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Monday, December 9, 2002
THE BATTALf
Hicks, Rangers send Pudge packin
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -
The Texas Rangers officially cut
ties Saturday with Ivan
Rodriguez, refusing to offer
salary arbitration to the 10-time
All-Star catcher.
With no fanfare came the offi
cial and expected end of
Rodriguez’s tenure with the team
for which he made his major
league debut as a 19-year-old kid
midway through the 1991 season.
“This was a very tough deci
sion and certainly one that will be
painful for the fans,” Rangers
owner Tom Hicks said. “Ivan
Rodriguez has been an outstand
ing performer for the Texas
Rangers. With his 10 All-Star
appearances, 10 Gold Gloves and
1999 MVP award, he has earned
his reputation as one of the top
catchers of all times.”
Later Saturday night, the
Rangers ended contract negotia
tions with left-hander Kenny
Rogers without a new deal.
Rogers, who turned 38 last
month, wanted at least a three-
year agreement. Rangers general
manager John Hart said the
Rangers offered more than $10
million for two seasons, with an
option for a third year based on
performance.
Because of a clause in the
contract Rogers signed when he
returned to Texas three years ago,
the Rangers couldn't offer arbi
tration. Rogers is 145-106 in 14
major league seasons, 10 of those
in two stints with the Rangers.
By not offering arbitration for
Rodriguez or signing Rogers, the
Rangers can’t re-sign either play
er before May 1. They won t get
any compensation if Rodriguez
signs with another team.
The Rangers want to reduce
their $107 million payroll, and
the team didn’t feel it could
afford the chance of Rodriguez
accepting arbitration that could
give him more than $12 million
next season.
“I wish baseball’s economic
system and arbitration process
did not force this decision at this
time and in this way,” Hicks said.
Han said the offer to Rogers
was higher than expected, but the
GM insisted that wasn’t an indi
cation the Rangers were chang
ing their financial plans.
“This was a reach on Tom’s
part in an attempt to bring back a
guy we felt had been a loyal
Ranger,” Hart said. “Quite
frankly, we’re not looking at $5
million as what we can spend on
a pitcher. We have a certain dollar
amount, which is limited.”
Texas didn’t offer arbitra
tion or new contracts to out
fielder Todd Hollandsworth.
catcher Bill Haselman or
reliever Rich Rodriguez.
Right-hander Rudy Seanez on
Friday signed a minor league deal
that would be worth $750,000 if
he makes the majors.
Ivan Rodriguez played 1.479
games with Texas, hitting .303
with 215 homers and 829 RBIs.
He will get a $2 million sever
ance fee from the Rangers.
"Given our plan for the
Rangers in 2003 and down the
road and with the deadline, this
situation could play out in no
other manner,” Hicks said. "It’s
hard for me to imagine Pudge
Rodriguez in a uniform other
than the Texas Rangers. On and
off the field. Pudge has provided
a lifetime of memories.”
The Rangers acquired
Rodriguez’s likely replacement
Friday when they got Finar Diaz
from Cleveland as part of a four-
player trade. Hie Rangers also
got right-hander Ryan Drese
while giving up first baseman
Travis Hafner and right-hander
Aaron Myette.
Rodriguez, who turned 31 last
month, missed nearly two months
early last season because of a her
niated disk in his back, but hit
.314 with 19 homers and 60 RBIs
in 108 games.
For the first time since his
rookie season, when he joined the
Rangers only a couple of weeks
before the All-Star game.
Rodriguez wasn't on the AL All-
Star team. He also saw the end of
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Sooners in the first half. He had 41
yards on six carries leading up to
Hybl’s 3-yard touchdown pass to
Smith on third down late in the first
quarter. Smith caught a perfectly loft
ed pass in the back of the end zone.
A 15-yard screen pass from Hybl to
Griffin and a 15-yard face mask penal
ty helped the Sooners take a 13-0 lead
with 9:38 to go in the second quarter.
This time. Hyble completed a 21-
yard touchdown pass to Clayton,
running ahead of cornerback Donald
Strickland in the end zone. Phil
Jackson blocked the extra point
attempt by Trey DtCarlo.
Colorado reached Oklahoma's
23-yard line with its first drive
before Brougham’s 41-yarder was
wide right. His 32-yarder also was
wide right in the closing minutes of
the second quarter.
What the Sooners’ defense could
n’t do was stop Calhoun, who had
1 15 yards at the half, including 85
on runs 37, 25 and 23 yards, each
one a cutback.
Calhoun started the game because
Brown missed his second straight
game with a bruised sternum.
Calhoun gave the Buffaloes hope on
the first play of the game when he
bolted 37 yards. He faced a solid wall
to his left and ran back to his right to
the Sooner 43 prior to Brougham’s 41
yard missed field goal.
The Sooners capitalized on
Colorado turnovers for a 27-1 1 victory'
in their Big 12 regular season game on
Nov. 2. The Buffaloes fell behind early
and couldn't get all the way back.
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Visas
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Bahrain, Eritrea, Lebanon,
Morocco, North Korea. Oman,
Qatar, Somalia, Tunisia, the
United Arab Emirates and Yemen
were required to contact the
Immigration and Naturalization
Service (INS) for '‘special regis
tration” by Jan. 30, 2003. The
new rule includes A&M students
from those countries.
Rumors have circulated
among the A&M international
community, detailing the new
regulations INS will require of
international citizens starting
this spring, said Molina Warty,
president of the International
Students’ Association.
“There is a little panic and
unrest among students,” said
Warty, a senior economics
major. “Everyone knows new
regulations are being intro
duced, and they are not quite
sure how it is going to work.”
Things have happened quick
ly since the Sept. 1 1 attacks,
said Suzanne Droleskey, direc
tor of International Programs for
Students at A&M. Droleskey
said the INS restrictions have
come along with new
Department of Justice and State
Department regulations.
The USA PATRIOT Act and
the Enhanced Border and Visa
Entry Security Act passed by
Congress in 2002 have tightened
federal regulations on students.
Droleskey said.
The PATRIOT Act, passed in
January 2002, put the Jan. 30,
2003 deadline on the implemen
tation of the Student and
Exchange Visitor Information
System (SEVIS), which had
been under development in the
INS since 1996. After it was dis
covered that three Sept. 11
hijackers had obtained student
visas to get in the United States,
SEVIS was fast-tracked and
given monetary funding in the
bill for the first time since the
program was created.
Two of the hijackers attended
flight school and one signed up
for cooking school but never
showed up.
Congress doesn’t make a dis
tinction between the smallest
Bight or cooking school with
minimal admission require
ments and a first-ranked
research institution like A&M,
Droleskey said.
“To Congress, a school is
defined to include everything
from a 10-person dance class
that meets three times a week to
a 45,000-person institution ’like
A&M,” Droleskey said.
Many international students
who apply to A&M are turned
down because they lack the cre
dentials, she said.
“To think it’s easy to get here
is a misconception,” Droleskey
said. “People wanting to come
(to A&M) must do a lot of work
to get here. The process has
never been easy."
Warty said international stu
dents already have to do a lot of
paperwork and be persistent
about coming to A&M.
“I wouldn’t waste my time
studying for the GRE and pay
ing all the fees required if I
weren’t actually going to study,'
Warty said. “The visa process is
anything but welcoming.”
In May, the Enhanced Border
Act mandated the creation and
implementation of an Interim
Student and Exchange
Authentication System (ISEAS)
by Sept. 1 1.2002 to lay a foun
dation for SEVIS. On Sept. 1 1,
Droleskey said. the State
Department unveiled the new
program and her office scram
bled to make sure those coming
to A&M had visas.
“At that point, if you were
not entered in the electronic sys
tem, you were denied a visa and
turned away at the gate,'
Droleskey said.
People shouldn't believe the
system that tracks students and
the special registration required
of selected individuals will make
Americans safer, she said.
Instead, the restrictions clamp
down on people abiding by the
legal system already who are usu
ally not a threat, Drolesky said.
“The students and scholars
impacted are here doing what
they’re supposed to be doing,’
Droleskey said. “Registering,
while unfortunate, will only
prove their innocence. WebclJ
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