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sday • Septemfcl*' £dnesda y ' September 21, 1994 ^PORTS The Battalion • Page 5 or in-state tuition a ire for out-of-statf] •graduates. The; dure this extra mot ey should go backtij Kardell said. T s a worthwhile fee,’ aid the Graduate il plans to address kj ices fees, child caitf ons Orientations f students and studej il age. ence Hall Association:: ig will be held al 8:30 pel aance Room in the Kokfcl ore information call the lti;| >89. e Club: A meetingfe:| lympics '94 will be helij 's Draw. For more infar.| 696-2754. Pathfinders: "Howl! ; will begin at 7:45 p.m. Science Building. For ition call Duke Fisheraiji'H Vs Bonfire Committee t, 3 and scavenger huntriS n 507 Rudder. Forw if: tion call Lisel at 6964I8M i al 847-5998. Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc y,; i lo Night hosted byOmpv: ty, Inc. will be heldatf-::®. 3 Basement rehearsal:*., formation call HaroWI'm, 17 or Jacques Ballon a: Thursday I kmateur Radio Club: ■] ' will be held at7p.ni.riM For more information4.- it 693-6258. American Instituteolij irs: A workpartyforlheia is weekend will be heWa] culture Lab. Formorer Boney or Amy Ward al'] oadrunners: Joinusfel -5 miles) at 6 p.m. in tel lite. For more informal 396-2464. Counseling Services workshop on stress ma^ ;ld at 1:30-3 p m.alS ng Services. P shop is required. Formei on call Student CounsefaS: at 845-4427. udents for Space Ex/# SEDS): A specialinWii vill be held at 8:3tpm. For more information cal Pirooz at 693-4644oiKt at 847-1708. omen's Rugby: Ruglif! d at 5:30 p.m. on Simps: Memories of Sundays, the Cowboys & Dad DREW DIENER Sportswriter The Dallas Cowboys were min utes away from their sixth Super Bowl appearance when a young Joe Montana gallantly led his San Fran cisco 49ers downfield on what would become one of the most famous comebacks in NFL history... Montana rolls right, the pigskin is sent spiraling toward the end zone. From out of nowhere, Dwight Clark appears at the bottom left of my television screen. Leaping and stretching in one poetic motion, “The Catch” is made... San Francisco 28 - Dallas 27. Denied, the Dallas Cowboys re turned home empty-handed. Two weeks later, the 49ers made their first of four Super Bowl appear ances, and returned to the Bay Area with a World Championship. After “The Catch” was made, I turned away from the TV and looked at my father. There was a moment of silence, like someone had died. Turning back toward the TV, I began to cry. The Cowboys and my father were among the most important people in my life when I was growing up. Dad knew that I had a great deal of love for football and almost al ways joined me in the den on Sun day afternoons, as I watched my he roes play their game. Some of my greatest memories from my childhood involve watching football, being with my dad, or watching football with my dad. He was by no means a football fanatic, but he nonetheless would willingly give up his Sunday afternoons to watch the Cowboys, if for no other reason than to spend time with me. At the time, I expected it. I took it for granted. Now I appreciate it See Diener, Page 6 Lady Ags defeat No. 15 Colorado Volleyball team ties for third in tournament By Jason Holstead The Battalion After tying for third at the Universi ty of Colorado Coors Tournament last weekend, the Texas A&M volleyball team resumes Southwest Conference action tonight as they travel to Lubbock to play Texas Tech at 7 o’clock. Despite losing two games out of three in the tournament, head coach Laurie Corbelli said the team learned several lessons over the weekend that should come in handy as the season progresses. “I think the main things we learned this weekend was the need to focus on consistent performances and the need to be well-prepared as individuals with in the team’s game plan.” Corbelli said. A&M’s sole win in the tournament came against 15th-ranked Colorado. Colorado was the highest ranked team See Lady Ags, Page 6 Joni Keister, junior middle blocker, returns the Scudder, sophomore outside hitter, watches. ball Robyn Calloway/TnF Battalion as her teammate Jan Cause of Gerulaitis 5 death found SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) — Former tennis star Vitas Gerulaitis was killed when a faulty propane heater filled the cottage where he was staying with such high levels of carbon monoxide that investigators had to retreat for gas masks, au thorities said Tuesday. Gerulaitis, 40, was found dead Sunday afternoon. Tests showed “between 72 and 77 percent of his blood was saturated with carbon monoxide — extremely, extremely high levels,” said Norma Dill, assistant to the chief medical examiner. Police said the fumes seeped into the heating and air con ditioning system of the cottage, which sits near the beach on an estate in this affluent Long Island community. The Suffolk County medical examiner found carbon monoxide traces during an autopsy Monday afternoon. Inves tigators then returned to the house and recorded carbon monoxide levels that were described as “off the scale.” Detective Sgt. David Betts said it was not clear if Gerulaitis was asleep when fumes swept through the house or how long he had been dead. When a servant entered the cottage Sunday af ternoon, the television was on and Gerulaitis was still wearing clothes he’d worn Saturday morning at a tennis clinic. Betts said that although the deadly gas apparently came from the heating and cooling system, the exact source had not been determined. The system had been serviced within the last two weeks, Betts said. Gerulaitis was a frequent guest at the cottage on the 4.7- acre, $5.5 million estate of developer Martin Raynes. He ar rived there last weekend after a late-night flight from the West Coast, where he’d played in a tennis tournament with former greats Jimmy Connors and Bjorn Borg. Raynes last saw Gerulaitis around 5 p.m. Saturday and the two agreed to have dinner. When Gerulaitis failed to ap pear that evening, Raynes assumed he was sleeping. For the 24 hours after his body was found, the tennis world buzzed with speculation that Gerulaitis’ death was linked to drug use. Gerulaitis acknowledged using cocaine during the late 1970s and ’80s, and said that his appetite for drugs and discos undercut a career that was based on quickness and endurance. He was treated for substance abuse and was implicated, though never charged, in a cocaine-dealing conspiracy in 1983. Offensive line ready to face Golden Eagles despite injuries Staff and Wire Reports Texas A&M head football coach R. C. Slocum tagged inexperience of and injuries to the team’s offensive line as the biggest problems experi enced by the A&M running attack as the team prepares for this week’s match-up with the University of Southern Mississippi. “The number one factor is the of fensive line, which is not an experi enced unit, “ Slocum said. “We’ve also had problems keeping all of our offensive line healthy. Jeff Jones, John Richard, Hunter Goodwin and even Calvin Collins have missed some time due to illnesses and bumps and bruises.” Both Richard and offensive line man Koby Hackradt missed prac tice Tuesday due to viruses. Also missing work-outs were tight end Hayward Clay(knee) and linebacker Warrick Holdman(thumb). Despite the inexperience of the offensive line and the success of A&M’s passing attack against both Oklahoma and Louisiana State, Slocum said the running game is still an integral part of the Aggie at tack. “The ability to run the football is a basic ingredient of championship caliber football teams, “ Slocum said. “It’s easy to be seduced into throwing the football all of the time. We’re committed, and we will be able to run the ball.” This Day In Aggie Football... September 21, 1974: Twelfth-ranked Texas A&M defeats seventh-ranked Lousiana State University, 21-14, in Baton Rogue and enters the top 10 in the national polls for the first time since 1957. 3ian, Bisexual Aggies and a mock speaker'spi 7 p.m. at 206 MSC, Fe n call the Gayline al (Hi sociation: FreeCzedi essons will be held all I Evans Library. For® i call David Chrousla! 12. >pa Alpha: An "Encoi? irough African-Amenc? bookdrive will be hells® be deposited al cube* j'_ Iding. For more info: r ’ vis at 846-0547 ambda: A rush social: ) p.m. at Fuddruckers xation call MeaganW iter: A Resume Writ! assist students with lh it or improvement oh* i will be held at 4 p.m 1 r more information cal lohnson Alexander alf Phi Fraternity, Inc.: ; ght hosted by Omega 1 ic. will be held at6-8P sement rehearsal rrf lation call Harold Mil# Jacques Ballon all!# ;ills Center: A time t and procrastination 1 it 1-3 p.m. in Studefll (ii Service in Henderson^ ition call 845-4427 erf ors: Join us for Chris* 8:30 p.m. in 110Kol# tion call Brandon# at 847-0661. k Information Sen# lory course to DOS If patible PC’s will be I* 107 Blocker. Bring®' r more information cal 45-8957. sade for Christ: 0o [ ‘ e held at 7 p.m. in 20 mation call Ken Co# onservation Biologf jeneral meeting will# 4 Nagle Hall. if Baptist Students: ig including worship * y will be held al 7:30f ain (ABS Center), f* I Bobby Tucker al# i Battalion service# t student and facd 1 ) tivities. 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