NEW WORLD. NEW EUROPE.
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This year's Wiley Lecture Series WMtpresent a panel discussion on ih$
security issues surrounding Ike NeW. Europe.
With the dernise of the Soviet Communism, the Bush administration
is confronted with the fect that the defense budget must be curtailed,
especially in light of the current budget deficit. With terrorism and
iiitability in the Middle East and Third World countries now being seeh as
the primary security threat to North America and Europe, the European
partners in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization are now questioning |]iib
hied for a presence in Europe, '
Currently^ the roles of NATO, the European Community (EC), arid
the Western European Union (WEU) in European nn|||||y security are being
debated. Which group or combination of groups will assume responsibility
for military security is still yet to be determined. Additionally, membership
by former Eastern bloc cpunpies is under corisideration.
The 1992 Wiley Lecture Series will be held on
Wednesday, April 1,1992
Rudder Auditorium
8:00 P.M.
Ticket prices:
Student
Non-Student
$4, $6, and $8
$6, $8, and $10
4rMSC Wiley Lecture Series
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Nix/Aggies face Horned Frog!
A&M reliever has habit of taking mound in crucial situatioi
By Doug Foster
The Battalion
James Nix once told Texas
A&M baseball coach Mark John
son that although he was a start
ing pitcher, he would be more
than willing to pitch out of the
bullpen as a reliever.
Johnson apparently took him
literally, and Nix has since become
the Aggies' most frequently used
reliever during their 1992 cam-
paign.
Nix, a junior transfer from
McLennan Community College,
has become Johnson's main stop
per in the bullpen, often being in
serted during the most crucial mo
ments of important games.
His most recent test came
when he replaced Aggie ace Jeff
Granger in the eighth inning
against Texas, after the Longhorns
had rocked Granger for eight runs.
Nix answered the call by pitching
three innings, giving up only one
run and collecting the win to
move his record to 5-3 on the sea-
he said. "It seems like their whole
team is hitting .350 or .400, so
you've just got to throw strikes.
You can't give them anything and
:ks vou i
hope your defense backs you up.
"I've always liked pressure
situations .. . Then I know I
have no choice but to go out
and throw strikes."
- James Nix
A&M pitcher
Nix said handling situations
like the one in Austin had one
simple solution - Throw strikes
and don't make any mistakes.
"Texas is a great hitting team,
so you can't make any mistakes,"
and our defense has been pretty
good so far."
In 13 appearances and 27 1/3
innings pitched this season, Nix
has recorded 2 saves and has an
ERA of 2.30. He has also collected
24 strikeouts next to only 8 walks.
Nix started pitching at a young
age and said he developed his
style from baseball camps and in
struction from some major league
pitchers.
He was a starting pitcher and
infielder at Brenham High School,
and worked as a reliever on occa
sion. One thing about working
out of the bullpen that fit his im
age, he said, was the increased
pressure put on a relief pitcher.
"I've always liked pressure sit
uations, so I guess that's why I've
taken over in short relief,
said. "Then I know I haij
choice but to go out and4
strikes. As long as you stay;
of the hitters, you're all right.
Nix said his primary eo;
every game is to help the
currently in second placeii
Southwest Conference race,
any way he can.
"I just want to come
do the very L>est job I cantol
the team," he said. "We’re
halfway through right now
we're probably going to nee
win 17 more games to win
conference. So we can't
we're going to win, we've
know we are going to win."
Nix and his Aggie teamm.
who are currently 21-10ov
and 9-6 in conference play,
travel to Fort Worth this weet
for a conference series withli
Christian University. The Hoi
Frogs are 13-13 overall,
currently in sixth place in the
ference standings with
record.
After the weekend series
TCU, the Aggies will returnk
on Tuesday to host the Univei
of Texas at Arlington. A&M
then travel to Lubbock next
end for a three-game series
Texas Tech, who the Aggiess«
in a series earlier this season.
Friday,
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Tyson sentenced to six years
Judge says former heavyweight champion could rape again
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Mike
Tyson was sentenced Thursday to
six years in prison for raping a
Miss Black America contestant, his
protests of innocence rejected by a
judge who said she believes he
could rape again.
Marion Superior Court Judge
Patricia J. Gifford refused to let the
former heavyweight boxing cham
pion remain free on bail while his
conviction is appealed, and within
two hours, he was behind bars.
"Something needs to be done
about the attitude you displayed
here," the judge told Tyson during
the sentencing.
Tyson slipped off his watch
and tie pin, handed them to his
lawyer and hugged 81-year-old
Camille Ewald, the upstate New
York woman who raised him from
his teen-age years as a promising
boxer.
"I am not guilty of this crime,"
Tyson said in a rambling 10-
minute plea for leniency. He apol
ogized for his "crass" behavior-
during the 1991 pageant but said
he never harmed his accuser, 19-
year-old Desiree Washington of
Coventry, R.I.
"I didn't rape anyone. I didn't
hurt anyone," he said. "When I'm
in the ring; I break their ribs, I
break their jaws. To me, that's
hurting someone."
Gifford commended Tyson for
rising above his upbringing but
added: "I think from everything
I've read, we're looking at two dif
ferent Mike Tysons."
"As to whether you are capa
ble of committing this crime again,
quite honestly I am of the opinion
that you are," the judge said.
Harvard law professor Alan
Dershowitz, who is representing
Tyson in his appeal, dashed from
the courtroom to try to free Tyson.
Chief Judge Wesley Ratliff of the
Indiana Court of Appeals refused
to release Tyson immediately, but
a three-judge appeals panel sched-
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uled a Friday hearing.
"Every moment Mr. Tyson
spends in confinement is a mo
ment of injustice," said Der
showitz.
Miss Washington testified dur
ing the two-week trial that Tyson
coaxed her to his hotel room,
pinned her to the bed, stripped
her, raped her and laughed as she
cried in pain and begged him to
stop.
Defense attorneys depicted
Tyson as a brutish lout who let
Miss Washington, then 18, know
from the start he wanted sex.
Tyson testified he propositioned
her with an unmistakable sexual
vulgarity and she willingly had
sex with him.
Gifford sentenced Tyson to 10
years apiece for one count of rape
and two counts of criminal deviate
conduct. She suspended four
years from each count and or
dered the terms served concur
rently. He was fined $10,000 on
each count.
He could have been senten:
to 20 years on each count.
If he behaves in prison, Th
could he released in three ye:
Gifford also ordered Tyson
serve four years' probationr
prison and undergo psychotb
py-
Defense lawyer Vincent Ft
opened the 90-minute hear
with a plea for a suspended^
tence and probation.
He said Tyson was raiseel
poverty and ill-used by the■
trainer Cus D'Amato, who ft
Tyson only as a potential chai*
on, not a troubled youth.Theiff
er grew up in a male-doc";
world" that ignored hisW C
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Tyson told the judge he wi
have apologized to MissWasfe
ton if she had been in court,lull
denied assaulting her.
"I didn't rape anyone,
attempt to rape anyone. I'm si
I agree I've done something,!®
didn't mean to."
Miss Washington made
presence felt through a lett;
the court.
"In the place of what has
me for 18 years, there's nowa
and empty feeling," she wie
"Each day after being raped
been a struggle to learn to
again, to smile the wayldk
to find the Desiree Lynn Wash
ton who was stolen from ir '
those who love me on Ju
1991."
Boxing promoter Don
stalked from the courthouse
grimly answered "No," wl
asked whether Tyson received!
treatment. Ewald left in tears.
Prosecutor Jeffrey Modiseth
scribed Miss Washington
somber after the hearing.
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Robinson assesses injury
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Spurs
center David Robinson is assess
ing his thumb injury every day
and has not decided whether to
have surgery that could sideline
him for several
weeks, a team
spokesman
said Thursday.
For the first
time in his pro
fessional ca
reer, Robinson
missed a game
Wednesday
night because
of an injury.
The All-Star
center previ
ously had
Robinson
played in 232 consecutive games.
The 7-foot-l Robinson wore
street clothes as he sat on the
bench in Charlotte, where the Hor
nets defeated the Spurs 113-108.
"It's a day-by-day, game-by
game situation," Spurs spokesman
Matt Sperisen said in San Antonio.
Robinson decided not to play
Wednesday night as his team
mates suited up for the game.
The left-handed Robinson suf
fered the injury in a Spurs loss to
the Hornets last week in San Anto
nio when he collided with another
player. The hit tore a ligament in
the thumb socket of his left hand.
The Spurs face the Miami Heat
in Florida Friday night. Sperisen
said a decision has not been made
on whether Robinson will play.
Robinson, who is undergoing
therapy on the thumb every day,
told reporters Wednesday in
Charlotte he was leaning more to
ward having surgery to repair the
ligament.
"The dilemma here is I don't
know if it's going to heal, any
way," Robinson said. "It makes
more sense for me to get it fixed
and try to get back as^soon as I
can. I think I could definitely be
back by the second roupd (of the
playoffs), probably sooner."
Robinson played in games
against Sacramento, Seattle and
Philadelphia after suffering the in
jury. But a blow to the hand in the
game against the 76ers led to more
soreness and swelling.
If Robinson does have surgery,
he probably would be out six to
eight weeks, Sperisen said. That
could sideline him for the rest of
the regular season and perhaps
part of the NBA playoffs.
It is too soon to say what effect
the injury would have on his
chances of participating in the
Summer Olympics in Barcelona,
Sperisen said.
Clippers down
Rockets, 109-95
LOS ANGELES (AP) -
The Houston Rockets lost th
second in a row since Hakeem
Olajuwon's suspension
Danny Manning's 18 points
paced the Los Angeles Clip
pers to a 109-95 victory TW
day night.
Vernon Maxwell scored li
of Houston's first 16 points
and finished with 26.
The Rockets' four!)
Straight loss dropped them on!
of the top eight spots intk
Western Conference playo!!
hunt for the first time this sea
son. They entered the gam;
with a half-game lead ovetttt
Los Angeles Lakers, Who beat
Dallas 115-92.
The Clippers tightened
their grip on their first playeii
berth since 1976, narrowing
the gap between themselves
and sixth-place Seattle to a full
game. They lead the Lakers h
a full game and the ninth-
place Rockets by 11/2.
Los Angeles pulled awa;.
to an 83-67 lead after thre
quarters, out scoring Houston
13-1 Over the final 31/2 min
utes of the period,
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