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Friday, March i SPORTS jay. March 24. 2000 THE BATTALION Page 7 Steve Ballmer, reckless and irrespoi it surprise suggestions! night he possiblecamei ith alter prominent ,'t privately with ial officer. Winnitzki of Chase uist said afterward that! e was a near-term op] this settled, some i that they wouldn't have ultore or stmeture." v also remain signs ol irony. Sounding far ftomi i told a Senate subcoi rat any remedy “i rate" with Microsoft's si ness practices, ierosoft e-mailed a news ands of subscribers Wei critical ofthegoveranw s “unseemly at best” Just ersuade industry leads; breakup. It also dei ns as “an extremeandrsT sallie turner/thk Battalion ion to the governments! Las A&M freshman Olivia Karlikova hopes to lead the Aggies back to nning ways against Miami on Saturday at the Varsity Tennis Center. I 13th-ranked Aggies defeat Sooners mage ing rrobe is designed toer] acceleration and thee® an orbit of 360 milesii any of the scientific ini!i Si’s engineers were cod be saved, said Mark He 'ioddard Space FlightG mission. “It continued to him ■en through the test,' id. “We know there ' the satellite that ares orking.” NASA will appoint a ew board to investigate \ggie netters look o end season woes BY BLAINE DIONNE The Battalion The60th-ranked Texas A&M women’s inis team (6-7,4-1) is having a little dif- dty finding their identity this season. For example, they were able to come ckftom their 9-0 defeat at the hands of e University of Georgia by basically feating the entire tennis-playing popu- ion of Oklahoma, but then turned :il lound and lost to unranked Rice Uni- irsity yesterday. The Aggies vented their frustrations ructural and other elemti the University of Oklahoma and Ok- :‘What a great display,” he said. “Okla- M State really came to play in what loma State University on the Saturday d Sunday before Spring Break, pulling t8-l and 6-3 victories over the Soon- and Cowboys. ishap—just as it didtfl Women’s tennis coach Bobby Klei- st year after the Mars (|cke said he was proud of his team’s ef- ate Orbiter and MaisPwt against Oklahoma State, inder losses. Investigators later imate Orbiter mission f cause critical naviga netric. Polar Lander’s w findings public next wa runted dozens of scieiit the project for moret ested at JPL because ot: riz.-based Spectrum^ University of Calif®* was a great team tennis match. In dou bles, we played like we were capable. I was a little nervous after singles, but af ter sweeping them in doubles, it was a great way to start the season. I think we are back on track.” Kleinecke’s theory turned out to be erroneous after it was put to the test on Thursday when they traveled to Houston to face Rice University (7-7, 0-2). “It seems like every time A&M and Rice get together it becomes a battle,” Kleinecke said. “The girls are anxious to play again after taking some time off. We’ll have our hands full and like the other A&M-Rice matches, 1 expect it to come down to the wire.” Well, he was right, but unfortunately for the Aggies, the Owls came out on top 5-4. A&M has the opportunity to redeem itself starting Saturday when they host the 36th-ranked University of Miami Hurricanes (8-7) at the Varsity Tennis Center at 1:30 p.m. BY AL LAZARUS The Battalion The University of Oklahoma’s No. 47 ranking did not mean much to the 13th-ranked Texas A&M men’s tennis team as it prepared to face the Sooners. A more important number that mattered for the Ag gies was 17, the current ranking held by the University of Minnesota — a team Oklahoma handily defeated earlier this month. Prepared for a dogfight, the Aggies received just that Thursday afternoon in their 4-3 victory over the Soon-, ers at the Varsity Tennis Center. After clinching the doubles point and jumping to quick victories in the top three singles positions, A&M was never in danger of losing the match. Oklahoma, however, outplayed their No. 47 ranking, winning the bottom three singles matches to make the final score re spectable. “Oklahoma is a very strong team,” A&M men’s ten nis coach Tim Cass said. “That really speaks highly of our conference. All in all, I was very pleased with our performance.” In what has become a regular occurrence this sea son, A&M juniors Cody Hubbell and Shuon Madden rolled to victories in their singles matches. Madden, the nation’s third-ranked player, cruised to a 6-1,6-0 victory over OU senior Dusty Beard at No. 1 singles. Madden has now won five matches in a row and is 7-3 on the season. “1 think we competed a lot harder than they did,” Madden said. “We really pride ourselves on that.” Playing No. 3 for tlie Aggies, Hubbell overcame a slow start to beat Oklahoma senior Charlie Roberson, 6-4, 6-2. Ranked in the national top 100 for the second time this sea son, the 90th-ranked 1 iubbell upped his winning streak to eight with the victory and improved to 8-2 overall. Junior Dumitru Caradima also won easily for the Aggies, posting a 6-2, 6-0 victory over OU senior Je remy Dunham at the No. 2 position. SALLIE TURNER/T m Battalion Texas A&M junior Shuon Madden defeats Oklahoma’s Dusty Beard on the No. 1 singles court. Madden is currently ranked No. 3 in the nation. Splitting six singles matches with OU highlighted the importance of the Aggies’ dominating doubles per- fonnance to open the match. The 15th-ranked tandem of Caradima and Madden won, 8-3, as did seniors Gonzalo Anderson and Juan Sports in Brief Aramburo. Hubbell and sophomore Jarin Skube com pleted the A&M sweep with a 9-7 victory. “Our goal has always been to win every doubles point,” Madden said. “We’ve really been working hard on that, and I think it really paid off today.” Baseball travels to Iowa State The Texas A&M baseball team returns to Big 12 play for the first time in two weeks as it travels to Ames, Iowa for a three game series against the Iowa State University Cyclones this weekend. A&M is 14-15 on the season and in a five-way tie for third in the Big 12 Conference with a 5-4 record. Iowa State is 5-14 on the sea son and is in 10th place in the con ference with a 1-5 record. The Aggies are coming off a poor performance in the Continental Classic Aggie Baseball Classic. The team finished in last place for the first time in the tournament’s history. The first pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m. Friday in Ames. HEANEY A&M softball looks to upset Sooners The No. 25 Texas A&M softball team opens Big 12 action this weekend against the sixth ranked Oklahoma University Sooners. The-two will face-off in a pair of games at the Aggie softball com plex at 1 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. The Sooners enter the match with a 34-5 season record com pared to A&M’s 20-10. The Aggies hope that freshman catcher/designated player Selena Collins will continue her perfor mance at the plate. Collins was named Big 12 Player of the Week, the first A&M player to receive the honor this season. The announcement came after Collins hit .389 to drive in 9 runs in the Capital Classic Softball tour- hament where she earned all-tour nament honors. Collins is hitting .329 on the season with 23 RBIs. 1 2000 r wareness AP O NED ar 29 THUR Mar 30. EM 102 H.21B CHEM102 Prac. Tesl /s 202 :h.26 Rhys 202 Prac. Test /s 208 :h.30 Rhys 208 Ch.31 , U : : ,v-x* y i,lir ^ • ' ' EM 102 H.20 CHEM 102 TBA /s 201 .9 & 10 mmm iflil JUR Apr /■ ■ SUN Jtt&r 7-1OPM Part irt III irt III Sunday March 26, 10:30am, Unitarian iJniversalist Fellowship (UUF) - Kickoff Service Monday, March 27 through Friday March 31, U:00am-1 :OOpm, ALLIES, in front of Rudder Fountain by the MSC -Set your rainbow ribbons here. Wear them all week! Monday, March 27, 3:00 - 6:OOpm, Gender Issues Education Services Office, 2 11A YMCA - Check out a book, eat, and read for GA W! Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) at Friends Congregational Church Come join us for fun and conversation! Tuesday, March 28, 10:00am-2:00pm, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual d Transgendered Aggies (GLBTA) in the MSC - Information and fun. Come on out and say "Howdy!" Tuesday, March 28, 7:00pm, Gay, Lesbian, bisexual d Transgendered Aggies, location TBA Showing of the film "Before Stonewall. " March 26 - April 2 Wednesday, March 29, ALLIES in The Battalion - Listing all of our A3M Allies! Wednesday, March 29, 12:00 noon, ALLIES Continuing Education, Rudder 404 - History of GLBTRights Wednesday, March 29, 5:30pm, Friends Congregational Church - BBQ binner, with ecumenical worship service at 6:30pm Thursday, March 30, 6:45pm, GLBTA, "15 Years of Recognition " Koidus 146 - The highlight of the week, looking back at the historic decision to recognize Gay Student Services at A3Mi Friday, March 31, l:30-4:30pm, ALLIES Advance, RSVP allies@tamu.edu - If you aren't an officiai Ally, RSVP today! Sunday, April 2 8:15/10:30am, Friends Congregational Church - Closing Service For more information on the week's events, check out the website: ENT http: //stul if e. tamu. edu/gies/gaw. htm WILEY LECTURE SERIES M emorial Student Genter The Waking Dragon Perspectives on U.S. China Trade Relations A panel will be discussing the future of U.S. China trade relations and the stake that each nation holds in developing working relationships to promote a cooperative foreign policy along the lines of political, military, and humanitarian interests. March 31, 2000 8:00 p.m. Rudder Auditorium $7 for students, $10 general admission ^jyLih. i * wiley.tamu.edu nu This program is presented for educational purposes only and does not represent an endorsement of perspective. The views and opinions presented in this program do not necessarily represent the views and ^^^^^^^^^jogfniionsMOifthe^MemoTial^S^ Ov PROFITABLE NUMBER! 845-0569 THE BATTALION CLASSIFIEDS m, Please. 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