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Enaazmsa i’3.95 • pager airtime Free Activation ‘Accessories Calling Cards Aerial phones sold here DlSt System 8m8 764-5900 PLUS ATTENTION - MAY GRADUATES Display your Aggie diploma with pride! Aggies have been framing diplomas for Aggies for over ten years! Great prices! High Quality! See our display in the lower level of the MSC now! Orders placed by May 1,1998 can be custom framed and picked up Saturday, May 16! Call 845-1631 for details Gig’ em!! COME JOIN THE FUN WITH CLASS COUNCILS! ALL MEETINGS WILL BEGIN AT 6 PM CLASS OF 1998 Rudder 709 KING DANCE CLASS OF 1999 Rudder 302 CLASS OF 2000 Rudder 707 (HlftSSUlFr mmmtm CLASS OF 2001 Rudder 407 EVERYONE WELCOME!! -Battalion Applications for Summer and Fall Staff, Section Editors and Managing Editors are now available in Room 0 / 3 Reed McDonald Building. There will be two informational meetings on Thursday, April 16 at 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. in Room 003 Reed McDonald. General staff applications are due Wednesday, April 22 in Room 013 Reed McDonald by 5 p.m. (April 15 for editors). All majors welcome. Experience not required. For more information, call 845-331 3. m tf a | ^ ^ r m n Monday • April 13w Barnes fixes ‘Tender-bend* Texas hires Clemson’s Rick Barnes to fill head coaching vacancy left byPeip Quick Facts on Rick Barnes Birth Born Richard Dale Barnes on July 17,1954 in Hickory, N.C. Education Graduated from Hickory High in Hickory, N.C. in 1973; graduated from Lenoir Rhyne College with a degree in Health Physical Education in 1977. Barnes Coaching Experience ♦ Assistant Coach at North State Academy (1977-78) ♦ Assistant Coach at Davidson for 2 seasons (1978-80) ♦ Assistant Coach at George Mason for 5 years (1980-85) ♦ Assistant Coach at Alabama for 1 year (1985-86) ♦ Assistant Coach at Ohio State for 1 year (1986-87) ♦ Head Coach at George Mason for 1 year (1987-88) 20-10 ♦ Head Coach at Providence Col lege for 6 years (1988-94) 108-76 ♦ Head Coach at Clemson for 3 years (1994-present) 56-34 AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Clem son’s Rick Barnes was named bas ketball coach at Texas Sunday, re placing Tom Penders, the Longhorns’ winningest coach who resigned after a player revolt. Barnes met with Clemson play ers in South Carolina late Sunday and was to be formally introduced at a news conference in Austin Monday afternoon. His hiring, announced Sun day night in a faxed press release from the university, and ends a search that began when Penders resigned April 2. The search had focused on Utah’s Rick Majerus until Sunday morning, when negotiations broke down with the Utes’ coach, ac cording to two university sources who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. But Majerus had always been a difficult target because he makes roughly $1 million at Utah, and Texas athletic director DeLoss Dodds had said that the basketball coach would not make more than new football coach Mack Brown, who earns $750,000 annually. Penders made $550,000 per year. Barnes, 43, met with Texas offi cials Thursday in Atlanta and then again in Dallas on Friday, and he impressed screening committee members with his hard-nosed, de fense-minded approach. Dodds has said he would like a coach who stresses defense. He also fit Dodds’ financial cri teria, making just under $700,000 per year at Clemson. Last year, Barnes spurned big offers from Ohio State and Ten nessee, signing a contract with Clemson worth at least $668,000 a year and another $125,000 in bonuses. An automatic $25,000 bonus for making the NCAA tourna ment this year meant that Barnes’ base salary next year at Clemson would have been $693,000. He had a $ 100,000 buy out clause in his contract. Barnes, who was 74-48 in four years at Clemson, was popular with Tigers fans. He earned a reputation as a colorful personality by doing re mote radio standups from Clem son fan tailgate parties before football games and by handing out hot chocolate and pizza to students who camped out for tickets to then second-ranked Clemson’s game against No. 4 Wake Forest last year. He also earned a reputation as a fiery competitor by getting in the face of North Carolina coach Dean Smith two years ago, accusing Smith of unfairly badgering Clem son players with criticism during a regular-season game. The Tigers set a school mark with their third consecutive NCAA appearance this year. But it was not the year expect ed. The Tigers started ranked fifth in the country, but injuries and inconsistency dropped them out of the rankings shortly after New Year’s. Bad foul shooting and nagging injuries to point guard Terrell McIntyre led to eight Atlantic Coast Conference losses by five points or fewer. After winning three of their fi nal four games, the Tigers carried a lot of confidence into the NCAA tournament. But they were upset in the First round by Western Michigan and finished 18-14. Barnes was to be without sev eral key players next season with the departure of senior and leading scorer Greg Buckner, the transfer of junior Tony Christie and graduation of red- shirt junior Iker Iturbe. The Tigers reached | tournament’s round! 1997, losing in double! to Minnesota, whiclnlj the Final Four Barnes’ overa 134, including one year as coach at George Mason I and six years at | Providence. Barnes in herits a Texas team that is in disarray. Four young starters, including freshmen Luke outh xas Pert, es si affiliat ittle move as me say Per tl ■USTON (AP) labl de over the af University ■College of Law He legal arena. Hlaw school file< |agamst the Texas ition Coordinatii king a declaratory Hether the affiliat pension of Axtell foracasR school said the sons; the release of Axtel unpted by the co a radio station; and the iras decision to s of Penders, who receivu nion on the affili ment package of rough orney General Dai i thn . Ho don’t believe c ihomore Gabe! ith Dodds on I at they had los lers and his progra le meeting begana roversy that include tram has said hew Texas. Axtell, thesecon scorer on this year’s tea ceived his release totr; is reportedly consider! and Texas Tech. Penders had a reco 110 in 10 seasons at Texa lorns to theN ight times. \;is coachings Washington’ vva rne non nament TheT include) der, wht runner for lahoma’s Bn is the solu I T. Read, pres ■of South Texas v. {lead said a declar ntwould preferat ■nding. ■asA&M annou Hiate with the H tool in January, bu jgting board protes ■needed its per Hish a law schoo nmsid^wHiyersity official ‘jobuntil! Li they didn’t ne Kelvin '-inlbecause the 1 After next season, Barnes Longhorns o fficials. would have had five pi ayers to North Car olina assista replace, including starters Phil Ford all so was inte; McIntyre, Harold Jami son and Wake Foresi :’s Dave Ot Tom Wideman. dined to inte irview with! dropped out ofconsideraH continue ch; week after interviewiifRchool tuition. 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