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Wednesday, October!: distric ency was linked to tlit:| ip between the hoardandi ho enters his third yearfcS dman said that relation] J be a lot worse off’ifM ent Ted Beard had noted ergency discussion. :’re talking about a fundr| honship,” Feldman said n went to the heart o p between the board aiiej tendent. And it hade on his ability to dohisjotl Wednesday, October 11,2000 Sports Purc 7. THE BATTALION iSROOM Aggies Can food drive successful A&M’s home win streak threatened by Tech By Jason Lincoln The Battalion Inside Kyle Field Saturday, the Aggies suffered their first loss, af ter 22 straight victories, at home. r • ac- But the Texas A&M athletes left Continued from Kyie Fie i d with at | east one victo . ry on Saturday. Outside the gates of the stadium on Saturday, Aggie athletes collect ed 10,425 cans of food for the needy of the Brazos Valley, with a weight of more than 10,(XX) pounds. The effort was part of “Aggies Can,” a student-athlete-led food drive that sought out the support of Aggie football fans to help their community. It was organized by A&M's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SACC) and Aggie Athletes Involved and was run completely by student-athletes with the help of the Athletic Department. “The athletes and the Athletic Department were very pleased with our results, even though it wasn't a great weekend in terms of weather and the success of our football team,” said SACC presi dent and swimmer Devin Howard. Event organizers had hoped to make this the world’s largest recorded collegiate food drive. The athletes will have to wait until next year to get their efforts recorded by the Guiness Book of World Records, because of a lack of pri or documentation. That should not be a problem since the event will be expanded beyond the football game next year to make sure A&M’s efforts of service are recorded as a bench mark for other colleges. > many people loggingon ;ssors are also using-; )gy in the classrooms.^ ‘sent their lectures one ide show presentations, irent sites from the Inir llustrate their points, college in the Units an Instructional Enl uipment Fee to help the n that college to keep pduted. fee is important beoj iced to be taught on and miliar with the newest tel ) be able to compete ill J,” said Edward Segtinj oordinator for the Loti ollege of and GradJ Business. classroom in the busiitf ; a LCD projector, anew* that all the computers ill jilding together and adoi era which allows professP •lasses and focus groups I .il Bush, a marketingp| id he was able to use ft [ to show his class stray >f Nike advertisements.■ > helpful because it saw oy allowing him togol e Nike Websiteandnii lent instead of havings the ad on television. | •> arc finding this assistant Robyn Thornhill, a soph al studies major, a couple professors wt nd practice exams said. “/ think it-isf jlpful that professoiV e for their students material on the Web. on tinned from Pqt .aid she thinks the exhi w a large and diver ng that she made theii ing the exhibit toA<L' ■ likes to show exhih wide variety of interest airline exhibit is b mnection with A& igineering program, os Valley Radio Coni onsor a Fun Fly on Otf the members ofBVf ome of their larger . children’s workstic en can learn to put If Is will be held on ored by the BVRCC id volunteers, include ave been helping to )it. re taking crates offal ir two days, unpackii| ig display tables he galleries that hadtj ” she said. “When\tf| hey have to do there- ne of the crates weigl I pounds.” ATRIP TWO TO RICA he cost of MTV's rfd' went to Africa ou can too! By Bree Holz The Battalion The 22nd-ranked Texas A&M volleyball team will attempt today to extend its home match winning streak to 26 consecutive wins against the team that handed it its last loss at G. Rollie White Colise um -Texas Tech University. The Red Raiders last defeated the Aggies in College Station on Nov. 1, 1998. Tech will have an other opportunity at 7 p.m. today. Texas Tech and A&M both hold a 5-2 league record and are in the middle of a four-way tie for second place in the Big 12 conference, along with Missouri and Kansas State. A&M has a 10-4 overall record, while Tech maintains a 16- 2 record. The Red Raiders have surprised the Big 12 this season with their current second place standing. Tech was picked to finish sixth overall in the Big 12. preseason poll, and the Aggies were picked to finish second. In 1999, the Aggies defeated Tech both at home and in Lubbock, 3-0. The Red Raiders finished in eighth place in the league last year with a 7-13 record. Though the winning streak is on the line against a tough oppo nent, the Aggies are not feeling any pressure. “It’s more of an incentive to win,” said middle blocker Heather Marshall. “We are not looking at it as added pressure, but it makes us want to go out there and beat them faster.” Outside hitter Erin Gibson said the team is trying to focus on its own play and not think about the home winning streak. “The streak is something that has happened over the years,” she said. “We can’t focus on that. Tech is going to be a huge challenge. They’ve really stepped up their game and they’re a huge threat at the net.” Outside hitter Michelle Cole said it will be incredibly difficult for Texas Tech to get another win at G. Rollie White. “There’s no way in the world Tech is going to end our winning streak,” she said. “They’re going to come in really aggressive to morrow and be a challenge to us, but ultimately, they’re going to lose.” Cole said the Twelfth Man is always a factor in the match be cause of the constant noise and support. “The fans are right on top of you and make noise the whole match,” she said. “We could be sucking on our side and the crowd would still be loud. I think it makes the other team feel kind of helpless.” FILE PHOTO/The Battalion Texas A&M middle blocker Heather Marshall, pictured above, will lead A&M against Texas Tech in defense of the Aggies' 25-game home winning streak. Aggies back-to-basics in effort to rebound from loss T he Texas A&M football team goes back to the drawing board this week. After last week’s aberration at home against no-longer-winless Colorado, the Aggies are set to hit the road and face an opponent they have not lost to since 1985 - the Baylor Bears. Wait a second before deciding that going to Waco is not worth the trip because the Aggies will pull this one out with ease — everyone saw what happened last week when the Buf faloes limped into Kyle Field and ended up, charging out with their first victory. If the Aggies’ defeat at Notre Dame was considered acceptable because of the circum stances surrounding the loss, last Saturday’s Hub was about as unacceptable as possible, and the A&M players know it. “Taking that loss last week really hurt us,” said running back Richard Whitaker. “We should have come out with a little more in tensity at the beginning of the game. Toward the end, we tried to fight harder, but by then there wasn't enough time to win.” The coaching staff shouldered a portion of the olame as well. Against the Buffaloes, the Aggie offense made numerous trips inside the 5-yard line, coming away,with only one touchdown in those situations. Offensive coordinator Steve Kragthorpe said the Aggies’ short-yardage problems stemmed from flawed execution at the line of scrimmage. “That first time, we tossed to Richard and it was a touchdown,” Kragthorpe said. “Then we come back the next time, we tried to throw the ball to Ja’Mar out of the backfield on a play that Richard had scored on against Tech. “We came back and gave to Richard on the same play that we had scored on. Got the same defense and everything — we just did n’t execute the blocking scheme.” So there they were, a block away from taking control of the game and perhaps having their home win streak alive to defend another day. But it did not work out that way and now the Aggies are faced with having to remedy their problems before Saturday, or Baylor may just end its 15-year drought against the Ags. If linebacker Jason Glenn has anything to do with it, the Bears will not have a chance. “This is a very big week,” Glenn said. “We’ve got to bounce back from a defeat that put a very sour note on our season. We can't go in there and think. ‘This is Baylor.’ We can't do that. We’ve got to go out there and play hard every game now so we can get to the Big 12 Championship.” • Television Coverage ABC and Fox Sports Net have exercised the second of three six-day selection options for games on Oct. 21. The A&M at Iowa State, Texas Tech at Kansas State and Missouri at Texas con tests are under consideration for broadcast that day, with ABC getting first choice for its 2:30 p.m. kickoff time. Blaine Dionne is a senior journalism major. He’s cool. He’s clean. He's a love machine. ince to win at youf Travel office or at ltravel.com lea is provided by € virgin olds atfantic ' Open to residents of U.S.. 1 and 35 as of 9/5/00. 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