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MAY GRADS If you ordered a 1996 Aggieland yearbook and will not be on cam pus this fall to pick it up, you can have it mailed. You should stop by the 6tudent Publications busi ness office, room 230 Peed McDonald building, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and pay a $6.50 mailing and handling fee. Yearbooks must be picked up within one semester of the publication date, and they will not be held, nor will they be mailed, without payment of the mailing and handling fee. Graduation Day Extended Hours Friday and Saturday Best Quality in Town Best Value Guaranteed Product 10% OFF Diploma Framing with this coupon HOBBY LOBBY. CREATIVE CENTER • STORE #65 1200 Harvey College Station, Tx. 77840 (409) 696-6188 Avoid the summer MELTDOWN ■ « and give yourself some credit, too! Attention: students in Amarillo for the summer—Amarillo College offers summer Telecourses. Fully transferable, televised courses provide cooling relief to the summer meltdown. You can sit in the comfortable coolness of your living room and watch KACV-TV instead of meeting daily classes during each summer term. See the Telecourse Bulletin in the summer Class Schedule or call the Registrar at (806) 371-5030 or the Telecourse Hotline at (806) 371-5416. Amarillo College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion or disability in its educational programs, activities or employment policies. Summer I - June 4-July 20,1996 Registration June 3 GOVT 4333-050 Government of the United States HIST 3373-050 History of the United States I PSYCH 3113-050 General Psychology SOCIO 4373-050 Social Principles and Institutions Summer II - July 15-Aug. 16,1996 Registration July 11 GOVT 4343-050 Government of Texas and the U. HIST 3383-050 History of the United States II PSYCH 4153-050 Child Psychology PHYED 3383-050 Concepts of Healthful Living S. ROCKIN' & RACIN'AT THE E3<pN SUPERFU M Texas World speedway May 3-5. 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Friday, May 3 FREE ADMISSION! 8:00 am - 6:30 pm Practice & Qualifying Saturday, May 4 8:00 am - 12:00 noon Practice & Qualifying 12:00 noon 6-Hour 1MSA Endurance Championship Race Post-Race Concert: PUSHMONKEY Sunday, Mays Race Times 10:00 arp - Barber Dodge I 1:00 am - Slick 50 Pro Series 12:30 pm - EXXON SUPERFEO" 500 (lor Exxon World SporisC;irs"7Ex.xon Supreme GT Series) Post-Race Concert: MARK CHESNUTT you go-go on that BYU trip p ar Amy Uptmor Sports Goddess I think I’m getting out of here at the right time, because all hell is about to break loose. I’m graduating next week, so I (hopefully) won’t be around to wit ness A&M’s entrance into the Big 12, and what could possibly be the demise of Aggie spirit as we know it. You see, what most of the 42,999 people here who are blinded with red-ass don’t realize is that Aggie spirit is, for the most part, a mar riage of convenience. We pack the stands of Kyle Field when the weather is nice and the team is win ning. We made the road trip to the Colorado game because it was a novelty and, face it, it was a good excuse to skip Friday classes. The rest of the traditional Aggie road trips, like Baylor and Texas Tech, have always been afternoon drives, and we could crash with our friends from high school who are scattered at other SWC schools if we didn’t feel like driving back. There were parties to go to after the game, and we usually won. I can’t wait to see how many of you maroon-bleeding school skip pers haul your asses up to Utah to see us knock heads with BYU and party all night afterwards in Salt Lake City. Yeah, right. If the beer isn’t flowing, the Aggies aren’t going. I’ve been here for four years. I’ve regret tably learned these things. I’m sure many people will brave missed tests and the wrath of state troopers this year to see the Aggies lose (sorry, be outscored) mercilessly to Big I2ers like Kansas, but the her when Notre Dame’s fansj ed “overrated” when we»'« ting shamelessly beaten 1993 Cotton Bowl, mi hating. I have a feeling only going to get worse, After a few years, j* probably rise to a positioi nance in the Big 12,Ill this will happen, because^ have a really good team, ing to take a lot of time and ment. We’ve never playei this good more than once nati Erin Fitzgeha Jut: "I can't wait to see how many of you maroon-blee skippers haul your asses up to Utah to see us knock head with BYU and party all night afterwards in Salt LakeCit) Experienced Milk novelty of driving 3,000 miles every other weekend will fade away after a year or so. I wish I could honestly say that, after four years of being “on the in side” of this world-class University, that I believe Aggie spirit is some thing more than an excuse to get to gether and party and act obnoxious ly because our football team is bet ter than everyone else’s. For the next few years, though, barring any miracles, it’s going to be the other teams’ fans who will be acting obnoxious and partying be cause their team is better. I remem- ter, and we've usually Of course, it’s the Aggie fc will need the most adjustiii pened the d cause less than fair ahead. Most of the sti have reveled in good Aggie ^Buddies. The cause the football team hasn’t understa: tionally-ranked as 1 been attending A&M. We’ll just have to waits how often the student sett Jewsweek re Kyle Field (or the visitor'sss iat the maj the Big 12 schools’ packed with screaming men ang! T in my 1 Whe randmothei AMY I'm ad walked! without hold le, my gran Well, I woul here until h ant to go o: dth the Yat Times ha\ dit-fians believe ! ill-manner the 12th Man after we’ve gilo citizens tl on a season or two. j a serious pro ad teachers Tech first, Aggies third at final SWC m aildren are Staff and Wire Reports And out of the wreck ... came Texas Tech. As it has done seemingly all year regardless of sport, Texas Tech University claimed another Southwest Conference champi onship Sunday, grabbing first place in the final men’s SWC Golf Tournament by shooting a final round of 283. The Red Raiders finished with a three-day total of 880, followed by Southern Methodist at 883 and Texas A&M at 885. Un ranked Tech stunned a field of top national competitors includ ing No.4 TCU, No. 6 Texas and No. 20 A&M. It was the Red Raiders’ first SWC Men’s Golf title since 1971 and only their third ever. The win also snapped Texas’ string of seven straight titles. Tech’s Bryan Novoa and SMU’s Hank Kuehne tied for the individual title at 213. Novoa was Tech’s first individual cham pion since 1967. The Aggies placed four individ ual competitors in the top 15 — more than any other team. Lead ing the way was senior Dru Feni- tnore — one of last year’s co-cham- pions — who finished sixth with a score of 220. “All of us are very disappointed, but we gave some good efforts,” Fenimore said. “From the time I came to Texas A&M, all I Wanted to do was a win a SWC Golf Championship.” Also finishing in the top 15 for the Aggies were Jeff Brown (eighth at 221), Tim McMillan (14th at 224) and Miguel del Angel (also 14th at 224). A&M freshman Ty Cox finished 36th with a 239. Texas A&M Head Coach Bob eir elders. 1 ent businef evocative t iser, like Ca Ellis attempted to sunul^ display ki nal SWC go-around. I However, “It was a very tough8° Hel said. “I think we lost it ii: p'rfw 0 Agj; round when we took ant ,anners am seven. We can’t afford ti! r are comrr hers like that.” round Aggii Ellis also defended! Aggie men performance on the last 16 ooor for a competition. After sfe: 'Sj^wardth rounds of 66 and 75, Bm a bus ' 9 c ™ lapsed to an 80 on the ill J . m «tK:;i!lv and slipped out of content ,eir sea ^ s the individual title. ^re are eve “Look what happened ’Hogize to v Norman in the final roue: word sh f Masters,” Ellis said. 7: 0fc ™fe- player in the world shoot P ro P er X- watched Jeff play as hr couW today. thanhedoes ,,stick-paint ttnsreallywasigrol ,j A ; ment for as. These ™* s u ,ri, , lts „ hard as they could, andt and „ no , all champions in my mind | essors p are ’ n Order any T-shirt and take $ 10 OFF any Sweats! Hey Ags, you can now get some high quality, officially licensed A&M gear without the bookstore prices. Our T on the highest quality 100% T-shirts ivailabl material. 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