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PRE-LAW SOCIETY Meeting Wed., Feb. 7 7:00 p.m. Rudder 701 Guest Speaker Bret Burns A Student’s Viewpoint on UT Law School For Info. Fatima 693-8776 New members welcomed Alterations m JH JBmmC J& a MLrni JHwNMtf MmriMmmi • All kinds of alterations in ladies and men’s clothing • Adjustments in new dresses, pants, coats, shirts, etc. • Custom made dresses for ladies, out of patterns • Fast service • Professional quality • Reasonable prices • Free estimates • No appointment needed 300 Amherst College Station (Off Southwest Pkwy) 764-9608 Monday-Friday 9-6 p.m. r» The Presses will be hot on February 14! That’s when The Battalion is publishing its annual lovelines page. For just $6 you can: •proclaim your devotion to your honey • reveal your secret heartthrob •or simply say “I Love You” To place your loveline come by the Fnglish Annex. Deadline is February 9 $40 $40 $40 $40 $40 $40 $40 $40 $40 $40 $40 $40 $40 $40 $40 $40 $40 $40 NEW COLD STUDY Individuals who frequently develop or have recently developed a cold to participate in a short research study with a currently avail able prescription medication. $40 incentive for those chosen to participate. $40 $40 $40 $40 $40 $40 $40 $40 $40 $40 $40 $40 $40 $40 $40 $40 $40 $40 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 FEVER STUDY Short 8 hour at home study to evaluate individuals 17 years and older who have a temperature of 101° or greater. $200 incentive for those chosen to participate. After 6 pm and weekends call 361 - 1500 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME STUDY $100 Symptomatic patients with recent physician diagnosed, ir- $100 ritable bowel syndrome to participate in a short research study. $100 incentive for those chosen to participate. $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE STUDY gjo $300 Individuals with high blood pressure, either on or off blood pres- £300 sure medication daily to participate in a high blood pressure study. $300 incentive for those chosen to participate. >ouu $300 $300 ' ' ' 1 1 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $160 PAINFUL MUSCULAR INJURIES $100 Individual with recent lower back or neck pain, sprain, $100 strains, muscle spasms, or painful muscular sport injury to $100 participate in a one week research study. $100 incentive for $100 those chosen to participate. $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 I4S0 MILD ASTHMA fTo $400 Individuals 18 yrs. & older who have mild to moderate $400 $400 asthma, or past history of childhood astma to participate in a $400 $400 one weekend investigational study. $400 incentive for those $400 $400 chosen to participate. $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 Call Pauli Research Inti: 776-0400 Page 12 The Battalion Wednesday, February 7, Former Heisman Trophy winner fined $10,000 for illegal recruiting ABC consider legal action to keep TV righ AUSTIN (AP) — A Nebraska- based sports marketing firm has ad mitted wrongdoing and agreed to pay a record $10,000 Fine for ille gally contacting 1989 Heisman Tro phy winner Andre Ware, Secretary of State George Bayoud said Tues day. In December, Bayoud said he would fine TEAM America and its agent, former Heisman Trophy win ner Johnny Rodgers of Nebraska, $10,000 each for contacting Ware. But on Tuesday, he said Rodgers had been acting as an agent for Team America, a Lincoln, Neb.- based firm, and because of that he wasn’t fining Rodgers separately. “I hope this case and its outcome send a strong message to agents in their dealings with Texas athletes,” Bayoud said. “If you mess with Texas athletes, you are going to pay the price. Any type of illegal recruiting activities will not be tolerated, period,” he said. Bayoud said the fine is the largest ever imposed by the state since pas sage of the athlete agent law in 1987. He also said the fine is the largest ever assessed in the United States for such a violation. State law requires that athlete agents be registered with the secre tary of state. It prohibits agents from making contact with a player who has college eligibility remaining. Ware, quarterback at Houston, has one year of eligibility remaining. Bayoud alleged that Rodgers and TEAM America had failed to regis ter as athlete agents in Texas, ille gally contacted Ware, and offered gifts, cash and other inducements to Joyce Ware, Andre’s mother, to lure Ware into signing a professional services contract. Although he wasn’t fined, Bayoud criticized Rodgers’ actions. “I want to make clear it crystal clear that Johnny Rodgers has not been cleared of wrongdoing by this agreement,” Bayoud said. “What Johnny Rodgers did was clearly and unquestionably against Texas law. The seriousness of these violations warranted the maximum penalty against the corporation,” he said. Bayoud said the secretary of state’s investigation found that Rodgers contacted Mrs. Ware seve ral times to try and convince her son to sign a financial services contract with TEAM America. He said Rodgers provided trans portation and lodging for Mrs. Ware after her arrival in New York on Dec. 2 for the Heisman Trophy pre sentation where she accepted the award for her son, who was playing in a game against Rice. Rodgers and TEAM America president Howard Misle met with her and told her how her son’s foot ball skills could be marketed for $20 million, Bayoud said. The investigation showed that Misle and Rodgers took Mrs. Ware shopping and bought her several items of clothing, including a fur coat, dress, shoes and a purse con taining $300, Bayoud said. OfTl 1 So have prov; AS Mrs. Ware told her son about her contact with Rodgers, and he in formed University of Houston offi cials who contacted the secretary of state’s office. Mrs. Ware turned over the items that had been bought for her. been recog abou direc Fans and media banned from game, Gilmer defeats Atlanta, 98-89 in OT ATLANTA, Texas (AP) — Gilmer High School claimed a 98-89 overtime victory Tuesday over At lanta High School in whai the local newspaper im mediately called “the best game nobody saw.” And thy Atlanta coach was quick to say that a deci sion to ban all outsiders from the gym because of a brawl the first time the two teams met had seriously hurt his team. “Fans not being there played a big role,” said At lanta coach Eddie Johnson. “It was like being on a neutral court. Our kids are emotional. They play better with the crowd behind them.” fans were not the only ones locked out of the gym. By a joint decision of the two schools involved in the crucial Disrict I5-8A showdown, the media also were banned. Reporters and photographers from area newspa- ■ rs and television stations had to wait outside the :ked doors to learn what happend. When the game was over, the Atlanta Rabbits quickly drifted out and away, many of them with tea r- reddened eyes. One parent w'ho was able to watch the game. Bill Teague, the school’s official basketball video camera man, said the lockout had hurt his son’s team. “Our kids get charged when they hear that sup port,” said Teague, the father of senior Mike Tea gue. “It doesn’t seem fair.” Several Atlanta students complained hitteriy after the game about being denied a chance to see their Rabbits play the Gilmer Buckeyes. ‘They had their home fans,” said sophomore Gino Davis, a football team member. “We suffered more from the fight than Gilmer did, and they started it. They lost one player. We lost the fans.” It was post-game fisticuffs 10 days ago at the first meeting between the two schools that prompted Tuesday’s lockout in this town of 6,500 about 150 miles northeast of Dallas. School officials said they wanted only players, coaches and game officials at the gym because they feared a repeat incident would result in both teams being banned from the state playoffs. The University Scholastic League, which governs public school athletics in Texas, can bar teams from competition for unsportsmanlike conduct. “We were trying to protect the integrity of the programs in both the schools,” said J.D. Cox, the At lanta school superintendent, prior to the game. “What our biggest fear is is that you will have Ians ... whose one ambition in life is to get something started." newspaper’s right cover an event at a publicly funded institution. “It’s a bad precedent to set, especially when there are no fans present. Somebody needs to be the eyes and ears of the public,” said Long. A letter of protest to the UIL from Long didn’t sway the agency, which sided with school districts. Bailey Marshall, UIL director, said he agreed with Cox that Long shouldn’t be allowed into the game. Two or three other games have been closed to outsiders in Texas over the past 10 years, either for crowd control or disciplinary reasons, Marshall said. NEW YORK (AP) — ABCS| said Tuesday it was consideringly action against Notre Dame, N| and the College Football Associat in its battle to keep Fighting Iris home games. Stephen J. Solomon, senior^ president of ABC Sports, angrily; cused NBC and Notre Dame of; terfering with its $210 million,(ii year deal with the CFA thatbegb 1991. He also said that the netwoi would not pay the full amouni money due in the contract unit By $ Notre Dame home games were; — eluded. Both NBC and NotreDat defended their actions, with N| stating Tuesday: “We acted faith this situation.” Meanwhile, ABC executives n Tuesday in New York with Ch« Neinas, the CFA’s executive dirti tor. Dave Ogrean, the CFA’s ass taut executive director for televisin said in a telephone interview fr« Boulder, Colo.: “While we arefami iar with the steps they might tali against Notre Dame and Sports, I don’t think there’s beenat indication that ABC will pursue am thing like that (legal action) us. “Now that Notre Dame unilaif rally pulled out of the package,wen trying to work it out so thattherea? 63 schools involved instead of 61, Ogrean said. Notre Dame and NBC agree Monday to a five-year contract the Fighting Irish’s home games,!* ginning in 1991. The CFA and AE( agreed on Jan. 17 to a ftve-yeai $210 million contract. “I believe that we haveacontrac with the CFA that includes schools, including Notre Dame,"& lomon said. “Notre Dame is part the deal we entered into with tli CFA. We have informed thembylt: ter that we have an agreement mi the CFA that includes them." Asked if ABC or its parent, Cap tal Cities Inc., would take legal;: f jreserve the deal, Solomc lat’s non to said: “T s certainly one of theoy tions we re entertaining.” Notre Dame of ficials don’t belie there are grounds for a lawsuit. “We made it clear we had no con mitment to the CFA,” said Rev William Beauchamp, Notre Damt executive vice president, who is lawyer. “Each school has to signor Beauchamp added that he waso representing Notre Dame as a men her of the CFA committee that neg tiated the ABC package. “I sit as member of the CFA,” he said. “Eat individual school in the CFA tnus make the decision if they want participate in their package. Ouri cussions with NBC began once it be came clear what was in the CM package.” Fo rial, ; ;ovei iad t Ad comp “N recog we wi rater systei Adah Pa these Dr for : pleas adde sorec “F view, relati ofou “F oppo avail; dent T1 usee ognit inint Kc advai ognu So recog dus Boar “T gents SeeS Advance (Continued from page 7) against Baylor, he joined an elite group of centers around the SWC for a record nine blocked shots in a single game. Only Arkansas’ Oliver Miller and former Houston Cougar Akeem Olajuwon have matched Harris’ sin gle game performance. He is ranked No. 9 nationally in blocked shots this season. Offensively, A&M must look to se nior guard Tony Milton to lead a tal ented group of guards. He sunk three-of-five three point attempts in the Baylor game and scored 19 points against the Bears. Guards Lynn Suber and Brooks Thompson also has been deadly from the three-point range. To beat TCU though, Thornton said the Aggies must not rely too heavily on their guards’ outside shooting. “We’re going to have some play out of everybody — one or two peo ple can’t carry us,” Thornton said. “We’ve got to have our inside people as well as our perimeter people on top of their games, because TCU is one of the better teams in the league right now.” Richardson apologizes a ■—_ to conference officials ByS Of If PAR Snyder (Continued from page 7) in the ESPN/Collegiate Baseball poll and second in Baseball America at the end of last season. This year they’re starting off in the 24th and 15th slots in those polls, due to the loss of all their starters. What a ripoff! When a team shows as much progress and output as the Aggies did, it only stands to reason that they should be ranked higher going into the 1990 season. Granted, A&M is more or less starting this season with a brand new team, but who’s to say the loss of those eleven players will mean the end of the world for Aggie baseball? After all, A&M does have some up-and-coming young players. Case in point: freshman pitcher Jon Peters, who set a national high school record by winning 53 straight games for Brenham. Peters earned the Nolan Ryan Award in 1989 and ended his high school career with a 54-1 overall mark, recording 22 shutouts, five no-hitters and 612 strikeouts in 370 innings. Another key freshman is shortstop Sean Drinkwater, who earned the Most Improved Award during the Aggie fall workouts. He’s likely to have a fair share of playing time in 1990, and Coach Mark Johnson is expecting him to improve even more. So, despite the loss of some good players, the Aggies have some good talent to work with. They’re going to have to reach deep down inside to pull off another FAN-tastic season to prove themselves as a continuing force to be wreckened with. FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Coach Nolan Richardson said Tuesday that he didn’t intend to embarrass Southwest Conference of ficials when he walked out of the arena at Austin on Sunday during the final seconds of the Razorbacks’ game with Texas. “They did a good job under the circumstances,” Richardson said in a one-paragraph statement. “It was not my intent to embarrass the Uni versity of Arkansas or myself. I did not walk out to protest any calls.” dant may only leave the coach’s! to point out a scorer’s mistake,! fight breaks out or for an extre emergency, such as a heart attack “The rule is clear; I wrote it,"S eitz said. “If you are that sick,' say, ‘Hey, ref. I’m doubling o« with pain; I have to leave.’ If he*; that sick, 1 think the medical prole just t After all, the change in seasons dosen’t mean a change in victories. On Monday, UA Athletic Director Frank Broyles issued a five-par agraph statement in support of Richardson and pointed out that the coach did not break any rules when he made an early exit. Texas led 84-83 when an intentio nal foul was called on Arkansas’ Lee Mayberry with 14 seconds remain ing. Richardson walked out of the arena and Lance Blanks made two free throws. Travis Mays missed a free throw and Mayberry hit a 3- pointer with four seconds left to tie the game. Richardson returned for the overtime and Arkansas won, 103-96. Ed Steitz, the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s chief rules in terpreter, said that Richardson should have been given a technical foul. He said a coach or team atten- sion should get the treatment. 11 was back for the overtime.” Steitz said Paul Galvan, theSoui west Conference’s supervisor men’s basketball officials, asked hi for a clarification on the rule. Stet said Richardson’s departure waser barrassing for the coach, officii the Southwest Conference andoti dating as a profession. On Tuesday, Galvan told the Pit Bluff Commercial that the issue#; closed. “Either the institution orthecot ference would have to issuearept mand, but none has been discuss as far as I know,” Galvan saidTtif day. “It’s a closed incident as far I’m concerned.” Galvan, who attended the gar Sunday, said that after the ’ buzzer, there was nothing the oil and cials could do about the game. Southwest Conference Con® sioner Fred Jacoby said Tuesday I planned to discuss the game Galvan. W duce woul boug Bt every looks “I build H, there Com ingly In Over most Jacol “C ‘yes,’ orth T1 Well men of ca new' W Hall majo A1 and mam *30 tJI* nIPJ HUHSEOSElSHI tZ6 : WASHINGTON D.C. 1991**11! <1*7 <!: t) ic±i!g$500 £ T*}±h.tI8t L * f o l£*<*>#*< ft:*L&*«a33BtL*-r. L&*0)*asw7;'a'i3n*r05-c. 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