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Media, society
forget athletes
are human, too
W hen is an athlete not an ath
lete? When he or she is a hu
man being.
Too often in today's society ath
letes are seen as super-human beings.
But they're really not that special.
They have physical gifts that make
them stand above everyday people
and are able to perform feats that
most of us aren't capable of doing.
Is this any reason to be wor
shipped or idolized? Sure. But not to
the level that today's athletes are
watched.
It seems that everywhere Michael
Jordan goes, there is a camera on him
and he can do no wrong. Everyone
wants to be another Michael Jordan.
He's perfect.
Wrong.
A Chicago sportswriter, Stan
Smith, wrote a book 'The Jordan
Rules," last year that showed Jordan
in a different light. Smith said Jordan
was a temperamental player who got
upset when he didn't get his way on
the court.
Doesn't everyone get a little upset
when they don't get what they want?
The difference is the media tries to fo
cus on all the negative things athletes
do as well as the positive. It is almost
as if the media makes the athlete. If
someone likes an athlete, they will
talk or write positively about the ath
lete. If the media finds faults in an
athlete, those faults will be shown in a
negative light.
The public believes what it sees
and reads, so it is the media's job to
try and promote a pp^itiye public im
age — Something thpy don* seem to
do nowadays. But it didn't us
From Staff and Wire Reports
A win was just out of reach again for first-year coach
Tony Barone and his A&M team.
SMU’s Chad Allen hit four free throws in the last 15
seconds Tuesday to carry Southern Methodist University
to a 44-38 Southwest Conference victory over Texas
A&M in the lowest scoring game of the year for both
teams.
The Mustangs improved to 4-5 in the SWC and 10-11
overall, while Texas A&M, losing its 12th consecutive
game, dropped to 0-8 and 3-16.
The loss marked the eighth time this season that the
Aggies have lost games in the final seconds after trailing
by at least eight points.
In a game in which both teams shot poorly, the Ag
gies rallied from a 12-point deficit but couldn't produce
when it counted.
Reserve Matt Haralson scored
five points to pull A&M within a
point at 37-36 with 3:42 to play, but
the Aggies couldn't make another
field goal while SMU hit seven free
throws.
Mike Wilson led SMU with 14
points and 12 rebounds. David Ed
wards led the Aggies with nine
points.
Barone, still without a league vic
tory in his rookie season in the SWC,
said he was pleased with his team's
Matt Haralson
effort.
"I can live with this," Barone said. "In fact, I was
fired up. We had three walk-ons and two starters out
there at the end and almost won the game. We had great
effort."
The 38 points was the second lowest scoring game in
history for the Aggies, who scored 36 points against
Texas Tech in 1966.
A&M hasn't lost 12 games in a row since the mid
1950s. The Aggies lost to SMU 73-69 at College Station
earlier in the season.
SMU held the Aggies to their lowest scoring first half
of the year as the Mustangs clamped a tight man-for-man
See SMU/Page 6
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See Andro/Page 6
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SWT game to be made up today
The Battalion News Services
Texas A&M's doubleheader against
Southwest Texas State has been resched
uled for today at 3:30 p.m. at Olsen Field.
The Aggies, 1-2, were originally
scheduled to play the Bobcats Tuesday
but rain forced the game to be postponed.
This is the fourth time a game has
been rescheduled because of inclement
weather.
A&M's opening game against Stephen
F. Austin was supposed to be played in
Nacogdoches on Fob. 3 but poor field con
ditions moved the game to College Sta
tion.
That day local rain pushed the game
back two days before the postponed .game
was also rained out. A&M and SEA will
makeup the game when the Bearkats re
turn to College Station for a game already
scheduled for April 14. A aoubleheader
has been scheduled with the time to be
announced at a later date.
A&M was forced to begin its season
against Southwest Conference opponent
Rice last weekend and lost two of three
games.
The Aggies will leave Thursday for
Tucson, Ariz., for a three-game series
against the Arizona Wildcats. The series
begins Friday and will last through Sun
day.
A&M will return to Olsen Field on
Feb. 18 for a doubleheader against Mary
Hardin-Baylor.
Stretch Run
Lady Aggies jockey for position
with Mustangs, SWC leaders
By Anthony Andro
The Battalion
SONDRA ROBBINS/Special to the Battalion
Senior forward Dena Russo has helped the Aggies
fight to stay in the race for the SWC championship.
The Texas A&M Lady Aggie
basketball team finds itself in a
strange position — challenging
the leaders in the Southwest
Conference race.
Boasting a 5-3 record in
SWC play, the Lady Aggies are
preparing for the final stretch of
conference action.
Texas Tech sits atop the con
ference standings with an 8-0
record. The University of
Houston sits at 5-2, and Texas
and the Aggies are nipping at
the Cougars' heels with three
SWC losses each.
Tonight, the 13-8 Lady Ag
gies host Southern Methodist
University, 4-4 in SWC, 12-7
overall, at 7:30 p.m. at G. Rollie
White Coliseum. This Saturday,
A&M welcomes the Lady
Longhorns to the Coliseum in
anotner battle of conference
championship contenders.
A&M coach Lynn Hickey
said the next several games are
at
a critical stretch for her team's
chances of postseason action.
"I think we're in real good
shape," Hickey said. "This is
the time of year when we have
to be mentally ready when we
go on the floor because it's go
ing to be the little things tha
make a difference."
Hickey knows that this
game will start a crucial stretch
for her team.
'There are some key games
over the next two weeks," she
said. 'There will be a fight to
the very finish.
"The tournament will be a
major challenge. No one can
say they will definitely be the
champion. Every team has to
be respected."
Earlier this season, the Lady
Aggies defeated SMU 69-66 in
Dallas. Yolanda Brown led the
Lady Aggies in that game, scor
ing 15 points and grabbing 12
rebounds in the game. Brown, a
junior forward, is averaging
See Aggies/Page 6
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At Woodward-Clyde
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can’t imagine working
any other way.
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