up DiMichelis, Miller and Roderick, Tech win the second set 26-24. 20-19, Tech scored three straight had eight kills each. For the sec- The final set went back and forth point and went back and forth be- ond straight match, Niekamp led throughout the entire match, with fore Tech claimed the set 25-22. both teams with 11 digs and 35 the Jackets winning 25-20 for the Kellogg led the Jackets to their assists. match. second set victory with eight kills The Jackets led the first set the The following week, the Jack- on 15 attempts. The Terrapins got entire way and won 25-22. The ets traveled to College Park, within one point before Tech won Jackets won the second set 25-16, Maryland to take on the Ter- two straight points to go to 20-17. but Tech had some trouble closing rapins. Tech came through with The Jackets kept the margin the the match out and let the Eagles their second straight sweep. The same with the 25-22 victory in the take a 25-24 lead. Tech won three

Jackets were led again by Kel- second set. Streaks highlighted straight points, one by error, cul- By Ben Lipford/ Student Publications logg, with 10 kills, and Junior the third set. Tech used a 7-1 run minating in freshman outside Senior libero Michelle Kandell bumps a ball during the game right-side hitter Brittany Roderick to take a 23-16 lead before Mary- hitter Alison Campbell’s match with 11 kills. Maryland’s Mag- land made it 23-21 with a five clinching kill. against Wake Forest at the O’Keefe Gymnasium two weeks ago.

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By Nishant Prasadh, Contributing Writer

Th e Jackets enter the homecoming game After a rough start in which they aver- on a high note after fi nally cracking the top aged nine points in each of their fi rst four 25 in this week’s national rankings, landing at games, the Cavaliers have rebounded No.18 in the BCS standings after beat- to win their last three, including a ing preseason ACC favorite Clemson 16-13 overtime victory last week in Death Valley, 21-17. Th e win, over the no 18 North Carolina,

coupled with losses by North Caro- which has put them in the CAVALIERS lina and Virginia Tech, has made race for the ACC Coastal the Jackets the ACC Coastal divi- division title. sion leader and the highest-ranked Virginia was not ex- team in the conference. pected to have a great sea- Entering this weekend, the son after losing a number Jackets boast the ACC’s best of key seniors, including rushing attack (and its leading All-American defensive

JACKETS individual rusher, B-back Jonathan end Chris Long and off en- Dwyer) and hope to continue the sive guard Branden Albert, success on the ground against the both fi rst-round picks in the Cavaliers’ 3-4 front. Virginia 2008 NFL Draft. Early on, QB Marc Verica has been shaky, it appeared this prediction would with seven so far, hold true; their only win in those so the Jackets’ defensive line will fi rst four games was over Division look to pressure him into more mistakes that I-AA school Richmond, and their the secondary can exploit. three losses came by a combined score Unfortunately, the Jackets will play with- of 128-20. out two of their starters this weekend. Senior However, the team has rebounded cornerback Jahi Word-Daniels is out with a well. After falling 31-0 to Duke, the hamstring injury, so true freshman Rashaad Cavaliers shut out Maryland 31-0, and a Reid will get his fi rst start. Also, freshman week later, rolled to a 35-20 win over East receiver/ returner Tyler Melton suff ered Carolina behind strong play from senior a knee injury last week and could be out for RB Cedric Peerman. In the latest win over the season; sophomore Correy Earls will fi ll North Carolina, the Cavaliers drove down- in at receiver, and freshman A-back Roddy fi eld for the game-tying touchdown with Jones will handle punt returns. under three minutes left and completed the Virginia took the all-time series lead at 15- comeback win in overtime. 14-1 last year, defeating Tech 28-23 in Char- Although Virginia has yet to record a win lottesville. Th e Jackets look to avenge the on the road this year, the team hopes to use loss and continue their push for the Coastal the momentum from their recent success to division title. pull off an upset in Atlanta on Saturday.

By Jason Ossey / Student Publications Spread: Tech(-11.5). Prediction: Tech 27 - UVA 17 By Ariel Bravy / Student Publications

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  By Akshay Aramaneni, Assistant Sports Editor THE ROAD TO: COASTALdivision  Spiders, they dropped 1. Georgia Tech  consecutive road games to Connecticut and Duke. The Season Remaining: The Jackets face Virginia this week- TAMPA BAY end, then Florida State, UNC in Chapel Hill and Miami at Th ey proceeded to upset home before fi nishing the season against UGA. Maryland, beat East Caro- 6 WEEKS lina , and then beat North Sophomore defensive end Derrick Morgan Carolina at home in overtime. Despite this, Virginia controls 2. Virginia Tech Georgia Tech their destiny in the coastal divi- The Season Remaining: The Hokies travel to Florida State this (6-1, 3-1) holds a half game sion. weekend before rounding up their season against Maryland, lead over Virginia and Virginia Tech Under Butch Davis, North Carolina Miami, Duke and in-state rival Virginia. for the top spot in the Coastal Division. (5-2, 1-2) has made huge strides, win- Sophomore Tyrod Taylor However, because of the head to head ning its fi rst two games out of confer- matchup, the Jackets need the Hokies ence, then going 3-2 in next fi ve beat- to lose once more without dropping a ing Miami, Conneticut, and Notre 3. Virginia game themselves in order to go to the Dame, but dropping to Virginia Tech The Season Remaining: The Cavs play at Georgia Tech this championship game. and UVA. weekend followed by Miami, Wake Forest, Clemson and Vir- Th e Hokies (5-2, 2-1) started the After seven games, the Hurricanes ginia Tech. season with a close loss to the East Car- (4-3, 1-2) are just trying to hold on to a Senior tailback Cedric Peerman olina Pirates. Before last weekend, Vir- .500 record. Th e Canes opened the sea- ginia Tech had not lost since their fi rst son with a 45 point win over Charles- game of the season. Th ey pulled away ton Southern before scoring just three 4. North Carolina from Furman late in the third quarter points against the Florida Gators. Mi- The Season Remaining: The Tar Heels have an up-and-down to win the game 24-7. Virginia Tech ami rebounded with a win on the road schedule left with Boston College, Georgia Tech, Maryland, then defeated the Yellow Jackets in a against Texas A&M, but lost a two N.C. State and Duke. close game in Blacksburg, 20-17. Th e touchdown lead in the fourth quarter Sophomore linebacker Quan Sturdivant Hokies followed that with a three point against North Carolina. Miami played come-from-behind win on the road at their annual rivalry with Florida State North Carolina. Virginia Tech helped the following weekend but fell 41-39. 5. Miami their cause the following week with a Since then, the Hurricanes have won The Season Remaining: Miami has an all ACC schedule to the non-conference win at Nebraska before two straight over Central Florida and end with Wake Forest, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech, beating Western Kentucky at home. Duke for their fi rst ACC win. and North Carolina State. Th ey were sitting atop the conference After hiring new Head Coach Da- Freshman wide receiver Travis Benjamin at 2-0 until the Boston College Eagles vid Cutcliff e, the Duke Blue Devils knocked them off 28-23 last weekend. (3-3, 1-2) showed an almost immediate Th e Cavaliers of Virginia (4-3, 2-1) improvement. While the Devils lost to 6. Duke dropped three of their fi rst four by an Northwestern, they defeated Virginia The Season Remaining: The road ahead is tough for the devils average of 36 points. Virginia opened two weeks later at home 31-3 to secure with games against Vanderbilt, Wake, N.C. Sate, Clemson, their season with one of the top teams their fi rst mid-season ACC winning re- Virginia Tech and in-state rival North Carolina. in the nation in USC. Th e Cavs lost 52- cord since 1994. Th e Devils lost their Junior quarterback Thaddeus Lewis 7. Following a win over the Richmond last two to Georgia Tech and Miami. SPORTS Technique • October 24, 2008 • 31

ATLANTICdivision T-1. Boston College The Season Remaining: BC continues with North Carolina Boston College (5-1, 2-1) started the conference. Th ey opened the season this weekend followed by Clemson, Notre Dame, Florida State, season minus several leaders from last with wins over Baylor and Ole Miss. Wake Forest and Maryland. season’s division championship team. Th ey started the ACC schedule against Senior quarterback Chris Crane Th e Eagles have gone 5-1 with their Florida State with a 12-3 win. Th ey only loss coming to the Jackets in the hiccupped against Navy’s triple option second game of the season. BC opened before rebounding against Clemson on T-1. Florida State their season with a win over Kent State a Th ursday night game. Last weekend, The Season Remaining: Florida State has Virginia Tech, Georgia before the Tech game. Th e Eagles then Wake was shutout for the fi rst time in Tech, Clemson, Boston College and Maryland left on their ACC beat Central Florida Knights. Follow- 123 games when they lost 26-0 against schedule before fi nishing with rival Florida. ing a win over Rhode Island, Boston Maryland. Senior running back Antone Smith College picked up two conference Clemson (3-4, 1-3) has been the wins with victories over North Caro- story of the ACC so far this season, lina State and Virginia Tech. but not for good reason. Picked as 3. Maryland Florida State (5-1, 2-1) has seem- the overwhelming favorite to win The Season Remaining: Maryland continues their season this ingly resurrected their storied program the ACC, Clemson fell fl at against weekend against North Carolina State before taking on Vir- following their ACC title in 2005. Alabama. From there, the Tigers won ginia Tech, North Carolina, Florida State and Boston College. Florida State opened their season with three straight over the Citadel, North Sophomore running back Da’Rel Scott blowout wins over FCS teams West- Carolina State and South Carolina ern Carolina and Chattanooga by a State. Clemson then lost two straight combined score of 115-7. Florida State conference games to Maryland and 4. Wake Forest followed that off ensive outburst with Wake Forest. Head Coach Tommy The Season Remaining: The Deacons remaining schedule is a poor showing against Wake Forest, Bowden resigned after the Wake For- Miami, Duke, Virginia, North Carolina State, Boston College losing 12-3. Th e Noles have since won est game opening the door for Interim and Vanderbilt. three straight over Colorado, Miami Coach Dabo Swinney to take the reins Senior place kicker Sam Swank and North Carolina State. for the loss to Tech this past weekend. Ralph Friedgen’s Terrapins (5-2, For North Carolina State (2-5, 0-3), 2-1) edged by Delaware before falling this season has been fi lled with person- 5. Clemson to MTSU. Th e Terps followed that nel changes, injury and the kind of The Season Remaining: The Tigers play Boston College after a with an unexpected win over Cal. Th ey inconsistency that makes a 2-5 team. bye week followed by Florida State, Duke, Virginia and in-state continued their success against East- State opened their season with a loss rival South Carolina. ern Michigan and over a fading Clem- against South Carolina Gamecocks. Junior running back C.J. Spiller son team in the fourth quarter. Mary- Th e Pack defeated William and Mary land showed their inconsistency, when the following week but lost to Clem- they were shut out by a rising Virginia son. Th ey were them able to eke out 6. North Carolina State team. Th ey beat the conference leader an overtime win over the then No. 15 The Season Remaining: The Wolfpack’s remaining schedule Wake Forest this past weekend 26-0 to East Carolina Pirates. South Florida is all in the ACC with Maryland, Duke, Wake Forest, North rebound from that loss. handed the Wolfpack their third loss Carolina and Miami. Wake Forest (4-2, 2-1) was the and fi rst of three in a row. Boston Col- Freshman quarterback Russel Wilson preseason pick to fi nish second in the lege and Florida State followed. [email protected] Journey to Tampa Technique Sports Editor: With the ACC more unpredictable Matt Hoff man 32 than ever, see how the teams stack up Friday, Assistant Sports Editor: in the conference standings.31 October 24, 2008 Sports Akshay Amaraneni Volleyball sweeps three Comeback matches against By Akshay Aramaneni Assistant Sports Editor After a two match losing streak, the Clemson Jackets have swept three straight conference matches and jumped back into fourth place in the ACC. Tech lost to Duke in a back and forth fi ve set match in Atlanta before sweeping Wake Forest, Maryland and Bos- Jackets beat ACC ton College in consecutive matches. Tech had not lost to Duke in Atlanta rival in fourth under Head Coach Bond Shymansky until two weeks ago. Senior outside hitter Talisa Kellogg led three Jackets in double fi gures quarter with 19 kills. Senior middle hitter Callie Miller had 16 kills and Junior outside hitter Chrissy DeMichelis had 12. Th e Blue Dev- ils one-upped the Jackets with four players in double fi gures in kills. Becci Burling had 18 kills, while Rachael Moss had 16, Sophia Dunworth had 15 and Jourdan Norman had 10. Senior libero Michelle Kandell led both teams with 36 digs. Th e fi rst set was rough for the Jackets af- ter the teams were tied at 15. Tech allowed Duke to score six straight points and the Devils were able to hold on for a four point By Joey Cerone/ Student Publications win, 25-21. Th e second set started with Tech Dominique Reese returns an for a touchdown against Clemson. The win over the Tigers moved Tech to 6-1. taking a 12-9 before Duke ran with a 10-2 run for a 19-14 lead. Th e Jackets clawed their By Matt Hoff man Johnson. said Defensive Coordinator Jamie Harper, and sophomore way back into the match trailing 21-20 be- Sports Editor Eight turnovers were com- Dave Wommack. defensive end Derrick Morgan fore they won fi ve straight points for the set. mitted between the two teams Sophomore B-back Jona- recovered. Duke won the third set with Tech taking the With over 81,000 fans throughout the game. Tech than Dwyer had his fi fth game After Tech went for it on fourth. In the fi nal set, Tech started with a packing Memorial Stadium was able to intercept four of the season with over a hun- fourth down on the next series 10-4 lead and seemed to be pulling away. on Saturday, Tech beat con- passes on the day and recover dred yards rushing, racking and failed to convert, Clemson However, the Devils won three straight ference rival Clemson on the two Clemson . Clem- up a team high of 109 yards. got the ball at midfi eld. Clem- points before tying the game at 14. Tech road 21-17 in the seventy-third son, likewise, also recovered Sophomore quarterback Josh son then drove the ball 27 would win the next point, but eventually matchup between the two two fumbles. Only one of the Nesbitt had the second most yards, and place kicker Mark lost 18-16. teams. With the win, Georgia turnovers forced by Tech led rushing yards of any Tech play- Buchholz for Clemson made a Th e Jackets looked to rebound against the Tech moves to 6-1 overall, 3-1 to points for the Jackets, which er. Nesbitt also went fi ve for 12 fi eld goal. In the Jackets’ game Wake Forest Deamon Deacons the follow- in the ACC, and 47-24-2 all came in the fi rst quarter after passing for 91 yards. Sopho- against Clemson last year, Bu- ing night and did so with a sweep. Kellogg time against the Tigers with sophomore defensive back Do- more wide receiver Demaryius chholz missed fi ve fi eld goals and DiMichelis both had double digits in Georgia Tech winning four of minique Reese intercepted a Th omas had four receptions in the 13-3 Jacket victory. kills with 15 and 12 kills respectively. Wake the last fi ve games. pass thrown by Clemson wide on the day for 56 yards with On the next series, Tech Forest’s Megan Th ornberry had 13 digs and Clemson came into the receiver Tyler Grisham. Geor- one touchdown. drove 80 yards for a touch- Kristen White had 11 digs for the Deacons. game after an emotional week, gia Tech intercepted passes With the only score of the down. Th e drive was capped Jackets picked up the fi rst set with a 25- which saw their Head Coach off of three diff erent Clemson fi rst quarter coming off the in- off with a fi ve yard touchdown 19 win. Th e second set was more diffi cult Tommy Bowden resign on players, with the other two be- terception by Reese, Georgia by Nesbitt. With the touch- Monday. ing Willy Korn Tech entered the second quar- down, Nesbitt has fi ve on the See Volleyball, page 28 “Clemson played hard…I and Cullen Harper. ter with a 7-0 lead over the Ti- season, which leads the team. fi gured we would get their best “We only got one turnover gers. Clemson’s fi rst re- Dwyer trails Nesbitt by one shot and I think we got a good each of the last two weeks. I covery of the game came with touchdown. Th e Jackets went shot from them. I also fi gured tell [the defense] that we need 10:59 left on the clock when to half with a 14-3 lead. we would get [Cullen Harper] to get three a game. We are a Dwyer coughed up the ball. “You can never play like the and we did for most of the little bit behind, but we made Reese was able to force a fum- game,” said Head Coach Paul up some ground this week,” ble on Clemson running back See Clemson, page 26 Basketball loses Bell for season to illness By Matt Hoff man surgery whether I want to play PERSONAL STATS: Sports Editor again or not, so I probably will D’Andre Bell do that during winter break,” Senior guard Senior guard D’Andre Bell Bell said in a press release. Major: Managment will be out for the 2008-09 During an Oct. 10 work- Height: 6-6 season, and may not be able to out, Bell hit his head on a Weight: 220 return to the court at all after it teammate’s knee. After the Claim to fame: In his junior year, Bell stood was determined that he suff ers collision, Bell began to experi- out with his strong play on defense as a wing player. In his three years of play at Tech, Bell from spinal stenosis, a congeni- ence numbness in his extremi- racked up a total of 107 assists and 141 re- tal problem which involves the ties. Bell was then examined by bounds. narrowing of the spinal canal, Dr. John Heller of the Emory which causes a compression of Orthopedic and spine Center. the spinal cord. It was determined at that time on the court,” said men’s Head 7.6 points per game in ACC “It hurts not to be able to that Bell would need to un- Basketball Coach Paul Hewitt games. play. But I know God has a dergo surgery to deal with the in a press release. Bell scored his career high plan for me, and I need to do issue. Bell was supposed to be 15 in the game against Florida what is best for my future. My “We’re very disappointed team captain in this upcom- State last year, which also in- focus now will be on making for D’Andre. At the same time, ing season. He has started 33 cluded his career high fi ve fi eld By Ben Lipford/ Student Publications sure I do what I need to do however, he was fortunate to games since he came to Tech. goals. Bell plans to graduate Talisa Kellogg goes for the kill at O’Keefe academically to fi nish up in have caught this before some- Having a .476 fi eld goal per- with a degree in Management Gymnasium last weekend against Wake. the spring. I have to have the thing catastrophic happened centage last year, Bell averaged this spring.