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Sponsored by Gulf Coast Driving Pasadena, TX A State Approved Safety Driving Course Page 4 The Battalion Thursday, February i A TOWN MEETING WITH REPRESENTATIVE MSC Political Forum JJL ir A JACK FIELDS (8th Congressional District) February 17, 1992 8:30 p.m. 302 Rudder j i KARL STOLLEIS/TheBas Texas A&M coach Tony Barone says the Aggies have had chances to win games but haver taken the opportunity to do so. Tonight, A&M tries to end a 12-game losing streak against TSU. THE VIEWS EXPRESSED IN THIS PROGRAM DO NOT NECESSARILY REELECT THE VIEWS OF TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY, THE MEMORIAL STUDENT CENTER OR MSC POLITICAL FORUM. No consolation in losing fattin Cove...zvitfi COff'E'ErtOUS'E Barone: Aggies need to take advantage of every opportunity! By Anthony Andro The Battalion 9i/CSC ‘Tbzim fHaCC ‘Experience a night dripping with creativity and e?(citement. Friday, February 14, 1992 8:00 p.m. RUMOURS Graduate and Undergraduate Students Improve your reading and studying skills Texas A&M men's basketball coach Tony Barone said his team has been given plenty of oppor tunities to win some of their re cent games. Now it's time for the Aggies to start taking some of the opportunities. Tonight the Aggies will have a chance to break a 12-game los ing streak when Texas Southern University travels to College Sta tion. The game starts at 7:30 p.m. in G. Rollie White Coliseum. The Aggies have had seven legitimate chances to break the losing streak but have come up short each time. "I think as I look at our bas ketball team, those kids have given themselves a chance to win some ballgames and we didn't do it," Barone said. "I think if we keep putting our selves in that position, we re go ing to do it." Barone does not see the Tigers as the'definitive answer to the problem. "I don't think the players are looking at Texas Southern as the way to end a losing streak be- - cause Texas Southern isn't as good as everybody else," he said. "If we are, we are going to ■ get beat. That's very simple." Frustration would seem like an easy excuse for the A&M team as the losses continue to mount. But Barone doesn't find much consolation in excuses. "I don't think there's really any room for frustration," he said. "I think frustration is a way to rationalize the fact that you're not winning. That's bull shit." A&M enters the contest with a 3-16 record, while the Tigers have an 11-12 record. Texas Southern is a quality opponent, Barone said, and the Aggies must execute to be successful. "Texas Southern is an excel lent ballclub," he said. "They're very athletic and they are a strong rebounding team. "We're just trying to find a way to win a game. If it's Texas Southern and it gives us a boost, then we're excited about that." Point guard David Edwards and forward Shedrick Anderson are the only healthy Aggies scor ing in double figures. Edwards is averaging 15.2 points a game while Anderson is averaging 11 points. The Aggies miss freshmai forward Damon Johnson. Job son was averaging almost!/ points a game before he brold bone in his foot. The Aggies hait| yet to win a game in tnesevei games he has missed, said this season could have bed dramatically different ifjohnso.[ had been healthy. "One of the issues I dob think we we're really cognizaa! 1 of was Damon Johnson," he said "He was far more than a bigma: for us. "Damon Johnson was the de ference between us beating Texas Christian and SMU. We'd have beaten those teams witli him." The Aggies gameplan for tonight's game will be based on Texas Southern's strategy. "A lot of times the other teams dictate to you whatyou're capable of doing," he said. "Sometimips fj y|ey'll al|Qv^^u,to do some things! "SMU alleged u^ to runte shot clock down and that's whit we were able to do. We would hope that if somebody pressured us a lot we would be ready to take the ball right at them." Syracuse admits NCAA violations Former A&M player Tony Scott named in internal investigation The Reading Clinic in the Department of Educational Curriculum and Instruction is offering a 10 week reading, writing, and studying strategies class on Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Room 717 Harrington First class meeting is February 19 Enrollment is limited to 30 students Call 845-8384 $200. fee MSCOfflS presents... 9? The off-broadway hit musical - comedy about five hapless nuns trying their hands at a variety show fundraiser for the convent. The laughs are SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - Boosters gave Syracuse basketball players cash, free meals, free legal advice and other benefits in viola tion of NCAA rules, university of ficials admitted Wednesday as they released the findings of an in ternal investigation. Syracuse Chancellor Kenneth A. Shaw stressed that coach Jim Boeheim and his assistants were not responsible for the violations, and that the university had not lost control of its perennially- ranked men's program. "The violations we found were unacceptable, but they were isolat ed incidents," Shaw said. The school admitted 13 appar ent rules violations and probable wrongdoing in two other in stances. One of the violations, which involved players receiving free haircuts, occurred before 1985 and is not punishable under the NCAA's general four-year statute of limitations, Shaw said. Shaw declined to speculate on what penalties Syracuse might face as a result of the 500-page re port. He said "clearly there will be sanctions" from the NCAA. Syracuse's basketball team had never been accused of violating NCAA rules. No team in the pow erhouse Big East Conference has faced NCAA sanctions before. "I'm pleased that they came to the conclusion there's no system atic intent to violate NCAA rules," said Boeheim, whose team is 16-4 this season and ranked 10th in the nation. "That's something we've maintained from the very begin ning and I think that the violations that were discovered were isolat ed incidents." Among the violations commit ted by the men's basketball pro gram, according to the universi ty's investigation: — Rochester lawyer Loren Kroll gave free legal service to for mer Orangeman Tony Scott. Scott later transferred to Texas A&M where he was in the center of another NCAA investigation that uncovered eight rules viola tions under former coach Kermit Davis, Jr. The A&M basketball program received two years probation and is severely limited in the number of scholarships it can give stu dent athletes in the future. — Bill Rapp Jr., a local car deal er who once worked at the team's scorekeeper at away games, sent players $50 in cash inside Chrii mas cards yearly between “ and 1990. — Players received free or r( duced-priced meals and drinks Grimaldi's, a popular local restat rant. — Boosters provided p with free board, meals, transport! tion and other extra benefits. Boeheim declined to discus the possible penalties that NCAA could impose, but he said he believed his program had stood up well after nearly 1 two years scrutiny. "There's no program that can withstand 22 months of invest^ tion and not find a violation," said Boeheim. "You look at 15 years and tl* small number of people involved (in alleged wrongdoing) and come to the conclusion that then aren't a whole lot involved/'k! said. The NCAA had no commerl on the specific findings ofSyra' case's in-house probe or what pos sible penalties it could receive, said spokesman Jim Marchiony. The report, which took 13 months to compile, was sent to the NCAA Tuesday. 'Foster February 24,1992 Continued from Page 3 *7/a 8:00 p.m. Rudder Auditorium FOR TICKETS:845-1234 Murray._ The home crowd sere naded each of Calvin's practice swings — "one, traitor...two, traitor...three, traitor." Brooks Ki- eschnick of the Longhorns wasn't spared of the harassment, either. His distinctive "fanny-shaking" at the plate drew screams and whistles from the crowd, all in sarcastic fashion. Those were a few of the mild ones. And, of course, anyone — fan, coach or umpire — who drops a ball gets the "E" sign from the crowd. Not even our Diamond Dar lings are safe from this group of rowdies. Pity the member of that group designated to retrieve a foul ball in the student sections. Here's one piece of advice to that group of young ladies: Watch the ball as it goes into the stands. And never, ever look to the crowd for directions. Senior shortstop Jason Mar shall said A&M fans are great to play for, not just because they pull for the Aggies, but because they recognize great baseball when they see it. "It's great to play here be cause the crowd is very compli mentary, not just of our play but of the other teams as well," he said. "They stand up and cheer when other teams make great de fensive plays, too." Maybe all of this madness is just because baseball fans are more gung-ho than fans of other sports. Baseball, you might note, has it's own song. Rumor is there's a push to make "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" our national anthem. Maybe it's not just baseball fans, but Aggie baseball fans that make Olsen Field so special. Whatever it is, one thing is for sure: Anyone who goes through the rigors of completing an edu cation at this University (and those who don't complete theirs), should attend at least one game at Olsen. You can bet it will bean experience you will never forget. rhursda >al DALL Williams: during a fun Wedr fas Mave \ame losi: victory ov Willia ihots in tl Ing three Jto give Da | The M their prev 1 von only Derek tor Dallas the Celtics Continu ’ At h; down b; hind th Brown, team-hij half. But i Lady A making i field an from thr game, A< the fiek from the "It w evening, you hav credit, good thi Holding not bad, fense an have 27 t "The was that SMU field for I from the Parker l with 15 ] son adde A&P Continued "We le about s< tonight, an some imp "And any t and impre then that is Johnsoi gie bats w< tive than weekend. 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