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Tobacco use discouraged Jenna Winterberg users at Fon Hays than in the regular be serving "Cold Turkey" sandwid 1es Managing Editor population ... in conjunction with the event. In order 10 increase awareness and Seventy posters and numerous offer suppon for users who would stickers will be given away as prizes Thursday, individuals na tionwide like toquit. BACCHUS and GAMMA in the ash tray toss. The object is to will be participating in a tobacco use students will have table tents in the toss an ash tray into lhe wastebasket. in1ervention program, The Great Memorial Union and Residence Hall The action is a symbolic gcslure which American Smokeout. cafeterias. "shows either your support for not On the Fort Hays S1ate campus, BACCHUS and GAMMA usu- smoking or your commitment to 4ui t· representatives from both Boosting ally concerns themselves with alco· ting," Nugent said . Alcohol Consciousness Concerning ho! use, but since. according to "Adoption papers" will be avail- the Health of University Students Nugent. "85 to 95 percent of alcohol able for students who are "concerned (BACCHUS) and Greeks Ad vocat- abusers also smoke. compared with or an noyed by somebody's smoking ing the Mature :'vtanagement of Alco- about 20 to 30 percent of the general or spit tobacco use," Nugent said. h o I By sign- (GAMMA) in g the will be of- "In the United States, over 400,000 people pl edge. the fering their aJopte t: time and re- die every year as a result of tobacco use, p r t• rn is es sources in nottosmolce an effon to which is far more than die from the use of for the day. curb the The adopt· problem of alcohol, cocaine, heroine, HIV, suicide, ing student tobacco use promises to in a creative car crashes, murders, fires, drownings and do "what it way. the death penalty combined." take.~to help Accord· my friend ing to Jim le ave the Nugent. i.:o- Jim Nugent pad he - ordinator of Drug, Alcohol. Wellness hinJ ." ac - the Drug. Network Coordinator corJing tu Alcohol. the papers . Wellnes s In aJdi- Network at lion. T iger FHSU, "In the United States, over population,"the groups saw reason to by the Tale will he perform ing the skit 400.000 people die every year as a panicipate in the event. "'The Lun g Police."' result of tohacco use. whkh is far Brochures concerning the effects According lo :-.;ugcnt, the actors more than die from the use of akohol. of tobacco will be available, but less illustrate what the lu ngs e,i: pericnce WHERE IS EVERYONE? Mark Miller. lead singer of Sawyer Brown, sings in cocaine. heroine. HIV. suicide, car traditional intervention programs will when someone smokes. The prc ~en- Saturday night during a Gross Memorial Coliseum. This year· s concen attendance was crashes. murders. tires.drownings and also be implemented at the Memorial tati on will take place he1wccn 11 :45 approximately 2.200. This is down from the 1994 Mark Chestnut concert anendance of the death penalty combined. Union. a.m. and noon in the \km(lri al Union 3,000 and 1993 Sawyer Brown concert attendance of nearly 4,500. The lack of people may "Smoking is the numh(o:r one cause Accordi ng to Nugent. programs Cafeteria. have been due to the fact Sawyer Brown has been here four of the past five years. according of preven tahl e death and di~easc in offered for The Great American The Kelly Center i~ formi ng a new to Eric Tincher, University Activities Board director. Although attendance was lower, "the ~forth America." Smokeout include an ash tray toss, support group called "Qui tters" fo r crowd we had there was extremely enthusiastic," Tincher said. (University Leader photo by Though tobacco u~ i~ a prohlem adopt-a-smoker. a Tiger by the Tale those interested in breaking their to· Matt Hoemicke) nationwide. accordin g 10 Nu gent. perfonnanceandaspeeial menu item. bacco habit. ror more in fo nn..i tion. there are "35 pen.:ent more tobacco The Memorial Union Cafeteria will contact :Su~enl at 628-42 18. Fort Hays State resident hall representatives earn spirit award Kari Sparks MACURH" Oct. 27-29 at the Univer- to the group, said becau!">e of initial den t as~istant. also anrihutes the award dimiplive. We were jusl overall the ideas in groups. Staff Writer sity of Nonh Dakota in Grand Forks. confusion in housing when they ar- tu the posi1ive attitude the students school with 1he most spi rit." Rush "Each ~tudent de finit ely left wi th The FHSU group of resident hall rived. "circumstances did not go a~ displayed. "One of the things the said. one or two ideas ,he or he hoped to council members and resident assis- well as the (MACURH) committee judges said was that we were polite According to Grospitch. the con- implemr!nt here ... Gro, pitch said. Sixteen students representing Fon tants heat out 30 other universities in had wanted. when ii came to watching the other fe rence is a way for resident assistant!i Rus h said she plans to practice the Hays State at the annual conference the "small school" category because "It was nothing major. Keys we re schools do their cheer; and prcscnla· from other sc hools to exchange new tips c;he learned on how to communi- of the Midwest Association of Col - of "'the positi-.·e altitude and pride in lost. but our folks just understood and lions . in fo rmation and effec tive programs -:ate withi n a group lege and University Residence Halls the university that they 100k with went on. The committee was im- "We wore little hlack and gold to take back to their own campuses. " I learned a game which involves were presented recently with the them." Eric Grospitch. Wic~t Hall di- pressed with their attitude." Gro,;p11ch haL, and cheered for our ,;chool. We The programs dealt with di ve rsity throwing a hal l around It i~ a way lo "Small School Spirit" award. rector. said . said. aho rooted the olhcr ~choob on. (The is,ucs. pc~onal problem\ of student~ gel people to undcr~ta nd hnw c.; oop- Fifty universities att ended "Camp Grospitch. who ~ rved a~ advisor Amy Ru <; h, McMindes Ha ll re<;i- other group'>l were not ne1.:c,,aril) and ways to effective ly communicate eration is important in ,oh, 1ng i~~uc,." Ru ~h said. Brown Bag Lunch discussion places emphasis on diversity awareness Dina Ross cu,,;.ion Wednesday afternoon from Aho-.i lntegra1ion." Awarenc , , Program. The idea 1, 10 Accordin g to Martin. the fir JeMica Sadowsky he ah le 10 ,cc 1ntema1innal politic\ on try when malcini decision< concern- Copy Editor a larger le,·el ing the ir country." Nelw n ltid. ''Thty -.,.·ill <,ee it more nn a world "The conference will provide IC' vcl rh;m a c; rare. mr.an ,n g count!). awarenes< and cult ural education 'The 22nc1 annual Fon Hay, State level." Stlt.on ,aid ahout their country High School Model United ~ at111n , Duane ..Si mp,r,on_ ~curtt~ rnunci l "Students will have 10 rake an oh- (HS Model C N.1 will lak e place rarliamentanan. \aid "Student, com- Jective point of view,'' Young \aid Thuoday in the Memorial L'nion 1ntz "'ti I he ahie 10 learn the art of According to Ne1"1n. ''1nc con• 'The HS Model U S 1( oqtani,ed t1 1plomacy ·· ference teac~ them to cuopcnte with and pre~ickd ovt r !'I ~ lhe un1v·~ 11; Sarah Young. ge neral a,~ml'lly people who don ' r have the ,amc rn~,.. \tudcnt~ 11,ho pan,cipare ,n FHSt: (t'('re1aria1. ~id HS Model U will a.s t~y O<'> " Model L" .. or,cn <;.t1J4:lent ·, eye, to whar it. goin11 Youn(l uid. "It IA.ill pro..,i ...... ·:~ :... ::' .. =': ·. • -. . .· irig·.n ·,.~-<-\-_'.~:, ofj-~r~i~d--1,;:1'-',:·'v,_-:·' ·:_; · ·,;.; . :Ed:ttor ... Jn..Chief . ...: > • · · · .-!~JfISifor. comes to an encl: . '· ' How~ver~ lfoAAd)~Y. ~atestj~y ~e from watching ·n~weditor~ 'as tlteyJuriiped into the: confereti~ scene tor the fitstfune. ·I enjoyed tbe i•as they brought back from ,_ their .. sessions and~ questions they.asked · Copy Editor learns trends at convention .. ·_ methrougliou~ the weekend g~ towards The annual ing the most friendly squirrels I have tion is of any lesser quality. sometimes citing facts and sources. University ever seen, I learned a lot of things very An e;ii;ample of The University An editorial is more structured, : possibiliti~s fQr our newspaper in the-future;. . Leader trip to applicable to the tasks of our paper. Leader using spot color was the Hal- but often represents the entire staff of ·· They were improving their knowledge bank · the National Many sessions made me aware of lowccn issue, when we used orange the publication and further facts. Collegiate Jour- trends and practices used by larger on the front page. A column is the opinion of an conceming _the world of journalism as I have nalism Confer- national publications. Some of these I learned something else from my individual and in no way is the opin- and countless other college journalism stu- ence proved to things would be hard because we do editor following two sessions offered. ion of the other staff members. be an exciting not have the monetary resources. oneoneditorialsandoneoncolumns. This is a column as other staffers dents have throughout the years. trip for me. For eumple, a lot of college news- It was the difference between an edi· may not have gotten the same things 1 was thrilled-to.bear.·the woman who cri- Besides fly- papers use color and use it lo lheir torial and a column. out of the conference as I did. Jessica ing for the first advantage to draw attention to their This is helpful to know if you are The conference was helpful in tiqued our paper say how strong it was. Sadowsky time. riding on a stories and inside pages. We do not writing your opinion on a subject be- many areas and taught me many things .I learned 1(1 • schools our size produce a ' Copy Editor subway, seeing ha\'e lhe funds to continually lake cause a column is written with a poi ot ,which I plan lo utilize in my job on panet,twiceia :'M, .{IM lpoking ~q~gh -.,cry few sights advantage of this. (ideally) and the writer simply wri tes The University Leader. s~pf~~·;;f~iher c~l1eieli>ai>ers,·r. toumi there in Washington, D.C., and encounter- This docs not mean our publica- his/her sentiments on a given subject, ' (See spread, pg. 5.) were a lot of things we were doing as well or ____ better than other scbQols~ Letters to the Editor ____ The campus newspaper is a necessity. It Reader urges opposition to cruel budget cuts by the wealthy helps to keep people connected, informed and Dear Editor: self-serving legislation by wealthy reform. No one can help every good cause, entertained. It provides a forum to voice A classmate may not finish col- legislators, elected (ironically) with Overgrazing and other.sometimes but victims of recent political change opinions on its editorial page(s). lege. His grandparent's medical costs the help of a cattle lobby financed by violent, abuses on our public lands can silently protest and help their own may push them into po-.,erty, because beef eating budget cut victims, too. are threatening many species. as well cause. too, without writing letters. It takes time,. effort·and often a calm tem- of the hamburger you ate. Large numbers of state legislators as people and our country (the "Sage picketing or otherwise going public. perament to fit the work into a busy schedule, The next hamburger you eat may and county officials are, in fact, cattle Brush Rebellion"). They can, simply. not buy a ham- mean a wildlife species will cease to ranchers. Where rancher-legislators or burger. At the ne,ct election. voters .tryJo provide some ~t for all critical. ·· exist. Perhaps the same ranchers trying rancher county officials control or can remember the greed of the wealthy readers and ti) learn at the same time. . . Caring students can easily be a to wrest control of public lands (be- influence law-making bodies. con- has no conscience. ·tltrough part of the "Hamburger Rebellion" longing lo all Americans) from our flict of interest and ethics should be James Griffin ·.__ ·_.Please . ": browse . .. the·. .• ··spre.a ·_ ·_ ·· .•· don .. . :paff . . ··. and oppose cruel budget cuts and other government in order to block range exposed. Fallon, N.Y. 5.. _This page was produced for you. ~ ·· · · reader, in an attempt to show our h~--~ Reader feels Yitzhak Rabin not worthy of half-staff flag and the constant .teaming process The Univer- sity ~er staff ttaY~-iil. ~ --.~~ fD con- Dear Editor: I don't feel the prime minister did anything fo r this country. I am writing this letter to express my opinion on the half-staff I also don't think much of a man who isn't interested in his tinue producing y~ scboolpuh~catiori. flags over the death of Prime Minister Yitzha.k Rabin. newborn daughter because she wasn't a boy. labece11-Sdrwavlieger I don't feel Americans should be observing this death with this Now, how anyone can justify th is w ith the lowering of flags, long-honored tradition of half-staff flags . needs his/her head examined. Editorln Chief This has bun a way of showing our respect for those who have Kari Spencer done something for America. Studley freshman Generation X Non-Traditional __ Rebttca &hwerdtfeger tivily . Dina Ross ing "pico de gallo:· or frec;h sal~. 10 Editor/Columnist How could l ever cx.preu how Columnist the Thanksgiving meal. wondedully lucky I wa.~ to have a At the end of the meal. everyone close-knit family as I alway~ had. thanked me. With Thanbgivingjustaround the Afamilytogether. Afamilywhich TilC colorful -.alads enticed my 1hcy all agreed the meal would comer. I am making plans to journey had made it lhrough all trials and appetite ; while the turtey and trim- ha ve bcc:n bland without my much to Denver where my family and sev- tribulations. unscathed. ming~ emana1ed a ,irong aroma. cclcbnted addition eral other relatives will meet to cel- A U.S. Naval officer fOI' a falhcr. TIie yarns. hot roll~. pi~ and dee; - Thi!i episode happened on the fint ebrate the day. a full-time mother who would later ~\ were~ fre~h. they cried out to Thanlcgiving I ,pent with my in -law\. Since I was a child. Thanugiving cam her degree and go on 10 teach. a he eaten That was n1nc ye.an ago. wa.~ an important day in my howie. brainy youn,er sister, a smart and .. What el 'loC do we need: ' my Since ~n. 11 hL'i hccoTT1' a trad1- I remember l would lie 1r01,1nd in ath.Jetic youn3er brother and even a \i~ter-in-law asked 11on that l llling a Mexican di~h every my pajamas all momina and help German Shepherd at one point. "I JUSI need 10 chop up the time we celehnte the hol idays to- Mom lazily with the tuu •he JIVC The modern day Leave It To Bea- jal~. oniom and toma.toes. and gether me . ver. we will be ready ro eat:· I sajd ~an) non-trad1uonal ,rudent~. like Ju mealtime p-ew cloeer. I would But I am lucky She expk)ded inlO I bebhle which my\tlf. arr going~.... for ttt head UP'WR and lhower and put on a I wonder how many Genenuon made me laugh. hohd.a:,- \ . ..., hi le ochen will \t.a) home dress just for the meal. X members thett are out there from She inaeduowly retorted. "A~ al~ I loved to walCh lhe whole family broten families . you crazy" Woold 11 he nice to ,tart a new pther around tht table and pray t.o- 1 wonda' how many Gen Xen 'Thu II "Thank~givina ' Tnda~ tradition and invitr a perv,n fmm ,e-ther befatt eaan1. have never e~periaK:ed a 'Thanlc.1- wt celehrale tradi tion~ anod'ie-r country or comNmr w1 rh r,o- We would ,o lr'OUftd lhe lable tell- 1ivin1 meal."°' a meal w1th a full - Humbly. I had to explain. al- whett to ,o tn share in I meaP inc of IOl'nedrins we .-ere IMfttful f\ed,ed traditional funil.,. thoufh I en,oyed AmeiicMI food. l Pe1Mp' you k r,o.., of ,omeo~ fot and saylna we felt Che Thi• doe, no« mean the traditional liked to up my own did~ l<'inely. ~b,. o..- juu I c~ r.y per - need to ...y. family is the 011ly protpetOl.d family with hoc condimenu lih mt'. who you would likr to I never ~Id upreu just how f Applications may be picked up in Picken 104 and should be returned to Linn Ann Huntington, Leader Adviser, in Picken 109. WE'LL ERASE YOUR COLLEGE LOAN. Jhe Rouse Family Arrhur, Sabrina. Bobbi Lyn, If you're stuck with a student loan that's Kan Ann. and Brtt not in default. the Army might pay it off. l.l\ed w.,:ethn; loved togethn Killrd tognher If you qualify. we'll reduceyourdebt- :\u.l{US! 20, J 991 up to $55,000. Payment is either 1/, of (,anSt'\OOrl, ,V'( the debt or S1.500 fo r each year of service. whicht>wr is greater. You11 also have train in~ in a choice of skills and f' nou~h self-a~~uranct> to last you the rest of your life . Get all the detail5 from vour Army RC'cruitn. FRIENDS DON'T LET FRIENDS DRIVE DRUNK. Call 625-9227 II ARMY. II .ALL lOU CAN II: Page4 lr:be 11lntbersrttp 1Leaber Tuesday, Nov. 14, 1995 Model U.N. from page 1 Sawyer Brown offers pure country for Hays fans becoming crowded." The Economic and Social Council is a preliminary body. such as the Marc Menard This band showed Saturday night HaysStatc1.:ampus, simply loves play- vocal band for the third consecutive performing. The fans seem to Security Council. according to Nelson. Staff Writer why it has endured so long despite the ing in Hays, and the fans were very year in the Nashville Network's sense that, too, and it makes for a Bolh ofthose councils will attempt critics. 1bey come straightforward receptive. Viewer's Choice Awards. more enjoyable show. to pass resolutions to be presented to with songs about the common man The ban<.! kept things at full thronle The band came into Hays on the Edilor'I nott: Tht followlllg Toby Keith opened the show the General Assembly for voting. and, put simply, they know how to launching into ''Cafe on the Comer," heels of its latest release "Wantin' for Sawyer Brown and also proved artick is a rtvlew by a un,vtn"1 according to Nelson. entenain. its tribute to the American farmer. and Havin' it All," their first studio to quite capable of entertaining the I.Lader st4/f wrlur. Nearly 400 students from 22 high The show staned to the sound of The band· s strong ties to the fanner in release in two years. 1bc title song crowd. The big. husky, ex-college schools across the state will panici- The fans came "wanting and roaring applause as lead singer Mark its music is one reason Sawyer Brown has already enjoyed some chan suc- football player kicked the evening pate in the program, representing more having it all" and they were not Miller bolted from a tunnel of love remains so popular in the Midwest. cess and lhe follow up, to be released off with "Boomtown," the title song than I 00 countries. disappointed as Sawyer Brown booth, ran down the ramp and kicked Miller then gave a powerful per- this week, "'Round Here," should also from his second album. The department of political sci- delivered to the crowd's expecta- things into high gear with a rousing formance on 'The Walk." a reflective be hitting the charts very soon. He blended rowdy honky-tonk ence and the Docking Institute of tions ina high.energy country con- vmion of the hit "Hard to Say ." song about the paths of life . Sawyer Brown covered almost all country with tender love ballads Public Affairs will sponsor the event. cen Saturday night at the Gross Miller, never lacking for energy The band did a great job of provid- of their hit song cawog. but its most such as ''Blue Moon ," a new song The subject matter is similar to the Memorial Coliseum. and enthusiasm. showed offthe boogie ing a lot of energy in its show. The impressive performance was the which will appear on a yet real United Nations: but the purpose Sawyer Brown, named after a dancestylewhichhasbecomc aSaw- band members genuinely looked as if band's own acoustical rendition of unreleased CD. of the HS Model U .N. is not to imitale street in the Nashville surburbs yer Brown trademark. they enjoy what they do. Bruce Homsby's "Valley Road" per- Keith is cenainly a huge pres- the U.N ., according to a press release. has definitely outgrown the The boys then rambled into a pul- From the raging guitar riffs of gui- formed righ1 in its own makeshift ence with his physical stature and The purpose of HS Model U.N. is 'bubble-gum country' label once sating "Trouble on the Line," a hit tarist Duncan Cameron to the tender living room on stage. booming voice. His lack of album to provide a simulation of political given to them by critics. TI1C mu- from 1992, followed by one of their keyboard sounds of Gregg "Hobie" All in all, it was a fun performance. material has. perhaps. kept him debate and decision-making on the sic of Sawyer Brown has come a earliest hits "Betty's Bein' Bad." Hubbard and the bass vocals and dance It is nice to see a band mnain together from becoming a bona fide head- international level through the use of long way since the days of Star It is quite evident Sawyer Brown, antics of lead singer Mark Miller, after all these years simply because line act. but look for bigger and role playing and hypothetical situa- Search competitions. making their fourth trip to lhe Fort they showed why they are the top they like each other and have fun better things from Keith. tions, according to the release. HOW PO YGlf lClk)W Tit.AT THE 11th & Main 623-4669 Wottl.D W.Qtl'T CREATED IS lf#ITII AGO, COMl'LETE W1T14MEMORIESMI> !LIGHT HOUSE ~$1 ~__,.,,....._,,. Sat. Nov. 18th. Enter the "Magic the Gathe , tournament. 9 a.m. until finished. For more or to preregister call Ralph CaJJJs at (913) 826.98~7.= I Hours: Mon., Tue., Thur.--7 a.m.-Midnight 0 • Wed .. 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I guess trip 10 Washing- ing chis statement. when we.as a styles. but then it has to be cut and came tu a close. and the presentor said that $200 wasn·t really bad. ton. D.C. taught I was sitting calmly in a session Leader staff, pasted onto the ad by hand!) there would be another session of Ad- Now, I needed to convince the me many things titled "More Than a Game." left for That is what I was doing for each Creator which would go further .. in staff to purchase a copy of the on a variety of We were talking about police beat5 Washington. ad. a combination of the two to get the depth" an what the program did and progrnm. different sub- and the legalities of printing athletes D.C., it best result I could. how to get it. later in the day. How about "Hey. it's the 90's, jects. names in the wrong context when a wouldn't be But here at this session. I saw the Well. needless to say. I cleared my evel')·thing is expanding, and cost- Pack in ad- gentleman. who's name tag read for a vaca- answer to an advertising staffs schedule of other sessions I had in- ing a lot! " No. vance, be orga- "Sports Ed itor. University of Ne- tion. but I dreams ...Ad-Creator. tended Lo attend later in the day . I was "Newer is better." Probably nized, don't fly braska," stood up and proceeded to washoping... It is a new program. onl;, a few ready for the advanced session! not. How about "Please!" Hmm. I Heather if you can help ask if his newspaper should print the Brian Maybe . weeks old. which would be able to do The advanced program began just guess I wi ll have to work on a more Randolph it. don 't order football players name who raped a Schwerdtfeger just a lit~le•.• of.the t!tings I had been doing by like the other. hu t quickly grew intu interesting, realistic plea. . Sports Editor room service in girl. Ad Manager time for hand. in ONE-program: WOW' what I had anticipated. The program Oh. yeah. the sight-seeing part~ an expensive I didn't catch the answer or really sightseeint,· ·--·-I .,,.,.._.~·aitOlolnded, what look.ed almost too g My wonderful trip to Wa<;hington. D.C.. Members of the University Leader -.taff began after a long night at a Halloween pany recently attended the Association of Colle- a friend of mine had. giate Press ~ationaJ convention in Wa.,hing- We were up by 8 a.m. and I drove part way ton. D.C. to Kansa<; City where we were to meet our It wac; a great learning experience for me first plane which would deliver us to St. both in my poc;ition ac; photographer and as Louis. computer re..~ource manager. I never had any need to fly before. so The convention provided an opportunity Matthew obviously I wasn ·1 too thrilled to em hark on Fred Hunt to learn things which are simply not avail ah le n-mkke a flight I wasn't even sure I would ,urvive. Photographer here at Fort Hays State. Photographer We finally made it to the airpon (even after Such as. many fields in joumali,;m are my wonderful driving). changing every day due to the constant influx of new computer After we unloaded all of the ma.\!iive amounts of luggage. a technology. nice littlt surpri~ wa_c; waiting for us. an earlier flight. Thi!i was In order to lcecp up and !ilay on the cutting edge. students wonderful for me . I wa.s scared of flying and now my fear,. c;tudying Journalism need to tallc to professionals and ,;upplicrs were going to come true ~ncr than I had expected. which deal with the new technology. This is what t~ confer- Believe it or not. I did !iurvive. Acrually, I survi,:ed all of my ence provided. flights. I even made it through ~me mild turbulence. Each day of the conference was packed full of one. two and D.C. wa.i. wonderful. I got to experience t~ big city and I three hour s.eminars discussing topic!i such ac; changing to a had a chance to learn more aho\n a profcs!lion I am interested digital darkroom or how to put your ~~·!ipaper on to the World in. photography. Wide Weh. The~ confettncec; gave me an opportunity to HONEST ABE AND CO. J~!.ica Sadowsky. Copy Editor. Heather I attended ~s4-ions on e,·erything from creating t~ perfect speak with and learn from profc~sionals such a.s Tim Janicke. Randolph. Sport.~ Editor. and Brian Schwerdtfeger. Advertising portfolio to finding that clui.ivc feature pho(o. photo editor of the Kansa..c; City Star. and Tom Manin. Apple Manager: take ti~ between conference ~~ions to explore Wa.sh- I made it home safe and ~nd and a linle hit ._maner. too Computer re~ntative. ington. D.C. (liniver..ity Leadtt photo by Rebecca Schwerdtfeger\ tltbe 11lniber1'itp 1leaber Page6 &,port~ Tuesday, Nov. 14, 1995 Tigers qualify for playoffs 1995 National Collegiate Division II Marc Menard Football Championship Staff Writer see some film on them," Cortese said. with 2: 14 left to play. In Saturday' s contest with the The challenge was on for the Tiger First Round Mountaineers. the offense struggled defense. but they rose to the occasion November 18 The Fon Hays State Tigers played in the first half, while the Tiger de- and shut down the opponents when Quarterfloah for the tie and came away from fense continued coming up with the they needed to. November25 Gunnison with a share of the Rocky big plays. The Tigers forced Western State to Semlfl.nals Mountain Athletic Conference cham- The Tigers were on the scoreboard punt afterthree plays, setting the stage December 2 pionship Saturday. first. Senior quarterback Shawn Behr for Salcido, who got block number The tie was good enough to qualify connected on a 15 yard pass to ~nior three. the Tigers, who finished the season flanker Lance Schwindt. The Tigers were able to capitali1.e Final with a 8-1-2 overall record for the After that. it was all Western State on the big play, turning the blocked December9 NCAA Division 11 playoffs. College the first hatr as the Mountain- punt into a touchdown two plays later The Tigers will play at Texas A&M eers were able to build a 13-6 halftime and tying the game 27-27. University-Kingsville in a first round lead on the strength of two RyanGen- "We decided to go for the tie. We Alban St. GA West Region match-up Saturday. U)' to Jason Davis passes. felt we would still have a shot at the SOUTH REGION The winner of the game will face The special teams were especially playoffs with a tie," Cortese said. the winner of the East Texas State effective; the Tigers came up with Salcido, who had been the hero for University versus Portland State three blocked kickscourtesyof senior the Tigers defense. preserved the tie, University.Oregon, game in the linebacker Jose Salcido who had the as he intercepted a Mountaineer pass Florence, with Western State threatening from quarterfinals to be played Dec. 2 in biggest game of his career. Alabama Oregon. "We worked on our k.ick blocking the FHSU 25 yard line with three According to Head Football Coach real hard this week. we felt it would be seconds remaining in the fourth quar- Bob Cortese, the Tigel'li will face a important in this game," Conese said. ter of the game. MIDWEST REGION challenge in the Texas A&M Univer- Not only did the extra time in prac- "Right now, I can't think of a bet- •North Dakota 9-1 sity-Kingsville team which was the tice with the kick blocking prove ef- ter scenario. Sure we tied. but we're NCAA Division II national runnerup fective for the Tigers. but it enabled going to the play-offs and. that's what last year. losing to North Alabama them to stay close to the mountaineers we have worked for all season," *Texas A&M-Kin ville 9-1 16- 10. and stage a dramatic comeback la1e in Cortese said. "They played for the national the game. Post season forthc Tigers will start Fort Hays St. (KAN) (8-1-2) championship last year. so we know The Tigers, trailing 27-13. were Saturday in Kings..-illcwhen they take WEST REGION they have a good tradition. I expect able to pull within a touchdown after on the Javelinas of Texas A&M lini - they will big, fast and strong. We will Behr hooked up with Schwindt once versity-Kings\'ille with ki ckoff sched- *Portland St. ORE 7-4 not know how good they are until we again on a four yard touchdown toss uled for I p.m. East Texas St. g.3 *denoccs hos1 institution Tigers pass the Topeka Merchants in 93-70 win Marc Menard Staff Writer Large One Topping Pizza 99 The 1995-96 edition of the Tiger · Carry Out Special - No Limit men's basketball team took to the couns and defeated the Topeka Mer- No Coupon Necessary chants 93-70 in an exhibition game at Use Drive-up Window for Pick-up ! + tax the Gross Memorial Coliseum Sun- day night. Head Coach Gary Gamer liked the Limited Time Only! effort of his team against the Mer· chants, an AAU team comprised of mostly fonner Washburn and Mis- DOMINO'S CA~"L 625-23~ 1312 Main ~t. souri Western players. "It was a typical first game with a • .P I ~--~-,_ 1-...~ lot of mistakes. But, I think the sec- Z Z A ond half was better than the first," Garner said. Garner felt the defensive effort for this early in the season was impres- sive, but was concerned with the At the HOME, Thur. Nov. 16 sloppy play of the offense. KEEP AWAY Earl Tyson, Washington .D.C., freshman, "I told them at halftime I felt we tries to keep the ball away from a Topeka Merchants player 75c tlrau·.,· were standing around too much on while Anthony Pope. Carthage, Texas, sophomore, follows on offense and we needed to have more the break. (University Leader photo by Matt Shepkcr) SI u·t,f ls ball movement. "They did a better job in the sec- "We kn ow he is going to \ CDrc for hccause teams will be looking to Ladies Night: ond half," Garner said. us. double-team the athletic cenrcr any- The Tigers, who led at halftime "He works hard to get his shots." time he has the ball. 39-29, were able to stretch their lead Gamer said. "He is going to have to get used 10 Free admission for all Ladies! to 23 points in the second half. due to Al so !ieoring in double digits w as teams doubling on him and it's gonna a barrage of three-pointers by senior junior center Alon1.0 Goldston. who get worse fo r him as the season goc~ guard Geoff Ed. finished with 19 poinLs, while junior along. c<,peciall y when v.·e play con- Gamer may no longer have the forwards Anthony Pope and Sheric k ference learns." Garner said . - ... luxury of having a prolific scorer like Simpson each chipped in 17. "Alon,o is a very unsel fis h player. Dennis Edwards. but apparently he ''I was pleased with the job that he has a greal ahility to get the hall to may not have to worry ahout his of- (Anthony) Pope did on rehounds. I rhe open man." Pool Tourna01ent: fense becauc;e four Tiger players fin- told him we needed more rebound, FHSU will open the rcgular~ason ', ished in double figures to give FHSU and he reall y went out and did the hest Saturday when they pla; the Univer- its tirsr wi n in the new season. joh of anyhody on the board.~... Gar- sity of Science and Art.\ of Oklaho mu $5 entry Fee - Starts at 9 p.m. iiJ .: Leading the way for the Tiger~. ner said. in the first game of the Countr~ ~.--...... ~ -- ~·- Eck scored 21 of his 28 point.~ in the Gamer was als() pleased with the Kitchen Classic at C,ro<,<, Memorial -( 1/,' s,ccond half with "ix field goals com- effort of Goldston who may have t11 Coli o;cu m. Remember... ing from three-point range. pick up the scoring slack cau..et.l hy Tipoff is 7 30 p.m. The Tigers .... 11 1 to 75¢ draws $1 wells 2 1 to drink "Geoff is our leader and our cap- rhc departure of Edward<. play Pittshurgh State Univcr;ity Mon- 18 enter tain. Goldston may find a challenge day in the c.econd game of the Clas.-.ic ' •. SERVI~ PROV~ ...... :.. ..