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"PAT' OLSEN: FOR LOVE OF BASEBALL /V , ;* �* Award of Excellence Texas A &M's Olsen F ield is nam aft him. ?'�! 14, k :` Print Quality Because o his legacy Ag base ball has a home f or a ' * generations of sports fans to come. Meet the legend behind the stadium - -or rather, always in ON THE COVER: 1990 IABC the stadium...lending support to the love of his life. A &M MAGAZINE's Achievement Award Periodicals Division 7th Anniversary Issue. * THE NAME THAT LAUNCHED A THOUSAND BRANCH CAMPUSES 1989 AAF SYSTEM WIDE, which debuts in this issue, ADDYAward is for anyone with an interest in Texas A &M Graphic Arts Division and higher education. Starting off with the mad dash to play name games up in Austin. PUF, PUF, PUF. Gee - -Rev, I don't think we're in Aggieland anymore) D E P A R T M E N T S1 SOUTHWORD MAJOR LEAGUE MOUTH: Derrick Grubbs 1 Heeeee's baaaaack!!! The former Olsen Field announcer, with his tomfoolery, is now working his 8 mojo in the big -time under the big top. FACES & PLACES He's worked his way up the hard way and now 0 13 he's been hired by the new millionaire owner of the ON THE QUAD Houston Astros to hype his ball club out of the hopper. 14 B -CS INC. 16 REQUIRED READING A&M Magazine is p vatey owned The opinions expressed n this pubkabon are those of the editor. publisher or *Titers 20 CLASS REUNION and do not necessany reflect the opinions of the student:. faculty, staff or administration of Texas A&M University 23 STUDENT BODY A &M MAGAZINE is a monthly publication for the students, faculty, staff 28 and former students of Texas A &M University System schools and their POSTMARKS families. A &M MAGAZINE is published by Campus Communications, 30 Inc., a Texas corporation, under a license granted by the university. Inquiries should be addressed to Editor: P.O. Box 3973 Aggieland Station, Texas A &M University, College Station, Texas 77844. Telephone: 409/268 -0575. 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Back PDVERTISING MANAGER issues are $5 each as available. Minimum mail order is $10. Published eight times annually with quarterly supplements. Established 1986. Steve Connally Aggie -owned and operated. Member of the Bryan - College Station STUDENT INTERN Chamber of Commerce; Association of Former Students; B - Heather Cameron MAGAZINE Quarterback Club; 12th Man Foundation; Texas A &M /B -CS Council; SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHER South Montgomery and Houston A &M Clubs; American Advertising Federation; and Small Magazine Publishers Association. Glen Johnson VOLUME 8 U ISSUE 2 SPRING 1993 / A &M MAGAZINE 3 at Say what you want to about the strength of Southwest Conference football and basketball, the SWC baseball league is loaded this spring. Six of the seven SWC schools fielding teams were ranked among the nation's top 30 at the start of the season; five rated in the top 25. In keeping with the league's tradition of fine pitching performance, �j every SWC team boasts at least two quality starters this ( season. With left - handers Jeff Granger, Kelly Wunsch, r /� Trey Moore and Chris Clemons, Aggies probably have the best pitching staff in the conference. tE'l 03 The University of Texas was ranked number one for the first time since 1989, which is the last time that five SWC schools appeared simultaneously in any top 25 poll. \ Favored to win their 64th SWC title, the Longhorns have made nine trips to the College World series over the past 14 years. Pitcher Brooks Kieschnick, the American Baseball Coaches Association Player of the Year in 1992, gave UT the edge for title favorite. Outfielder Shea I Morenz, the state's top high school football recruit last year and UT's recently redshirted quarterback, picked Austin after a highly- publicized tug -of -war between the Longhoms and the Toronto Blue Jays. UT enjoys an added bonus with 10) football players Darrick Duke and Peter Gardere, who also do double duty in the outfield. But, performance speaks louder than publicity and this appears to be the worst year for Longhorn defense ever fielded by Coach Cliff Gustafson. UT has played only five i games out of 34 without an error so far this season. In the first league - opening loss by a UT team since 1978 against A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN Arkansas, the Longhorns suffered a 4-1 loss and n botched plays in their SWC debut against the Cougars s in March. UT saved face during their next two games with BY M 1 C 1-1 E L L E B R E N C K M A N UH, taking the series 2 -1. The `horns also racked up a SWC- record six double plays in a victory over Emporia State. The NCAA record is seven. Kieschnick surpassed Jeff Granger, the new strikeout king in the Southwest Conference, Scott Bryant's career home run record of 33 at UT when he joins an exclusive club whose other members all enjoyed major broke the old mark by belting his 35th and 11th of the league stardom -- including Roger Clemens, Greg Swindell, Doug season against Emporia. Drabek, Norm Charlton and Burt Hooton. But with Granger's 21 According to the USA Today/Baseball Weekly poll, strikeouts, he accomplished something none of the others did Texas A &M was ranked third; the University of Houston during their collegiate careers. In a 16 -0 victory April 2 over was ranked number 15, followed by Rice University at Lubbock Christian, the left- hander allowed only two hits, singles in number 19 and Baylor University at number 23. Texas the third and fourth innings, and walked three as he improved to Tech University and Texas Christian University were also 8 -1. He broke the SWC mark of 19, held by Hooton and Eric Stone of among the teams which received votes, although neither the University of Texas. He also set a new school record, previously school had enough support to be included in the top 25 held by Bruce Kaatwith 19. ranking. The Red Raiders, who have never reached the Granger, who fell five strikeouts shy of the NCAA record, fanned NCAA playoffs in baseball, won the Pepsi/Johnny Quik every Chaparral starter at least once before 2,782 fans at Olsen Classic at Fresno in March. The last two SWC teams to Field. By the time he took the mound in the seventh inning, Granger reach the finals of that prestigious event were Texas A &M had already tied his career best of 15 strikeouts set last year in 1988 and Arkansas in 1990. During the Califomia against Baylor. Aggie faithful helped the ace pitcher keep track of toumament, Tech's Larry Hays became the 13th NCAA the tally by chanting the new numbers with each batting victim. Division I coach to record his 900th career victory. "Every time I came into the dugout, the guys were telling me how At press time, UH ranks last in the league and has many more I had to go," said Granger. "The crowd got into it every dropped from the Top 25; the Cougars have hit 28 homers batter and every pitch. It gave me a lot of enthusiasm and so far this season after having only 13 last year. Texas adrenaline to strike them out." A &M is tied with Texas for second place in the league, behind Rice. According to Baseball America, the Long - homs and the Aggies are number one and two in the nation, and head and shoulders above the rest of the SWC - -but all of the league's schools have been in the top 25 at some point during the season. The Owls are the recipients of extra attention thanks to their successful coup in recruiting the son of former Houston Astros left fielder Joze Cruz. The Bellaire , outfielder was ranked 21st among the nation's freshmen. Right -hander Jim Miller returned to the mound this spring for the first time since shoulder surgery last October. Miller SPECIAL AGGIE BASEBALL SECTION pitched one scoreless inning in the Owls' doubleheader sweep of lncaranate Word in March. Allan Simpson, editor of Baseball America, said he 4 SPRING 1993 / A &M MAGAZINE SWC STRIKEOUT KING JEFF GRANGER ir ,7 : f fc5 ,e, ,,,.. .., 4,,, ,,,,,,::.: k la GIES:, ft tt y 0 4 a , 4.4. ° t ++++ -- ,,,,,,,.‘ ., ' . " �. 4 c, . a 0 ,-a, a w y fix , ,,,,k �, Y 1 ` `� „. � ‘ b V.t. t r xa's #' r . s - m r h � t to bottom." By comparison, the Pacific 10 South division with a 59 -34 record and the Southeastern Conference with a 55 -26 record are lagging behind the SWC at a combined record of 101 -14. Conference athletic directors voted last spring to reinstate the SWC Toumament and to play an 18 -game league schedule, after experimenting with a 36 -game, , double round -robin format. This year, SWC teams will 1 py,Q play each other only three times, plus the postseason Yr" toumament to decide the league's NCAA qualifier for the NCAA Regional Tournaments. Thanks to a new three -way agreement between Texas A &M, Texas and Baylor, with the approval of the SWC, Aggie baseball fans get to see / \ their closest rivals every season at Olsen Field. In years / past, the Bears and the Longhorns played altemating years in College Station. With the change in format, both tO schools will play at least once annually in Aggieland. Coming off a 41 -20 season last year and a loss to California in the Southeast Region Finals, the Aggies started the 1993 season ranked tenth in the Baseball 4.3 America poll--just above the Longhoms, and 13th in the �, Collegiate Baseball poll. The Aggies came close to t) making an appearance at the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska last season and are hoping for a second chance in 1993. Texas A &M has reached the NCAA 1 regionals in five out of the last six seasons - -only to lose. With the NCAA's reduction of baseball scholarships to 11, Aggie Head Baseball Coach Mark Johnson was ■ / sweating the signing of high school recruits and loss of A FIELD O F DREAMS on the players the pros. la are only three seniors on the squad and d 22 underclassmen. Absent from last year's NCAA playoff team are five starters, including the C.E. "Pat" Olsen Field was dedicated on March 21, 1978 in honor of entire infield. Pat Olsen `23. Located across from Kyle Field on the Texas A &M Granger, ranked third best collegiate prospect by University campus, Olsen Field has a seating capacity of 5,053 and Baseball America for the June amateur draft, tumed down features many amenities for baseball players and fans. Out -of -town a contract with the 1992 defending world champion visitors have access to a park complex, dedicated on October 3, 1982 Minnesota Twins last summer. He helped Team USA win to Mr. Olsen's wife, Elsie Duncan Olsen. (Mrs.Olsen is the daughter of a bronze medal in the Pan - American Games, and survived W.A. Duncan, for whom the Duncan Dining Hall on campus is named.) all but the final cut for last summer's Olympic team. Overnight parking, outdoor grills, and water and electrical hookups Granger surpassed Mark Thurmond in the Texas A &M are available for recreational vehicles. record books during a doubleheader with Maine's Black As far as the players are concerned, one of the more special features Bears, when he set a school strikeout record before 4,035 of Olsen Field is the Tifway Bermuda grass which makes the diamond fans at Olsen Field. Granger, with 300 strikeouts, is still one of the best natural playing surfaces in the nation and equal to any behind Greg Swindell's SWC record of 501. field used in the major leagues. Leo Goertz '85, the Aggies' True freshman Chad Alexander, a centerfielder from groundskeeper and supervisor of facilities, has been recognized for Lufkin, also chose to come to Aggieland despite being a his outstanding work at Olsen Field and was awarded the 1985 NCAA second - round draft pick by the Cincinnati Reds. Alexander Division I Groundskeeper of the Year honor. Also an accomplished was ranked fourth - best freshman in the nation by Baseball umpire, Goertz was again awarded the honor in 1987. America, which picked him as the 21st collegiate player to Other major league features include a metal halide lighting system be selected in the upcoming draft. Besides posting a 10 - with 100 candlepower in the infield and 80 candlepower in the outfield. pitching record his senior year in high school, he hit ten A maroon 160 -foot laminated vinyl tarp covers the infield during home runs and recorded a 478 batting average. Alexander inclement weather. Under the third base grandstands are offices for played for the Dallas Mustangs last summer in the Connie coaching staff and a players' lounge for team members and their Mack League and was named to the All - Star Game. families. Beneath the grandstands of the facility are separate dressing Sophomore relief pitcher Chris Clemons and freshman rooms for both teams, as well as for the umpires, and a training room. pitcher John Codrington, ranked by Baseball America as - The first sellout in the stadium's history occurred in 1985 when the number 25 freshman prospect, help round out the 5,217 fans attended an evening game between the Aggies and the rotation and make up for last year's loss of James Nix to Longhorns. In 1989, a school record was established when 122,900 Cincinnati Reds in the draft. Codrington was picked by the total fans attended 36 home games at Olsen Field for an average Florida Marlins in the 19th round. Texas A &M's baseball attendance of 3,414. The all -time stadium record was set when the roster lists 13 pitchers and six catchers total, including Houston Astros played the Aggies in an exhibition game before 6,421 Spencer McIntyre from Calgary- -who pitched for the fans in 1988. Texas A &M baseball attendance has ranked among the Canadian national team two years ago and was red - shirted top ten nationally for many years. Olsen Field, the site of Southwest by the Aggies last season. The Ags can also call on a Conference Baseball Tournaments five times, also successfully pitching legacy from Pearland, Ryan Langston. The junior accommodated the NCAA regional tournament in 1989. The collegiate transfer from San Jacinto Junior College, who was record for attendance at Olsen Field was set in the 1989 Central enrolled at Texas A &M last year but did not play, is the Regional when 5,822 fans witnessed a match between Louisiana State younger brother of Keith Langston- -also a veteran Aggie University and Texas A &M. baseball player. The Aggies have never experienced a losing season record since Sophomore pitcher Trey Moore, chosen by the Texas Olsen Field opened. Rangers in the 1991 draft, followed his grandfather BASEBALL continued on page 22... 6 SPRING 1993 / A &M MAGAZINE MI ,ifi (Above L) Rod Trimble's father and grandfather are also Ags •;--, ' (Above R) Robert Harris suffered during Ag's season opener o , smowatiommoio.m,m,00.4 ‘-, "II,. ,, ` 1 # f e \ 1L tea a / //� > \, , 1 r ,��, r , 4 ,, \\ tiO . 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Brown enjoyed several has been used to describe a person's career -- recur- "good games" in 1993, her "coming out" season. ring cycles of success followed by failures or set - After fmishing near the top in field goal percentage, backs. An up- and -down cycle is common among rebounding and scoring last year, it was her tum this athletes. But, there are exceptions. spring to assume a leadership role. Here is a story about an attractive, articulate stu- She and her three sisters participated in athletics in dent - athlete who successfully made the transition Pampa; all played volleyball and ran track, but only from high school to major college basketball. As a Yolanda played basketball. As a high school senior, senior majoring in recreation, parks and tourism Brown averaged more than 22 points and 11 science, she plans a career in therapeutic recreation rebounds per game while contributing 4.2 assists and (the rehabilitation of people through participation in 5.3 steals per outing. A the tallest player and leading recreational activities.) She is close to her family, scorer, she was thrust into the leadership role. especially her father - -who has had the greatest in- "(Texas A &M) was the first place I visited," said by LEANNE SOUTH fluence on her athletic career. Brown, who also considered Texas Tech, Texas, Ste - Her name is Yolanda Brown. Does the name ring a phen F. Austin and Oklahoma. "I liked the campus, fiF bell? Maybe not, but that isn't surprising. Last year, the people, the coaches." when others looked to seniors Dena Russo (second But her choice of schools signaled a big change for team All- Southwest Conference,) Sheri Dillard, and Brown and, just like any change, there were adjust- Jennifer Pasnacht, Brown went about her business: ments. Brown's biggest adjustment as a freshman, At shooting 53 percent from the field, averaging 12 other than being a long way from home, was reduced points and seven rebounds per game for the season. playing time and a reduced scoring average. At While women's basketball Head Coach Lynn Texas A &M, she was moved from her high school Hickey methodically worked to bring a top ten post position to the outside because of her height. A recruiting class to Texas A &M over the past two Brown learned that her size was only average by col - 1 years, this young lady quietly and systematically pol- lege standards and more appropriate for a forward. ished her playing skills. Brown led the Lady Aggies With six players on the roster that are over six feet- + in rebounding this season and was second on the tall, Brown has had to learn to accept change and team. adapt her skills. Brown is small for a post player and easily over- "Things just changed- -the scoring, everything," looked at 5'11 ". But when you look at the fmal box said Brown. "That's a mistake a lot of freshman A score, she scored and rebounded in double figures. make, thinking it's going to be just like high school. When a player scores and rebounds in double My freshman year, I didn't make the transition well. 8 SPRING 1993 / A &M MAGAZINE I think it was more or less the pressure I put on myself. "I think just coming to college and knowing that (outside) was my position now, I didn't handle it " `a well." Hickey took a chance during Brown's sophomore d year and moved her back to post. The gamble paid — __�_ =_ = off. Brown's consistent play and senior experience 4 a l =_ _ ,; brought a steadying influence to a team whose p ' ' 00 ,� - - .i _P -- success this year depended on how much progress ': "•u e • 1 ,�: ;AR, R , the younger players would make. The Lady Aggies 1992 freshmen recruiting class, ranked sixth in the nation, included two 6'4" post players who both had outstanding careers at high schools with well - respected women's basketball •Close To Campus programs: Martha McClelland from Duncanville, ' and Kelly Cerny from Corpus Christi Calallen. •Free Continental Breakfast Three guards rounded out the class: Lisa Branch •Free Local Calls from DeSoto; Jayton native Bambi Ferguson; and Donyale Canada from Austin. All five newcomers •Non Smoker Rooms Available started this season at one point or another. Comfort • Airport Shuttle . Lisa Branch quickly established herself as the starting point guard and led the team in scoring. ••Spacious, Comfortable Rooms During conference play, she seemed to improve Inn •Free Cable TV with each game. Branch set a Lady Aggies single game record for assists with 19 against Texas UNIVERSITY DR. Christian, followed by a career high 29 points in a loss to Southem Methodist. She was twice named 104 TEXAS AVENUE S. SWC Player of the Week. But Branch's recent BRYAN - COLLEGE STATION, TX TEXAS AVE. success can be partially attributed to her friendship with Brown. (409) 846 -7333 • • "I was really lacking self- confidence and 'Yo' OR CALL TOLL FREE TEXAS A&M boosted me up and that helped my confidence," UNIVERSITY said Branch, who became acquainted with both 1-800-228 -5150 Brown and Canada early in the season during a toumament in Illinois. 4 Like Brown, Canada also struggled with the tran- sition from high school to college because of a drop in her scoring average. Brown pointed out to her that she would probably not be expected to score as much as she did Instead, to contribute high school. Iyst Brown told C SCOTT&WHITE her, she a must look for other ways to c to the team's success. But more importantly, Brown offered her freshman teammates a shoulder to lean 1600 University Drive East on. "You can just talk to her about anything," said Serving The Brazos Va11ey Canada. This season was Brown's last year as a college Alcohol & Drug General Surgery Orthopedic Surgery athlete and the first of a four -year experience her Treatment Program Frank R. Arko, M.D. Paul A. Wright, M.D. for younger counterparts. She understands the chal- Sharon Sandifer, C.A. D.C. Dirk L. Boysen, M.D. lenge that awaits her fellow Lady Aggies as college Allergy Otolaryngology athletes. Health Education Michael J. Miller, M.D. David R. Weldon, M.D. Sally Scaggs, M.S., R.D., L.D. R. Bruce Buechler, M.D. "It's so different, a lot of people don't under - stand how hard it is to be a student - athlete," Brown Audiology Internal Medicine Pediatrics said. Richard L. Riess, Ph.D. James V. Bonds, M.D. Dayne M. Foster, M.D. Valerie Chatham, M.D. Michael P. Marquardt, M.D. But Yolanda Brown understands. Add that know- ledge to her experience as a three -year letterman at � olo Larry Davis, M.D. Dan Ransom, M.D. Texas A &M, and you will begin to understand why J lames Rohack, M.D. Eileen Maria Frelier, M.D. Mark Sicilio, M.D. Coach Hickey viewed Brown as the glue that held S. A. Gammenthaler, M.D. Alton Graham, M.D. the Lady Aggies together during a difficult season. David Hackethom, M.D. Psychology Dermatology Michael R. Schlabach, M.D. Jack L. Bodden, Ph.D. Editor's Note: Lisa Branch was named SWC David D. Barton, M.D. Newcomer of the Year in a vote by the eight SWC Obstetrics /Gynecology Patricia E. Tolciu, Psy.D. head coaches. The Lady Aggies basketball team Faailly Medicine Grace Bonds, M.D. Radiology ended the season with a 76 -64 loss to the 14th - ran - An Caylor, M.D. James R. Meyer, M.D. Luis Canales, M.D. ked University of Texas for a season 15 -11, 7-7 in Mark W. English, M.D. William L. Raybum, M.D. Richard A. Smith, M.D. Charles W. Sanders, M.D. Speech Pathology SWC play. Fourth seeded Texas A &M lost 63 -61 to a team they beat twice earlier in the season, the Roque Villarreal, II, M.D. Sally Miller, R.N.C. Anne Lueck, Ph.D.,C.C.C.- S.L.P. Robert Wiprud, M.D. Susan Scott, M.Ed.,C.C.C.- S.L.P. fifth-ranked Baylor Bears, in the first round of the SWC postseason tournament in Dallas. The Lady Ophth }' Charles W W. Akins, M.D. Aggies, who have never made it past the semifinals to win a SWC Championship since the league was Call 268 -3322 For Appointment RRRI formed in 1982, were led by Brown with a career , 22 points and 13 boards. SPRING 1993 / A &M MAGAZINE 9 HOE West Texas State University (WTSU) has undergone several name changes since its founding in 1910. Originally named West Texas State Normal College, the school became known as West Texas State Teachers College in 1923. To more accurately reflect the institution's expanded degree pro- grams and course offerings, the name was changed again in TEXAS A &M EXTENDS FRANCHISE 1949 to West Texas State College. In 1963, the institution became West Texas State University. Effective June 1993, the institution's new name will be West Texas A &M University. REGENTS APPROVE NAME CHANGES FOR This change in name and association with Texas A &M • THREE SYSTEM SCHOOLS University has generated much debate about the benefits to The Texas A &M University System (TAMUS) Board of "franchising" the A &M "concept" of education to other Regents approved name changes for the System's three South campuses, in Texas and abroad. In all actuality, the historical Texas schools at a special meeting in March. After intense and precedent for just such an attempt was established as early as often emotional debate, Regents voted to change the name of 1916. A delegation from Sweetwater, Texas appeared before Corpus Christi State University to Texas A &M University -- the A &M Directors asking the Board's support for a legisla- Corpus Christi; Laredo State University to Texas A &M Inter- tive bill to establish a West Texas A &M College - -to be under national University; and Texas A &I University to Texas the direction of the A &M Board. The Directors not only failed A &M University -- Kingsville. All three names are effective to support the delegation, but went on record as opponents of September 1,1993. the proposal. However, the directors said that they would "The new names approved by the board reflect a stronger favor the founding of junior agricultural colleges under A &M affiliation of these three institutions with The Texas A &M auspices, according to the 1917 -18 Texas A &M Biennial 1 University System," said Dr. Herbert H. Richardson, chan- Report and minutes of the Board. ° cellor of the seven school System. Opposition to Texas A &M's "branching out" developed in "Although there is some opposition, I believe this decision Bryan and among Texas A &M alumni, according to A Cen- will be a win -win situation for everyone involved," Richard- tennial History of Texas A &M University: 1876 -1976, by son added. "The Board of Regents and the administration of Henry C. Dethloff. Aggies and local businessmen believed the Texas A &M System are committed to developing these in- that expansion "would weaken the academic programs and stitutions as well as the other institutions in our system. Our reduce attendance at Texas A &M." Opponents to A &M's primary mission is to provide the highest quality education in annexation argued the unconstitutionality of such a move, the fine tradition of the A &M name, not only for students in contending that a statewide referendum was necessary. But South Texas, but throughout the entire state. Now we can con - the attorney general rendered an opinion in response to a legis- centrate on that mission." lative inquiry, ruling that branch A &M colleges were legal The special meeting was called in response to amendments and that the Legislature had the power to levy taxes for their added to the Texas Senate appropriations bill by Senator Car- support. The AG argued that a college "branch" was more a los Truan, D- Corpus Christi; Sen. Judith Zaffirini, D- Laredo; matter of nomenclature, since the school would be a "separate and Sen. Teel Bivins, R- Amarillo. The rider to the Senate and independent institution" whose only connect to Texas Finance Committee budget required name changes for all A &M was to have the same governing board. three schools. Additionally, Bivins submitted an amendment In 1916, the State Democratic Convention declared for the which would have changed the name of West Texas State establishment of a "branch" near Austin. A bill establishing a University (WTSU) to Texas A &M University at Canyon. West Texas A &M near San Antonio actually passed the Even if the rider is approved, state law prohibits it from taking Legislature in 1917, which called for the establishment of a effect. Legislators claimed that the rider was intended as a sug- " branch" west of the 98th meridian, but it was later repealed gestion to the board. during another session by the same Legislature. Aggie faithful "This is for the future of the whole University System and opposed creating a "duplicate" A &M - -even under the aus- the state of Texas," said Truan, who added that the name pices of the same Board. The Democratic Party conventions of changes will have a positive influence on Texas A &M. "We 1920 and 1922 again considered support for a West Texas mustbe global in our thinking." A &M branch campus. The TAMUS Board of Regents voted 8 -to -1 last fall to The notion of an auxiliary A &M operation in West Texas change the name of West Texas State University to West came about because of the relative remoteness of College Texas A &M University. The Canyon school's new name is Station at the time and its substantial difference in climate effective June 1. Administrators and students who supported from that of West Texas. Shortly before World War I, West the name change cited a stronger alliance with the System as Texas experienced a population boom which prompted many their reason. WTSU joined the TAMUS in September 1990. of the area's residents to seek the establishment of a college At the special meeting in March, regents voted to retain the campus nearby. Texas A &M's former students and other sup- school' s new name. porters, in effect, were so strongly against such plans that they Tarleton State University and Prairie View A &M were able to collectively and successfully exercise enough in- University will also keep their present names. Both schools fluence on the Legislature in an effort to promote the creation have strong identities of their own, and administrations for of the Texas Technological College - -now known as Texas both campuses have not pressed regents for name changes like Tech University. While Texas Tech is not part of The Texas 10 SPRING 1993 / A &M MAGAZINE 1_ other System schools have in the past. Although some stu- Regents William A. McKenzie `44 of Dallas, and Douglas dents, officials and graduates of WestTexas State, Texas A &I, R. DeCluitt `57 of Waco, voted against all four name changes. Laredo State and Corpus Christi State expres s ed resentment at Wayne Showers `53 of McAllen voted against changing the the new names for their schools, others associated with these names of Texas A &I and West Texas. Mary Nan West voted universities welcomed the changes as long overdue. against the West Texas name change only. Royce E. Wisen- The three senators and their constituents have voiced strong baker `39 of Tyler was unable to attend or participate in the support for closer ties to TAMUS for quite awhile. Like Prairie meeting. View and Tarleton, their respective universities have also McKenzie said political pressure from Capital Hill forced established individual identities and campus traditions. But the board to make the name changes. He also said the name according to Sen. Truan, these schools have not enjoyed the changes do not have widespread support outside of a few state full benefit of an association with TAMUS since none have legislators in Austin. shared in Texas A &M's Permanent University Fund. Besides "I have been told that Lt. Gov. (Bob) Bullock sent word that Texas A &M University and Texas A &M University-- Galves- if we didn't pass the name changes, he and other senate mem- ton, formerly called Moody College before a recent merger bers would `(mess) around' with the A &M System budget," with the main College Station campus, only Prairie View McKenzie told reporters from The Battalion, Texas A &M's A &Mreceives PUF money. studentnewspaper. To accommodate interested university faculty and staff, Various speakers argued against the name change, citing a members of the community and media, students and alumni, perceived decrease in the value of a Texas A &M degree. the special meeting was broadcast via the TAMUS Trans- Regent Billy Clayton, former president of the Association of Texas Videoconference Network, to Canyon, Corpus Christi, Former Students at Texas A&M, disagreed. Kingsville, Laredo and the System's Austin office. M. Guada- "Nothing means more to me than A &M, and I want to share lupe Lopez Rangel of Corpus Christi, one of the three new that with other people," he said. "We need to be closer regents appointed last month by Governor Ann Richards, together and share a common name. They don't want our observed the regent' s March meeting from Kingsville. diploma or our name; they w ant our support." SENATE CONFIRMS GOVERNOR'S APPOINTEES SENATE APPROVES EXPENDITURE FOR A &M TO BOARD OF REGENTS SYSTEM DATABASE LINK M. Guadalupe Lopez Rangel of Corpus Christi, John H. The Texas Senate approved a bill which provides $1.6 mil - Lindsey `44 of Houston, and T. Michael O'Connor `77 of Vic- lion for the creation of an electronic database to link the toria were appointed to the board and begin serving im- schools of The Texas A &M University System. Two install- mediately upon confirmation by the Texas senate. The new ments of $800,000 over the 1994 -95 school year will fund Regents replace McKenzie, DeCluitt and Showers, whose staffing, equipment and software for the project. The System terms expired February 1. intends to construct a network that will allow students and Rangel, 43, has taken a leave of absence as an English in- faculty at the schools to access periodicals and to collaborate structor from the Corpus Christi State School. She earned a onresearch. bachelor's degree from the University of Houston and a mas- "The database will put students and faculty at each campus ter's degree from the Harvard School of Education. Lindsey, in touch with each other and with an expanding base of elec- 70, is a graduate of Texas A &M and chair of the university's tronically stored information," said Senator Jim Turner in a five -year capital campaign. Lindsey, founder of a Houston in- prepared statement. surance agency, is currently a member of TAMUS Investment Turner said he sponsored the bill because university libraries Advisory Committee and an advisory to the TAMU Press. are scaling back on subscriptions to important research jour - O'Connor, 38, is a graduate of Texas A &M and trustee of the nals and academic periodicals. The database can help the university's Development Foundation. A rancher and private schools pool their resources, Turner noted. investor, O'Connor is regional vice chairman of the TAMUS "Texas A &M is preparing to be part of a global information Chancellor's Advisory Council and director of the Texas & economy," Turner explained, adding that, "The access pro - Southwest Cattle Raisers Association. vided by electronics holds promise for the future. 1 The TEXAS A &M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM One of the largest and most renowned systems of higher education in the nation, The Texas A &M University System is comprised of seven universities. Together, they serve more than 73,000 students, who are enrolled for a combined 1.9 million semester credit hours annually. Research projects by System universities and research agencies total almost $290 million. System personnel conduct seminars, workshops and continuing education courses to more than 3.5 million people per year as a part of the System's overall service mission. The System employs 19,000 full -time faculty and staff members located throughout the state in all but one Texas county. The System budget exceeds $1.1 billion, which is also used to fund eight state agencies, including the: Texas Agricultural Experiment Station; Texas Animal Damage Control Service; Texas Engineering Experiment Station; Texas Forest Service; Texas Transportation Institute; Texas Veterinary Medical Laboratory; Texas Engineering Extension Service; and Texas Agricultural Exten- sion Service. In addition to Texas A &M University, the seven System schools include: Corpus Christi State University; Laredo State University; Prairie View A &M University; Tarleton State University; Texas A &I University; and West Texas State University. SPRING 1993 / A &M MAGAZINE 11 Introducing WEST TEXAS A &M UNIVERSITY West Texas State University weaken the academic pro- nearby. Texas A &M's for- museum in Texas is among (WTSU) has undergone grams and reduce attendance mer students and other sup- the 42 campus buildings, several name changes since its at Texas A &M." Opponents porters, in effect, were so located on a 135 -acre main founding in 1910. Originally to A &M's annexation argued strongly against such plans campus and surrounded by named West Texas State Nor- the unconstitutionality of that they were able to collet- 294 acres of available land. mal College, the school such a move, contending that tivelyandsuccessfullyexerc - The 1992 -93 budget for became known as West Texas a statewide referendum was ise enough influence on the WTSU exceeds $34 million. State Teachers College in necessary. But the attorney Legislatureinanefforttopro- More than half of the institu 1923. To more accurately general rendered an opinion motethecreationoftheTexas tion's 200 full -time faculty', reflect the institution's expan- in response to a legislative in- Technological College- -now members have earned dot ded degree programs and quiry, ruling that branch known as Texas Tech toraldegrees.Theuniversity, course offerings, the name was A &M colleges were legal and University. While Texas maintains an average class! changed again in 1949 to West that the Legislature had the Tech is not part of The Texas size of 26- -which is also the' Texas State College. In 1963, power to levy taxes for their A &M University System, average age of a WTSU s -. the institution became West support. The AG argued that a West Texas State University- dent. Texas State University.Effec - college "branch "wasmorea -soon to be West Texas In addition to modern tive June 1993, the institution's matterofnomenclature,since A &M - -has been a member classrooms and laboratories,4111 new name will be West Texas the school would be a sincejoiningin1990. WTSU students enjoy a' A &MUniversity. "separate and independent Today, WTSU is a multi- newly renovated student This change in name and institution" whose only con- purpose university that pro- center and an activities cen-lon association with Texas A &M nett to Texas A &M was to vides a wide variety of liberal ter which features racquet Universityhasgeneratedmuch have the same governing and career educational ball courts, a weight room, debate about the benefits to board. opportunities; a quality indoor pool, basketball and ` `fr an chi sing " the A &M In 1916,the State Democra- faculty; small classes; afford- volleyball courts, and bowl "concept" of education to tic Convention declared for able tuition and fees; and a ing alley. The university also other campuses, in Texas and the establishment of a selective admissions policy owns 2,500 acres of farm and abroad. In all actuality, the his- "branch" near Austin. A bill that attracts serious students ranchland; an equestrian toricalprecedentforjustsuch establishing a West Texas to the Canyon campus. center; dairy and green an attempt was established as A &M near San Antonio Approximately 6,400 stu- houses. WTSU's Buffaloes, early as 1916. A delegation actually passed the Legisla- dents, representingmorethan or "Buffs ",field intercolle from Sweetwater, Texas ture in 1917, which called for 30 states and 36 foreign coun- giate athletic teams in men's appeared before the A &M the establishment of a tries, are enrolled in the and women's basketball; Directors asking the Board's "branch" west of the 98th university's 135 undergra- bowling; riflery; rodeo; ten support fora legislative bill to meridian, but it was later duate majors and 65 graduate nis; women's volleyball;, establish a West Texas A &M repealed during another ses- programs. men's soccer; and football. College - -to be under the direc- lion by the same Legislature. Located in the heart of the Future plans call for proilimiN tion of the A &M Board. The Aggie faithful opposed treat- Texas Panhandle, 20 miles grams in baseball; men's and Directors not only failed to ing a "duplicate" A &M -- south of Amarillo, WTSU is women's track and field; and support the delegation, but even under the auspices of the neighbor to a quiet country golf. went on record as opponents of same Board. The Democratic community of 13,000. Degrees are offered the proposal. However, the Party conventions of 1920 WTSU provides the Texas through the College of Agri - directors said that they would and 1922 again considered Panhandle, comprised of 26 culture , Nursing , and favor the founding of junior support for a West Texas counties, with 75 percent of Natural Sciences; the T. agricultural colleges under A &Mbranchcampus. its public school and com- Boone Pickens College of A &M auspices, according to The notion of an auxiliary munity college teachers; 70 Business; the College of the1917- 18TexasA &MBien- A &M operation in West percentofitsdegreednurses; Education and Social nial Report and minutes of the Texas came about because of and 80 percent of the musi- Sciences; and the Sybil B. Board. the relative remoteness of cians in the Amarillo Sym- Harrington College of Fine Opposition to Texas A &M's College Station at the time phony Orchestra. Nearer to Arts and Humanities. The "branchingout "developedin and its substantial difference Denver, Colorado than to university's Alternative Bryan and among Texas A &M in climate from that of West Austin, WTSU is the most Energy Institute and Beef alumni, according to A Cen- Texas. Shortly before World accessible university for stu- Carcass Research Center tennial History of Texas A &M War I, West Texas experien- dents in portions of New both attract international University: 1876 -1976, by cedapopulationboomwhich Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, visitors to campus. Program Henry C.Dethloff. Aggies and prompted many of the area's and Colorado, as well as in offerings in education, local businessmen believed residents to seek the establ- Texas. music and nursing rival any that expansion "would ishment of a college campus The first and largest state inthestate. 12 SPRING 19931 A &M MAGAZINE f4:1‘/I:S) been a senior fellow at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University where he currently teaches undergraduates. He also served as an education columnist for The London Times. He was a visiting fellow at Cambridge University and a distinguished Fulbright scholar to India and Chile. Before coming to the Carnegie Foundation, Boyer served as United A N PLACES States Commissioner of Education during the Carter administration. Prior to this appointment, he was chancellor of New York University for seven years. The award - winning educator has authored several books on educa- A &M REGENT SPEAKS ON PRIVATIZATION IN tion, including College: The Undereraduate Experience in America; HIGHER EDUCATION Campus Life; Scholarship Reconsidered; and High School: A Report on Secondary F,ducation in America. Featured speaker at the Houston Building Owners and Managers Asso- A major challenge facing future generations is that of promoting ciation meeting in February, Ross D. Margraves Jr. spoke about the diversity at universities, Boyer said in his lecture. It is time to create a "severe revenue shortfall" faced by the state of Texas this year. Chair- network of service universities to address the needs of health and public man of the Board of Regents of the Texas A &M University System, and service, he noted, just as the land -grant colleges addressed the of partner in the Houston law firm of Winstead, Sechrest & Minick, Mar- agriculture and technology. graves focused on the benefits of privatization - -a sensitive topic back at "Higher leaming is now viewed as a personal instead of a public bene- Aggieland. fit," said Boyer. "Scholarship of teaching should be joined by scholar - According to Margraves, taxpayers and state govemment are demand- ship of building. With the passage of the G.I. Bill, America moved from ing more "bang for the buck." The solution, he said, "lies in what we can the elite to the masses in higher education." do off the balance sheets." Scholarship can be best defined as effective teaching, he said, begin - "The bureaucrats are naturally disturbed by this, but the private sector ning with the "discovery of new knowledge." The scholarship of dis- can improve efficiency, increase revenue and otherwise provide a cost- covery, interpretation, application and transmission are essential to the effective alternative to conventional budgeting of state services." The upside to hiring private companies for public service, Margraves challenges of considering scholarship, explained Boyer. g "We must give new dignity to the sacred act of teaching to keep scho- noted, was illustrated more than two years ago when Texas A &M made larship alive, he added." the decision to turn operation of the university's bookstore over to the -- Sandra Medina highest bidder. Three national booksellers submitted proposals to the administration, which ultimately awarded the lucrative contract to Barnes & Noble. "They've raised annual revenue from $200,000 to $1.4 million," said \ Margraves. "The 52 bookstore employees have been transferred from the PRESIDENT PROPOSES ALTERNATIVE TO state payroll to the private payroll. A $900,000 renovation has been corn - pleted at private expense. Twenty scholarships have been donated. Price TRADITIONAL COLLEGE LOAN PROGRAM • guidelines established by the university are being followed, and a similar President Bill ic e is Clinton's proposal to offer college loans in exchange for arrangement is under study for the campus bookstore at the University of community service is the best way to return higher education to its res- arran in Austin." ponsibility of supporting society, said University of Houston President it He said residence hall operations, campus security, physical plant James H. Pickering. Pickeringisoneoftenuniversitypresidentsandpro - maintenance, power plants, building management, and research studies vosts who met with members of the president's transition team in p ress are among other services which have been or will be privatized success- ary. He called Clinton's proposal `'tremendously exciting" in a press fully by educational institutions from Texas to California. Privatization is announcement. Pickering, who has been head honcho at UH for a little being examined at the federal level by Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen, more than one yea d o a also said he was Fund in atth i roundtable dis- said Margraves, who claims that the public sector offers opportunities for cussion of the National Service Trust Fund in Washington. He was private businesses located in Africa, Eastem Europe, the former Soviet joined at the meeting by leaders from the University of Notre Dame, Union, and Mexico under the North American Free Trade Agreement. Georgetown University, and seven other schools. "Government doesn't have the money to do everything for every- body," he explained. "It's a win -win situation...when the govemment Under Clinton's national service plan, now in the advanced planning y g stages, college students would be able to repay financial aid by perform ing civilian volunteer work; for example, working without compensa- can hire a private contractor for development and operation of a public project, then provide financing through revenue bonds...sign a long -term tion for a� profit agency, rural community, or low- income housing ground lease, and own the building when the debt is retired." --Michelle CLASS' CREDIT project. Pickering said he prefers a pro - gram that is "discipline neutral," meaning that students would be CARNEGIE FOUNDATION PRESIDENT LECTURES allowed to perform community service in areas outside of their major ON ACADEMIA course of study in school. The concept according to Pickering,echoes the Dr. Ernest L. Boyer, president of the Carnegie Foundation for the theory behind former President John F. Kennedy's Peace Corps pro - Advancement of Teaching, was the guest speaker for Texas A &M's gram, created in the 1960s. University Lectures Series in early March. Boyer spoke on The Chal- Among other benefits, Pickering cited the ability for a student loan lenges of Considering Scholarship." The lecture was co- sponsored by recipient to pay back their debt faster. Young people who wouldn't have Texas A &M's College of Education. Dr. Stanley Carpenter, executive otherwise examined the option of higher education may ftndthe program director of the Association for the Study of Higher Education and a pro- an affordable alternative, he said. Pickering stressed that the program fessor in Texas A &M's Department of Educational Administration, pre- should be just that - -an alternative - -to traditional forms of financial aid sented Boyer with the first leadership award from the association follow- and not require mandatory compliance. His concerns about the program ing the lecture. revolved around the notion that private donors would no longer contri- Since assuming the presidency of the Carnegie Foundation in 1979, Bute to universities if they believed the national service option filled hig- Boyer helped shape the national education debate and is most often cited her education's financialneeds. as one of the nation's leading educators. During the past decade, he has SPRING 1993 / A &M MAGAZINE 13 AIR FORCE RECRUITINGISGUNG Corps of Cadets. Funding for the HO DESPITE MILITARY DOWN scholarship program was provided by ()NJ THE SIZING Robert Smith `58, vice president for QUAD Contrary to recent publicity about Finance and Administration at Texas m ilitary cutbacks, the United States Air A &M, from monies raised through the Force still looking for a few good cadets. university's Collegiate Licensing To encourage enlistment, the USAF is Program. offering $2,000 in annual scholarships to The first recipient of the prestigious new I 1 2 7 Years at MS A&M I junior and senior members of the Air Force award i s Andrew P . Lambert o f Reserve Officer Training Corps at Texas Zabcikville, Texas. Lambert, a top student � � -- : - A &M. The new program, called the at Rogers High School, is a senior honor `k Professional Officer Course Incentive student, active in school athletics, and a '�,, Scholarship Program, will be funded leader in many extra-curricular activities. 1 ` 1 initially through the 1994 -95 spring term. 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Nominations must be accompanied by ii■■■■■■■■ii■■■■■i vemee■■■■■■■■■■• iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii % i i iii ii iiiiiiiiiii T he scholarships provide $2,500 for l e t to r s o f recommendation fro m iii ii i iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii, vi , * ∎ ∎0 each of the first two years of enrollment at individuals who are personally acquainted iiiiaiiiiiiiiiiii� 'IIIIIIIIIIIIII Texas A &M, and $1,500 for each of the with the individual. Nomination forms are Wth THE CORPS OF CAD .S last two years. Selection is based on high available by writing the Office of the school performance and the candidate's Commandant, Texas A &M University, potential for leadership and success in the College Station,Texas 77843 -1227. 14 SPRING 1993 / A &M MAGAZINE o)XAS AGG4 1” a . 2i4 V A off / Vki 4 , • `!i _ ...... fit I '$ YOUTH CAMP s Aft "Growing in Confidence and Spirit" _ Ages 13 -15 , - r 0 ii, !r vik 4 4' i Texas A &M University College Station, Texas June 13- 19,1993 A youth summer camp filled with fun, recreation and sports at Texas A &M. Dedicated to fun, motivation, and growth! Campers choose either a leadership or military band emphasis as well. While not a military camp, this unique program is organized and supervised by Aggies of the Corps of Cadets, the Commandant's and Aggie Band staff. Campers experience the famous Aggie pride and spirit during a motivational week KYLE FIELD of personal growth. Call or write - -. , �.. for more info and an application. =ter � i . J y/ Information: (409) 862 -4311 "" „ ,, - °" Office of the Commandant Texas A &M University Illy ATTN: Texas Aggie Youth Camp M College Station, TX 77843 -1227 It i Application Deadline May 10th Limited to 150 Campers B 1 �� IAJC 1 Baltimore, ni at21.9t The federal government and Chicagoo, ninth at 21.6 1.6 pe per- defined the poverty level as an cent. Four of the towns with hig- annual income of $8,076 or less hest poverty rates are college for a family of two, and $9,885 POOR AGGIES...Literall , researchers sa to wn s. Amongthe25citieswith U.S. family income Them wa s y y� hi poverty levels, 17 had U.S. family income was populations that were more than $35,225. Based on this same cri- half Black, Hispanic or a com- teria, Harvard University also COLLEGE STATION'S ted primarily in College Station. bination thereof; all had a limited determined that Brazos County PUBLIC IMAGE The annual estimated economic supply of well - paying jobs; five was the poorest county in Texas SUFFERS IN NATIONAL impact created by Texas A &M were "Rust Belt" cities, depen- and 46th nationally. Conducted STUDY student expenditures for every- dent on automotive or steel indus- for the Physicians Task Force on Recent research results came thing from textbooks to food is tries; and four were located near Hunger in America, Harvard as a shock to many Aggies, who $150.5 million, according to an largeuniversities. researchers found that 22.3 per - are renowned for scientific in -house study conducted for the College Station Mayor Larry cent of Brazos County residents advances in farming and ranch- university's administration. Also Ringer, also a professor of stats- were living below 1986 poverty ing. The same study even not accounted for are the large tics at Texas A&M, said that the levels. That study also suggested prompted one famous newspa- numbers of visitors to College data was distorted Ringer, in a that those same people were not per editor to refer to College Station, drawn by the university, Bryan - College Station Eagle receiving relief through food Station as "Bangladesh -on -the- who spend approximately $22 interview, said that the city's stamps. Brazos." According to the million annually for food, lodg- population of 52,000 includes Executive Vice President study's authors, "for sheer con- ing, clothing, recreation and 42,000 students. He also said he Allon Fish of the Bryan- College centration of human misery, otherpurchases. was "suspicious" of reports Station Chamber of Commerce, these places are unmatched "SomeofthestudentsatTexas released by special - interest in the same Eagle article, citeda todayoutsidethe Third World." A &M belong in the lower income groups. recent Money magazine report College Station ranked second category," said Calloway, who "Teaching statistics," he told which listed College Station at among the top 25 cities with the added that there is evidence of thelocalnewspaper, "Iknowyou the 12th best community to live highest poverty levels in the real poverty in the area -- although can skew data to make it come out nationally. United States, according to a pri- some of the people counted as the wayyou wantitto." -- MichelleBrenckman vately- funded national study poor in the study drive Porsches. released March 18 by the Greater "Some students drive cars that Washington Research Center. are worth as muchasmyhouse." AREA'S LARGEST gress will be difficult in light of all Other cities on the list included: Calloway also said one in- EMPLOYER ALSO HAS the priorities and pressures faced Monroe, L.A.., third with 37.8 dicator of the community's qua- BIGGEST ECONOMIC by the Texas Legislature and percent; Camden, N.J., fifth with lityoflifecouldbefoundinhous- IMPACT funding constraints at both the 36.6 percent; East Lansing, ing starts and the average cost of An in -house study shows that state and federallevel. Mich., sixth with 33.8 percent; housing in College Station. There Texas A &M and other members "We--Texas A &M and higher Detroit, Mich., eighth with 32.4 were 21 single- family housing of The Texas A &M University education in general - -will need percent; Saginaw, Mich., ninth starts in February, he noted, with System based locally accounted maximum support if we are to with 31.7 percent; and New an average construction value in for an estimated direct economic continue to move forward, and we Orleans, L.A., tenth with 31.6 excessof$100,000. impact of $530 million in the certainly need the continued sup - percent. Five other Texas cities were Bryan- College Station area dur- port of the citizenry and leaders in Results were based on infor- ranked among the top 25, with ing 1992, up more than $19 mil- Bryan - College Station and the mation from 1990 census reports Brownsville first at 43.9 percent. lion fromthepreviousyear. Brazos Valley," said Mobley. for 488 U.S. cities with popula- College Station followed closely The study was conducted at the The approximately 19,000 tions of 50,000 people or more, at 38 percent, Laredo ranked request of Texas Al President TAMU and TAMUS permanent exclusive of residents in mili- fourth at 37.3 percent, McAllen William H. Mobley, who pointed andpart-time employees who live tary, campus or institutional ranked seventh at 32.7 percent, out that the significance of in the Bryan- College Station area housing. The non - profit center's Waco ranked 18th at 28.7 per- TAMU/TAMUS takes on even shared in a 1992 payroll that tota- Committee on Strategies to cent, and Port Arthur ranked 19th greater meaning when a standard led $358 million, up $13 million. Reduce Chronic Poverty deter- at 28.1 percent. By comparison, multiplier effect is applied. That This was made possible in part mined that many medium -sized among the 25 largest U.S. cities, direct economic impact figure through mandated salary in- cities have disproportionate El Paso was ranked fourth with a could be parlayed into an overall creases by the Legislature and ∎ numbers of poor residents, most poverty levelof 25.3percent; San economic impact of approxi- continued growth of Texas A &M of whom are black or Hispanic. Antonio, sixth with a poverty mately $1.32 billion by applying researchprograms. More than halfofthose cities had level of 22.6 percent; Houston, the generally accepted multiplier Mobley stressed that salaries poverty rates exceeding the tenth with 20.7 percent; and Dal- of 2.5. or the number of times directly affect the local economy nationalaverageof13.1percent. las, 15th with 18 percent. Of the each dollar is spent before leav- through them any purchases made Jim Calloway, director of Texas cities listed among the ingthecommunity. by employees and their families, planning for the city of College nation's top 25 largest cities, all "We are proud to continue as well as by deposits in local Station, expressed minimal four had poverty levels which being a significant factor in the fmancialinstitutions. interest in the center's fmdings. ranked among the nation's top 15 continuing economic vitality of Research grants and contracts According to Calloway, as well highestpercentages. the Bryan- College Station area, were included in the local study, as the study's authors, statistics Other cities among the top 15 as well as in educational, cultural which totaled $264.1 million, an did not includethe nearly 42,000 highest poverty levels of the 25 and other endeavors that have increase of $11 million over 1991. studentsenrolledatTexasA &M. largest U.S. cities were: Cleve- positive impacts on the region," The university spent about $24 An estimated 31,000 students land, third at 28.7 percent; Mem- said Mobley. "The challenge million for utilities, services and live off - campus in apartments, phis, fifth at 23 percent; Mil- now istokeepmovingahead." supplies -- representing an in- houses, and mobile homes loca- waukee, seventh at 22.2 percent; He noted that continued pro- c r e a s e o f a p p r o x i m at el y 16 SPRING 1993 / A &M MAGAZINE $700,000. Campus construction contracts awarded TEXAS LAGGING IN PERSONAL INCOME LEVELS during 1 992totaled $56million,up$12.9 million . Texansmay boasttha[things grow bigger in their state, but that doesn 'tapplyto personal incomesthat University officials emphasized that the sum of the have lagged behind the rest ofthe country formost ofthe years since the Great reat Depression of 1929. One different categories does not equal the direct impact remedy is to ensure the prosperity of Texas' neighbor to the south, says economist Dr. Jared E. Hazleton, figure because not all categories have been included, who heads the Center for Business and Economic Analysis. The center is a division of Texas A &M and some of the inclusive activities involve expendi- University' sCollegeofBusinessAdministrationandGraduateSchoolofBusiness. tures made initially outside ofthelocalcommuni .ty. When OPEC gained control of the price ofpetroleum and pu shed oil andgas prices higherin the early --Lane Stephenson 1980s, the state's per capita income was above thenational average for the first time in its history, Hazle- SUBARU SPONSORS STUDENT COMPETMON ton Says. Per capita income in Texas fell when oil prices stabilized in the $25 -27 per barrel range, and then f Move over, Madison Avenue. You 're about to be plunged as oil prices dropped to arecord $10 per barrel in 1986. By the end ofthe decade, Texas was back t l challenged by a senior marketing class at Texas A &M where ithad started in the 1970s, with a per capita income equal to about 90 percent of the U.S. average, 1 University. The Aggies are designing a full -scale pro- says Hazleton. motion built around a foreign automobile manufac- "Texas cities actually grew relatively poorer during the 1980s," notes Hazleton. "Not one of the turer'snationwide product launch. Subaru of America, state's metropolitan areas managed to achieve a rate of per capita income growth between 1980 and Inc. is the underwriter of the $1,000 -plus project, 1990 equaltothegrowthintheU .S.average." which was completed shortly after spring break. He says high energy prices that contributed to the state's record growth during the early 1980s are un- Student teams from Bill Claypoole's advertising likely ever again to raise per capita incomes to the national level. The state's economy is much Less procedures class competed against each other in an dependent on oil and gas, more closely linked to technology -based manufacturing and service indus- attempt to create the most effective marketing cam - tries, and reaching out to national and international markets. Hazleton says one challenge facing Texas paign to sell Subaru's new Impreza to the college mar- is how it will continue the large investment in human resources such as education and social services ket. The Impreza is a subcompact, safety - engineered which aren ceded to m ake the state more competitive. car designed to directly compete with the Honda Civic "Those parts of the economy offering the best prospects for growth require a skilled labor force and and Toyota Tercel. The largest selling segment in the substantial investmentsintechno logy," predicts Hazleton. auto industry, subcompacts are sold to every segment He also thinks low incomes along the Texas - Mexico border reflect the impact of a huge labor surplus of the population--although the mock campaigns were that cannot be reduced without strong economic growth south o fthe border. only concerned withthetremendouspurchasingpower "The North American Free Trade Agreement offers the best hope for rapid economic progress in ofcollegestudents. Mexico," says Hazleton, who says some industry displacement is inevitable - -given the disparity in Claypoole, an advertising executive himself for 25 wage rates and stricterhealth, safetyandenvironmentalregulationsintheUnitedStates. years before changing careers to teaching, is a popular Hazleton believes, however, that economic growth in Mexico offers Texas industries opportunities in faculty member of Texas A &M's College of Business natural gas, agricultural products, sophisticated electronics and communications products, machine Administration and Graduate School of Business. tools andhouseholdappliances. Claypoole founded a successful Dallas advertising " If the state seeks to pull itselfup to the national average in per capita in com e on ce more, " adds Hazle- agency, and sold his interest to the firm 's other two ton, i ,hardwork,risk - taking, entrepreneurship partners a few years ago. He said that experience with and optimistic faith so evident inthe Lone Star myth ology ." real -life situations is a valuable supplement to class - --GretchenKrueger room theory. EDITOR'S NOTE: A recent report to the Senate Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Using the Subaru grant to cover materials expenses, Management claimed that 80,000 American jobs were lost during the 1980s as companies moved 12teams of students from two class sections developed domestic operations to Mexico. Billed as the first study of its kind, and conducted for the InterHemis- broad-based promotional campaigns for the Impreza Pheric EducationResource Center ofAlbuquerque,N.M .,the report listed nearly 200plantswhichhave geared to their peers on campus, the target market. relocated across the U.S.-Mexico border.The relocationswere prompted bythe Mexican maquiladora Claypoole established judging criteria, based on a 60 program, which permits an estimated 2.000 American firms to import products into Mexico duty-free percentemphasis on verbal and 40 percent emphasis on and assemble them in plants along the border-- provided that the finished products are exported. Com- the written materials. paredto the U.S.,laborcosts are much lowerinMexico. Area marketing and advertising professionals met The North American Free Trade Agreement was signed late last year by leaders of Canada, the U.S. with the six groups of students on March 8 to select a and Mexico. Critics claim that the NAFTA will accelerate capital flight to Mexico as tariffs and other finalist from each section. On March 22, the two groups trade barriers are phased out over a 10 -15 year period. Although the report'sfindings are very impor- made their final presentations to senior management tans, what is even more interesting to note is that Subcommittee Chairman Carl Levin - -an outspoken executives from Subaru who determined the winner. Michigan democrat who fought the NAFTA, was the only member present during most of the Senate The 70 students in Claypoole's two advertising pro- hearing. cedures classes were treated to dinner at the expense of Ted Jones, another Texas A &M economist, said the Texas economy is hindered by a steady drain of Subaru, which corporate executives said had never jobs to low -wage maquiladora manufacturing plants along the Mexico border. Manufacturers find it before financed such an undertaking at any other cheaper to operate factories in Mexico, he said, because of the state franchise tax and high property school. taxes in Texas. In his address at the Houston Association of Realtors' annual economic outlook con- "I enjoyed hearing how tomorrow's business lea- ferencethiswinter, JonesofferedtheexampleofRCA-- whichpaid $80persquarefoottobuildafactory ders addressed these important marketing issues for in Mexico at twice the cost of construction in El Paso. Despite the higher building expenses, RCA clai- Subaru," said Ken Stanton, vice president of sales for medanhourlysavingsof$35,000in laborwages. 1 Subaru's corporate headquarters in New Jersey and a Jones eited the percentage ofTexas in manufacturing, whichfell to13.5percent in 1964 Texas A &M graduate with a B .S. in Math. 1990 from 18 percent in 1980.11e also said construction jobs fe1118 percent to 72,000. Local, state and federal government employed 18 percent of Texans, Jones noted, a much higher percentage than the DEFICIT ENDANGERS PROMINENT INSTITUTE nati onalaverage. Texas A &M's Mosher Institute for International Policy Studies needs $132,000 to meet 1993 budget requirements and remain open past this summer. Ron Hatchett, director of the high - profile think tank, met with Texas A &M Provost E. Dean Gage in early March to hammer out a plan for raising the necessary funds before August 31. Previous funding was provided by an annual endowment of $175,000 from the Mosher family of Houston, founders of the institute which was established upon the retirement of former university president and institute director emeritus Dr. Frank Vandiver. Vandiver, Hatchett and fellow staffer Art Blair became household names as the institute achieved international prominence during the Gulf War when media from around the world sought their insights on military history and war strategy. SPRING 1993 / A &M MAGAZINE 17 N • • • O � Q ' p ° an acapella version of The Star Spangled • O O c) O % • Banner prior to game time. The Reve- jj 0 _ . c:, liers, Century Singers, Singing Cadets, -46 Q 0 � Voices of Praise and the Aggie Wrang- / : • lers were all guest performers, as well as / D .i..41.11.0 soloists from the Fightin' Texas Aggie 4 Band. Once, Grubbs brought out a pair of 9 / ( ' ��� theater arts majors who performed the t r te. classic Abbott and Costello routine, `��, "Who's On First ?" Besides talented � ;► • students, Grubbs also encouraged staff _ / members and residents of the com- �� , ' munity to perform for Aggie fans. C ` - The announcer's own o ularit P P Y peaked in 1988 with the statewide 1 � �� � release of his single recording (I Wish 0� r c They All Could Be) "Texas Aggie A Girls ", an original adaption of the old Beach Boys surf classic hit called "Cali - fornia Girls ". Recorded in College Station on a shoestring budget, the song reached number one on area charts and Nl l C H E l_ L increased Grubbs' name recognition. • j 1 According to the lanky, 36 year -old bachelor, the Astros' job "came about frommy work atA &M." MAJOR LEAGUE MOUTH After his resignation from the athletic department at the end of the Aggies' BY MICHELLE BRENCKMAN 1990 baseball season, Grubbs worked the following two seasons with the Wichita Wranglers and then the El Paso For a dozen years,Derrick Grubbs was ning with the 1978 opening of Olsen Diablos. Replacing the popular announ- the first and only "Voice of Olsen Field through the 1989 dream season. cer proved difficult for university offi- Field." The former Texas A &M base- His original dialogue, humorous selec- cials. Grubbs credits his recent career ball announcer, known by many Aggie tion of songs and good - natured "razz- move with the Astros to the exposure he sports fans and friends as "D.D. ", was ing" of the opposing team earned gained during his reign at Olsen Field, as hired as the announcer for the Houston Grubbs alarge and loyal following. well as to the confidence and experience Astros organization. Grubbs, who will "Athletic events are to a great extent, he acquired while working in minor also serve as the major league ball club's geared toward the enjoyment of the leaguebaseball. marketing operations manager, repla- fans," said Grubbs. "It stands to reason, For the Houston team's ownership, the ced veteran Astros announcer J. Fred then, that the fans should have a part in new "Voice of the Astrodome" may do Duckett.Duckett,whohadheldtheposi - making the games more of an attrac- more to increase game attendance than tion since 1968, is famous for making a tion." revamped concessions and more multiple syllable word out of Jose In 1983, Grubbs integratedliveperfor- " cheap" seats ever could. For "Stros "' Cruz's name when introducing the for- mances by Aggie fans -- starting with an fans, the "EighthWonderoftheWorld" mer Astros outfielder. When new Astros invitation for the reigning Miss Texas may soon become the Astrodome's new x owner Drayton McLane purchased the A &M to sing the National Anthem. The announcer. For Grubbs, the Astros' franchise from John McMullen, many popularity of live performances in- announcer's job is simply a "dream- changes were made in front office per- creased to the point where even week- come - true." sonnel. day, non-conference match -ups featured --Michelle Bre nckman Grubbs, whose father is circulation manager of the local daily newspaper, was employed as a photographer with AGGIE EXITS MINORS FOR PRO CAREER I the Office of Public Information at Like many youngsters, Derrick Grubbs wanted to be a ball player. TexasA &M during most of his tenure as But throughout his Little League Baseball career, Grubbs found the Aggies' baseball announcer. In his himself watching the action from the bench. While teammates were final year on campus, Grubbs briefly catching flyballs and hitting homeruns, Grubbs was relegated to worked as a promotions coordinator playing the role of cheerleader or team clown. It was the most with the marketing arm of the naturalway hecould find tofitinto theteam-likeatmosphere. university's athletic department. The "I was always the last kid picked to be on a team du ring recess," he 1975 Bryan High School graduate said. "Itwas really frustrating." almost single handedly engineered the Grubbs' parents recognized their son's frustrations on the play - explosive growth of local interest in ing field and encouraged him to explore other avenues to express Aggie baseball during the 1980s, begin himself in sports. He becamethestudentmanagerof the Bryan High 18 SPRING 1993 / A &M MAGAZINE School football team and kept statis- CarePIusi.j.j Presents ticsattheteam'sgames. "I probably kept the most complete R The Good Doc high school statistics for my football team ofanyschool in Texas," hesaid. ___) Grubbs' interest in sports soon A expanded from his managerial duties to include other aspects of athletics. -' . , � . When he enrolled at Texas A &M in " `'ak. " ''* 1975, he was hired as a student assis- ' tant at the Sports Information Office , a" A� t�� on campus. Recognizing Grubbs' -'w • Y, M / unique talents, his supervisor wasted PHARMACY little time in increasing his responsibi- lities. Much to Grubbs' satisfaction, 693 -2957 his new duties included announcing MEDICAL CENTER 00 the Aggie baseball team's spring games. 696 -0683 "Back then, there was no Olsen Field- -just a dirt field behind the foot - ballstadium,"herecalled. "Oursound " Roc the Good Doc is in at CarePlus." system consisted of a little amplifier Roc, the Good Doc. Only at CarePlus Medical Center. Avail - that plugged into the concession able seven days weekly without an a stand and we had a few bleachers that ppointment to all you eventually collapsed. It was kind of Aggies who want quality medical care. Quick. Convenient. like ntuail eaguealloveragain." Affordable. So next time you're ill--chill and come see Roc, the Little did he know then, but Grubbs Good Doc, at CarePlus Medical Center. eventually gained notoriety throug- A &M students receive hout the entire Southwest Conference a 10% discount. CarePIusjj for his entertaining style. In 1981, after , : , , six years of announcing Aggie base- wit.,‘ 2 -B Texas Ave. S. & Southwest Parkway ball, Grubbs left the SID office for a ° "r "� �� ' � Open all week in College Station. position in the university's Public In- _ .. 9 on. formation Office. When baseball sea- son rolled around again that following spring, the games were just not the ` same without Grubbs' distinctive voice echoing over Olsen Field. So, WE'VE MOVED TO OUR NEW LOCATION! lac the Athletic Department asked Grubbs to return to the announcer's • booth G r u b s ' � � llik of One of Grubbs' better known antics " 1 .41 " 1---41 40■ – - -� � ' revolved around baseball's "seventh- B :Zs' I inning stretch "tradition.Atthestartof" I �® a the seventh inning, he would sprint from the press box to the roof of the >I , Aggie dugout and belt out his own'' f 0111. unique rendition of the song "Take Me Out to the Ballgame." Grubbs' routine' was also admired for his uncanny abi- lity to choose theme songs for each player at bat. As far as he is concerned though, Grubbs is most proud of his Xerox Copying Cutting Kroy Lettering three Southwest Conference Cham- pionship baseball rings, something Collating Folding Buttons his more athletically - inclined boy- Stapling Padding Door Cards hood friendscannotboastof. Reductions Laminating Transparencies "I think back on all those times when Enlargements Spiral Binding Offset Printing I tried to play ball and couldn't," said LASER TYPESETTING SERVICES Grubbs. "My parents kept saying, 'Keep at it- -find something you're FULL - SERVICE XEROX COPYING good at and make it work for you.' I FACSIMILE SERVICE guess itallworked out." Grubbs may not have the necessary physicaltaientto "play in the majors, ROOM #293 UNIVERSITY CENTER but no one can top his success in (In the breezeway between Rudder Tower and the MSC) baseballatannouncingthesport. Open 8AM to 6PM /Monday thru Friday -- Teresa Carter 845 - 7294 SPRING 1993 / A &M MAGAZINE 19 REQIJIREU In honor of Parents' Weekend in April and Mother's Day in May, this original composition appears in A &M MAGAZINE as homage to anyone who has ever raised a child -- including mom and dad, grandparents, foster parents, aunts and uncles, and adoptive parents. The author of this piece deserves special recognition for a loving, lasting tribute to the memory of her own brave and unselfish mother. You hear that word echo through your mind day after day, week after week, month after month. READING Even when you are not consciously thinking of it, it is there haunting you like abad dream; inv ad- ing your thoughts; consuming your mind like a plague until you're ready to scream. It is a word that no one wants to hear. "Your mother has cancer. She has about six months to live." As a child, I always thought my mom would live forever. As I grew older, I realized that forever is shorter than I thought. Forever would be over in 1992, one month and 25 days before a long - awaited college graduation. To begin with, I was adopted. But the bond between my mother and I was strong enough to be a natural biological link. At a time when she should have been thinking of retiring from a long career in real estate, she and her husband, my dad, took in a small love child of the sixties - -to raise and love as their own so that child could grow up and be somebody...someday. Then he passed away and itwas just she and I. She was older than most of the parents of my friends, but I nevernoticed that. She went along on Campfire Girls camping trips. She attended PTA meetings. She even tolerated slumber parties of rowdy 12 year -old girls. Those were the times which tried a woman's soul. I never imagined being without her. Even when times were bad between us during the high school rebellious years, she was there. When I finally settled down into college life, she was more than excited. Before I decided on a college, she thoughtI was going to be a lifeguard for the rest of my life since that was the only job I could keep for longer than three weeks. "My daughter is going to Texas A &M University," she would tell anyone who listened. "She is going to be a writer, abroke one - -but a writer." She always knew I would be a writer. Ever since the 4th Grade, when I wrote a limerick titled "Texas Sam and His Big Ham," she said I would write someday. After she showed that stupid limerick to the entire neighborhood, then she had to call friends in other states to show off my masterpiece. I think I finally took it away from her and trashed it, citing an addiction and threaten- ing to check her into an institution for over - exuberant parents. In the 4th Grade, notoriety was not my main priority in life. S till, Iknew she wouldbe there whenl won the Pulitzer P rize for writing. She supported me the most when I decided to be a single mother after a disastrous relationship ended. Don't get me wrong- -she was mad as hell when I told her. She figured I would never finish college while raising a baby. But she was still there for me and, when I called to tell her she had a new grandson, she couldn't talk because she had to call everyone to brag. Anyhow, I knew she would be there to he 1p me raise him. I always knew she would be there through thick and through thin. I was wrong. "She has amass in her chest thathas spread to her brain." Those words hit me like a snake bite, short and fast. They did not register until the pain took over my body and I could not move or think. That was nine months after my son Chance was born. She had always protected me from the outside world. Spoiled, some people called it. Loved, I said. That is when I decided to be strong for her. Throughout the following year, I watched this strong woman, at the young age of 79, wither away into a weak person who needed help to walk. My son, who was just beginning to walk, was the first to help her by grabbing the bottom bar of her walker and toddling along withher. She hated being dependant on others. My aunt and I would hold our breaths, secretly praying she would not fall on her slow trek to the bedroom in my aunt's house. I was still attending Texas A &M , ready to leave when Ineeded to, but she wouldn't let me drop out. "I am going to see you graduate from college," she would tell me. "I don't care if they have to roll me therein awheelchair." That was her biggest fear. She never wanted to be old. In fact, before she had radiation treat- ments, she dyed her hair so that it was never gray. Time went by and as she became weaker, Chance grew stronger. I had three semesters leftuntil graduation. By ELIZABETH ORGAN 20 SPRING 1993 / A &M MAGAZINE We became closer ina lot of ways. We would gig- / GOLDE� gle and talk about going to a bar and chasing men. She would get a sly, little smile on her face and say in a low voice, "They can rub bald head." We laughed CORRAL,. so hard that we cried. For the first time in my 23 / years, my mother was joking about sex with me. It was great until she talked about it in frontofmyboy- * GIANT 100 -ITEM BUFFET friend--then Ihad to leave the room. * FRESH STEAKS & SEAFOOD Near the end, she became bed - ridden but still she * HOT, HOMESTYLE ROLLS remained in good spirits. She and I would cry when it * ICE CREAM SUNDAE BAR was time for me to leave, then she would joke about us being two silly hens and force me to leave on my * SEATING FOR 450 PEOPLE three- hourdrivebackto College Station. I wasn't there for the sickness spells. If she didn't feel well on days I phoned, she didn't tell me - -but I 4 4 4 knew by her voice. — "I'm tired today, Beth." That was all, she said. She was still protecting me NOW SERVING! from harm. I was certain she would not make it to my graduation, the one thing that she had looked for- Marinated Grilled Chicken Breast with ward to so m uch and for so long. choice Of Baked Potato or Rice Pilaf Just three weeks before she died, Chance and I went home. The cancer controlled her speech by then and wouldn't let her talk to us. When we left, Breakfast: 7:30AM -11AM (weekends) she was asleep. Chance waved, and said, "Bye- Dinner: 11AM -11PM (Fri.& Sat.) bye." He blew her a kiss, like she had taught him to Dinner: 11AM -10PM (weekdays) do. Tears rolled down my cheeks. I knew that would bethelasttime we saw her. GOLDEN CORRAL So when she lapsed into a coma, I didn't go back. 700 E. UNIVERSITY DRIVE (across from the Hilton) My aunt, who was taking care of her at home, called COLLEGE STATION, Texas 77840 * (409) 846-8667 me when she died. I knew as soon as I heard my aunt's voicethatthepain was overformymom. My mom's brother and three sisters had been by her side just 15 minutes before she passed away. I didn't want to be there. I cou ldn't bring myself to be ''` -= there. ) t. . ®"' Do Iregret not being there when she died? Yes -- ; and no. She was such a strong person. She could handle anything that crossed her path. I, on the other i r y, ( hand, did not want to see her take her last breath. lam `'" not as strong as she was. F U 1 A I it want to remember seeing a woman about five- � CO ap o 4 I � feet, four inches tall; with curly brown hair, blue • a ti�, i ; _ 1€ co : d ' f polyester pants and a grey sweatshirt. (Those were • so y + R a , rr ; f V F ,It;- '-‘ her favorite clothes to wear around the house.) I , d ' cu ^ ° `_4 I'4 Get college cash, want to remember her waitin for me to come home ` g € 3 from school. .. ° — „a If � n and your Ithink about the future and how I am going to tell , is taking a bigger bite out Chance about this wonderful woman, a woman who ___------ ��� -V" 4.. of your school savings than never thought of herself. She always helped others, 7' „ " i I ;, t ' '” expected, Citibank could be i �1, the answer for you. We have no matter what race, gender or social class. What i ',- , t� ' three different loans to help why t Y f . ( 0 - along the and to give to will I tell him when he asks wh h doe sn't have a , I � (/1 , ' , I p l l apply for, and fast to give grandmother around? How will I tell him that she ` 1 pl C� l� 4I l 11 y )u results. loved him so much? The best way I know how is to III! I 'fll ; ' be as much like her as possible. I hear imitation is the f I;'01 ' best form of flattery. M oney I know she is better off now, without the pain -- although things are not better for me. She is not alone i Hungry? and neither am I. She is with my dad and her oldest � ', brother. I have my memories of her and many things . " g ` she has made for me. I still sleep on the pillow she a { is Oa co ' made forme more than 12 years ago. I can 't sleep on • I w ° J `O For an 00-692-820, a ' ,2.r N i call I- 800 - 692 -8200 any otherpillow. + I w =": ao She didn 't go to m y graduation, but Iknow she was l.., 'i ,F there. She probably brought along her own cheering section forme. R .�-- ," We Major In Student Loans So you see, in the real world, your parent's won't CI TIBAN(0 live forever.Rememberthat. �" e .i 1 SPRING 1993 / A &M MAGAZINE 21 ...BASEBALL continued from page 6 younger Moore is the only player on the squad who is I married. He and high school sweetheart Tia were wed on August 29. He went to work right away on his changeup and she went to work to pay the bills. Moore, 6 -0, and Bellaire product Kelly Wunsch, 3 -0, are leading the SWC �`I with an 0.81 ERA. Moore is also third on the team with a 1:1i .349 batting average. The designated hitter against right- handed pitching, he is the first pitcher during ��i; Johnson's nine years as coach to play regularly when not on the mound. t0 14;). I 9 1 With catchers Rob Trimble and Robert Lewis expected �1 t get most of the playing time, freshman recruit William Shiflett from Navasota transferred to Blinn Junior College. / Lewis -- redshirted last season as a sophomore at Texas / A &M -- played fo the is Mets in e Ca Cod League last sum mer; in the Alaska League in 199 1; an was picked by the Seattle Hyann Mariners in th draft . Trimble, who also serves out of the bullpen as the Ag's AY closing pitcher, was named to the first -team Baseball America All- America squad last summer and named MVP in the Alaska League All-Star Game. Redshirted as a true ]C1 1� freshman in 1991, Trimble was drafted by the Pittsburgh � ° 1�� Pirates the year before. Trimble's father Rob and grandfather also attended Texas A &M. Depth is provided by transfers Brian Johnson and Jason Washbum, with help from Aggie football team quarterback Matt Miller. Johnson's older brother Ron also played \ baseball for the Aggies; their father is Coach Mark Johnson. Miller's father Les played in the New York THE SCIENCE OF PITCHING Yankees' organization and later became a professional football scout. Granger and Brian Thomas, sporting a .388 batting Physical therapists have recommended certain exercises to average so far this spring, are among eight SWC nominees prevent pitching injuries for years. Finally, official data is now for the R.E. "Bob" Smith Award given to the College available to confirm what was only conjecture in the world of Baseball Player of the Year by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association in conjunction with the competitive sports. A team of surgeons evaluated 48 major league Greater Houston Sports Association. Both Granger and pitchers, including Nolan Ryan, Roger Clemens, and Dave Stewart. Thomas were also nominated for the National Collegiate They computerized pitching style and mechanics to determine a Baseball All - Star Team. Thomas, who posted a .212 safe motion that limits chances of injury. The result of the medical average as a junior, .354 as a sophomore and a .290 research is a checklist for coaches, trainers and therapists to average as a freshman, was named a Baseball America evaluate the motion of pitching, and possibly prevent injuries. All American last summer while playing with the Alaska Findings were formally presented last spring at the annual meeting League in Anchorage. Named co captain by the team, of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons in Washington, Thomas is currently leading the Ags in almost every D.C. by Dr. Joe P. Bramhall, co- author of the study with Dr. Charles offensive category. He credits adjustments in his swing Diliman. and playing time with the Anchorage Bucs for the "We can start at young levels, getting the pitch correct, so the 20 turn - around. year -old with a big contract does not have a bad shoulder," said The Ag's infield is greener than the grass at Olsen Field Bramhall, who was featured by USA TODAY in a February 1992 after losing every established starter from last season. article about the research. Shortstop Paul Barber, out for a pre - season injury suffered The checklist, he noted, can be used by team managers ranging an automobile accident, was replaced at the last minute from Little League to Major League baseball. Specific recommends by sophomore second baseman Robert Harris. Senior Eric tions include making sure the pitcher is balanced at the top of the leg Gonzalez was assigned second base chores, a position left kick during windup, not leaning toward home plate or second base; open last season when junior Mike Hickey signed a pro making certain during delivery that external shoulder rotation is at contract with the Seattle Mariners' organization. Walk - on 165 -185 degrees; making certain that the pitcher's stride is slightly David Martin was most recently substituted for Harris, less than body height; and making certain that the torso bends as who was hit in the face by a pitch during the season little as possible after the ball is released. opener against Dallas Baptist on February 9. Harris, who Bramhall admits that some of the recommendations are not new returned to practice after missing four games, sustained a concepts. But, he added, the study "standardizes and simplifies the concussion and required 16 stitches for a cut lip. moves." Texas A &M's 18th baseball coach, Mark Johnson, "Whether we are therapists or coaches," he explained, we can begins his ninth season as head coach with a 366 - 143 - use this information to speak the same language." (.719) record at Aggieland. Johnson, the 1st Vice - President For more information, contact Dr. Bramhall at 2701 East 29th St., of the American Baseball Coaches Association, was a Bryan, TX 77802; or call 1- 409 - 776 -0169. member of the Team USA coaching staff in 1991 and named Southwest Conference Coach of the Year in 1986. The Wisconsin native played for the University of New Mexico from 1964 -67, before joining the New York Mets' SPECIAL AGGIE BASEBALL SECTION organization coach n the from egiat level Johnson was an assistant coach o tholle level for 15 years before assuming the head coach title at Texas A &M. 22 SPRING 1993 ! A &M MAGAZINE 1 . MIKE HICKEY C.E. "PAT" OLSEN At the start of the 1991 -92 Aggie Born Charles Edwin Olsen one year The sports writers tried to make it seem baseball season, mike Hickey before the first World Series game, Pat like he had called the shot because it knew what he wanted. The 21 Olsen holds a baseball record that is the made for a better story. But, that's not year -old junior from Edmond, envy of all serious enthusiasts of the what really happened." Oklahoma wanted to be the best sport. Olsen, 90, is the only living "To me, it was the funniest, proudest baseball player possible and to member of the New York Yankees 1923 moment I ever had in baseball," said play on a team that won the team. As a member of that team, Olsen Ruth, in his 1948 autobiography. In the College World Series. was roommate to the legendary "Sultan book, "The Babe Ruth Story," the Sultan "I love to of Swat" during the of Swat said he had wanted to avenge his compete , ' ' New York Yankees' wife with the homerun—after she was said Hickey. C�qSS REUNION 1924 spring training spat on by unruly Cubs fans. "My only goal season. George Her- "I pointed to the bleachers," said Ruth. is to play to the man "Babe" Ruth, "I swung from the ground with every - best of my ability for the team." also known as "Bambino ", and Lou "Iron thing I had and as 1 hit the ball, every Five months later, Hickey knew Horse" Gehrig were Olsen's teammates muscle in my system, every sense I had, what he really wanted- -and it when the Yankees claimed their third told me that I had never hit a better one, wasn't another shot for a trip to consecutive World Series Championship that as long as 1 lived nothing would ever Omaha after the Aggies' near- in 1923. The College Station resident was feel as good as this." miss last season. Baseball is also an All- Southwest Conference pit- But Ruth, remembered for his forgetful - Hickey's life, and now his occupa- cher for the Aggies from 1920 -23. ness, got some of the facts wrong in his tion. After graduation, Olsen spent two autobiography. Ruth's account had the Hickey was born and raised in months with a minor league team in Des questionable homer coming off pitcher Seoul, South Korea - -where his Moines, Iowa before he was traded to the Charlie Root "in the fourth with Earl father was a golf professional at a Yankees where he played four years. Combs on base ahead" of Ruth. Accord - military golf course, and his Olsen cut his pro baseball career short ing to baseball historians, the hit actually mother was a former member of after a four -year attempt at the majors came in the fifth inning with the bases the Korean Olympic basketball because of a promise he had made as a empty; Gehrig followed Ruth's homerun team. student at Texas A &M to the school with another one. Fans by the thousands "I have a real close relationship president, William Bennett Bizzell, and to would claim to have been at Wrigley Field with my parents," said Hickey. his wife. Olsen vowed to become on that fateful day during the Great "Since my parents are related to successful as a mechanical engineer, Depression. Among the spectators: New sports, it'sa uniquefamily." and as a result, turned down a $50,000 York's Governor Franklin Delano Roose- Hickey and his brother Jim were signing bonus from the Chicago White velt, who later became President of the introduced to baseball by their Sox. Olsen said it would not have been United States. father. fair to the organization if he had taken so Olsen said another scene in the movie, "My parents would give any- much money from a team he planned to however, captured history perfectly. An thing for me and my brother to quit. angry Ruth is shown holding the Yan- play baseball," he said. Olsen became close friends with both kee's pint -sized manager, Miller Huggins, Their mother hired a private Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. Gehrig, who by his ankles from an open platform at coach for Mike and Jim when they succumbed in 1941 to a rare nerve the rear of a moving train. were prohibited from playing on a disease which now bears his name, "I was there and saw that with my own Korean team because the bothers visited Olsen at his Texas ranch only two two eyes," said Olsen. "Huggins was were enrolled in a Department of months before voluntarily withdrawing always trying to get Babe to change his Defense school instead of a as a starting pitcher for the Yankees. ways and it never worked. That particular Korean school. They were even- Seeing last April's release of the movie day, we left Philadelphia and Huggins tually allowed to play because of "The Babe," starring John Goodman as made Babe so mad, he held him off the Mrs. Hickey's accomplishments Ruth, was like a trip back in time for back of the caboose by his feet; Huggins' on the Korean Olympic and World Olsen. head was inches from the ground." Games basketball teams. That led While most of the film's scenes were While Ruth was not nearly as heavy as to Hickey's most memorable based on fact, Olsen said some events the 300 -Ib. actor who portrayed him, and Ruth's uneasy relationship with Olsen said Goodman captured many of Gehrig were exaggerated. Hollywood's the Babe's personal mannerisms, includ- depiction of the 1932 World Series, for ing his poor memory; terrible table example, when Ruth supposedly picked manners; penchant for parties, beer, and out a spot in the bleachers at centerfield women; and overall ignorance. Screen at Chicago's Wrigley Field and then hit writers also accurately depicted Ruth's the next pitch at that exact location - -out affection for children and fun - loving of the ballpark, was fictionalized, said nature. Olsen. The October 1 homer in the third "Babe knew about women and base - game of the fall classic helped break a 4 -4 ball," explained Olsen, "but that was tie and triggered the Yankee's win in about it. He would do anything for the Ruth's tenth and final Series. kids. He autographed baseballs until the "Babe swung and missed his first two last one was signed. He never walked pitches and the Cubs were razzing him away from fans." pretty badly," recalled Olsen. "He held Ruth's adopted daughter Dorothy, who up one finger and said to Cubs pitcher is also shown on screen, was fond of Charley Root, `I still Olsen, he added. He is A o have one more (strike) _ especially proud of his 1 left.' He hit the next g ...continued on next page VVV pitch for a home run. SPRING 1993 / A &M MAGAZINE 23 AFFORDABLE & PROFESSIONAL PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY MIKE HICKEY continued... 4 experience as a player in the Regional Little League World Series in Osaka, Japan. "That was when I was 12- years - old," he recalled. "It's similar to the Olympic , team. We were invited to represent Korea on the national team. They invited over 200 players, then selected 14 for the team that went to Osaka. The winner AP of the Far East Regional went to Williamsport for the Little League World Series. The Hickeys moved to the United States when the boys were teenagers so i they could play American baseball. They decided to settle in Oklahoma, but the nearest job Frank Hickey could find was at Fort McPherson in Atlanta, Georgia. For five years, Kim Hickey and her young sons lived in Edmond, Oklahoma, while her husband lived in Atlanta. "My Mom didn't work, she just took care of us," Hickey explained, adding that, .VON "Dad only saw us play a total of three or four times when we played during high / , school." • 1 hr. Prints NO After high school, Mike and Jim enrolled at the University of Oklahoma. Jim • Enlar eme nts OAp SL L E decided not to play college baseball, but Mike looked forward to playing g Division I ball as a freshman. But after a coaching shake -up at Oklahoma, • Portrait Studio Hickey transferred to Texas A &M. In his first season as an Aggie, the fiery left • Proofs back in 2 hrs fielder was an Associated Press All- Southwest Conference pick. Hickey batted .348 for an Aggie team that finished second in conference and third in the Southern regional in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. quick as The 1991 -92 season was a year of change for the Aggies and Hickey. Revised National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) regulations reduced college 41 a flash baseball's allotted practice and playing time in addition to reducing the number of scholarships and number of coaches. The SWC used a new conference format, matching each conference school in a home -and -home series instead 110 Dominik 614 E. Villa Maria of a single three -game series played at home every other year. Twice a candidate for the U.S. Olympic baseball team try -outs, Hickey failed to make the College Station Bryan team on both attempts because of pre- season injuries. He gave a strong 764 -0601 779 -0402 performance in the prestigious Cape Cod summer league, but an injury -prone Family Owned &Operated junior year ended Hickey's college career with the Aggies. He decided there was no time like the present and, shortly after being cut at Olympic try -outs, he was drafted and signed by the Seattle Mariner's F ° M� a �;. organization. Hickey reported to the ball club's Class A farm club in Bellingham, by' 1, w oo0 AO ,. Washington -- although he admitted that he would have preferred going ..ry ;�h,1; n om° \ m,.t Ptast 6.4 professional after a strong season with Texas A &M. But, he said, the timing was +0w F . tt I 42,45 +um •- 9rt,,d wokt� t` -.,d a aV r ight to make his move. M�at to , t n .�;, t .4 \r 9. In the world of work, if there is a choice, it is better to have a job doing of : ° r ool w� Jo tms .s� � o ; ° eiK:, something you enjoy. Often times, job advancement is a matter of being in the �o +h W, v. to , th � , right place at the right time. Baseball is Mike Hickey's life and career. For t s•u'-�nt. d f ; Hickey, who had the "right stuff ", being in the right place" means movin' c °sys Oct+ ; ... ^ S'' b N tat. ,. on...up. wo � \ .nom ,. ,. -- Leanne South t � ka Yo o` b ��tn �"" PAT OLSEN continued... , 1 ;, ,mo -- Me g Dominic Pirone conquer throat cancer, which claimed the life of her famous �° father in 1948. "After Babe died, Dorothy took me on as her adopted dad," Olsen said. "I kept . 1• �� in close contact with throughout her life. My wife and I would attend the Hall of ' * F w a y,, 4 46.x.-.1::.t•• Fame ceremonies with Dorothy and her husband every year. Dorothy called me from her home in Connecticut one day and told me Dom was going in for throat : „ ' �''" surgery the next day. +" `. ;. -.' ' ' '..t- : "I said, `No, he's not, because if he does he'll never be able to talk again.' I told them to take the next plane to Houston and I found the finest cancer doctor in t the world." .- '.,:---/ Pirones's surgeon used an experimental treatment to rid him of the cancer `' "y ., . ,, > without surgery. The couple are now both deceased, but Olsen stays in touch M•. De1l6uD.r.u.a.au.nmic.;n, oca o�, with their two daughters who are living in California. True to the Texas school boy's promise, Olsen left the baseball diamond for d!� ` :••4 4, the oil patch. The self -made millionaire has unselfishly given many generous >k ��� ` • gifts to Texas A &M, as well as to the game of baseball - -the two institutions he Southgate College Station... 693 -0346 treasures most now. Olsen's beloved wife Elsie, who passed away in 1991, was Northgate near campus College Station 846 -2165 his indisputable first love. Together, they attended 282 World Series games, 48 Parkway Square College Station 696 -4418 All -Star games, and 22 consecutive Hall of Fame ceremonies. They personally Woodstone Center College Station 764-3990 witnessed such historic events as "the catch" by Willie Mays in 1954; Don Post Oak Mall College Station 764-8602 y a y 3601 E. 29th St Bryan 846 -4972 Larsen's perfect game in 1956; Bill Mazerowski's dramatic homer in 1960; and 2500 S. Texas Ave Bryan 823 -SUBS Reggie Jackson's three - homerun game in 1977. 24 SPRING 1993 / A &M MAGAZINE C. E. 'PA OLSEA/ 23 when I was a rookie pitcher with the Yankees. For the next 70 years, I've been able to say that when I reported to rti the Yankees, Lou Gehrig was my room - mate." The man known throughout profes- sional baseball as "Mr. Fan" is most proud of the World Series tickets he has given away. He estimates the number at .,, about 15,000. During the 1978 World t n . Series between the Yankees and the °, Dodgers, the Olsens rode down the hotel elevator in Los Angeles with new - " 'I ' - lyweds. The couple was talking about the Series, and the bride mentioned she had always dreamed of attending. Olsen reached into his pocket, handed her two box seat tickets, and said, "Enjoy the game." Olsen provided hundreds of free tickets to servicemen during WWII and the Korea and Vietnam conflicts. He fre- quently finances Cooperstown trips to enable elderly kin in modest circum- j� 1 ' stances to attend the induction of their c relatives into the Hall of Fame . True, he presented tickets at the rate of c - several hundred a year to friends during his half- century as president of Gearench of Houston. However, even if his generosity was also good business, it is Olsen's good will, nurtured by love of 7. ; the game, that is a legacy in his lifetime. A robust and hearty nonagenarian until FOR LOVE OF BASEBALL last summer, health problems sent him to the hospital for only the second time BY RICHARD HAUER COSTA ever. Olsen has led a charmed life by all accounts, and by his own admission, To the baseball cultist, it is the shortest he recalled. "Our firm, Ge arench Manu- devoted to baseball. He remembers his of distances, in sound and sense, from facturing, was making parts for depth pastinfourdistincttimeperiods. the World Series to the world serious. gunstodestroyGerman submarines." His first life was as a star right-handed When baseball's 89th fall classic opened Until 1991, when their 58 -year mar- pitcher for Olsen's beloved Texas in Atlanta on Saturday, October 17, riage ended with her death of Alzhei- A &M. The late Hall of Famer Ted 1992, a man who has been a spectator at mer's disease, Pat and his wife Elsie Lyons, who pitched for Baylor during every game of the last 46 World Series Duncan Olsen had sat together for 270 of those years, said that no one he ever saw once more witnessed the autumn joining the 277 games, all but one All -Star in college had as good a fastball as Pat of worlds: the Series and the serious. In a Game, and 21 Hall -of -Fame inductions Olsen. Olsen married campus sweeth- way, the record is even more unassail- at Cooperstown, N.Y. His streak stop- eart Elsie Duncan, daughter of food ser- able than Lou Gehrig's player's mark of ped in Canada last October when the vices at Aggieland, who was kindly 2,130 consecutive games. Series was played in Toronto. regarded at Texas A &M for sneaking Starting with the St. Louis Cardinals' Only a part of the Pat Olsen baseball rations from Sbisa Dining Hall to many seven -game victory over the Boston Red legend is statistical. The game connects "fish" cadets serving disciplinary sen- Sox in 1946, and running through 1991's to his deepest roots as nothing else ever tences in their barracks at the then all - arguably "best Series ever" triumph of has ;nothis youthin a Norwegian Ameri- military school. With his young bride the Minnesota Twins over the Atlanta can farm community in Clifton; not his and a mechanical engineering degree in Braves, not including 1992's event, 277 family life as husband, parent, grand- hand, Olsen began his second life when games had been played and Pat Olsen parent and great - grandparent; not his he signed a contract in 1923 with aminor had seen them all- -but never on tele- self -made wealth that has enabled him to league team in Des Moines, Iowa- - vision. If World War II hadn't inter- give back materially to the game that has which in turn sold him to the New York vened, Olsen's mark would doubtless fueledhimspiritually. Yankees. One of the other rookies on have been well over 300 games by now. "All my life, since I was 8 and first that fabled team managed by Miller It all began in 1938 when he attended tossed a baseball in Clifton, the start of Huggins was ColumbiaLou Gehrig. his first World Series game, the Yan- spring always charged me up," he said. In the spring of `39, the Yankees made kees -Cubs pairing. "The happiest spring of all- -the best a stop in Houston for an exhibition game "After that, I just couldn't get away," time of my life - -was that spring of `24 with the Buffs at Old San Jacinto Park. 26 SPRING 1993 / A &M MAGAZINE r Gehrig looked listless, barely able to bons -- available only at the World Series by attending the fall classic in his home field his first base position, Olsen recal- site- -for the hundreds of games he has state. Last year, Atlanta seemed more led. Catcher Bill Dickey, whom Olsen personally attended. accessible than any city in recent visited again in 1989 at Cooperstown, His fourth life revolves around Pat memory, andhe had hoped for arepeat in and outfielder Earle Combs joined for- Olsen Field, the world -class Texas 1992 - -and got it. mer teammates Olsen and Gehrig after A &M baseball facility, which he contri- For many years, Pat and Elsie Olsen the game for a reunion. When Olsen took buted to its completion in 1978 at a cost drove with their son Edwin to the annual the three Hall of Famers -to -be to the rail- of $1.5 million. Until his retirement in events, and later on with their grandson road station, it was to be the last time he 1984, Aggie baseball coach and Texas when he was old enough to attend the would see the "Iron Horse." Three Hall of Famer Tom Chandler said he World Series. He also accompanied his weeks into the season, Gehrig told always stole a look during the national grandparents on the 3,500 -mile round- Manager Joe McCarthy he was pulling anthem atPat's upper-deck seat - -the one trip to the midsummer Hall of Fame himself from the lineup. pillar - protected from the wind. Still ceremonies. Because he never missed a "I believe he knew in Houston how Olsen's close friend, Chandler hoped match-up, Olsen became as well -known sick he was, yet he never mentioned it," baseball 's super -fan and his gracious on game day at Doubleday Field, Coop - added Olsen. "That's the kind of man he wife Elsie would be among the teams erstown, as he is in the College Station was. In less than two years, he was rooters. stadiumnamedafterhim. dead." All of his four lives came together in Chandler said his 90 year -old friend Olsen had a good spring in `24 and got 1984, Olsen said, when then- Commis- did not bounce back from prostrate sur- along well with Yankee teammates, sioner of Baseball Peter Ueberroth gery last summer and lacked his "usual especially Babe Ruth. Olsen was assig- asked him to throw out the first ball for zip." Even so, Olsen occupied his usual nedahotelroomnearBabe's. the beginning of the World Series bet- seat at Olsen Field for the reunion game "Everything you've heard about Babe ween the San Diego Padres and Detroit that fall between major league alumni Ruth," noted Olsen, "is more true than Tigers. It was a special day for the `01 fromthe Aggies' greatestbaseball team, not: his love of kids, his appetite in all res- Ag, Class of `23. Young Mark Thur- the `89 outfit which went 58 -7, and older pects, his inability to remember names, mond `79, starring pitcher at Texas players from previous teams. Current his greatness as a hitter and as a left- A &M generations after Olsen's era TexasA &M Head Coach MarkJohnson handedpitcher." there, received the first throw - -a slow- said he always looked forward to talking After four years with the Yankees, pitch strike from Olsen. Thurmond was to Olsen about the World Series and Olsen entered his third life. Gearench , on the mound for the Padres that night in baseball's past. the company he founded in 1927, emer- California. Olsen's special guest at that "Pat always regales us with his ged as the undisputed leader in develop- particular game was Babe Ruth's stories," said Johnson. "Here's a guy ing special tools for oil, chemical, min- daughter, the very same woman who who played with Ruth and Gehrig and ing, plastic and atomic energy industries. played on his lap as a child some 60 years pitched in the minors against Carl Hub - Olsen sold Gearench in 1978 for $2.5 earlier. bell. Somebody should take it all down million and moved to College Station, As a guest of Major League Baseball, for a book before it's too late." where he built a house just off the Texas Olsen has traveled with officials and -- Richard Hauer Costa is a professor A &M campus. The house is a miniature club owners on World Series charter emeritus of English at TexasA &M and a life Cooperstown; contained among its flights. He had always hoped, getting member of the World Series Cult of Ultimate priceless mementos, are the display rib- older, to be able to simplify the logistics Seriousness. - --1 i { 1 t# { " -- a-.., . i i { I 6 : 10.,.. - ________ i c IAM , FI F' i v ii y am , INN °Mu"r,.1,cfaf MM./1M MI t 1413 ;'t -. :,. ., ..,e :,. :.,.,.. nrx +, .r•,,n.,,.n,,nn,. .n..a...,r « -- _ _ SPRING 1993 / A &M MAGAZINE 27 Photo by Quick As A Flash GOO D SPORTS ^jN Whatever happened to Jon Peters? A record 53 consecutive high school victories, an appearance on the cover of Sports Illustrated, and four arm and shoulder f :r operations later, he seemingly disappeared overnight at the tender young age of 21. Peters' pitching career was history. Brenham's former "Superkid" is alive and -,1 01,010- well in Aggieland, where he is enrolled at Texas A &M. As a volunteer student 1rh assistant to Aggie Head Coach Mark Johnson, and a junior kinesiology major, .. Peters is now setting his sights on a • baseball coaching career. S : , _ After establishing a national record for consecutive pitching victories in 1989 with the Brenham High School Cubs, Peters played only two more times, going 1 -1 during a short stint in 1991 on his v �' �I hometown Blinn College team. He simply � threw his arm out, having played baseball since age 3. As a Washington County Little League stand -out, he struck out all 18 batters faced in an All -Star game. As a high school sophomore sensation, he was Ai: invited to the U.S. Olympic Festival. At Below center, Jimmy Harrison and fellow "Raggies" Kirsten Abrahamsen, at left; John Findeisen, at right; and Jay Geronime, above center. Peters was photographed for the Sports Illustrated cover, Forget, "Hey...batta, batta, batta, batta!" known as "the kiss of death." AGGIES MAKE RAZZING AN ART BY DAVID WINDER Referees have told him to shut his mouth. Home that time, his pitching velocity was nearing Sports Entertainment commentators have called him 90 MPH. Following his sophomore season, an unruly fan. Numerous team opponents have cursed Peters went under the knife for his first him, while making obscene gestures. But, Jimmy shoulder surgery. Harrison takes it all in stride. He doesn't want to be Peters' high school career record was famous. He only wants the Aggies to win. 53 - 1, with 22 shutouts, five no hitters and "At every game I go to," said Harrison, "be it 612 strikeouts in just over 370 innings basketball, softball or baseball - -I want the crowd to pitched. He led the Cubs to three get into it like the Twelfth Man does at football games. I think everyone should experience every sport that consecutive Class 4A state championships. Texas A &M has to offer at least once." In early May 1989, Peters was With future aspirations for a career in sports photographed for the SI cover - -the "kiss of medicine, the senior psychology major does more death," according to sports superstition; on than experience the game. He becomes a part of it, May 25, 1989, his 53 - game winning streak directing his smart remarks and constant needling at was broken in a 3 - loss to West anyone who is not a part of the Aggie faithful. Orange - Stark. Two weeks later, the Cubs "As a fan, I would always cheer, but nothing like I do were eliminated from the 4A playoffs by now," said Harrison. "It all started my freshman year Austin Anderson, ending their chance for a when my friend John Findeisen and I went to an Aggie fourth consecutive state title. baseball game and we sat with the ` Raggies. ...continued on next page 28 SPRING 1993 / A &M MAGAZINE r7 ...continued from previous page The "Raggies" are an unofficial, loose -knit group of a dozen or so Aggie students who love Texas A &M sports That memorable Brenham team, under and support their team -- loudly and sometimes to the coach Earl Hathaway's guidance, produced extreme, according to Harrison. Sometimes, he admitted, a number of successful ball players. Peters' studies interfere with their attendance at campus athletic teammate and the Cubs' number two pitcher events or vice - versa. Harrison said that basically he and James Nix signed last summer with the his friends are all "good kids" who realize the "boundaries Cincinnati Reds. Nix, a fellow Aggie, is a i of good taste" and who "attempt to stay within that 1992 All America. Cubs' outfielder/ realm." At the beginning of the 1993 season, Harrison said shortstop John Schulte, also a former they received a letter from head baseball coach Mark Brenham classmate of Peters', plays for the Johnson which suggested that they may have offended some Aggie fans - -as well as opponents. Harrison, who Pittsburgh Pirates franchise. Another said that he and his friends are motivated by 50 percent Brenham high school graduate and alumni adrenalin and 50 percent Aggie Spirit, recognized that of the Peters' Era, catcher Craig Bolcerek, sometimes they tend to get "carried away" in the was drafted last summer by the Texas excitement. Rangers. "I was a big baseball fan," Harrison added, "but I never Overlooked during the 1989 free - agent experienced anything like what they were doing. By the draft, Peters signed with Texas A &M and end of the game, I was into it full force with my voice underwent arthroscopic surgery on his nearly gone." pitching elbow in the spring of 1990. After He was ultimately joined by a handful of kindred spirits; a transferring to Blinn Junior College at his few fellow students who shared in Harrison's passion for hometown in December 1990, and cutting Aggie sports and picking on the opposition, including short his 1991 season, he had surgery that Kirsten Abrahamsen, John Findeisen, Jay Geronime, Katie Carty, and Tim Allen. Now, no one is safe - -and don't think spring to repair torn ligaments in his elbow. the other teams haven't noticed. After yet another shoulder operation only "The Washington (baseball) series was one of my two months later, Peters retired. The favorite moments," recalled Harrison. "Washington had a A - and - student never gave up on his pretty big catcher so, every time he came up to bat, we education, however, and he has excelled at would all offer him `Twinkies' or make other fat jokes. Texas A &M. He apparently still has faith in "He was having a terrible series, but one time he came baseball, because upon completion of his up and hit a grand slam that almost reached the railroad undergraduate degree, Peters plans to pursue tracks (behind Olsen Field.) I mean, it was a shot. So a a master's degree in education. He intends friend and I wrote, `You earned this' on a note and to seek a secondary school coaching wrapped it around a `Twinkle'. We went down to their dugout and passed it through the fence and felt somebody position after completing his advanced grab it. Then everybody in their dugout just died laughing. degree requirements. We talked to a Washington player later, and he said that their catcher was steaming mad when he got the note. I felt we had done our job," said Harrison, who is also out to change the shape of women's athletics at Aggieland. � "At the women's sporting events, most people look at me strange because they can't believe I'm yelling and screaming the way I do," Harrison said. "The guys expect to be yelled at or to be made fun of, but the girls' events .. 11111111 are so much more reserved." _ Although Harrison said he and the other Raggies are not out to "hurt anyone's feelings," they do not discriminate between men's and women's sports, because there is no r a visible "difference between picking on girls or guys." "I went to a softball game and everybody was cheering 1 for the team, but when the pitcher tried to hit one of our Ito players, nobody did anything," said Harrison. "So I stood up and yelled, `You got to toss her out, blue!' Everybody just a looked at me stran e, but I was ust su g pporting my team." ..' '' ' So the next time you attend an Aggie baseball game and somebody yells at the overweight first baseman, "Hey, Domino's called and they said they can't deliver a pizza Vi that big," it's just Jimmy Harrison & Co. trying to help the _. , Aggies win. —David Winder is a freshman journalism major and sports columnist for The Battalion. SPRING 1993 / A &M MAGAZINE 29 7 v �— �-7 r . �.: , �: venience to our customer. This is done by _�E 5j�� = "v.3 . extending the duration of the subscription P OST MARKS ( % d- �. , 1 � : r 4 t Si i . for the issues) not received on a regular •• � , O A. basis. � ' ' 46t9 ft Araz1r.r: - Due rders, to the increased volume of subscrip- •` 1. F – – – ! lion o we were also forced to contract -- 1 out our in -house bulk mailing operation. 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