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Requirements for Intent to Run: ■ One member from each team must contact Shannon Crockett ’93 at 845-7514 before NOON on February 15. ■ At least 2 of the 3 candidates from each team MUST ATTEND a mandatory information meeting on Monday, February 15,1999 at 5:30 p.m. at the Clayton Williams, Jr. Alumni Center. Class Agent Responsibility: Will act as liasons between the Class of ’99, The Association of Former Students, and Texas A&M University. Class Agents will be elected March 31 & April 1 in the 1999 Spring Student Body Elections Page 14 « Thursday, February 4. 1999 Sports Caradima, Madden to pair off in tour Aggie tennis duo to compete against nations best at Rolex Tennis Chan BEN WESTBROOK The Battalion TWo Aggie tennis players will face off against the best in the nation when the Rolex National Intercollegiate In doors Tennis Championship kicks off Thursday in Dallas. The tournament at the Brookhaven Country Club features the best 32 sin gles players and the best 16 doubles teams from around the nation. This year two sophomores, Shuon Madden and Dumitru Caradima, will represent A&M. Madden, an all-Big 12 selection in both singles and doubles last year, will CASS compete in both events in the tournament. Madden, who will face 60th-ranked Rob Cheyne of Fresno State University, enters the tournament ranked 30th national ly with a 11-2 singles record. Caradima, ranked No. 8, was a Big 12nini)?| gles last season. Caradima and Madden will team up for il competition in which thev will lace No.2fe-* and Francisco THnidad of Michigan Stale Ur ffi The two earned a spot in the tournament , the Rolex Southwest Regional tournamentin 11 cf'l A&M enters with a top 15 ranking and k®'*- ^ v move higher, A&M men’s tennis coach Tim - "Our goal is to be . <‘,1 . me at ife'frja fj Pf*i in the country and win the Big 12 champion^ ’ ) and year out,” he said , B Cass said the players'iu\'i!ationstotheiojy>»I^ , is a step in the right direction towards this^ ' "We think of this as a measuring slid said. "One of our goals is to wm a lunod^VV nu 1 lc onship, and to have two sophmores /A g'^sse tournament is a big deal Xvs. Ce smentous coi ue the death Recruits Aggies Continued from Page 14 ‘‘We said we wouldn’t take an other guy if we [signed] him.” One year after signing only one defensive player (redshirted line backer Brian Gamble), A&M scored what Burton said is one of the best classes in the country. “I think the linebacker class probably is as impressive as it gets,” he said. “They also got a couple big- timers in the secondary.” A&M managed to pluck five players from out of state: Weber, de fensive back Sean Weston (Garde na, Calif.), defensive back Everett Smith (Compton, Calif.), linebacker Brian LeDoux (West Monroe, La.) and defensive lineman Brian West (West Monroe, La.). “Texas will always be the heart of our recruiting basis,” Slocum said, “but we will supplement our classes with key out-of-state guys.” “Monroe is as close to us as a whole lot of places in Texas,” he said "I also have some contacts [in California]. 1 coached out there, and we know our way around, and we think we can pick some guys and have a reason to come here. I think it’s another step up in our evolution into being a national pro gram.” Continued from Page 11 The Aggies ventured out of state to sign West, one of the top- rated linemen in Louisiana. The linebackers in this year’s class are big, strong and fast, things the Aggies look for. The secondary also got a boost as the Aggies signed two of the top defensive backs in both Texas and California. With the recruits signed on de fense, the “Wrecking Crew" seems set for years to come. But despite the Aggies’ success, the University of Texas Longhorns seemed to have an even better re cruiting year, having the consensus No. 1 ranked class in the nation. But rankings can be deceiving. Texas’ No. 1 ranking comes from signing the USA Today offen sive and defensive players of the year Chris Simms and Cory Red ding and signing some of the top players in Colorado. The big name for the Long horns was Simms. The 6’5” quar terback from New Jersey originally committed to national champion Tennessee but had a change of heart and switched his commit ment to Texas. Fans know how tricky selecting a quarterback can bell For every Peyton Tim Couch, there are James, Shea Morenzanl poster boy for HighScty cruiting hype, RonPo* Coming out of high 1993, the Berwick, Pa was the most sought in the nation. He spent years at Notre Damem up to hype he nevero tg way. "An Powlus was always re ooth for a to what might have been. Ifiientionsi Will that be the fate of Snot kill" There’s no way to kiv Capital pun does he help the LonghriS®cease. Tl come a better team?Te neriea is pla posedly set at quartert zed racism, sophomore Major App and the wro Mack Brown seemed Tin United more interested in havr e system is i ly-ranked class this seat lether an Y P addressing the needsoi When you look at it, America ha Texas recruited more": ric system o players, the Aggies recn ?nt for the k pie who will stepinancase 23 years ly make them a better! ute people 1 So, in a few years,v, iced to deal pie look back on theck rican-Ameri 2003, there will be not ,. e |f these n Aggies came out on Doug Shilling is a i journalism major en executed Iskhis beta it murder A a, i| is becat ogressive at 'pear as a n, -ricpn-Amer be! valued^ white peof Take a trip if you have an emergency, 1 de ath pen, 7 6. Since th murder vict •ican-Ameri aple execuk 'ViK'iiST' I 1 1 *■ ill '4 is .dnuirtlen § u Georgia p in ' mes com t they see percent e mbinatioi It should tionally, i ^cuted ha hdjence? 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