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An Invitation to Graduate and Professional Students From the Graduate and Professional Association (GPA)
Join us for GPA's Annual Picnic and Info Fair September 14, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Potter's Pavilion (located behind Potter's lake and Carruth O'Leary)
- Complementary Food catered by Kansas Union & Drinks by the Coca-Cola/KU Foundation
- Campus offices,services,and organizations will have information tables,brochures,and representatives
- Freebees include phone cards with 30 minutes free calls by Grad Resources
For more info call 864-4914 Or visit GPA's website www.ku.edu
HALL CENTER FOR THE HUMANITIES
CELEBRATES ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY LECTURE SERIES 2001-02
September 12: Victor Bailey Professor of Modern British History, Kansas University Director of the Hall Center
"Victoria's Values: Marking the Centenary of Queen Victoria's Death" 7:30pm Spencer Museum of Art Auditorium
October 4: Edward Said Distinguished Chair of Comparative Literature, Columbia University "Humanism in America" 7:00pm, George Washington Union
"Humanism in America"
7:30pm Ballroom, Kansas Union
"The Color of Sex: Race, Ethnicity, and Sexuality in America" 7:30pm Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Union
November 15: Joane Nagel Distinguished Chair in Sociology, Kansas University
January 31: Alice Walker, Poet, Novelist, Essayist Co-sponsored by the Office of the Chancellor and SUA
"Readings and Questions" 7pm Lied Center This lecture is a precursor to the Langston Hughes Symposium Feb. 2002.
"The Making of a Documentary: Long Night's Journey Into Day"
South Africa's search for truth and reconciliation
7:30pm Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Union
February 21: Frances Reid and Deborah Hoffmann, Filmmakers
April 25: Dava Sobel, Author
"Galileo's Reconciliation: Science and Faith"
3:13pm, Ballroom, Kansas Union
ALL LECTURES ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC For more information: 864-4788 * www.hailcenter.ku.edu
Agassi and Sampras to do battle at Open
NEW YORK — For his next trick, Pete Sampras takes his high-wire act at the U.S. Open into a matchup against Andre Agassi, no simple matter for the Grand Slam title record holder.
The Associated Press
Sampras eliminated two-time champion Patrick Rafter, and Agassi ousted Roger Federer to set up a heavyweight quarterfinal tonight in America's Grand Slam.
They are the two oldest players in the draw — Agassi 31, Sampras 30 — resuming their rivalry in a match that might be more appropriate for a final instead of a quarter. Sampras leads the series 17-14 but Agassi has won the last three meetings, including two finals this year.
The last time they met at the Open was in the 1995 final, which Sampras won in four sets.
seed at the Open, a tournament he has won four times.
The drought led to a No.10
Sampras viewed the season's final Grand Slam as a chance to save his summer but the draw did not make it a simple task, facing Rafter and Assagi.
"I've had a few challenges over the year, but yeah, this is a very, very tough draw, even from my first match on," Sampras said. "To play Pat in the 16 and back it up against Andre, this is about as tough as it's going to get. It's a huge challenge.
Sampras is equipped with one of the best serves in the game and Agassi with one of the best returns.
Agassi, seeded No. 2, has prospered at the Open, winning his first four matches almost at will. Even when he dropped a set against Ramon Delgado, he always seemed in control.
"If you win, you've done something pretty incredible by beating one of the game's best," he said. "If you lose, you know you were part of something, part of a challenge and opportunity that you know you're not going to get very often."
"I felt great about every part of my game," Agassi said after beating federer, who defeated Sampras at Wimbledon. "It was just coming off my racket so solid."
Sampras and Agassi are old pals who've been playing since they were kids. Sampras remembers the first time they played in Northridge, Calif.
Agassi understood the significance of playing Sampras next.
Northside.
"I think I always claim I beat him," Samprassaid. "I think I might have been eight and he was nine."
Agassi claims he was taller then.
"He was," Sampras said. "But that quickly changed. Thank God."
Sean Elliot to take TV job
The Associated Press
Sean Elliott, who returned to the NBA after a kidney transplant, signed a two-year contract yesterday to be a TV analyst for the San Antonio Spurs.
But the contract does not necessarily mean the 33-year-old forward is done playing basketball.
"When we did the deal with the Spurs, we have a clause that if he does have the opportunity to play, he can walk away from the TV deal and go play," Elliott's agent, Armando Rios, told The Associated Press. "He is very committed to the broadcasting, but if an opportunity comes up worth taking advantage of, he could do that."
able for comment.
Elliott, the first person to return to the court following an organ transplant, was not avail-
Elliott has spent 11 of his 12 years in the NBA with San Antonio. He earned $5.2 million last season in the final year of a six-year deal, but he most likely would have had to take a paycut to keep playing with the Spurs because of salary cap concerns.
Rios said Elliott turned down several opportunities with other teams to continue playing. He did not identify the teams.
"He doesn't have to do this. He's doing this because he really wants to," Rios said. "Everyone has told him that if he is willing to make the commitment, he can be very good at doing this."
Elliott served on the Spurs' radio-TV crew in 1999-00 while recuperating from kidney surgery in the summer of 1999. He later
did free-lance work as a studio analyst for TNT during the NBA playoffs.
When Elliott returned to the court last season, he was limited because injuries to his shoulder and knee. Elliott played just 19.9 minutes a game and averaged 7.9 points while losing his starting small forward position to Danny Ferry.
For his career, Elliott averaged 14.2 points and 4.3 rebounds a game and was an All-Star in 1993 and 1996. The Spurs took Elliott with the third overall pick in the 1989 draft.
With his new TV job, Elliott will work alongside the play-byplay man for at least 60 games a season. P.J. Carlesimo will fill in for any games Elliott is unable to work.
Wearing Our Free T-Shirt May Not Get You a Date, But It Could Get You A $1,000 Scholarship.
Okay, so a free T-shirt won't secure your spot on any bestdressed list. (That's a relief.) But wearing it will get you a free seat for the KU-UCLA football game.And if that's not incentive enough, 25 lucky students wearing the shirt, sponsored by Intrust Bank, will be selected to receive $1,000 scholarships!
With that kind of loot, you can probably get your own date.
Who: KU students
What: Free T-Shirts (bring your KU student I.D.)
When: September 4, 5, 6, 7
Where: Stauffer-Flint Lawn
Why: The T-shirt is your admission to the
Why: The T-shirt is your admission to the KU-UCLA football game at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 8. Wearing the T-shirt to the game will make you eligible to be selected for a $1,000 scholarship. (You must wear the T-shirt to the football game and be an enrolled KU student to be eligible to receive the scholarship.) Go Javhawks! Beat the Pro
Go Jayhawks!
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