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Veterinary student leaps into success with Sport
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When Sports Illustrated named their Old Spice
[hlete of the month for August 1994, they decided
a student from Texas A&M. But who they
:ked was a bit of a surprise. It wasn’t a football
yer or a baseball player. Nor was the athlete a
nek and field star. SI picked first-year veteri-
,ry student Winona Anhaiser, winner of the 1992
d‘93 national all-around amateur championship
horseback riding.
She found out about the honor in June and said
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mainly football and basketball athletes, she
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Yet, Anhaiser never dreamed of such success,
she ever dreamed of was just having a horse.
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even a thought,” she said. “It was such a remote
possibility. I thought I’d be lucky just to get a
horse.”
But to her coach and mentor, Nancy Cahill,
Class of‘74, Anhaiser deserved the recognition.
Cahill nominated her for the Sports Illustrated
award.
“I don’t know of anyone who could balance
school and competition and do both so well,” Cahill
said. “It takes real dedication.”
But what Anhaiser has been able to accomplish
didn’t come easy. It started from an early age.
She started riding when she was in the sixth
grade. Soon afterward, she went to work for some
of her riding instructors. Later in high school, she
trained horses for a rodeo. Along the way through
junior high, high school and college she picked up
helpful hints and instructions to become a better
trainer.
Anhaiser is currently ranked first in total points
by the American Quarter Horse Association.
The rankings are similar to those used by
professional golfers, she said. The riders are
ranked by how much they win. At the end
of the year, the highest ranking rider is
named the national champion.
If Anhaiser wins the national title again,
she will be the first amateur rider to win it
three years in row. She thinks her six-year
gelding, Sport, has a good chance.
“She has a good lead right now (in
points),” she said. “But I can’t miss any
school. The vast majority of people I com
pete against don’t have jobs and don’t go to
school.”
As a student in one of the best veterinary
schools in the nation, Anhaiser says her time
is limited.
Her usual day at school starts at 8 a.m.
and doesn’t end until 5 p.m. After classes,
Anhaiser treks over to the medical library to
study until midnight. She only has time to
compete during the weekend, which usually
means either waking up at 5 a.m. Saturday
to travel to the competition, or if its out-of-
state, take a flight Friday afternoon.
Most students would be dizzy from such a
whirlwind pace, but Anhaiser said she loves
what she is doing.
Anhaiser wants to win the title again be
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cause in the next eight years, she won’t have much
of a chance to really compete or even ride for fun.
Veterinary school is going to take up most of her
time, she said.
“I don’t think I’ll have the opportunity to do it
again,” she said.
But she says her success could not have hap
pened if she didn’t find the right horse — Sport.
She bought Sport in 1992 from a family who raised
him.
“They said he was always a good sport about
everything,” Anhaiser said. “He has a wonderful
personality. Sport loves people and he loves atten
tion.”
It’s one of the main reasons, Anhaiser believes,
Sport has excelled at competition for so long.
Many times horses get burned out from competi
tion, she said.
“Competition is really stressful on the horses,
both mentally and physically,” Anhaiser said. “It
takes a horse with a really good attitude to take
that kind of stress.”
Anhaiser didn’t have a budget to buy a trained
horse. She had to find a gelding with raw talent
and train him herself.
“Your look for a horse that has certain move
ments,” she said. “When they are trained they be
come better movers.”
What you are being judged on in competition is
not just the riding ability, Anhaiser said, but how
well the horse is presented.
'.“It deals -with the horse’s presence and strength
in their hindquarters,” she said.
Cahill said Anhaiser has a great eye for horses,
and she picks horses that are good movers with
nice personalities.
Success seems to come naturally for Anhaiser
now. And although she never considered herself a
champion rider, it seems her passion for horses
was enough to make her the national amateur
champion she is today. And possibly next year,
too.
ENNINGS REVIVES TRADITIONAL COUNTRY WITH ‘WaYMORE’S BLUES’
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I Waylon Jennings’ latest release,
iWaymore’s Blues (Part II)” reminds
younger audiences that the artist is
more than just the good ol’ boy who
iang the theme for “The Dukes of Haz
ard.”
The album fits the ear like a well-
[roken-in pair of cowboy boots - the
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pot and take definitions of the word
pmfort” to new levels.
I But boots like that won’t hold up to a
long walk — and “Waymore’s Blues”
suffers the same limitations. Jennings,
the original country music revolution
ary who electrified audiences by bor
rowing both songs and style from rock
’n’ roll, has himself become a part of the
establishment.
The pieces on this “traditional” coun
try recording live up to expectations,
beautifully reviving the Waylon Jen
nings style familiar to decades of pre-
Garth Brooks listeners. Unfortunately,
Jennings’ sensational days of breaking
new ground appear to be over.
The first track, “Endangered
Species,” offers a nicely sentimental -
and autobiographical - point-of-view
from a man who has seen it all and
finds “. . . the new hats snapping at my
heels.” Jennings’ vocal performance
demonstrates the “at home” feel of his
music that many younger artists like
Randy Travis and Clint Black attempt
to emulate.
The title song two-steps just outside
of pure country and picks up the soulful
repetitions of old-fashioned blues. Jen
nings’ feel for the music and ability to
combine instruments, voice and compo
sition prove that he deserves to still be
recording long after contemporaries
have retired.
With the surprising waltz ballad
“Old Timer (The Song),” Jennings cre
ates a whole greater than the sum of its
parts. Jennings writes and sings with
an inspired, purposeful technique that
enables the tune to transcend the te
dious pondering of most ballads.
Jennings also has a little fun with
“Nobody Knows,” alluding both to the
“Elvis is alive” myth and his old early-
days friendship with the King.
“Come Back and See Me” completes
the list of memorable tracks. This song
of lost love stands out mainly for its
pace and timing, which is perfect for a
nice, relaxed dance on a sawdust-cov
ered floor.
The rest of the album shows Jen
nings doing what he loves, and it does
credit to the singer-songwriter. Perhaps
“Waymore’s Blues (Part II)” will push
Jennings over the top toward recogni
tion as an major enduring and influen
tial talent in contemporary country mu
sic.
This set of songs will become a fa
vorite of any fan of the tunes and music
of country rather than metal synthe
sized Southern twangs and country-
fried rock. But don’t look for Jennings
to go beyond his “traditional” style.
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** (out of five)
My, oh my, how the mighty
ve fallen.
Once upon a time, Public Ene
my ruled over all they surveyed
|b the premiere rap group in the
ffiorld. And PE leader Chuck D
[Sat on his throne as king, with a
voice so powerful it could tear
you apart. Dancing around the
Btrone was Flavor Flav, the court
jester, as rap magazine The
Source so aptly named him. The
perfect comic foil to Chuck, the
||kester Flav with the familiar
[Yeah boyee” yell provided the
Ink from PE’s politics to the
•reets.
| And after two classic albums,
|It Takes a Nation of Millions to
Bold Us Back,” and “Fear of a
llack Planet,” and a near-miss,
“Apocalypse ‘91 - The Enemy
|trikes Black,” anticipation is
igh for the booming return of
e Enemy.
But the rap game has changed
the three years since PE’s last
udio album. It’s a Doggy Dogg
orld now, and the gangstas
ve taken over. Chuck and Flav
d themselves battling not only
rrupt politicians, ghetto prob-
ms and racism, but now the at-
udes of their colleagues.
But “Mess Age” is just that -
ae big mess.
Most of the songs are just un-
stenable. Old PE songs capture
our attention, holding you there
captivated with a stunning lyri
cal assault. But songs on the
new album such as “Live and Un
drugged,” “I Stand Accused” and
“Hitler Day,” are difficult to even
get through.
And Chuck still raps on major
issues, including AIDS on “Race
Against Time,” carjacking on
“Death of a Carjacka” and the en
vironment on “Bedlam 13:13.”
But the messages are forgettable,
and don’t leave that lasting im
pression of past songs like “Fight
the Power,” “By the Time I Get to
Arizona,” and “Black Steel in the
Hour of Chaos.”
Meanwhile, Chuck has been
reduced to male bravado (“My
boys get iller than Illinois”),
while Flav continues his silly
rhymes (“No cursing, only vers
ing / And if we ain’t better, then
we make it worsen”).
But there are flashes of that
old PE brilliance. The album’s
first single “Give It Up” has an ir
resistible guitar intro while
Chuck speaks on “Madd rhymes
for madd times” and begging “I
don’t want my mama on the
street wearin’ armor.”
And Flav is entertaining as al
ways, most notably on “What
Kind of Power We Got,” and “I
Ain’t Madd at All.”
But for a man as talented as
Chuck D, this is a major setback.
PE will still be regarded as one of
the most important groups in
music, but “Mess Age” may be
the most disappointing album of
the year.
And as for the long-awaited
return of Public Enemy, take
their own advice — don’t believe
the hype.
Chuck D and Flavor Flav
Terminator X
By Drew Diener
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Terminator X & the Godfa
thers of Threatt
“Super Bad”
Rap
Rush Associated Labels
★ 1/2 (out of five)
Famed rap DJ Terminator
X of Public Enemy delivers a
versatile mix of old and new
school beats in his latest LP,
“Super Bad.”
The album intends to bridge
the gap between the godfa
thers of the hip-hop movement
such as Grandmaster Flash
and Whodini with artists at
the forefront of today’s hip-
hop. A virtual “who’s who” in
contemporary rap music ap
pears on various tracks
throughout the album.
Perhaps the most notable of
these tracks is “Sticka,” a song
featuring Chuck D of Public
Enemy, Ice T, MC Lyte, and
Ice Cube. The performers take
turns rapping about their op
position to censorship and the
parental advisory stickers that
are placed on albums with ex
plicit lyrics.
In addition to the appear
ance of such contemporary
stars, the album also provides
an outlet for the comeback of
previously mentioned legends,
as well as the Cold Crush
Brothers and the Fantastic
Five.
The underlying message of
Whodini’s song “It All Comes
Down to the Money,” seems to
be that today's hip-hop indus
try needs to pay respect to the
roots.of the music that has laid
the foundation for today’s suc
cess.
When groups such as Who
dini first took the stage a
decade ago, they performed for
the love of the music and the
thrill of its advancement. They
set the stage for the booming
business that is today’s hip
hop nation.
“It All Comes Down to the
Money” intends to make to
day’s performers realize this
fact. The message to aspiring
hip hoppers seems to be “If
you’re in it for the money, stay
out.”
Although X’s beats provide
superb accompaniment to the
rapping of others, the 23.
tracks on the album are a bit
much to swallow. While some
of the tracks are original and
refreshing, the majority are
monotonous and mundane.
“Put Cha Thang Down” ex
emplifies the latter. It is a to
ken hollering rap, made listen-
able only by the creative cuts
and samples provided by X.
Close your eyes and you can
see Luther Campbell, The
.Dawgs or Tag Team leading
the rap on a cheesy Jukebox
video.
It is songs like “Put Cha
Thang Down” that detracts
from the originality of the rest
of the album.
Althouglj Terminator X is
definitely one of the best DJs
in the business, his ability
alone is not enough to comfort
ably carry the listener through
the album’s 23 tracks.