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Dt’s (JO I J $0 JJt'l Unlimited r Tun foor -fill -@jel at a *ypecia Jlour Price/ "‘JuijQex ScitutclcLy l » at 1705 Valley View Dr. 693-2445 Golf (?M988. All Riqhts Resented "Pult-Putt Golf Course" is a U S Rerjistered Trademark Page 6 The Battalion Friday, April 17; 'aggie RING ORDERS Orders will be taken on the 2nd Floor of the CLAYTON WILLIAMS JR. ALUMNI CENTER until April 24. 1992 August '92 delivery. W. for You must come to the Ring Office in the Alumni Center no later than Wednesday, April 22, 1992, to fill out the form for an eligibility check to be made. However, we suggest you come in as soon as possible, in the event a problem exists. You will be given a date to return to check on your status and order your ring, if qualified. For Undergraduate students to place an order, the requirements are: 1.95 credits hours have been completed or will be completed at the end of the semester. (Should you be including enrolled hours for the Spring '92 semester, only hours in progress at A&M may be counted.) 2. 30 of the 95 credit hours were completed in residence at A&M prior to Spring '92, if you are a transfer student. (Hours in progress aren't completed.) You have a 2.0 cumulative grade point average at A&M. 4. Your transcript doesn't have any registration or transcript blocks for past due fees, loans, parking tickets, etc. Graduate students may place an order if the following apply: 1. You are a May '92 degree candidate. (Your order will be accepted contingent upon your May '92 degree being conferred). 2. Your transcript doesn't have any registration or transcript blocks for past due fees, loans, parking tickets, etc. Men's Rings 10KY-281.00 14KY - 382.00 Women's Rings 10KY - 161.00 14KY - 187.00 *There is an $8.00 charge for Class or '91 and before. These prices are only guaranteed until April 24. 1992. which is the deadline for placing an order this semester. The full amount is due when ordering, payable in cash or by check only. Spring Allergy Study Individuals 18 and older with spring allergy symptoms to participate in a two-week long research study (4 visits) with a medication in nasal spray form. $100 incentive for those who complete the study. k. 4 Impetigo Study Individuals of any age with symptoms of impetigo (bacterial infection of the skin) to participate in an investigational drug research study using a cream with drug in it. $150 for those chosen and completing the study. % w Tension headache? Individuals with moderate to severe Tension Headaches wanted to participate in a 4-hour headache relief research study with an investigational medication in tablet form. Flexible hours. $75 incentive for individuals who are chosen and complete the study. Daily, till 6:30 776-0400. % % s Skin Infection Study Individuals age 13 and older wanted to participate in a research study for bacterial skin infections such as: infected wounds,infected burns, boils, infected hair follicles, impetigo, infected ingrown toenails and others. Investigational oral antibiotic in capsule form. $100 incentive for those chosen who complete the study. % % 3 For more information call: BIOPHARMA, INC. 776-0400 Angels surge past Rangers ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Gary Gaetti's sacrifice fly capped a three-run ninth inning rally for the California Angels on Thurs day night as they spoiled Brian Bonanon's strong pitching for a 3- 2 victory over the Texas Rangers. Texas relief ace Jeff Russell was the victim of the uprising af ter Chad Curtis led off the inning with a double off Bohanon, who allowed just three hits. Bobby Rose singled Curtis home and Luis Polonia came in to run for Rose. Junior Felix singled and Polonia scored when a grounder by Hubie Brooks went through the legs of third baseman Dean Palmer as Felix took third. Then Gaetti delivered the sac rifice fly to center field. Russell fell to 1-1, while Chuck Crim (1-0) earned the win with a perfect eighth inning. Bryan Harvey came on in the ninth to earn his third save. Bohanon, who replaced the in jured Nolan Ryan in the starting rotation, spent half of the 1991 season recovering from elbow surgery. Duke star signed contract with GQ, newspaper says DURHAM (AP) - Duke's pristine image was called into question Thursday by a taped di ary Christian Laettner kept for GQ magazine after the university de termined the project wouldn't vio late NCAA rules. Laettner and the university said they "categorically deny" a newspaper article that said the three-time All-American signed a contract with GQ magazine dur ing his senior year. "I have never signed any con tract with GQ magazine," Laet tner said in a statement issued by Duke. "The only agreement I made was to submit a diary to the maga zine after my senior year for a possible fall issue. I am shocked and hurt by the al legations that the newspaper has written. The Win ston-Salem Laettner Journal reported that Laettner's agreement with GQ during the 1991-92 season may have been a violation of NCAA rules. Those rules say a student athlete's eligi bility is jeopardized if he makes an agreement for professional ser vices or promotes a product while still eligible. The All-America center has used up his college eligibility. Any violation could result in retroactive penalties and subject Duke to sanctions that range from a letter of reprimand to forfeiture of all games, including the NCAA championship, the second straight for the Blue Devils. "We checked into all the rules," said Mike Cragg, Duke's sports information director, who said the checks found nothing wrong with the agreement be tween the magazine and the star center, the college basketball play er of the year. Coach Mike Krzyzewski said he would not comment beyond what was in the school's release. The university's statement said Duke's NCAA contact Chris Kennedy contacted Atlantic Coast Conference compliance officer David Thompson and the NCAA for a ruling. The statement said Duke "was Do you love football, basketball, and volleyball? Are movies, music and theater your game? Do you have a viewpoint to be expressed to the student body? Do you like to know whaVs going on around campus and around town? Do you have a nose for details? grammar? punctuation? spelling? If you answered yes to any of these, The Battalion invites you to apply for staff positions on Sports, Lifestyles, Opinion, City, and Night News Desks. All majors are welcome to apply for these paid positions. Knowledge of Macintosh computers is helpful, but not necessary. Enthusiasm and personality is a definite plus! Applications are available in Room 013 of Reed McDonald. Applications are due for summer and fall terms on April 22, at 5 p.m. UT-Pan American admits to three NCAA violations EDINBURG, Texas (AP) - The University of Texas-Pan American has conceded three vio lations being probed by the NCAA, but didn't respond to charges of unethical conduct and lack of institutional control in its men's basketball program. The school admitted in a re sponse to an NCAA letter of in quiry that an athletic booster had helped players obtain a rental car for a trip to Houston, that a loan was made to the girlfriend of a student athlete and that an athlete was given a jersey during an offi cial recruiting visit. University President Miguel Nevarez said the report mailed Wednesday did not agree with charges of unethical conduct by former head coach Kevin Wall and lack of institutional control by Athletic Director Sam Odstrcil. "It's very hard to get into someone's mind and know their motives, so we told the NCAA that we couldn't respond to those allegations," Nevarez said. 12th Man Notebook given an interpretation which did not prohibit Laettner from prepar ing a diary for future post-eligibil ity publication." Earlier, Cragg said he didn't know if the NCAA had been con tacted. Kennedy told the newspa per he didn't check directly with the NCAA. The NCAA wouldn't confirm or deny an investigation into the report. Duke officials said no rules were violated because Laettner didn't sign a contract. "1 think that we would look at the facts overall, but I don't think we would distinguish between an oral or written agreement," NCAA official Rick Evrard said. "An agreement is an agreement." A spokeswoman for GQ said Thursday that Duke and GQ were careful to follow the rules. "Our manager Eliot Kaplan went to great pains to work with Duke to make sure there.were no violations ... and Duke got permis sion from the NCAA/ GQ's Cathy O'Brien said. Kaplan, now editor at Philadelphia Magazine, had a dif ferent version. Fie said Thursday he never discussed with Duke whether the agreement with Laet tner might violate NCAA rules. The Journal reported that Ka plan said Laettner signed a stan dard writing contract. Other mag azine officials denied that. Kaplan said later he assumed there was a contract because it was standard procedure to mail one to all writ ers. Laettner, the leading scorer for Duke's championship team, agreed last August to keep a diary during the season which would be published by the magazine later this year, GQ officials said. "There was never a guarantee of publication," Cragg said. After the magazine transcribed the tapes and decided whether the ar ticle would be published, "they would discuss financial terms or whatever," he said. GQ officials said a fee was set but declined to disclose it. They said Laettner didn't sign a con tract but had an oral agreement with GQ. Laettner didn't hide his deal with GQ. He told reporters in March that he agreed to make weekly tape-recorded entries for GQ and would be paid after pub lication. KOLACHE FUN RUN will kickoff the annual SnookFestl! 7:30 a.m. on May 2. The entry fee for the 5 km run isSlOands: be turned in April 17. A trophy and one dozen kolachesgotoli overall winners and the winners in each category. For more information, call David or Sharon Kovar at 272-3732 TEXAS CHAINRING CHALLENGE will wheel across Texasi: ing the week of June 7-13. The third annual event will be©: Blanco State Park and will cross a 425 —mile route that incm? the Hill Country and the northeast parts of the state. Organ® insist the Texas Chainring is not a race. Cyclists travel attheiror pace. Registration is limited to the first 500 cyclists. A $40 entry fee*: cover maps, rest stop privileges, campground access, andofe amenities. For more information contact Cummins at the TCC hotlineat 800-374-BIKE. The Peratic mto effec ‘he Uni-* re gistra °fticials, each c Ifc-hou r Undererri 1992. ^ M The re U n i v *|is seme Students jegistrati finding c I they are < f all class °t this, rr to re-arn Schedule: The 1 Specially graduate Prevent take 17 < ipinishin^ Schedule [ tor these r egistrati °f their i MARLIN FESTIVAL DAYS: The First Annual Co-ed Volleyball Classic will be held Saturday, May 2, and Sunday, May 3 in Mai lin. The deadline for entering the tournament is April 29. Entn fee is $10 per team. A team is made up of six players, three met and three women, with two alternates as optional. Firstandset ond place prizes will be awarded. For further information contact Nancy Radle at (817) 883-6069oi the Marlin Chamber of Commerce, 883-2171. Publ SPORTS FEST '92: Bryan Parks and Recreation is sponsoring the third annual Sports Fest, which features a variety o( sports and games for all ages. Live music varying from country to (amviff on hand as well as arts, crafts and food. The Spots Fest is free to the public and will begin at 10a.m.on May 2 at Haswell Park. Tark to make $500,000 a year as San Antonio head coach SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Jerry Tarkanian's "multi-year" contract as San Antonio Spurs head coach is worth at least $500,000 per sea son, two newspapers reported Thursday. Spurs owner Red McCombs announced Wednesday he had hired the former UNLV coach to take over as Spurs coach after this season, filling a job vacated by the January firing of Larry Brown. McCombs and Tarkanian de clined to disclose contract terms, other than to say it is a "multi year" deal. A report Thursday in the San Antonio Express-News said Tarkanian received a two-year contract worth $500,000 per sea son plus an option year. The San Antonio Light reported he signed a three-year deal for $600,000 per season. Tarkanian's contract also includes incentives, the newspa pers reported. Both San Antonio newspapers also quoted unnamed sources as saying Tarkanian plans to hire for mer Runnin' Rebels assistant coach Tim Grgurich. Tarkanian, at the Wednesday news conference announcing his hiring, declined to discuss who would make up his staff. He also said he was not ready to discuss the specific changes he would make with the team. "I'm really anxious ton get involved and see that the needs," he said. "It's a teamwib a lot of talent." Tarkanian is entering theN8I after 32 years of coachingcollef basketball. He spent the pas! I 1 seasons at UNLV, where W the Runnin' Rebels to the fin* Four four times and won NCAA title in 1990. Tarkanian, 61, said he had: 1 ways thought he would coatlt pro team. He said he believe!* run-and-gun style is simik ! that of many NBA teams. "You have to do the sa‘ things to be successful," head^ "You have to unite the team.ft have to come together." Tarkanian said he likes thel> that the Spurs are the majors; attraction in San Antonio,r the same way the Runnin'Reb attracted sports fans in LasVejjf "Your support is verysiini* to the type of support we Las Vegas, where we weres'’ out regularly and had ag lowing for years," he said. After meeting briefly'^ Spurs players Wednesd ? evening, Tarkanian headed Florida to begin scouting coff players in preparation for- NBA draft in June. The I ordered , birth coi from a B care hoc federal er By t adminis dangero governrr feformati affective fedividuc read or chapter. The ch have beet World wh grow inc year pas abortion endorses of birth c Valuable Who is in protect t disease pregnane I inte: ' your tee tKof', ,, that's ar sensitive, Whitley Continued from Page 5 first-round game and the TV camera cut to the coach who had traded in for a puke green sweater. It made the original brown sweater look like some thing from Brooks Brothers. Then, a graphic appeared on the screen that said St. John's was 15-4 with Carnessecca's new sweater. Old traditions never die. Carnessecca retired from coaching last Monday. In his 24 years at St. John's, he amassed a record of 526-200. His teams played in the postseason every year that he was at the helm. With such an impressi« { record, it's hard to accept that* piece of clothing had anythin! to do with it. He's a master^ the game, and an excellentju^ of talent. Greats like V ' Berry, Chris Mullin and Jackson all played for the Red men under Carnessecca. 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