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STUDENTS and FACULTY/STAFF •PLUS GUESTS* RIDE THE SHUTTLE BUSES TO KYLE FIELD The Texas A&M Athletic Department will be running student shuttle buses to home football games again this season! The buses will run on their normal routes. Students and Faculty/Staff plus their guests may ride FREE!! Just show your game ticket to board the bus. The Student shuttle buses will start their regular routes 2 hours before kickoff and depart campus for 1 hour after the game is over. RIDE THE STUDENT SHUTTLE BUS TO HOME FOOTBALL GAMES 4B Thursday, September 19, 2002 SP(, THE BAIT; If Buy Microsoft software with Aggie Bucks?" Been waiting to buy your Microsoft software with cash, check or Aggie Bucks? Well, the wait is over as you can now order online, and then pay and pick up your software order on the second floor of the Student Computing Center, weekdays. Sept. 18-24, from Sam to 4pm. Simply order your software online at software.tamu.edu and choose your method of payment. Once you've ordered, drop by the SCO with your payment and your student ID, and we'll give you your software. Don’t forget that if you pay online with a credit card or electronic check, you can still have your order mailed to you. For more information on what software is available for purchase, answers to frequently asked questions, and more, visit the CIS Student Software store on the Web at software.tamu.edu. Irish enjoy early season succes SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Irish eys have reasons to smile again. Eight months after hiring coach ly Willigham to “wake up the echoes,” Notre Dame has b^un to restore the golden luster to college football most storied program and bury parts of an ugly ottsason The undefeated Fighting Irish are oft to thci best sum since 1996, playing the type of football tht has produced a record eight national titles and seven Heisman Trophy winners. . _ “1 knew things would be different the firstime I saw Coach on TV,” said Sean McTear, a jumofrom Birmingham, Ala. “Somebody asked him how many games he expected to win and he ansvrred. ’All of them. If I expected to win less. I'd be slhng Notre Dame short.’ “That,” McTear added, “is the way you'nsup- posed to think around here.” After last weekend’s upset of Michigan. Notre Dame is 3-0 and ranked No. 12, back among the game’s elite. Just as important, a team beset by bad football and off-the-field problems for much of the last six years is playing inspired and behav ing even better. And the person least surprised by the dizzying turn of events? That’s Willingham, who would be coaching his eighth season at Stanford if George O’Leary. Notre Dame’s first choice for the job, hadn’t lied on his resume. Willingham was asked whether lie can fe» the eyes of a nation settling on Notre Dame agams it prepares to play Saturday at Michigan Stan his alma mater and a team that has beaten the Irh for five straight years. He cracked the slightest ht of a smile. “I’m told they are,” he replied in his typally soft-spoken fashion. Proof, though, is available at every turn, 'lere is a buzz on campus, and phone calls to the um- ni association office are full of praise, btre Dame Stadium is packed and growing greerr by the game. The emerald, “Return to Glory” T-iirts plucked otY shelves by students and alumnarc being ordered via e-mail by U.S. soldie in Afghanistan who listen to the games on the Aned Forces Radio Network. “Every once in a while, one will come in.ith nothing except the word ’Unbelievable!’” saidim O’Connor, the school's director of retail operalns. “It’s not like they want to buy anything. 'iey just want to feel a part of what goes on here.” Willingham knows the feeling. He is blackjei- ther Irish nor Catholic, but he always knew howoe- cial this place w as. Raised a Methodist i- I Carolina, he sneaked out of church on fall \ * mornings to catch the Fighting Irish highM Now he's in charge of creating theni that’s been the easy part. Willingham began by humming the Dame Victory March” as he patrolled the 1 of the football offices, coming to work pac of coaches named Rockne and Leahy. Ther f, lenged his team to fulfill the lyrics’ lofty e, Nota* Dame, including “wake up theechoe' I ing her name.” “This coaching staff has always bdte\- this team is going to win a national champ** Irish receiver Amaz Battle said. “I think this team were saying it. but they truly, ir. doubts. Now, guys are starting to believe ; and more.” Dial s a refreshing c past f ew years have been as any. At the end of coach Lou tenure and the beginning Davie’s, Notre Dame's ns; was tarnished by allega,: steroid use among plavetu age-discrimination lawsuit'r by a former assistant coad There were also NCA- nous after a female boo embezzled more than Si from tier employer was lavishing gifts and tnpscn dozen players. Often, the tin* field seemed to suffer. With Willingham’s arrival, the team has a new attitude. But the poise Notre DamesV coming back against Michigan late Saturday’s game is not the only way tome* coach's influence. “There’s a whole lot more yes-sirsacc when you're around the ballplayers the used to be.” said Joe Papaj. an usher i Dame Stadium. “He's got these kids understanding time to have fun and when it's time to to business.” A block from the stadium, some Insh'r wouldn't know hie difference between i- and a turnip were taking in the sights. Tony Mullally brought his wife andy from County Kildare. Ireland, and met an w ho recently moved to Chicago. They were surprised to hear about fef years at Notre Dame, but relieved to knew: gram was on its way back. And all thankst who Uxiked nothing like his predecos echoed their words and values ami passec' to a new generation of players. u "his couching sttins always belt veil that this teen is going to witthe national chanpionship. — Amaz Battle otre Dame Receiver stc t’s like i enforce! minors I Inake it to t vithout rec Possession Teachers ev heir law cl rial system lot uncomr alcohol. W1 hoi to mino In recent wide issue, and are moi especially 1 pnforcemen ps, and Tex Police repp weekend be Brazos Cou programs u and have su Accord ir County has [Transportat locally. The Cuboviak i: Drinking Ei :ers set up tores that « ram also ii aften leads minors. This pro funds to hel ■nent needii pxplained t< bperations < funding alsi operations. Now the The amoun Information further. The ments sellii neighboring told The / Some of Station are is already h have receiv available th ounty. Each ye; ounty Coi orthwhile 3ne cannot this and ha 1 :ollege are; Icohol-rel; iranks near related deal It is com jff of undei an increase Please move your vehiie out of any designated 12th man lot by 6:30 pm., the evening BEFORE the football game. Let's mae this a N0-T0W weekend! CAME DAY SHUTTLE - rite the off campus routes to the game for REE! See our website for mor information. Protected Wellborn Roai pedestrian crossing at south end of Kyle Field -3.5 hours before game time and until 1 hur after game ends. 847 ' RIDE www^ptts.irmEedu 862-PARK 9 Wiatt's c disrespe In response Sullivan's Se| Bob Wiatt \ lows: "When meats they g other resider drunk screan I cannot be how much re ment instills rest of the st his fine depa obviously, as us supportin
