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THE BATTALION n’s Tennis Continued from ft] ■ comes into A&M with;! ience than one would t? i freshman — he has pW nior portions of the Ani French Open, U.S. Ope;? iledon within the last year] vis also won the thedoim the USTA Boys 18s I® hiring the summer, win that title, Davis hadtci ' his future A&M team* Newport. Newport was iig 12 Newcomer of vpoil and Keith From cot le prequalifying rounds ,11-American Tournamei but were eliminuted afierl >unds 128 and 64. >bell is ranked No. 59aiKli y Aggie who competeditl raw of the ITA All-Ameii| Mime All-American na is using the fall total e in a different way that: he team. He is currently^ he professional circuit iai an amateur and will rep the spring semester. Can irrently ranked No. 88. J (Caradima’s) additioa should be a big boostfots said. )ly said that the team, ess dima, will use the fall to! ndamentals such asstras ed. tid the coaches will alsotii team chemistry by finds hat will be successful is: md by looking at diff® combinations, he court (this fall], whatf ire looking for is todevi me,” Treibly said. “E'l take the court, our goaii| we also want to beconn rs.” pay, October 17, 2000 STATE Page 9 THE BATTALION Jvin looks for oil a 0 & % ♦ EN ANDY HANCOCK/Thi: Battalion Blee Williams (right), pilot of Alvin, the mini submarine credit ed with discovering the Titanic's wreckage, reviews procedures with a scientist Monday while preparing to depart from Galve ston. The submarine will conduct research on natural oil seep age into the Gulf of Mexico for the next two weeks. Continued front Pa§ x’ke said that, although ild like to win every® the fall is a time to t and practice against pi Dther teams because mi count until spring 't want them (hisplayers is time,” he said. “We ni April or May, not now 11 of the promisvt\%pW has, Kleinecke saiftrf It to come up with W Trig. /ear everybody is position,” Kleinecke® ) make the lineup is , who is one of the four lyers on the team stovaisNo. 77inthenat ind is No. 33 in doubles l the No.-33 rank inc iburgh, perhaps then J newcomer this year ransferred from Tyler »e after the team captu 1 championship. Terbij nked No. 3 in singles iubles. just look at her game, very, very good,” ft ewcomers that Kleinet| nake an immediate imp and Hedburg. Bed from New Mexico. :e said that with so ms] , leadership will be« e success of the team./ Kleinecke, team capBj I provide that leaders^ darcial) is an intejji rship-wise,” Kleinerl e love to watch herpl| ball.” of the mix of new a ers, Kleinecke said,l are to win the Big 12,1 \ tournament andtolif p 25. e strong goals,” but they are very actiii'j ak at the right time.' News in Brief- Report criticizes death sentences DALLAS (AP) — Convictions and oath sentences wrongfully gained hrough prosecutorial misconduct, racial discrimination in sentencing, ineffective defense and a weak ap- je/late process require overhaul of exas'capital punishment system, new report shows. A watchdog group’s analysis of undreds of capital cases shows hat, in many appeals, defense at- meys raised no new claims or :onducted investigations, accord- ig to published reports Monday. The service, in a report sched uled for release Monday, cited 84 capital cases in which a prosecu tor or police “deliberately present ed false or misleading testimony... concealed exculpatory evidence or used notoriously unreliable evi dence from a jailhouse snitch," ac cording to the Washington Post. In 121 cases, the nonprofit group’s attorneys said, prosecutors relied on “junk science” to gain con victions and death sentences. Texas, the nation’s busiest cap ital punishment state, has execut ed 232 people since 1982, when the state resumed carrying out death sentences. Be an SI Leader! Spring 2001 SI Leader Information Meeting Thursday, Oct. 19 5:30 pm 504 Rudder Tower Qualifications: iHndetfaduateMent IdnetjeticS Motivated H06PR ¥ Good Interpersonal (ommunication Ski nge r 0UR . 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