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The Battalion T» k_/ Page 7 Thursday • February 1 3, 1997 )m Vice Gore’s \tions on {educing the :ident rate by cent over 10 years profiling, which scar Dry and possible cm ;enqers to identify Drists lodernization of air fic control systems tomb-detecting nd increased use of 3 dogs rtter training of irity officers aiders wear down Aggies, 80-65 ailed for creationofai liberties questionsth; uent and use of profit, inced that the National] Vd m inis tration will ctiaij to focus on safetyrt«] 500 million over the nfi] Gore said, for implementing aitj mcMidations was nolo By Matt Mitchell The Battalion It was the same old story for the Texas M Men’s Basketball Team last night against as Tech University as it watched a game- .ttng second-half rally fall prt. As a result, the Red ders outlasted the Ag- les 80-65 at G. Rollie ite Coliseum. jDown only three ■ints at halftime, ■M overcame a Tech mi ge early in the sec- id half to forge a tie at I But after two Issed free throws by Tech forward Gionet eloper, the Aggies could not control the Round and Raider forward Gracen Aver- ■cored on a putback. ■The Aggies were unable to convert on :1k ensuing possessions, missing two ■e-and-one opportunities. Layups by \feril and guard Stan Bonewitz followed by iwo free throws by Cooper put Tech up Davis by eight. The Aggies would get no closer than six the rest of the way. “I thought they wore us down — they’re an extremely physical team,” A&M Head Coach Tony Barone said. The Aggies started sluggishly, shooting only two for nine to open the game. Meanwhile, Tech established its inside game early and used high-percentage shots in the lane to shoot 55 percent for the game. Tech took its largest lead at 30-16 with 6:32 to go in the first half, and it looked as if the Red Raiders were going to run away with the game. But the Aggie defense held the Raiders to seven points the rest of the half as A&M reeled of 18 to cut Tech’s lead to three at the break. “I was really concerned with the run they (A&M) made just before the half,” Tech Head Coach James Dickey said. “We tried to force the ball offensively, and we forgot what got us the lead, primarily playing the inside-outside game with Tony Battie.” Tech quickly extended its lead to eight right after halftime, and it seemed A&M left its motivation in the locker room. But the Aggies chipped away until they tied the score at 52 on a three pointer by fresh man guard Jerald Brown. However, that was as good as it got for the Aggies as Tech made the plays down the stretch to hold on for the win. “I thought after they made their run the keys for us were defense, defensive board play and offensive execution,” Dickey said. ”We got some easy baskets because we were more patient and we executed better offen sively. Plus, in the second half I thought we did an outstanding job on the boards. We minimized, for the most part, any second chance opportunities.” Nearly lost in the defeat was the tremen dous effort of sophomore forward Calvin Davis, who finished with a career-high 29 points and 11 rebounds. Brown was the only other Aggie player who scored in dou ble figures with 15. “We didn’t get a lot of help for Calvin tonight, obviously,” Barone said. “He played well, rebounded well. I thought he had a live body the entire game.” A big key in the second half was re bounding, especially on the defensive end. See Aggies, Page 9 ^ech stops A&M attempt at late comeback By Chris Ferrell The Battalion issued a set ofprelinii t September and Gom idy begin on most of te urity teams athaiip® i ve-detection machine;.: sniff explosives and hi®' Dure i Hava A major case of the runs swept ough G. Rolle White Coliseum fednesday night, as the 20th iked Texas Tech University Red fciders defeated the Texas A&M ■en’s Basketball Team 80-65. fl As has been the story line for most of the season, the Aggies ifell behind early and had to ■ramble to keep the game from slipping away. The Red Raiders out to a 14-point lead land then watched as A&M clawed its way back. Trailing by 11 with 5:13 left in the first half, the Aggies used a 12-5am to garner momentum elrnmp dip Amerir before the intermission. After mtinue, aswehaveU two free throws by Texas A&M r several years top 1 senior g uard Tracey Anderson is for their approval. I Cllt 016 lead to nine - A&M took N asked for U.S. pen: n a bureau in Noveit: ministration heldbacii •n over a potential ntf^ m from conservatives t week, Helms saidal o open a bureauinlt hasten the demiseof ’s government. Earls' -American National’ , an anti-Castro in Miami, said it had: is to a permaneni ce in Cuba, or the possibility!f 11 utlets being permitted! i the United States, at would be condition) sentative sampling^ I rganizations being#® * ate freely in Cuba. to said in Octobei ba had no interest^ ats bureaus in the aecause of the high aerations, irtually all other coin* vs organizations doi«> : vernment approval!) 1 e. But the rules forCtil it because of the US- o against the island, advantage of a television time out to come within two points. A&M sophomore forward Calvin Davis, who had a career- high 29 points, came up with a steal and hit freshman guard Jer ald Brown as he cut away from the pack. Brown threw down a mon ster one-handed dunk that erupt ed the crowd and caused the Red Raiders to bum a timeout. The Aggies got the ball back af ter a missed three pointer by Tech sophomore Stan Bonewitz. Aggie freshman guard Brian Barone missed a layup but then came up with a steal underneath the A&M basket after Red Raider center Tony Battie brought down one of his game-high 17 rebounds. Barone passed the ball to junior center Dario Quesada who kicked it out to a wide open Anderson who buried a three-pointer to close the gap to four. The Aggie run continued when Quesada hit a cutting Davis in the lane and Davis slammed it home. “We had some momentum because we got the ball inside and we hit a three,” A&M Head Coach Tony Barone said. “It was good momentum but they came right out in the second half and stopped it. They came right out and the lead went from three to nine again.” Tech came out and built a lead to start the second half and again watched the Aggies come back and tie the game on a Brown three-pointer that evened the score at 52. “They made a nice run, I thought because they did some things real well," Tech coach James Dickey said. “They got the ball to Calvin Davis down low. Jerald was hitting some big shots from the outside. I thought that combination of inside-out was really big for them to tie the game up. Our guys kind of got out of position defensively. We tried to make a couple of adjustments to make sure we got better defen sive pressure.” Tech’s defensive pressure and offensive execution proved to be too much for A&M down the stretch as it showed the Ag gies how to put a team away with a 28-13 run of their own in the final 10 minutes to close out the game. “After they hit that three pointer to tie it at 52, we kind of held them a bit,” Battie said. See Outlast, Page 9 Stew Milne, The Battalion Sophomore Shanne Jones battles for the rebound against Tech's Tony Battie (#24) and Gionet Cooper (#32) in last night's game at G. Rollie White Coliseum. Throwing themselves into Big 12, record books Schrader takes advantage of size in field events PSON Hied from Pagel le stopped short oW r he would also be"' 3 his attorney’s fees, attorney for Ms. Simp iid not return telef- comment, la University LawS' :: te Dean Laurie Lev? 1 A! By Dennis Ramirez The Battalion Ithough sophomore Kelli Schrader has the shoulder- . length hair, muscular build, and hammer throwing ability of the legendary Thor, the Norse god of thunder, she has goals other than saving humanity. Entering her second season on the Texas A&M Track and Field Team, Schrader has developed her own little recipe for success. “As I ready myself to throw, I am in my own little world and I am very competitive,” Schrader said. “That adrenaline rush gets the best of me, and it allows me to block everything out and just concen trate on the task at hand.” The task at hand for Schrader has always been to be the best at everything she chooses to tackle. Schrader has competed in a vari ety of events, including hammer, ddman’s offer was 5 Oarly in today’s track and field arena, with all the c than realistic, ink there is an on by Fred Goldman! ire,” Levensonsaid : for satisfaction anil would never be sati 1 : is trying to get til?® ial and he’s willing!) of dollars for that ipson had accepta fer, he could not hav?' in for the killings beta) jopardy provisions, mably, Simpson# perjury if he admit!?' Levenson said, but i likely. oted that former Del? irman received onhf leading no contest!) 1 ; ae Simpson criminal’ ; past tise of a racial si 111 ' Pat james. The Battalion From the family alfalfa farm to the A&M campus, Nuti has found his niche in track and field T By Jeremy Furtick The Battalion here is something simple and tranquil about working on a farm in today’s fast-paced, infor- mation-at-the-touch-of-a-button world. Sim- glamour and electricity of stream-lined athletes dashing through finish lines or leaping gracefully through the air, heaving a chunk of iron as far as pos sible seems primitive. Russell Nuti, a senior on the Texas A&M Men’s Track Team, can relate to both age-old practices. Nuti was born and raised in Nevada, where his fa ther and three uncles own an alfalfa farm. He was brought up with the idea that hard work brings suc cess — a belief he carried into his training for the dis cus, shot put and weight throw events. "There’s no question he learned his work ethic on the farm,” A&M Head Track and Field Coach Ted Nel son said. “Getting up early and working those long days have shaped his attitude.” Despite being physically smaller than the standard competitor, Nuti began throwing the discus in the sixth grade. He went on to compete at Smith Valley High School, where he won two state titles in the dis cus. When it came time to decide on a school, Nuti said the choice was easy. “I wanted to do two things in college,” Nuti said. “Compete in the discus and study agriculture. After making my recruiting trip to (The University of) Ne braska and then to A&M, I knew I wanted to be here.” A&M, with its 40,000-plus students, is a long way from Nevada and Nuti’s senior class of 14, but he said he quickly found another family here. “Making friends on the team and feeling comfort able around them made my transition down here eas ier than I expected,” he said. Nuti said his plans were to come to college, com pete in the discus, get his agronomy degree and go home to work the family farm. However, he admits he has entertained other ideas. “I’ve thought about maybe going to compete in Eu rope or in other professional competitions,” he said. “But that all depends on how I throw in this year’s competition.” Nelson said Nuti’s fierce competitiveness and work ethic, along with his room for development, sold the coaches on him despite his lack of weight training experience. See Nuti, Page 9 a Pat James, The Battalion Sophomore Kelli Schrader prepares to throw the discus during practice at the A&M track Tuesday. shot put, javelin throwing and discus, where she has come close to setting A&M records. “Being a freshman, I saw the record and saw it as reachable, but I was only able to come with in three inches of it,” Schrader said. “That was a really big moti vator, and it has really pushed me to always do good and push my self for excellence.” Before concentrating solely on breaking the discus record, Schrader was attracted to the sport because the family support she received. “I got started throwing in the first place because I was one of the biggest girls in junior high and throwers are big,” Schrader said. “In high school, though, the coach got me really involved. Then my fami ly, grandparents included, would follow me around not only to all the regional and state competitions, but also to all the little meets throughout the year, and it soon became a family event.” Not only was attending com petitions a family event, but being a thrower is a family tradition. Schrader’s grandfather was a thrower as well. Even though family support is still high, other ambitions have taken priority. “My ultimate goal is to compete in the (2000) Olympics, and as I start to train this summer I will al ways keep that in mind, ” Schrader said. “Although I didn’t plan on making track my career, if it works that way that is great. If not, then that is why I am here at A&M, to re ceive a quality education.” For now, though, Schrader said she wants to take it one step at a time and concentrate on being a team player. Assistant head coach Juan De La Garza credits Schrader with be ing able to accomplish whatever goals she sets because of her will and determination. See Schrader, Page 9