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The Battalion Wrigglesworth Continued from Page 1 “That was my stepping stone,” Angela said. “I was really shy when I was young, and that really helped me come out of my shell.” Wrigglesworth has continued helping people and contributing to the community since coming to A&M in the fall of 1995. As a member of the Parking and Transit Student Advisory Board, she helped improve the availability of parking accessible by physically disabled students. Wrigglesworth also participated in the Branch Buddies program at an elementary school in Bryan, where she visited and spent time with a child every week. “It’s a great program where I was able to spend time and play with children who may have a lot of brothers and sisters and do not get a lot of attention at home,” she said. Angela’s mother, Karen Wrig glesworth, praised her daughter's accomplishments. “We are very proud of her, and she was quite honored,” Karen Wrig glesworth said. “She is a very deter mined lady and she hasn’t let the fact that she is physically challenged stop her from doing things.” Karen Wrigglesworth said the MDA has been a supportive group, and the family has been happy to give back to the program. “We went to the AFL and CIO convention in Austin in 1985, and we spoke in front of 1,800 people," Karen Wrigglesworth said. “Angela was only 8 then, and she handled it (speaking) very well. She was very personable and bright at a young age, and I think that is why she was chosen.” Like many mothers, Karen Wrigglesworth was nervous about her daughter leaving home to go to college. "I was worried at first, but An gela made the transition smooth ly,” she said. “She also had a nice roommate, and that helped.” Wrigglesworth said the decision to come to A&M was not difficult. “The main reason I decided to come to A&M is because the campus is so friendly,” Wrigglesworth said. “If I ever run into problems, everyone is very nice. I’ve never felt uncomfort able about doing anything here.” Wrigglesworth is spending the summer in Houston, where she is baby-sitting to help pay for school. On July 14, she will speak to high- school students interested in at tending medical school at a Nation al Youth Conference in Houston. TRY THESE TASTE-TEMPTING ALL you can eat Fish or Chicken. Sun.thru Weds. (all day long) 8081 Texas Ave. College Station and 3224 S. Texas Ave, Bryan CREW’S MESS 2 pc. Fish, 1 pc. Chicken 4 pc. Shrimp & Fries We accept checks. 1905 Texas Ave., South Student ID required. All credit cards accepted. Valid thru 7/3/97. 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UFO Continued from Page 1 To illustrate the room for confusion, Haynes showed file footage from the 1950s of dum mies dressed in Air Force flight suits pulled aloft by enormous high-altitude balloons, then dropped to earth. The object was to devise a way pilots or as tronauts could reach earth if forced to escape at extremely high altitudes. The black-and-white footage is a one-of-a-kind collection of Air Force film and photos, in cluding a shot of a fully outfitted dummy called “Sierra Sam” standing upright with his arms outstretched over the shoulders of two officers. The majority of the dummies — which had skeletons of alu minum or steel, skin of latex or plastic, cast aluminum skulls and instrument cavities in their torsos and heads — landed out side military bases in eastern New Mexico, near Roswell, the Air Force report said. Draft Continued from Page 3 Freshman forward Tim Thomas would be the man, further hastening the upcoming departure of Jayson Williams and Chris Gading. 8. Golden State — The Warriors need Joe Smith in surance for the same reason the Nuggets need it for McDyess: fear of losing him as a free agent next sum mer. That’s about enough time to get high schoolerTra- cy McGrady acclimated to the NBA life. 9. Toronto — GM Isiah Thomas really wants Mc Grady, and he may give the Warriors something to move up to No. 8. If not, look for the Raptors to go for one of the best shooters and scorers you’ve never heard of — Olivier St. Jean, a 6-foot-6 small forward from San Jose State. 10. Milwaukee—With no general manager hired as of yet to make this decision, there could be some interesting inter-office politicking when it comes time for the final call. The Bucks still need a point guard and an insurance policy at center like Colgate’s Adonal Foyle. 11. Sacramento — The Kings face the very real im mediate risk of losing forward Brian Grant to free agency this summer. The best fill-in is forward Austin Croshere of Providence. 12. Indiana — Rik Smits, Antonio Davis and Dale Davis are all rumored to be on the trading block, al though Indiana would trade no more than one of them. If Croshere is gone, it’s Iowa State center Kelvin Cato. 13. Cleveland — If the Cavs are lucky enough, Cincinnati forward Danny Fortson drops this far. 14. LA. Clippers — Darrick Martin proved to be an OK point guard. Stanford’s Brevin Knight might ones be better. 15. Dallas — Don Nelson supposedly has foi someone and already made up his mind. Hit's Saint-Jean, maybe it’s Australian center Chris Ants 16. Cleveland — Derek Anderson of Kentucky, best shooting guard in the draft, drops this farbecai of knee problems. 17. Orlando — Kansas point guard Vaughn perhaps allows Penny Hardaway to mo shooting guard. 18. Portland — Chris Dudley is leaving asal agent and Arvydas Sabonis’ days are numbered consin center Paul Grant. 19. Detroit — This year’s top Euro import is6-6{ ward Marco Milic, who once dunked over a parked at a dunk contest. 20. Minnesota — Local product John Thomas, ai ^ ei power forward from the University of Minnesota 21. New Jersey — Back to the Villanova well forct ter Jason Lawson. 22. Atlanta —-The Hawks should go BubbaWells Austin Peay. 23. Seattle—If Shawn Kemp leaves, someone has play power forward. Maybe Michigan’s Maurice lay! 24. Houston — Needs a scorer off the benchi| mth | Long Beach State guard James Cotton. 25. New York — From the same mold as their tin ? Si first-round picks from last year, Cal State-Bakersfiel Kebu Stewart. 26. Miami —This is a true wild guess: Marylandfc ward Keith Booth. 27. Utah —The Mormon state welcomes a newdi ity, Providence point guard God Shammgod. 28. Chicago — From downstate, Bradley guard An thony Parker. Sampras, Gimelstob help to boost American fortunes at Wimbledon WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Wimbledon witnessed the ragged state of American tennis Tuesday, with the notable exception of Pete Sampras and the hopeful emer gence of Justin Gimelstob. Down went Michael Chang. Down went Jim Courier. And as for the whereabouts or future of MIA Andre Agassi, no one had a clue. Sampras, the most talented and steadfast of his generation, began his quest for a fourth Wimbledon ti tle by beating Sweden’s Mikael Till- strom 6-4, 6-4, 6-2. Gimelstob, a 20-year-old for mer UCLA player, marked his first visit to Wimbledon by upsetting French Open champion and No. 11 seed Gustavo Kuerten 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 1-6, 6-4. A New Jersey native training in Florida as part of the USTA devel opment program, the 6-foot-5 Gimelstob showed the most promise of being able to step into the gaping void created by the re treats of Agassi, Chang and Courier. Gimelstob surely has a long way to go and much to prove, but he’ll have a chance to claim another big victory when he faces 1991 Wim bledon champion Michael Stich in the next round. Stich, who plans to retire this year, knocked off Courier, the 1993 runner-up, 7-6 (7-0), 7-5, 7-6 (7-2). Kuerten, a 20-year-old clay courier from Brazil also visiting Wimbledon for the first time, dou ble faulted on the last point to be come one of four seeded men to lose in the first round. Gimelstob punctuated his win with a diving volley in the third game of the fifth set and celebrated with a leap and a shout. “I felt I was getting a little low on energy, so I figured that would be a good time to voice a little aggres sion,” he said. Australian Mark Woodbridge ousted Chang, the No. 5 seed, 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 6-2, 3-6, 8-6 in 3 hours, 54 minutes. Chang, who trailed 5- 1 in the fifth set before taking the next five games, had won their last seven matches going back to 1993, and had won 11 of their 13 matches overall. Greg Rusedski needed only 14 minutes to complete a 7-6 (8-6), 7- 6 (8-6), 6-3 upset of No. 7 Mark Philippoussis, a match suspended because of darkness Monday night with Rusedski leading 3-1 in the third set. Rusedski closed out the match with his 27th ace. “Obviously it’s extremely disap pointing,” said Philippoussis, who had been one of the favorites to win the tournament after beating Goran Ivanisevic on grass two weeks ago to gain his third title of the year. “I thought I could do well here, and I had a good chance, and I’m playing good tennis. But Greg wasn’t exactly an ideal first round in a Grand Slam.” Jonas Bjorkman, who was given the No. 17 seed when Thomas Muster withdrew, didn’t stay around long. He lost his opener to Britain’s Chris Wilkinson 7-6 (7-5), 0-6,7-5,3-6,6-4. No. 3 Yevgeny Kafelnikov, who lost in the first round last year to Britain’s Tim Henman, had little trouble this time, dropping only six games in a 6-4, 6-2, 6-0 victory over Juan-Antonio Marin of Spain. No. 8 Boris Becker and No. 9 I SO! Kiel I Kiel 'sell "snej iipml -'vfeec WIMBLEDON ’97 JUNE 23—JULY 6 Top singles seeds for the Wimbledon championship MEN 1. Pete Sampras, U S. 2. Goran Ivanisevic, Croatia 3. Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Russia 4. Richard Krajicek, Netherlands 5. Michael Chang, U.S. WOMEN 1. Martina Hingis, Switzerland 2. Monica Seles, U.S. 3. Jana Novotna, Czech Republic 4. Iva Majoli, Croatia 5. Lindsay Davenport, U.S. imbledon MW** Court numbers Center Court U eaj 'm a m H **»*»~J : y t ffmW' A ad "tier] Most wins Hill Singles championships MEN 7 William Renshaw, 1881-86, 1889 5 H. Lawrie Doherty, 1902-06 5 Bjorn Borg, 1976-80 4 Reggie F. Doherty, 1897-1900 4 Anthony Wilding, 1910-13 4 Rod Laver, 1961-1962, 1968-1969 • LADIES 9 Martina Navratilova, 1978-79, • 1982-87, 1990 8 Helen Wills Moody, 1927-30, 1932-33, 1935, 1938 7 D. Douglass Chambers, 1903-04, • 1906, 1910-11, 1913-14 7 Steffi Graf, 1988-89, 1991-93, 1995-96 GREAT BRITAIN Scotland Northern Ireland — ...A Ireland Wales England London Q 1996 singles champions Men: Richard Krajicek, Netherlands Ladies: Steffi Graf, Germany fRicl ssurj 9wa Facts and figures Goran Ivanisevic (Croatia), served a record 206 aces during his save? matches in the Gentleman’s Singles in 1992. The record number of consecutive match wins in the Gentleman’s Singles with 41 is Bjorn Borg (Sweden), 1976-1981. The maximum number of consecutive match wins in the Ladies’ Singles is 50, achieved by Miss H.N. Wills/Mrs. F.S. Moody (U.S.), 1927-1938. The Qualifier to make the most progress in the Gentlemen’s Singles was John McEnroe (U.S.), who reached the semi-final in 1977.The Qualifier to make the most progress in the Ladies’ Singles was Miss K. Karlsson (Sweden), who reached the quarter-final in 1984. Source: All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club Marcelo Rios won in straight sets, while No. 10 Carlos Moya took four sets to advance. In women’s matches, No. 1 Marti na Hingis struggled to beat Stan ford’s Anne Kremer 6-4, 6-4; No. 8 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario routed Britain’s Clare Wood 6-0,6-0; and No. 10 Conchita Martinez beat Karina Habsudova 6-1, 6-2. No. 13 Kimberly Po, a 25-year- old American, lost 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 to Kerry-Anne Guse of Australia. No. 15 Ruxandra Dragomirlost 10- 8 in the third set to An drea Glass of Ger many. Anna Kournikova, a 16-year-old with a serve- and-volley game made for grass, romped past American Chanda Rubin 6- 1,6-1. Hingis, repeated ly bouncing her racket on the turf in frustration, needed six match points before fi nally beating Kremer, an amateur ranked No. 218. Hingis, who hadn’t played a match since losing in the final of the French Open just over two weeks ago, lost her serve four times. “It’s much harder to play a qual ifier because they are used to play ing matches on grass,” Hingis said. “And she’s a hard opponent. I re member I played her in a junior tournament and lost from two match points.” Kremer, a Luxembourg native who plays at Stanford Univer sity, stretched Hingis but failed to hold serve at crucial moments. She double fault ed three times while leading 3-2 in the first set. Two years ago as an ama teur at the U.S. Open, his first major tourna ment, Gimelstob joked that he was “only seven wins away from my first Grand Slam title.” He won one match, then didn’t play in another major until the Australian Open!) Hist year, where he lost in the first rout. I Asked now if he feels he’s just: n matches from the Wimbledon till 6,1 Gimelstob showed he had learn 1 his lesson. “A couple of the guys tookH aside real early at the U.S. Opentk 1 ^ year and told me that I had be® start keeping my mouth shutbefr* 1 I started winning any matches, ^ a pi said. “You’re not going to gett! 1 * j . out from me anymore.” When Gimelstob hears peo^Sej talking about him becoming a in American tennis and linking'’: name to Sampras, all he can# he said, is “don’t lose, don’t I don’t lose.” Yet, Gimelstob is well awarf the expectations upon him. http “It’s been a hot topic thatthe^, doesn’t have that many good pW ers coming up, which I don’t pa^; atte ularly agree with,” said Gimelst f ; ^ who turned pro just oneyearag 0 ‘ think it’s cyclical, and I think 11 I’m one of the players that W chance to be a good player.’’ Of the 14 American men if- draw at the start ofWimbledon,' en have already lost.