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Thursday, February 18th
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AGGIE RING ORDERS
THE ASSOCIATION OF FORMER STUDENTS
CLAYTON W. WILLIAMS, JR. ALUMNI CENTER
DEADLINE: February 17, 1999
Undergraduate Student Requirements:
1. You must be a degree seeking student and have a total of 95 undergraduate credit hours reflected
on the Texas A&M University Student Information Management System. (A passed course, which
is repeated and passed, cannot count as additional credit hours.)
2. 60 undergraduate credit hours must have been completed in residence at Texas A&M University if
your first semester at Texas A&M University was January 1994 or thereafter, or if you do not qualify
under the successful semester requirement described in the following paragraph. Should your
degree be conferred with less than 60 undergraduate resident credits, this requirement will be waived
after you graduate and your degree is posted on the Student Information Management System.
30 undergraduate credit hours must have been completed in residence at Texas A&M University,
providing that prior to January 1, 1994, you were registered at Texas A&M University and
successfully completed either a fall/spring semester or summer term (I and II or 10 weeks) as a full
time student in good standing (as defined in the University catalog).
3. You must have a 2.0 cumulative GPR at Texas A&M University.
4. You must be in good standing with the University, including no registration or transcript blocks for past
due fees, loans, parking tickets, returned checks, etc.
Graduate Student Requirements
If you are a May 1999 degree candidate and you do not have an Aggie ring from a prior
degree, you may place an order after you meet the following requirements:
1. Your degree is conferred and posted on the Texas A&M University Student Information
Management System; and
2. You are in good standing with the University, including no registration or transcript blocks for
past due fees, loans, parking tickets, returned checks, etc.
However, if you have completed all of your course work prior to this semester and have been
cleared by the thesis clerk, you may request a “letter of completion” from the Office of
Graduate Studies (providing it is not past their deadline). The original letter of completion,
with the seal, may be presented to the Ring Office in lieu of your degree being posted.
Procedure To Order A Ring:
1. If you meet all of the above requirements and wish to receive your ring on April 15, 1999 , you must visit
the Ring Office ne later than Wednesday. February 17. 1999 between the hours of 8:30 a m.-3:30
p.m. to complete the application for eligibility verification.
It is recommended that you do not wait until February 17 to apply for your ring audit. Should there be a
problem with your academic record, or if you are blocked, you may not have sufficient time to resolve
these matters before the order closes out on February 19.
2. Return no later than February 19, 1999 between the hours of 8:30 a m. - 3:30 p.m. to check on the
status of your audit and if qualified, pay in full by cash, check, money order, or your personal Discover,
Visa or MasterCard (with your name imprinted).
Men’s 10K-$329.00
14K- $434.00
Women’s 10K - $203.00
14K- $226.00
Add $8.00 for Class of ‘98 or before.
The ring delivery date is April 15, 1999.
Page 12 • Wednesday, February 17, 1999
Sports
Aggies prepare to run with the Pen
pe Battalion
BY JASON LINCOLN
The Battalion
The Texas A&M Women’s Tennis Team continues its spring season
with a quartet of matches in the new Varsity Tennis Center. After a 9-0
sweep of Southwest Texas State University and a narrow 5-4 win over
Louisiana State University, the women will face off against Southern
Methodist University Wednesday at 3:30 before they open Big 12 action
against Nebraska University.
“The LSU match is going to pay big dividends for us,” coach Bobby
Kleinecke said. “I didn’t feel like we played extremely well, but we fought
really hard. This early in the season, if we’re playing our best tennis, its
going to be a long season, so we’re not worried about that.”
The Aggies have not faced SMU in three years, so the competition on
the individual level will be a new sight for the A&M women. Both teams
are looking for momentum going into their conference season and the
Aggies will be paired against some of their toughest competition this sea
son.
Kleinecke said he believes that every match is going to be down to the
wire and heavily contested.
“SMU is going to be everything we can handle,” Kleinecke said.
“They’ve got a good top of the lineup rivaling anyone in the region. If
there is a weakness, it is going to be low in the lineup and that’s where
we’re going to need to take advantage of.”
Leading the Mustangs is former University of Tennessee player Megan
Russell who spearheaded the Lady Vols run to the NCAA championships
with 18 wins. Patricia Ubeda-Diaz provides another strong punch for
SMU. The sophomore from Madrid, Spain is not only a singles player but
teams up with Lindsay Bruce to lead the Mustangs’ doubles play.
“It’s going to have to be a team effort,” Kleinecke said. “We don’t nec
essarily have to win at every position, but we need to compete at every
position, put people to the wire and make them earn it from us. We can't
give anything away. ”
Leading the Aggies early in 1999 are the three upperclassmen on the
squad. Senior Monica San Miguel and juniors Lisa Dingwall and Kathryn
Scott lead A&M’s young but well-rounded team.
Dingwall, who has won in both matches this spring, said she feels the
team has come together in a bond that helps lead the team to success.
“Our main strength this season is in our bond,” she said. “We have
Houston or Los Angeles?
Martina Nedorostova prepares to hit a backhand in a dod
Saturday against Louisiana State University.
had some problems in the past, but thh
all fighting for the same thing, for each oth
just amazing how in sync we are.
“We need to work on a lot of things,” she
going to be doing with this match. Every<
conference play."
Doubles team reaches top
NFL set to decide on expansion team
ATLANTA (AP) — The NFL will most
likely add a 32nd team in Houston or Los
Angeles in March, returning to a city that
lost a franchise this decade.
Commissioner Paul Tagliabue said
Tuesday the 31 owners seem in agree
ment on the plan and will vote on it next
month in Phoenix. The team, which
would be the NFL’s fourth expansion club
this decade, could begin play in 2002.
Jacksonville and Carolina joined the
league in 1995 and the new Cleveland
Browns begin play this fall.
“I think people are getting to the point
where they understand that, as we go into
the 21st century, we’ve certainly got to
have a 32-team league,” Tagliabue said af
ter a four-hour meeting with the expansion
committee at an Atlanta airport hotel.
He said the L.A. and Houston markets
have fan interest, large populations and
television appeal.
The main difference is there is only
one group, headed by Robert McNair, vy
ing for the franchise in Houston, and it
has a plan for a new retractable-roof sta
dium.
Two rival groups in Los Angeles are
bidding for the expansion franchise, each
with its own stadium plan.
The Texas A&M doubles
tandem of Dumitru Caradima
and Shuon Madder were
ranked No. 1 in the nation in
the Intercollegiate Tennis As
sociation Rankings released
Tuesday, the first time an Ag
gie doubles team has been
so honored.
Two weeks ago the two
sophomores won the Rolex
Intercollegiate Indoors dou
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Moscovic named All-
Texas A&M setter Jenna
Moscovic has been named
to the All-American Fresh
man Team
Harding eyeing a comeback
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Tonya Hard
ing announced her latest comeback to
skating Tuesday, saying there has been a
recent easing of her lifetime ban from the
sport for her role in the 1994 Nancy Kerri
gan knee whacking.
ing last week in which officials said she
could skate professionally with their
skaters in competitions and shows.
‘‘They say I can skate with their
skaters and in shows,” Harding said,
adding that she
That was news to
the U.S. Figure Skat
ing Association,
which emphasized
that absolutely noth
ing has changed.
‘‘We have not
changed our stance
on a lifetime ban for
Tonya Harding,” US-
FSA spokesman Bob
“Skating has always
been my whole life.
I just love it”
- TONYA HARDING
FORMER FIGURE SKATER
has turned her life
around and wants
to return to the
ice.
‘‘Skating has
always been my
whole life,” she
said. “I just love
it. I miss my old
friends.”
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Magazine,
one of only
six players
to be hon
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Former A&M coach enslt
Dunlop said.
‘‘That’s about as simple as I can make it.”
Harding revealed her plans Tuesday on
KPTV’s breezy “Good Day Oregon”
morning show. Between hugs with her
dog, Dakota, and talk of a new man in her
life, Harding said the USFSA had a meet-
Dunlop said Harding continues to be
banned from all USFSA sanctioned
events, including the popular televised
Champions on Ice, featuring such stars as
Michelle Kwan. Non-sanctioned events
are the only venues in which Harding can
skate professionally.
Former Texas A&M tennis
coach David Kent will be in
ducted to the Texas Tennis Hall
of Fame Feb. 20 in Dallas.
Kent coached for 27 years,
including 18 at A&M. While
with the Aggies, he coached
21 Southwest Conference in
dividual champions, 18 NCAA
qualifiers and one SWC cham
pionship team. He finished
his coaching
dual-match record
and is a member? 1
collegiate Tennis
and Texas Tennis
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Speaking on Media Ethics
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conference, check the SCONA webpage, http://scona.tamu.edu
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