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The Battalion
Page 7
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quit college
I n light of
Beavis and
Butthead
recently being
blamed for a
five-year-old
setting a house
on fire and
consequently
killing the
child's little
sister, I have a
few comments
on our soci
ety's finger
pointing atti
tude.
A different,
but similar
kind of idiocy occurred twice in the
span of one week. In both New Jer
sey and Pennsylvania, two high
school juniors on separate football
teams attempted to duplicate a stunt
from the movie 'The Program.'
'The Program/ a movie about the
various ills of college football, depicts
a particular scene showing the quar
terback of a team and several of his
teammates lying in the middle of a
road, reading magazines while cars
fly past them. Doing this, they re
mained amazingly uninjured and un
scathed.
Two boys both thought they
would attempt this movie magic
stunt by recreating it in their own
hometowns. However, these high
school students were not so lucky.
One of them was seriously injured
and remains in a coma under serious
condition. The other was killed.
Now, a small portion of the world
is out to sue the movie and its pro
ducers, the Walt Disney Co., for con
tributing to these minor's behavior.
That's right, Disney, the folks that
brought you Mickey Mouse and his
See Rush/Page 8
Lady Aggies kick off first
Aggieland Invitational
By Nick Georgandis
The Battalion
The Texas A&M women's
soccer team will be hoping to
continue the success of its in
augural season, hosting the
first annual Aggieland Invita
tional this weekend at Old
Tiger Field.
The Lady Aggies, who en
ter the tournament with a 11-
3-1 record, will play New
Mexico Saturday at 3:30 p.m.
and then host Texas on Sun
day at 3:30 p.m. in the tourna
ment finale.
Lady Aggie head coach Gerald Guerrieri said he
believes the match with New Mexico may be the best
of A&M's season because of the two teams' similari
ties.
"This is New Mexico's first year with a team, just
like us," Guerrieri said.
"They have the same record as we do, and a lot of
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people see this match as the
battle between the two top
first-year teams in the nation."
The Sunday match-up
against the Texas Lady Long
horns might be viewed as a
pay-back match for the Lady
Aggies.
Texas came to College Sta
tion in late September, played
the A&M club team, and then
reported to several newspa
pers that they had defeated
the Lady Aggies' NCAA team.
_ Actually, the A&M squad
Kyle Bumett/THE Battalion played and defeated Texas
Christian later that day.
Guerrieri said that he thinks the date of the Texas
match will allow the team to make quite an impres
sion on Texas.
"The game will be played on Halloween - but no
one will be masquerading as our team," Guerrieri
said.
See Soccer/Page 8
A&M sophomore harriers Hernandez, Snider
stride into SWC Championships at Dallas
By Nick Georgandis
The Battalion
Regardless of the sport, experi
ence is thought to be a key ele
ment to any team's success. How
ever, as the Texas A&M cross
country teams head into Dallas
this weekend for the Southwest
Conference Championships, it is
the youthfulness of both squads
that has contributed to their solid
seasons.
Two big reasons for the men's
good performance this year are
sophomores Alberto Hernandez
and Jerry Snider. Between the
two, Hernandez and Snider have
combined to be the men's top fin
isher in four of the six meets the
team has run this season.
Hernandez is a transfer student
from Northwest State in
Louisiana. He said he transferred
to A&M in order to improve two
big parts of his life.
"I transferred mainly for the
academics; it is such an improve
ment from last year for me," Her
nandez said.
"Plus, running in the South
west Conference is a good chance
to improve myself. The SWC is
larger and much more competi
tive than where I was running last
year."
Cross country head coach Ed
Marcinkiewicz said he thinks
Hernandez is a steadying force for
the young squad.
"Alberto is a strong presence
and a strong distance runner,"
Marcinkiewicz said.
"He has been our most consis
tent runner through the season,
and with experience he will only
get better."
Despite being injured and
missing most of last season, Jerry
Snider has come back to be a
strong part of the men's team this
season. Snider's best showing of
the year was a fourth-place finish
in the Rice Invitational on Sep
tember 25th. Snider said he feels
satisfied with what he and the
team have accomplished so far
See Cross country/Page 8
Kyle Bumett/THE Battalion
Forward Tina Robinson (9, top left) and defender Kristi
Dillinger (5, top) will help host A&M's first annual Aggieland
Invitational this Friday through Sunday. The Lady Aggies play
New Mexico Friday at 3:30 p.m. and end the tournament Sun
day facing Texas at 3:30 p.m.
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Hey Aggies! You are invited to
QUAD BASH ’93
CHILI-COOK-OFF
Tomorrow
6:30 p.m. ON the QUAD
Come boot scoot to the live music of MID SOUTH!
Food will be served starting at 6:30 p.m.:
your meal plan plus $.50, or $6.00, or Aggie Bucks for a hambuger meal
or
-$3.00 for Chili from the Chili Cook-Off
Qrab a team of four, cook the best chili on campus,
and your team could win:
- $200* 00 gift certificate from The Gap
- 4 Deluxe Car Washes from Shammy Car Wash and Wolf Creek Car Wash
- Gift Certificates from Scripture Haven Book Store
How to enter: Simply cook your chili and bring it to the Chili Cook-Off
registration table on the Quad at 6:30 p.m.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO ENTER TO COME HAVE FUN!
Sponsored by the Corp of Cadets Chaplains, with the support of
the Central Baptist University Ministry