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Friday, March 4, 1988/The Battalion/Page 13 :pli ■hii nid s ctn [an MOl tOAP <QUA5/f % , SFBALL: A<K VS. PAN AW OLSEN FIELD FRIDAY 3.0O SATURDAY 1:00 WELL... ONE &OODTHINC-- THIS IS MY L.AST OAWE OF THE SFASOA/ / rv‘5: dp 1988 A&M skiers must cope without water By Dianne Normand Reporter The Texas A&M Water Ski Club is missing one important factor that could greatly affect its skiing performance this spring: water. The club’s practice lake was drained to improve skiing condi tions and will not be skiable until after the collegiate season begins, club president David Meyer says. The club’s lake was drained late October to remove stumps, dig parts deeper and to reinforce the turn-around island with con crete. The objective was to have the remodeling completed before the weather got warm enough to ski, Meyer said. With less than a month before A&M is to sponsor the first colle giate tournament of the season, the 13th Annual Polar Bear, the team is coming up dry. More rain was expected this winter to fill the competition lake says Richard Ameen, the lake owner. Wells are being dug to help Mother Nature’s slow process, Ameen says. The lake may be skiable in a couple of months, team captain Mark Berry says. “1 have begun to save milk car tons to fill with water and bring out to the lake,” Berry says. “A skier without water is like an oxygen without two hydro gens.” Berry says skiers will now have to travel over an hour to practice on a competition lake north of College Station. Veteran skier Joanie Pate says Upsets come to halt for A&M men’s tennis CORPUS CHRISTI ■ sets finally ended for - The up- the Texas A&M men’s tennis team as it lost 6-2 to 20th-ranked Northeast Louisiana Thursday in the second round of the HEB College Tennis Team Championship. The Aggies, 7-3 on the year, will now play Arkansas in the tourney Saturday at 8:30 a.m. In singles action, A&M’s Dean Johnson lost to Ville Jansson 7-5, 6- 2; NLU’s Piero La Gioia defeated Shaun O’Donovan 6-4, 6-2, and A&M’s Steve Kennedy beat Steve Barley 7-5, 6-4. Mike May stopped A&M’s Mike Chambers 6-3, 6-3; NLU’s Mike Bryan defeated Craig Whitteker 7-5, 6-4; A&M’s Wayne Green defeated Bryan Miltz 6-4, 6-4. In doubles play, A&M’s No. 1 team of Kennedy and O’Donovan lost to Jansson and La Gioia 6-2, 6-1, and Miltz and May beat A&M’s Chambers and Scott Campbell 6-3, the two-hour round trip may dis courage some skiers. “Looks like only the most com petitive skiers will get to ski on a competition lake,” Pate says. “It may really hurt the others’ chance of making All-Stars.” Most mem bers have not skied since region al last October, Berry says. A big part of water skiing is staying in shape during the off season. Many members lift weights, attend aerobic classes, jog and practice on land, but nothing can replace time on the water, the team captain says. The skiers hope the temporary loss of their lake will not hurt the team’s performance in next month’s tournament. The team is young but placed second in several tournaments last fall behind Northeastern Louisiana University, which is ranked No. 1 in the country. The Polar Bear Tournament is March 19 and 20 at Aqua Gardens, the team’s alternate practice site. The tournament is called Polar Bear, Pate says, because the air is usually cold and the water gener ally 10 to 15 degrees colder. “Last year the jumping event was snowed out,” Pate said. The team hopes the weather is more cooperative this year, but so far the team has not had the weather on its side. Fifteen schools from Okla homa, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas are expected to attend the tournament, including North eastern Louisiana and Louisiana State University, which are ranked first and fifth in the na tion, respectively. In the meantime, the Water Ski Club continues its rain dance. A&M softballers play host to 3 top 20 teams The Texas A&M softball team will spen its home season today when it competes in the Aggie Invitational, a seven-team tournament featuring four top 20 teams, at Bee Creek Park in College Station. The tournament will conclude Sunday at 4 p.m. with a game be tween Louisiana Tech and A&M. Teams participating in the tour ney are ninth-ranked South Caro lina, 17th-ranked Oklahoma State, 18th-ranked Tech, Illinois State, Sam Houston State, McNeese State and fourth-ranked A&M. The Lady Aggies will play today at 11 a.m. against McNeese State and again at 6 against OSU. 4 It’s an Election Year. Forum Do you know what you are voting for? Political Awareness Day Over Two Dozen Student and State Organizations Will Be On Hand to Discuss Their Views and Opinions Monday, March 7 10 am - 3 pm MSC First Floor & Flagroom 4ju Tr i Gugo [ bay Oh My God the IGLOO Madness is coming “Slip into the Bay" for IGLOO MADNESS J--V V Come see Trigger- our Poster Child 4501 Wellborn Rd. ‘Slip In for an IGLOO Daquiri” 27 flavors to choose from 846-1816 “Privatization and Polarization: Politics of Economic Reform in Rural China” A Presentation by William Hinton March 8, 1988 2:00-3:30 p.m. Room 204C Sterling C. Evans Library Sponsored by: Institute for Pacific Asia Department of History Department of Political Science College of Liberal Arts A Strong Starter. Hyundai’s Super-16T puts you ahead in the PC game, for less. The Hyundai Super 16-T gives you a head start in MS-DOS computing—with fast, power ful PC performance, and all the features you need to get up and running. The Super-16T even includes Electric Desk! 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Ahyundai complete systems from $798 CO/MPUTER (409) 268-0730 403B University Drive (Northgate) College Station »•bd..K .b 4..b .b**•*.*> 4* ^*'g*^ 4- **4.414.4.414/4**.'4.i ? ’« 4/ * * iU Direct from Lynchburg, Tennessee it's the Hometown Homecoming featuring MR. JACK DANIEL’S ORIGINAL SILVER CORNET BAND A delightful afternoon of music and theatre under the gazebo with “The Perfessor” and his thirteen piece band. Tickets can be purchased at the MSC Box Office, 845-1234 and Dillards Ticketron. Sunday, March 6 at 4:00 p.m. Rudder Auditorium MSC Opera and Performing Arts Society stts Memorial Student Center • Texas AflfM Universit> • Box J I • College Station TX 77844 9081 OAf> ;-U- '«