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Rockets reshuffle
another bad hand
Once again, the Houston Rockets
have reshuffled their cards and come up
with new faces to support franchise
Akeem Olajuwon in 1989.
And, once again^ they’re on the way to
a disappointing season: inconsistent
play, injuries and an early exit from the
playoffs.
Maybe the Rockets’ management
should just stick with the hand they
have, and borrow a lesson or two from
successful teams. Los Angeles had its
franchise, center Kareem Abdul Jabaar,
and built a team around him through
good draft picks and good coaching.
Detroit has no franchise, just a core
group of talented players that has
learned to play together into a winning
team. Isiah Thomas is the floor leader,
but the Pistons have drafted the best
supporting cast in the NBA. No one has
a deeper or more talented bench than
Detroit.
And the Rockets?
They’ve already got the best center in
the NBA. Now they have one of the most
formidable rebounding teams in the
league with Olajuwon, Otis Thorpe and
free agent Larry Smith.
The only problem is that the Rockets
have gotten too many chances to
rebound so far in 1989. And that’s
where their biggest problem is — a lack
of quality shooters.
Houston is knee deep in trouble in the
guard position. Sleepy Floyd, the
starting point guard at the beginning of
the year, has been benched by Coach
Don Chaney because of his inconsistent
play.
Now Floyd, who has never been
accused of being a true point guard in
the first place, is subbing in for starting
offguard Mitchell Wiggins.
Out went Floyd. In came 36-year old
John Lucas.
But is he a skeleton or savior?
See Rockets/Page 8
Ags drop to No. 16; Buffaloes now No. 1
Anthony Williams (48) and Kevin Smith (26) react after the winning touchdown in Arkansas’ 23-22 win.
FROM STAFF & WIRE REPORTS
Texas A&M dropped two spots in Mon
day’s Associated Press College Football Poll
after losing 23-22 to Arkansas. With that
loss, the Aggies not only dropped in the
poll but more importantly lost its bid for a
fourth Cotton Bowl appearance in five
years.
A&M hosts Texas in its Final regular sea-
AP Top 25 Poll
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2. Alabama
3. Michigan
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21. Ohio St.
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son game. The Aggies have accepted a bid
to play No. 24 Pittsburgh in the John Han
cock (Sun) Bowl Dec. 30.
Arkansas stayed at No. 9, and most likely
will play No. 8 Tennessee in the Cotton
Bowl Jan. 1.
Colorado took over the top spot in col-
See Poll/Page 8
Horns’ McWilliams: ‘We’ve got to beat A&M’
AUSTIN (AP) — Texas coach David Mc
Williams said Monday the Longhorns need
to beat Texas A&M — not just play the Ag
gies close — to wipe out the memory of
Texas’ 50-7 loss to Baylor.
Texas and A&M play Saturday at College
Station in the 96th meeting of a series in
which A&M will be seeking its sixth straight
victory.
The 3:07 p.m. game will be televised na
tionally by ESPN but has no bearing on the
Southwest Conference football
championship or bowl lineup.
A&M, 7-3, will play in the John Hancock
Bowl at El Paso on Dec. 30. Texas, 5-5, will
miss out on the bowls for the second year in
a row. It will be the first time since 1955 and
1956 that Texas has gone two straight sea
sons without going to a bowl.
The loss to Baylor, 5-6, was so devastat
ing that Texas’ entire season rides on the
A&M game, McWilliams told his weekly
news conference.
“I think we need to beat A&M, not just
play good ... to turn around this last week,”
McWilliams said. “To get that full impact,
we’ve got to win the football game — we
can’t go down just to play close.”
Texas played so poorly on offense
against Baylor, which held the Longhorns
to 208 total yards, that the coaching staff
did not select a most valuable player on of
fense, McWilliams said.
“It was just was not a good effort,” he
said.
“This week. I’m going to do whatever I
have to do to get them motivated.”
Class Council Newsletter
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ELEPHANT WALK
PACHYDERMIES ARE COMING!
DATE: November 30, 1989
TIME: 12:04 p.m.
PLACE: Sully
The Seniors are gathered arm and arm.
Their heads are filled with the memories
they have shared together at A&M. The late-
nignt cram sessions, football games, midnight
yell, bonfire and the friendship all seem to underlie what really has made
their experience at A&M unforgettable. Today is Elephant Walk at Texas
A&M.
CLASS OF ’90
FUNDRAISING
Elephant Walk t-shirt sales are in full swing and will be continued November
27-29. T-shirts are $10.50 and sweatshirts are $15.00. Come by the Memorial Stu
dent Center or the Quad and pick one up! All proceeds will go toward Class of’90
class gift.
PACK YOUR TRUNKS...WE RE WALKING!
CLASS OF 91
What’s up with the Class Council of’91
WHOOP! The Class of 91 council, known as the “ones to Watch” are currently
working to organize all the exciting, upcoming events for the awesome junior
class.
A melancholy spirit is in the air. It’s not time for laughter, it’s a time for
reflection and pride. The Yell Leaders and Red Pots lead the group
through campus. The Academic Building, Rudder Fountain, Military
Walk, and the drill field arejust a few stops they make as they walk to their
burial ground. The rest of the student body watches on as the elephants
trample through campus. They don’t dare disturb the spirit which is burn
ing inside each of the senior’s hearts. The spirit is the realization that they
are of no longer use to the 12th man and they are dying so a new genera
tion of Aggies can be born to carry on what they have left behind. Al
though the elephants are being led to Zip heaven, their spirit will never
die.
The tradition of Elephant Walk was started early in the 1900’s. Once
upon a time, Elephant Walk was a very serious occasion. In 1929, the walk
was started by two members of the Texas Aggie Band. Armed with a brass
horn and piccolo, they led the line by playing the tune, “The Worm Crawls
In, the Worm Crawls Out,” over and over again. Trailing them, were the
corps seniors linked by placing their hands on the shoulders of the men in
front of them. They were all dressed in full uniform with their campaign
hats turned around and their shirts tails hanging out.
They followed the band members to the military walk, Sully, and
Guian Hall. The occasion was strictly limited to Seniors in participation
and the day was marked by emotions and tears.
In 1958, Lt. Col. E. V. Edens, director of the Aggie Band and a mem
ber of the Class of ’29, was concerned about the change in Elephant Walk
as he stated, “It just changed every year, with one class trying to out do its
predecessor.” Now, thirty years later, Elephant Walk has become a some
time violent and destructive affire.
Bill Kibler, the Texas A&M faculty advisor for Bonfire, is concerned
about the student injuries and property damage that have been associated
with Elephant Walk. The Juniors and Seniors have tried to turn Elephant
Walk into a class war instead of time for reflection.
“Every year we have broken bones, cuts, scrapes, and bruises that are
caused from water balloons being dropped, wrestling, and fighting on the
periphery of Elephant Walk,” commented Kibler. He added that this
group behavior must either be “regulated or stopped.” The administrative
leaders at Texas A&M will have no alternative other than to completely
regulate or put an end to Elephant Walk unless the student body pulls to-
gather to bring Elephant Walk back to its “traditional” form. Kibler has
noted a positive change over the past two years and the Class of’90 would
like to see this progress continue even more this year.
Every year ground maintenance reports the damage done by the esti
mated 2,000 students gathered for Elephant Walk each year. Kibler also
reminds us that the Red Pots gathering around Sully start a path that the
others follow. The 2,000 students following their path completely de
stroyed the ground cover around Sully and left nothing but trampled vines
and mud last year. We must respect tradition for what it has been, what it
is, and also for what it will be in the future. Tradition must yield to
prudence and common sense.
The Class of ’90 challenges the student body to continue this tradition
by putting their energy and spirit into Bonfire, while leaving the pachyder-
mies to die with some respect.
by: Whitney McPhail and Maria Ponse
Special Events Chrm. ’90
FUNDRAISING
Kathleen Ellen Smith, the chairman of Fundraising, with the help of her com
mittee began the school year with a design contest for Elephant Walk t-shirts. A
design was chosen and the shirts went on sale Monday. November 20 on the
Quad. Sale will start up again on November 27, the Monday following the Thanks
giving holiday, in the MSC and Sbisa. All “Zips-to-be” better hurry and get their
shirts while the supply is still good!
PUBLIC RELATIONS
The chairman of the Public Relations and Awareness committee, Eleanor
Manson, and the members of her committee are currently working on advertise
ment for Elephant Walk t-shirt sales and promotion of special activities planned
for the Class of ’91 on Thursday, November 30, the day of Elephant Walk. The
committee is also making plans for a Class council awareness week to be held later
in the year.
SPECIAL EVENTS
The committee on Special Events, is a new multi-directional subcommittee
which focuses on class unifying events, is under the leadership of chairman Billy
Flanagan. The committee is working on ideas for class involvement in All Night
Fair as well as a possible basketball or volleyball tournament. The committee has
come up with several additional ideas for upcominng events, but is waiting for the
approval of the council as to which will be used.
CLASS BALL
Class Ball for the Class of’91 will be held in conjunction with the Class of’92
on March 2, 1990. The theme of this year’s event is “Riverwalk Fiesta” and it looks
as though this might be the best ball ever held at A&M. The Class of’91 plans for
the ball are made by Katrina Keating, chairman of class ball, and her committee.
New ideas and committee members are always welcome.
BOOT DANCE
A very exciting event planned by the council is Boot Dance. The co-chairmen
of the Boot Dance committee are Matt Johnson and Darcey Smith. These chair
men and their committee are busy putting together the plans for the big event.
Presently, they are working on the decorations, designing t-shirts and putting
programs together. According to many, this year’s Boot Dance will be nothing
short of awesome.
CLASS GIFT
Although not an extremely visible group, the Class Gift committee is essential
to the council. Co-chairmen Liz Tisch and Steve Novotny run a very active com
mittee that is currently planning a drive for class gift ideas to be held in the
Spring. Juniors, with ideas for a fabulous class gift, stand by for furthers details!
The council itself is made up of all the committee chairmen previously men
tioned and six class offices. The officers are Phillip Robertson, President; Scott
Jones, Vice-President; Jill Wise, Secretary; Teri Mozisek, Treasurer, Leslie Will
ingham, Social Secretary and Gil Delgado, Historian. The council as a whole is
presently planning activities for the Class of’91 to be held on the day of Elephant
Walk in addition to making future fundraising plans for the Spring. Council mem
bers are always open to input from the class. Class members who wish to actively
participate are encouraged to attend general class meeting and are more than wel
come to join a committee. All those interested, please come by the Class of ’91
cubicle in the Student Program’s Office on the second floor of the MSC.
CLASS OF ’92
SPECIAL ACTIVITIES
Old Army Grove Dance, which was held November 3, was a suc
cess, and a lot of fun. Thanks to all who attended and helped.
CLASS BALL
The date for the joint Class of 91 and ’92 Ball, “Riverwalk Fies
ta”, is March 2, 1990. So mark your calendars and get ready to have
a great time!
T-SHIRTS
The Class T-shirts are selling fast, so be sure to buy yours soon.
Look for the announcement of the next selling date. The cost is $10.
AWARENESS
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We are looking for people who would like to volunteer their
time to represent their residence halls, corps outfits, fraternities,
and sororities as Class of’92 delegates. If you are interested please
stop by the Student Programs Office and leave your name and tele
phone number in the Awareness committee box in the Class of ’92
cubicle.
It’s been a good semester so far, and there’s more to come this
year. If there is anything anyone would like to see us do as a class,
leave suggestions in our cube in the Student Programs Office.
CLASS OF ’93
President-Bill Benker
Vice-President-John Sweeney
Secretary-Lance Ogeltree
Treasurer-Greg Hurst
Social Secretary-Blair Johnson
Historian-Dean Blankenship
If you have any question concerning
any of tjiis material>
Kathryn Smith, Class of *90 President,
at 696-0420 or 845*1515.
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