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THE BATTALION Page 7 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1977 Artist-in-residence honored with grant ed as sA ors )gden nX lomosejs 'ered tj »y Emilvl er, Vitji t Hansd on mik ■ Chik th cens( ludes 11 for add cher ia 1 and 1 TiefUi, hum, vei) 1 still i that inti >y whati The look of a Battalion photo by Alan Autenrieth winner Texas A&M senior Randy Carr and “Ms. Magnolia (Maggie) show the spoils of a winning trip to the Gaines United States Dog Obedi ence Classic in Los Angeles. Maggie placed eighth in the contest and second at the Central Regional Championship earlier in Dallas. In her two-year career, Maggie has placed in al most 100 events. Flynt says “Hustler” to get religion Stephen Daly, Texas A&M Uni versity artist-in-residence, has been selected for a $5,000 grant from Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation of New York to support his work here. Daly, winner of the 1974 Prix de Rome award of the American Academy, was chosen from among nearly 2,200 applicants. Only 20 such grants were bestowed by the private foundation established in 1918 to foster artistic creation. Daly said the Tiffany support will allow him to produce pieces of sculpture he has conceptualized since coming to Texas A&M last summer. On leave from Humboldt State (Calif.) University, he is cur rently teaching a class in contem porary sculpture in the College of Architecture and Environmental Design. A New York City native, Daly is an associate professor at Humboldt and has also taught at the University Pet finds home after 650 miles United Press International SOUTH ELGIN, Ill. — Walt Disney would have loved this one. Jack Millikan blacked out after an auto accident on Interstate 80 near Lincoln, Neb., six months ago, and his Irish setter Jesse disappeared. But the loyal pet finally found its way home, after roaming for 650 miles. “I knew she’d come back,” Millikan said. “I kept telling everybody but nobody believed me. All the time I kept saying, ‘Jesse’s going to come back. If nobody catches her, she’ll come back. Jesse had no address tag on her collar and she never had been anywhere near Nebraska. She found Millikan at his par ent’s house, where he had moved only a few months before the accident in which the dog was lost. of Minnesota. He holds A B.A. from San Jose State College and a master of fine arts from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan. In addition to the Prix de Rome award, he was a Reinehart Fellow in Sculpture at the American Academy in Rome. He began exhibiting his work in 1964 and has been a visiting artist on campuses in New Mexico, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Colorado, California, Illinois and Minnesota, as well as in England and Italy. EMBREY'S JEWELRY Si ion t tates using s s, sociii lily lit. ten I •ule ott! ,ve bwi position to psjl gislata; ill tot ke negit ts.y le, a si nove mi nts as ither m United Press International SAN ANTONIO — Chester the Molester will quit chasing young girls and start protecting them. Sex photographs will take on Biblical tones in the new “Hustler Magazine” now that porn king Larry Flynt has become a born- again Christian, the controversial publisher said Tuesday. He still is going to defend the First Amendment and the changes in his magazine would be designed not to turn off its 15 million current readers. Flynt said. God spoke to me and asked me to use the magazine as a vehicle and a light to show the people the way that I’ve found,” he said. “When I say that, I cah sense people being turned off because they think there’s going to be a crucifix on the cover and it’s going to print nothing but the scripture on the inside. That’s not it at all. “Hustler is going to be dedicated to making this world a better world to love in, and I’m not talking about sex when I say a better world to love Ttie ii/uii Anm Mens & Womens Hair Design — Now featuring BRENDA WILLIAMS IN THE RAMADA INN COLLEGE STATION The Aggies Gift Store Lay Away Now For Christmas DIAMOND RINGS DINNER RINGS ALL OCCASION RINGS PENDANTS EARRINGS BRACELETS Men's & Ladies I.D. BRACELETS CHARMS CHARM BRACELETS STICK PINS CROSSES NECK CHAINS All types & sizes WATCHES SEIKO BULOVA CARAVELLE POCKET WATCHES WATCH BANDS WATCH BATTERIES LIGHTERS KEY CHAINS MONEY CLIPS CROSS PENS Free Engraving with purchase. BABY GIFTS . AGGIE SWEETHEART RINGS CUSTOM MADE INITIAL RINGS LOOSE DIAMONDS ALL TYPES CUSTOM MADE JEWELRY. ft " -V PRODUCTS 846-1441 415 UNIVERSITY DR. E; COLLEGE STATION 9:00-5:30 MON.-FRI. 9:00-5:00 SAT. he ce® alyt yitl ;ust iODll versitf onlay 1 or all*? iolicy ® yrai mortsi . Hai* unent ion loin* isiA ifii# line 11 itcon 6 stitt- bon-- AGGIE FOOTBALL A HILL TO CLIMB I moved to Texas'‘A&M for the first time in July, 1966. My pur pose at that time was to get a head start in school and to physi cally prepare myself to try out for the Aggie football team that fall. That September I went out for football for a total of two weeks, then gave it up. Quitting football profoundly affected the rest of my stay at A&M. I felt as though I had failed, that I was a weakling, a coward, and a loser. I spent the rest of my time here under a kind of dark cloud due to that initial failure. For about a year and a half I was so despondent that I gave up all kinds of athletics and just laid around a lot. By the middle of my sopho more year, the time was right for a big turning point in my life. I had lost any self confidence I used to have because of my failure in football. I had gained from two hundred twenty five pounds up to two hundred and forty pounds, and I was becoming really lazy, sleeping maybe ten hours a day. Finally I realized that I was going to have to do something to change all of this. I remember coming back one weekend from a visit with my parents with a fierce de termination to change my life. All at one time I went on a strict diet, began lifting weights and exercis ing, and began practicing a men tal exercise of self discipline. Also I started walking with my back ram-rod straight and scowling a lot to show everybody how strong and determined I was. I thought that through superhuman effort I could attain to anything I wanted. Everything was looking rosy for a while, but then a fallacy in my new life style began to appear. Because of my rock-jawed deter mination to prove myself, I began to alienate all my friends. One even told me that I wasn’t being myself, but that I had a big chip on my shoulder. He was abso lutely right. During this time I had my big brainstorm. Because my confi dence had increased and my physical strength had grown so much, I began to think that I could play football for the Aggies. This had been my dream since I was an adolescent and now I felt that I might be able to pull it off. Mainly, I wanted to prove that I could do it. So in spring training 1970 I went out for the Aggie football team the second time. I don’t think I have ever put so much effort into anything as I did that spring training. I thought that if ever there was anything worth putting out a hundred per cent for, Aggie football must be it. Only my determination kept me going out there. I had never ex perienced anything so strenuous or exhausting. I realized right away that high school football had been a game — a very serious game, but still a game. But Southwest Conference football is a business or even more, a war. I actually didn’t have the ability to play college football, but I guess because I tried so hard, the coaches let me hang around. After a good effort in the maroon and white game, the coaches tried to make me the deep snap center for the next fall. If I had had the ability to deep snap, I would have lettered that fall, but sorry to say, I just couldn’t seem to get the hang of the deep snap. As a result I spent the 1970 foot ball season sitting on the bench. Nevertheless I had withstood my self-styled test of manhood and was able to look at myself in the mirror without feeling ashamed. When I graduated from A&M the next May, I thought that the hard part of my life was over. I thought that I had proven every thing there was to prove and from then on life would be much easier. Much to my surprise things didn’t get better, but much worse. I discovered that once you come to the top of one hill, there is still another taller and steeper hill to climb, and another, and another. I felt like I could find no peace under the sun. By the time I was twenty six years old, I was badly discouraged. I was afraid that I would never discover inner peace and satisfaction. I became so depressed that I considered taking my own life. Finally, in desperation, I turned to God for help. My mind wasn’t fully convinced that there was a God, but deep within my innermost being I knew that there was something more to this life than meets the eye. One night while I was backpacking in Big Bend National Park, I looked into the sky and cried out — God, what is the purpose of my exis tence? What do I do with myself? Why am I so miserable? Three months later I found the answer I was looking for, plus much, much more. I met a man who told me to call upon the name of Jesus Christ. I called out over and over with all my concen tration, “O Lord Jesus! O Lord Jesus!’’ What I experienced at that time words cannot describe. A warmth, love, and eternal peace beyond anything imagin able came over me. I felt as though I had been blind for twenty six years, and someone had just put a pair of miraculous eye glasses on me. All the ques tions I had weren’t answered, they just dissolved into thin air and were replaced by the pres ence of God Himself. Now it is late fall 1977, and I am very very happy that I no longer have to strive to prove anything. My whole purpose for existence is to fervently love the Lord Jesus every minute of every day. It is certainly no labor to love such a One Who is so inwardly experien tial and satisfying. Karl Jack, Grad. Stu. ■ Paid for by Christian students on ! campus. OPEN MON.-FRI. 9:30-10:00 SAT. 9:00-10:00 BOXED TOFFEE Our Reg 3.97 WED., THURS., FRI., SAT. SALE 97 4.97 Colorful, flowering Christmas pomsettias in 6-inch pots CROCHET HOOK SET Our Reg. 2.97 8, 6" colored aluminum hooks (D - through K). Great gift item! 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