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i d Press - Most companies i ■ employees from sui- indow. in, most companie d-tailed hawks nestin; windows. red-tailed hawks tin > the fourth-floor w aw a lot of attention res you walk out on see the hawks coi ievin McCarty, tlf ice president for cot- nunications. “It'sa ght.” an monitor has beet icarby hallway so tit their two newl; glings can be viewet urbing executive via urt Hedden, wbost the other side of tit n the nest. ards rom Page 1 i,” he said. “Wit diverting vehicles ate agencies, school insit authority vehi- dive fuels." d the use of such fu- relp the economy, as te of the wealthier rces of Texas, icant percentage of es have found they ey, use a Texas prol- up the air;" he said major success story” ;aid the federal gov- threatened to cutoff a the state if the el- is not cleaned up r’t take these specific re going to shuttle she said. “Tha: t don't get highway aid fun® or any of roney that we have nd on " ient asked how the ring toward health Houston goes back to the basics in draft Nick Georgandis Sportswriter B efore bounding energetically off to my classes on Tuesday morning, I decided to grab a quick glance at the sports page of my hometown paper to see what crop of no-names the Hous ton Oilers had rounded up in this year’s edition of the NFL draft. Being a lifelong Oiler fan, 1 admit I was far less than optimistic as I staggered to my door to retrieve that morning 'edi tion. Who had the Oilers dredged up this time? Had they drafted the next Oliver Luck? Another Alonzo Highsmith per haps? With Warren Moon off to the great frozen tundra of Minnesota, and a mass exodus of free agents departing from the Bayou City, I have been apprehensive about the future of the inhabitants of the fabled “House of Pain”. Sunday afternoon, I thought new gen eral manager Floyd Reese had surpassed the bumbling of his predecessor, the 200-year-old Mike Holovak when Paul Tagliabue announced the Oilers had used their first-round draft pick to select for mer automotive guru Henry Ford. I was stunned. Not even the great party animal/draft genius Ladd Herzeg nad ever drafted a guy who’s been dead for 47 years. Great, I thought, we have gotten des perate enough to draft guys of name See Draft Daze/Page 8 One last pitch for Aggies Roger Hsieh/ The Battalion Lee Fedora, one of A&M's best batters with a .304 average, heads into the Aggies last home se ries against the league-leading TCU Horned Frogs. A&M is currently 30-20, overall. A&M baseball to play final homestand against No.l TCU By Nick Georgandis The Battalion The Texas A&M baseball team will close out a less than satisfactory Southwest Conference campaign be ginning tonight when they host Texas Christian University at 7 at Olsen Field. Although the Aggies no longer have a shot at making the SWC Tour nament, they can play a key role in deciding who will win the confer ence championship, as TCU currently leads the race, pursued closely by Rice and Texas Tech. Head baseball coach Mark Johnson said the Aggies will play no favorites when it comes down to who will win the title. “We’re still committed to the Southwest Conference to do the best we can, and there are some other teams that want us to give it our best effort, because it’s going to make a difference for them.’ Johnson said. The Aggies are coming off a 8-7 non-conference loss to Sam Houston State, a game that saw the Aggies jump out to a 7-0 lead, only to have the Bearkats score eight runs to win the contest. Although six different Aggie pitchers saw action in the game, Johnson said the coaches are not us ing the rest of the season as a “pre view” of next year’s team. “I told the guys we are not going to do that, we are going to try to win die ball games. This weekend we’ll set our rota tion to win.” Johnson cited the Horned Frogs ability to hit the ball well, especially with men on base, and their pitchers’ consistent ability to throw strikes as the biggest challenges for the Aggies this weekend. Following the weekend, A&M 30- 20 (5-10 in the SWC) will be off for three weeks before closing out the season at Pepperdine May 20-21. A&M golfers named to All-Southwest Conference team Ellis, Gortana and Rodriguez lead Aggies into last regular season tournament with SWC honors From staff and wire reports Texas A&M head coach Bob Ellis was named a Southwest Conference co- coach of the year, as Aggie golfers Marco Gor tana and Anthony Rodriguez were placed on the All-SWC men’s team. Gortana, a senior from Johannesburg, South Africa, is a three-time all-confer ence player. Gortana was a second-team All-American last year as a junior and was a pre-season first-team All-American. He finished in the top 10 in seven tournaments, including second-place fin ishes at the Louisiana Classics and All- American Intercollegiate. Rodriguez, a junior from San Antonio, is a two-time All-SWC selection and was a pre-season choice for second-team All- American honors. After qualifying for the US. Amateur Championship played in Houston last year, Rodriguez finished third at this years SWC Championships, which concluded Tuesday. He leads the men’s with a 74.03 stroke average. He has finished in the top five i five tournaments, placing second at the Jack Nicklaus Invitational and the Stan ford Shootout. In his 20th year at A&M, Ellis is the dean of SWC coaches and share this year’s honor with Baylor coach Gene Shields. Ellis led the Aggies to a second- place finish at the SWC Championships, their best finish since they won the title in 1987. Ellis also won the award in 19 7 7, 1982 and 1987. The Aggies return to action May 14-15 for the Perry Maxwell Intercollegiate in Ardmore, Okla., the final tournament of the regular season. A&M is expected to receive a bid to the NCAA Central Regional on May 19 through 21 in Oklahoma City. The NCAA championships are in McKinney, Texas, beginning on June 1. ^est concern Texas tr Medicaid fundinj 1 " Richards said. Glinton s health cate bably not be passed id, so any specula- what the state cat less. relieve that the toti ng to take the heat ne with immediate •rage,” she said, citizen was cor,- t the future of the i-speed rail system. Nabors, a member peed Rail Authority, rtmerit is currently loving the contrac- for failing to meet >ns of the contract, idents asked about y were having with ;s and brought to scams. ctive agency head; xrk into the scams, arted the progran- the government to . as a result of feed- , getting about the being “out of / are here to hear •e to say,” she said, ite government to jjies and its time for period to the local s and the people e.” its m Page 1 oard of Regents sec uring documents in conceal alcohol pur- las consistently de- gdoing. id she did not ask resign nor did she her regents resign- resignation on its ds said. “He did ight was best fot vent on to praise r his devotion to >n to this University z,” Richards said. "1 his decision." id she would con- regents before she ion. ilass of ‘63, wasap- Board in 1989 and iam McKenzie as 91. iuld have expired in Wholesale Loose Diamonds Prices are based on the New York "Rapaport Sheet", a wholesale price guide. 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