Monday, March 30, 1992
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The Battalion
Presidential/Yell Leader
Candidates Forum
IfJJfiJ March 301
MSC Flagroom
6:30 pm
DARREN HILL/The Battalion
Camp Slocum
Members of one of this summer's Fish Camps
named their camp after Texas A&M head
football coach R. C. Slocum in a presentation
Friday. From left to right: Sean Lofgren and
Katherine Chamrad, co-chairs, along with
Slocum and the rest of the Camp's counselors.
How Many More Will Die
Before You Say “No!” To The
Animal Rights Movement?
The cure for AIDS will come like every
cure before it, through animal research.
And yet, there is a growing movement of
animal rights activists who oppose any
use of animals in biomedical
research. As one of their
leaders, Ingrid Newkirk,
stated: “Even if animal
research resulted in a cure for
AIDS... we’d be against it. ”
Although a tiny minority in our society, the
animal rights movement will stop at
nothing to achieve its aims. Their methods
range from disinformation, to intimida
tion, to outright terror. Their efforts must
be stopped, or all medical research may
one day come to a dead halt.
Americans for Medical Progress salutes
the dedicated scientists who continue
working against AIDS and other
diseases, despite fear and intimidation.
More importantly, we've formed the
Americans for Medical Progress
Educational Foundation to
spearhead the critical effort to
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necessity for animal research, if new
cures are to be found.
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Research Saves Lives
Johnson, Burket
chosen to play
in Australia
The Battalion News Services
Damon Johnson and Beth Bur
ket of Texas A&M have been cho
sen to play in
the Southwest
Conference all-
star basketball
teams that will
tour Australia
from June 5-24.
Johnson,
who led the Ag
gies in rebound
ing and scoring,
was sidelined
with a foot in
jury for six
weeks, includ
ing a majority
of the confer
ence season.
Still, he won
honorable men
tion all-SWC
honors as well
as making the
conference all
freshman team.
"This is an
honor that Da
mon certainly deserves," A&M
head coach Tony Barone said. "It
gives him an opportunity to be ex
posed to basketball on a different
level, which I think is very
healthy. It's an even greater honor
for him because he missed so
much of the season, and people
still respect his ability that much."
Burket of the Lady Aggies
started in thirteen games as a
sophomore and averaged 4.5
points and 2.3 rebounds a game.
"It is well-deserved," A&M
women's coach Lynn Hickey said.
"It will be a great experience for
her and will help her continue to
develop her game.
Spring drills
begin today
Continued from Page 7
The two leading candidates to
replace Richardson are Tommy
Preston and Matt Miller. Both will
have four years of eligibility going
into next fall after being redshirt-
ed last season.
Preston was regarded one of
the state's top high school quarter
backs in 1990, passing for 2,783
yards and 23 touchdowns in his
career at A&M Consolidated in
College Station.
"I just want to get out there
and show my abilities," Preston
said. "I feel a little pressure. I'm
not too much worried about it.
I'm just going to go out and do the
best I can."
As a senior at Mt. Carmel High
School in San Diego, Calif., Miller
was named the No. 4 dropback
passer in the Southwest by analyst
Max Emfinger and passed for
more than 2,300 yards in his ca
reer.
Junior Kent Petty and fresh
man Steve Emerson, who will
have three years of eligibility left
in the fall, are also candidates for
the job.
"I just think there are three oth
er great quarterbacks going after
the starting job, so it's going to be
tough," Miller said. "There's go
ing to be a lot of competition. I
feel some pressure, because this
could determine the starter for
next year and I want to be that
8 u y-"
Besides a starting quarterback,
Slocum must find a player to re
place Coryatt, who is expected to
be one of the top five players se
lected in the NFL draft. But the
Aggies greatest loss on defense
may be in the backfield.
"I think probably the biggest
loss will be in the secondary where
we lost two starters in Chris
Crooms and Kevin Smith,"
Slocum said. "We also lost real
valuable backups in Ramsey Brad-
berry, Marlin Haynes and Kary
Vincent. Those guys played in ev
ery game. They were big special
teams' players, and they were big
in our nickel-and-dime (pass de
fense) package."
Cornerback Derrick Frazier
and free safety Patrick Bates are
the returning starters in the sec
ondary. Bates said he and Frazier
will be responsible for molding the
young players who will fill the
holes in the A&M secondary.
"I think we're going to be all
right because we have some great
athletes here," Bates said. "We've
got guys who can cover and run.
"I think Derrick and 1 need to
bring some of the young guys
along and teach them what we've
learned and try to help them as
much as we can."
Today's practice begins at 4:50
p.m. and is open to the public. Af
ter Monday, passes to attend prac
tice will be issued to A&M stu
dents and alumni by Recruiting
Coordinator Tim Cassidy.
Burket