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BKONC m What do you think the Confederate flag represents? Page 3 BUSINESS NEWS • The struggling Japanese game maker said today it woufd stop production of its much-hyped consoie and focus on making games for what had been, until today, its rivals, Sega Corp, said in Tokyo it would post a net loss of $502 million for the 2000-2001 fiscal year, its fourth consecutive loss, and must shift focus to compete. The move has been the subject of speculation for weeks, and the company admitted last week for the first time that it was considering scrapping its flagship product, The machine has sold about 6.5 million units worldwide. The price of the Dreamcast in the United States will be cut to $99 from $149 to clear remaining inventories of about 2 million units. Between April and December, the company sold 2.3 million units — far below the company's estimate of more than 8 million.
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Local coffeehouse bails out of Student Union after financial difficulties By Daniel Garcia Ordaz
The Pan American
The local coffeehouse, which rented a booth inside the Union bowed out of its contract with UTPA last Thursday. It had featured pastries, espressos, and teas. "It was a business decision,1' said Robert Cantu, a purchasing coordina tor for UTPA. "I don't think they had
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said we didn't want a long delay," Smith said. "We think we know all the issues they faced and we're trying to help the vendors." Benavides said she is talking to local vendors to prepare a rebid for the empty space in the Student Union. The process should take 7 to 14 days. "We're looking for someone to offer
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Center lacks computers, personnel By Ryan Zimmerman-Weaver
The Pan American
The University Writing Center remains empty and non-functional after celebrating its grand opening Tuesday. Located across from the student lounge in the University Library, the center opened its doors to students and faculty Tuesday morn ing, but it still lacks computers and personnel. The new center replaces the Writing Lab on the 4th floor of the Student Services build ing. The old lab will remain open until the new center is functional. Richard Trevino, director of Special Programs, was unsure as to when the center would be functional. Trevino said he hoped the Writing Center would be ready for use in 2 or 3 weeks. He also said that the doors to the new lab do not
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have locks yet and moving the computers into the empty area would encourage theft. Administrators were unable to pinpoint the location of the computers and when asked if the workstations had been delivered, answers varied. The wiring has been completed and the computers will be ready to connect to share information when delivered. 'The network is ready," director of Information Resources Steve Copold said. "The rest of it, I don't have a clue." Copold added that if the new computers were on campus, they weren't in the Technology Warehouse, which he helps over see. Arturo Ramos, interim director of the Learning Assistance Center attributed the empty areas to moving problems and said he did not know when the new University Writing Center would be ready.
UTPA's top administrator on academic issues said an increase in enrollment and students wishing to gradu ate on time are responsible for overfilled classes. Rodolfo Arevalo, provost and vice president of Academic Affairs, said overall enrollment is up this semester by over three percent. "Inevitably there are situ ations where classes are oversubscribed," Arevalo said. "It's hard to predict, and we try and move peo ple around and sometimes we just can't do it." Arevalo said a three per cent increase in transfer students alone could "over load" some classes. Other classes get filled early because they are scheduled at attractive times. "There's really no 'maxi mum' of what the enroll ment should be other than the number of seats in a class," said Arevalo. "What
some of our faculty do, because some departments give a lot of lattitude to faculty to decide: 'Well I only want 20 students in a class,' even though there are 50 seats in the class room." Administrators ask facul ty "to maximize the number of seats," Arevalo said. When classes are "100 per cent subscribed, or enrolled," the number rep resents an instructor's opti mal number of students, not the number of seats in a room. "What we do is push fac ulty to increase the number of students in the class because, in many instances, the quality of the class isn't going to suffer from having five more students," he said. "It's a lot of juggling that we do." Arevalo said the universi ty normally generates about ten reports before each semester, showing results of ongoing registration. Using the reports, the
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Professor picks out 'crass spelling and grammatical mistakes' of paper Dear Editor: As you may recall, in the recent past I have sent letters to The Pan American mentioning some rather crass spelling and grammatical mistakes perpetrated by you and other Pan American writers. I had also asked at that time for a serious response to these problems. Alas, if anything, matters have gotten worse. In the latest issue (Jan. 25), just in your editorial page there are 9 mistakes!! (It is "let's", not "lets"; "a lot", not "alot"; "their Super Bowl trips"; not "there Super Bowl trip"!!!; "They may miss IT", "why do WE celebrate" "Valentine's", not "Valentines"; "opens its (not it's) doors"; odds are NOT far-fetched, they may be poor. Finally, one gets something off one's chest, not "something off of'). While no one is perfect, I would feel very embarrassed
as an editor to have this record, but unfortunately the issue is more problematic. First, as an "official publication" of Pan Am, to an extent you represent all of us, students, faculty and staff, and, as such, you embarrass us all. Second, I think most if not all UT professors work hard to improve the writing skills of our students, only to find out that the newspaper they are likely to read gives them a model of how NOT to spell and write. Third, UT Pan American represents, to a certain degree, Mexican American culture. At this point, the message that The Pan American gives is that, indeed, Mexican Americans (or Chicanos, Hispanics, Latinos, or what have you) are a bunch of yahoos who cannot even write English well. I should mention that either as a grad student or as a professor, I have read
student newspapers from about 7 different campuses, and while The Pan American may not be at the bottom as far as content, it is most definitely at the bottom as far as writing skills are concerned. If you have the courage, I am asking you to publish this letter so that the Pan Am community know that, at least for the time being, ThePan American cannot be relied on as far as writing is concerned. Second, as I had mentioned in previous letters, I am urging you to publish only columns that have been previously corrected by a copy editor with a good command of English.
Student Government Association, feel that paying $30/Semester is just "a drop in the bucket" for students. We had some debate on the issue on the SGA Public Listserv. As a result of these inquiries, SGA and the Office of the Dean of Students were forced to hold an information session on the subject. This session, in my opinion was a colossal waste of time for all concern and a clear display of the"We-know-what'sbetter"attitude some adminis trators (and even some SGA members) display toward stu dents. Why did I feel it was a waste of time? Well, I expected to hear information from the actual students who represent me [and 12,000 others] in the Student Union Advisory Board (SUAB) and were present. Instead, I only heard from the Dean of Students and Mr. Smith. The union is supposed to be the student's building.
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However, it gave the impres sion that very few students in the SUAB(or SGA) actually know what is going on. I next asked myself if this was by design(would not be the first time in the history of the world) or just lack of attention in the part of the students(also not a first). I welcome you to read the emails on http://listserv.panam.edu/sga.ht ml. Read the messages for the month of November 2000 when the debate took place. I hope that you can see how the "guardians" of our rights han dled the situation. The bar of expectation has been raised thanks to that edi torial. Now I will expect more editorials like the one I men tioned that are not afraid to tell the truth about what is going on. Francisco Javier Zaleta
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Student questions priorities of SGA, SUAB: 'very few actually know what is going on.' Dear Editor, I am writing to congratu late you on your editorial men tioning the rudeness of those signs that were placed at the SUB tables, specifically your sign of reply. I am glad to see that there is more people at The Pan American noticing the situation at the SUB and that realize that $30 is still money. This incident, however, is not unique in the history of the SUB but part of a pattern of authoritativeness displayed by some administrators. Last semester, I was one of a few students that asked for answers from the administra tion and Student Government on why the union fee was being charged since the union was not complete and, as any reasonable person would have concluded, was opened prema turely. I was dismayed to find that members of the body that is supposed to guard our rights against the arbritary will of some administrators, the
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Committee to look at CBIRD's Future Special to The Pan American As part of an ongoing effort to develop the TexasMexico border into a high-tech region, the Texas Regional Advisory Council (TRAC) of the Cross Border Institute for Regional Development (CBIRD) will meet Jan. 31 at The University of Texas-Pan American. Participants will be available to speak with the media following the meeting at the International Trade and Technology Building. CBIRD is a strategic effort designed to strengthen infrastructures, create new technologies and build public-private partnerships benefiting the U.S. Mexico border region. The UTPA CBIRD Program will provide the strategic planning to establish a baseline to help the region develop into a new high tech corridor. Overall, CBIRD focuses on critical problems fac ing the border region, such as education and training, infrastructure, affordable housing, quality-of-life issues, human resources and financial capital. It also assists in the management of critically important nat ural resources - including water, air and land - on both sides of the border. A designated tutorial area enables the institution to
fulfill state-mandated support for students working toward achieving a passing score on the state's basic skills writing exam, the Texas Academic Skills Program (TASP). Assistance in developing the center was provided by the Learning Assistance Center, the Department of English and the University Library. 'The University Writing Center took many months of planning and hard work," said Dr. Kichoon Yang, Assistant Vice President for Undergraduate Studies. "We've overcome a lot of obstacles, and without Dr. Arevalo's determination and vision, I don't think we'd be here today." Arevalo is confident the University Writing Center will help both students and faculty. "If a faculty member doesn't have the time tohelp students, the center can go over their draft, edit their work and help them produce a better grade," he said. "Hopefully, they'll also learn more about the writing process." The University Writing Center promotes institu tional efforts to implement writing accross the cur riculum, improve pass rates on the state teacher certi fication exam (ExCET), train graduate students in disciplines related to literacy and integrate technolo gy into the teaching of writing in all disciplines.
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Counseling and Rehabilitation Issues Conference will be held on campus. The focus of the conference, "Addictions Counseling: Current Trends and Issues," is hosted by the UTPA Rehabilitative Services Program, in conjunction with the UTPA-Texas Addictions Technology Transfer Center/Addictions Studies Program. To register, or for more infor mation, contact Judith Guetzow at 3185240.
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211. For more information or for special accommodations please call the Panorama at 318-5331. Friday, February 9-11,16-18 The UTPA Folkloric Dance Company will present their last series of ALEGRIA 2000-2001 concerts. Thirty-six dancers and musicians bring the drama and excitement of Mexico and Spain's dance and music to life. The concerts are held Friday, Feb. 9 at 7 p.m., Saturday Feb. 10 and Sunday, Feb. 11 at 2 p.m., Friday Feb. 16 at 7 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 17 and Sunday, Feb. 18 at 2 p.m. All concerts are in the Fine Arts Auditorium. Tickets are $5 in advance, $7 at the door. For more information, call 381-2230.
Friday, February 23 and Saturday, February 24 The UTPA Music Department presents the UTPA Mariachi in concert on Feb. 23 and 24 at 7 p.m. in the Fine Arts Auditorium. The Mariachi will perform traditional mariachi music. Tickets are $5 in advance and $7 at the door.
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Universities collaborate on education Special to The Pan American UTPA and Texas A&M UniversityKingsville signed a memorandum of understanding Tuesday, Jan. 30 to col laborate on education, service and research efforts. TAMUK President Marc Cisneros and UTPA President Dr. Miguel A. Nevarez signed the memorandum at the start of the Hispanic-Serving Institution Grant and Funding Opportunities Summit, a collaborative effort of the U.S. Department of Agriculture/Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities Leadership Group. Also present were representatives of Congressman Ruben Hinojosa (DMercedes), HACU President Dr. Antonio Flores, and Dr. Charles Onstad, USDA Area Director, Southern Regional Agricultural Research Service. Nevarez and Onstad are cochairs of the leadership group. As part of the agreement, UTPA and Texas A&M University-Kingsville, both Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs), will collaborate with South Texas Community College and Coastal Bend College, other HSIs in the dis trict. The understanding is based on the premise that collaborative efforts bring more research and development funds to the South Texas region and result in more efficient use of resources. Further, significant expertise is cur rently resident in both institutions, and such expertise is especially pertinent to South Texas. "Having two major universities from two different systems in one congres
Construction workers, on Wednesday, lay clay down the first and third base lines and pitcher's mound.
UTPA President Dr. Miguel Nevarez, left, and TAMUK President Mark Cisneros signed a memorandum of understanding between the universities on January 30 in Kingsville.
sional district presents opportunities for an even stronger impact on this region," said Judy McAda, district director for the 15th Congressional District. "Working together as a team is the key to getting the federal resources to these HSIs that are vital to this area, which has unique strengths and chal lenges." The USDA's HSI Education Grants Program is a federal competi tive grants program specifically target ed to HSIs. The program is designed to promote and strengthen the ability of HSIs to carry out education programs that attract, retain and graduate students capable of enhancing the U.S. food and agricultural, scientific and professional workforce. The two-day summit, attended by more than 90 participants from higher education institutions and communitybased organizations, will be held annu ally and rotate from TAMUK to UTPA.
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With its first game of the 2001 season just a few days away, the baseball team is Nittany Lions. Despite having an experienced bullpen, seven of last year's starters who By Matt Lynch
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Following a 31-win 2000 sea son, the UTPA baseball team enters the 2001 season with a number of question marks and uncertainties. The Broncs lost seven starters to graduation, and inexperience may be the Broncs' toughest adversary. The Broncs' offense may take the biggest hit with the departure of those seniors, who hit 57 of the Broncs' 68 home runs last season. But pitching is another story entirely for the Broncs. Senior right-handers Levi Frary and Scott Fowler return to the Broncs for the 2001 season. Frary fin ished last season with a 6-2 record and a 3.51 Earned Run Average (ERA). Fowler also scored a six win season, going 63 with a 2.35 ERA and six saves. Also returning to the bullpen are left-handed seniors Jason Garcia and Jason Thompson, and righthanded junior Mike Calvert. Garcia and Calvert had strong 2000 campaigns for the Broncs, both earning six wins. Calvert started 14 games for the Broncs and pitched a team-leading 78 innings. Thompson struggled as
the Broncs' top pitcher last sea son, frequently facing the oppo sition's best pitcher and posting a 3-6 record. Thompson will not likely face the same challenges this season, however, as it is likely he will be moved to first base. In addition to a solid cast of experienced pitchers, the Broncs have added seven new pitchers to the roster. South-paw juniors Frank James and James Cole, and right-handed juniors Jacob Pierce and Justin Dowd join the Broncs as transfers from Navarro Junior College. There will be more than 10 Bronc pitchers in all this sea son, which should make for a crowded bullpen. Look for competition between the pitch ers to be close, with everyone fighting for playing time. The solid combination of experi enced pitchers and newcomers should provide a safegaurd against costly injuries. In addi tion, having a well-stocked bullpen should make up for any deficiencies the Broncs may suffer in the hitting department. Looking at their schedule, the Broncs may need all the able-armed pitchers they can
get. The Broncs face major challenges on the road, including four Big 12 teams. The Broncs play games against the University of Texas, three games against Texas A&M, two contests against the Oklahoma State Cowboys and three games against the University of Kansas, including a double-header May 5In addition to the Big 12 competition, the Broncs also face Independent powerhouse Notre Dame and Big 10 stand-out Penn State. The Fighting Irish are ranked 12th in the USA
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; gearing up for a long season of action, including games against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Penn State ) hit57 of the team's 68 home runs graduated, leaving the team wondering if it can improve on last year's 31-win season.
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When the Broncs take the field Saturday afternoon against Lamar, Bronc fans won't see many familiar faces. Head coach Reggie Tredaway lost seven of the eight starting position play ers to graduation last year. Tredaway, in his fourth season as Bronc skipper, suffered another setback when standout catcher Jesse Gutierrez was deemed academically ineligible to play. Despite facing the task of drawing up a new starting line-up, Tredaway is opti mistic about the players he is working with. "We have few players with Division I game experience," Tredaway said. "We need to get them out in the field and get them some playing time." Senior outfielder Darren Heinrichs said the number of players competing for a starting role has sparked competition that should help the team as a whole. "This has made everyone work hard at their positions and get better," Heinrichs said. Tredaway agrees that the competition is good for the team. "We've had real good competition at
all positions," Tredaway said. "The guys are working hard and I know they'll be playing hard come the first game of the season." The competition hasn't caused bad blood among players, though. Heinrichs said the team's top priority is winning no matter who gets a starting role. "Everyone on our team wants to play," Heinrichs said. "They also agree the best man for the job should be playing to help the team." The infield still boasts depth at every position, but the outfield is thin. Tredaway lost outfielder Mark DaSilva for three to four weeks to a torn PCL. "It hurt us to lose Mark," Tredaway said. "We've had to shift the outfield to be flexible out there." Heinrichs, senior Caleb Schmidt and junior Macon Bodle expect to start in the outfield for the season opener. The infield has depth and is young, but Heinrichs believes the competition has helped the players mature. "They're getting better to hopefully step into a job or challenge someone for a job next season," Heinrichs said. Even with a young infield and thin outfield, Tredaway maintained the key for success is their defense and pitching. "Pitching and defense will be key to
having a successful season," Tredaway said. "All big league teams that make the post-season and then don't succeed often make mistakes in pitching or defense." One thing Tredaway won't lose any sleep over is his bullpen. "We have an exceptional bullpen this year," Tredaway said. "Our middle relief is very dependable." The only problem Tredaway faces is which closer to choose from, Scott Fowler or Levi Frary. "Its a good problem to have," Tredaway said. "Not too many schools in the country have the quality closers we have in our bullpen." Tredaway's club has missed post-sea son play the last two seasons. Last year Tredaway said they needed 40 wins for a post-season birth. This year he thinks 35 may get them in. "With a new club like this we have to make sure players know they are playing against the game," Tredaway said. "They are competing against baseball and they have to play it better than the other team." Tredaway said their schedule should help them achieve 35-40 wins, but road games will be tough. "The bad thing is we play all Big 12 schools on the road," Tredaway said. ....—.—.—
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Addictions Technology Transfer EN ROLL continued from page 1 Center (ATTC) awards 17 undergraduates scholarships Special to The Pan American The Texas Addictions Technology Transfer Center (ATTC) at the University of Texas-Pan American recently awarded scholarships to 17 undergraduate students for the spring semester. Receiving the tutition and fees schol arships were Anna Marie barrera and Vickie Beaty of Donna; Jose Hernandez Jr. and Raul r. Mendoza of Mercedes; Maria Barrera and Jessica Gonzalez of Mission; Juan M. Lara and Nancy Pearl Trevino of McAllen; Sandra Campos, Apolinar Cantu, Maria Rita Uresti and Deyaniera Guzman of Edinburg; Irma Ortiz of Pharr; Yolanda Quezada and
school gets "an idea of which classes are filling up." Respective deans gauge whether additional faculty need be hired or whether to assign certain faculty lack ing "a full load" to accommodate course section additions. Guy D. Gates of Alamo; Gladys "For example, I think we've added at Villarreal of Weslaco and Zenaida least four more sections of English 1301 Castillo of San Juan. since the beginning of the semester," he Funding is provided by the Texas said. Commission on Alcohol & Drug Abuse. Some courses are easier to find faculty These scholarship recipients are taking for than others, Arevalo said. coursework in the Addictions Studies "It's hard to find a biologist who's Program to become licensed chemical working out in the community and we dependency counselors, qualifying them to work in settings providing prevention and treatment to people with substance abuse issues. For information regarding the avail ability of future scholarships and/or information on course offerings related to addictions and substance abuse stud ies, contact Judith Guetzow, ATTC pro ject assistant at (956) 318-5240.
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can bring him in to teach an extra sec tion," Arevalo said. "We're sort of limit ed with the number of faculty that we have." Upon reviewing pre-semester reports, administration officials often ask Plant Operations to bring in more seats to affected classrooms with extra space, Arevalo said. Several classes in the English depart ment still require students to bring their own chairs, some students and faculty said.
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a good balance so we could have a good vari ety," Benavides said. The University plans to send bid invitations to pizza and fried chicken vendors despite the historical "lack of interest" from such providers, Benavides said. Some fast-food chains have difficulties maintaining freshness due to time constraints. Because pre-cooked food, like pizza, must be transported onto campus, the food would not be as fresh. Customers are not interested in food which has been "sitting under a heat lamp for a while," Benavides said. Another reason for the lack of interest from other entities was the absence of sales history in the food court. As per its contract with local vendors, the University requires monthly financial reports from Subway and Willie B's, which should encourage other entities to move in. "They seem to be a real success," Benavides said. "This is beneficial for both sides. "[New vendors] can come and see the actual activity the food court has experienced." "We're tickled to death," Smith said about Willie B's and Subway. "Students tell us
they're tickled to death. We're pleased. All this is for nought if you all aren't happy!" Since a long-term contract for food vendors is being formulated, the restaurants in the Student Union will likely be in place "at least until May 31," Benavides said. "They're a temporary food service contract." "I like being here with Subway only," joked Gloria Gonzalez, co-owner of Willie B's Express at UTPA. "[Moonbeans] said they weren't making enough money. I always saw a line of people there, though." Hector Romero, an occupational therapy student, said Moonbeans did not offer the same variety as it McAllen location. "If they're going to have a restaurant they should have everything they have at their nor mal place," Romero said. Music student Dina Campos said the depart ed vendor's coffee was "too little" and over priced. "I wanted the cmshed ice and they didn't have it," said Andre Garcia, a political science student. "They only gave you the big blocks." University officials hope to bring in a new vendor soon.
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Student Health Service director Rick Gray said students need to take advantage of the Accidental Only Policy insurance provided by UTPA. Gray said UTPA issued a new policy in the Fah 2000. He added the policy being new is part of the reason students are unaware the insurance exists. "This health insurance is a benefit the university provides for the students," Gray said. The insurance is paid for with a percentage of the student service fee. The insurance covers minor injuries caused to a student while in class, lab, or a field trip. Studens on field trips qualify for coverage only if the trip is sponsored or related to UTPA. "If something happens to a student
during class or lab, or even during a clinic practicum, they're covered," Gray said. Gray pointed out that student-athletes don't receive coverae from the Accidental Only Policy. 'They have their own insurance," Gray said. The insurance is only available for treatment at the Student Health Services. Students deciding to visit an outside doctor or hospital will be charges a $25 deductible. "If they come to the Student Health Services, they don't pay anything," Gray said. Gray noted that injury caused by a car related accident, on campus, would not be covered. "In regards to injuries caused by car accidents around campus, this insurance will not cover, there are other insurances for that, " Gray said.
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The Womens and Troxel Hall will be equipped to provide Internet Service for students when they reopen in May. UTPA will provide the phone jack, and students can be net worked with the uni versity. "The only cost for students is for them to buy the ethernet card offered for $35, every one needs the card to make a similar con nection," said Pat Zarate, director of res idence life. Physical plant director Marvin Boland said UTPA will install the internet in the dorms for edu cational use. Boland said a sur vey of dorm students indicated they request ed Internet connec-
tions. Boland said pur chase orders were placed for the wire needed, but wire has not been bought. "We are installing the 40,000 feet of wiring as soon as it comes in, were just waiting." Boland said. Software Systems Specialist Jesus Rios said it takes 2-4 weeks for installation process to take place. Boland said a demonstration on wireless internet con nection will take place next week, which may change their plans. "It would be less expensive than hard wire, but we don't know, we're going over it even though the conduit (tube for electric wires) has already been installed in the Womens Hall," Boland said.
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Track and field team heads to Texas Tech Isaac Chavarria
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In their first meet of the season, UTPA had one runner place first in their event and another athlete that broke a school record. In the Texas Tech Invitational this Saturday and Sunday, the Broncs biggest obstacle to another successful meet could be fatigue. "[The team is] a little bit tired, but anxious for the next meet. They are looking forward to the next meet to improve on their times and performances," said Track and Field assistant coach Gabriel Rodriguez. The Broncs last meet was January 27th, giving them only five days to get ready. And like any other team, the Broncs won't let a short week make them pessimistic. "In their first meet, they were nervous but you get used to run ning indoors. For a lot of them it was their first time running indoors," said Rodriguez. In the last meet, Perla Handy, won the 5,000-meter with a time of 19:03, but will be running the 1mile race at Texas Tech.
Freshman Valerie Summa jumped 5-5 374 began her career as a Lady Broncs by breaking a UTPA indoor school record in the high jump at the same invitational. One measure the teams are tak ing to prevent quick fatigue is con centrating on other aspects of their events. "Everybody is moving down to work on some speed, leg turnover, and get some excitement with these shorter races," said Rodriguez. The remainder of February will prove as difficult. After this meet the Broncs will have to compete in seven days. Last season, UTPA also had to deal with invitationals that left a small amount of time for rest. In their first meet of last years spring season, Handy took third place in the women's 5,000 meter run with a time of 19:32.35. Israel Arroyo had a time of 16:16.07 in the men's 5,000 meter run to take third place. But Rodriguez stated that although the team may be tired, it won't necessarily have a negative effect on their performances. "It's only bothered them because
they want to go out to race and compete again," said Rodriguez. Although the Broncs may want to have the best competitors sur rounding them, it may not be the best. "It should be a good meet. Not as big as last weeks, but still a big meet," said Rodriguez. The hosts of the meet, the Texas Tech Raiders, also had a good first meet. Senior Tami Zachary on the women's team and freshman Saidric Williams on the men's led the Texas Tech track team in the final day of the Houston Invitational, both finishing second in the 60 meters of a 12-team meet. They also took second in the 4x400-meter relay, with Melonie Barrow, Rachelle Evans, Ngozi Iwu and D'Andria Brigham com bining for a time of 3:45.81. Williams ran the second fastest preliminary 60m time on Friday behind teammate Reggie Hill, and took second in the finals of the event with a mark of 6.83. Williams also took fifth in the 200m finals with a mark of 22.54.
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Junior Mike Bush recorded his second double-double of the sea son with 20 points and 11 rebounds to lead Washington State to a 71-63 non-conference win over UTPA at Friel Court on Monday. The win improved the Cougars to 8-10 this season, including a 60 mark at Friel Court against non-conference opponents. WSU also snapped its season-high four game losing streak while the Broncs dropped to 8-12. The Cougars, playing their third game in five days, looked sluggish at times and shot just 63 percent from the foul line. "I know it was going to be tough to play right after going up against Cal and Stanford," WSU head coach Paul Graham. "We played ugly, but we were able to get a win." Junior J Locklier came within two points of his season high with 16 and added seven rebounds. Junior Framecio Little and reserve sophomore Jerry McNair each added nine points. WSU trailed 33-23 before clos ing the first half on a 10-2 run over the final 3:14 to pull within 35-33 at intermission. McNair
GAME STATS Top Scorers: Bronc Mire Chatman had 17 pis. on 6-13 shooting Cougar Mike Bush had 20 pts. on 5-13 shooting Top Rebootiders: Mike Bush of Wash. St. with 11 Most Assist: Kwasinda Curtis of UTPA with 4 keyed the spurt with five points. "It was good to see McNair come off the bench and give us a spark," Graham said. Trailing 44-43, the Cougars registered another 10-2 run over a span of 4:05 to take the lead for good at 53-46 with 7:42 to play. A layup by Locklier with 11:24 to play started the rally and fresh man Marcus Moore capped the surge with a layup of his own. The Broncs closed to within 60-58 on a layup by Mire Chatman with 4:03 remaining, but WSU connected on 9-of-13 from the foul line down the stretch to seal the win. For the first half, the Broncs shot 60.9 percent, but fell down to 29.4 percent in the second half. Chatman led UTPA with 17 points.
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Second year coach attempts to take Lady Broncs to new levels Isaac Chavarria
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The Lady Broncs had a good start to their fall semester, and are hoping that the improvements made since will have a similar effect. "We are a much stronger team in all our positions, one through five," said Head Coach Barb Odale. Improving is one of the priorities for the team. "The strong ones [play ers] aren't in very good physical condition, so they are breaking down in the last part of the round, because they are running out of the juice," said Odale. But, players have strived to progress by lifting weights. Players lift twice a week for six weeks on a repetition and then add five pounds to the routine. "My weaker players are in good physical condition, but they just don't have enough muscle to hit the ball very far," said Odale. Strength might be their weakness, but the teams competitive edge and con tinued practice could be their best asset.
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"I've seen big improve ments in our short game, their putting, chipping, and bunker play. As we contin ue to work on those, I'm sure they'll get even bet ter," said Odale. The players own improvement will serve as motivation to one another. "I think our freshmen are pushing our seniors and vice versa, so it's a much more competitive team than it was last year," said Odale. The freshmen comprise of Crystal Frazier, Melissa Head, and Itziar Unanue. Odale believes that Head is one of the top freshmen and players on the team. "Our freshman, Melissa Head, is clearly a number one player. I think her game pushes everybody else to make improve ments," said Odale. In her first semester, Head played in 11 rounds, had an 80.8 stroke aver age, and had a low round of 73. The numbers were good enough for third, and first on the team, respec tively. "She has unlimited potential to score really well. The rest of them can
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see that, so now they are trying to make improve ments in their own game," said Odale. Head will show her abil ities against some tough competition in their first home Invitational of the season. Arkansas, Bradley, Lamar, Southern Methodist, and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi are expected to compete, along with Mclain junior college. As a team, Odale hopes they will be able to shoot close to a 315 average for the three rounds. Fortunately, the Lady Broncs will have the com fort of their own home. The only factor that can't be predicted is the weath er. "You don't know if you have 80 degrees 01* have rain and 50 degrees," said Odale. The meet will also pro vide more opportunities. "Mclain junior college, which is one of the best in the nation, will be there and it's a good chance for us to look at some poten tial junior college kids for our team," said Odale.
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Head led the Lady Broncs for the second straight tournament, tying for 60th with a 256. She shot her best round of the tournament in the final round, an 80. Fellow freshman Itziar Unanue also tied for 60th with a 256.
1996
Site: Treasure Hills C.C., Harlingen Individual Champ: Nancy Verastegui (UTPA) 236 Team Champion: Hawaii - 984 1998
Site: The Club at Cimarron, Mission Individual Champ: Kristen MacLaren (UTEP) 225 Team Champion: UTEP - 937
Oct. 16-17 UALR Ladies Golf Classic Little Rock, Ark. tl 7th of 18 The Lady Broncs as a team shot a team total of 969 strokes for the three round tournament.
1999
Site: The Club at Cimmaron, Mission Individual Champ: Catrin Joyce (Lamar) 236 Team Champion: Sam Houston State - 968
Nov. 13-15 Pat Bradley Invitational Miami, Fla. 8th of 8 Unanue, finished 19th overall with a threeround total of 247 (78-86-83).
Lady Bronc Classic @ Mission Islander Spring Invitational @ Corpus Christi Northern Illinois Springlake Invite. @ Seabring, Fla. Northern Illinois Snowbird @ Tampa, Fla. BYU Utah-Dixie Classic @ St. George, Utah Elkins Lake Invitational @ Huntsville
2000
Top Row: J^apnie Lane, Tootie Lauzon, Adrians Espinoza Bottom Row: Melissa Head, Crystal Frazier, Itziar Unanue
Site: The Club at Cimmaron, Mission Individual Champ: Jamie Mclnturff (UTPA) 239 Team Champion: UTPA - 992