Image provided by: Texas A&M University
About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1991)
In Our Laboratories You’ll ^^I^Find Giraffes, Dolphins, A Coral Reef, A Rainforest. .. With SFS you can study critical environmental issues worldwide including: • Wildlife Management in Kenya • Marine Ecology in the Caribbean • Rainforest Dynamics in Australia • Marine Mammals in Baja Mexico • Ethnobotany in Ecuador College Credit Financial Aid For more information on Semester & Summer field research courses, come to: Room 507AB of Rudder Tower on Monday, February 4, at 5 p.m. or write: SFS, Box A, 16 Broadway, Beverly, MA 01915, (508) 927-7777 The School for Field STidies THE WORLD IS YOUR CLASSROOM Page 6 The Battalion Friday, February 1, Kermit from pages CBREAK FEVED WITH COOL PRICES, STARTING FROM $30* Hit the road to Port Royal in Port Aransas for Spring Break and chill out in the world’s largest lagoon pool. An awesome 500-foot long wet and wild playground with swim-up cabana bars, hidden grottos, cascading waterfalls, whirlpools and our super water slide—all just steps from the white sandy beaches of Mustang Island. Plus: • Luxurious suites with built-in stereos, wet bars,washers & dryers, kitchens & sundeck terraces • Poolside party with live music every Wednesday • Special rates on horseback riding • Free tennis & beach volleyball • Restaurant & bar on premise FOKTRptfNL 1+1 • “Sunset cruises & buck beer • Greyhound races So when school’s out, come hang out at the biggest and best pool in Texas. Park Road 53, Mustang Island Port Aransas, Texas 78373 1-800-242-1034 *Price based on 6 people per 2 bedroom/ 2 bathroom suite. Stay 7 nights, get one free. 12th Man Roundup Netters, swimmers see action /r JJL *7^ 0 7*teieCctc(Ut' (fruttcttccea February 9th 7:00 pm Rudder Auditorium Entertainment includes: Appearances by: Aggie Wranglers Reveille Vocalist Karen Jackson Ross Volunteers Tickets are available at the MSC Box Office for $5, $8, and $10. For information call 845-1515. SPONSORED BY THE MSC PAGEANT COMMITTEE AND RECEPTION IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING IN THE FACULTY CLUB $2.00 The Texas A&M men’s tennis team will open the spring season with some tough competition to day at the Ryder Invitational in Miami, Fla. The unranked Aggies face No. 12 Miami today at 12:30 in a dual match. Saturday A&M will take on No. 9 Arizona State at 7:30 a.m. and will follow with No. 24 Clemson at 7:30 a.m. Sunday. A&M head coach David Kent said the competition at the tour nament will feature some of the Aggies’ most Fierce opposition all year. But Kent said he is confi dent A&M is ready for the chal lenge. “This will be some of the toughest competion we’ve ever faced this early in the season,” Kent said. “But we’ve been work ing on match play this semester and we had a good fall season. “I think we’re ready to tangle with these guys. Regardless, it will be a learning experience for the team.” The Texas A&M men’s and women’s swim teams will travel to Austin today to take on the Texas Longhorns in a dual meet. The meet will be held at 4 p.m. in the Texas Swimming Center on the UT campus. The Aggie men, ranked No. 17 in the country, are 6-1 in dual meets and the women are 4-5. Both Longhorn teams are ranked No. 1 in the country and have identical 4-0 records. Swim coach Mel Nash said he’s looking forward to competing in the meet. “This meet is very easy to pre pare for,” Nash said. “Texas has the best teams and facilities in the nation. We hope to swim some fast times since this is the same pool we will swim in during the SWC Champioships.” Nash said he’s been a little dis appointed in the women’s team but the men are doing great. “The men are swimming well,” he said. “I see us as a solid No.3 behind Texas and SMU in the conference. I feel that right now we’re where we should be.” Pils Continued from page 5 Ptrr Bvradise toward the endzone —they did so by crushing the quarterback before anything like that could happen. They were Johnny “The Rock” Holland and William “Willie T” Thomas, quarterbacks turned safe ties. And they each turned into two- time All-Southwest Conference line backers. The similarities among the three are striking and abundant. • Size — Holland came to A&M at 6-2, 200 pounds; Thomas was 6-3, 190 pounds and Preston is 6-2, 187 pounds. • Timing —Holland’s career stretched from 1983-86, Thomas’ from 1987-90 and now Preston steps in for the 1991 season. • Awards —All three' were All- Distict selections at quarterback, while Preston is undoubtedly the most decorated of the three. Thomas was also an all-state safety. • All were winners — Holland led his Hempstead team to a 6-3-1 record; Thomas’ Palo Duro team was 25-5-1 in the three years that he played, including going 10-0 his se nior year before falling in the first playoff game; Preston led Consol idated on a two-year tear through Class 4A. After Holland was named first team All-American in 1986, he was drafted in the second round of the NFL Draft in 1987 by the Green Bay Salt Water Fish Spotted Hawk Fish $ 6.99 Half Black Angels 9.99 V-Tail Grouper 12.99 Now Thru Fab. 3rd 20% Off all African Cichlids Now Thru Feb. 3rd p°J?rF Dog or Cat 2 693-4575 10-7 Mon-Sat., 12-7 Sun. Located in College Station Kroger Shopping Center We accept MasterCard, Visa, American Express, Points Plus V - Tlie Presses will be bot on February 14! That's when The Battalion is publisliing its annual lovelines pages. For just $7 you can: • Proclaim your devotion to your honey • Reveal your secret hcarllhrob • Or simply say "I Love You' To place your loveliue come by the English Annex and see Patricia. Deadline is February 8th He said Scott was on his officii visit and Johnson was here forthtj job interview. Davis said the tripl were coincidental and the fact thi the two were picked up together k economically feasible for the baske ball program and the school. Davis also denied paying Johnso: asmuch as $2,400 to work at a suit mer basketball camp in Idaho las June, and denied the use of Univer sity credit cards to pay for calls ailed gedly made by Johnson. “There’s no question in my mine that we will be cleared on both in stances — on credit cards and tin camp,” he said. “It’s all documentedl through the business departmen exactly what he made. He did no;| make $2,400.” “No money ever exchanged handi! between myself, Tony Scott and Rot Johnson,” Davis said. Scott is attending classes at A&.\| after missing the first week of tht spring semester. Davis said it is in Scott’s best inter est to concentrate on academia rather than the end of the investiga tion. Davis added that he and his stafi have cooperated fully with the inves l ligation, and are confident it will be f reat benefit to to his staff, the has etball program and the University, Hill Continued from page 5 It is a role she said she has filled most of her athletic career. Transferring to A&M from Blinn Jr. College last year, she feels her outspokenness is what earned her respect and put her in a leadership role. Texas A&M Lady Aggies (4-4 in SWC) vs. Texas Lady Longhorns (6-1) Saturday 7:30 p.m. C. Rollie White Coliseum catching up on sleep and I like to re ad,” said Hill. Sounds pretty slow-paced fot f someone who was given the nick name “Vonnne ’the Thrill' Hill" Iasi season by a sports writer. Hill said that at first she hated the name, but it liegan to grow on het after a friend on the volleyball team jokingly called her ‘the Thrill’ untilii stuck. Ironically, Hill said volleyball is her favorite sport, and actually whai she wanted to play in college, but she proved to be better at basketball. As mid-season approaches, Hill continues to work toward her season goal to fill the leadership shoes for the team. Packers. He quickly moved in to the Packers’ starting lineup. In 1989, he led the team in tackles and Thomas will assuredly follow Holland to the NFL in this year’s draft. The one difference among the three is that Preston enters A&M considered by many to be one of the finest quarterbacks in the state. But he enters a program that holds a loaded deck at the signal caller posi tion. Bucky Richardson returns next year for his senior season and fol lowing him is junior Kent Petty, not to mention Granger and Emerson. Preston’s passes tend to fall into the “it doesn’t look very pretty, but it got there” catagory, much like that of Sonny Jurgensen, the old Wash ington Redskins’ quarterback. So Preston could find it hard to break into the lineup and settle for a move that would yield more playing time, as did Holland and Thomas. One other coincidence about “The Rock” and “Willie T” is that both wore No. 11. Preston wore No. 14 at Consolidated, which is being vacated with the departure of wide receiver Cornelius Patterson. I could be wrong, and Tommy Preston could become the best quar terback A&M has ever seen. But should you ever hear, “and at outside linebacker No. 11, All- American Tommy Preston,” remem ber you saw it here first. “I speak and say what needs to be said and I am not shy about it,” said Hill. Guiding the team as leader she feels her main responsibilities are to encourage her teammates and to let them know when they are not doing their part. She also said that most people are led by example. “That’s why I have to work hard every day in practice and not let them see me slack off, because if I slack off, that makes them think they can,” said Hill. Yvonne recognizes this intensity as the strongest point of her game, saying it keeps her and the team fo cused. “Most of the time I am so intent while playing a game, that I can’t hear fans yelling,” Hill said. “I guess that’s a good quality. “Anytime I do something, whether it is athletics, academics or whatever, I try to be the very best and intensity is a major part of it.” Hill said she can concentrate harder when she is intense and she realizes that some nights she’s not going to make all the shots. “My coach at Blinn (Wayne Wil liams) always said that if you don’t have a good offensive night, at least you can play good defense, and I try to play good defense every single night,” said Hill. Oddly enough, she claims defense is the weakest part of her game. “I’ve really been concentrating on defense these past couple of weeks,” said Hill. “I’m definitely not close to being the fastest person on the team and sometimes when they give us the match ups I can tell they put me on the slowest player. So, I’m really try ing to work on (my speed).” Her devotion to basketball leaves little free time after her academic obligations are met. But, Hill said that it’s not hard balancing her schoolwork and athletics, just merely a matter of getting her priorities in order. “Most of my weekends are spent HUY THANH NGUYEN/The Battalion Senior guard Yvonne Hill shows her defensive skill. She said, “All the accolades aren't really important if the team alto gether isn’t doing well.” She feels the team could be doing much better as a whole, and attrib utes their mistakes to being a young and inexperienced team. “We’re not getting prepared enough for our games but that’s one thing that is going to fall in place," said Hill. “I don’t think there is really anybody in this conference we can’t stand with.” “We’re just through the first half and I think we are going to do a lot better this second half of conferen ce.” ' If Hill and the Lady Ags continue to improve, they will have a shot to color the Southwest Conference championship maroon. : ALVIN AILEY | {REPERTORY ENSEMBLE! Tuesday, February 19, 1991 Rudder Auditorium 8:00 P.M. MSC BLACK AWARENESS COMMITTEE For Ticket Information Call 845-1234