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And it’s ONE, TWO, THREE stri kes Photo by Phelan M. Ebenhack One of the hecklers in the second deck of Olsen Field tries to make the Baylor Bears’ visit to A&M as miserable as possible. you’re out at the old ball game The success of the No. 1 ranked Texas A&M baseball team has attracted droves of Ians to the ballpark this season, making C.E. Tat' Olsen Field a popular springtime hangout for students this semester. The Aggies tied an NCAA lecord for the best start with a40-1 mark, set a school record for best start with a 26-game winning streak and recently won two of three james against archrival University of Texas, the No. 10team in the nation. The Aggies' fortunes continued to improve when Olsen Field public address announcer Derrick Grubbs kided to remain at A&M after earlier in the year saving that he had accepted ajobat Ball State University. Above: Olsen Field has experienced capacity crowds since the Aggies began Southwest Photo by Phelan M. Ebenhack Conference play. The Aggies are in second place in the conference with a 13-2 record. Left: Colleen McReynolds (left) and Sandy Hastings rake the area around home plate at Olsen Field before an Aggie baseball game as part of their duties as Diamond Darlings. The Rites of Spring No one is safe from epidemic of spring fever at A&M By Chuck Lovejoy ENTERTAINMENT WRITER An epidemic is at this moment plaguing our beloved Texas A&M campus. Students in every academic de partment are abandoning school- work in brief but potent fits of reckless disregard for responsibil- i The disease is spring fever. Its cause is beautiful weather; its primary effect is GPR-devasta- tion. It is incomparably contagious. Recognizing the Disease Webster’s Third New Interna tional Dictionary defines spring fever as “a lazy or restless feeling often associated with the onset of spring.” A more perfect description of the condition couldn’t be found. A walk around campus will fa miliarize anyone with the tragic realities of spring fever. Persons suffering from the af fliction can be found in every bird-stained and ivy-carpeted corner of A&M. But wanderers beware — the fever is contagious, and the mere sight of the infected is enough to transfer the condition. The most prevalently infected area is the northside residence halls and their immediate vicinity. There, volleyball and basket ball games, suntanning sessions and similar recreational symp toms of spring fever can be wit nessed. On the Simpson Drill Field, larger groups of students exhibit more serious symptoms, playing lacrosse, softball, football and soc cer, while the polo fields are over run with the infected as they fly kites and model airplanes, throw frisbees and practice golf strokes. ioto by Kathy Haveman Desha Woodall, 6, of College Station has a set of balloons painted on her face Saturday at the springtime jazz festival. The School — Sunshine Di lemma The definition of spring fever includes both restlessness and la ziness, two conditions that seem to contradict one another. Nevertheless, students do seem to experience both in their bouts of the sickness, although the “restless” side is perhaps the more evident of the pair. For example, what else but restlessness could make an aver age student want to go outside and mow the grass? Cyndi Kraemer, a sophomore accountant-to-be, has just such impulses resulting from spring fever. “To me, mowing grass is part of spring — it makes me feel like I’m actually doing something im portant,” she said. “It also makes me sweat. 1 like that feeling.” Kraemer likes the smell of freshly mowed grass, although she couldn’t place her finger on the exact cause of the attraction. “I don’t know — I just like it,” she said. “It’s the epitome of the outdoors, and in the spring you should be outdoors.” A recent and most serious at tack of restlessness led Kraemer and some friends to Lake Somer ville in the middle of the night, where they impulsively went skinny-dipping. When asked why she and her friends didn’t simply swim in their underwear, she replied that they wanted to keep their clothes dry. “Besides, skinny-dipping is just more exciting — isn’t it?” she said. In another case, spring restles sness makes one student want to eat ice cream. Sophomore Tami Hertel said the sunny spring days make her crave peanut butter and choco late ice cream. “I could eat a gallon at every sitting,” the accounting major said. “But I haven’t eaten any this spring — I’m on a diet.” Other than dreaming of dairy products, Flertel said spring fever mostly makes her want to be out side and to travel. “I’ve been out of town every weekend since spring break, so spring fever hasn’t hit me that badly this year,” she said. The desire to be outdoors seems to characterize many of the afflicted. David Wilson, a senior business analysis major, said he enjoys vol leyball games on nice spring days. “There’s a game going on ev ery day outside my dorm,” he said. “I don’t play every day, but someone does.” Wilson also said he has been getting little studying done lately. “Spring makes me want to not study — I’d rather stay up late and hang out than study,” he said. “But I’m graduating in May, so I can do that.” Skipping class is one luxury Marcus Michna, a sophomore studying environmental design, can’t afford, although he said he would love to be able to. “I have to go to class, or I’ll flunk,” he said. “Skipping is good for the moment, but it catches up with you on the next class mee ting.” When he can find time to get away, Michna said he likes to go to theme parks, such as a zoo or amusement park, to cure spring fever. “I’d love to be locked in an amusement park for a weekend,” he said, “but I would settle for a fishing trip. “I also like to take long, scenic drives, but since the price of gas keeps going up I don’t think I’ll be doing that much.” While Michna may prefer ac tive pastimes, sophomore Mich elle Lingo likes to do more relax- ing things when spring restlessness hits her. “I like to do things like make cakes in the shape of bunny rab bits and color caster eggs in the spring,” she said. “I also like wa tering the lawn just so I can see the rainbows the sun makes in the mist that comes off the hose.” But not all of Lingo’s spring fever cures are as laid back as baking. She and some friends re cently went on a 2:30 a.m. study break to the A&M research park, where they ran around the fields there and flew kites. “I like to fly kites because it’s so still — the kite just floats up in the air, and you don’t hear anything except the flap of its tail and the wind,” she said. “It’s really fun at night because you have to use the sounds from the tail to find the kite if it’s really dark.” There are also those who have an increased desire to get in shape in the spring. Regine Krackenfels, a fresh man political science major, en joys working out when she gets spring fever. “I sometimes like to do relax ing things, like watch TV or see a movie, but when I get really rest less I go work out,” she said. “Working out is great because you forget everything that’s going on for an hour or two and con- ^ e ^ r ate on getting your body ' s 7