Image provided by: Texas A&M University
About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (July 5, 1994)
• J ul y 5,1994 LIS -* issue an opin- ^ elections for f would require i plans to draft re to consider, mid bring $500 te treasury. He that would re side gambling Texans should rather than in Gulf Coast of 1 estimate that ually in Neva- l/orkout! ie Battalion atermelon ashioned slsiililii g- A person it work. t person re- a motor ve- the road by \ car was a sharp in- r’s side vent narks were Chevrolet. Tuesday* July 5, 1994 5 PORTS Soccer fan takes losing too seriously MARK SMITH Sports Editor w hen is a game not a game? When the cost of winning or losing means a human life. Of course I’m talking about the murder of Andres Escobar, the Colombian soccer player who scored an own-goal during Colom bia’s 2-1 loss to the United States. For his mistake, Escobar received a reported 12 bullets from close range. The world of sports is an emo- tionally-intense ride, full of ups and downs. When your team wins, you feel great. When you lose...well, things aren’t so rosy. There must be some difference in philosophies when the rest of the world thinks of the World Cup. Newspapers in Europe openly edi torialize about matches in their headlines. Some criticize the coaches, which led one columnist from Miami to remark that their paper had never printed the head line, “You stink, Shula!” Surely there are times in all sports’ fans lives when they look at a player and wish, maybe just a lit tle bit, that he or she takes a fall and can’t play anymore. You know, nothing that would end his career. Just something to keep him or her out of the game, so the home team would win. But, how many would lay in wait for that one particular player and gun him down? Escobar supposedly was a popu lar player in Colombia. He wrote articles for El Tiempo and was quoted as saying before the World Cup that, “Our success lies in our sense of togetherness.” Kind of ironic, huh? The ferocity of the attack might have something to do with the op ponent the Colombians were play ing. The United States has, in past yeans, had the reputation as an easy team to beat. The win against the Colombians was Americas first World Cup win in 44 years. Just as a comparison, it would be like the Dallas Cowboys (before free agency) losing to the Indi anapolis Colts. A couple of fans see Emmitt Smith in a bar. Smith fumbled the ball away, allowing the Colts to score the game win ning touchdown. The fans, upset by Smith’s error, decide to make it where he can’t fumble the ball anymore. Of Please see Smith/Page 4 Lady Aggies’ hire head coach Candi Harvey to lead women's basketball team The Texas A&M women’s basketball team ended its search for a head bas ketball coach Saturday by hiring Candi Harvey. Harvey was the former coach of the Tulane Green Wave. A&M Athletic Di rector Wally Groff said he was pleased by Harvey’s selection and thought she would do well in the A&M program. “I believe she will do an outstanding job,” he said. “She inherits a solid program here at Texas A&M and I believe she will help us continue to strive for excellence.” In her tenure at Tulane, Harvey amassed a record of 46-68, beginning with a 6-22 mark in 1990-91 and finish ing the 1993-94 season 17-14 with a bid to the Women’s NIT post-season tour nament. The 1994 NIT appearance was Tu- lane’s first ever. Harvey said she was excited by the chance to come to A&M. “Texas A&M is an ideal academic and athletic institution,” she said. “This is a wonderful opportunity Harvey for me.” She was also quick to praise the Lady Aggies’ departing head coach Lynn Hick ey, who was pro moted to Senior Associate Athletic Director in April. “Coach (Lynn) Hickey has done a tremendous job and she has quali ty ladies in the program,” Harvey said. One of Harvey’s first actions as head coach was to hire Kristy Sims as an assistant. Sims, who served under Harvey for two years at Tulane, comes from Stephen F. Austin where she helped coordinate recruiting, academics and promotions. “Kristy is an outstanding coach and I’m pleased to name her as one of my assistant coaches,” Harvey said. Before her time as head coach, Har vey served for six years as the top as sistant to Gary Blair at Stephen F. Austin University. Harvey's Record Year Record (post season) Head Coach: 1990-91 6-22 (4 years all at 1991-92 9-19 Tulane) 1992-93 14-13 1993-94 17-14 (WNIT) Totals: 46-68 (.404) Assistant Coach: 1984-85 3-24 (6 years all at SFA) 1985-86 16-12 1986-87 25-6 (WNIT) 1987-88 29-5 (NCAA 2nd round) 1988-89 30-4 (NCAA Sweet 16) 1989-90 28-3 (NCAA Sweet 1 6) Totals: 131-54 (.708) During that time she focused on re cruiting and academic counseling for the Ladyjacks. In those six years, SFA won three Southland Conference Championships, appeared in three straight NCAA post season tournaments and finished ranked in the Top 20 for those three years. -From Staff and Wire Reports Five Astros chosen as All-Stars , HOUSTON (AP) — After baseball fans didn’t vote any Houston players to this year’s All-Star game, Philadelphia manager Jim Fregosi selected a club- record five of them for next weekend’s game. Fregosi, the National League’s coach for the July 12 All-Star game, picked his reserves on Sunday. They included first baseman Jeff Bagwell, second baseman Craig Biggio, third baseman Ken Caminiti and pitchers Doug Drabek and John Hudek. The Astros, who had four All-Stars in 1979 and 1986, will have more play ers at the game, which will be played in Pittsburgh, than any other team. “It’s about time we started getting' some recognition,” Astros manager Terry Collins skid. “We are all elated and very excited. They are all very de serving.” All of them are first-time picks ex cept Biggio, who went in 1991 at catch er and 1992 at second. He’s the only player to achieve that All-Star double. Bagwell’s .352 batting average is second in the NL. He’s first in runs (71), runs batted in (77), total bases (204), slugging percentage (.711) and extra-base hits (49). “It’s exciting, being the first time and everything,” said Drabek, who had won Cy Young Award but never been an All-Star until Sunday. “I had a lot of help getting there, everybody playing behind me. I feel very fortunate,” he said. Drabek, who won the Cy Young while playing for Pittsburgh in 1990, has rebounded from his 9-18 record last year, his first season with Hous ton. He didn’t plan to make the All- Star team. “I just wanted to come back and pitch the way I had before last year,” Drabek said. Drabek is fourth in the league in earned run average (2.83), third in vic tories (10-5), second in innings pitched (127) and tied for the league lead in shutouts (two) and complete games (five). He is seventh in strikeouts (97), and had a 1 seven-game winning streak from April 10 to May 24. : Biggio marked his third selection to the All-Star team by going 4-for-5 at the plate Sunday and driving in three runs. “A lot of hard work that you put into the season pays off in this one game,” he said. Caminiti also was surprised to make the team. “This is the best I’ve done in a first half,” said Caminiti, who is hitting .292 with 16 home runs and 55 RBIs. “I don’t think I had All-Star years before. So this is a gift. Fm very happy with it.” The Associated Press Houston Astros’ Jeff Bagwell was fifth in the All-Star voting for first baseman. Page 3 > a - ' IV. <- ( «iUi! ^ - Sill s H INRili ..fcs Asiwh. Wimbledon officials want slower game Softer balls considered to increase rallies WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Softer balls, fuzzier balls, any kind of balls that might put more rallies back into men’s tennis on grass are under consideration by Wimbledon and Inter national Tennis Federation officials. A frantic cry arose at Wimbledon, along with a lot of harrumphing and hand-wringing, in the aftermath of Pete Sampras’ slam-bang final victory over Goran Ivanisevic. One British wag commented Mon day that “the Wimbledon concourses resembled the Commons’ corridors, when a Government is in the throes of a crisis of confidence. They buzzed with heated assertions that Something Must Be Done.” If Jeremy Bates, England’s patron saint of lost tennis causes, had won the same match the same way, no one in Britain would have been talking about changing anything. Instead, he would have been knighted immediately and toasted in the House of Commons as well as in the House of Lords. But Sampras, an American, and Ivanisevic, a Croatian, are seen as threats to the integrity of the game at this bastion of tradition, even though grass courts have always produced a faster brand of men’s tennis with few long rallies. When there is hot weather and no rain, as happened this past week, the courts dry out and become even faster. Ripping up the lawns in favor of ce ment or clay is unthinkable. Forcing players to abandon their giant graphite rackets for old-fashioned wooden ones is unacceptable to racket manufactur ers and the ITF. So all the talk is turning to the balls. “Broadening the specifications would allow Wimbledon to use softer balls, and that could slow things down,” said Bill Babcock, the ITF’s Grand Slam ad ministrator. “You can forget about of fering Wimbledon the chance to bring in other rule changes. That would mean turning the tournament into something of a freak show.” Wimbledon referee Alan Mills wor ried about the effects on different play ers of changing the balls just for grass. “You have to., consider whether it’s right to penalize one type of player,” Mills said. “But it’s a serious point, and if the ITF decide to allow a certain tol erance over ball pressure, we would ob viously consider the possibilities.” Sampras suggested perhaps bring ing out new balls less often during a match. One problem with changing the balls is whether they would be altered for both men and women. The current balls are just right for the women, most of whom still play from the baseline. Slowing them down would create a dif ferent kind of boredom. CLUB c 0 HASSLES a 795 tor itor elite editor ig the fall ns (except is postage iuilding, Jniversity in ditorial -3313. Fax: nent by The : or classified I office d $50 per SUMMER ’94 Register Now 845-1631 DANCE Beginning Country & Western Dance Mon. July 11, 18, 25, Aug 1 6-7:15pm $20/student $2 5/nonstudent Ballroom Dance Tues. July 5, 12, 19, 26 6-7:30pm $20/student $25/nonstudent Jitterbug Wed. July 6, 11(7:30), 27, Aug 3 6-7:15pm $20/student $25/nonstudent Voice Training Mon. July 18, 25, Aug 1 6-8:30pm $30/student $35/nonstudent AEROBICS M/W, thru Aug 3 5:30-6:30pm $30/student $35/nonstudent M/W, thru Aug 3 6:45-7:45pm $30/student $35/nonstudent T/Th, thru Aug 4 5:30-6:30pm $30/student $35/nonstudent SELF HELP Personal, Family & Home Protection Thurs. July 14, 21 6- 8pm $ 10/student $ 15/nonstudent Self Defense Tues. July 5, 12, 19, 26 6:45- 8:45pm $30/student $35/nonstudent First Aid M/W, July 11,13, 18, 20 7- 9pm $ 18/student $23/nonstudent CPR M/W, July 25, 27 6- 10pm $ 18/student $23/nonstudent COMPUTERS Intro to Macintosh Mon. July 11 7- 9pm $20/student $35/nonstudent Pagemaker 5.0 T/Th, July 12,14,19,21,26,28 7-9pm $35/student $40/nonstudent PLUS ARTS/CRAFTS Painting II Thurs. July 7, 14, 21, 28, Aug 4 6-9pm $35/student $40/nonstudent Drawing II Tues. July 5, 12, 19, 26, Aug 2 6-8pm $35/student $40/nonstudent Watercolor Wed. July 6, 13, 20, 27, Aug 3 6-9pm $35/student $40/nonstudent Matting & Framing Thurs. July 14, 21, 28 6:30-8:30pm $30/student $35/nonstudent Stained Glass Wed. July 6, 13, 20, 27, Aug 3 6-9pm $35/student $40/nonstudent Leaded Glass Tues. July 5, 12, 19, 26, Aug 2 6-9pm $30/student $35/nonstudent WORKSHOPS MSC Basement Level POTTERY Beginning Wheel M/W, July 11, 13, 18, 20, 25, 27 5:30-7:30pm M/W, July 11, 13, 18, 20, 25, 27 7:45-9:45pm T/Th, July 5, 7, 12, 14, 19, 21 5:30-7:30pm $35/student $40/nonstudent OUTDOORS Intro To Falconry Thurs. July 7, 14, 21, 28, Aug 4 6-7pm $20/student $2 5/nonstudent Fly Tying Tues. July 12, 19, 26, Aug 2 6:30-9pm $30/student $35/nonstudent PHOTOS Photography Mon. July 11, 18, 25, J 6-9pm $30/student >, Aug 1 $35/nonstudent Video Camera Meth ods and Techniques Thurs. July 7, 14, 21, 28 7-9pm $20/student $25/nonstudent VARIETY Wines of America Tues. July 5, 12, 19, 26 7-8:30pm $30/student $35/nonstudent Bike Maintenance Tues. July 12, 19, 26, Aug 2 7:30-9:30pm $20/student $25/nonstudent Billiards Sat. July 9, 16, 23, 30 2-4pm $30/student $35/nonstudent Basics of Investing Tues. July 5, 12, 19, 26, Aug 2 7:30-9pm $20/student $25/nonstudent Cake Decorating Mon. July 11, 18, 25, Aug 2 6-9pm $20/student $25/nonstudent WOODWORKS Woodworking I Tues. July 12, 19, 26, Aug 2 6-8pm $40/student $45/nonstudent Woodworking II Wed. July 13, 20, 27, Aug 3 6-8pm $40/student $45/nonstudent