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Friday September 15,2000
HOROSCOPES
Today's Birthday (Sept. 15).
The more you stash away now, the wealthier you'll be then. This year your assignment is to build your future. Pressure you feel in September can be motivational. If you save a certain amount by October, you won't even miss it. By December you should have enough to buy yourself a nice gift. Follow your set routine to rake in the cash in February. Your experience helps you advance your career around June. Push yourself to complete the project by August.
To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiest day. O the most challenging.
Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 6.
Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 4.
**Ages (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 6.**
You're eager to take action, but watch out. If you move too fast, you may get left behind. Don't confront somebody who's not ready to hear the truth. And it won't work to push someone who's not quite ready for romance.
Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 4.
If somebody's yammering at you to go faster, be patient. Explain that you don't want to make a mistake and have to do the whole job over.Same goes if the voice that's so critical is coming from inside your head.
Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is a 7.
Expect a few differences of opinion today.
Unfortunately, you may have to give up something so the group can achieve larger goals. A compromise is necessary, but it can be worked out. Don't give up the thing that's most important.
Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is a 5.
Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is a 5. You may want to be in two places at once. Somebody at home may have to wait while you take care of business. This doesn't happen often, but when it does, there is some stress. Luckily, it does not appear to be life-threatening.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 6.
If you had more money, you could go further and faster. If you had more time, you could go for longer. All things considered, you're not as bad off as some. Enjoy what you've got. If you can wait a little while, a loved one may be able to join you.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 4.
How could you get a four when the sun's in your sign? Because the moon in Aries makes you tense and sometimes stirs up people who have hot tempers. Avoid them if possible, especially if money's involved. Leave your phone off the hook.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 6.
Only allow yourself to be talked into things you want to do. If you have a wild streak, it may get a chance to show itself soon. If you'd rather not read about yourself in the gossip columns tomorrow, cool it.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 6.
If a dear friend's secret gets out, there could be trouble. Don't tell, no matter how much you'd like to impress a co-worker. But if there's something the two of them need to talk about, maybe you can make that happen.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 5.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 7.
You look good; that's for sure. You're charming and witty. The biggest challenge will be restricting your extracurricular activities to after work. Beware of the older person who's not laughing at your jokes
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 5.
You always have more work to do. If you don't
have an assignment, you'll make one up. See if you
can keep from doing that. Somebody at home
needs more of your attention, so try to get back
there as early as you can.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb.18) — Today is a 7. Travel plans this weekend could run into complications Invite people to your place instead. Let your fingers do the walking today too. You'll save a lot by not running all across town looking for something you need.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 5.
Don't be dazzled by a smooth-talking salesperson.
Just because the other person's doing well on the deal doesn't mean you will. In fact, just the opposite's more likely true. Act in haste and you may get to repent at your leisure.
KANSAS TENNIS
The Kansas women's tennis team's fall season begins this weekend when it travels to Bloomington, Ind., for the Indiana Invitational.
Women's tennis team to start season today
Indiana will play host to the three-day meet, which takes place today.
KANSAS
TENNIS
Saturday and Sunday,
and will include
Southern Illinois, Ball
State, Miami (Ohio)
and Western
Michigan. Each day's
Note: Horoscopes have no basis in scientific fact and should be read for entertainment purposes only.
matches will begin at 9 a.m.
The Jayhaws were successful in last year's Indiana Invitational, when two players won their flights. Senior Julia Sidorova won flight No. 5 and sophomore Christi Wagenaar won flight No. 7.
Big 12 Championship will be telecast at night
BIG 12 FOOTBALL
The Big. 12 Conference championship game is now in prime time. For the first time in the five-year history of the Big. 12, the 2000 game will be televised nationally on ABC Sports at 7 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 2, at the 79,451-seat Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo.
"The move to prime time certainly places the Dr, Pepper Big 12 Championship in a position of prominence nationally," said Big 12 Commissioner Kevin Weiberg. "We are pleased with the additional exposure as well as the opportunity to attract our biggest crowd in the history of the game."
nationally ranked in the top 10.
The title game, which determines the team that will be Big 12 champion and represent the conference in the Bowl Championship Series, has the potential to match two top 10 teams. Currently, Nebraska (No. 1), Texas (No. 5) and Kansas State (No. 7) are
Last December, Nebraska won its second Big 12 title in 3 years after a 22-6 defeat of Texas in San Antonio. This year's game will be the first played in Kansas City.
- Kansan staff reports
McGwire to be honored with Lou Gehrig award
BASEBALL
OXFORD, Ohio — A college fraternity organization is honoring St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Mark McGwire with its annual Lou Gehrig Memorial Award for off-field generosity to the community.
The Phi Delta Theta International Fraternity sponsors the award, given to a major league baseball player since 1955. McGwire will become the fifth Cardinal to receive it, joining Stan Musial (1957), Ken Boyer (1964), Lou Brock (1977) and Ozzie Smith (1989).
Representatives of Phi Delta Theta and the Lou Gehrig Memorial Award Committee plan to present the award to McGwire during pregame activities Sunday at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, fraternity officials said yesterday.
After signing with the Cardinals in 1997, McGwire pledged to donate $1 million each year to the Mark McGwire Foundation for Children, a charitable foundation that provides financial support and educational programs for victims of child abuse and neglect.
In 1999, McGwire teamed with a coffee company foundation to promote literacy. The joint venture provided a $5,000 donation to a children's literacy charity for each home run McGwire hit.
NEW YORK — U.S. soccer captain Claudio Reyna was suspended for two World Cup qualifiers yesterday by FIFA, and coach Bruce Arena was suspended for three games for arguing following the July 23 game at Costa Rica.
U.S. soccer captain, coach get suspensions
The suspensions mean the Americans will be missing three players for their Wednesday, Oct. 11 qualifier against Costa Rica at Columbus, Ohio. Midfielder Earnie Stewart and Eddie Lewis will be serving one-game suspensions for their
OLYMPICS
OLYMPIC GAMES
actions in the Sept.
3 win against
Guatemala.
Reyna also will
miss the final game
of the regional
semifinals on Wednesday, Nov. 15 at Barbados. The United States needs at least one win in the final two games to qualify for next year's regional finals.
Costa Rica won 2-1 the July 23 game in San Jose on Hernan Medford's penalty kick in the final minute, awarded by Jamaican referee Peter Prendergast, who ruled defender Gregg Berhalter handled the ball in the penalty area. The Americans were convinced the ball went off Berhalter's shoulder.
After the game, Reyna and Arena vehemently argued with Peregrandg.
"The game in Costa Rica was an emotional defeat for us, and our reactions to that loss were equally emotional," Arena said. "We acknowledge and understand FIFA's decision in this process, and we need to put it behind us and move forward in our preparation for these upcoming games."
after the loss in Costa Rica, and I am sorry for losing my composition," Reyna said in a statement released by the U.S. Soc. Federation.
"Everyone that has watched me throughout my career, knows how uncharacteristic my actions were
The United States (2.1-1.1) is second with seven points in Group E of the semifinals of soccer's North and Central American and Caribbean region
Houston injures wrist, may sit out first game
Central American and Caribbean Region. Only the top two teams advance to next year's regional finals, which will produce three qualifiers for the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea.
SYDNEY, Australia — Allan Houston of the U.S. men's basketball team has a jammed wrist that could keep him out of the team's first game against China.
Houston injured his right wrist when he collided with Shareef Abdur-Rahim during practice Wednesday. It is the same wrist Houston had surgically repaired three summers ago.
"I'm not as worried or nervous as I was yesterday." Houston said after sitting out most of the U.S. team's two-hour practice yesterday. "It felt like I stretched the scar tissue."
Houston was scheduled to undergo X-rays on the wrist. He said he wanted to wait another couple days before deciding whether to play in the U.S. team's opener Sunday night.
"If it feels like it does now, probably not. Satudav will tell," he said.
The rest of the team ran through a series of drills during a two-hour practice at the Dome in Olympic Park. Houston, whose wrist was encased in a soft cast, was limited to running and shooting layups and free throws left-handed.
Coach Rudy Tomjanovich did not seem worried about Houston's injury
"He jammed it pretty good, but he didn't seem too concerned today. He told me it'll me two or three days," Tomjanovich said.
Sports Calendar
Volleyball at Texas A&M, 6 p.m.
Women's tennis at Indiana, 9 a.m.
Soccer vs. Ole Miss, 4 p.m. at SuperTarget Field.
Cross country at Iowa State Open, 10:30 a.m. in Ames, Iowa.
Football vs. Alabama-Birmingham, 6 p.m. at Memorial Stadium.
Women's tennis at Indiana, 9 a.m.
Women's tennis at Indiana, 9 a.m.
'Hawks recruiting outlook still bright
By Michael Rigg
sports@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
So they're not exactly flocking to Roy Williams. But they're not all shooting him down, either.
Although three top-notch recruits turned down Williams and the Jayhawks in the past few weeks, Kansas is still close to landing some of the nation's prime recruits.
The Jayhawks are expecting a visit this weekend from Alan Anderson, a 6-foot-5 forward from Minneapolis, Minn. Anderson is also considering Minnesota and Michigan State.
Kansas is also still high on the list of Jamal Sampson, a 6-10 center from Santa Ana, Calif.; Josh Childress, a 6-6 forward from Lakewood, Calif.; and Aaron Miles,
a 6-foot point guard from Portland. Ore.
Sampson and Childress are planning to visit Kansas during Late Night with Roy Williams on Friday, Oct. 13. Miles, meanwhile, has no official Kansas visit uped yet. Still, the three reportedly would like to play together in college, and Kansas is one of the few premier programs with enough scholarships available.
Now for the bad news.
Halstead's Dennis Latimore, a 6-9 forward, is leaning toward Arizona. But he will have his in-home visit with Williams Monday.
The Jayhawks are expecting a visit next weekend from Cedric Bozeman, a 6-6 guard who is Sampson's teammate at Mater Del High School in Santa Ana.
But Bozeman still has to be sold on
Kansas.
"I think if he had to sign today, he'd pick Florida," said Gary McKnight, Bozeman's high school coach, in an interview with The Gainesville (Pla.) Sun. "But he's going to take his visits and make up his mind."
Making up their minds is exactly what two Kansas recruits have done — and they're not going to be Jawhaws.
Williams learned earlier this week that Erroll Knight, a 6-5 guard from Seattle, would attend Washington.
Knight's announcement came just after David Lee, a 68 forward from St. Louis, gave an oral commitment to Florida. Lee will wait until the spring to sign his official letter of intent, but he appears to be headed to Gainesville.
— Edited by Erin McDaniel
Rim Rock meet draws teams from six states
The meet will feature teams from Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Colorado and Arkansas. More than 2,200 athletes from 151 total teams will compete.
The University of Kansas will host the Rim Rock Farm High School Cross Country Classic tomorrow at the Jayhawks' home course. Lawrence High and Free State High also will help sponsor the event.
"This is a very special event because of the nature of the competition," said Tim Weaver, meet director. "We have athletes from all over the Midwest. Unlike a state meet where runners only face off against others from schools of the same size, the Rim Rock meet lets the best high schoolers in the region go head to head."
Rim Rock Farm, located north of Lawrence, has served as the home of
the 1998 NCAA Division I and II championships and is bidding to host the meet again in the near future. It is also the home of the Kansas 5A and 6A high school state cross country championships.
Tomorrow's meet begins at 9 a.m.
and the final race begins at 1:10 p.m.
The event is free.
— Kansan staff reports
Student Shuttle on Gamedays!
Catch a Ride to the Game on Jayhawk Gameday Saturdays!
What: NEW KU Student Shuttle Bus - FREE!
Where: Pick up at designated bus stops at Daisy Hill Dorms & Jayhawk Towers. Drop off on Jayhawk Blvd. at the top of the Hill.
When: Rides begin 2 hours prior to kick-off and run until kick-off. Two return trips after the game.
The KU Student Shuttle Bus can be identified by the big student banners hanging from its sides. Get to the bus stop early to make sure you get a ride Show your KU I.D. to ride free.
HAWK CLUB Tailgate Kick-off Event!
Home Opener vs. UAB • Saturday, Sept. 16 • 6pm
What: Free food and drinks!
Where: At the top of Campanile Hill
When: Begins at 4pm
All current HAWK Club members are invited to the HAWK Club tailgate party. Pick up your official club T-shirt and get ready to sit in "The Nest" during the game. Bring your KU I.D. to verify club membership.
To Join HAWK Club:
Stop by the Ticket Office in Allen Fieldhouse or Call 864-3141 www.kuathletics.com