APRIL 1988 Student Body U. THE NATIONAL COLLEGE NEWSPAPER 25 AR19ASuTBo RECREATION HE NTIONAL CO TS Fat Sucking Age of Aquarius His aim is true Rooting restricted New body contouring New Age movement Wheelchair archer breaks Tragic accident prompts technique literally vacuums prepares for a spiritual records on his way to Big Ten restrictions on up excess fat. awakening. Olympics. cheerleading. Page 26 Page 26 Page 29 Page 30 Football boosts athletic bankroll, carries other programs financially She goes to bat for baseball By Tara Sullivan The Daily Targum Rutgers U., NJ The other night I was unavoid- ably led into an argument with a guy who insisted that baseball was a boring sport. Boy is this guy wrong. Baseball has got to be the best sport ever invented. It makes the winter sports months-highlighted by meaningless regular seasons in both basketball and hockey-more bearable. No, not even more bear- able, just plain bearable. Baseball may not have the end- to-end action of basketball or hock- ey, which was this guy's major argument, but to use an old cliche- there's a lot more to baseball than meets the eye. Granted, one game of hockey could contain more gener- ic excitement than one game of baseball, but every game is not just a game in and of itself. Baseball is a smart game. Every play can have a direct outcome on the game. The strategy behind ev- ery managerial decision is intri- guing, and when one understands this strategy, the game becomes ex- citing. When a manager has to de- cide whether to replace a pitcher, pinch-hit for someone, call a pitch- out or a suicide squeeze, or even write out the starting line-up, he opens himself up for second- guessing from every player, coach and fan, which adds to fan interest and enjoyment. When a hockey team or a basket- ball team loses a few games, it is not time to push the panic button, be- cause half the league will make the playoffs anyway. But on the di- amond, only the best team in each league can be involved in postsea- son play. Therefore, the division races create an excitement that continually builds throughout the season. Baseball is the quintessential summer sport, as well as being the cheapest to attend. And being at a game is great. Every crack of the bat gets the crowd on its feet, even if it turns out to be a pop fly or a foul ball. And foul balls-they're awe- some. Baseball could be the only sport left where the fans can keep the ball when it goes in the stands. Boy is this guy wrong. Baseball is the best. By Tracy Staton The Battalion Texas A&M U. If the intercollegiate sports at Texas A & M were corporations instead of teams, Football, Inc. would be the only blue-chip stock on the athletic ex- change. The Basketball Co., Inc. would be breaking even, and all other sports would be out of business. Although sports sell tickets instead of stock, athletics is more than just a game-it's a multi-million dollar busi- ness. Wally Groff, assistant athletic direc- tor for finance, said the Athletic Depart- ment is forced to be a business because it is a self-supporting auxiliary of the ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT REVENUE Basketball and other sports' ticket sales- $450,000 Interest and other-$280,000 A & M support of women's Aggie Club-$2,225,000 program-$750,000 SWC surplus and T- $1,050,000Football ticket sales-$5,023,000 university. athletics is too big a business to be a "WhenIjoinedthisdepartmenttwen- sport and too big a sport to be a ty years ago, I heard a comment at a business,' "Groff said. meeting of intercollegiate athletics and it stuck in my mind: 'Intercollegiate I See FOOTBALL, Page 31 Princetonians bare all in Nude Olympics By David Hansen The Purdue Exponent Purdue U., IN As Purdue residents and admi- nistration officials prepared for the upcoming Nude Olympics, Prince- ton U. (NJ) students had already seen their big day come and go. Princeton sophomores held their annual nude run through a library on campus with the support of uni- versity administration, said Cliff Levy, staff writer for the Daily Princetonian, the school's paper. Unlike the situation at Purdue U., where the administration would rather have those students with a tendency to bare themselves remain indoors, Princeton officials look upon their Nude Olympics with a wink and a smile. The Nude Olympics at Princeton have been a tradition for over 50 years, Levy said. The tradition goes like this: At midnight of the first snowfall, a number (75 to 300) of inebriated sophomore men assem- ble, perform calisthenics and pro- ceed to run through a campus lib- rary with private parts exposed and dangling. Although no women participated this year, Levy said females have been known to bare all and romp through the library with the men. Unlike the annual rite at Pur- due, which is usually held near the start of spring semester, no one seems to know when the Nude Olympics begin at Princeton. Another difference between Pur- due and Princeton is the lack of campus police at the Princeton event. It seems the Princeton Nude Olympics are just plain fun for all involved. U. of Nebraska, Lincoln senior Steve Katelman grapples with Ceasar the Russian bear. Student wrestler finds bear worh contender By Charles Lieurance Daily Nebraskan U. of Nebraska, Lincoln Ceasar, the wrestling Russian bear, took on five contenders three times a day, bearhandling selected members of the sea of testosterone that flocked into Pershing Auditorium for the Boat- Sport-Travel Show. The bear outwrestled as many as 40 flannel-wearing hunters, fishermen and weekend adventurers in the course of the weekend. Would-be bear wrestlers tried to pin the vegetarian bear in three minutes. None were successful, and most suc- cumbed to laughter as the cheerful Ceasar licked them into submission. Steve Katelman, senior advertising major, wrestled the bear during the fin- al wrestling match. "I'd never wrestled a bear before, but I was pretty sure I could kick it silly," he said. "I figured I'd either win or get it so mad it would eat me." Katelman said the only mistake he made was to pull the bear's fur. For this, he was given a stern warning by the referee and informed by the bear train- er that he must not hold his life in high regard. "I didn't mean to pull its fur, but I couldn't get a good hold on him," Katel- man said. The bear was characteristically mod- est and refused to comment on his vic- tory.