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State and Local
Support group backing men's varsity
30-loves drafting tennis fans
By KATHERINE GOLLEY
Reporter
The 30-loves are a relatively new
organization on campus that really
ave scored with the Texas A&M
ilen’s Varsity Tennis Team.
“This is tne 30-loves’ second sea-
—«^on, but last year was mainly an or-
janizational period in which we
tied to work out some of the kinks
our planning and scheduling pro
cedures,” says Allison Seale, the or-
anization’s founder and coordina-
son’s squad, and 15 new members
will be cnosen.
“Prospective members will go
through an application-interview
process,” Seale says. “What we will
t>e looking for is enthusiam for ten
nis and the tennis team and tennis
experience.”
Tennis experience and prior
knowledge of score keeping is not
participating in the group to be a 30-
love.
“In the fall, we mainly just get to
know each other ana socialize,”
Walker says. “The spring is when we
really get bus
at 1 p.m. an
— and they are on weekdays, so you
have to plan your schedule around
those times.”
The 30-loves’ function is two-fold.
“The organization’s primary func-
ftion is to keep score during home
rale
“We would like to start some kind of tradition at the
tennis matches. ”
— Allison Seale, founder of the 30-loves
not
latches,” Seale says. “Our second,
ut equally important function is to
ally enthusiasm and get as many
tudents and faculty as we can to
ome to the matches.
“We would like to start some kind
if tradition at the tennis matches,
omething similar to the tradition of
fans reading a newspaper
hen the opposing team players are
(lu! icing introduced," Seale says. “We
hink this would generate some
added interest in the tennis mat-
iches.”
Of the 40 members on the squad
ast year, 20 of the most active and
nthusiastic were kept for this sea
ls-
Stores preparing early for Christmas season
necessary though, because the orga
nization will hold mandatory train
ing sessions.
“Many of our members have only
had beginning tennis and might not
be too familiar with score keeping,”
Seale says. “When our new squad is
chosen, we will hold a score keeping
workshop so everyone will be famil
iar with the job they are required to
do.”
Amy Walker, a second-season
member of the 30-loves and avid
tennis fan, says that you really have
to enjoy tennis and be serious about
“Last year we went with the team
when they played Rice University,
but it was a spur-of-the-moment de
cision and we weren’t really organi
zed,” Seale says. “ But this year we
sy. AH the matches start will be better prepared for our trip.”
a last until at least 4:30 ,. ru „ u- „
When the team has a big out-ol-
town match, the 30-loves try to send
it off with munchies and support,
Seale says.
To promote the tennis team and
the 30-loves, the publicity committee
has been working on a few projects.
Walker says, ‘TVe are working on
a feature poster with the tennis
team’s spring schedule on it similar
to that of the Diamond Darlings, the
baseball’s support group.”
To cut down on its busy schedule,
the 30-loves won’t be calling the
women’s tennis matches.
“We used to try and keep score
for the women’s matches as well last
year, but the women’s coach, Bobby
Kleinecke, said it really wasn’t nec-
esary,” Seale says. “So we won’t be
working their matches this year.”
The applications for a 30-love
membership are available through
the tennis club, 30-love members or
in the MSC, and they must be re
turned to tennis coach David Kent’s
office by Nov. 15.
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Aside from calling matches, the
30-loves also give the tennis team
some off-court support.
“The social committee is already
planning mixers between the tennis
team and the 30-loves,” Seale says.
“We had several happy hours last
year with the team and everyone had
lots of fun. Many of the 30-loves and
team members have gotten to be
really good friends.”
The squad does not get to travel
with the team for all of its matches,
but they do get to attend one out-of-
town match.
By LORA BEST
Reporter
Now that Halloween has passed
t’s rime for turkey, big meals and
jFamily gatherings.
Then why are displays of Santa
]laus, reindeer and Christmas trees
n the stores?
tilt Stores display these items early to
leniBonvince shoppers to buy early —
months early to be exact.
I In Hallmark stores, displays for
i Christmas ornaments have been set
up since July and the ornaments
tea [ have been selling, said Lisa She-
theflilske, a clerk at the Gateway-Hall-
piark in Post Oak Mall.
.1 “People do buy them,” she said,
■he explained the people who buy
ne ornaments are usually grancl-
Biothers and people who have to
flnail gifts.
I Steffani Doyle, also a clerk at the
store, said she enjoys the Christmas
atmosphere in the store.
Botn women said they didn’t like
to see the last minute tensions that
shoppers experience and said that,
by having merchandise available
now, it helps relieve the last minute
rush to buy.
Doyle said, “Give, give, give.
That’s what a lot of people feel
Christmas is all about, giving, and
they miss the meaning of the holi
day.
r Tt’s enjoyable to see those (shop
pers) come in here who have the
Christmas spirit.”
Paul Schultz, a worker at The
Home Front, said, “People are going
to buy gifts anyway and it’s the
store’s ion to give tnem what they
want. That’s the point of retail.”
But he added that, “it seems like
every year they start pushing it (the
season) further and further anead.”
The Rev. Mark Wilburn, a min
ister at St. Thomas Episcopal
Church, agrees. He said the reason
Thanksgiving Day parades were
held in the first place was to herald
the beginning of the Christmas sea
son.
He said Madison Avenue market
ers realized that if they extended the
season by two more weeks they
would be able to realize two more
weeks of profits.
Society is both secular and re-
ligious, he explained citing
Christmas stamps as an example of
this.
“One of them w ill always be a very
religious picture with Jesus and
Mary or maybe Jesus, Mary and Jo
seph. . . the other one is frosty the
Snowman,” he said.
He explained Santa Claus’ back
ground.
Santa Claus is an English corrup-
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tion of the Dutch St
said.
licolas,” he
St. Nicolas was an eigth century
saint who, by tradition, anonymously
gave dowries to young, poor women
who needed money so tney could be
married.
“The basis of Santa Claus is very
Christian, yet we move it to the point
that now Santa Claus has eight re
indeer plus Rudolph, and when Ru
dolph is sick he gets Clyde the Cam
el,” Wilburn explained.
It is important to remember what
we are celebrating, he said. It is im
portant to balance Christmas as a
time of giving gifts and of celebrat-
ingjesus birtn.
“In the Episcopal church, we are
more concerned about who came
down upon earth instead of who
came down the chimney,” he said.
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