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THE BATTALION
Tuesday, February 6, 2001
Sports in Brief —
Softball hosts
>am Houston St.
The Texas A&M softball team
I continue its first week of play
image defer, 'day when it hosts the Sam Hous-
>n State Bearkats at the Aggie
oftball Complex.
The Aggies (1-1) split a double-
eader against the University of
fxas-San Antonio on Saturday to
)en their 2001 campaign.
A&M owns a 19-game winning
reak against SHSU (0-0), dating
the way back to 1995. The Ag-
ies lead the all-time series, 66-12.
First pitch is set for 6 p.m.
eynolds drafted
y CyberRays
Former Texas A&M soccer play-
ej" Amber Reynolds was selected
i the second round of the
. Jomen’s United Soccer Associa-
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d 10 points 4rea CyberRays.
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lowed only
.22 goals per
game in 2000.
I “Amber has the ability to play
different positions on the field,"
I aid A&M soccer coach G. Guer-
eri. “With her athletic ability
nd great work ethic, she will be
great addition to the Cyber-
ays’ roster."
REYNOLDS
Prof hopes to end
fraud at Tennessee
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) —
University of Tennessee professor
Linda Bensel-Meyers petitioned the
Faculty Senate on Monday to take a
bigger part in investigating and mon
itoring academic fraud in the athlet
ics department.
The faculty group sent the matter
to committees.
Bensel-Meyers came forward in
Fall 1999 with allegations that,
among other things, tutors wrote
papers for athletes — particularly
football players — and that athletes
were steered toward easy classes
and had low grades raised after they
completed courses.
The university and the NCAA
have so far found no wrongdoing,
but their investigations are ongoing.
The Faculty Senate’s athletics
committee also looked into the mat
ter, but in November, the body de
cided to turn over its investigation to
a three-person committee under the
authority of the university provost.
Bensel-Meyers asked that the
Senate reconsider its move.
“As faculty at the University of
Tennessee, we are charged with de
fending the educational mission of
the institution, not with protecting
the business of college athletics, a
business that depends foremost on
recruiting the best athletes who
would not be admitted as qualified
for college work if they were not ath
letes,” she told the Senate.
Bensel-Meyers, who has be
come a target for criticism inside
and outside the university, has
gained the support of the Drake
Group, also known as the National
Alliance of Faculty for College
Athletics Reform. Several members
from other schools attended the
meeting.
She believes athletes, particu-
«
As faculty at the
University of
Tennessee / we are
charged with defend
ing the educational
mission of the
institution.”
— Linda Bensel-Meyers
University of Tennessee professor
larly men, are unfairly treated by
not receiving a quality education
and being exploited for their athlet
ic skill.
“These are the athletes whose la
bor on the field of play ensures the
economic success of our athletics
programs,” she said. “They are also
the athletes who receive little in re
turn, other than the off-chance they
will win the jackpot with a chance in
the pros.”
Continued from Page IB
h winds and overcast skies, something that Cass said
not be a factor today.
“Indoor matches are much quicker because you don’t
ive to worry about wind or sunlight,” Cass said. “We
hould be able to play more aggressively than we do out-
to/Thebai oorS5 w hich will be important.”
jainst Texa Eight of the 10 players on A&M’s roster could see ac
tion today, including seniors Shuon Madden, Dumitru
Caradima and Cody Hubbell and junior Jarin Skube, all
of whom were named to the preseason All-Big 12 team.
Madden, a four-time All-American, will play despite
a hip flexor injury and a burst blister on the bottom of his
foot.
The Aggies and Longhorns have dominated recent Big
12 competition, splitting the last four conference cham
pionships. The Longhorns claimed first in 1997 and 1999,
while the Aggies won in 1998 and 2000.’
OUGH
Continued from Page 2B
Butterfras also responded well,
png all three of his shot attempts
six points and grabbing two re-
inds in 19 minutes of work.
Butterfras has received more
utes in conference play and has
ide the most of it.
He is averaging 14.2 minutes,
points and 2.3 rebounds per
tie in Big 12 play.
That’s up from 8.7 minutes, 2.2.
mts and 1.4 rebounds per game in
n-conference play.
‘Nolan has been coming on,”
Watkins said. “He’s a bigger body
in there, and that’s.something we’ve
missed. It might not show in the
stats because he’s not a shot block
er, but he did bother some Okla
homa players’ shots.”
Classic Melvin Watkins
In memory of the passing of for
mer Marquette coach A1 McGuire
last week, ESPN Classic had a trib
ute to McGuire that included replays
of Marquette games.
One of those games was the 1977
National Semifinal between Mar
quette and North Carolina-Charlotte.
One of the players on the UNC-C
squad was a young Melvin Watkins.
Watkins was a star guard on the
49ers team and sported some rather
long sideburns.
“You don’t know how many
phone calls I got about that,”
Watkins said. “One of the parents
called one of the players, and they
happened to see it, and that was the
worst thing that could have hap
pened. They had quite a few laughs
and pointed out a few things about
my game, I must say.”
Doug Fuentes is a senior
journalism major.
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ADM Tuesday, February 6th at 7:00PM
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Liberal Arts Career Week
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Rudder 502
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