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February 6, 1997

Forty-fifth year, number seventeen

Hinojosa Visits University Officials Cindy Gonzalez-Ray

Special to The Pan American Increasing the availability of higher education and being accessi足 ble to students and faculty is newly elected U.S. Representative Ruben Hinojosa's priority.

Hinojosa met with students, faculty and administrators last week to discuss President Clinton's initiatives on higher education.

Clinton's initiatives include the largest Pell Grant increase in 20 years, boosting the maximum award to $3000 and slashing student loan fees and interest rates.

'The president is proposing to boost the number of Work-Study students to one million by the year 2000," said Hinojosa.

Incentives for the family are also addressed by Clinton's initia足 tives.

He is proposing a $10,000 tax deduction for families for any kind of college, graduate school or job training. Clinton would like to gave a tax break to colleges that allow students to pay off their loans through community service.

When questioned about restricting financial aid to legal residents, Hinojosa responded that financial aid should be available to anyone paying taxes.

"Legal residents are entitled to an education; their education will benefit our economy," Hinojosa said.

"As a member of House's Higher Education committee, I plan to be accessible to the community of education," Hinojosa said.

He also stated he will be working with the president to see that the initiatives are passed into law.

Ronnie Smith/Special to The Pan American

Rep. Ruben Hinojosa (right) greeted Assistant Athletic Director Tony Guerrero (left) last week in the University Ballroom where Hinojosa met with faculty and staff to discuss educational issues.

Maj. Jose Cabrero, UTPA ROTC battalion commander, watches in the background.

Broncs Suspend Freshman Standout Indefinitely

Ronnie Smith/Special to The Pan American

Tom Rohan, catcher, mentally prepares before the Broncs first game last week against Southwest Texas State.

Freshman forward Larry Jackson has been suspended indefinitely from the Bronc basketball team.

Jackson said that the January suspension, due to some conflicts, was "nothing big" and he doesn't know what the future holds for him in a Bronc uniform. Jackson said that he is unaware of what the coaching staff has in store for him since he hasn't spoken to head coach Mark Adams.

Adams couldn't be reached for comment.

Jackson, who started the season as a reserve, muscled his way into the starting line-up. Jackson was the second leading scorer for the Broncs with 7.4 points per game and 5.1 rebounds.

The Broncs also lost big man Marcos LagemMann earlier in the season for personal reasons.

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NEWS BRIEFS Jury Says Simpson Must Pay O.J. Simpson was found liable for the death of Ronald Goldman and his family was awarded $8.5 million in compen­ satory damages for loss of love and companionship Tuesday night.

The 12-member jury, who was plagued with controversy through out the civil trial, also found Simpson guilty of battery and oppression with malice against Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson. The trial will enter into a second phase where the jury will determine punitive damages Simpson attorneys are expected to appeal all the jury's find­ ings. Simpson was acquitted of the 1994 murders by a crimi­ nal court jury in 1995.

Clinton Focuses On Education Education will be the top priority of his second term, President Clinton said Tuesday night in his State of the Union address. He called for a five-year "national crusade" to improve American education standards. Clinton proposed $51 billion for education in the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, a 20 percent increase over current spending that would rise to nearly $60 billion a year by 2002. The crusade would involve increasing student access to the Internet and emphasis on the basics, including math and reading.

Israeli Copters Collide, 70 Die Israel is mourning its worst military air disaster in history, following the mid-air crash of two army helicopters. Officials say at least 70 soldiers were killed. The collision in northern Israel took place in stormy weather, but officials say they do not believe weather was a problem. Cause of the crash is under investigation. The two helicopters, American-made Sikorsky CH-53 transporters,were each taking 37 people to Israel's self-declared south Lebanon occupation zone.

Vendors Swept Off Hidalgo Bridge REYNOSA, Mexico (AJP) - A police sweep removed about 50 street vendors from the area around the Hidalgo Bridge, the government's Notimex news agency said this week. Ernesto Robinson Teran, an official with the Federal Roads and Entry Bridges agency, said Mexican and U.S. officials cooperated in the sweep. He said the peddlers gather daily to sell sweets, car accessories and other goods to people lined up to cross the international frontier.

Independence Day Not The Same AUSTIN (AP) - Texas Independence Day won't be the same this year at Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historical Park. With the birthplace of Texas undergoing $6 million in development, the park for the first time in more than half a century will not have its annual state Independence Day festi­ val March 1-2. Thousands of Texans typically turn out for the celebration at the Washington County landmark. The festival was organized in the 1920s to honor the Texians who gath­ ered March 2, 1836 in an unfinished frame building on the Brazos River to declare Texas' independence from Mexico.

The town of Washington served off and on as capital of the Republic of Texas until the capital was moved to Austin.

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Yolanda King

King Visits Today Yolanda King, the eldest daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., will visit the UTPA campus and lecture at 7 p.m. tonight in the University Ballroom.

King's lecture will focus on the importance of recognizing African-American history and the need to continue her father's work. The lecture is titled "A Dream Deferred."

"We are real thrilled to have someone of King's stature on campus," Debra Sullivan, spe­ cial programs director, said.

King holds a bachelor's degree in Theatre and African-American Studies from Smith College and a MFA in Theatre from New York University.

She has committed herself to social and personal change through the arts and has com­ bined her involvement with human rights organizations and causes with her artistic pur­ suits.

"While it is imperative to actively challenge the forces that deny human beings their right to a a decent life... one must also stimulate and alter the hearts and minds of both the privileged as well as those who have been to long denied," King said.

"Within the arts lies this power." She appears in Ghost of Mississippi starring Whoppi Goldberg and Alec Baldwin.

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February 6, 1997

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Tex-Mex Language Claim Feeds Debate For Linguists SAN ANTONIO-Trinity University Professor Scott Baird believes TexMex, the blend of Spanish and English spoken in South Texas, is evolving into a distinct language.

He unearthed his proof in an unex­ pected locale: the graveyard. This unique premise is disputed by some of his fellow language experts, even if it hasn't sparked the kind of national furor inspired by the Ebonics issue.

Baird, a social linguist, studied the evolution of language on gravestones in family plots and found something telling.

Gravestones bearing a mixture of Spanish and English seem to persist for generations while earlier immigrant communities, like the Czech and German, abandoned their native lan­ guages in favor of English within three generations.

"The Spanish speakers in large num­ bers, significant numbers, are going back to the mixed code (of Spanish and English) and hanging on to it, fourth generation, fifth generation, sixth generation," Baird said at a lec­ ture last week.

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The spoken version of Tex-Mex takes English words and adds Spanish conjugations and applies English grammatical rules, like word contrac­ tion, to a Spanish foundation. For instance, the expression "to back up" becomes "baquear pa'atras."

Baird's controversial claim is that Tex-Mex is a creole, an independent language that neither English nor Spanish speakers can readily under­ stand. Most other linguists regard it as a dialect of Spanish.

"I'm afraid that Professor Baird is barking up the wrong tree," said Mary Ellen Garcia, associate professor of foreign languages at UTSA who has studied the Spanish spoken in San Antonio since 1990-the past three years with a National Science Foundation grant.

"In this case, speakers of Mexican Spanish do understand San Antonio Spanish," she said.

As demonstrated by the recent national flare-up over Ebonics, a form of African-American vernacular English endorsed as a distinct lan­ guage by the Oakland, Calif, school board, the difference between a dialect

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and a language is a whole lot more than semantics. It often involves cul­ tural pride and political ideology.

Also, Tex-Mex is sometimes viewed as "bad" English or "bad" Spanish. A stigma is attached to speaking it, much like Ebonics, or black English.

But Baird said that Tex-Mex, or Spanglish as he prefers, is a complex, evolved language that mixes words from English and Spanish. For exam­ ple, the English "to park" has become "parquear," supplanting the word in formal Spanish, "estacionar."

San Antonio is a popular location for academics interested in studying TexMex because it is near the floating, dividing line separating the Western hemisphere. To the north, there are 300 million English speakers. To the south, 400 million Spanish speakers.

In addition, linguists agree, Spanish and English mix here on a daily basis.

And in many West Side conversations and on Tejano radio, the mixing often takes place in the same sentence.

"What you hear on (radio station ) KXTN is 'Escuche,' the popular song of the "manana,' " said Robert Bayley, an assistant professor of biculturalbilingual studies at UTSA.

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"What happens with the language mixing is that you get something dif­ ferent. It becomes something of an identity marker for Texas and U.S. Latinos," he said. "You have to be brought up in that kind of community to do it right."

Baird, who speaks Japanese and wrote his doctoral dissertation on black English, said he realized what was happening while looking at a fam­ ily plot in the San Fernando Cemetery.

The first generation's gravestones were in Spanish. The second genera­ tion mixed English and Spanish. The third generation was entirely in English, including changing the spelling of the name. The fourth gener­ ation, however, brought back the origi­ nal spelling and wrote the epitaph in Spanish. It stuck.

"How did the combination of Arabic and Latin produce Spanish? The answer is, we don't know. How did Latin and German combine to produce French? We don't know," he said.

"And how is Spanish and English combining to produce a new IndoEuropean language? We don't know, but it is happening right here under our eyeballs."

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February 6,1997

640 Students Make Dean's List

A total of 640 students, out of 12,692, earned a place on the dean's list for the fall 1996 semester.

Students whose names appear on the 4.0 list by city and alphabetically: ALAMO - Cristobal A. Chapa, Gabriel Gutierrez, Davonna Wynette Koebrick and Roberto Nava.

DONNA - Marsha A. Alba, Reva M. Balli, Martha Castruita and Frances C. Smith.

EDINBURG - Laura Aguirre, Oscar Arambula, Michelle Katherine Biela, Michael J. Brown, Maria A. Cantu, Cesar Carrizales, Irma de Leon, Gregorio Garcia, Armando Garza, Janie Gomez, Michael Alan Gorena, Ricardo Gutierrez, Gregory Keith Houston, David Huerta, Geneva Ann Lopez, Veronica Lopez, Maribel Martinez, Rene Montero, Geoffrey Merwin Pearson, Criselda V. Pequeno, Abigail Segovia, Molly Ann Shell, Isaias Tapia, Orlando Tijerina, Patricia Villarreal and Thomas John Zecca.

ELSA - Delma Lisa Escobar and Omar Lopez.

HARLINGEN - Veronica Araujo, Rodney Boyd Barnwell, Sylvia Diaz, Maria del Carmen Fonseca, Brenda L. Garza, Stephen Wayne Hill, Susan Ann Johnson, Melba A. Moreno, Beverly A. Ortiz, Ivan F. Perez, Melissa Robles and Laura C. Schell.

HIDALGO - Narcedalia Mendez.

LA FERIA - Zitlalic Gallegos, Carolin A. Metzger and Jose G. Sanchez LA JOYA - Amancio J. Chapa LYFORD - Michael S. Gay and Esperanza Perez.

McALLEN - Maria Monsserrat Abundis, Noemi

Edith Adame, Laurie Lynn Ahliman, Colin Ashburn, Joanna Lynn Barnes, Celeste Frances Bernal, Gloria C. Castro, Vanessa Cavazos, Delia Gian Copold, Jaime Cuellar, Denise Ann Davis, Tracy J. Dubai, Ruben C. Elizondo, Maria E. Flores, Emma Eva Garcia, Estela Garcia, Steven Garcia, Sochilt Gauna, Juan Jose Gomez, Marissa Irene Gomez.

Carla Melissa Gonzales, Christina Gonzalez, Nidia Gutierrez, Laurie Kaye Hirsch, Michael Shawn Holder, Ricardo Jauregui, Wesley Thomas Jennings, Roxanne L. Klllian, Daittra Coin Lopez, Leticia Lopez, Humberto Macias, Amy Christine MacLeod, Elisa Maldonado, Yolanda Esther Matus, Sylvia Medina. John Maddox Moore, Adrian W. Munro, Melissa A. Ortega, Monica Rivera and Debra S. Schiller.

Eric Daniel Schumert, Sonia Ann Shepherd, Stephen Mark Shepherd, Nidia I. Sosa, Erika Trad, Mary Richelle Unzueta, Katia Velez, Frances D. Villarreal, Sabrina D. Walker, Kimberly K. Wernecke and Andrea Lynn Weseman.

MERCEDES - Brian Acosta, Robert Raul Cantu, Irma Garza, Eloy Hernandez and Amy Louise Rodriguez.

MISSION - Sergey V. Agafonkin, Kimberly Ann Austin, Rosalva Avila, Jeremy M. Brann, Jesus Salvador Castro, Dina B. Deanda, Stanley Franklin Fehr, Dalia G. Galicia, Gloria Macrina Garcia, Celeste Trinidad Garza, Veronica Anel Guzman, Isaias Mata, Lyssa N. Ochoa, Debra Ann Quintanilla,

Ramiro Ramirez, Octavio Vasquez, Cynthia Iris Villalon, Sandra T. Villarreal and Danee D. Wilson.

PHARR - Claudia E. Bracamontes, Jesus E. Cantu, Karen A. Dewitt, Jose Carlos Gonzales, Isela Leal, Heli Pablo Monsivais, Patricia M. Navarro, Nancy E. Rodriguez and Ana Delia F. Zavala.

PREMONT - Maria Estrella Lozano.

RAYMONDVILLE Juan P. Aguilar, Lori Lynn Kosul, Teresa Orozco and Priscilla N. Velasquez.

RIO GRANDE CITY - Mellisa Cantu.

ROMA - Jorge L. Guerra and Wendy M. Ramirez.

SAN BENITO - Sergio Reyes.

SAN JUAN - Claudia Patricia Aguirre, Martha Elizabeth Balli, Laura Esther Gonzales, Chelsey Anne Perez, Ninfa Nereida Perez, Yolanda Rangel, Hector Saenz and Jose P. Sanchez.

SANTA ROSA - David Salinas.

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND - Paul York Cunningham.

SULLIVAN CITY - Sofia Villarreal.

WESLACO - Tony I. Garcia, Bibas Reddy, Dawn Nehr Sepulveda and Maria Elizabeth Suarez.

ATLANTA, Ga.- Felina Lucaya Lerch.

CORPUS CHRISTI - Jeffrey Michael Pierce.

PARIS, Texas - Vickie Degail Lou. HILO, Hawaii - Linda J. Cholas.

OSAKA, Japan - Rie Oga.

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LIST, From P. 4.

Students whose names appear on the 3.50 to 3.99 dean's list: ALAMO - Matthew Kendall Carr, Maria Sanjuanita Cortez, Santa Paula Gama, Sylvia A. Gonzalez, Abraham Guevara, Esther Lopez, Graciela Martinez, Jacqueline S. Middleton, Geneva Rivera, Graciela Salinas, Jose R. Salinas, William K. Savage, Javier Zamora and Rosario Zuniga.

BROWNSVILLE - Natalie Ganceres and Isidro Lopez.

DONNA - Tania S. Briones, Felicitas Leal, Estella Mora, Patricia Palomo, Viola E. Perez and Erica Ureste.

EDCOUCH - Jose Ayala, Laura Sanchez Bemal, Benito T. Carriaga, Eddy Castillo, Rebecca Chavez, Rain Lilly Cruz, Sammy Garcia and Rosio Elizabeth Reyes.

EDINBURG - Natalie Andrade, Antonia Anguiano, Marcela E. Arredondo, Omar Nicholaus Barnhart, Amy Beth Boggs, Ana L. Cabrales, Patrocini Cabrales, Griselda Cabrera, Zoe Michelle Caceres, Shelly Kay Castillo, Angelica Cazares, Ana Maria Champion, Carlos A. Doria, Irene Garcia, Melissa Garcia, Sonia Garcia, Venancio Garcia, Rosalinda Garza, Ninfa Gomez and Jesus R. Gonzalez.

Gerald F. Grooms, Carlota M. Guerra, Carlos F. Gutierrez, Horacio Gutierrez, Graciela Guzman, Maria Isabel Hayden, Michael Hernandez, Ruben Herrera, Cynthia Hinojosa, Yvonne 0. Hinojosa, Jennifer Oates Housos, Kimberly K. Jordan, Obadiah

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D. Kennan, Christine Lianne Laury, Hui-Yin Lin, Rosa Virginia Lopez, SonyaDolores Lopez, Ebalina Inez Lou and Magda Lozano.

Victoria Martinez, Yolanda Medina, Rebecca A. Moczygemba, Norma Alicia Montes De Oca, Gloria Esther Montes, Ernesto Montez, Jeffrey L. Moore, Whitney A. Morgan, Dahlia Morin, Martha R. Nashan, Catherine Lee Norquest, Hector Ortiz, Maria Christina Ortiz, Charlie Park, Ann E. Pennington, Amanda Elaine Propst, April M. Pruitt, Syed N. Qadri, Joe A. Rios, Maria C. Rios, Russell Parent Roach and Cruz Isidro Rodriguez.

Edward Rodriguez, Hector Rodriguez, Lee Jacobo Jose Roitberg, Juan Salinas Jr., Christina A. Salinas, Maria F. Salinas, Victor Salvador, Elizabeth Sanchez, Maria de los Angeles Sanchez, Maria G. Sanchez, Cynthia Anne Scott and Fernando M. Segovia.

Maybeth Shirah, Maria Eva Silguero, Travis E. Smith, Lilia Solis, Oscar E. Solis, Nelda Tamez, Herminia Tijerina, Yesenia Trevino, Gilberto Valencia, Nancy Vasquez, Stephen R. Vina, Veronica Vizcarra, Jodi Rychelle Wachsmuth, Brian S. Warkentin and Sylvia A. Zuniga.

ELSA - Daniel Jackson, Linda Jackson, Lorie Martinez, Efren Rodriguez, Veronica Rodriguez, Sonia Cano Roque, Cynthia Zavala and Dora A. Zavala.

FALCON HEIGHTS - Maria Cecilia de Leon Barrera.

GARCIASVILLE - Marissa V. Aguilar and Olga N. Ochoa.

HARGILL - Orlando Anzaldua.

HARLINGEN - Phyllis June Adkins, Antonio

Aguirre, Melissa E. Aguirre, Cynthia Laura Cordell, Lisa Dahlstrom, Alberto Flores, Orlando Daniel Florez, Blanca Nidya Garcia, Cecilia Garza, Laura L. Garza, Elias Rodriguez George, Omar Gonzalez, Eric John Hall, Juanita Lerma, Diana Marie Lozano, Eduardo Mendez, Ninfa Rincon Morris, Noe Richard Olvera, Adriana Perez, Rocky Leann Pilgrim, Christina Rivera, James D. Simpson, John S. Ward and Jodi A. Wendt.

HIDALGO - Guilda E. Driscoll, Marisol Jimenez and Jose G. Magadan.

LA BLANCA - Maria del Carmen Mariscal.

LA FERIA - Nora Garza Juarez, Patricia S. Karr and Cynthia Luna.

LA GRULLA - Consuelo G. Ortiz.

LA SARA - Adan Flores, Dora Medina and Soyla Reyna.

LA VILLA - Maricela Lopez.

LYFORD - Reymundo Gomez, Ismael Hernandez and Rosalinda Robles.

McALLEN - Norma Adame, Rodolfo Aguilar, Eric C. Allen, Maria D. Andrade, Maria Isabel Ayala, Miguel Ricardo Ayala, Barbara Backer-Gray, Araceli Barrera, Jennifer Lynn Brechler, David Briales, Jason M. Bums, John Caballero, Francisco Campos, Nora A. Cantu, Monica Cardoza, Elizabeth Castillo and Gabriel Castillo.

Edgar Cavazos, Yesenia Yvette Cervantes, Jesus Cital, Cynthia Cortez, Norma Lee Cruz, Steven Brooks Davey, Claudia E. Davila, Nelly Edith Diaz, Jorge Armando Elizondo, Cristel Escalona, Jose Flores, Mauro Flores, Maritza Gaitan, Angelica

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LIST From, P. 5 Angelica M. Garcia, Blanca Nora Garcia, Dalia Garcia, Rosendo Garcia, David Garza, Javier Francisco Garza, Maria Magdalena Garza and Mario Alfonso Garza.

Vanessa M. Garza, Victor Hugo Garza, Elizabeth Gauna, Annabel Gomez, Isaac Eliud Gomez, Marisa Gomez, Elizabeth Gonzalez, Norma E. Mejia Gonzalez, Rosa D. Gonzalez, Roxanna Gonzalez, Veronica Gonzalez, Lisa Michelle Guerra, Maria Saldivar Guerra, Albert Gutierrez, Lupe Mendez Gutierrez, Vida Esthela Gutierrez, Jaime Hernandez, Danny A. Herrera and Jenny S. Herrera.

Miguel A. Herrera, Douglas Bowen Hewitt, Hector Guadalupe Hinojosa, Erik J. Humphrey, John W. Kaiser, Francisco Loera, Leonard Luna, Rebecca J. Lyons, Jesus A. Maldonado, Sydney Dellanira Marquez, Karla Ana Martinez, Lizette Arlene Matus, Lyrissa L. Molina, Efren Montenegro, Rebecca Morales, Roberto Morales, San Juanita Muniz, Thelma Navarro, Maggie Nieto-Bramble, Santos Pena, Vianey Pena, Olga Nelly Price and Mildreth A. Puente.

Evangelina Quinones, Ernesto Fidel Ramirez, Rosa Maria Ramirez, Lisa Rangel, Arlene Laura Reyes, Estela Reyes, Oscar J. Reyes, Stephen J. Richardson, Penny Marialice Riley, Andreana Laura Rivera, Celeste M. Robledo, Virginia A. Rockelmann, Daniel I. Rodriguez, Javier A. Rodriguez, Victoria Isabel Romero, Anna Karina Salazar, Maria Isabel Salazar, Maria E. Saldana, Carol Sanders Santos and Kerri Anne Sanborn Sipper.

Dario Solano, Juan Solano, Betty J. Solis, Sonia Solis, Angela Stewart, Chong Cheng Tan, Regina D. Torres, Esmeralda Marisol Trevino, Luz Maria

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Sandra Varela, Alicia Villagomez, Ana Elizabeth Villarreal, Jose Villarreal, Lori Janette Wasko, Lela R. West, Brittany L. Wills and Bonnie Janelle Wood.

MERCEDES - Sonia Maniz, Jose G. Alvarado, Maribel Garcia Castro, Alma Chavez, Grace N. Cortez, Danna A. Drew, Edna Garcia, Narciso Garcia, Jorge Arnoldo Gonzales, Brenda Gonzalez, Robert Damon Gracia, Martha Guerrero, Leticia Hernandez, Pete D. Martinez, Deborah Jean Pena, Lillie Ann Perez, Cynthia A. Saenz, Vanessa Saldana, Edna Sierra, Jacqueline Wyatt and Minerva A. Zuniga.

MISSION - Miguel A. Alanis, Rita Morales Alaniz, Angelica Avila, Richard David Barrera, Amanda Brann, Edmond Dantes Calderon Sr., Juan Cantu, Arminda Chapa, Teresa Yvette Chapa, Judy Ann Conde, Griselda Cossio, Estela Cuellar, Esmeralda Fernandez, Anne Robertson Garcia, Criselda Garcia, Zoraida Garcia, Elizabeth Joanna Garlick, Silvestre Garza and Robert Gonzalez.

Gustavo Guzraan, Thomas C. Heller, Sylvia Hurtado, Veronica Lopez, Sylvia Martinez, James N. Mendoza, Melissa Ochoa, Karl John Parikratz, Brian Earl Pee, Maria Teresa Proctor, Irma Rodriguez, Susana E. Ruiz, Mario Saenz, Maria E. Salinas, Angela Judith Sanchez, Melissa Sanchez, Ronald Edward Smith, Guadalupe Solis, Rebekah Elizabeth Solis, Leonardo Varela, Mireya Velasquez, Hector Villarreal, Jaime R. Villarreal, Nathanial Che Williams and Jamie D. Young. PENITAS - Nancy Gonzalez.

PHARR - Jenna Dolores Arredondo, Claudia Baioerena, Hugo Camacho, Norma Linda Espino, Rolando Garza,Veronica Garza, Luz M. Gomez, Evelyn Gonzales, Francisco Guerrero, Esther Louise Hernandez, Jessica Hernandez, Marlene Jimenez, Joe

J. Lara, Maribel Lara, Ranulfo Marquez, Chris Elaine Martinez, James Michael Ogle, Marissa Ortega, Jorge B. Ramirez, Rolando Ramirez, Damian A. Saenz, Lucia de Jesus Saldana Imee Elizabeth Salinas, Sandra D. Salinas, Reyna Ericka Santos, Maria Del Consuelo Trevino and Irma Linda Uribe.

PROGRESO - Mirta Dalia Hernandez, Alejandro Rosel and Laura Zavala.

RAYMONDVILLE - Lucia Leyva, Christina T. Lopez, Ana Marisa Ortega and Leticia RebelesRodriguez.

RIO GRANDE CITY - Susana Alvarez, Lucila L. Arellano, Melba Canales, Elisa Galvan, Anabell Garcia, Irasema Garcia, Armandina Garza, Jesus Ramon Gomez, Claudia E. Gutierrez, Maria Sandra 0. Hernandez, Laura Patricia Lopez, Diana Moreno and Maricela Garcia Villarreal.

RIO HONDO - Jennifer M. Dill, Mario Menchaca and Debra L. Zuniga.

ROMA - Patricia Belmontes, Elsa M. Garza, Olaya Hinojosa, Paula J. Pena, Lorena Rios, Zulma D. Silva, Marisa A. Vasquez, Sergio Villarreal and Yvonne Ybarra.

SAN BENITO - Maria Teresa Aguirre, Daniel M. Esquivel, Alberto Garza, Sergio Alberto Gonzalez, Renata Lara, Ray Perez, Guilibald Saldana and Mary Ann Salinas.

SAN JUAN - Laura I. Acuna, Cesar Rene Aranda, Rosa N. Bochas, Sergio de la Garza, Francisco Diaz, Ysenia Escamilla, Roel Garza, Jose Guadalupe Gonzalez, Sonya A. Gonzalez, Carlos R. Latin, Veronica Loera, Daniel A. Lopez, Sandra Leticia Robles, Melva Ruiz, Laura Nina Salinas, Pedro Trevino and Reyes Jose Trevino.

SANTA ELENA - Haydee Alvarez.

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Scholarships awarded Hidalgo/Starr Counties Medical Alliance presented Iris Sanchez and Andres Guevra with two $1,000 scholarships. The two were awarded scholarships based on GPA, honors, and recommendations.

Officials break ground on new building UTPA administrators broke ground recently on a new International Trade and Technology building. The building is located in the southeast corner of the track.

German Students to visit UTPA Twelve university students from Liineberg, Germany, will be arriving later this afternoon in an effort to learn more about internationalism and trade.

Classes are scheduled with topics including economics of immigra­ tion and American business. Their two-week stay will also include a trip to South Padre Island, Big Bend National Park and a maquiladora tour.

Business students will be hosting these students and in exchange will also have the opportunity to travel to Germany in early May.

Ronnie Smith/Special to The Pan American

Heath Autry, last year's student athlete of the year, prepared the infield at Jody Ramsey Stadium for last Friday's opener with Southwest Texas State University.

LIST, From P. 6.

SANTA MARIA - Melissa Yvette Castaneda and Belinda Lugo.

SANTA ROSA - Criselda Perez.

SEBASTIAN - Ellen Cook Ballenger, Maria Christina Madrid and Sylvia Salazar.

SULLIVAN CITY - Valeska Balderas.

WESLACO - Ana Maria Acosta, Cynthia

Caballero, Jan Charlene Cain, Veronica Cardoza, Viviana de Leon, Alberto Guadalupe Garcia, Javier Garcia, Steven Lloyd Garrett, Iraida Garza, Cynthia Anne Gonzalez, Carmen Jimenez, Eugene L. Jimenez, Maribel Mardnez, David Morales, Angela Ozuna, Robin Joel Peterson, Daniel Rodriguez and Raul G. Rodriguez.

ZAPATA - Cynthia J. Cavazos.

ALICE - Tabatha Anne Humphreys.

BANQUETE - Mike Perez.

CORPUS CHRISTI - Lindsey Ellen Krouse.

HARPER - Paula Lavelle Fields.

LAREDO - Cynthia A Cruz, Xavier Garciarojas, Anthony Michael Martinez and Ricardo Mata.

PORTLAND - Kimberly Jean Grebe.

WEST COLUMBIA - Richard Marvin Tosch.

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O. J. and His Ilk Real State of the Union The state of the union is strong, President Clinton said during his State of the Union Address Tuesday night.

Is the Union strong?

Well, the events surrounding the night the President gave his address gives us reason to ques­ tion the validity of that claim.

The O.J. Simpson verdict came in and Americans saw a show only television could provide. Dual coverage of both events glued Americans to their TV sets and it most likely caused the highest ratings for a State of the Union Address ever in the history of television.

We are sure the President was grateful in knowing that millions of Americans were watching and listen­ ing to the address while they waited with anticipa­ tion for the verdict to be announced.

We feel the real State of the Union lies between

the lines of the OJ verdict.

With the announcement of the guilty verdict the State of the Union is definitely poor. When a per­ son, any person, is found not guilty in a criminal trial and is found guilty in another trial, then some­ thing is wrong. Whether or not the person actually committed a crime, if the person is found not guilty then he/she is not guilty, period, no matter which way someone looks at it.

The guilty verdict is a mockery of justice, just like the whole Simpson trial from start to finish with the television coverage of the event.

However, the media can't be blamed for every­ thing. The people of America are in such a poor state of mind that any event that fascinates them will spur reactions and ratings, with the media giving the people only what they want to see, read and hear.

The poor state of the union lies in the fact that

Americans have been fascinated by the O.J. scenario since its beginning.

This type of fantastic scenario has been on the minds of Americans since the invention of the talk shows.

Well, no Union is perfect. The economic situation of America appears to be all right, but the state of mind of Americans seem to be warped being engrossed with the dregs of society. Whether it be O.J. or the talk show which highlights twin brothers who were separated at birth and fall in love with each others adopted fathers, tells a tale of the real State of Union. You decide.

What should we do?

Ignore the fantastic and outrageous. Don't give them the satisfaction that you care what they do.

The fantastic is only fantastic if you let it.

Just let them be.

Opinion Senator Wants Informed Student Body Dear Editor: The students at UTPA have already begun to hear about the proposed Student Union from a few sources, one of which is this publication and already there seem to be some misconceptions about it. As a student senator, and as one of the major supporters of this proposition, I would like to clear up some of these and hopefully provide some additional infor­ mation to the students who will soon have to decide whether or not they want this Student Union.

1) The Student Government Association has voted to support the construction of a Student Union on this campus. That does not mean that SGA has approved the passage of a fee to pay for it: That can only be done by the student body SGA and the office of Student Affairs will hold a referendum, where the student body can vote to or not to approve a Student Union building. I hope no one on campus has gotten

the impression that this was a done deal... SGA has worked hard to insure that students views are a major factor in all decisions regarding this building, to approve a fee without having a vote would be wrong (and in Texas illegal).

2) The SGA legislative body, after much research and some meetings and negotiations with the admin­ istration of UTPA has decided that the proposal we have been presented is fair and one that UTPA stu­ dents will be happy with. The current proposal insures that not only will students decide what ser­ vices will be offered in the student union, but will also, in essence, make all the important decisions about it once it is built (of course if students vote in favor of the referendum).

3) Students have already heard that there was a referendum like this in the past which failed by only 14 votes. There are, however, many key differences

in the two proposals. Probably the most important is the fact that no one will have to pay for some thing they will not receive. The last referendum asked stu­ dents to pay for three years before construction would begin, some thing even I would have prob­ lems with. This proposal insures that UTPA students will not pay a dime until the Student Union is opera­ tional.

There are many reasons to vote in favor of the stu­ dent union, and in my opinion, no legitimate reason not to, but I will never ask anyone to make an unin­ formed decision. Please contact me, George Anthony Guajardo at the SGA office #381-2517 and I will gladly tell you more. I wish I could tell you more, but I am limited to one page, so be on the look out for more letters and hopefully a detailed article by

The Pan American.

George Anthony Guajardo

UTPA Student Athlete Wide Awake I am responding to the article written by Jack R. Stanley in the January 30, 1997 issue of The Pan American entitled, "Wake Up Call." Mr. Stanley's article addresses the issue of education among ath­ letes, and the attitude he feels athletes harbor in regard to education.

I quote Mr. Stanley, "Most of them (athletes) are blowing off their best chance of success in life, a free education; an education which can provide them with a more fulfilling life than any uneducated multimillion dollar jock can even imagine." Mr. Stanley assumes athletes believe education is obsolete in comparison to their ability. Athletes are well aware of the importance of education; the threat of a career ending injury is a perpetual reminder to all athletes, therefore all athletes must consider education for a successful future. Furthermore, the NCAA empha­

sizes education of athletes by: setting a minimum number of hours passed in a year, infractions for low GPA, mandatory study hall, degree plans, etc. Do you believe education is not stressed enough to ath­ letes? Who are you to assume athletes are "blowing off' their education?

Mr. Stanley continually attacks the competence of athletes by using phrases such as: "book learning" and "uneducated multimillion dollar jock." I find these remarks biased and judgmental, and to catego­ rize athletes in such a manner exhibits ignorance.

The article continues only to state, "athletes believe their ability is world class." To succeed as an athlete in any sport athletes must believe in their ability; if you do not believe in yourself, who will?

Mr. Stanley does however speak the truth in the fact only a miniscule number of athletes achieve a multi-

million dollar career, but what is wrong with trying?

What is wrong with setting goals to drive athletes to excel?

Also, Mr. Stanley questions the fulfillment of being an athlete. I ask you Mr. Stanley, who are you to imply what constitutes a fulfilling life? I am sure athletes, and all people in general, have preconcep­ tions of what a fulfilling life contains.

Mr. Stanley, how many athletes do you know per­ sonally, and how many athletes have you questioned to write your article? If the Bronc basketball team would have defeated North Carolina State, would a wake up call still be needed? What scoreboard were you looking at when you wrote your article? I believe the "wake up call" should be ringing in your ears! therefore all athletes mu,i consider e Michael Karow UTPA Athlete

Opinion

February 6, 1997

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Choose Major Wisely To the Editor: The lead story on the January 30 issue of The Pan American cited the 15 Texas NCAA schools as ranking in the bottom 20 percent among all member institutions nationwide.

There are many reasons for 76% of all PanAm students to "drop out" of college.

Costs are probable one major reason, also why so many of our students need to work their way through college. Financial aid, as well as scholarships help some. Of course we also have a small percentage of those students who could not make the grade in any college.

However, I believe many students drop out after spending a few years in college only to learn that they are studing in the incorrect major, instead of what they really wanted to do after graduation! All college students are required to take the same basic funda­ mentals, but then they select their major, and many select the incorrect major for the type of work they wish to do after graduation. After a few semesters when they realize their mistake, they drop out.

All students, BEFORE selecting their MAJOR, should visit with someone already in the profession that they hope to study for, and find out what major they really need to graduate with to get that job. Ask that professional, is this the correct major? Will their be jobs in this area for me after I graduate? What courses should I take? Most professioals are more than happy when a student asks them about their jobs and they will take time out to talk to the student at length about that profession. It's time well spent before you select your major!

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Hver sith.c Jar was r 'he nrU grade Pa/ remembers his fondness toward drawing and - <-s5caij}g "! i'md ;u to,; ;n -ic-cbcant objects that others take kn granted, he . r\,:,o .-e tops and carved pots are the sub­ jects for IBs Hrulpwcst."

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6ATLRPAY MBA Toastmasters Club, 10 a.m., BA 113.

T^PAY Yolanda King, will speak at 7 p.m. at the University Ballroom. Her topic: "A Dream Deferred" in remembrance of Martin Luther King., Jr. For tickets: 381-3676.

T^PAY Lady Bronc basket­ ball vs. University of New Orleans, 5 p.m., Fieldhouse.

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FRIDAY Latina Student Organization will hold a pizza sale at Noon in the Liberal Arts Building lobby.

FRIDAY Valley Symphony Orchestra at 8 p.m. in Fine Arts Auditorium.

TUE.6PAY Faculty recital Christopher Munn, Nancy Schechter and Stephen Bomgardner at 8 p.m. in Recital Hall FC 103.

TUEL6PAY Theatrical per­ formance of voices from the MexicanAmerican community by Carmen Tafolla at 7 p.m. in the Media Theatre.Book signing to follow.

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The Pan American Your final months of high school were fast approaching. Suddenly you real­ ized that your friends were either working pr looking for a job. A few had marriage plans. The counselor seemed pleasant those final months. Yes, she was almost like a friend, and she wanted to know if you had decided what your plans were after high school. What's it going to be? Should I go on to college, work, or get married? You took a long look at your options and said, "I think I'll go to college."

Career day at your school campus arrived and you began to pay attention to what you were being told. You listened to that UTPA recruiter talk about words like admissions, financial aid, recruitment, orientation, and registration.

It was probably Enrique "Rick" Lerma, Student Recruitment and Orientation Director, (SRO) at UTPA that visited your high school. Lerma vis­ its nearly every campus in the Rio Grande Valley, Monterrey and the Tamaulipas area in Mexico. It is his job to explain to students what the University has to offer, how to get in and what to do once they're in.

"Recruitment means to bring them in," says Lerma. "Orientation helps those that are committed make the transition." He explains that,"Registration is when they finally get in."

"We target the top 30% of students in the high schools," says Lerma. He adds that parents are thrilled when their children get called to attend UTPA. "Students like that we're going to them." Lerma admits that his job is a busi­ ness. "This is a sales office.We're in the business of educating, and we're here to get them in."

Aside from conducting high school visits and tours, Lerma also conducts parent/spouse programs, church and civic groups, secretaries get training to further their education, he sends mailouts to perspective students, and orienta­ tion for students that make a commitment to attend UTPA. Lerma is a 1977 graduate of Pan American University. He says that students need to have an inquisitive and analytical mind. "You get as much as you want, or as little as you want at UTPA," Lerma says. " Lerma adds that sometimes students fail, but he believes that if a student is to succeed in college, he must possess the ingredients that will help him suc­ ceed. "Students should not give up, and they need to look for help," Lerma says. "Most of all, they need persistence." During recruitment and orienta­ tion, Lerma tries to share advice with the students he sees.

Enrique Lerma , Student Recruitment and Orientation Director, at work in the job of helping students in their placement and eventual success at UTPA.

recruit students says, "UTPA is South Texas' 'best kept secret.'" Lerma adds that STCC has taken students from UTPA. He does not see that it is a prob­ lem. "Those students at STCC were having problems getting here because of transportation or the cost."

Lerma says that as a professional, he has picked up on what others are doing. He believes that many factors influence students to attend UTPA. "A students most influential person in his life is his parents or spouse." It is because of this that he holds parent/spouse orientation. Lerma adds that he believes that students and parents need to continue having a bond during their college years. "Students still have to have their clothes washed, or they still need to seek their parents advise."

Recruitment brings students to UTPA. It is persistence that all students need if they want to obtain a degree. Students should seek the help of their profes­ sors. But they should not believe that professor's possess all the answers.

They should read those ideas they don't understand. It will be possible for that

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Reviews

Danny Elfman emerged from the pop-rock scene of the early eighties to become one of the foremost composers working in film and television today.

Danny Elfman 'Music For a Darkened TheatreFilm and Television Music Vol.2' Danny Elfman has already made his name in the music world as the lead singer of Oingo Boingo. As the centerpiece of the post-funk, pre-pop rock outfit, Elfman enriched the group and entranced the group's audi­ ences with his music and style. The power of that sound rested some­ where in its simplicity yet almost hidden by its rich depth.

In the fading years of Oingo Boingo, Elfman had ventured into scoring music for film and television. This area offered him greater challenges in not only the arrangement of music but also in his overall perspective. For the best musical score is the one which is not heard, yet rather blends into the frames... An acquired craft which Elfman has begun to master.

In this second volume of 'Music For a Darken Theatre' the listener is presented with a diverse selection of Elfman's compositions. Most of the collection are from his recent work on such feature projects as 'Edward Scissorhands', 'Dead Presidents', and 'Mission Impossible'. With 55 tracks on a two disc set there is a wide range of Elfman's work... an artist who has elevated his talents to a level higher than was probably expected from a wacked-out rock freak.

The music is hypnotic and seductive, calming yet deeply chilling to the mind and soul, and in many ways a key element to the mood of the par­ ticular scene up on the screen. Though the pieces are instrumental they have a manner which draws you in, leaving you hanging from note to note, never really knowing what direction it is apparently leading you.

Often we find ourselves running in circles when it comes to our listen­ ing and music choices, in part because many audience members never challenge their senses or attempt to expand their own musical horizons.

'Music For a Darken Theatre-Vol.2' is a collection that will force you to recognize the unknown depths and subtle realities that a single composi­ tion or artist may have. Unfortunately for Elfman, when he is at his best it goes unnoticed and unheralded... This collection attempts to bring him and his work into the recognition and rewards so justly deserved by one who has risen above his own self and the limitations of music genres.

-Mark M. Milam / Lifestyle Editor

Now Playing: 'FiercC e reatures' The story goes like this: Marwood Zoo has just been purchased by a media mogul who has one demand... Make this zoo profitable or it will be sold! Under the direction of the new director, Rollo Lee, this should not be a problem if they follow his plan.

He decides that from now on the Marwood Zoo will display only 'fierce creatures.' Animals billed as violent, man-eating creatures will replace the standard, boring, cuddly species of the past. After all violence and enter­ tainment meshed together is what the public really wants.

Add to that odd mixture, one dedicated female executive, the lost child­ like son of the mogul, and a crazy, twisting humorous storyline, and you have the core of the new film, 'Fierce Creatures.'

This strange tale is brought to the screen by the team behind the outra­ geously successful 1988 film, 'A Fish Called Wanda.' And though this pic­ ture is not a sequel to that film, it picks up with the same talent and wit that earned 'A Fish Called Wanda' the respect and admiration of audiences and critics worldwide.

Directed by the duo of Robert Young and Fred Schepisi, and written by John Cleese and Iain Johnstone, this film is loaded with star performances.

Kevin Kline, Jamie Lee Curtis, John Cleese, and Michael Palin return in full force as another group of bizarre, hell-bent characters.

Kline plays a dual role as both the media mogul Rod McCain and his son, Vince. Jamie Lee Curtis is back as the executive Willa Weston who plays hardball with the sad-sap character of Rollo Lee, played with undeni­ able charm by John Cleese. Equally important is the role of Adrian 'Bugsy' Malone, the wise insect keeper, played by Michael Palin. Added to the cast was the 115 animals that served with perfection as the supporting cast and background effects.

It is not often that a fresh idea or plot is taken and spun into a effective cinematic experience like 'A Fish Called Wanda'... fortunately for us the same chord struck in that film resonates once again in 'Fierce Creatures.' In an era of film making that is full of rehashed ideas and characters we should celebrate and absorb movies and cinema on the level of these two films... And if you have not seen 'A Fish Called Wanda' then you better be heading for your local video store immediately!

-Mark M. Milam Lifestyle Editor

The cast of 'Fierce Creatures': Michael Palin (Adrian "Bugsy" Malone ) John Cleese ( Rollo Lee ) Jamie Lee Curtis ( Willa Weston ) and Kevin Kline (Vince McCain )

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Hitting the Boards

cMark oWikm "Thank god for Dennis...'cause he makes me look like a saint."

-Charles Barkley

Tammy Wilson flies over opponents in a recent home game. The Lady Broncs face the University of New Orleans at 5 p.m. tonight.

Oral Roberts Downs Lady Broncs TXJLSA, OKLA.-Senior center Kisa Bradley collected 17 points as Oral Roberts topped the Lady Broncs 74-48 last night at the Mabee Center. Three other players scored in double figures for the Golden Eagles (6-14) including Masha Karvanen with 13.

The Lady Broncs led throughout much of the first half and held a 22-17 advantage at 6:59 mark.

However ORU came back as they went on 13-0 to close the first half and led 36-24 at the intermis­ sion. In the second stanza, the Lady Broncs managed to pull within eight (47-39) with 9:59 remain­ ing, but did not get any closer as ORU was able to take advantage of Lady Broncs' scoring drought.

Michelle Hinton led the Lady Broncs with her second consecutive double-double as she tossed in 17 points and pulled down a game high 10 rebounds. Tammy Wilson also scored in double figures for UTPA with 11.

The Lady Broncs (3-17, 1-7) return to action today, as they play host to New Orleans. Tip off time is 5 pm at the UTPA Fieldhouse.

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Well, Mister Bad-As-He-Wants-To-Be, aka Dennis Rodman, is being allowed to come back to finish out the season... At least until his freakness pulls another stunt or verbal assault on or off the court. The Chicago Bull for­ ward has served his time and is being granted the opportu­ nity to do what he 'should' do best... and that is to be hit­ ting the boards, scooping rebounds, and helping his team win another chatnpionship in June.

Yet somehow Mr. Rodman is always doing something else other than elevating his skills and playing hard... And it just makes one wonder, what is wrong with you Dennis?

Are you stupid or stoned? Are you retarded or calculating?

I have an answer that seems to work well for the moment...

Dennis Rodman has to be the biggest scam that has ever entered the ranks of professional sports. Where Mr. Rodman earns his title of King Scam, or better yet King Charlatan of the NBA, is in the plot that he has scripted for himself and the way in which he represents the grand sport of basketball.

For anyone to think that Rodman is just going along with the flow and pace of the current NBA climate, and that these incidents just happen, or that he is without fault or malice is flat-out wrong and a common misperception amongst fans and the mainstream sports media. Instead what has happened is that somebody along the way pointed out to Dennis that those who are in trouble, outrageous, or making the front pages of the dailies were the people who were making bank and exactly the type of celebrity-athlete he should be.

So the fool, who without a doubt is a awesome rebounder, went out and dyed his hair, poked holes in his nose and ears, inked his body, wrote a book, dressed in drag, and toured with Pearl Jam, all in an attempt to scream to the world, "HEY! Look at me... I'm a freak getting paid mil­ lions of dollars to play a child's game!"

So here we are stuck in another Dennis Rodman situation and the same old attitudes and pivotal characters are involved again. There is David Stern playing the bad guy, Dennis as the lead suspect slash hero, a court side photog­ rapher in the role of the Innocent one, and with Coach Phil Jackson, Jordan, and the often blitzed Chicago fans filling in as a supporting cast... but this time there was an extra twist in the plot. This time Stern cracked the whip and lev­ eled the brunt of an 11 game suspension on Rodman, who will sit out until after the All-Star Break.

See BOARDS, P. 21

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Broncs lose another one in Beaumont Rios comes huge against up the Cardinals The Pan American

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Ivan Ostarcevic plans his move before executing. The Broncs take on the University of New Orleans at 7:30 p.m. tonight.

BEAUMONT-The UTPA Broncs lost yet another Sun Belt Conference game against Lamar University, 77-69.

But this time it was the little guy who came up big for the Broncs.

Sophomore Lalo Rios set a school record by hitting 7-12 from a different area code to lead the Broncs in a losing effort. Rios added two steals to his resume.

The Broncs had some trouble containing Lamar's Quincy Alexander, Ron Coleman and Matt Sunblad. The trio combined for a total of 51 points.

Keli'i Bandmann was the only other Bronc scoring in double fig­ ures with 17 points.

The Broncs went down early, letting the Cardinals go up at the half 39-28.

The Broncs made a run in the second stanza, outscoring Lamar 4138. But being behind 11 points midway through the game, the Broncs three point second half advantage wasn't enough to pull them through.

The Broncs take on New Orleans today as they bid farewell to the UTPA Fieldhouse this season. Game time is at 7:30.

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BOARDS from pg. 20.

Not on the bench, but somewhere out in LA, where he is mouthing off on national about his mental state and the status of his relationship with the league and Commissioner Stern... Hey, Dennis just shut up!

Somehow, somewhere along the way we as a nation, and as sports fans, have allowed this maniac to be a monster of the media and sports psyche, and he is only getting worse.

His book was a horrible diatribe against the sport of basketball and the NBA, his MTV show 'The Rodman World Tour' is pretentious and asinine, to a degree that even upends the crass nature of MTV, and now he is making movies... Excuse me Dennis, but we have enough dollar cinema, thanks anyway!

Now I am upset again, and it is all because of talking about this child-like idiot who is an incredible hoop man but completely lost in a world where style is more important than substance, where flash means cash, and the color of one's hair is more celebrated than the accomplishments of your team. Perhaps Dennis will find himself when he leaves the NBA after this year of his contract... At least he has promised and even threatened to leave...

Oh, please say its so!

So farewell King Charlatan... You will not be forgotten but hardly missed. You have inspired generations of future freak athletes and so I am sure your legacy will linger for seasons still to come... Like a musty stench of a visitors locker room that is never cleaned!

Going-Going-Gone!

Hey Dennis! Hurry up and get moving on down the road... To some other place in your life where perhaps men wear dresses, play nude hoops, and do pseudo promotional gigs!

PS. - On the way out, Don't let your nose ring catch in the door!

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