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tie Battalion PORTS jesday, October 16,1990 Sports Editor Nadja Sabawaia 845-2688 ; k Athlete,'; nore inforril )mar Smith Tennis jjnneral6 ! :L t >»■ Tenter christening inowlew lighting system scussttieBfl 764-7483 : ,j the All Faiiil Rudder. )p.m. ini 1847-0263l!| ngton. Communion l| ration. Tonight will be a real deucie. Texas A&M’s Omar P. Smith Tennis :nter will be aglow with lights and the will celebrate. The “Night Under |e Lights” is a tennis event to officially :ntne center’s new lighting system. The mayors of both Bryan and Col- je Station, Jayne Mobley (wife of A&M resident Bill Mobley) and Aggie base- 11 coach Mark Johnson are some of the celebrities featured in a special lurnameat. “Guest” players are matched with a ember of A&M men’s or women’s ten- team and then the pairs face each her in a 30-minute match. Aggies fall in AP Poll to 25th position From Staff and Wire Reports ;t. Mary's St- 229 MSCi't 589-3278 !j &M’s basketball earn loses Griffin ;m at nowt ation. 32 Rudder 26 in 213 h M„ paste ollege St« Being a first-year head basketball coach aninsitution that loves football might be nsidered a tough job, and for Texas 2M head coach Kermit Davis, that job just ita little tougher. The Aggies lost the services of its only ■shman recruit, Artie Griffin because of sfailure to meet NCAA entrance require- ents, Davis said. eting wiM for moreir ! speafrati lion- t847-6tM ood on ad® on senes at Griffin, a 6-4, 170-pound guard from n Antonio Lee, is the fourth player A&M inds to lose for the season. Last year’s starting center David Harris is declared academically ineligible this timer, Maurice Sanders, a transfer from arshall University, was denied admission cause ot past problems and the status of turning starter Freddie Ricks is still up in eair after his arrest last week for burgalry a motor vehicle. Griffin made the 5A all-state team and is an honorable mention prep All-Ameri- n last season as he averaged 29.5 points id8,4 rebounds a game. Texas A&M, ranked in the Associated Press’ Top 25 College Football Poll all sea son long, stayed in the rankings after last Saturday’s 36-31 loss to Houston. But just barely. The Aggies dropped to No. 25 in Mon day’s poll, and A&M head football coach said the Aggies have to put the emotional loss to the Cougars behind them as they prepare for Saturday’s Southwest Confer ence game against Baylor. “These kinds of losses are the hardest kinds to deal with,” Slocum said. “We put a lot of preparation into last week and we played hard throughout the game, but it was like we kept getting a rug pulled out from under us. That takes a lot out of you. It’s as hard a loss as I’ve had in a long time. I didn’t sleep last night. Coaches are that way.” Slocum said even though the Aggies dropped their first conference game, they’re still in the same position they were in at this time last year when they still were in the hunt for the SWC crown. “We’ve got to come back and shake those feelings off,” Slocum said. “In reality, we’re exactly where we were last year at this time. Last year we lost to Tech and beat Houston. We came back and played ourselves into the position to play Arkansas for the Cotton Bowl. We’re no worse now than we were then.” If a year hasn’t made much of a differ ence to the Aggies, it’s done wonders for Coach George Welsh, who rescued Virgin ia’s program from college football’s skid row and nursed it back to health. On Mon day, the Cavaliers moved into the high-rent district. “Maybe it’s like Andy Warhol. Maybe this is our 15 minutes of fame,” Welsh said after Virginia was elevated to No. 1 in the poll. ft’s the first time in the top spot for Vir ginia, which prior to Welsh’s arrival in 1982 had only two winning seasons in the pre vious 29 years. Under Welsh’s command, the Cavaliers’ vocabulary has expanded to include such previously foreign terms as bowl games, 10- victory seasons and the Atlantic Coast Con ference championship. Before this season, Virginia had not been ranked higher than ninth, but the Cava- % ' mwP" <iliill V I ■ i || I n tHI . - . ■■ ■ “ ; 'aV3 Texas A&M stayed in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll at the 25th position. liers, Whose 6-0 start is their best since 1949, now have spent five consecutive weeks in the Top 10. Virginia, No. 2 last week, was a 31-0 win ner over North Carolina State while top- ranked Michigan fell 28-27 to Michigan State. The Cavaliers received 38 first-place votes and 1,454 points from the AP’s na tionwide panel of sports writers and broad casters. Once-beaten Miami, a 34-0 winner over Kansas on Saturday, was second with 15 first-place votes and 1,414 points. “Maybe this will help us,” said Welsh, who added that he was nonetheless con cerned about how his team would respond to breathing rarified air. “I don’t think it’s anything they should dwell on. I plan on talking to them about it. If they have any thing to say, they better talk about it today and then forget about it.” If the Cavaliers don’t, Welsh said, they could suffer the same fate as Miami, Notre Dame and Michigan — all previous occu pants of the No. 1 spot this season. - Photo by Phelan M. Ebenhack “This may last only a week,” said the straight-faced Welsh, whose team will be a heavy favorite Saturday when it visits Wake Forest (2-4). Virginia, leading the nation with aver ages of 48 points and 540 yards per game, has outscored its opponents 288-66. “I think we had respect nationally before this year,” Welsh said. “But the polls don’t mean that much to me. They don’t mean anything, really. They don’t mean anything until the bowls are over.” with Dr. Eart rain forests a II the C.D.Pi ie C.D.P.E.I ind suppets ar more into’ ith the Ssf ael. Call® dw speak f n Cominunit ter, profess' ge Lands ar; leering Pltl'S Rudder Iota mation, nt prevent activities. Hallway. Ca 120&MO >r more itto' Smith, jutt Andy at 823 i/icDoci: • ish (henafi Ip is a ftt run oi)0 iu havem® an Dixie ,9U Your Future's Bright With M.W. Kellogg! Make Plans to Interview With Us on Campus, Oct. 31,1990 Engineering Graduates: Check with your placement office today and make plans to interview with M.W. Kellogg. Remember, M. W. Kellogg is one of the most renowned engineering companies in the world. 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Tuesday, October 16 at 7 p.m. Room 410 Rudder Tower For information call Julie or Mimi at 847-2057 ^ /e nging and Chatv# Our Habits National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week 1990 Date Event Time Location 10/20 Tailgate Party Contest 11:00 a.m. The Grove 10/20 Mocktail Mix-Off 12:00 noon G. Rollie White Collisium 10/22 Natural Highs 3:00 p.m. 201 MSC 10/23 Mocktails 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Campus Dining Centers 10/24 "Clean and Sober" 8:00 p.m. Rudder Theater 10/25 Hall-Y-Wood Squares 12:00 noon Davis-Gary 10/25 Mocktail Madness 6:00-7:30 p.m. 212, 224 MSC For More Information call 845-0280