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The Battalion vagi WEDNESDAY ifor a 90-day per July 10, 1996 given a "subiuM Page 3 age of $4.25. i and make it a: iefeated 52-46, t 147 Democratsir effords, R-Vt.,, ftthorse Campbe if Pennsylvania k and M;irk Hat:' sL it, voiced cone e workers afteri minimum wage ‘cted by 52-46 hat would have Lime for teen-ag ouse languaget it must be paiii I argued that: been raised sit i? )-year low in p. be $8,800 an it: ninimum wage e poverty level e raise could for large-scale ling to the wells ; worse than ’’said SenateII Miss, s of being man:: and said the iws me theyde: i America.’’ The A&M Judo Club has won the state title six of the last seven years By Ray Hernandez The Battalion ngn Warfield’s taki e in the race, its Republican.’’ i DiVall saidi; Lamm’s minus- edicted that as “gruff, candid one that voters tipping sacrec h'Vall said. TS. agenda, do statehous vants to grad 'ity, raise thr educe annual ■ s. He would ind Medicarf is. He would benefits and doesn’t needs lole decade ol 1 i Page 1 hip. ood, the acad lead of sched 1. “We areet terest and ce lepartmenta . Johnson, of the Polit rtment, said id others will cas A&M be idential L: irary and tbi he academ: portant step 1, ” Johnsot >e one of tte library cer. irkable re d museum >ortant part n said. "But Editor or DR ,rmcs Editor imes Fowler, er Rosenfero mes Francis, Hecox, Ray dy, Michael wski, David : k tames & the tall sessions =ity. Texas It was not the top 10 rankings in any of the engineering departments that brought Robert Danin to Texas A&M. Nor was it A&M’s reputation as a world-class research institution and National Merit Scholar magnet. Rather, it was the strength of the A&M Judo Team that attracted the native Ecuadorian to Aggieland. “My brother would compete in the United States and tell me about the A&M Judo Team and how good it was,” Danin said. “That was what really at tracted me to the school — next to the academics.” The team’s reputation aa a win ner is well-earned, as it has been victorious at the Texas State Collegiate Tourna ment in six of the last seven years. The tournament is comprised of judo teams from various Texas universi ties, including the University of Texas, UT-Dallas and the University of Houston. Much of the team’s recent success can be attributed to judo coach Bob Perez, who has worked with the team for about the last 10 years. Perez, a 1993 graduate of A&M, said his longevity with the team has played a crucial role in its success. “The University has a high turnover rate — especially with no (judo) scholarships,” Perez said. “Someone has to stay around for the team. I think [it] has done well be cause I’ve been able to stay around.” Perez can not only brag on the success of his team, but on his own accom plishments as well. He was the only Texas rep resentative on the U.S. team that competed in the Benito Juarez Judo Invitational in Mexico City June 13-17. Perez finished 7th in the tournament in the 60-kilogram division among competitors from 14 other countries. Danin, a junior indus trial engineering major and second-year team captain, has been a part of the team since his first year at A&M. He recently returned from the Juarez Invitational as well. Representing his home country of Ecuador, Pat James, The Battalion See judo, Page 4 Coach Bob Perez completes a throw that lands Adian Aguirre, a freshman biomed ical science major, flat on his back during a practice on Tuesday. Road Trip Next three weeks highlight the basketball recruiting season By Ross Hecox The Battalion This summer the Aggie bas ketball coaching staff is getting a little “R and R.” But it is not rest and relaxation the coaches are getting; rather, it is a rush- and-recruit period. Making road trips to cities like Indianapolis, Fayetteville, Charlotte and even Las Vegas, the A&M coaches cannot rest at the peak time of the year for recruiting. Coach Tony Barone and his staff have scattered around the na tion to watch top high school bas ketball prospects perform in nu merous NCAA sponsored camps for hundreds of college recruiters. The next three weeks (July 8- 31) is the designated NCAA peri od for college coaches to leave campus and evaluate high school prospects for recruiting purposes. Last Monday was also the first day coaches could contact prospects over the phone. “We’ve been on the phone non-stop since July 1,” coach Porter Moser said. “Up until then, we were talking to all the coaches of the prospects.” Associate head coach Frank Haith said hitting the phone lines is an integral part of landing prime recruits. “A big part of our job is mak ing a lot of phone calls,” Haith said. “You have to make some contact with the kids. We’d love to get a kid to make a verbal commitment (early on).” Just before the coaches’ three- week road trip began, they held a two-week basketball camp at A&M that Haith said brought in many high school players. “We had 168 (players) the first week and 260 the second,” Haith said. “They were from all over Texas. We will recruit na tionally, but we make sure we blanket our state first.” With Big 12 conference play scheduled to begin next season, Moser said the league’s Texas schools have all received a boost in recruiting. He cited A&M’s signing of McDonald’s All-American Jerald Brown as a prime example. “It’s been amazing, especially in the state of Texas,” Moser said. “Brown is one indication of how much. I find a majority of kids would like to stay at least somewhat close to home.” Haith said A&M will have to recruit competitively in order to face its Big 12 competition. “There are no bad teams in the league,” Haith said. “To com pete in the Big 12, you have to put together a series of great re cruiting classes, and we have committed ourselves to going af ter Big 12 talent.” Despite the intense work in volved in recruiting, the coaches try their best to interact with the team’s current players. “Any time spent with the play ers is valuable time,” Moser said. “It is so easy to lose touch. That’s why you’ll see (head coach Tony) Barone flying back constantly (from other parts of the nation) just to talk with his players.” With so much to do in and out of the season, Haith said he and the A&M coaches never really have an off-season. “I don’t think there really is a relaxed time,” Haith said. “Re cruiting is an ongoing process. During the summer, [the work load] is probably more intense. My wife has been telling me to take a vacation.” A&M locks up football schedule through 2001 By Philip Leone The Battalion Texas A&M Athletic Direc tor Wally Groff released the upcoming Aggie football season schedules leading to the year 2001 on Tuesday. And if you were anticipat ing a marquee non-conference showdown to go along with A&M’s Big 12 schedule, you will have to wait until Sept. 30, 2000. That is when the Aggies will travel to South Bend, Ind., to take on the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame. Why the long wait? Why are Louisiana Tech, North Texas, Southwestern Louisiana, Sam Houston State, Southern Mis sissippi and Tulsa non-confer ence opponents during the next four seasons? According to Groff, the for mation of the Big 12 Confer ence voided non-conference games with Colorado and Ne braska and forced A&M to scramble to find other oppo nents on short notice. “We just got caught going into a new conference,” Groff said. “We had contracts with Colorado and Nebraska al ready set up, so we had to go looking for other teams will ing to fill those spots. That’s a difficult thing to have to do because schedules are usually set eight to 10 years in advance.” The search for new non-con ference oppo nents was caused by Louisiana State Uni versity’s can cellation of a home-and-home series contract to run through 1997. 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