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Friday, February 1,1985/The Battalion/Page 13 h nce wiilil at M record o[l '''hat Hoj I •ect from ■nure as > theRa- 'e should ’ Metcalf “■'tedball [)und tal- •ubstitute art three “xceptkm Charles miinatdy mge our tcalf said, I ig three nave to >e them a I e game is >t to dh I liing lift ms and I e losses I u|) those I because | but, fot I )out get-1 siness to I ivm, you I for ven l as atu jersei t great every gat session •m aroui 1 is acini! iria. His I cer andti jitig arou: rrtugese' don't worr/, uirn-E pi&. I'M JUST G-ONNA sl/ce off a little e/r/ dp 1905 Athletic dorm questions a matter of geography Editor’s Note: This is the Inst in a three-part series exploring how college athletes are treated once they’ve been recruited, Part III focuses on the reason why Texas A&M has separate athletic dorms with comments from A&M Athletic Director Jackie Sherrill. By BRANDON BERRY Sports Writer Texas A&M Head Football Coach and Athletic Director Jackie Sherrill says the solutions to the problems of integrating student-athletes into the mains tream of college life should be found in the structure of the aca demic programs available to them. “I don’t believe an ex-coach is qualified to run your academic programs,” Sherrill says. ‘‘I think the only person qualified is some one involved with teaching, someone who is involved with the mainstream of college life as a professor. “As for the graduation rate,” he says, “it is in direct relation to the type of student that you re cruit. You try to recruit only “In the South, don't tell me that these kids are not in the mainstream of cam pus, because they are. They're involved in cam pus activities. They're in volved in fraternities. — A 8c M's Jackie SherriU those individuals that you think will be able to make it through your school. “However, because the na tional average is only about 50 percent for normal students to go through retention anyway in four years, I don’t think it’s fair to say that athletes are expected to fol low different standards.” The majority of large South ern schools have athletic dormi tories. The majority of the schools in the North, East and Northwest do not have athletic dormitories. Sherrill reiterates his statement that the issue is geo- graphic and nothing else. “I have had an opportunity to play at Alabama and live in an athletic dormitory and coach at Arkansas, Alabama and Iowa State, where we did not have ath letic dormitories and at Washing ton State, where we did not, Pitts burgh, where we did not and then come to Texas A&M, in which we do.” he says. “In the South, don’t tell me that these kids are not in the mainstream of campus life, be cause they are. They’re involved in campus activities. They’re in volved in fraternities. “When I was at Alabama, I pledged a fraternity and I was in volved with campus life. “Living in a dorm or not living in a dorm, living on campus or not living on campus has nothing to do with it.” So how can today’s collegiate athlete best integrate into the rest of the student body? Is there no way to break the “Catch 22” success cycle that praises winners so loudly and shuns losers so solitarily? Tango/ LADIES NIGHT 50<2 Beer OPEN BAR 7-9 p.m. $1.00 Bar Drinks from 9-10 p.m. $200 LEGS CONTEST 1st 2nd 3rd Place Prizes Announcing The Texas A&M Writing Contest Undergraduates and Graduate Students Poetry and Short Stories Entries should be sent to the English Dept. Mail Room from Feb. 4-15 Sponsored by Sigma Tau Delta, Publisher of Nine Poems Questions: Contact Melissa Romine 693-1904 Dan Bitting 589-3145 Swiss miss victorious in downhill Associated Press SANTA CATERINA, Italy — Maria Walliser of Switzerland won the women’s downhill race Thurs day at the opening of the World Ski Championship. Meanwhile, West German veteran Irene Epple made a surprise an nouncement that she was retiring, effective immediately. Walliser, 21, mastered the 2,-258- meter Cevedale course, with a verti cal drop of 607 meters, in a blister ing 1 minute 16.26 seconds. Traudl Haecher, a rising West German star, Finished second in 1:16.41, while Claudine Emonet of France was third in 1:16.50. Thursday’s downhill and a special slalom Monday will decide the com bined title. Helmut Hoeflehner of Austria clocked the fastest time of 2:07.59 in the First of two downhill trials for men. Conradin Cathomen, third in the first heat, was fastest in the shorter second run at 1:59.27 and clinched the last spot on the power ful Swiss downhill team. Olympic downhill champion Bill Johnson of Van Nuys, Calif., was struck with intestinal flu and had to miss the two training runs. Johnson was reported not to have a fever, but appeared unlikely to race in the combined downhill Fri day. But U.S. team ofFicials said there was no danger he would miss Sunday’s title race. Epple, 27, won the silver medal in the giant slalom in the 1980 Olym pics at Lake Placid, N.Y., and nad nine World Cup victories in 13 years on the. circuit. She had been ex pected to race at the World Cham pionships, but said her training runs made her realize that she could not go as fast as she wanted. Michela Figini of Switzerland, the Olympic downhill champion who was heavily favored, finished a dis appointing seventh. Debbie Armstrong of Seattle was the top American, Finishing in a 16th-place tie with Erika Hess of Switzerland in 1:17.47. Cindy Nelson of Reno, Nev., wound up 19th in 1:17.73, Tamara McKinney of Squaw Valley, Calif., was 22nd in 1:18.06, and Eva Twar- dokens, also of Squaw Valley, placed 24th in 1:18.19. WELCOME BACK AGGIES! STUDENT SPECIAL NO DEPOSIT NO RENT until Feb. 1 (student I.D. required) 1 & 2 Bedroom Units starting @ $220 UJiHowick apartments I! Call today! 693-1325 502 S.W. Parkway College Station NO PURCHASE NECESSARY Bring in this ad for a free pair of leather-faced work gloves ($3.00 retail value) when you join our Rental Club (no membership fee). Rental Club card entitles you to 10% discounts on all rentals at your U-Haul Center. Find us in the white pages. 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