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M-T(6(>s( -Th(6pm-9pm), Fri.SSi- ) &Sat(1Oam-2:30p" )pm). Former slutW 20yrs. In offices atat /a Inn, Ste.200 (nexldooilt Walk-ins welcow, .owest price by law. 1M S. 846-6117. Showf IRVING — The day after the Arizona game last year, Quincy iarter was replaced as the Dallas Cowboys’ starting quarterback md the team had a losing record for the rest of the season. After a 24-7 win over the Cardinals on Sunday, the Cowboys (3-1) are alone at the lop of the NFC East standings. Carter, who regained his during coach Bill Parcells’ firsitraining camp, is leading the NFL's top-ranked offense. What a difference the coach imade in his first month of le regular season. “He’s brought an attitude Hind here that’s second-to- none. That’s why our tempera- : has changed, because of way he is,” Carter said don't think we’d be 3-1 without him.” The Cowboys have their first ee-game winning streak since they were 3-0 and last alone atop the NFC East to start 1999, their last playoff season. Dallas has at 360 total yards in four games for the first time since 1993, the year it won its second straight Super Bowl championship. There are plenty of reasons to feel good after three straight 5- H seasons. Still, Parcells is downplaying the early success. “We’re doing some good things, I just don’t want to enu merate the things we’re doing better, because I don’t think we’re ready to hear them all,” Parcells said. “I’ll tell the players, but I don’t want anybody to think we’re doing great. We’re not.” Dallas won consecutive games in New York against the Giants and Jets, both playoff teams last season. But the teams the Cowboys have beaten have a combined 3-10 record. u He’s brought an attitude around here that’s second-to- none... I don’t think we’d be 3-1 without him. — Quincy Carter Cowboys' quarterback “I’m trying to get the team to improve and understand what it takes to be successful,” Parcells said. “We’ve got quite a few guys starting to figure that out. We’ve got a whole bushel basket full that don’t know what’s going on.” The coach’s response doesn’t surprise the Cowboys. “He’s going to be pushing all of the way. That’s his style, how he does it. It’s working,” said defensive tackle La’Roi Glover. “He doesn’t like to lose, he does n’t like mistakes. And when you win, the ante goes up.” The Cowboys play Sunday against Philadelphia (2-2), which has won the last six games against Dallas by an aver age margin of 24 points. Dallas then plays at Detroit (1 -4) before six straight games, through Thanksgiving Day vs. Miami (3- 1), against teams that have win ning records. “We have to try to put some wins together and get in position for November. This isn’t going to be an easy task,” Parcells said. In position for what? “Just to stay in the race,” he said. “Your whole goal is in Week 16 to be playing for some thing. We want to get to the halfway point on the plus-side of the ledger.” Through one-fourth of the season, they’ve done that. The Cowboys lead the NFL with 382.2 yards per game. Carter has completed 71 of 126 passes (56 percent) for 1,031 yards with seven touchdowns and four interceptions. Carter was benched last sea son after throwing four intercep tions — two near the goal line — in a 9-6 loss at Arizona that also included a heated sideline argument with owner Jerry Jones. The Cowboys were 3-4 when Chad Hutchinson took over at quarterback. When Parcells was hired, he gave both quarterbacks a clean slate. Carter won the job after working with new offensive coor dinator Maurice Carthon and quarterback coach Sean Payton. “He is now more a complete quarterback than a young guy trying to learn how to play,” said receiver Joey Galloway. icy Test; Hope Pregiwtf ige Station 695-9193,8ip st Abortion Peer Counsa-g ecleaning affordable s [ xperience call Stacy alTf M-6032. The First andonlyt \ggieland. Offering facials.i 'edicures, permanent hail' ie treatments, leg vei f much more. 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Armed guards will be at lliecourthouse, one entrance will be locked, and a metal detector will be set up at the other door for only the third time in years, a sheriff’s spokes woman said Monday. The question is whether there will be a hearing to determine whether the Los Angeles Lakers star will stand trial. Many believe that for tactical rea sons,his attorneys will waive his right to a prelim inary hearing, which would clear the way for a rape trial sometime next year. “If the defense doesn’t waive it, what’s going to liappen is that the public, and of course potential jurors, is going to be left with an image of what happened in that room — and it’s going to be an image that goes unrebutted,” said Norm Early, a former Denver district attorney. “I think it would he very detrimental to Kobe Bryant and I just don’t ste him risking that kind of exposure.” Prosecutors have said they plan to call a sher iff’s detective as a witness to discuss the investiga tion and conclusions reached by a nurse who examined Bryant’s accuser. Legal experts say the defense will probably waive the hearing, in part because the judge has ruled the woman cannot be forced to testify and undergo cross-examination by the defense. Either way, Bryant still has to appear Thursday before Judge Frederick Gannett to show he is com plying with conditions of his $25,000 bail. He will have to return to Colorado this week from Hawaii, where the Lakers are training. Bryant, 25, was charged with sexual assault after the woman said he attacked her June 30 at the mountain resort where she worked and he was a guest. Bryant has said the two had consen sual sex. Legal experts say the earliest a trial could begin is February or March; it could also be pushed back until next summer, after the NBA season. Whatever the timeline, “there’s going to be a paper fight like you’ve never seen before. The defense will probably file every motion that’s ever been filed in any sexual assault case,” Early said. Fans lot too j feature your he 2004 1 yearbook, ay Room 004 )onald and fill ract. Contracts ents, including fee, will be inti I Friday, \fter Oct. 10 lization will a waiting list. 8 already i contract, to set up i picture. 682, if you ions. [Continued from page 7 [Aggieland when the yell leaders would proudly proclaim, |“Fightin’Texas Aggie 27 in a row at Kyle Field.” Aggies were proud of that. It was a shame to see it go, and a greater to shame to watch the memory slowly fade over the past couple of sea sons. This memory for the older Aggies helps create some per spective for Nebraska’s success inks home gym. At one point the Huskers won 101 straight conference games at Nebraska Coliseum. Their record on their home court is no accident. The idea that fan support breeds winning is as true as the concept that winning breeds fan support, especially on the collegiate level where fan support is a major recruiting tool. “It makes them jump another couple inches higher, and hit a little harder,” said A&M coach Laurie Corbelli before this year’s home opener. “(And to) be a lit tle more intense. It’s the adrena line — the louder the better.” No need to look much fur ther than a game earlier this season at G. Rollie to see why a real home court advantage is so important. In the match against Southwest Missouri State, the Aggies were down two games to none and trailed in the third game 27-20, a lead that looked insurmountable. However, A&M strung a couple of points together and ignited the dwin dling crowd, eventually defeat ing the Bears in five games. The momentum shift was tangible both in the stands and on the floor, as the team was able to feed off the crowd’s energy. The Huskers average 4,390 fans in a 4,000 seat gym. G. Rollie White holds 7,800 and has never seen a crowd of more than 3,500. With a student body of more than 45,000 it doesn’t seem like that much of a stretch to top Nebraska. It’s just a matter of going to the game and finding out if the Aggies ever will. IH | HMHHi -5- w- llllill nd Living Abroi Program, Summer 2004 Informational s: tofeer 08: 7. • )C pm Ruoder 5GT October 14; 5,30 pm Koldus Ill October 16: 5.30 pm Rudder 302 London, England Singapore Australia Spain Dominican Republic llllill cl. MSt L X Jordan imtitute for International Awareness Always has something going on!!! 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