LAST-SECOND SHOT ICES FROG VICTORY OVER A&M - PACE 7 TCU Daily Skiff
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1996 TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY, FORT WORTH, TEXAS 93RD YEAR, NO. 65 Alumnus vows to fill stadium Roger Williams appointed Committee of 100 chairman
Bv. CIIHIMV I IAWKINS team plays the University ot Texas TCU DAILY SKIFF Longhorns May 4 at The Ballpark in Arlington. u?oger Williams, a TCU alumnus Williams said he wants to fill the and Fort Worth businessman, was stands for the football team's first appointed the chairman of the Com- game in 1996 againsi Kansas and at mittee of 100 yesterday by Chancel- the first Western Athletic Confer- lor William E. Tucker. ence game against the University of "We have a lot of goals and we Texas at El Paso. will probably accomplish more than "We are gonna have some fun .uul what we are expected to." Williams turn it up some notches." Williams said at a news conference in the said "Teams in the V\ \( are going Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Letter- to go away wishing they were like man's Lounge. "We know there are us." 47.000 seats in the stadium and we Terry Ryan, president of the fort TO' Dally Skiff John u HIHH^ want to fill them all." Worth Chamber of Commerce, said Capt. Clyde Tomlinson, an assistant professor of military science, braves the cold yesterday on campus. Temperatures Williams succeeds John Roach. the future of Fort Worth is tied to today are expected to stay in the 20s. Tandy Corp. CEO and chairman: TCU. and Malcolm Louden, a TCU "There is no two ways about it." trustee, who were the 1995-96 co- Ryan said "If we have the kind of chairs. fan support we need, you will sec Roach started the Committee of these teams start developing." 100 in 1994 to promote TCU athlet- Williams is the former owner of On-campus students express ics in the Fort Worth community. Jack Williams Automall which he Showgirls The Committee of 100 coined the sold in November 1993 to I)a\id slogan "TCU: Your Home Team." and John David Moritz. and a group to perform and its efforts successfully broke of investors including Dallas Cow- dissatisfaction with housing attendance records at TCU football boys quarterback Troy \ikman games, Williams currently heads Jack for Harlem "We're going to make coming to Williams Companies, which BY ANDREA DAI'RN housing has been assuming for years: money living in an apartment. a TCU athletic event very social, includes Magic Touch Car Wash TCU DAILY SKIFF that students are moving off because Fisher said residential services something where all the family can Vestry Corporation and Jack 'Trotters we are operating facilities that are would like to keep as many upper- come." Williams said. Williams Ranches Every year, more and more upper- 30-50 years old." classmen as possible on campus Williams said one of his goals is Williams graduated from Arling- classman seem to be moving off Kristin Stec, a junior business because they bring a lot of positive to break the baseball team's atten- ton Heights High School, where he BY RYAN J. RUSAK campus. major, agreed. things to freshman. dance record by having 17.000 fans TCU DAILY SKIFF But Roger Fisher, director of resi- "1 have lived on campus for three Upperclassmen are experienced in attendance when the baseball fee Williams, page 5 dential services, said this is not a years now, and each year it gets more college students, good role models, The TCU Showgirls and strange trend. ^mmmmmmmmmmmm^ .aaaaaaai good mentors, he basketball band will take their "We have said. halftime show on the road and found that stu- lYcsidence Hall Population - Fall 94 & '95 TCU housing share a stage with the Harlem dents are mov- requires all first- Globetrotters tonight. ing off campus Class Fall '95 Fall '94 year students to Songs, poetry, dance The groups will perform in a because they Incoming freshmen 1216 1049 live on campus, show sponsored by Sports Fan- are looking for Continuing freshmen 52 49 but after that they tasies, a Dallas firm that spe- other types of Sophomores 814 814 are free to live kick off history month luniors 445 434 cializes in sports-based living situa- anywhere they entertainment at Fair Park in Seniors 271 258 tions, not Graduate students 37 33 want, he said. things to celebrate, she said. Dallas at 6 p.m. because they "Research has By .\EELIMA All! HI Total 283-. 2637 li U DAIL1 SKIM Phyllis Bodie. program coordina- Sports Fantasies has put think it is shown that stu- tor for Programming Council and together an awards program cheaper, or Male 1103 1036 dents who do live Dramatic poetry readings, a one of the coordinators of Black 1732 1601 for one of its clients, said (because of) Female on campus get dance solo and the Word of Truth History Month, said the month Melanie Mitchell, director of higher grades, stringent rules Increase from last year: 198 students, or 7.5 percent. Gospel Choir will kick off Black gives African-American students marketing and special events of the univer- have a better col- History Month at noon tomorrow in the opportunity to share certain Source: TCU Kesidentitll .Sen K i
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Police file corpse abuse charges Deadly lion virus identified IBM buys software company Fans trampled at blues show Man risks life for immortality
TYLER, Texas (AP) — A Van Zandt NEW YORK — Scientists have identified NEW YORK (AP) - IBM will pay S743 ATLANTA (AP) — Fans packed a night- BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) Stefan County woman faces charges of abuse of a a virus that killed an estimated 1,000 lions in million to buy Tivoli Systems Inc., a mid- club to more than double its capacity to see Sigmond wants to get in the Guinness Book corpse in the case of two premature babies Africa in 1994, and they've started a cam- sized software company that helps compa- a free concert by the group Immature, and 21 of Records in the worst way. found dead in a burn barrel. paign to prevent another outbreak. nies switch from mainframes to networks of were trampled or suffered heat exhaustion In his latest attempt, the 29-year-old Jackie Manley, 24. was held in the Smith The animals died in Tanzania's Serengeti smaller computers. when the crowd surged toward the stage, from Cluj brought 800 cigarettes into a County Jail in Tyler and bond was set at National Park and surrounding areas, includ- The purchase announced yesterday under- authorities said. square in the capital on Tuesday, put them in $20,000. ing Kenya's Masai Mara National Reserve, scores the tidal shift in the way IBM's The concert by the popular rhythm and a bundle-like contraption, lit them and The partly burned remains were found dropping the area's lion population to 2,000. biggest customers design their computer sys- blues group was halted after Tuesday's inci- smoked them through a tube, said the news- Dec. 18 but officials had to wait a month Analysis of tissue from dead animals tems. dent at the Club Pyramid. The Atlanta Fire paper Libertutea. for autopsy results. Medical examiners showed the germ was canine distemper Combined with last year's purchase of Department said nine people were taken to He plans to contact the Guinness Book, couldn't determine if the babies died at virus, Packer and colleagues reported in last Lotus Development Corp. and its flagship hospitals and others were treated at the scene. but the publication no longer recognizes peo- birth or if they died after being dumped in Thursday's issue of the journal Nature. Notes software, IBM is trying to expand its Promoters apparently had distributed too ple who risk killing themselves to earn the barrel. presence in computer networking. many tickets for the concert, police said. immortality. eTCU Daily SkiffTwo Thursday, February 1, 1996 Page 2
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"The whole team will do two sec- Mitchell said the relationship were looking forward to meeting Visitors page l from page \ tions together, and each person will between Sports Fantasies and TCU is television basketball commentator Show choose the other two," said Miller, a strong. Dick Vitale, who will serve as mas- senior marketing major. "We always work with Rob Fos- ter of ceremonies for the event. one will increase awareness and Rob Foster, associate director of Miller said the team is well-pre- ter," she said. "We use you guys for "We have several radio-TV-film inierest in the fine arts department. TCU bands, said the band will pared for the show. about every event where we need a majors in the band, and Dick Vitale More than 15 pereenl of TCI I stu- modify their normal halftime "We've practiced the longer rou- band." is the hottest commentator on televi- dents are enrolled in the College of shows slightly for the Dallas per- tine for a while," she said. "The Foster praised the effort put forth sion right now," Foster said. "The Fine Arts and Communication in formance. whole team is excited." by the Showgirls and their sponsor. kids are really looking forward to some capacity, and the board is "The girls will perform about 15 Foster said Sports Fantasies Donna Mastandrea. spending the evening with him." working to increase awareness of the minutes to the basketball band's approached him about a month ago to "They've done a terrific job," he TCU featured twirler Stephanie importance of the college. Garwell music, and we are left playing for ask about potential TCU participa- said. Pack will also perform at the Sports said. about one-and-a-half hours," Foster tion. Foster also said band members Fantasies event. The work of the board is important said. "They wanted dancers to perform if the College of Fine Arts and Com- Foster said the band will perform with the (basketball) band, and 1 munication is to continue attracting some of ils normal tunes, like the offered the Showgirls." Foster said. top students and faculty, Garwell theme from "Rocky," "Just a Foster added that Sports Fantasies said. Ciigolo," "The TCU Fight Song" and and TCU have worked together in the S p r i n g B r c a k! (iarwell said the board has made "Louie, Louie." past, including a Super Bowl-related five recommendations for improve- The Showgirls, who perform dur- event last week. CANCUN ment of the fine arts program al TCU. ing halftime at the TCU basketball "They (Sports Fantasies) sent KWIK MART Moore will present those recommen- games, have also modified their rou- some people to the Super Bowl, and dations tomorrow night at a reception tine for the Sports Fantasies perfor- the TCU band went out to DFW at the Fort Worth Chamber of Com- mance, said Showgirl Meredith (Dallas-Fort Worth International merce. Miller. Airport)," he said. B-Star resorts airfare l
D.C. should leave Hooters alone
Over the past few months, there has that many people go there for the food been a lot of controversy surrounding itself. Mass Conceptions the famous restaurant chain Hooters. The waitresses, in addition to being The restaurant with the double-entendre attractive, were very helpful. The wait- name has gained notoriety for various ress at our table came by frequently to I have heard unique aspects, and our wonderful fed- make sure our food was good and we that a few men eral government is trying to change part were satisfied. I can't remember the last have actually of what made it famous. time I ate at a restaurant of Hooters' complained to Many lobbyists and representatives price range and received such good ser- Hooters about in Washington are trying to force Hoot- vice. their policies. ers to hire males as waiters. The chain Several liberals are comparing Hoot- I have a sug- already hires both sexes for cooking, ers' attitude to those held by schools M % gestion for cleaning and managerial jobs, but this across the country prior to desegrega- ^H Hfeg isn't good enough for some. tion. Before the Brown v. Board of Rather than just calling a Hooters Education decision in 1954, many LH HBW JH restaurant, call franchise to see how a manager would whites complained that Washington it Woodies describe the restaurant, I actually vis- was getting into business that wasn't and have your logo be a giant wood- ited a Hooters in Austin last Saturday. theirs. pecker. If this restaurant ever does This was my first encounter in Hooters. The problem with this comparison is exist, 1 promise I'll go there once, even While 1 didn't go for the purpose of that the Hooters situation is based in an if it does make me throw up on my hot Kylic Johnston investigation, 1 did have the opportunity entirely different principle. Schools wings. to talk with two waitresses to see how were desegregated because segregation While crooked business policies in they felt about the idea of Hooters hir- is immoral, and people finally saw the the past have led to necessary changes. ing male servers. need for unity. In the Hooters case, Hooters should be safe to stay the way Both waitresses thought it was point- Washington is just trying to make them it is. The idea of forcing Hooters to hire Gramm's regressive ideas less. They felt Hooters is fine the way it more politically correct. male servers is a case of political cor- is, and Washington should cease Hooters can easily keep its current rectness run amok. As the restaurant's attempts to "change it for the better." policies and remain a family restaurant. new slogan states, "Get a Grip. Wash- 1 also studied the clientele in the While the waitresses don't exactly wear ington." show biases, intolerance restaurant and found that roughly 30 to turtlenecks and long pants, they are not 35 percent of the customers were as scantily clad as some observers have Mall Pearce is growing tip fast and Hanging from gold strings that line my par- women, most of whom were among co- made them out to be. Hooters, for the will he a TA next semester in a class ents' offices during Christmas season are holi- ed company. This showed me that the most part, is a wholesome restaurant Thus Spake Zarathustta entitled JOUR 3643: The Difference day cards from friends, family and zealous restaurant is not a males-only club, and that can appeal to anybody. Between Journalism and Silliness. politicians. Of note this year was the Gramm & Family Christmas card. Sen. Phil Gramm, that amounts of tolerance is — the lopsided, narrow-minded presidential and pluralism. hopeful from Texas. "I was conservative The card had a photo cover, of course: an before conservative advantageous advertisement of Christian was cool," boasts morals and Texas politics, with a rustic, down- Gramm. I wasn't Technology home Phil Gramm on a ranch with his Asian- aware conservatism American wife and their two sons. Given the was cool. Cold, Time keeps on slippin' into the future Republican's unfaltering lack of support maybe. Frigid. e\en. toward minority groups. I was surprised to and that's only if he's learn of a biracial marriage by someone of Phil referring to Republi- "Committee plans for TCU's early morning classes — and if Gramm's . . . ineptitude. But the fog has can cuts that eliminate technological future," said the we barely have time to get out of slightly lifted since I saw Phil Gramm and his impoverished children's mid-morning snack. headline in yesterday's Skiff. ■ Ed itorial wife Wendy on CNN last Sunday, Or he might be talking about the slashing of bed or get dressed, we are cer- As Gramm was explaining the regressive funds like the Head Start-Style programs in Apparently, a committee has tainly not going to be coherent path that he — as President of the United States favor of newer, bigger, better prisons. That's been formed to keep the university up-to-date in enough to locate our watches as we race out the — would take, he mentioned that his wife cold. yeah, but surely not cool. this rapidly changing world. door, would not be another Hillary Clinton. No grand And his frost) indifference permeates all jury summons for his bride. Gramm's assur- political arenas. For the underclass. Gramm is Well, we would be happy if someone would Also, it makes TCU look bad to have a busted ance to the legions of male chauvinists who an "equal repression" Republican, as evi- simply fix a couple of clocks. clock front and center in the main building on fear the havoc that women wreak: Wendy denced by his remarks last fall. "For 40 years That's right, clocks. In the Student Center, four campus. What must the Monday at TCU tourists would not be another co-president! No bride of the federal governmenl has been preoccupied clocks on the first floor don't work, leaving stu- think? his would dare interfere! No slipper) slope tor in doing things for people who are riding the Gramm's administration, because Wendy wagon. Our new Republican majority is deter- dents questioning how much time they have to get The clock problem may seem trivial, but it's an "would never see herself as an independent mined to do something for people who are to class. The only way to find the time is to wait example of the growing trend on campus — to operator." pulling the wagon for a change." 15 minutes for the electronic bulletin board in the think about and plan for the great future of the uni- Yes, folks, those are Gramm's actual words Now I would never equate Phil Gramm with — and his message is as simply stated as it is the de\ il himself, but Gramm. a self-professed Main to flash it. versity, but ignore the small details that will help simpleminded. One of Gramm's attacks on Christian, is nowhere near a Christian social One could argue that students could glance at make that vision a reality. Bob Dole regards the majority leader's lack of ethic. Ah, yet another great paradox of the their watches to find the time. But quite frankly, Before we make grandiose plans, let's fix the vision. But Gramm's own sight is so clouded GOP — or should I sa>. God's Own Party? — most of us are hardly awake as we struggle to our glitches we've got in the old "technology." lhai he'd be better off blind. the party that tends to embrace ihe Christian "I've got a plan," Gramm declares. "I've got facade. Jesus' command to give to the poor a direction." Place that oft-repeated assertion must have been eliminated in favor of a more alongside his recent CNN statement — his wife capitalist-minded mentality would never independently operate — and the Too bad Gramm's myopia is all the rage on result is fear in the hearts of independent, Capitol Hill. Too bad all those misinformed, Le tter autonomous women. We shudder at the misguided theocrats really believe such non- thought of a man like Gramm in our White sense We all know how lucrative the welfare Do the Math should be made to repeat his UCR pare us with other universities. Here's House. state can be. right'.' Ridm' high on the fringe mathematics requirement. Here are the ratio of students-per-parking Gramm's jabs at equality don't stop with benefits of penury, huh ' If only we were all as Okay, okay, I'll do it. I'll take the numbers: space at eight peer private universi- women; his ignorance is active and simplistic as Phil Gramm. It sure would make Mike McCaffrey up on his challenge: There are 8,950 parking spaces on ties, as well as five nearby state uni- widespread. In a recent interview, Gramm ignoring the facts a little easier. "Correct me if I'm wrong (yes, you campus. More than 7,600 of them are versities: went down the list of presidential competition, So. Texas Christian University, if your vote administrative types, this is another open to students. As our current Vanderbilt: 18.1; University of airing their deviant ways to all. One memo- is for conformity, intolerance, homophobia and way of saying T dare ya . . . ')." enrollment is about 6,500, we have Texas: 9.7; Tulane: 9.5; Texas Tech: rable invective was aimed at Forbes' radical a conservative-style choice-chopping — which The issue is parking. McCaffrey nearly 1.2 parking spaces for every 2.7; North Texas: 2.5; University of agreement with gays in the military. Shocking 1 think it just might be — look no further. says there isn't enough of it. Since student at TCU — graduate and Texas at Arlington: 2.1; Baylor: 2.0; to hear of a conservative giving an inch, huh? Gramm's your man. simple division shows this claim undergraduate, full-time and part- Gramm didn'i expound on the homosexual doesn't hold water, and maybe Mike time, resident and commuter. Com- fee Letter, page 8 issue, because we all know what societal dan- Kylic Johnston is a tenior religion gers occur when conservatives show minimal studies. English major from Dallas
■ Chris S 'Centuries of neglect and oppression must be rectified. TCU Daily Skiff .\n Mk\n)cncan Nemspaper
lODI Wl II SKI History month insulting to black Americans EimoH-iM IIIIJ (.IN.,i H naMmoN February brings leap year, presidential ■MM be a Chinese History Month because they Don't for a second think Black History \i\s\. .i\.. Enron birthdays, Valentine's Day, Groundhog Day Modtodem Angst were paid 10 cents a week to die on the rail- Month is an attempt to grease the w heels of and Black History Month. Most of these are road, therefore slaves they are not. equality between blacks and their white Bn KI I "HI n AIM Hiisiv, MANAGER superfluous holidays signifying little more The Irish already have St. Patrick's Day. oppressors. It is only a vehicle of quies- than commercialism, yet Black History no more, no less. in which all stereotypes of Irish are per- cence that moves a political agenda. NVIAI.II GARDNER CHKISTI GlFHORD Month represents the toil of black men and The shortest formed in the streets. Who cares that the rail- "Sorry we put you in chains. Sambo, but CAMFI s BETTOR News Enron women in their contributions to America. month out of the road was built with Irish blood and the here is a month dedicated to your history. The black population has played an inte- year can make up public school system formed largely in part Now tell all of your black friends to vote I.IMI \\MiROMON T\SH\ /I Ukl gral role in the formation of ideas, philoso- for 400 years of to the threat of Catholicism from Irish immi- for me." If the black population in America OHNGM I-J.IIOK SPORTS EDITOR phy, technology, theology and a vast myriad terror. And due to grants. Pay no mind to the NINA (No Irish were truly on equal footing with the white of categories making up the present day. The the nature and Need Apply) or the Coloreds and Irish Need majority, there would be no need for a His- BLAM SIMS RYAN I. RiSAk struggle of the black in America reads as an length of their Not Apply signs in shop windows. tory Month. rhHii. KiKvni-i EDITOR Con DBKCMB archetypal epic adventure: displacement of struggle, the The Irish are, for the most part, com- If America was indeed sincere, then the CHRIS n HMMUM the African people, generations of slavery, largest amount of pletely assimilated into American culture entire year would be Native American His- SENIOR REIWRTER the fight for equal rights and the emergence time is unquestion- (although 43 million claim Irish heritage), tory. But since they comprise less than 1 into modern day as an influential race recog- ably owed to them. and the Japanese and Chinese have done rel- percent of the population and less than 25 EVA RI MII nized on equal ground with others. Never mind the Hispanics, who only get a atively well in being accepted into the melt- percent of that number vote, they get blan- STIUENI FVBIJCVTKINS DIRECTOR Therefore, centuries of neglect and oppres- week devoted to their heritage (not history) ing pot. Assimilation means no History kets full of small pox and ever decreasing sion must be rectified. One way of accom- because their current socioeconomic status is Month. Powerful lobbying groups are absent amounts of land for their reservations. ANAVTHA BABBIIJ plishing that seeming(y impossible task is slightly better than the African—American. from these ethnic backgrounds and cannot Black History Month is not a tribute, but an i"i HWLISM DERI GIMHMAN through the implementation of a Black His- Of course there cannot be a Japanese His- reap the pandering of politicians looking for insult. JAYNE AKIHS tory Month, in which the true story of black tory Month. Their stay in the deluxe accom- votes. Congressmen could care less about Bl SINESS M.ANAGEH involvement in America can be heard. modations of Hotel Internment only lasted the Chinese when they can garner the all CkriM Smith is a junior history/sociology DK.BR* McLAMB The truth demands one-twelfth of a year; for a few years. By all means there can never popular black constituency. double major from Burleson. ■ PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR Page 4 StateTCU DailyNews Skiff Thursday, February 1, 1996 Candidate plays name game Bush fights reading crisis Ass( >ciATi;i) PRESS "He became Daniel about the time he filed. He goes by Jim up here," said Palestine attorney Jim Hankins, AUSTIN — The name of the game is politics. The Anderson County Democratic Party chairman and the 350,000 students failed reading skills test in '95 names of the candidates, however, aren't always so only Palestine source who allowed his name to be used. clear. Boone, who moved to Palestine in 1979 from Hous- hour a day, at least three times a grant for a training center to help A Palestine lawyer seeking a seat on the Texas Court ton, said Daniel is a nickname he has used for years and BY PEGGY FIKAC ASSOCIATED PRESS week. teachers do a better job of teach- of Criminal Appeals, James C. Boone. has asked to be that he wasn't trying to gain an unfair advantage. His goal, Bush said, is for ing reading skills. listed on the ballot as James "Daniel" Boone. He said Hankins has sued him in an unrelated matter AUSTIN — Gov. George W. Texas students to read on grade •Give schools additional help The attempt has led some to suggest that Boone, a and "will do everything he can to defeat me." Bush said Wednesday he'll lead level by the end of third grade, in measuring young children's Republican, has come up with the nickname to give him- Boone said if any candidate has a name advantage in the charge to combat a "crisis" in "and then we must keep them reading ability. self an edge with voters. the race it's Janice Law, a Houston attorney and munic- Texas education: hundreds of reading on grade level throughout Bush urged school officials to Nine candidates — seven Republicans and two ipal court judge who also is seeking the GOP nomina- thousands of school children who their entire public school careers." use increased flexibility available Democrats — are running for the Place 1 seat being tion. cannot read. Toward that effort. Bush said under last year's state education vacated by the famously named Judge Sam Houston In addition to Boone and Law, other candidates for the The governor called on educa- he will: overhaul to find creative ways to Clinton. Republican Place 1 nomination are state District Judge tors, parents and businesses to •Ask the Legislature in the next teach reading and structure Three people active in Palestine's legal community Sue Holland of Piano; First Assistant State Prosecutor join in the effort, saying he'll session to set aside S35 million for classes. He encouraged them to and a lawyer who used to work in Palestine told the Matthew Paul of Austin; and attorneys Glen Beaman of work to boost support around the reading academies, intensive make reading a budget priority. Houston Chronicle they know Boone but never knew Kingwood. Susan Baetz Brown of Houston and Jeffrey state and to funnel millions of dol- reading skills programs in Parents also have a key role to him to use the nickname. "Daniel." B. Keck of Dallas. lars toward improving reading schools. Schools might set aside play, Bush said. State law allows a candidate to use a nickname on the Democratic candidates are state District Judge Bob through such initiatives as reading half the day for reading, for exam- "1 urge Texans to give their ballot if it's a name by which the candidate has been Perkins of Austin and attorney Frances Northcutt of academies. ple, he said. children the tools to start learning commonly known for at least the previous two years. Houston. "It is a catastrophe when •Rally volunteers from the pri- early — introduce them to books 350,000 students cannot read. .. . vate sector and corporations. He as babies. Keep reading to them as We must do something about it said he has already met with busi- they grow," he said. "Read chil- right now, and that's what we ness leaders to urge them to give dren's classics, read the Bible, intend to do," Bush said. "The cri- time and money to help teach read the newspaper. Read what- Miss USA takes beauty on-line sis is obvious in the numbers." reading. ever interests your family. One in four of the school chil- •Join his wife. Laura, and his "I know we can teach our chil- Photographs of each of the 51 con- face it, all of the contestants are pho- dren who took the state-required mother, former first lady Barbara dren to read, but it will take all of H> PAULINE ARRILLAGA reading skills test last year failed Bush, on Thursday to announce a us working together," he said. Ass * i \ii n PRESS testants are available on the home togenic to the max!" page, along with a ballot asking com- Michael Fryd, who helped it, he said. Of those 350,000 who Barbara Bush Foundation literacy Lt. Gov. Bob Bullock praised SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas puter users to vote for the delegate develop the home page, said he had- didn't pass, 90,000 were third- initiative for school children and Bush's effort, saying, "I hope all — They aren't putting the swimsuil "whose essence is best captured by n't counted the number of votes cast and fourth-graders. their families. This will involve Texans will join me in pledging competition to a vote, but Miss USA the photograph." so far, but the site has received a lot Bush delivered his message at about $100,000 in "seed money" their full support for Gov. Bush's officials are taking another route into "Don't just choose the delegate of activity. On Tuesday, Fryd the Administrators' Midwinter the first year, said the governor's initiative and will work together the 21st century of beauty pageants: from your state," the ballot warns. recorded 65,000 hits on the home Conference on Education, spon- spokeswoman Karen Hughes. toward the goal of making sure all the Internet. Votes mav be cast through 9 a.m. page. A hit occurs every time a user sored by the Texas Education In addition, Bush said, the state young Texans learn to read to the The Miss USA pageant has gone EST Friday. The winner, to be clicks on an item on the page. Agency. He challenged thousands will: very best of their ability." on-line for the first time. announced during the pageant, will Pageant officials will discontinue of school officials attending the •Target nearly all the $29 mil- Texas Federation of Teachers Visitors to the new site on the be awarded S1,000 and a trophy. the Web site after the show but plan meeting to "go back to your com- lion in federal funds for the state's spokesman Robert Nash said his World Wide Web can learn every- However, the contest does not help to launch another for the Miss Uni- munities and teach our children to Academics 2000 program to teach group was "elated" at Bush's push thing from how to become a contes- determine who will be Miss USA verse pageant in March. Totten said. read." reading and basic skills in kinder- for reading. "Kids absolutely have tant to the occupation of their 1996. Contestants, meantime, are He also challenged parents to garten through fourth grade. to leam to read before the other favorite delegate in this year's In the past, the Miss Photogenic applauding the home page as a way read with their children a half •Spend a $1 million federal subjects are relevant," he said. pageant, which takes place here on contest had been judged by profes- to give the pageant a new image. Friday. sional photographers, Totten said. "We're trying to get this pageant "We've been talking about getting This is the first time the public has to be something different, not the on the Internet for the last couple of had a say in any portion of the same old traditional thing." said shows," said pageant spokeswoman pageant. Idalmis Marina Vidal, Miss Florida. i^i Moke it Kellie Totten. "We see it as the wave "It's taking a contest we already Miss Alabama Benita Brooks of the future." had and letting the public partici- added: "This lets people know that o habit. nmmbth 7/ Miss USA isn't the first beauty pate," she said. these aren't just girls parading pageant to go on-line, Totten said. Some visitors to the site have sent around in evening gowns and swim- Recycle. Miss America had a home page dur- notes back to pageant officials, suits. They have a brain." ing that contest last year. thanking them for allowing them to The Web page address is DATE RAP£]£ ACS But Miss USA is the first pageant vote, Totten said. Said one; "Let's http://www.missusa.com/ Drink and drive to interact with its fans through the and you could be Internet, she said. The pageant is MO MiAMS MO! DEAD WRONG. using the home page to allow com- puter users to vote for this year's most photogenic contestant. 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people" and established a program to Month from page 1 gain more equality for African- 'Primary Colors' author Americans. The film will be shown on Feb. 17. A native of Africa who moved to The council will also show "To remains a secret in D.C. Texas in 1982, his work consists of Kill a Mockingbird." a film based on more than 150 wire sculptures that the novel by Harper Lee. The story is depict the African-American experi- told from the eyes of a young white ASM it IAIN I I 'HISS agent Kathy Robbins. with whom he ence. girl who does not understand racism, has worked before. Dionne Bagsby, the first woman as she watches her father defend a AUSTIN — An Austin lawyer is As to the key question of the and first minority elected as a Tarrant black man accused of raping a white one of only a handful of people in the author's identity, Pappas wouldn't country who know the identity of the ' say. author of "Primary Colors," a novel But he did say the author "really BLACK and the latest Washington mystery. wanted to treat this as a work of fic- D O Y o U K N () w HISTORY d The book is a sexy, hot-selling fic- tion and didn't want the book to be , MONTH 2 tional account of the 19°2 presiden- reviewed in light of the identity of the Here is a sampling of the trivia questions to be asked tial campaign. And since its author is person who wrote it. It's really noth- during Black History Month opening ceremonies which will be identified only as "Anonymous," it ing more or less than that." has Washington buffs trying to figure Clinton, who hasn't read ihe book held at noon Friday in the Student Center Lounge. out who wrote it, including President but says he may look at it on those Clinton. long flights on the 1996 campaign, 1. What was the name of tionize and help establish The Austin American-Statesman on Tuesday issued a smiling chal- the first newspaper pub- as the nation's first highly reported Tuesday that Austin lawyer lenge for reponers to ferret out the lished by John. B popular black art form? Richard Pappas is an attorney for the author. author. "You all find out everything in the Russwurm in 1827 for and Pappas, 41, whose practice is wide world. Ihe least you can do is tell by an African-American? 4. Which New York tun- largely with entertainers and writers all of us who wrote that book." Clin- nel was designed by in New York and California, said he ton said, "It's the only secret I've seen 2. Who was the first African-American Joseph came to represent the author through kept in Washington in three \e.irs " African-American mayor A. Parker? TCU Daily skin/ Rebecca Newlti in a major U.S. city? Roger Williams, the new chairman for the Committee 5. In 1753, what did of 100, accepted the position last night at a press con- 3. What type of music did Benjamin Banneker build? Housing page 1 _M_ would consider ference at Daniel Meyer Coliseum. Louis Armstrong revolu- Source: Programming Count il staying If TCU had on- on campus more than they do off. Rachael Parker, a freshman pre- campus apartments or major who lived at home in the fall, facilities that are bctt- County Commissioner, will speak woman. moved on campus this semester and ter than what the> have from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Feb. 13 in "Programming Council films 1976. said that she is much happier in the Moudy 141N. committee tries to reach out to dif- now." Williams became president and dorm. Williams pgi "She's really involved in the com- ferent communities and see what's KRISTIN STEC, CEO of his father's car dealership, "I love living on campus." she munity in Fort Worth, specifically going on and what they'd like to see." Junior business major Jack Williams Automall. in 1974. said. "I am a lot closer to everything the African-American community," Bodie said. was an All-State high school athlete. Williams will be working almost and have made great friends. I only Turner said. The TCU Jazz Band will play in He was a star baseball player for full-time in his new position at TCU. live 10 minutes away, but I am doing Roscoe Brown, squadron com- the Student Center Lounge from TCU in the 1960s and a member of He does not receive a salary, but he a lot more stuff now that 1 live on finding that we are not offering stu- mander of the "Tuskegee Airmen" in noon to 1 p.m. on Feb. 21. the All-Southwest Conference Base- will have an office on campus where campus." dents what the) want," fisher said. World War 11, will speak from 6 p.m. "Everyone is invited to come and ball Team and the TCU Athletic Hall he can be reached. In order to keep people on campus, Stec said. "I would consider slav- to 8:30 p.m. Feb. 27 in the Student participate." Turner said. of Fame. He graduated from TCU in Williams said he wants to continue residential services commissioned a ing if TCU had on-campus apart- Center Ballroom. 1972. to promote TCU beyond Tarrant six-month study through the Lin- ments or facilities that are better than Also, two films sponsored by the He played professional baseball County. r beck. Biddison and Hier Consulting what they have now." Programming Council featuring dif- II B ,\ \ S W li R s : for the Atlanta Braves from 1971-74 Tucker said that as a volunteer, Firm to learn why people were mov- Many students said they would ferent aspects of black history will be and was owner and operator of the Williams will be promoting TCU. ing off campus and what it would like on-campus apartments. shown this month in the Student Cen- 1. The Freedom Journal San Antonio Brewers professional "1 will be lending support in every take to keep them interested in stay- Fisher said it is one of man) ter Ballroom. 2. Carl Stokes, Cleveland, baseball club from 1972-75. way 1 can," Tucker said. ing. options on how to improve current "Panther" is the 1995 film based In 1974 he became the assistant The Committee of 100 has Ohio The survey was given to all under- conditions. on the Black Panther Party, an orga- head coach for the baseball team and attracted the attention of universities 3. Jazz classmen last semester. "I wouldn't be surprised if our nization that was founded in October took over the head coaching spot in from across the country. Tucker said. 4. The Holland Tunnel Of those who returned the survey. consultants come back and tell us 1966. The Black Panthers were 5. The first wooden clock in 83 percent said they would prefer to that we need construction." he said inspired by the teachings of Malcom stay on campus if other options were "It'll obv IOUSK he some son ol apart- X and fought against police brutality. the American Colonies. i i < available to them. ment configuration because that is They insisted on "Power to the "What that is telling us is this: the what our students are telling us the) majority of the respondents would want to live in. And I don't believe like to live on campus if additional we will build anything on campus housing were available, and we are thai is not apartment style." Drinking and driving still don't mix.
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County were shockingly high, and he voice mail account so he could get six hours a day, I'm on line, talking but a little "different." "I'm going to move, find work, get B> El 1/Mil.Ill WEISE As-,. IQATEO I'm S8 didn't want to share a household with mail and phone calls. Next came a to real live people," he said in a jail- She said that it was his choice not a place and eventually save money strangers. pager, so he'd know when someone house interview. He said he found a to work full time and that often his and bu y more hardware and software SAN RAFAEL. Calif. — Neal "So 1 figured I'd just go to Costco had called his voice mail number. computer bulletin board he used to be nighttime wanderings on the Internet and books, so I can learn how to pro- Berry has a laptop computer, a cellu- and buy a S50 tent and live on my Then a cellular phone account so he on in Los Angeles, and "everybody had him coming in to work hours late gram." he said. lar phone, a screaming-fast modem own," he said. could make calls. there was so nice and so friendly. in the morning. After several no- However unorthodox his living and a slew of friends on the Internet. Berry, who got his first taste of the Last summer, he got a laptop so he They all wanted to meet me." show days in December, it was arrangements have been, Berry is About the only things he doesn't on-line world at age 17 when a friend could log in from his tent. He used an At the health-aids manufacturing agreed he should leave. clear about what he wants to be: "Not have are a place to live and a job. took him in for a while, spent his adaptor to connect his equipment to company where he worked, the As soon as his legal problems are a programmer — a network special- "People don't understand why 1 money instead on computer gear. the batteries. owner, who declined to give her cleared up. Berry said, he plans to ist. Triey make more money and chose to live on the streets, but I don't He got a post office box and a "With me. instead of watching TV name, spoke fondly of him as nice head north, to Eugene, Ore. they're more in demand." understand why they're willing to pay $500 a month just for a place to lisc." he said. "All a house is a glori- fied cardboard box." The 22-v ear-old thought he had it pretty good until last week, when someone abandoned an old car near his campsite under two freeways, bringing the Highwa) Patrol out to have a look. What they found was Berry's tent, a mattress, some clothes and thejuice that powered his computer gear — several heavy-duty batteries taken from a slate I ransportation Depart- ment work site nearby. Berry was jailed on charges of theft and possession of stolen prop- erty, punishable by 90 days behind bars. Il was Hern's first run-in with the law. v. ho said he grew up in group homes and on the streets of Los Angeles. Thirteen batteries were found at Berry's camp, at least three of them 24-volt, 50-pound cells costing $90 each belonging to C'altrans. "They're real big and they have a loi nl power. We're not talking Diellard We're talking large, earth moving equipment batteries," said Novato police Sgt. Jim Laveroni. Berry insisted he didn't steal the batteries: he found them among the junk under the freeway. On Wednesday, alter five days in jail, he was released without bail. Prosecutors recommended him for a program that will allow him to keep the arrest off his record as long as he stays out of trouble. lor more than a year. Berry lived a mountain-man life in the tangled trees under the freeways. He went to work each day as a 5>s>-an-hour ship- ping clerk and returned each night. A polite, shy young man with sirong. if mildly expressed, opinions, he made enough to live on but thought rents in well-to-do Mann Questions surround Oregon U€5Xt€21f S not his usual self. suicide law You suspect the ^dl^Cl*
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\\\ ERNESTO MORAN place in the SWC. thanks in large part to the play of the TCU DAILY SKIFF TCU head coach Billy Tubbs said the guards that was sorely lacking m Satur- victory was the result of the frogs hitting day's loss to SMC. In that game, the stall- TC U guard Jeff Jacobs hit a three- their shots in crucial situations. ing backcourt scored a combined five pointer — his sixth of the night — with "That's the way basketball goes." points. eight seconds left in regulation to seal the Tubbs said. "You make the plays down "It makes a great difference, doesn't TCU men's basketball team's 80-76 win the stretch in the tight games, you're it." Tubbs said. "I thought our backcourt over Texas A&M last night at Daniel- going to win. Tonight we were fortunate really played well." Meyer Coliseum. that we made the plays." Junior guard Anthony Burks — a for- The Frogs. 11-10 overall and 2-4 in the Despite being out-rebounded 47-35. mer Aggie started in the place of SWC. moved out of a three-way tie with the Frogs were able to notch then second the Aggies (9-9, 1-5) and Baylor for last Southwest Conference win of the season see Frogs, page 8
TCU Dally Skiff/Blake Sims ■ i Dalrj Skifl Blake sun-. Go Frogs!: Junior guard Anthony Burks looks for a seam in Aggie defense. Look, fellas!: Teammates look on and discuss strategy during the second-half of the game.
Women's Magic returns to Lakers Tennis team defeats lacrosse UT-San Antonio 7-0, gets ready Slower and with an illness, the hero still sells tickets for a layup for his first basket. He There's a whole new crop of prepares for Rolex B> Wi \ni E. LANE ASSOCIATED PRESS then made a left-handed a hook. NBA superstars Johnson has never for season Traces of the old Magic were played against: Orlando's Andres I rencio and freshman David clearly visible on one play, in Shaquille O'Neal and Anfernee lVi TASHA /I MM INGLEWOOD, Calif. — There lit' I )\n -i SKII I Treadwell. both won their respective BYTASHA ZEMKI hadn't been this kind of a buzz in which he missed a jumper. Vlade Hardaway. Detroit's Grant Hill matches, 8-2. TCU DAILY SKIFF the Forum since the days when Pat Divac snared the rebound and and Dallas' Jason Kidd. The TCU men's tennis team, cur- "It was good to get indoor experi- Riley was stalking the sidelines, passed back to Johnson on the right Only two Los Angeles players. rently ranked No 5 in the nation, ence because that's where the compe- Five years ago. when the women's Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was hoist- wing, where Johnson faked and Vlade Divac and Campbell, were defeated l' 1 -San Antonio 7-0 in a dual tition is nght now." Ban/en said. "All lai osse team started up, they had a ing sky hooks and Magic Johnson drove around Smith for an easy on the team during his last season. match yesterday at the Mar) Polish the men played well." small budget, few players and even was threading passes. layup. 1990-91. and many of Johnson's man Lard I cnins Indoor ( enter. The TCI doubles team of Robinson fewer universities in Texas to play After two forced retirements and In just under six minutes in the contemporaries have retired or Head coach hit Hart/en said that and Roditi rested against I ISA against. a frustrating coaching stint. John- first quarter, he made 3 of 5 shots moved into the broadcast booth. competing against 1 1S \ allowed him because they will play in this week- Things have changed, and son returned to the National Bas- and had one assist and a steal. Michael Cooper, a guard with to play Frogs who needed the experi- end's Farnsworth-Prmceton Indoor although lacrosse is still considered a ketball Association as a member of Before the game. Johnson Johnson on five of the Lakers' ence and competition, and to experi- Championships in Princeton. Y.I club sport at TCU, participation and the Los Angeles Lakers on Tues- admitted to feeling as nervous as he championship teams, is now an ment with new doubles combinations. Rodin and Robinson will play as a awareness of the event have day night. did back in 1979 when he started assistant to Harris and a bit unsure "UTSA is a level below us." doubles team and in singles events increased, said Michelle Dolbec, a It seemed just like old times his first game and tripped over his how to coach his former teammate. Bart/en said. Teammate I rencio has a spot in sin- junior fashion merchandising major when Johnson came out for warmups during introductions. "I was thinking about that the Which is not to say thai I ISA did- gles competition, he will also pair up who has played for the team for two warmups. the crowd going wild " This is like a rookie situation." other day." Cooper said. "How do n't pro\ ide good competition, just not w ith a I Imversiry of Mississippi player years. and "I Love L. A." blasting over the he said. "I just hope I don't do what you tell a great player to get up off the highly-ranked type fCU has to compete in doubles, but their dou- Last year TCU budgeted about sound system. When Johnson went I did last time, when 1 made my his butt and get it going'.' I'll just scheduled for most of its season. bles results will not count. S700 for the women's team, but that through the layup line, the fans first start in San Diego. That's all give him a look here and there." Bartzen said. The Princeton championships amount is not enough, Shayn Mieth, cheered even louder. I'm hoping." Most of all. Johnson has The Frogs won five of six single should draw players from all over the a sophomore biology major and sec- Johnson, whom the Lakers are A lot has changed since the last changed, and along with him his matches and all of the doubles nation and will be a tough indoor tour- ond-year player, said. initially using as a reserve, made time Johnson played in an NBA role on the Lakers. Age and 27 matches nament. Bartzen said "I pay out of my pocket," she said. his return after starting forward game that counted, against the added pounds while fighting the Senior Paul Robinson, currently "1 haven't seen the field, but we The women must pay for their own Flden Campbell picked up his sec- Chicago Bulls during the 1991 virus that causes AIDS have No. 2-rankcd. defeated i l SA'i Vic- won't have an edge (just because we equipment, and seasonal dues help ond foul with 9:39 left in the first NBA Finals. altered his body, making him bet- tor Sanchez 6-2,6-0 in the fit* singles arc ranked nationally)." he said cover the costs for tournaments and quarter. For instance. Smith vvasjust four ter suited for the low post than run- match. Senior David Roditi. No. S3 in Princeton will provide sharpening game referees. The money alloted As soon as Lakers coach Del years old when Johnson led the ning the floor the way he used to. national singles, followed Robinson's needed before entering the Intercolle- from TCU is not given to the team up Harris turned around to look at his Lakers to the first of five NBA "It's different. He's not going to lead to the very point, defeating giate Tennis Association's Rolex front, but reimbursed at the end of the bench, a huge cheer went up and titles. Lakers guard Eddie Jones be a point guard," Harris said. UTSA's Ricaido luenies. 6-2. 6-0. National Indoor Championships in year. Johnson rose to take off his recalls watching Game 6 of the "You have Earvin Johnson and In doubles matches, the No 2- Dallas, one of the tour biggest tourna- TCU, Texas A&M, Texas, Texas warmups. He jogged to the scorers NBA Finals, when Johnson scored Earvin Johnson 2. File away what ranked duo of R'l juniors Ashley ments for collegiate tennis lops in the Tech and Trinity are the five univer- table to check in as the crowd gav e 42 points and played all five posi- you used to see. That was that. Fisher and Jason Weir-Smith played at nation. Bartzen said sities with women's lacrosse pro- him a standing ovation, waving tions. Now this is this. It's almost like his yesterday's No. I spot lliev brushed Robinson. Roditi and freshman grams, but it's rumored that Southern signs reading, "Magic's Back." "1 was about 12 or something twin brother coming in now w ho by UTSA's team of Lachelt-Sanchez. Oonzalo Corrales. currently No. 48 in Methodist will be starting a team of He missed his opening shot, a like that," said Jones, who was happens to be an inside type of 8-3. national singles ranking, have spots in their own. hook from the low post over rookie actually nine. "At that time, I just player. He had a twin brother who TCU's No. 2 doubles team, sopho- Rolex singles matches as well as TCU Texas A&M and Texas are the Joe Smith, and later drove the floor thought he was the best ever." was a ballhandling guy." more Maithew Walsh and senior Inn doubles teams of Robinson-Roditi Leonard, and No. 3 team, junior and Fisher and Weir-Smith. see Lacrosse, page 8
tports Dlge\st Tennis players take ITF to court Bull rider hurt at Stock Show Cowboy undergoes surgery Griffey signs contract extension Olympic Stadium needs repairs ATLANTA (AP) — Part of the steel LONDON (AP)- ■ The International Ten- FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - A 22- IRVING, Texas (AP) — Dallas linebacker SEATTLE (AP) — Ken Griffey Jr. skeleton holding up the Olympic Stadium, nis Federation said yesterday it would vigor- year-old rodeo rider whose skull was frac- Godfrey Myles will undergo double surgery became baseball's highest paid player the 85,000-seat centerpiece of the 1996 ously defend itself against court action by tured by a bucking bull was in serious in late February to his left knee and left Wednesday, signing a four-year contract Summer Games, needs to be reinforced, an Mats Wilander and Karol Novacek, who condition last night, a hospital spokesman shoulder. extension worth S34 million. engineering firm said yesterday. accused the organization of a drugs allega- said. Myles suffered a knee injury in the first The contract for the Seattle Mariners cen- The contractor and the engineering firm tions smear. Jeremy Janous, of San Marcos, had been half of the Cowboys 27-17 Super Bowl win ter fielder has an average annual value of said that despite the problems, the stadium Lawyers for the two players have served a in critical condition Tuesday after Undergo- over Pittsburgh. An MRI showed Wednes- S8.5 million, topping the S7.29 million writ on the ITF, in which they argue that ing emergency surgery at Hai.s Methodist day that he tore the anterior cruciate ligament annual average of the six-year deal Barry is safe for spectators. This is the third Olympic construction Wilander and Novacek were not given a fair Fort Worth Hospital. of his left knee. Bonds signed with San Francisco in 1992. problem. A worker was killed in March chance to defend themselves against allega- Janous was injured while riding Gun- Myles suffered a labral tear in his left Griffey, 26. appeared in 72 games last sea- 1995 when a light tower collapsed, and last tions they tested positive for cocaine at last slinger, billed as one of the top bulls in the shoulder in December. He is the only Dallas son, batting .258 w ith 17 home runs and 42 summer, two dormitories in the Olympic year's French Open. Both players deny the nation, during the second go-round of the linebacker who has signed a contract for the RBIs. He missed 73 games after fracturing Village were found to have settled exces- allegations. bullriding competition at the Southwestern 1996 season. his left wrist May 26. Exposition and Livestock Show and Rodeo. sively. .. Page 8 TCU Daily Skiff Thursday. February 1, 1996
Larry Brown's agent plans Van accident kills Lacrosse page 7 toughest teams in the league and last profitable future for MVP year TCU lost to both. Dolbec said. Indiana point guard "The people who started the UT program played for Ivy League with Bryant Ciumbel and Joan Lun- tain came out to greet him. He asked BY JAIME AHON in Columbus, about 40 miles south schools and they taught the UT den on national morning TV shows. Casterline to pass on his congratula- ASSOCIATED Pm-.ss ASSI » lATEDl 'HESS of Indianapolis. State Police said players, so they're really good," she A date was quickly set for him to yuk tions to Brown and Casterline let the COLUMBUS, Ind. — One coach Kimra Schliecher. 30, was said. DALLAS — Scott Casterline had it up w ith David Letterman. By the fan do it himself. Using the telephone player was killed and five others driving north, about 5 miles north The Lady Frogs' kick-off match been back in Dallas for about 12 time Brown returned to Dallas on on the plane. Casterline called Brown were injured, along with their of Columbus, when the university- will be against the Lady Longhorns hours. The night before, he was in Monday, another half-dozen promo- in his hotel room an hour after the coach, when one of two vans car- owned van slid out of control and at 4 p.m. Saturday on the TCU Intra- Arizona hosting a Super Bowl party. tional spots were scheduled in New game. rying the Indiana-Purdue-Indi- rolled over. mural Field. Now. he was at home watching the York and Washington. "The captain was real excited," anapolis women's basketball team The only other major injury was "It's our luck," Mieth said. "We big game on TV. "We got aggressive early on, and Casterline said. "Somehow, they crashed on icy Interstate 65. to freshman Diane Hoover, of Indi- started with them last year. Casterline. an agent, was enjoy- I'm glad we did." Casterline said. hooked it up so everyone on the plane Shannon McPherson, the start- anapolis, who suffered a broken "They have a coach and a lot of ing the close game. He was espe- "We need this week to do it because could hear Larry talk. The people ing point guard who would have shoulder. She was treated at the older players," she said. "We have a cially happy because one of his of the timing." went crazy." turned 21 today, was thrown from Columbus hospital and released, young team." favorite clients. Larry Brown, was The MVP's traditional trip to Dis- Now it's up to Casterline to get the van after it struck a median and along with Schliecher and players They may be young, but they playing well. It was Brown's last ney was out because the amusement other NFL teams to go crazy over overturned on the way back from a Haley James. Nicole Coddy, Sherry have enough players to make substi- game under his current contract, so park had picked which players it Brown. game at Indiana-Southeast in New Cloud and Tamica Williams. tutes. Of the 25 women, some newer the better he did. the more money wanted before the game, regardless It shouldn't be too difficult. Every Albany, Ind., Tuesday night. She The other university van was not players come from high schools they both would make in the near of who turned out to be the top star. year the Cowboys do well, other was pronounced dead at Columbus involved in the accident. with lacrosse teams. future. No matter. Quicker than you can say teams get into off-season bidding Regional Hospital. "1 can't say enough about the Heidi McClain, a freshman busi- Late in the fourth quarter. Brown Magic Kingdom. Casterline had so wars in hopes that signing Dallas "This has been a tragedy for all coaches. They did a wonderful job ness major from Illinois, has taken made the play of his life. He many offers thai he was turning players will somehow bring them the of us at IUPUI," athletic director in handling the situation. We're not over much of the practices because snagged his second interception of things down. same good fortune. Hugh Wolf said Wednesday. "It's only concerned with the players' she came from a high school with a the night and returned it 33 yards, "We're talking about (endorsing) In recent years, it's made even- like losing a member of your own well-being but with the coaches as developed lacrosse program, Dol- sealing what would be a 27-17 vic- several products and service compa- richer men out of Ken Norton Jr., family. We don't know the long- well," Wolf said. bec said. The team has been practic- tory for the Dallas Cowboys. nies, all kinds ol things." Casterline James Washington. Jimmie Jones term effects on our players or our "This is even athletic director's ing since Jan. 16. Now Casterline was really happy . said. "But we're not going to go over- and Jim Jeffcoat — all defensive coaching staff at this point, but we nightmare. 1 can assure you every Starting in goal is sophomore He knew immediately that he and board. We're going to be selective. starters for the Cowboys who tied for will be watching them very closely. AD across the country thinks about deaf-education major Kathryn Hoy. Brown would be making even more We want Larry's image to help them larger paychecks. Our hearts go out to the family." this type of situation and prays Hoy has never played lacrosse until money. and them to help Larry." Now it's Brown's turn. The team had stopped for dinner that it doesn't happen." he said. this year but "picked up the stick and "After the second interception. 1 Other dividends also came His current contract, which was is a natural," Dolbec said. threw on my suit and (lew back to quickly, like Casterline being signed after his third season and was Phoenix." Casterline said. bumped into first class by American worth S500.200 this year, expires Voila. The Super Bowl wasn't Airlines when he told them why he Feb. 16. IftheCowboysdon't re-sign even over and the selling of Larry was flying back to Arizona last Sun- him before then, he'll be available to pared to 13 total rebounds for the Saipele Tuialli with one minute, Brown had already begun. dav night. any NFL team. Frogs from page Frogs. eight seconds left broke a 74-74 tie, Within hours. Brown was chatting During the flight, the plane's cap- Expect plenty of teams to have Texas A&M did more of the same Burks forced a jump-ball with 40 Casterline's phone number pro- to start the second half, igniting a seconds left. grammed into their speed dial by sophomore Juan Bragg, and on the 20-5 run that gave the Aggies a 58- With a five-second differential Feb. 15. strength of his play and that of 49 lead. The Aggies held Burks to between the shot clock and the actually has to (groan I walk. Mike Both Casterline and Brown say sophomore James Penny, the Frogs three points in the second half. game clock. A&M coach Tony they won't necessarily be swayed by Letter from page 3 isn't complaining; he's just whin- raced out to a 12-point lead only 9 "When they keyed on me, Jeff Barone elected not to foul and ing. the highest bidder. minutes 25 seconds into the game. was wide open." Burks. "He hoped for a TCU miss to give the Finally, there's this: "At this rate, "I've been very fortunate to be on Burks and Jacobs each went 3 of knocked the shots down." Aggies a chance to tie. Texas A & M: 1.8; Southern our grandchildren will still be park- a winning team in Dallas." Brown 4 from three-point range in the first Jacobs finished with 21 points. 12 But Jacobs got free at the top of Methodist University: 1.7: Trinity ing three blocks away from school." said. "I want to continue to enjoy the half, as TCU took a 44-38 lead into in the second half, and the six three- the key and drilled his final trey of University: 1.6; Austin College: Actually, Mike, nobody has to park game, and not necessarily get caught the locker room. pointers tied the team's season high. the night, providing the Frogs with 1.5; Southwestern University: 0.9; three blocks away from school, up in the money." "The shots were coming my way, "1 was itching to shoot the ball at a much-needed lift. rCU: 0.8; Rice: 0.7. though you may have to park three and I was wide open and I was that point," Jacobs said. "We "We needed something good to At most of these schools, thou- blocks from wherever it is you want knocking them down," said Burks, needed someone to step up. I had a happen to us." Tubbs said. sands of students either are not to go on campus. But. take my who had 13 first-half points. couple of good looks (at the basket) The Frogs have a week off before allowed to bring their cars on cam- advice. Don't voice that "com- The Aggies, though, were crash- and just took advantage of the situ- facing SWC-leader and No. 15- pus at all or they musi park in plain!" to someone who attends any 9 ing the boards and pulled down 14 ation." ranked Texas Tech at Lubbock on remote lots and ride a shuttle bus lo one of about a dozen of our peer offensive rebounds in the half, com- After a jumper by TCU forward Feb. 7. the central campus. By comparison. universities. They may laugh at you. WMCMB S 1(1 l'i parking "problems" seem They may think you're crazy. They ll«A«M'B»U«R»G«E»R«S pretty trivial. So what is McCaf- definitely won't understand. frey's real complaint'.' The available- parking spaces are not right in front Dennis Alexander Chosen Best in of the building he wants to go to; he Development Communications Tarrant County 49(11 (nmp Howie Blvd. Fort Worth, Texas 761117 (K17) 7.12-2881 till 1817) 7.11-.1278 Open 24 hours '« Qend a ((yaletitine to
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