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ng Break 490* ifr** ^L**p*' Wi we've eof it... Puerto Vallarta 3 night package Cancun 4 night package! Jamaica 4 night $457 $507 $607 vow catch itl Prices do not include U.S. or foreign departure taxes and fee. Prices and availablitity are subject to change. Puer to Vallaria price based on triple occupancy, Cancun and Ja maica BASED ON QUAD OCCUPANCY. Council Travel KX>0 TX Tel: 512-472-4931 MSC I FILM SOCIETY Now Showing: [CITIZEN KANE Thursday, Jan. 30 9:30 pm Citizen Kane Avoid long lines, buy your tickets in advance. Tickets $2.50 in advance and $3.00 the night of the showing. All films shown in Rudder Theatre Complex. | Questions? Call the Aggie Cinema Hotline (847-8478). [<§». Persons with special needs call 845-1515 within 3 days of the showing. I# Website: http://filnis.tanui.cdu| Congratulations! Texas A&M’s Student Government Assoc. For winning the SCA vs. MSC Toy Drive Sponsored by the Campris Connection. Thank you for your outstanding participation. SPRING 1RIM ‘S? Cancun from $349 Acapulco from $399 plus tax Holiday Express 21st Year 800-235-TRIP AC MSC COMMITTEE FOR THE AWARENESS OF MEXICAN §j| AMERICAN CULTURE presents the 10th Annual Southwest Student Conference on Latino Affairs Breaking the kl ££ iM ^ E Stepping out of the Shadow ■ f©0umg K&ymt® WpeMk&rtl ' Author of iRatin oi G'ola™ February 8, 1997 |7pm - 224 $12 (Limited tickets will be sold @ the door) Tickets may be purchased through MSC Box Office (M-F) 9-6pm or call @845-1234. Deadline to purchase tickets is Wed.. February 5.1997. For more information contact Lorena Raya, Con ference Director @ 845-1514 or stop by the Stu dent Programs Office, 216 MSC. Persons with disabilities please call 845-1515 to inform us of your special X needs. We request notification three (3) working days prior to the event to en able us to assist you to the best of our abilities. YOU ARE HERE, CW" AND 50 ARE VE. Is your world ruled by alcohol or other drugs? We offer confidential recovery support and referral services that can help you, or someone you care about. my tta yy i\ ymy JL ^ L TT y yy in > 1 H, J- l y'l l 1. j .^4 Alcohol and Drug Education Programs ...a part of the Division of Student Affairs Texas A&M University 222 Beutel Health Center VlSIT US AT OLlR WEBSITE^ Monday-F ridays am to 5 PM http://stulife.tainu.edii/adep E-mail: cmdyb@stulife2.tamu.edu * Pags Thursday • January30,' Lady Aggies drop third-straight game County agrcf on price taj for Astrodor Staff and Wire Report COLUMBIA, Mo. A&M Women’s Basketball Team dropped its third- straight Big 12 Conference game to the University of Missouri Tigers 91-80 last night. Despite four The Texas Thicker Lady Aggies scoring in double fig ures, A&M was outshot by the Tigers .566 to .519. Senior forward Melissa Roller- son and senior guard Lana Tucker led all scorers with 18. Freshman Amy Yates was five-of-six from the field and finished with 13. Junior center Kim Linder started the game and continued her hot streak with 14 points. Guard Julie Helm led all Tiger scorers with 21 and forward F.kpe Ak- paiTiong was dose behind with 19. Kansas knocks off Tech LUBBOCK (AP) — Paul Pierce scored all 16 of his points in the sec ond half Wednesday night to help erase No. 1 Kansas’ biggest halftime deficit this season and the Jayhawks went on to an 86-77 victory over No. 22 Texas Tech. The Jayhawks (21-0, 7-0 Big 12), under seige for most of the game by Red Raiders center Tony Battie, forced Texas Tech into 10 second-half turnovers to retain. only their status as the country’ unbeaten Division I team. Battie finished with 29 points against Kansas, which was with out injured center Scot Pollard to help guard him. Texas Tech (13-5, 5-3) led 47-33 at halftime and held off the Jay hawks until midway into the second half, when five straight turnovers led to 10 Kansas points and its first lead, 64-63 with 8:30 to play. HOUSTON (AP) —Haras' commissioners have decided] $19.5 million is a fair price topj tros owner Drayton Mclanei (ml of the county-owned Asl The Tuesday vote was part of a four-way agreeraei could lead to a new basebi um, planned for a siteontti side of downtown. Commissioners voted thept was a "fair and adequate” offer! control of the stadium awaj McLane, who operates the! through his Astrodome USA “Essentially all parties agreed that need to agree, 1 larris County Judge Robei els, the head of the five-ma commissioners court. A spokesperson forAsi USA was not immediately: Wednesday, when The As Press called for comment. A referendum approved bji last year promised that general] erty taxes wall not be usedtosiii a new baseball stadium. Localo| had tentatively agreed to paySIS lion, toward the S265-million a Astros, downtown businesse permanent seat licenses wouki the rest. r tudet 10 B; Lakers sneak up on Spurs, 99-v SAN ANTONIO (AP) — AU-Star Ed die Jones scored 19 of his 23 points in the second half to lead the Ixjs Ange les Lakers to a come-from-be- hind99-92 victory over the San An tonio Spurs on Wednesday night. All five starters scored in double fig ures for the Lak ers, who won their fifth straight game. Shaquille O’Neal had 21 points, Kobe Bryant 19, Nick Van Exel 14 and Elden O'Neal Campbell 10. O’Neal also pulled down 19 rebounds. San Antonio was led by Do minique Wilkins’ 28 points. Sean El liott added 23 and Vernon Maxwell 11. Trailing 74-67 entering the fourth quarter, Los Angeles rallied behind Jones and Bryant. The two combined for 11 points as I.os An geles went on a 19-8 run ending with a rebound basket by O’Neal with 4:45 to play for an 86-82 lead. Bryant connected on a three- point shot with 3:07 left to give Los Angeles a 91-84 lead, and Jones gave Los Angeles its largest lead of the game, 96-88, on two free throws with 1:09 to play. Jones connected on Gvc throws in the last minutean: Antonio could get no closer five points the rest of the ray. A It ri Icocling l()-45atfiai Elliott and Maxwell eachsco eight points in the third quail San Antonio stretched itsleaj 74-67 on a three-pointshotai] buzzer by Wilkins. Maxwell jumpstartedtJieS in the first quarter with thieetiu point shots in the first utes as San Antonio led 15' 9:06 remaining. Los Angeles rallied to lead after one quarter as O’Neal had nine points apt astWednes naut John _Jturned Ron mth stay abo£ ssian space st hausted from iged exposure sness, he alios be carried trot lands on a stre Each semestei 1, summer or s nts enroll in cc a prospected ly, they are pus eworld to mak their lives. The correlatioi rstyle situation; tronauts are bo ental environm tying power of t to continue fui mmodities in si On April 4,196 e first human tc ght years later, t line the first hut toon. These indi ishments were l mg foray into sp Today, their ti inosaur voyage What used to 1 (starry-eyed chil >g, filled with sta ar graphs. NASA end individuals i Astros Continued from Page 7 Houston brought back outfielder Luis Gonzalez, whom they traded to the Cubs two years ago. “I’m happy to be back [after] getting traded to Chicago a couple of years ago and getting an oppor tunity to get back and play with some of my old teammates again,” he said. However, the big money of the off-season went to Reynolds. Reynolds won 16 games and struck out 204 batters last season while walking only 44. His walks-to- innings pitching ratio was fourth-best in the league be- few semes friend of n ary Nan , the Texas A&M B hind Atlanta’s Greg Maddux and Florida'sB; ^ e nts. She realize and l )anny Darwin. touch the regent The Astros’ philosophy of keeping theii core plw[ a y’ s college stue together will give them the best chance to win. fp Myfriend saic baseman and 1994 MVP Jeff Bagwell and perennii|term ends tomoi Star second baseman Craig Biggio lead a group offlftieasant, even te ers who have spent most of their careers togethef. Las very pretty. I "In the early ’90s we were all young when we gofcjended when, in t up,” Gonzalez said. “You look at Atlanta and whattlt^lVoices, West said Those guys all stuck together and now they're cATspend a lot of tin best teams in baseball. working to make “We were going in that direction but kind?! teople can come away from that. We’ve got some players hopefully the players we have canbetherij] Now Appearing, at (My friend is I You people? T We were ama; ^ nuch control ov ay something sc But then we r< ir 7 I 4.0 <2.< fromMe. 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