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Thursday August 21,1997
HOROSCOPES
Today's Birthday (Aug. 21)
Make that romantic commitment in September. You'll gain strength as well as security. Your luck is good in October. Make your big decision. Watch out for a little mistake in November. It could cause a lot of trouble.
Aries (March 21-April 19) Today is an 8. Your new living situation may cause you a headache. Be prepared for tough times ahead. Getting out of the house more will solve your problem. Relax and hang out with some old friends tonight.
Taurus (April 20-May 20) Today is a 7. You ought to have the whole gang over to watch the game on television. If there isn't a game scheduled, maybe you could set one up. The important thing is that you and your best friends get together.
Gemini (May 21-June 21) Today is a 7.
Your sweetheart may have some he or she wishes to discuss with you tonight. Digging up the past may not be your idea of a good time, but it is good to get things straightened out. You'll both feel better once it is settled. Clear up the confusion.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Today is a 6.
There's been a lot of activity in your love life.
This fall prepare for the best. This is important,
because you'll be facing some tough situations soon.
You need all the luck you can get.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Today is a 10.
In romance, somebody you've known for years is your best choice. If you're single, how about getting back together with a previous commitment? Rekindling an old flame could work.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) Today is a 9.
You may grow to appreciate the simpler pleasures. Looks like you'll be a bit strapped for cash.
If you're not, put some into savings. It will turn out to be one of your brighter moments.
Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 21) Today is a 6.
Let Virgo go ahead and play king for the day.
You prefer to be the power behind the throne.
Today, you'll be getting help. That means you'll start having better luck with partnerships.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Today is a 5. If you've been thinking of getting a pet, you might find the urge stronger in the next few weeks. You're also interested in travel and improving your health. Later, you could take a stroll down by the pet store.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Today is an 8. You'll get a bit of a respite today. The difference is that you won't feel you are in this mess by yourself. Others care about you, including a spirit who inspires you to come up with good ideas.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Today is a 9.
You're aching to buy things for everyone. Don't throw money away. Invest in your future. If you can't trust yourself with the checkbook, give it to your partner. You can get one little present.
Kansas rower named to All-America Team
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Today is a 7.
It's time you learned how to make money. You can save the world and get rich at the same time. If you make more, it doesn't mean someone else has less. Wealth can be created and destroyed.
Kansas junior rower Ashley Masoni was named to the first team of the 1997 U.S. Rowing Collegiate Academic All-America Team during the summer.
Masoni was one of 16 athletes named to the team. The Emporia native has been a member of the Kansas rowing team since its inception in 1995.
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"She started in the beginning as one of the people with whom the success of our program would be built," said Kansas rowing coach Rob Catloth. "The other women look up to her for personality and character. With what she has achieved academically and socially in the community, she is being rewarded the way she should be."
The Kansas baseball and softball teams will have walk-on tryouts during the next two weeks.
KU baseball, softball teams to hold tryouts
People interested in trying out for the 1997-98 baseball team are encouraged to attend a meeting at 4 p.m. Monday at Hoglund-Maupin Stadium.
Information about the tryouts will be available at the meeting and participants will need to complete tryout forms. They also will need to bring a copy of their insurance information.
Note: Horoscopes have no basis in scientific fact and should be read for entertainment only.
A five-week practice season will begin Sept. 8. The season will include intersquad games.
People interested in walk-on try-outs for the softball team must attend an informational meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the north end of Allen Field House.
Call 864-7907 with any questions or to request more details.
Those who cannot attend the meeting but still would like to try out should call 864-4737 for more details.
Walk-on tryouts will be Sept. 2 at Javahawk Field.
K-State mascot to get makeover, new look
—Kansan staff reports
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Willie the Wildcat has had a makeover.
Willie the Wildcat will be bedecked in a new Wildcat head, one that more closely resembles the futuristic, stylized design of the popular Power Cat logo, introduced by head football coach Bill Snyder in 1989.
The prospect of appearing in a form that might be startlingly unfamiliar to diehard Wildcat fans is a unsettling to the new Willie, who was selected on the basis of competitive tryouts, and whose identity is a guarded secret.
When the Wildcats kick off the 1997 football season Sept. 6 at Northern Illinois University, the team's mascot will be on the field leading
"One thing people don't like is change." Willie said in an interview on a street corner in front of Kansas State Stadium last week. "But it was my idea to go with a head that looked more like the Power Cat. As K-State fans, we owe it to each other to be as consistent as we can with our Wildcats."
the cheers — and ready to mark the 75th anniversary of its debut at Kansas State with a new look
Kansas State's unique good-luck symbol got its start in 1922, when football coach Charles Bachman trotted out the first wildcat mascot
The next major K-State mascot milestone came along 25 years later, when a costumed student decked out as a fierce animal first appeared at a home football game Sept. 20, 1947, against Oklahoma State, said Tim Lindemuth, alumni publications director.
— a four-legged, very-much-alive bobcat nicknamed Touchdown.
MUNICH, Germany — Boris Becker pulled out of the U.S. Open, citing the death this week of his manager as the reason. The tournament, which starts Monday in New York, was expected to be Becker's
Becker's manager and close friend, Munich lawyer Axel Meyer-Weolden, died Monday of liver cancer. He was 56.
Becker was seeded 13th for the two-week tournament he won in 1990.
has not competed for more than a month because of a knee injury, dropped plans to play in a tournament in Boston this week.
Peter Duvinage, a partner in Meyer-Woelden's law practice, said yesterday Becker was withdrawing from the U.S. Open, the last Grand Slam event of the year. He earlier passed up the French Open.
last Grand Slam event.
Becker. who
The 29-year-old Becker is gradually concluding his illustrious career. At Wimbledon earlier this summer, Becker announced that he would not play any Grand Slam events next year.
The German star has three Wimbledon titles, two Australian Open crowns and one U.S. Open triumph.
"I am the only one who knows and
European Ryder Cup team members chosen
DUBLIN, Ireland — Seve Ballesteros said yesterday he has already decided on his two captain's picks for the European Ryder Cup team. But he's not revealing who they are yet.
Ballesteros: Won't reveal his picks until next week.
side at the end of the BMW International in Munich next week," Ballesteros said on the eve of the European Open at the K Club near Dublin.
Of the three, only Olazabal still has a chance of qualifying automatically for the team that will face the Americans on Sept. 28-30 at Valderamma, Spain.
Nick Faldo,
Jose Maria Olazabal and Jesper Parnevik are the top players competing for the two final spots.
Olazabal is 12th in the Ryder Cup standings, with just two tournaments remaining. If he breaks into the top 10, he will clinch an automatic berth.
The Associated Press
SPORTS CALENDAR
Today
timore Orioles at Kauffman Stadium
Memorial Park
7:05 p.m. Kansas City Royals vs. Bal
Tomorrow
7 p.m. Kansas football scrimmage at Memorial Stadium
7:06 p.m. Kansas City Royals vs.
Toronto Blue Jays at Kauffman
Stadium
Louis Rams at the Trans World Dome in St. Louis
7 p.m. Kansas City Chiefs vs. St.
Monday
- Entries accepted for the intramural softball tournament
Wednesday
7 p.m. Managers meeting in 115 Robinson and officials meeting in 156 Robinson for the intramural flag football season
Aug. 28
All day. Kansas volleyball in the Nevada-Reno Tournament in Reno, Nev.
7 p.m. Kansas football vs. Alabama-
Birmingham at Memorial Stadium
Aug. 29
4 p.m. Kansas soccer at Illinois State Aug. 29-30
Aug. 29
Aug. 29-30
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