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They can get it Friday night in Game 6 at the United Center as the series moves back to Chicago. “Sometimes you’ve got to come out and do what you’ve got to do,” Jordan said. “We wanted it real bad and me as a leader had to do my best, and hopefully the team would have to rally around me.” The Jazz, who had taken over the momentum in the series by winning the two previous games, got a lesson in making the big plays at the big moments. And they learned their lesson the hard way by re peatedly botching things down the stretch to have their 23-game home winning streak broken. Karl Malone scored only one basket in the fourth quarter, shot an airball on his final attempt with about a minute left and then failed to commit a foul when Utah needed to stop the clock. Jeff Hornacek missed a 3- pointer with three seconds left that would have tied it and John Stockton, needing to make his first free throw and intentionally miss the second as the Jazz pt/ivarjFS trailed by three with 0.2 seconds left, missed the first. It was quite a contrast to the way Jor- dan performed when his team needed him most, even the way he responded to his one mortal moment. Jordan, whose eyes looked so tired and who spent a lot of time bent over tugging on his shorts, went to the free throw line with 46 sec onds left with a chance to put Chica go ahead by one. He made the first and missed the second, then charged into the lane and picked up the loose ball after it was batted around. The Bulls reset their offense and passed the ball inside to Scottie Pip- pen posting up, and he threw it out to Jordan when he was about to be double-teamed. Jordan calmly swished the 1 pointer to give Chicago an 88-85 leal Greg Ostertag scored on a dunktb cut Chicago’s lead to 88-87with 15 seo onds left, and the Jazz then seemed brainlock under the pressure. The Bulls inbounded to Pippei in the backcourt and Malone hada chance to foul him and stop clock. But Malone, perhaps r wanting to pick up his sixth foul, Pippen dribble past him. Before the Jazz knew it, Luc Lon$i had the ball under the basket foradi that restored the three-point lead. All Utah could do after thatwai try for a 3-pointer, and Hornaceli had to attempt an off-balance one^i.wi with three seconds left. |aB After Stockton missed his throw with 0.2 seconds left, the rau|>mi cous crowd at the Delta Center filed; T ea| out silently, knowing that their fran^mel chise’s best chance for its first tidlta had probably passed. fttfolil Texas executes 21st inmate of ’97 Behringer was convicted of killing a former A&M student: HUNTSVILLE (AP) — A man convicted of killing a couple at a Tarrant County lovers’ lane during a $15 robbery was put to death Wednes day as Texas surpassed a 62-year-old state record for most executions in a single year. Earl Behringer, 33, was pronounced dead at 6:17 p.m., seven minutes after a lethal dose of drugs began flowing into his arms. It was the 21 st execution this year in Texas, topping the previous mark of 20 carried out in 1935, when the state used the electric chair as its method of capital punishment. Behringer was condemned for the shooting deaths of Daniel Meyer Jr., 22, of Everman, and Meyer’s fiance, Janet Hancock, 21, of Mansfield, on Sept. 14,1986. The condemned man, who had a Bible on his chest, spoke firmly and quickly in a final statement. “It’s a good day to die. I walked in here like a man. I am leaving here a man,” he said. Behringer thanked family members and friends and said he had “known the love of a good woman, my wife.” Then he turned to six members of his victims’ families, watching through a window a few feet away, and referred to them by name. "I am sorry for any pain I have caused you,” he said. “If my death gives you any peace, so be it.” “I want my friends to know it is not the way to die, but I belong to Jesus Christ. I confess my sins. I have been baptized and I am going home to him.” He wrapped up his comments by adding, “I am thankful to the Dallas Cowboys for giving me a lot of enjoyment these past years.” As the drugs took effect, Behringer gasped twice and said, “I’m going home,” before he stopped breathing. Behringer’s victims were parked in Meyer's, pickup truck in a remote area of Mansfield, just -..i southeast of Fort Worth, when they were amL J bushed, gunned down and robbed of all thJfj money they were carrying. L Meyer was an Army lieutenant who had been. in the Corps of Cadets at Texas A&M University^ ; His fiance was an education major at the Uni- j' versity of Texas at Arlington. Behringer, an Army veteran who also was at-j tending the University of Texas at Arlington, and 1 a companion, Scott Rouse, a high school senior, were arrested within hours. Rouse turned himself in to police and im plicated Behringer, who then was picked up while trying to sell a gun that was linked to 7" the killings. Ring Continued from Page 1 The tradition of the Aggie ring started in 1889, wrote author Jer ry C. Cooper, but it looked much different than today’s rings. It was a circlet with a large “AMC” inter twined across the face and sur rounded by four small diamonds. In 1894, Edward C. Jones creat ed a new design after consulting with classmates. It had an intri cately intertwined “AMC” placed on a rectangular crown, with “18” above crossed sabers on one side and “95” above crossed rifles on the other side. The ring’s 1899 redesign lasted 30 years and incorporated some symbols still found on today’s rings. An eagle, its breast covered by a shield with stars above verti cal stripes, was placed at the top of the ring. Space was left at the bottom for the class year. This de sign also featured a cannon and gun on one side and a Texas wreath on the other. During this period, a saber replaced one of the crossed rifles, and the eagle and the cannon occasionally faced different directions. The ring design of 1935 is very similar to today’s design. The words “Texas A&M College,” which were placed around the crown of the ring in 1933, were changed to “A&M College of Texas.” The Texas and United States flags appeared on the ring for the first time. The only change in the Aggie Ring since 1935 occurred in 1963, when the Texas Legislature changed A&M’s name from Texas A&M Col lege to Texas A&M University. The history of the Aggie ring continues to evolve with each student who wears it. The Rev. Sam Hose of St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in College Station said he once performed a wedding in Austin, where Aggie rings served a very practical purpose. Hose was wedding two Uni versity of Texas graduates at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Austin when he realized the couple did not have their wedding bands. The best man and maid of hon or were Aggies, so he asked for their senior rings, blessed the rings and gave them to the cou ple to exchange. “It got quite a lot of applause from the Aggies in the crowd,” Hose said. Bleiker said the Aggie ring al ways draws people’s attention. “Anytime you go anywhere in the country, people see it (an Ag gie Ring) and they’re from A&M,” Bleiker said. “It’s like a magnet.” Assistant sports information director Steve Miller, Class of‘95, said even people who did not at tend A&M notice the rings. Miller recently traveled to San Francisco with the A&M baseball and tennis teams. He said al though none of the players were wearing Aggie clothing, people asked them if they were from the same school. When the Aggies asked the strangers how they knew, the people replied, “We noticed you were all wearing the same gold ring.” Source: The Texas Aggie Applicants Continued from Page 1 Texas A&M President Ray Bowen said Tuesday that the ap plicant “probably would have gotten in anyway.” “Besides, we like Mr. Laney,” Bowen said. “He’s not the sort of person who would make a frivolous recommendation, and you want a kid at the university who has the re spect (of the House speaker).” Bowen also intervened in 1996, at West’s request, for a stu dent from Mexico who did not meet admission standards. Federal privacy law prevents schools from releasing student identities or other information about them. A bill died in committee dur- ing the recent Legislature that would have barred public uni versities from considering some recommendations from public officials or donors. It also would have prohibited state colleges and universities from considering an applicant's ties to alumni. Rep. Glen Maxey, D-Austin, who sponsored the bill, said he would reintroduce it next session. “We should all be able to write letters of recommendation if we know die person and can vouch for their aptitude, their study habits,” Maxey said. Bowen said he has limited preferential admissions since ar riving at A&M three years ago. Fees Continued from Page 1 He said this might have a stronger impact on the staff than the faculty because many staff members are still trying to complete their education, while many of the faculty have earned their degrees. Although being required to pay student fees might discourage some A&M faculty and staff from taking courses, others said the cost will not influence their decision to pursue their education. Jeff Griswold, a visualization production specialist, took courses at A&M last year while working at the Visualization Lab. He said he probably would have paid the fees if required. “If I would have had access to the same things student had, I would have gone ahead and paid it,” he said. “It probably wouldn’t have made a difference to me.” Piwonka said A&M worked to get legisla tion passed that would give A&M the author ity to decide who is exempt from fees. “The University did go to bat for the facu! ty and staff,” he said. Wylie said the Administration and the Fac- j|| ulty Senate are in agreement over the issue “The System is very much concerned about the well-being of the faculty and staff,” he said. This ruling does not affect other fee waivers* such as graduate student non-resident waivers and competitive scholarship waivers. August Graduates Official Texas A&M Graduation Announcements On Sale Now June 2 - June 20, 1997 For Information and to place your order access the Web at: http://graduation.tamu.edu 4r MSC Box Office 845-1234 Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Bus goes out of control, kills four NORMANDY, Mo. (AP) — A stu dent driver lost control of a public bus as she pulled into a stop Wednesday, plowing into a crowd ed train platform on the University of Missouri-St. Louis campus. Four people were killed. Firefighters had to use air bags to lift the bus off one victim. Two were struck so hard that their shoes were found where they had been standing. Two died instantly, police said, while the other two were declared dead a short time later at a hospital in this St. Louis suburb. Another person was seriously in jured but her life was not in danger, authorities said. Two others—in eluding the bus driver—were treat ed for minor injuries. The bus was pulling into a when it jumped a curb about 9:15, a.m, striking the train platform where some 18 to 20 people wen waiting for the Metro Link train, said j|[p Police Chief Jerry Burke. Witnesses said the bus ap‘ proached the platform too fast ij g leaving people little time to get on 1 ] of the way. Sl Burke said the cause of th? crash won’t be known until tin- bus is examined, which should take days.