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GwarantwA M*arkincj for the 2002 Spring Semester! $55 «i month $175 a semester Page 8 Sports THE BATTALION Friday, NovemheO Mon day-Sun day, 6:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. (excluding special events) * After January 9, semester lease will be $200 with a $25 deposit. College jffctftt tvccrcic/e 309 College Main in Northgate One block fiomTAMU, with free shuttle service to campus! For in or r iiiforitmtioii (roll Aggies host NCAA region. Cross country team looks for good showing after Big 12 By Maya Thomas THE BATTALION The Texas A&M cross country team will host the NCAA South Central Regional Saturday, Nov. 10, at the A&M Golf Course. The Aggies are trying to qualify for the NCAA Championship which will be held in Greenville, S.C., Nov. 19. A first-place finish at the meet on Saturday would mean the Aggies could go to cross country’s big dance. A&M will compete on its own turf two weeks after the Big 12 Championships in Norman, Okla. The men finished third at the Big 12, and the women finished fifth. In 2000, the A&M women finished first at the South Central region and became the first cross country team in A&M history to qualify for the NCAA Championships. Standouts Andrea Bookout and Melissa Gulli helped lead the women to its first regional title last year. The A&M men finished fourth overall in 2(KK)’s South Central Regional, making a strong performance against dominating teams. “The men’s team in 1999 qualified for NCAA for the first time in 17 years." said A&M coach Dave Hartman. “The last year we were a little down because we redshirted two of the top live guys from the previous Hartman expects strong show the men’s and women’s squads this ut] familiarity of the A&M golf aw,] an advantage in the Aggies. The As® top honors at the A&M Imitate October at the A&M golf course. The latest South Central Reg -: Country Poll ranked the Aggie roA climbing 2 spots from their previous t® The women held on to their No.3ii Saturday's events begin at9u the men. and the women's raceste 10:15 a.m. NEWS II>nI STUDY THE ARTS AND CIVILIZATIONS! OF THE AEGEAN PHOTOGRAPH AND SKETCH GREECE AND TURKEY Nowitzki leads Mavs over Nugget DALLAS (AP) — Dirk Nowitzki scored 33 points, 23 in the first half, to lead the Dallas Mavericks to a 105-91 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Thursday night. Michael Finley had 18 points and Steve Nash added 13 points and 12 assists as the Mavericks improved to 5-1. Nowitzki went 12-for-23 from the field and pulled down nine rebounds. Danny Manning had 13 points and six rebounds for Dallas. Isaiah Rider’s 19 points paced the Nuggets, who fell to 1-4. Nick Van Exel added 13 points and seven assists. The Nuggets got as close as 88-81 mid way through the final quarter. But Shawn Bradley’s three-point play and a 20-footer from Finley with 6:28 left triggered an 11 -4 run. That gave Dallas a 99-85 lead, and the Mavericks went on to remain perfect; games at the new American AirlinesC| Dallas opened the game with 2 and carried a 53-46 advantage into hi behind Nowitzki, who was 9-for-U the field in the first half and made a! of his 3-pointers. Dallas held an 81-74 lead at the :l the fourth quarter. DVood fir& smoky pa I ouston, r IOUSTON (, I rid smoke tF rts of Houstoi d nothing to y's infamous loke from a w ity in nort! unty, which irning since la he blaze at ipile, which e Marshal F d is 60 to 8C ts, was ui nday but cont he smoke, i id a thick fog the Houston the weekend lered toxic. H< Biuisance on w Dr. Charles White: 845-7859, cwwhite@archone.tamu.edu Professor Susan Kirchman: 845-7065, smk@texas.net NO PREREQUISITES-OPEN TO ALL MAJORS-SIX CREDITS (HUMANITIES ELECTIVE-VISUAL ARTS REQUIREMENT) SPORTS Ags down Sooners in overtime, 1-0 Freshman forward Linsey Johnson scored the game’s only goal into the first overtime to defeat the Oklahoma Sooners in the first round of the 2001 Big 12 Soccer Tournament. Sophomore goalkeeper Esther Thompson posted the shut out for the Aggies against the Sooners. The Aggies will take on the Nebraska Cornhuskers tomorrow night in San Antonio. Nebraska IN BRIEF Rebound defeated Baylor 5-1 to advance to the next round. The Cornhuskers are the sec ond-seed in the tournament, behind the University of Texas. The Aggies are the third seed, despite finishing the regular sea son with an identical Big 12 record as the Cornhuskers. Nebraska took the second seed in the tournament because of their 4-2 victory over the Aggies on Oct. 14 in College Station. Kickoff at the Blossom Athletic Complex is set for 5 p.m. Continued from Page 5 uld have beei it was recon pie with bn s use cautioi TEXAS A«M 1ST SUMMER SESSION MAY 2 I-JUNE 24, 2002 dropped their final two games. Unlike last year, however. OU is without quarterback Josh Heupel. Junior Nate Hybl has started seven games for the Sooners and has passed for six touchdowns and 1.527 yards. Hybl’s average of 190.9 passing yards per game puts him at fifth in the,conference, but is significantly lower than Heupel’s average of 277.4 yards. Despite the difference, the Sooners own the No. 3 scor ing offense in the conference. “I see them as having a very evelopmt unday rel nthrax ca potent offense.” siidi linebacker On Rodriguez. “They cando ever they want. But even has their weaknesses sol lulls we can exploittte get some turnovers." 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