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It was a goodedir ery expensive co» bools up north." even though the ginning to adopts [ more internationa Inis no recruitniHi aid recruiting mai re. ruit at all,” Wadkia ■sklents I’ve workei 1 the idea that 11 it was strictly b but now it’s chauf l hasn’t been ai las changed, buttht urged toward watt ationals. We’re tit at real graduate ad tty.” jcu, a graduate sti ring from Turke, ► transfer from tht xas 10 A&M becaus ■ engineering pra University of Tea h,” he said, 1! 1 me to find a goes eering, and 1 bet ^ery good schooli Haque, a graduai space engineera; ply to A&M untilli le United States he ssing charge on it cations, if A&M before,hi because they wen 1 each application, couldn’t pay that; e have some pro) conversions. I di(M got to the Unite) ients urses same time, the Col of students to gen- ■ who transferout business college Is 33 percent to gen- Jture. red into theColle? -ngineeringjop *nt from liberalatt as to transfer outO' can’t live up toll* ourse at this institm *st students can hs d-out course Delieve most gree Df how hard am Gillespie raduate dear matter of howha® h to liberal arts,pi t ' the liberal arts p v of interests. of liberal arts, s* ess to liberal arts :e of one disciple nance. aetween the nuffl^ can’t maintain a-; wave other interest-' liege includeacce- 1 chools. admitted under“ Business will actft vision candidates Monday, February 27,1989 Hot Cougars end Aggie win streak By Jerry Bolz ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR One streak died and another con tinued as the Houston Cougars beat the Texas Aggies 86-82 in Southwest Conference men’s basketball action Saturday. The Aggies, 13-13 and 7-7 in the SWC, had won five in a row before losing a game they led at halftime by three points. The game was the Aggie Update • ScorerHouston 86, A&M 82. • Record: 13-13; 7-7 in the SWC. • Standing:Seventh. • Next game: Wednesday at Texas Tech. fourth straight win for Houston over the Aggies. Houston, 16-11 and 7-7 in the SWC, was led by two seniors playing in their last home game at Hofheinz Pavilion. Guard Horace Chaney hit six three-pointers including five in the second half to lead all scorers with 26 points. Richard Hollis was close behind with 24. Sophomore Craig Upchurch added 20 points. He had 34 the last time the teams met. A&M Coach Shelby Metcalf was not surprised at the performance of the Cougars. “Chaney and Hollis have been doing that all year,” Metcalf said. “And Upchurch — he makes his liv ing off of us.” The Cougars ended their three- game losing streak. Houston Coach Pat Foster said his team was not emotionally down because of the losses. “It’s not in their character (to quit),” he said. “If we were going to die we would have died a long time ago.” The Cougars took a 10-point lead (77-67) on a Chaney three-pointer with five minutes, 25 seconds left in the game. But the shot seemed to be what the Aggies needed to get back in the ballgame. Donald Thompson got two of his 14 points on free throws a minute af ter Chaney’s bucket to start a nine- point run for A&M. Tony Milton, the Aggies’ leading scorer with 23 points, made a four- point play that put A&M within four of the Cougars at 77-73. Milton stole the ball from Houston’s Derrick Daniels and made a layup while be ing intentionally fouled by Daniels. Milton then hit both free throws. It was Freddie Ricks’ turn as he hit a three-pointer that fired the Aggies up even more and made the score See Cougars/Page 9 Photo by Mike C. Mulvey UH’s Richard Hollis (00) takes on A&M’s Donald Thompson. Dillard leads A&M to 90-77 win at UH FROM STAFF & WIRE REPORTS Texas A&M guard Lori Dillard scored 27 points to lead the Lady Aggies to a 90-77 Southwest Confer ence women’s basketball victory over Houston Saturday at Hofheinz Pa vilion in Houston. The Lady Aggies moved to 16-9 (8-6 in the SWC) with the victory and Lady Ag Update • Score:A&M 90, Houston 77. • Record: 16-9; 8-6 in the SWC. • Standing:Tied for third. • Next game:Tuesday at Texas Tech Houston dropped to 15-10 (8-6). A&M ended a two-game losing streak and moved into position to clinch third-place in the league with a win over Texas Tech on Tuesday. Dillard entered the game with a scoring average of 3.8 points per game and a career high of 10. She hit 10 of 15 shots from the field and keyed an early run to give A&M a 19-6 lead. A&M led 45-33 at the half. “I felt good today and I just let loose,” Dillard said. “I was relaxed and I just played my game.” Donna Roper and Lisa Jordon each added 19 points for A&M which equalled the top amount of wins for a Lynn Hickey-coached A&M team in her five years at Ag- gieland. A&M historically has had little success at Houston. However, the Lady Aggies used Dillard’s perfor mance as a springboard for the big victory. “This has been a tough place for us to play,” Hickey said. “As far as recruiting, getting some recognition and being able to hold our head up in the city of Houston, this is a big win.” A&M remained in control in the second half as Houston could get no closer than within 12 points of the Lady Aggies. A&M held leads as large as 21 points late in the game. Sallie Routt led Houston with 21 points. Voccia Calhoun and Jana Crosby added 11 points apiece. “It was just a great team effort to come back and play like that,” Hickey said. “The kids listened to us and executed the game plan real well. That was the difference.” Life isn’t fair! Cowboy Tom learned the lesson the hard way Life isn’t fair. Tom Landry learned that Saturday when he was fired in the wake of the sale of the Dallas Cowboys to an Arkansas businessman. The man who built the Cowboys from an expansion team into America’s Team was rewarded for his 29 years of service to the Cowboy organization by being unceremoniously dumped during a change of ownership. Business is business and this was strictly a business move. Disregard what he’s done for the organization, the National Football League or the city of Dallas. He was probably going to be given his walking papers with the expiration of his contract two seasons from now. Still, that would have been less painful for him and his fans than what happened this weekend. 1 i Doug Walker Sports Editor Now the Cowboys have a coach who has a reputation totally opposite of Landry’s. If they get what they deserve, they won’t win a game for a few years. But, hey! Life isn’t fair! Landry, who built the Cowboys, will never get the chance to lead his team back to the NFL playoffs. That’s unfair. Herschel Walker summed it up best when he said, “He was one of the best coaches who ever coached the game. It’s sad to see him have to leave the game like this when he still wanted to try to bring the Cowboys back.” Landry was able to handle all types of people. From troublesome Duane Thomas to heroic Roger Staubach. From brats like Tony Dorsett and Hollywood Henderson to leaders like Bob Lilly and Dan Reeves. His influence will be missed and the Cowboys will probably never be known as a truly class organization again. No matter how much they win in the future. That future has the Cowboys being led by a different breed. Jimmy Johnson, Landry’s replacement, resembles Landry about as much as Jed Clampett resembles William F. Buckley. Just call the new Cowboy braintrust the Double-J Connection. The new owner, Jerry Jones, was a roommate of Johnson’s during their playing days in the early 1960s at Arkansas. Johnson got Landry’s job because of the long friendship. I guess a big hair spray endorsement pact for Johnson can’t be far off. At least now we’ll find out how good of a coach Johnson really is. At Miami he benefitted from great recruiting and the attractive Miami seashore to keep the Hurricanes on top of college football. At least now he’ll be playing by the same rules as everyone else. Johnson landed Oklahoma State on three-years probation by heading a staff which committed numerous recruiting violations before he took off to Miami and avoided punishment for his crimes. Johnson took the big money and ran. Miami got what it deserved when Johnson took the Dallas job. Johnson once said it would be a cold day in Miami before he’d leave. He professed his undying loyalty to the school and the players. Then he high-tailed it to Dallas. Now he can be the flesh merchant he always has been without feeling bad about it. He doesn’t have to worry about NCAA rules or keeping his players academically eligible. He only has to worry about fielding a winning football team. ^Spring for alfricnd! Buy a \ , r ; / ' < ' ! " ' ; Whataburger for a Mend & get To celebrate the coming of Spring, Whataburger® has an offer guaranteed to make you smile! For a limited time, when you come in and spring for a friend’s Whataburger B and bring this coupon, you’ll get your Whataburger® absolutely free! There’s nothing quite like enjoying a hot, fresh, made-to-order Whataburger® with a friend. This offer is our way of saying thanks to you, our friends, our customers. So come in, spring for a friend, and get your Whataburger " absolutely free! r L Buy a Whataburger 5 for a friend. Get yours FREE! Please present coupon to cashier before ordering. Limit one coupon per customer per visit. May not be used in conjunction with any other offer. No substitutes. Coupon gcxxl only at participating Whataburger ® restaurants. Coupon expires March 15, 1989. WHATABURGER HOT FRESH AND MADE TO ORDER. J WANNA FIGHT? Open division entries for those wanting to box in Sigma Phi Epsilon’s 13th An nual Fight Night are now being ac cepted. Fight Night will take place April 1 & 10 at the College Station Hilton. Those wanting to fight must form a team consisting of 4 to 5 members. ^DEADLINE: APPLICATION WITH ENTRY FEE DUE MARCH 6,1989 For more information, call Kyle Hamrick Matt Warner or Darren Richter Ring Chairman Fight Night Co-Chairman 774-4887 696-7173 Exchange Ideas... Exchange Cultures... Be an EXCHANGE STUDENT 13th Annual FIGHT NIGHT May 22 through Tune 22.1989 ***a cultural exchange hosted by Georg August Universitat students **’ f live with families in Gottingen, West Germany ^"■travel to other parts of Europe Informational IMeeting: Thursday, March 9,1989 in Room 604 Rudder at 7:00 pm. Applications are now available in 223G Browsing Library, second floor MSC, and are due on Monday, March 20,1989 at noon. COST = group rate airfare + spending money MSC Jordan Institute for International Awareness 845-8770 Plant your ad in The Battalion Classified and harvest the RESULTS! Phone 845-2611 for help in placing your ad.