QoCden ‘K&y National Honor Society
General Meeting
Tuesday, April 11th
8:30 p.m. Koldus 111
SPORTS
Page If)
THE BATTALION
Monday,
Singh holds off Duval Pumpfest
mpwS Student Counseling
mmJHetp£in
VcrLuMte&ry Needed/
ALL MAJORS
WELCOME!
■^INTERVIEWING NOW"®
to begin service in the Summer or Fall Semester.
Summer Training will be May 22-27, 2000.
Fall Training will be August 21-26, 2000.
For more information call Susan Vavra at 845-4427 x133
or visit our web site at www.scs.tamu.edu/volunteer/
STUDENT
COUNSELING
SERVICE
A department in the Division of Student Affairs
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — No one ever
came farther to get a green jaeket than Vi-
jay Singh.
The final leg was an uphill climb to the
18th green Sunday at Augusta National,
where Singh completed his troublesome
journey around the world to claim the most
prestigious prize in golf.
The Fiji native won the Masters by
meeting every challenge from the biggest
stars in the game, closing with a 3-under
69 for a three-stroke victory over Ernie Els.
Singh rolled in an 18-foot birdie putt on
the last hole, kissed the ball as he removed
it from the cup and embraced his family.
His 9-year-old son, Qass, taped a message
to his bag that said, “Poppa, Trust Your
Swing.”
1 le did, following those directions bet
ter than anyone else.
Singh ignored an early charge by
Tiger Woods, and watched David Duval
self-destruct.
He has now won two of the last six ma
jor championships, which validates him as
one of the game’s top players.
Once a teaching pro in the jungle of
Borneo, the 37-year-old Singh played
tours on five continents and was banned
from two of them, one for a cheating alle
gation that he has long denied but has
haunted him throughout his career.
Singh, who won the PGA Champi
onship at Sahalee in 1998, played with
such composure in the face of so many
challengers. And that might be enough to
finally shift the attention to a game that
weathered a w icked weekend at Augusta.
He finished at 278 and earned $828,000
for his eighth career victory.
Els, a two-time U.S. Open champion,
couldn't get a birdie putt to fall on the last
three holes and was at 281.
The biggest threat came from Duval,
in contention on the back nine Sunday at
Augusta for the third straight year. His
dreams died with a risky shot that wound
up in Rae’s Creek, a bogey on the par-5
13th. A bogey on the final hole gave Du
val a 70. and he finished in a tie for third
with Loren Roberts.
“I don’t think anyone should be sur
prised that Vijay Singh won this golf
tournament,” Duval said. “He’s a won
derful player.”
Singh set the tone for his victory Sun
day morning. With frost melting into dew.
THE
Summer & Fall ’00 Staff Application
If you can write, edit, design pages, draw, use a camera...
Texas A&M's award-winning student newspaper
is looking for you.
Name:
Phone Number(s):
E-mail:
Major:
Classification:
Number of hours you will take in the summer or fall:
Expected graduation (semester):
If you have another job, what is it:
How many hours per week?
Do you plan to keep it, if hired?
OPENINGS INCLUDE:
Please check the semester and
position(s) for which you are
interested. If you are interested
in more than one position, num
ber them in order of preference
with 1 being your top choice.
□ Summer □ Fall
Managing Editor
Managing, Section, & Asst. Editor Applicants*
1) What are your goals for managing your staff?
2) What do you believe is the role of The Battalion?
3) What changes would you make to improve The Bat
talion? Pay particular attention to the position for
which you’re applying.
2)
Staff Applicants*
I) Why do you want to work at The Battalion, and
what do you hope to accomplish?
What experience do you have that relates to the
position for which you are applying? (include
classes, seminars, etc.)
What changes do you feel would improve the qual
ity of The Battalion? (Give special attention to the
section for which you’re applying.)
3)
Section Editors
Campus
Community
Lifestyles and
Entertainment
Opinion
Science & Technology
Sports
Night News
Copy Chief
Graphics
__ Photo
Radio News
Web News
*Please type your responses on a separate piece of
paper, and attach a resume and samples of your work
(stories you have written for publications or classes,
pages you have designed, photos taken, drawings made or
other creative samples — just show us what you can do.
Assistant Editors
Opinion
Photo
Radio
Sports Editor
Web News
^Deadlines: Wednesday, April 12, for editor posi
tions, and Monday, April 17, for staff positions.
Turn applications in at 013 (basement) Reed
McDonald Building.
Staff
News Reporter
Science & Technology
Reporter
_ Feature Writer
Entertainment Writer
Sports Writer
Columnist
Web Designer
Radio Reporter
_ Photographer
Graphic Artist
Cartoonist
Page Designer
Copy Editor
he returned to the course to complete his
third round and made two critical par putts
that enabled him to maintain his three-
stroke cushion over Duval.
That paid dividends on the back nine
Sunday, when Singh managed to escape
danger twice without losing his lead.
Clinging to a two-stroke lead over Du
val, Singh hit his approach into the pond
left of the 11th green. After taking his
penalty drop, he hit a delicate chip up to 4
feet and dropped only one shot.
Then on the par-3 12th, he hit over the
green into the most daunting bunker at Au
gusta. Faced with a shot that sloped down
the green toward more trouble, he blasted
out to 2 feet — the same shot Olazabal
pulled off to win last year.
Duval, who lives near Singh in Ponte
Vedra Beach. Fla., was still poised to win
his first major championship until he made
a mistake that will live with him until his
next chance.
1 le selected a dangerous route to the
par-5 13th green, then bowed his head as
the ball plunked into the water.
Ditto for Els, the 30-year-old South
African who got word Saturday that his
buddy had won a $2 million lottery and
thought it might be a good omen.
Wtxxls, who opened w ith a 75 and w as
nine strokes back after two days, got the
deficit down to three strokes early and
seemed poised to pounce.
Singh was in the fairway, waiting for
the group ahead to tee off on No. 4, w hen
he glanced up at the large white leader-
board in time to see another birdie posted
for Woods. Singh proceeded to hit long
and three-putt from 50 feet off the fringe.
Woods went out in 33.1 le was 4 under
for the tournament and slowly gaining mo
mentum for the kind of back-nine charge
that have become so famous at Augusta.
But Singh’s biggest threat was Duval.
He made a couple of 8-foot putts early to
close a three-stroke deficit to one, then re
ally began to apply the pressure with birdie
putts from 12 feet on No. 6, a good pitch
to 2 feet on the par-5 eighth, and a sliding
6-footer on No. 9.
What did that get him? Nothing.
Singh matched every birdie and an
swered every great approach by Duval
w ith one of his own — and took that slim
lead to the back nine.
Woods ran out of chances.
SALUE TURNER7heB‘
Justin Wheeler, a sophomore at Texas Tech University, climbs:
Student Recreation Center rock climbing wall Saturday as one:
63 competitors at Aggie Pumpfest. The competition may have?
the state record for the most people climbing on an indoorfac
at one time.
i
Sports in Brief
Nutt to coach
at Southwest
JONESBORO,
(AP)
Ark.
— Dennis Nutt,
the assistant basket
ball coach at Arkansas
State, will become
Southwest Texas
State’s head coach,
Little Rock’s KATV-TV
said Sunday night.
Nutt will replace
Mike Miller, who re
signed March 20 to
become an assistant
head coach at
Kansas State.
Nutt’s three broth
ers also are
es. Houston If
Arkansas’
coach, Dannylj
an assistant^!
coach at
and Dickey NU
Arkansas
head
coach.
20 Aggieland 01
STAFF APPLICATION
If you are interested in designing pages, writing stories,
or taking pictures for the 2001 Texas A&M yearbook...
then simply fill out this form and drop it off
in room 004 (basement) of the Reed McDonald Building.
Available
Positions Include
(Check oil desired positions)
□ Managing Editor
□ Section Editor(s)
□ Copy Editor
□ Photo Editor
Web Editor
□ Designer(s)
□ Writer(s)
□ Photographer(s)
et’s take
. peek intc
the futun
[Imagine a scho
vliere the dress
code is last
flight’s pajamas
Nome:
Classification:
Major:
Phone Number(s):
E-mail
Please read and type your
P
responses to the following
ol
ues-
tions on a separate sheet or paper
that is to be turned in with this
form. Also, attach any samples of
work that you have along with a
resume, if possible. All applicants
are encouraged to include any
other relevant information.
Editor Positions
1) Why do you want an editor position*
2) What changes would you like to me
to the yearbook?
3) What experience do you have in
leadership roles?
Staff Positions
1) Why do you want to be on the staffs
2) What prior experience do you have
that relates to the position you are
applying for?
Miere one won
lot face traffic
irtrains trying
oget to class a
ray to be tardy
lave class whei
low far into th(
and) does this
not as far as me
billionaire Micl
ailing the seas
Bart’s recently,
'or an online cc
tructed in the \
hough there ha
anline college i
lor’s plans are 1
has agreed to pi
sthe biggest y<
Michael Say
million to creak
ivy League qual
jdea is that this
ree to offer this
pie of all econoi
hough this seer
:o eliminate the
hat divide our c
end” college w
ven bigger inju
fore. There is nc
af academics ca
s it is in a class
ere, to compar
he college expe
Saylor’s bigj
op an “all-star”
individuals to se
DEADLINE for all applications is Thursday, April 20
If you have any questions, call jon Niven at
(979) 845-2681
for these classes
denry Kissingei
professors in the
here could be a
ing to the Ameri
tery” or “How t<
aeachment”. Th
dea is not that a
oiowledge of Pi
that the experier
dent of the Unit<
make him more
essor trained sp
duty. The idea tl
overrules the tra
uch teaching pe
:o many current
David Noble
t Toronto’s Yor
big critic of dist
that “Saylor’s n;
ing.” Carole Fui
professor at Get
describes this id
sence of countei