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comedic performance in Big Bully. process, A&M should try to hire more black professors. team's Super Bowl conquest.
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The Battalion
Serving Texas A&M University Since 1893
Monday • January 29, 1996
I The Cowboys rocked the
teelers 27-1 7 in Super
owl XXX.
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Those limo-
lin’ glamour boys from Dallas backed
ptheir bluster, but barely.
And they can thank one of their
ist glamorous players, Larry Brown,
ir their third Super Bowl victory in
iur years.
The Cowboys beat Pittsburgh 27-17
unday to extend the NFC’s streak of
ictories in the NFL’s showcase game to
neven dozen.
And while Troy, Emmitt and
lichael all had their moments, the
3t moment was reserved for
Irown, the right cornerback overshad-
by the spotlight on left corner, a
[uynamed Deion Sanders.
Brown came up with two intercep-
w at moments when Pittsburgh was
it about to take control of the game
dwas named the Super Bowl’s most
taluable player.
His 44-yard return in the third quar-
lerofNeil O’Donnell’s pass set up a 1-
touchdown run by Emmitt Smith
put Dallas up 20-7 after Pitts-
1, which fell behind 13-0, seemed
ready to take the lead.
Then, after Pittsburgh had closed to
•17 and had the ball with four min
es left, Brown, just as he did to seal
e NFC title game with Green Bay,
ade another interception, returning it
34 yards to set up another Smith TD
run, this one of four yards.
Only then did the Cowboys and coach
Barry Switzer celebrate a struggling
Super Bowl victory that capped a strug-
ling season. And the hugs in the end
;one reflected relief more than the “in-
our-face” braggadocio with which the
'owboys faced Super Bowl week.
Dallas controlled the first half, with
kip fromODonnel 1,-the Pittsburgh quar-
irback who was high and outside most of
letime, even on his completions.
But while they scored on their first
two possessions, they could convert
those only into 13 points, leaving the
Steelers within striking range, even
with O’Donnell struggling so much.
Then the Steelers, as they have so of
ten, scored in the last two minutes,
turning it into a 13-7 game.
But while the Dallas offense fizzled,
the defense did not, particularly Brown,
who joined Miami’s Jake Scott 13 years
ago as the only other defensive back to
win a Super Bowl MVP trophy. And
that was enough for the Cowboys to join
San Francisco as only teams to win five
Super Bowls.
Pittsburgh, which won four Super
Bowls during the 1970s, lost for the
first time in five appearances.
Dallas’ victory also bailed out
Switzer, who took over from Jimmy
Johnson last season after Johnson and
Dallas owner Jerry Jones had their
well-publicized divorce. Switzer thus
joined Johnson as the only coaches to
win both college and pro championships
despite a season of gaffes that left him
labeled “Bozo the Coach.”
The Cowboys were favored by 13 1/2
points, but after the narrow win even
the trophy celebration was subdued.
“This ball game represents the kind
of season we’ve h&d,” Jones said in ac
cepting the Vince Lombardi Trophy
from commissioner Paul Tagliabue, who
had bitterly attacked Jones on national
television earlier in the day.
“This was a struggle,” said Jones,
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AP Photo
Michael Irvin celebrates with coach Barry Switzer after the Cowboys beat the Green
Bay Packers in the NFC Championship game Jan. 14 in Irving. The team went on to
beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 27-1 7 in Super Bowl XXX Sunday.
A&M campus
pays tribute to
Challenger team
Gwendolyn Struve, The Battalion
llie Students for the Exploration and Development of
Space placed a wreath next to the staute of Lawrence
ivan Ross Friday. A photograph of the seven-mem-
crew, an ode to them and a quote from former
President George Bush accompanied the wreath.
□ Flags will fly at half
mast today in memory
of the shuttle crew
members who died 10
years ago.
By Johanna Henry
The Bait align
The 57 members of Texas
A&M’s Squadron “Challenger” 17
gathered on the Quad Sunday
night in honor of the seven crew
members who died Jan. 28, 1986,
when the Challenger 7 space
shuttle exploded.
Cadets read former Presi
dent Ronald Reagan’s Jan. 28,
1986, speech, and the outfit
prayed together.
Two members of the Aggie
Band played “Echo Taps,” a spe
cial rendition of Taps.
Mike Harvard, a senior politi
cal science major and Squadron
17 commanding officer, said the
ceremony offered a chance to re
flect on priorities.
“It brings it all into perspec
tive,” Harvard said. “You forget
all your petty arguments and re
member what they did for their
country. It’s a day to remember
those who died.”
Former members of the out
fit came from as far as Dallas
and San Antonio to observe
the ceremony.
Mike Diezi, a Squadron 17
member and senior agricultural
economics major, said the cere
mony never grows old, offering
new perspectives each year.
“For us as seniors, it is a good
time to reflect,” he said. “Even
though it is our fourth time,
when it’s done right, it is special
every time.”
Today the entire Corps will
Queen of Virtue
SU-rlinf; Hayman, Tm Battalion
Eleanor Colvin, a senior journalism major, is the 1996 Miss Black and Gold.
Miss Black and Gold
crowned Saturday
□ The new queen said she
does not fit the typical
pageant winner image.
By Tara Wilkinson
The Battalion
Eleanor Colvin, a Texas A&M se
nior journalism major, was named
1996 Miss Black & Gold Saturday
night, receiving a crown and a
$1,000 scholarship.
Ten women, “queens of virtue,”
competed in the Pi Omicron Chapter
of Alpha Phi Alpha Miss Black &
Gold Scholarship Pageant held in
Rudder Theatre.
Arlishia Cronist, a senior con
struction science major, was named
first runner up, and January Ed
ward, a freshman general studies
major, was named second runner up.
Contestants participated in intro
ductory, modeling, talent and ques-
tion-and-answer segments.
For the talent segment, the ma
jority of pageant contestants per
formed dramatic monologues, two
contestants danced and one sang.
Marcus Jackson, a pageant judge
and academic adviser at A&M, said
the five Miss Black and Gold judges
established criteria to help them
make their difficult decision.
“We looked for sincerity, person
ality, poise and their future plans
in the African-American society,”
Jackson said.
The judges said they were im
pressed with Colvin’s goal of becom
ing an editor of a major African-
American magazine.
Becky Petitt, a pageant judge
and A&M coordinator of diversity
education for residence life, said
Colvin was selected, in part, be
cause of her sincerity.
“She exemplified the character,
inner beauty and sophistication of a
black woman,” Petitt said. “Being a
black woman in America is very
challenging, and she is able to do it
with poise.”
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iiercrew, an ode to them and a quote from former cial rendition of Taps.
President George Bush accompanied the wreath. Mike Harvard, a senior politi- See Challenger, Page 6 ■ — —
MBA students compete to prove worth to potential employ
J Tll6 annual competition cause 22 teams of students competed, a from each team’s analysis.” second, third and fourth-place teams. with the MBA students in
. ‘ dramatic increase from last year’s four- First-year MBA students Mike Man- Sixteen representatives of major cor- tition,” Ellis said. “As tF
increased dramatically from team competition. cuso, David Vassar, Kyla Dodson and porations in Texas, including Chevron each group analyzes the (
JThe annual competition
increased dramatically from
last year's competition.
fy Danielle Pontiff
The Battalion
Texas A&M MBA students had a
c hance this weekend to prove they
could analyze problems and think un
der pressure.
The MBA/LAW Symposium Commit-
iee hosted its 19th annual Chevron
Corp. Case Competition Friday in the
Wehner Building.
Bob Bird, competition coordinator,
s aid this year’s event was significant be
cause 22 teams of students competed, a
dramatic increase from last year’s four
team competition
“This is the largest competition we’ve
had since we began in 1977,” Bird said.
“The first-year MBA/MS (master of sci
ence) students were particularly enthusi
astic about this event. They made up 16
of the teams.”
Each team of four students received
an informational packet Tuesday night
about a software company called Novell.
They had two days to prepare a pre
sentation with recommendations for solv
ing the company’s problems.
“The participants were free to choose
the focus of their presentation,” Bird
said. “The judges looked for realistic rec
ommendations that extended logically
from each team’s analysis.”
First-year MBA students Mike Man
cuso, David Vassar, Kyla Dodson and
Jamie Collins won first place in the com
petition and $300 each.
Bird said many of the
second-year students
were surprised that the
younger team won.
Vassar said his group
spent every moment of
its free time working on
the case presentation.
“We did a lot of re-
search and worked hard to come up with
a strategic plan to implement for Novell,”
Vassar said. “The only breaks we had
were when we had to go to classes.”
Cash prizes were also awarded to the
second, third and fourth-place teams.
Sixteen representatives of major cor
porations in Texas, including Chevron
Corp., Texas Instruments and Exxon
Corp., judged the event.
"... The recruiters get more personal insight
to the students than they would in a cold job
interview."
— Elissa Ellis
MBA program assistant director
Elissa Ellis, assistant director of the
MBA program, said the competition al
lowed students to showcase their talents
to potential employers.
“Recruiters establish a relationship
with the MBA students in the compe
tition,” Ellis said. “As they see how
each group analyzes the case, the re
cruiters get more personal insight to
the students than they would in a
cold job interview.”
Tim Papa, MBA/MS Association presi
dent, said the students’ presentations
were impressive and showed their ability
to handle competition.
“The presentations were exciting to
watch,” Papa said. “It’s a competitive en
vironment, yet the teams have given each
other advice throughout the past couple
of days. There’s a lot of camaraderie be
tween all the teams.”
Bird said he hopes the competition
will expand within the next few years to
include other universities.