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Wednesday.June, Inesday. June 21,2000 Sports Page 3 THE BATTALION Football recruits prepare for August cal doc /erything miming at the com; hands that you look at. Thatt Mike Moran The Battalion Every August thousands of freshmen arrive at Ixas A&M fearing the adjustment to college life, 'or 22 new Aggies, August will bring hard-hitting i-ins with upperclassmen twice a day. These shmen will be forced to run miles in 100-degree land challenged to perform better than ever ore. These 22 are the newest recruits of the JcM football team. !m Cassidy, associate athletic director for foot- results obtained with diii bal1 l, P erations at A& H said there are many ad- vs that the involved clockJ» tments incomin g freshmen must make when organism to another, thc .§ niin S int0 a colle g iate athletic program, ncreases with the size andct®^ esaic ^ ^ey w '^ h ave f° adjust "to a social 11 ■ndpoint, academic standpoint, freedoms of be- s remain unanswered, said St H awa y home ' and f rorn bein g tbe best ath- 'dical School researcher worki:# at a s^ 00 * or in a district to competing against [jcg M best of the best." ave a handful of genes now,kB Football coach R.C. Slocum said it is ideal to in terms of understandingtfruit a few guys at each position every year, but teract with each other to mai:H ur ies and other factors make that tough. He Recruits are set to join A&M coach R. C. Slocum and the team for the upcoming season, said the defensive backfield needs immediate man-cover skills." help from the incoming class. "I'm not sure which of these guys is going to show up ready to play, but we got [six] of them," Slocum said. "We took a number of guys based on Jonte Buhl is a high school All-American out of Pflugerville, Texas, and he is expected to line up at cornerback. Dawon Gentry, defensive back for the Aggies, was an All-American running back at Denison High in Denison. Fellow defensive back Keelan Jackson was a two-time All-District safety from Garland High. Slocum said Adam Black, of Houston, is a sol id guy who could have played anywhere in the country, but committed early to A&M. Two other defensive back additions are grad uates of La Marque High. Kevin Magnum earned All-District honors last year, while Mike Pinesette spent the last two years playing at Blinn College. Cassidy said the receiver position needs help and junior-college transfer Robert Ferguson may be able to step right in. Slocum said A&M was interested in Ferguson out of high school, but he was unable to meet aca demic requirements. "Robert was outstanding out of high school but didn't meet the qualifications. He went to Tyler Ju nior College and can now fulfill his dream of play ing at Texas A&M University," Slocum said. See Recruits on Page 4. ?st said that studying how oi ; control physiology and belli ils could help scientists undt sorders of aging people, or thei on the 24-hour rhythm of deii ifants. Bell-Pedersen saidd feet medications, ist asthma attacks occur in g. So if patients take one dose efore they go to sleep, the efi’etti ; much better," she said, e future perspectives in then markin .A. fan riot no surprise The official end of a hard-fought victory, there- handbook to by disgracing both the city the riot is sports rioting in and the team they were apparent- describes the fol- ly rooting or looting for. lowing three Monday night after the Los An- rules: geles Lakers defeated the Indiana 1. Anything Pacers, 116-111, to secure yet anoth- made of wood er NBA championship, the city of or metal is an Los Angeles turned once again into a war zone. The results of the night's victory melee included two torched police vehicles, several vandalized businesses, 12 people with minor in juries, at least a dozen arrests and many broken windows. A few days prior to the scene in Los Angeles, violence broke out in Brussels, Belgium, as Turkish soccer See Fans on Page 4. e will get information on hov Appropriate weapon for the destruc- rokaryote to a low eukaryote : tion of probable targets, such as ■raid. - Bindows. ■ 2. It is necessary to ignite mas sive bonfires so that people can not only see the destruction of • I Tt tl windows, but also engage in acts of senseless looting, while run ning around like the children in 1 allowed to make an infinitenurl Ford of the Flies. retain the original disc froniuf ' 3. The riot must commence at the illy produced. Three additionalafl ch copy stored on the user'sec ; more copies' the CD can be# counter may alsobeimplenitsl e how many times a file maybs • of times the content was replied ?ck out" the content a specifier: ntification associated with the 1 mark will enable the filetofi portable devices user's computer only, technology, SDMI is work: force all copies to be create, the original, decreasingther: of pirated material. SDMI protocol merely guidelines for manufacturer corporate security measure distributing digital music. "My attitude is that the dard should define a tech that is neutral. It is up tot' layer to set rules about the the technology. SDMI is ate ogy platform where event possible, but it's up to socle the technology, to decide )ng," said Dr. Leonardo Chian ! and executive director ofSDh I News, an online news Websh id technology issues. King joins Big 12 best King defends against Baylor Univer sity Feb. 2, 2000 in Reed Arena. Matthew L. Thigpen The Battalion Texas A&M sophomore Bernard King was named to the Big 12 Con ference's 12-member basketball team which will compete in Europe. The 2000 Big 12 Freshman of the Year, King will join players from each of the 12 schools in the conference. King started all 28 games his freshman year and was the only freshman to average more than 15 points (16.9), four rebounds (4.8) and four assists (4.1) per game. Ad ditionally, King enters the 2000-01 season as the league's top scorer. King is a two-time Big 12 Rookie of the Week and a member of the league's All-Freshmen team. King broke conference records for fresh men in scoring average, total points (474), three-pointers per game (2.82) and points in a game (34). When asked if he is excited about traveling overseas. King replied, "I've never been out of the United States before. I just want to go there and beat them." A&M basketball coach Melvin Watkins praised King's perfor mance last season. "King is a very talented young man," Watkins said. "I think that to be competitive in the Big 12 you must get players of his caliber." See King on Page 4. Website sells A&M playbooks Mark Pass wafers The Battalion Sportsplaybooks.com, a Web site started by three Austin high school coaches — ostensibly for other high school coaches and players — has been selling the playbooks of several major foot ball programs, including Texas A&M, the University of Texas, Auburn University and the Uni versity of Arkansas. For $9.95, anyone could purchase a copy of the teams' playbooks. Athletic officials in College Station, Austin, Auburn and Fayettefille attempted to down play the impact of the website. "It's not something that we'd want out there, but we weren't getting into a panic," said Tim Cassidy, A&M's associate athlet ic director for football opera tions, noting that the site came to A&M's attention last month after it was advertised in USA Today. Athletic officials have no idea how the playbooks came into the hands of Sportsplaybooks.com and have no suspects. The site was shut down — at least tem porarily — after lawyers repre senting A&M threatened a law suit, claiming the playbooks were the property of the University. However, the message on the company's Website states that "We will try and resolve any is sues so we can be up and running again sometime this summer." CALLAWAY ie Callaway Ho T-* /» T* «/ T wwr HOUSE avings ENANCE AN S AND DOG . Vaccinations ns and Treats s and Neuters I Treatments Jical Teaching Hospit« lintment. Discount apf 0. Please identify ntment in order to re [i ted and appointments T he Callaway House is an off-campus student housing alternative in College Station that provides a social environment conducive to achieving your academic objectives. 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