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Apply electronically for federal student aid It's fast free, and easy. _____ _ w . i«^— Who says you can’t get paid to go to college! The CBA Scholarship packets are here! CBA Students: Pick up your application in CBA 138 Deadline is February 1, 1998. -— ■ ■ J f (■ II kJ w o <o CM T“ 3^— J Get a felt sahfwich, chips abf a . 1 mefrt4tr> soft frihk for just I * Cotr e for the bagel?, ?tay for lurch. I AtW get ore of our ta?ty ?ardwiche(, loaded with lear treat? ard -(re?h veggie?, I plu? chip? ard a </rirk for ■ I * M.n ■" ^ l 1 70ri.**A'w-i%*‘<rs«wt I l . | ^ffet vaW tkouj\ fi/3l/)7. O** axjfX* fYt f*n<*v frr Vok/ on all placet* od*r ttah Eartk | . FRANCK from page 7_ “(Playing with Canada) was a huge confidence booster,” Franck said. “Coming back from my ACL injury, I was better than I was before.” Franck is not only a player on the field, she is also a leader. For the last three years, she has been a co-captain for the Huskers. Franck may be a leader on the soccer field, but you won’t hear too. much from her during a game. “I think it fits my personality to lead by example,” Franck said. “Whether it is practice, a game, in the weight room or in the classroom, I always give 110 per cent.” Franck said last season’s Big 12 Tournament championship win over Texas A&M ranks as one of her favorite memories. With her college career com ing to an end, Franck said those memories are what has advanced her as both a player and a person. “It has been a growing experi ence for me,” Franck said. “Getting into the college scene and then coming here was what I was looking for as far as soccer is concerned. Every year it got more and more demanding.” Matt Miller/DN DEFENDER TANYA FRANCK is a major contributor to a Husfcer defense who has only allowed 12 goals this season. The senior co-captain has also stepped up her offensive output, scoring three goals from her defensive position. 1 Huskers aim to finish strong By Shannon Heffelfinger Assignment Reporter Four losses have damaged the Nebraska volleyball team’s preseason gffit of winning the Big 12 fi|i^j|iSf^nce. Bit the Gernhuskers 4 have turned their attention to a larger objective as the odds of earning the league title become more difficult to overcome with two weeks remaining in the conference season. “We have the opportunity, if we play well the rest of the way, to have been the strongest conference team in the latter part of the season,” Pettit said. “That’s what matters for the NCAA Tournament.” Pettit said seven league reams appear capable of earning a bid for the tournament, which begins Dec. 5 6 with first- and second-round matches. In addition to the Huskers, con ference leader and No. 10 Texas, Colorado, No. 17 Texas A&M, Kansas State, Oklahoma and Texas Tech deserve consideration, Pettit said. The Big 12 placed half of its teams in the tournament last season. Pettit credited the impressive per centage to the high level of talent among conference teams. That tdlent and experience has translated into greater competition for NU (21-6 overall and 12-2 in the league) this season. Nebraska has swept its past six matches but strug gled with the parity the league offers. After breezing through its confer ence slate last year with just one loss, NU has faced a much tougher fight in its quest to defend its 1996 Big 12 title, losing to conference opponents an uncharacteristic four times in 1997. Injuries to starter Jaime Krondak and defensive specialist Renee Saunders - along with the experience and talent of the league’s top teams this season - have contributed to Nebraska’s failure to repeat last year’s dominance over conference teams, Pettit said. Nebraska, which shares the league’s third-place ranking with A&M, must win its remaining four matches to contest Texas’ hold over the league’s top spot. NU travels to Texas Tech and Baylor this weekend before it plays host to the Longhorns and A&M Nov. 28-29 at the NU Coliseum. For the Huskers to leap over Colorado and tie of steal the top spot from Texas, the Longhorns would have to lose three of their four remaining matches, and CU would have to lose two of its final four. The complicated scenario does not concern Pettit, who said the cham pionship represents a small honor in the greater scheme of the season. “Four or five years ago,” Pettit said, “we could just waltz through and not really know how good we were. So now, the won-loss record isn’t as impressive, but in terms of preparing yourself for the NCAAs, this is a much better conference.” ! Speedy Texan accepts NU football offer By David Wilson Senior Reporter Two highly recruited Texas high school seniors jumped into a car last ’ Friday and headed for Lincoln. When they returned home, one had given his word to play football at Nebraska and the other came close to reaching a decision. Michael Demps, a 5-foot-9,195 pound athlete from D^bar High in Fort Worth, Texas, became the ninth high school senior to give the Comhuskers a verbal commitment His teammate, 6 foot, 175-pound cornerback Willie Miles, who was offered a scholarship at NU’s June football camp, also matte tire unofficial visit to Lincoln. Dunbar Coach Bob Jones, origi nally from Lexington, said he felt comfortable sending players to play football at Nebraska. Jones, in his first year at Dunbar, has implemented a “Nebraska-style” offense. - “When you’re a Nebraska person, you always feel good about Nebraska,” Jones said. “I think it’s a great opportu nity for both of themrif it works out.” Jones said he thought Miles would also eventually commit to play for the Huskers, but Miles will first take recruiting visits to Michigan, Colorado. Tennessee and an official visit to Nebraska. Demps was convinced Lincoln was the place for him after attending his first-ever college football game Saturday at Memorial Stadium. “It was obe of the best experiences I’ve ever had,” said Demps, who has qualified academically. “The fans and everybody were into it. Everywhere you went, you’d see somebody wear ing something from Nebraska. The community is so involved.” After the game, Demps was allowed into die locker room to talk with NU CoachTom Osborne. Demps also considered Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, SMU, Texas A&M, Miami and Tennessee, but Osborne was the first to offer him a scholarship. “He said if I was going to come up and play, he’dhave a scholarship for me,” Demps said. “Once I heard that, a light bulb went on in my head. It was one of my major goals to grow up and play at a major D-l school like Nebraska. I don’t need to see anything else:” As a senior this fall, Demps pri marily spent his playing time at tail back, but the Huskers, were recruit ing him as an athlete, he said. Through his four-year varsity career, Demps has also played fullback, safe ty, linebacker, cornerback, quarter back and was Dunbar’s deep snapper. “One of the newspaper guys that called earlier asked if he sold hot dogs at halftime,” Jones said. “I said, ‘Yes he does, and he does a heck of a job at it.’” Demps, who runs a 4;39-second electronically timed 40-yard dash, took 203 carries for 1,346 yards and scored 20 touchdowns in 814 games. He missed 114 games because of an ankle injury. The leading scorer in the Metroplex, whichincludes Dallas, Fort Worth, anchimington, Demps was voted the most valuable player in District 7 in Class 5A, the largest high school class in Texas. “If they put him in a position where they need help, he’ll bust his fanny to do everything he can,” Jones said. Considered one of the top high school cornerbacks in the nation. Miles blocked a kick, returned a kick off for touchdown, and had six or seven pass breakups this season, Jones said. Miles, who runs a 4.35 electronic 40-yard dash, has narrowed his choices to Tennessee and Nebraska, Demps said. “I think he’ll decide soon,” Demps said. “I try to let him decide, but I think he’s thinking a little stronger toward Nebraska.”