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Page 12 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1979 Rockies no place for Ags Hill WHAT IS A PARALEGAL CAREER?! A paralegal career is one of the most exciting new careers for college graduates. A paralegal is a lawyer’s assistant who is able to do many tasks traditionally done by attorneys. Not a clerical or a secre tarial role, the paralegal is a new legal specialty with excellent job opportunities in law firms, corporate legal departments and banks. Three months of intensive training in courses taught by law professors and lawyers can give you the skills to interview witnesses, conduct legal research, prepare pleadings, draft transaction documents and prepare cases for trial all under the supervision of an attorney. The Basic Legal Assistant Course begins January 28, 1980. In addition to the three-month daytime program, the same course is offered as an eight-month evening program. A representative will be at the Career Planning and Placement Center on Thursday, November 15, 1979. Sign up now for an interview! For a catalogue and further information, call or write: The Southwestern Paralegal Institute 5512 Chaucer Drive Houston, Texas 77005 (713) 528-3803 APPROVED BY THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION i By KURT ALLEN Battalion Sports Staff It’s been a long road for the Texas A&M offense this season, with fre quent execution problems and bad breaks. Even Agatha Christie would have had a tough time explaining the mystery of the sluggish Aggie offense. But landslide Texas A&M victor ies the last two weeks over Rice and SMU have erased many doubts ab out whether the Aggies can cut the mustard offensively. Never before has a Texas A&M team put together back-to-back conference wins of over 40 points. As the scores indicate, the Aggie offense may be performing as well as it ever has, and some of the credit should certainly be given to such new faces as sophomore fullback David Hill. This is Hill’s first year on the Texas A&M squad, a 5-11, 210-pound pro duct of San Antonio Holmes High. After starting for the Air Force Academy as a freshman fullback, Hill left and transferred to Texas A&M. Hill’s most impressive perform ance came against Notre Dame when he rushed for over 200 yards against the Irish. Because he transferred. Hill had to sit out a year to establish eligibil ity. He continued to work out however, and after officially joining the team this spring, set his sights on capturing the starting fullback job. Now that he’s attained his goal. Hill couldn’t be happier. “I have to tell you, it feels pretty darn good to be a starter,” Hill said. “I’ve been working hard towards that for the last two years and it was a little bit disappointing when I didn’t get the job right at the start of the season. “Now that I’ve made it, I find I’m a lot more enthusiastic about every thing, including practice sessions. I I and Freshmen and Sophomores Aggisland ’80 SPECIAL MAKEUP Class 6^ # Pictures THURSDAY, NOV. 15 FRIDAY, NOV. 16 MONDAY, NOV. 19 TUESDAY, NOV. 20 Harrington Lounge 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m feel like an integral part of the team now.” Hill’s enthusiasm seems to be shared by the rest of the Aggie offense. Of course, the wins against Rice and SMU definitely have helped to boost morale, as has the mastering of Head Coach Tom Wil- David Hill son’s “I” formation. “I’m beginning to think that maybe the spring wasn’t long enough for us to get used to the T’, ” said Hill. “However, now I think we re all getting to the point where we know it. I know I feel a lot more comfortable with my blocking than earlier in the season. Now I can tell what defense the opposition is in with one glance, and who to block. ” It was a lack of feeling comfortable with his situation that led Hill to leave the Air Force Academy in the first place. Not actively recruited out of high school, except for feelers from Baylor and Rice, Hill knew he wanted to play football at a major college. The question was where. Enter the Academy’s recruiting staff . Having shown Hill all the good things about their school and the sur rounding area, and none of the bad according to Hill, the recruiters soon had him signed up. It was only after Hill started playing at the Academy that he knew he’d made a mistake. “I’m not saying they deliberately deceive you, but they definitely don’t tell you what it’s really like when they recruit you,” Hill said. “When I went up there, they made it a point to take me to all the ski re sorts. When they did show me around the campus, it was never for more than a few hours at a time. “Thus they sold me on their school. I guess I was kind of young and dumb at the time and didn’t give the whole situation enough thought before I went to the Air Force Academy. I just knew I wanted to play football. “I’ve never objected to a little re gimentation, and am willing to dedi cate myself to a goal, but I really wasn’t ready for the military re gimentation they had there. I found it was starting to get in the way of football. I decided that for the sake of my own welfare. I’d better get out while I could.’ Hill wasn’t completely unfamiliar with the Air Force. His father is a lieutenant colonel in that military branch, and Hill attended several schools as the family moved from base to base. Although born in Massachusetts, most of Hill’s relatives are from Pennsylvania. As a matter of fact, almost 30 of them attended the Penn State game when Texas A&M crushed the Nittany Lions 27-14. Two weeks later, Hill made his first start at fullback against Texas Tech, carrying 14 times and gaining 52 yards. He’s been the starting full back ever since. Last week Hill gained 26 yards on seven carries. To date, he has run for 158 yards this season. Hill is a scholastic standout on the Texas A&M team. One of two en gineering majors on the offense, he said he would like to dispel the myth of the dumb athlete. “When people in my classes find out I’m a football player, they just can’t believe I’m aciviienjj major. They really have at comprehending it. Mygradei the best in the world, butlt doing all right. “I started in this majorj academy and actually would be easier once I gott:| A&M. But it’s tough here j have to go to class if you i make the grades. Anyway, my best to get people to i ridiculous image they have) dumb jock.” The Arkansas Razorbackst ter not take the abilities off the rest of the Aggies Having apparently mastered! formation, Texas A&M will use the same game swamped SMU. If the res impressive, it could be thedil “Razorback Rout’’ Saturday US Dickey could be out ft Arkansas game Saturd By MARK W. PATTERSON Battalion Sports Staff There is both good news and bad news for Texas Aggie football fans this weekend. First the bad news: Tailback Cur tis Dickey, the third-leading rusher in the conference this season with 808 yards, is not likely to see any game time against the Razorbacks Saturday. Dickey suffered a broken rib against the SMU Mustangs and has not practiced since the injury. And the good news: Those in attendance at Kyle Field Saturday afternoon will have the chance to judge for themselves who is the best quarterback in the conference this season. The game pit’s A&M’s Mike Sun Theatres 333 University The only movie in town Double-Feature Every Week 10 a.m.-2 a.m. Sun.-Thurs. 10 a.m.-3 a.m. F^i.-Sat. No one under 18 Ladles Discount With This Coupon BOOK STORE & 25c PEEP SHOWS 846-9808 Mosley and Arkansas’ Kevin Scan lon, the top two quarterbacks in the Southwest Conference this year, in a head-to-head contest to decide con ference quarterback supremacy. “There is a remote possibility that Curtis could be ready by Saturday, Aggie coach Tom Wilson said about Dickey’s status for Saturday’s game. “But right now, it’s in our plans to start Johnny Hector at tailback and back him up with Earnest Jackson. “Those two tailbacks have proven themselves this year. They’ve proven that they’re good running backs. They’ve done what we’ve asked of them. ” Hector is becoming accustomed to stepping in for Dickey this season. The freshman from New Iberia, La., has carried the ball 57 times for 237 yards and three touchdowns. Jackson has handled the ball 20 times for 87 yards, a 4.4-yard aver age and the highest yards-per-carry average on the squad. “Three or four weeks ago, if Curtis was out of a game, I would have said that we would be losing a great deal on offense,” Wilson said. “At that point, Earnest Jackson and Johnny Hector were not ready to move in tailbacks in our offense. “But the past few weeks, both of them have gotten enough game ex perience that we aren’t going to lose that much with them in there. But that’s not to say we aren’t going to miss Curtis. “The doctor said that if he (Dick ey) can handle the pain, he could play. The question is if he can play get into a jog because il much. “This is the first time Cm broken anything all seasoi played all year long with bui bruises and he hasn’t missdi yet. That’s got to say somelii out his character.” The Razorbacks, tied fori ference lead and ranked nini '4 >1 Universit foni exas A& won twr eighth irnament 'he Aggie lies 14-4 a I to the mpionshij Texas A& reboun country, are led by Scanlon.S libiton g; is the leading passer in thei day theii ence this season, hitting on61 cent of his passes for 948 ya: six touchdowns. The Aggies counter at quart with Mosley. The juniorffon ble has thrown for 681 yards on 61.1 percent of his attempts. “It’s going to be interei watch Mosley go against So Wilson said. “I’m not downj any of the other quarterbacb) conference, but these two forming better than the otherl '“Tm interested i„ Jff**** Mosley does against a great! team. I’m not saying thatwers to go out and score 47 points; Aggies did against SMU), !i offense has progressed to tit where we can line up andph anyone. “The strength of Arkans fense is its quickness. We’ve teams that were more physic year but none any quicker looking at the films, I can’tfe weaknesses in the Arkansas!: team. “I’m looking forward to f« A ★★★★★★★★★