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Listen up, Aggies...
Did you catch the hoops win
over Bobby and his Raiders
last weekend? Some Ags didn’t because they waited
too late. Yes, it was a sell out—the first ever for
Reed Arena basketball. We have another game at 7
pm Saturday against a little Austin school and we
expect another full house. Big games against Mizzu
and OU are coming up. Don’t miss out, pull your
tickets today or tomorrow. Then you just walk in the
door, hand your ticket to the ticket taker and catch
every minute, every shot and every steal of the
Aggie victory.
Tickets are available now for the rest of the season.
Bring your all sports pass —and your friends’
passes—to Reed Arena Box Office or the Athletic
Ticket Office to pull your tickets. Loud is loud. And
then there’s the LOUD of Reed Arena full of Ags.
Be there for the fun.
Remember Reed’s First Law:
Pull your tickets early to avoid the lines!
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T he Office of Honors Programs and Academic
Scholarships proudly recognizes the following
zoos? HONORS GRADUATES
FOUNDATION & UNIVERSITY HONORS
Cara B. Garcia Bonnie P. Miller
Kristy M. Hawkins Samuel O. Rodriguez
Michael B. Little Karl A. Schultz
FOUNDATION HONORS
Benjamin R. Hilbrich
Jennifer K. Jacobs
Meagan Galinger
Thomas F. Garrison
Randy J. Hartman
Julie S. Martin
Randolph N. Rohlfs
UNIVERSITY HONORS
Thomas N. Adams
Cristina G. Arriens
Michael D. Dockins
Kelly L. Groppi
Brandy Hood
The following students
Farokh Jamalyaria
Marianne E. Nash
Amarachi R. Okorie
Angela S. Torn
also earned distinction as:
UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATE
RESEARCH FELLOWS
Cristina G. Arriens Larissa D. Leuenberger
Summer G. Harrison Jose A. Ortega
Proudly Supporting Texas A&M
University’s Tradition of Excellence
The Office of Honors Programs & Academic Scholarships
A Department in the Division of Academic Affairs
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NEWS
Friday, February 7, 2003
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To build his team,
Franchione stressed the impor
tance of attitude and discipline
along with other factors such as
attention to detail, work ethic
and sound fundamentals.
Franchione said he looks
closely at attitudes in recruits
and will sacrifice talent for a
better attitude.
“A good attitude spreads,
and so does a bad one,”
Franchione said.
After the event, junior archi
tecture major Jeremy Gorden
said he was blown away by
Franchione’s speech.
“He(Franchione) is so intelli
gent and articulate,” Gorden said.
Brendan Kinne, senior inter
national studies major, also said
he found Franchione very intel
ligent, and is excited to see what
the football team will do next
year.
“It is exciting to see a new
face and theory,” Kinne said,
“We reached a certain level and
plagued but Franchione can take
us past that.”
Franchione said he plans for
the main disciplinarians of the
team to be the players them
selves, and to aid with disci
pline, he created the leadership
council, a group of team leaders
voted on by team members.
“If a player messes up in
practice, other players will be
harder on him than I will,”
Franchione said.
Along with several men
tions of his own family,
Franchione explained how he
hopes to develop the team as a
football family.
Franchione devoted the last
few minutes of his speech to dis
cussing the 2003 recruiting class
for A&M is considered by many
to be one of the nation’s best.
“Having the experts rank us
well is better than the alterna
tive, which is being ranked low,”
Franchione said.
Following his speech,
Franchione answered questions
from the crowd, which ranged
from his football play plans to
the importance of spiritual
development on the team.
Football spring training
begins March 18 and is open to
the public.The next in the
Issues Forum series, which will
include nine other speakers
over topics ranging from war to
gardening, will be Peter
Roussel, White House Press
Secretary for former President
Bush.
Budget
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students.
“If there isn’t enough to fund
A&M, Pve got to consider let
ting A&M charge what they
need to to keep A&M a good
school,” Ogden said.
Rep. Fred Brown, chair of the
Higher Education Committee,
said he wants to get as much
funding as possible for highei
education.
“We have the best and the
brightest, and we need togetthai
money for them,” Brown said,
Brown said he and other
members of the Republican-con
trolled state legislature are in
favor of full tuition deregulation
for public universities as a possi
ble solution to the budget short
falls.
“Right now tuition fundin'
for Sam Houston State is the
same as it is for A&M,” Brown
said. A formula using enroll
ment and other criteria is used to
determine tuition caps for public
universities, he said.
However, students and facul
ty have voiced opposition to
tuition deregulation.
Cindy Sanchez is the first in
her family to graduate higli
school and attend college. She
said deregulation will hurt herin
the long run as she makes ii
through school.
“The only way I am able to
afford college is through schol
arships. loans, grants, and the lit
tle bit of savings I have to live
off of,” said Sanchez, a sopho
more English major. “Raising
tuition to attend college is mak
ing my dream to receive a col
lege degree harder than ever.”
NEWS IN BRIEF
Man surrenders after
girlfriend found dead
Charges are pending against)
man who spent 13 houii
perched on a downtown Sat
Antonio parking garage ledge it
police found his girlfriend de»
The man surrendered to pofe
1 a.m. Thursday after spe#
to his sister, police said. , ‘
The 45-year-old man, whotol
not been identified Thursii 1 )
morning, had refused to speak
with police negotiators. His sis
ter called police after seeinghii
photo on an evening television
news broadcast.
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