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5309 A2322 v.105:no,141 MONDAY June 7, 1999 Volume 105 • Issue 147 • 6 Pages College Station, Texas Aggies advance to 1999 World Series Hid O' | ; PH0T0 ■U.Ujj r , °N BY SALLIE TURNER AND ^P. BE J^| 3 re 0 th babii ■side A One thing that Texas A&M base ball coach Mark Johnson has said about this year’s Aggie baseball team is that it has a good resolve and does not buckle when its back is against the wall. That statement was put to the test Sunday afternoon as the Aggies trailed 4-3 going into the ninth inning with a trip to Omaha, Neb. and the College World Series on the line. The Aggies stayed true to form as shortstop Steve Scarborough and cen ter fielder Steven Ttuitt hit solo home runs in the top of the ninth to send A&M to a 5-4 come-from-behind vic tory over the Clemson University Tigers. With the win, the Aggies improved to 52-16 on the year while Clemson dropped to 42-27. > “Obviously it was a great ninth in- ^ ning for the Aggies,” Johnson said. “We displayed the same character we’ve had all year. It was a no give-up | type of situation, and we’ve done that all year. ” | Scarborough saved the day for the Aggies when he led off the ninth with his sixth home run of the year. Scarborough fell behind in the count 0-2 to Clemson reliever Chris Heck. Heck then came back and evened up the count at 2-2. On the t ext pitch, Scarborough took the .eck offering and promptly sent it over the left field wall to tie the game at four. ^ Scarborough said his focus was just trying to get a rally started for his team. “1 was going up there just trying to get on base,” Scarborough said. “He (Heck) left one up in the zone, and I got under it. It fell over the fence I guess. I don’t even remember running around the bases — I was floating.” GAMES TEXAS A&M CLEMSON Aggies win series, 2-1 Truitt came up two batters later and sent the first pitch he saw from Heck out to left field to give the Aggies the lead and send them to Omaha. “When Screech (Scarborough) tied the game, it took the pressure off of us in a way,” Truitt said. “ We knew that we were going to have at least one more chance. I was going up there just trying to drive the ball. I saw one pitch, and it was a good pitch.” Heck (6-1), who threw 71 pitches the day before in his longest outing of the year, had not allowed a home run all year until Truitt and Scarborough’s blasts in the ninth. see Aggies on Page 3. ask force presents Vision 2020 report mm® "fl* jff BY STUART HUTSON The Battalion tested tig de® ere two ns are rity W ince tltf. ended" nt Man| s a pris University President Dr. Ray M. Bowen and Jon t0 tiief L. Hagler, Class of ’68 and a partner in a Boston- abased investment firm unveiled Friday the official Htarket findings of the Vision 2020 report, a set of 12 rec ommendations designed to make Texas A&M one of the top-10 public universities in the nation by the year 2020. acial ® y Maflj d the Jf f ano igniatit the in" te dff ki ' i- obe* elec® nai# the ® r imp® acks. iccess® 1 ailing Ci fp See related editorial on Page 5. ^ The Vision 2020 unveiling served as the final meeting for the 260-member task force who worked for a year to study and make recommen dations for A&M’s future. | The report, “Vision 2020: Creating A Culture of Excellence,” said, “The goal of Vision 2020 is to continue the academic evolution of Texas A&M University, so it is generally considered one of the 10 best public universities in America by 2020, while retaining, or even enhancing, many of the unique features that have differentiated the Uni versity in the past.” [ The costs involved for the project are yet to be determined. | Vision 2020’s objectives include establishing doctoral-level faculties in arts, humanities and so cial sciences disciplines and obtaining one of the nation’s best libraries, which will acquire both tra ditional and electronic resources. The University will call on many sources for help and support including alumni and state leaders for monetary support. Hagler, co-chair for Vision 2020, said a central task for accomplish ing Vision 2020’s goal will be to persuade the state’s leaders of the state’s own self-interest in this effort. “Our spending per student is about half that of our best national peers,” he said. “That is a pro found funding gap, and it stretches credibility to think we can attain national prominence with that kind of investment deficiency.” Michael Park, a member of the Library and In formation Technology committee of the task force and a former A&M football player, said the gen erosity of former students also will play a major role. “Subsidies from alumni will be very important,” he said. “But Aggies have always given to their school, and if the next generation of Aggies con tinues to do the same, this vision will become re ality. ” Hagler said support from the the Texas A&M Board of Regents will be crucial to the University’s long-term success, and he is encouraged by the at titudes, qualities and capacities of the current Board of Regents. Robert Allen, a member of the Board of Re gents, said, “I think we have an excellent see Vision on Page 2. 12 POINT PLAN 1. Elevate our faculty and their teaching, research and scholarship 2. Strengthen our graduate programs 3. Enhance the undergraduate academic experience 4. Build the letters, arts and science core 5. Build on the tradition of professional education 6. Diversify and globalize the A&M community 7. Increase access to intellectual resources 8. Enrich our campus 9. Build community and metropolitan connections 10. Demand enlightened governance and leadership mdV 11. Attain resource parity with the best public universities wiiilll 12. Meet our commitment to Texas J.P. Beato/Thi Battalion Toler released from hospital BY VERONICA SERRANO The Battalion Lt. Col. Ray E. Toler, director of the Texas A&M band, is on the road to recovery after suffering a broken arm and internal injuries as one of the passengers of American Air line Flight 1420, which crashed while landing in a storm in Little Rock, Ark., last Tuesday night. Capt. Tim Rhea, associate director of the Aggie Band, said he is one of the few people who has had the opportu nity to talk to Toler since the incident. “He’s doing OK,” Rhea said. “I was able to visit him in Little Rock and have talked to him on the phone everyday. He was able to talk to me for 15 min utes yesterday. ” Margot Bogel, a spokesperson for Baptist Health System, said Toler was discharged from Baptist Memorial Center in north Little Rock. Rhea said Toler, his wife and three sons were still in Little Rock. “It was extremely traumatic for him (Toler),” Rhea said. He said Toler was seated in the back of the plane, where the plane caught on fire. He jumped 15 feet to the ground from a hole in the side of the plane to es cape. Rhea said American Airlines flew in Toler’s oldest son, from California, and his youngest son, from Texas, to Lit tle Rock. Toler' had made the trip to Little Rock to see his middle son, who lives in Arkansas, in the Air Force. The cause of the crash is still under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board. TOLER
