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Aggie Cinema and The Agriculture and Liberal Arts Project present DAYS OF HEAVEN Richard Gere, Sam Shepard and Brooke Adams star in this tragic story of a handsome drifter, the lover who poses as his sister, and a wealthy wheat farmer. Cinematographer Nestor Almendro won an Oscar for the exquisite images of a triangle unfolding in the Texas panhandle at the turn of the century. (1978) The distinction of Days of Heaven lies partly in its careful separation of its sense of beauty from the human misery and tension depicted. The pervasive suggestion is that human existence could correspond to the natu ral and aesthetic beauty were it not for the oppressive systems of organization that men have developed. Wednesday, April 16, 7:30 PM $1.50 Aggie pistol team aims g.« to kill Dangerfield image wasi- Moamrru By Homer Jacobs Reporter AX A Presents: RMAGEDDON War Game Tournament April 26th &27th Brazos Valley War Games Fraternities, Dorms, Corps, Anyone! Get Together A 10-Person Team and Register Now Nimish Oza The House 693-2042 846-5053 The Texas A&M pistol team probably should have a picture of Rodney Dangerfield plastered to the swiveling targets that occupy the pis tol range in the basement of the Mili tary Sciences Building. Team captain Peter Schaller feels these Aggies get no respect. The pistol team, which placed fifth in standard pistol competition at the Intercollegiate Pistol Cham pionships in Colorado Springs April 5-6, continues to be one of the best- kept secrets on the A&M campus. A sectional tournament, which A&M hosted this year, is held an nually to determine the qualifier for the national championships. In the past six years, the Aggie pistol team has qualified for the prestigious event five times. “A&M is consistently in the Top 10 nationally in pistol events,” Head Coach Curtis Burns said. Schaller said the team competes in about 10 dual matches a year along with such schools as Texas, Texas Tech, Sam Houston State, and Texas-Arlington. The team is made up of 18 men and women who have the dedication and desire to become competent shooters. Burns said. He also said when tryouts for the team take place at the beginning of the semester, he reserves spots on the team for women. Jenny Salazar is a good example that pistol shooting at A&M is trying to shed its macho Miami Vice image for a more Angelic approach (as in Charlie). ’87 Video Aggieland Salazar was the only woman to compete in the championships spon sored by the National Rifle Associa tion, and according to her coach, she has the potential to be an Olympic shooter someday. Salazar said the sport is not too physically demanding, so other women should not be discouraged from trying out. “Girls are supposedly better at shooting sports,” she said. Salazar is a junior with two more years of shooting eligibilty remain- in 8- At this year’s national competi tion, junior Terry Edelmon placed seventh in the free pistol category for A&M’s highest individual finish. Coach Burns usually tries to di vide his team into three parts: male and female civilians, and Corps of Cadets members. Three women are currently on the team. Schaller said the team likes to se lect freshmen and sophomores so thev have more time to develop their skills. straint in that it sta lence, ac carrv. These rorism h vveakeni Arab reg innocent East-We> tional di prospect Ackno Departm be sure w “We’ll see what asked noi A forn fice of C Photo by Gregte Jenny Salazar, of the A&M pistol team, takes careful aim durin( shooting practice in the basement of the Military Sciences Building AUS living i be subj wake o tion, a< who re bya. How Texas < said th back fin terroris Carh who lei year w'c as a < most Li But he diet hoi will res] “He or the i but ten jssibil ade t but wh< no idea Main “It takes about a year to get up to a competitive level," he said. Burns said he rarely finds a shooter with competitive skills. I la piMnls used bvthete* Idafv ar not cheap, as a typical free; tosts about S600, Schaller said “I have to develop them,” he said. The team only practices one or two nights a week, Schaller said. Shooting competition consists of firing three different guns at two different distances. Free and stan dard pistol targets are 50 feet from the shooter, while air pistol competi tion is confined to 10 meters. Because the team's budget is limited, most expenses are paid of a team members own Schaller said the team needs funds to buy guns and bettertarp Goacb Burns said he hopesj not beli power, But thropol riously dafy on what h stop ter plans for a new pistol rangear(| proved by the University so the can gain more respect fromAf and other schools around then Staff applications avail able in Room 230 of Reed McDonald. General Meeting for Applicants Wednesday, April 23 at 7 p.m. in Room 015. Reed McDonald Applications due April 18. Battalion Classified 845-2611 Debate grows over Celts’ status in histoi] BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Celtics may be the best team in NBA history. Unfortunately for fans fond of rankings and disdainful of un settled debates, there’s probably no way to tell. Changing conditions in different eras make it tough to say which of the best is better than the rest. “They should be considered among the greatest NBA clubs,” Portland Coach Jack Ramsay said Tuesday of the (Celtics. “I think it’s very difficult to determine what team is best. Different levels of com petition enter into the picture.” Los Angeles Lakers General Man ager Jerry West, “I really don’t com pare ex-players and prior teams. It has no validity at all.” Former NBA great Wilt Cham berlain said tougher competition when the league had fewer teams and numerous critical injuries this season strengthen arguments against claims that this year’s Celtics are the best team ever. “It’s nice that people want to com pare, but I think you can’t compare,” Chamberlain said. Boston’s 67-15 record this season w'as the fourth best in NBA history. West played for the Lakers in 1971-72 when they were 69-13, the NBA’s best mark. Ramsay was gen eral manager of the Philadelphia 76ers in 1966-67, when they w'ere 68-13, the second top record. Cham berlain played for both clubs. “The league is totally different now than when we were playing,” said Chamberlain, whose 14-year ca reer ended in 1972-73. “You have 23 teams compared to 1966-67 when you had 10. The concentration (of talent) was a great deal stronger. “When I was playing in the East ern Division (in 1959-60) with Syra cuse, New' York, Boston and Phila delphia, which was a very strong division, we had to play each other 13 times a year,” he added. “Who are the Celtics playing now'? The Lakers once or twice?” He said, however, he considered Boston “by far the best team in the country this year.” The Celtics’ path also was smoothed out by a rash of injuries that struck many teams, particularly their Atlantic Division foes. Philadelphia Inst guard AnikI Toney lor most of the season,"* ington spent a good portiondI without center Jeff RulandAl Jersey went through the latterp I with center Darryl DawkinsoniI sidelines, and New Yorkwasil mated by injuries to Bernard^ Bill Cartwright, Patrick Ewinf’ C aimmings and others. Ramsay said Boston's Irani!« I Robert Parish, Larry Bird andfci Mi Hale, with Bill Walton inredl is outstanding, hutmaynotbf| best in league history. 1 hat Philadelphia team(inifl 67) was extremely strong Ifi callv),” he said. “Chamberlain.* Jackson, (diet Walker, Bill)* ningham, a very formidable* line, and I don’t know that Bo* f ront line can match that.” Individual skill, though,isnl erything. “All great teams have morel talent,” West said. “1 thinkthail least factor sometimes. The'I Celtics) are unselfish. They ha«i direction and leadership in ail (K..C. 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