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One link, Guess the TV Show or Movie Name" lets surfers spend at least 15 minutes answering questions such as whether the show takes place in a city, the two main characters are gay or if there is a talking baby in the show. . Another link is to www.goodquotes.com, where pick-up lines and tips like "Drive around like a car and make screeching sounds and say "Uh, sorry, my uh, brakes aren’t working well. Where are you headed?" and funny thoughts like "Why do we say 'bye bye but not 'hi hi'?" run amok. Other time-consuming activities include setting up an online lemonade stand, "popping" or clicking virtual bubble wrap and for a daily dose of good-doing, www.digitalcharity.com. For CNN junkies, a link to "Chuck Shepherd's News of the Weird'' lists true and strange news events from around the world. Ever hear of the lady in New York who displayed 13 of her reproductive eggs, floating in silicone in a Connecticut museum to exhibit "the pressures women feel when their biological clocks are ticking? Papers, shmapers, tests, shmests. With bored.com, students will most likely never be bored and may never resume studying. -Lizette Resendez www.hotornot.com Stressed with 18 hours of classes related to poultry science? Upset the first test grade of your collegiate career was a 15? After one visit to www.hotornot.com, laughter is sure to ensue and countless hours of valuable study time can be spent on this one Web site. Hotornot.com, which has been featured in People. Time, Newsweek and The New York Times, displays countless pictures of individuals who willingly, unless they have one mean enenr, mit their picture for all of cyberspace to view and vote upor Picture after picture appears as viewers rate Mr. "Look at me playing with my dog," a mere two out of 10 and Miss 'I'm tri- hard to look as if I'm in deep thought' a five. After each vote submitted, a new picture appears and a smaller version of ft ture surfers just voted on appears on the left hand sidewttb picture's average score. Also displayed is the time the perscr tured m the photo last checked their score. As an added bonus, if one surfer finds someone in a phot: ticularly attractive, they can click on the link named 'Click hr Meet Me" and can easily be connected with the person thfl ; admire. Viewers may use this not only for its matchmaking service: a stress reliever. But submitters beware. One bad test grade* put Web surfers in a bad mood and a Claudia Schiffer look may just get voted a one. -Li/ette i NEWS THE BA" By I It an ui ■linking their parent: Snow. I Dean ol Parrott said niake good ■Icohol-rela I The Uni ■otification ■ducat ional ■ as amei ■ducation ■ 998. This ■cross the A Waste of Cyberspace Keep on Surfing Web-Worthy Plan to Stay Logged On Check it Out^ bookmark j Ih everyone on your Buddy List Hicks looks to sell Stars ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Dallas Stars owner Tom Hicks has hired a company to explore and manage a possible sale of his NHL team and his half-ownership of the company that manages and operates the American Airlines Center where the team plays. Any sale wouldn't affect his ownership of the Texas Rangers, his major league baseball team. "As much as I love hockey and the Stars, I have met and exceeded the goals I set six years ago," Hicks said in a statement Monday. "After much thought and private NEWS IN BRIEF discussion with my family, I have decided this is an appropriate time to become a one- team owner rather than a two-team owner* Hicks purchased the Stars in 1996 for S84 million, and the team won the Stanley Cup three years later. The Stars missed the playoffs last season for the first time under Hicks' ownership, which resulted in the fir ing of coach Ken Hitchcock midway through the season. J.P. Morgan Securities Inc, the company hired by Hicks, declined to specify a proposed purchase price for the Stars and the half-own ership in the Center Operating Company that operates the $420 million American Airlines Center that opened last year. Hicks said the sale of the Stars help him concentrate more olhtsi on the Rangers, who will finish last AL West for the third straight seaso* team won the AL West title the two) before that after Hicks bought th<i from a group that included Pres: George Bush. "I am totally committed to translcr Texas Rangers into a team that cofro-r every year for the division title and e- tually win its share of World Senes cff pionships," Hicks said. 'HopeMfy alignment of my personal inwests schedule will accelerate our strata tactics for the baseball team.' (AP) - ■d before ■ nniversar) ■ bout the frequent flu In the day. “I think ■ razy,” sai |nased poli »:45 a.m. f ninimize Security, ind reporte lirports. Sure, Sie 5ack to departure d; p-eschedulinj Stephani [Talif., on tl trip to Bosk “1 know /ou’d be sa Cebulski, wl ;r and is n< iplanes to bt Iweird, too [thinking abc Just how plan to sta] diard to tell ling precise iings, saying Tic will be /r Three words for you: mail my Microsoft. CONGRATULATIONS! Join the Celebration at the Clayton W. Williams, Jr. Alumni Center SEPTEMBER 12TH RING DELIVERY Tickets distributed throughout the day, beginning at 7:15 a.m. You must have a numbered ticket to get your Ring. FlvSTIYTims BEGIN AT 2 P.M. Ring distribution starts at 3 p.m. and ends at 6 p.m. We encourage you to take the Bonfire or Replant bus routes that stop in front of the building. lexas Aggie Artist, Benjamin Knox ’90, personalizing the “Historic Aggie Ring” You must bring your pink receipt and driver’s license to pick up your Ring. If you do not have your pink receipt, please bring your student ID and driver’s license. 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