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Graves
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“When [Gaston] came on board, I
said ‘I want to be interchangeable
with you,’ ” Graves said. “We’ve al
ready been operating under that prin
ciple from the very beginning.”
Don Powell, chairman of the
Board of Regents, said he has no
doubt that the System will function
without missing a beat in Graves’ ab
sence, but stressed that Graves must
take time to heal.
“We know he has surrounded
himself with a very capable dedicat
ed staff who can run the System in
his absence,” Powell said.
Graves agreed.
“1 think we can do this without a
beat being missed,” Graves said. “1
am confident they will be able to
step right in and fill whatever gap is
created.”
Gaston said he has every reason
to believe Graves will return to work
after he overcomes the cancer, but he
is ready to undertake the responsibil
ity of managing the System in the
meantime.
“[Graves] knows what each of us
is supposed to do, and he is a leader
who expects his leadership team to
do their job,” Gaston said. “Conse
quently, during the days he will not
be working, he expects us to carry on
through his delegated authority to us,
and we will do the very best we can
working together.”
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FAITH AND SUPPORT
Despite the roller-coaster events
that led to the sarcoma diagnosis.
Graves remains confident that he will
overcome this obstacle. His confi
dence, he said, is due to his faith and
the support he has received.
“With cancer, about 50 percent of
it is mental,” Graves said. “The ide
al place in the world for us to be for
that is College Station. This is an in
credible community.”
Graves said he and his family
have overcome the initial shock of
the news and they are ready to fight
the disease together.
“I’ve been living a life of high
risk all of my life,” said Graves, a
retired military officer and former
paratrooper. “When you’re young.
SOONERS
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The Sooner squad is led by junior
guard LaNeishea Caulield, who leads
the team in scoring at 16.7 points.per
game and leads the country in steals,
averaging 4.4 per game.
The Sooners also boast two other
players who average double digits in
points scored.
Junior guard Stacey Dales is sec
ond on the team in scoring and leads
the Big 12 in assists with 7.4 per game.
Sophomore forward Caton Hill has
also made a big impact for the Sooners
with six double-doubles on the season.
The OU team will be without its 6-
foot-3 center Jen Cunningham. The ju
nior was the leading scorer for the
Sooners’ last time against the Aggies
with 18 points.
“This team has the chemistry, and
when a team has chemistry, it is hard
to stop them when they are playing
that way,” Gillom said.
Saunders has been the backbone
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THE BATTALION
Wednesday, January 31,
you feel immortal. As you get old
er, you realize mortality is begin
ning to be a reality.”
But the news of the cancer has
paled next to Graves’ faith and the
outpouring of support he has received.
“Not only the people we work
with, but the people we live with and
go to church with have already been
incredibly supportive,” Graves said.
“Grace (his wife) and I feel sustained
by that.
“1 don’t know how people get
through this without it,” he said. “At
the very beginning of this, we real
ized we weren’t going to be able to
sustain an optimism except through
our faith.”
Graves said the presidents at each
of the System universities have of
fered their support and prayers.
Texas A&M President Dr. Ray M.
Bowen said the A&M community is
optimistic that Graves will recover
completely.
“The obvious thing is that we
need to remember (Graves) in our
prayers,” Bowen said. “He has dis
played enonuous strength and enor
mous character and we all hope he
can pull through this.”
Members of the Board of Regents
have also expressed their concern on
personal and professional levels.
“He’s become an integral part of
our family,” said Regent R.H.
Stevens Jr. “He's made a better place
in a short period of time for the ad
ministration, staff and students that
are part of the A&M System, and our
thoughts and prayers are with him.
We’ll do whatever is necessary to
support him in any way we can.”
Powell echoed Stevens’ senti
ments.
“Any time you are associated
with people, be it in a business or
board, there is always more than a
passing relationship, and 1 know that
each of us feel a special bond for the
chancellor and his wife, and we are
concerned,” Powell said.
Dwight Edwards, pastor at
Grace Bible Church, the church
Graves attends, said Graves perse
vered through the ordeal.
“He has been very strong, very re
alistic,” Edwards said. “He is a very
committed Christian, and his faith al
lows him to have an eternal perspec-
of the Aggie offense for most of the
season.
Averaging 28.3 points per game in
Big 12 action, Saunders leads the Big
12 in scoring average.
Saunders’ overall scoring average
of 23.4 is good enough for sixth in the
country as well.
Defensively, Saunders ranks
among the nation’s leaders in re
bounds with a 6.1 boards per game
average.
“She does her thing on the court,”
Gillom said. “When she is playing and
hying to get everyone else involved
and everyone else is scoring, it is a
great situation.”
Last time out against the Sooners,
Saunders netted a career-high 35
points.
Freshman point guard Toccara
Williams has also made the record
books in her first season with the
Aggies.
With three steals in the OSU con
test, Williams surpassed Donna Rop
er’s 1985-86 freshman season record
of 71. Williams now has 74 steals on
live on what is going on. Thee
and rich faith he has really conti
to sustain him as he is wall
through.”
Graves held multiple prestij
posts before coming to A&M
eluding superintendent of tl
Military Academy at West
Graves also served as personalaf
taut toAdm. Warren Crowe a
Colin Powell when they werecl
men of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-
Graves’ wife, Grace, sun
breast cancer in 1995. She
Graves have two children and
grandchildren.
Tuition
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Brown that using incentives to
vate students to attend si
school is a worthy idea, buttL|| R()1
lower tuition rates must not ins ^
the University's budget. M,.
Brown said that, under the J| v s! ‘
the state would reimburse thef^
versities immediately so theYii‘,:„„
suffer a loss of revenue. ln a c
Tuition at A&M has twoce.w
nents: state minimum jp exas
University authorized tifnaNial
Based on resident tuition for/facilities
2001, resident students pay S^T-No
credit hour, at a $ 120 minium sterling
the state minimum tuilion. I rector o
sity authorized tuition isS-stau: fin
credit hour. ■Durir
The bill would cut only M; officials
ition in half, not University uJ^e Nort
Only state residents would Jfh c hi
for the tuition reduction. nudtisto
If the Legislature passes an<
Brown said, the program " r e l X 11
implemented in 2002, giving 01 l L 1
University a year to publicii'.pf c j ^ 1
program - vanceot
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and see it as a real opporluniiL^ )nis . (|
the students,” Brown said. 1
fully offering summer schtx W()
50 percent reduced rate wil
enough of a carrot to entice
dents to take advantage
sources.”
If the program is success!
legislators will considered
the summer tuition reducMloi
state universities.
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the season.
Williams is also chasing!
man assist record at A&M,i
plenty of chances, averaging all
high 35.8 minutes per game.
The Aggies arc also sea
the team’s first back-to-back
in Big 12 conference play.
On Jan. 20, the Aggiesc
No. 25 Baylor Bears at home.
The Aggies looked to gellhetj
to-back wins when they travel
OSU and took an early lead.hulj
overcome by good shooting f
Cowgirl squad.
“We still come out and fool
live, and the team doesn't get don
themselves,” Gillom said.
The Aggies will try tostopll
game losing streak to the S«J
tonight. The last time Texas A?
came out on top of OU was in L
“I look forward to games likeSLAram
Saunders said. “It really getsr' e tian
hyped.” ^|rhe L
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their “hype” to the court whentUusiness
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