December 13, 2017

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NEWS MSA raise awareness about the Rohingya refugee crisis Vandy Manyeh · News Editor

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n what appears to be one of the world’s worst refugee crisis, more than 600,000 Rohingya have fled their native Myanmar since August of this year.

The crisis stems from the decision by Myanmar’s government not to recognize the Muslim minority group as legitimate citizens of Myanmar. The government claims they are citizens of neighboring Bangladesh. More than 88-percent of Myanmar’s population follow the teachings of Buddhism.

This situation has left thousands without life’s basic necessities, while pregnant women and children are in urgent need of medical supplies.

The Muslim Student Association (MSA) at College of DuPage (COD) is doing something to help

MSA officers at a recent bake sale on campus out. Collaborating with the Zakat Foundation, a Worth-based Islamic humanitarian organization, the association is raising money to help with projects that send much-needed supplies to fellow Muslims in dire need. The association also hosted a bake sale on Dec. 4.

“MSA wanted to help

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ing violence and death.”

Muslims in the region are being persecuted and their land can be taken away at any time according to Human Rights Watch.

“These innocent people are having to flee their homes and fight death, and this needs to be stopped,” said Tahir.

The country’s de facto

“innocent people are having to flee their homes and fight death”

raise awareness about the devastating situation in Myanmar and the genocide against the Rohingya people,” said Feryaal Tahir, co-president of the MSA. “This is a very much forgotten group of people, and MSA wanted to raise money to help projects for the over 600,000 Rohingya Muslims who are flee-

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leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been criticized for remaining silent since the start of the crisis. Kyi is a Nobel Peace Prize winner.

Her critics want the award to be revoked.

The MSA believes anyone can contribute by spreading awareness for the cause and educating people about the crisis and

why we need the world to act now.

“You can contact your local political representative and express to them why they should take a stand against this injustice and violence,” added Tahir.

“Also, involvement with relief organizations like Zakat Foundation to raise money and send supplies to Myanmar and Bangladesh, as well as getting involved with and helping Rohingya Refugees in our own home.”

There is a Rohingya Cultural Center in Chicago. The center is a “social service organization aimed at serving the needs of the Rohingya refugee population in Chicago as well as raising awareness of the persecution of the Rohingya in Myanmar.”

Ways to help Rohingya Muslims 1. Donate using a check. Checks made payable to The Rohingya Cultural Center can be sent to: Nasir Zakaria Rohingya Cultural Center 2740 West Devon Ave, Chicago, IL 60659 2. Donations via Chase Quickpay can be made to RohingyaChicago@gmail. com. Please make a note on your payment that this is for a donation.

3. Donate using a debit/credit card.

Visit: http://www.rccchicago.com/donate/ 4. Visit: www.zakat.org. Click “Donations,” and select “Roghinya” from pulldown menu 5. Contact the MSA here at COD Email: tahirf58@dupage.edu

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E E F F I I L L T DENT 7 N E D STU SSC 12S1T7 U SSC 121 Full circle with Byron Graf: Bitcoin Brian Mckenna · Reporter Any early insight into cryptocurrency would’ve helped you collect a significant amount of extra cash, and for local bitcoin trader Byron Graf that’s exactly what’s happening.

Brian McKenna: Who are you?

Byron Graf: My name is Byron Graf, and I am a 21 year old full-time investor/day trader. I have been investing/day trading since bitcoin was at $1,500 in May 2017.

BM: When we spoke in September, bitcoin had just surpassed $4,500. It has now reached $17,000.

Did you ever think it could become this high?

BG: Yes, I knew it would go this high. I still believe this is the early stage of bitcoin. Based off of the graphs and data I suspect a major jump in price is going to come very soon with bitcoin.

BM: What makes bitcoin so unique?

BG: The Blockchain makes bitcoin so unique from all other currencies.

Blockchain, with all of its controversies, has barely scraped the surface of its possible use. In theory, if blockchain goes mainstream, anyone with access to the internet would be able to use it to make transactions. Companies

like USB, Microsoft and IBM are racing to adopt the blockchain BM: Why should someone buy a bitcoin? What are its uses and benefits?

BG: There are many benefits with bitcoin. I will list a few. Bitcoin is fast; very cheap fees to transfer. There is no charge backs. People cannot steal your financial information from merchants. It is limited. It is very private. You are 100 percent in control of your funds. And there is not a third party that touches the money; it goes straight from one person to another.

BM: By the end of the year (Dec. 31) do you think it could hit $20,000?

BG: Yes, based on the charts I have reason to believe that bitcoin will soar above $20,000 by the end of 2017.

BM: Litecoin was also making waves in September. Do you own any?

BG: Litecoin was the first coin I purchased when I started investing.

I bought a few hundred litecoins at $18 when they first gained its real price jump. Litecoin was very undervalued for the past six months. Still to this day I think it’s undervalued. By the end of 2018 I

quartz.com think litecoin will be over $500 each.

BM: Is bitcoin a longterm or short-term investment?

BG: Personally, I think bitcoin is a long-term investment. Over the next 10 years we will see huge devolvement with blockchain and big companies.

BM: Do you think bitcoin is here to stay, or crypto currency in general?

BG: Yes bitcoin and cryptocurrencies are here to stay. The technology behind bitcoin “The Blockchain” is very advanced and can be used for many things in the world we live in today.

BM: Is your money safe when invested in bitcoin?

BG: No, just like stocks it can come crashing down at any time. No one investment is ever safe.

BM: Any final words?

BG: As I am writing this, bitcoin’s live price is at $15,515.00. It is Sunday, Dec. 10 at 1 p.m.

Futures trading is hitting Wall Street today at 6 p.m.

Futures trading is going to bring a mass amount of money into bitcoin.

The price of bitcoin could skyrocket. Buy as much bitcoin as you can afford.

Its going nowhere but up.

-Byron Graf

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FEATURES Finals Relaxation Alizay Rizvi · Social Media Manager Hanna Davis · Photo Editor

Holiday Lights at Lilacia Park: Starting from now to January 2nd, Lilacia Park in Lombard will be flashing a beautiful display of lights for the holidays. Fun for the entire family, it is entirely free to go and see. Lights will turn on at 4:15pm every night.

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Ice Rink at Oakbrook Center: Located at the heart of Oakbrook Center, the Village Green is hosting an Ice Skating Rink for the whole family. Going from now to February 28th, 2018, this is a beautiful location for all ages to enjoy. Alongside the Ice Skating Rink is an assortment of Holiday Markets with beautiful lighting and decorations. General Admission for children is $7 and adults is $9. They also offer skate rentals for $5. It is a great place to bring the entire family to enjoy.

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Christkindlmarkt in Chicago: For those of us who live a little close to the city, or a train station, going to Chicago for the holidays is a perfect idea. In the heart of Chicago right around The Daily Center is Christkindlemarkt. A german based Holiday Market brought to the streets of Chicago. With lots of games, food and drinks to go around, this makes for a perfect spot for the whole family to enjoy.

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Artwalk in Wheaton: Wheaton claims the title of the town with the second most churches per capita worldwide, and is home to the ever present Wheaton College. So it goes without saying that the town, and many of its residents are religiously involved. To celebrate the Christian holiday of Christmas, the Jonahre Foundation has decided to sponsor A Gift to Remember: Christmas Art Walk which will run from December 12th - 24th. Artists from around the world have decided to create art which is symbolic of their faith, for this very event, and visitors are invited to walk around downtown Wheaton between the 12 shops that have offered to host an artist’s work.

The locations and artist backgrounds can be found on their website.

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FEATURES Digital systems showcase brings out COD’s hidden talents Vandy Manyeh · News Editor

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ast week students that enrolled in ENGIN 2213 (Introduction to Digital Systems) class had the opportunity to showcase thier digital design projects. The students were supervised by Assistant Professor, Engineer Alyssa Pasqyale. Here are snippets of thier designs.

GROUP 1 Students Muhammad Adeeb, Arthur Loder and Jake Smith designed a JAM 8-Bit computer. The system allows you to add and subtract binary numbers using an Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU). The Computer then displays the output on three seven-segment displays.

GROUP 2 Sean Farnsworth, Robert Fetcho and Sean Sundrani designed a multiplication circuit with an accompanying control and display logic. The circuit features built-in functions to halt clock signals after completing computations, clear and reset registers and calculate parity of final results.

GROUP 3 Ever thought about a timer to track the time for the chopstick game?

Chopsticks is a game often played by kids in school who are bored and have nothing but their hands to play with. The game is for two players.

Each player starts with one finger on each hand. They take turns attacking the other person’s hands which makes their opponent add the two hand values together. Once a player’s hand is at a value of five, that hand is knocked out. David Chamberlain, Fernando Rodriguez and Angello DiMonte designed a digital system that keeps track of the score and turns through a system to registers and displays the game state on a system of LEDs.

GROUP 4 Luis Dias and Tiffany Wang designed a countdown timer that allows a user to set the time to count down from up to 255 seconds; four minutes 15 seconds. A button is hit to start the countdown, and when the timer hits 0:00, a buzzer will be activated.

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FEATURES GROUP 5 Tyler Goch, Kishan Patel and Soel Sunny designed a burglar alarm system. The system is designed in a way that if the input password doesn’t match with the preset password, the alarm will go on (Red LED). If the present password matches the input password, the Green LED will go on.

GROUP 6 Jen Bettinger, Andres Marquez and Arpan Panchal designed a lock system with a sequence detector. The sequence detector has a clock that controls the time the system operates. The system has two push buttons to generate a different kind of sequence. The push button is also used to reset the sequence to generate new patterns.

GROUP 7 Mohammed Alwa designed an 8-Bit full adder. The adder adds and subtracts numbers between -127 to 127. To the right of the adder is a ROM chip, and above the ROM chip is a ROM programmer which programs the ROM chip.

GROUP 8 Hojn Coleman and Karla Rojas designed a digital clock to have a functional, 24-hour format where a user can set both time and alarm.

The group used D flip flops for counting the time and then combinational logic to work out the time setting and alarm setting.

GROUP 9 Parker Gajewski and Jacob Maldonado designed a two-player game of Connect 4. There is a board with 16 multi-colored LEDs arranged in a 4x4 grid. Another two LEDs are on the side of the grid to display which player’s turn it is and if a player has won the game.

GROUP 10 Parker Gajewski and Jacob Maldonado designed a two-player game of Connect 4. There is a board with 16 multi-colored LEDs arranged in a 4x4 grid. Another two LEDs are on the side of the grid to display which player’s turn it is and if a player has won the game.

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FEATURES Cleve Carney Gallery Hannah Davis · Photo Editor The College of Dupage would not get far without its ever faithful adjunct faculty, and this sentiment is especially present when it comes to many of the art curriculums within the MAC. Oftentimes, as a student, it can be easy to forget that the faculty that works so hard to teach you a craft in the arts, are themselves artists. Featuring unique works from 12 of COD’s part-time Studio faculty, Cleve Carney’s most recent exhibition reveals the true talent that comes with years of studying a craft. This exhibit is a breath of relief in that it works to separate the distance between teacher and student, and brings the entire artist community at COD closer.

After finals week is over, the gallery will be showing these works from January 3rd -20th.

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OPINION EDITORIAL / Christian baker vs gay couple case heard in Supreme Court Kimberly Wilson · Opinions Editor

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ast week the controversy surrounding Christian baker Jack C. Phillips refusing to bake a wedding cake for same-sex couple Charlie Craig and David Mullins in 2012 came to a head as oral arguments were heard in the Supreme Court on Dec. 5 on whether or not the baker had the right to refuse

the couple service.

At its core, we believe this is an issue of separation of church and state.

The premise of Phillip’s defense is based on the fact that Colorado’s anti-discrimination laws, which prohibit businesses from refusing to serve customers based on “disability, race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin or ancestry” violates his First Amendment rights. He argues the state should not be able to force him to use his skills for something that violates his religion, and that the First Amendment guarantees him free speech and free exercise of religion.

Anti-discr imination laws are in place for a reason. If a business owner is

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allowed to refuse service to customers for personal and/or religious reasons, then what’s to stop other business owners from following suit?

Businesses could simply cherry pick which part of the law they don’t feel like adhering to and point to this very case as a reference as to why they should be able to get away with it. If an exception is made for Phillips, then pretty soon all too many businesses could be asking for exceptions and coming up with all manner of reasons to justify them.

Phillips’ business license means he is obligated to conform to the state’s anti-discrimination/public accommodation laws. All businesses must operate

under certain rules and regulations, and if he is not willing to follow those rules and regulations then should he even be allowed to operate a business in the first place?

That would be like an oil company refusing to adhere to anti-pollution laws if they claimed the laws were against its religious beliefs.

It’s also worth noting that surely all the rest of Phillips’ customers aren’t without their fair share of sin. If one takes into consideration that no sin is supposed to be worse than the other, then discriminating against this particular couple because of their sexual orientation becomes even more difficult to explain.

Furthermore, in situations where someone would enter his bakery only to buy a pastry, there would be no way for him to know if that person was heterosexual or not. Unless he blatantly asked customers their sexual orientation and assumed they were honest in their response-which would raise serious privacy issues--he may have very well “violated his faith” many times before.

For him to truly avoid going against his religion, he would have to either invade all of his customer’s privacy by demanding to know whether they were gay or straight, or his customers would have to have some type of identification or tag disclosing their sexual orientation. That

would be eerily similar to the Nazi Germany regime in which Jews were forced to wear a badge to identify themselves.

Business owners should absolutely be able to believe what they want to believe and practice whatever religion they please. They should not however be able to use those beliefs to discriminate against customers and subsequently break a law in the process. There is no room for a gray area in this case. Laws against discrimination must be firm. Bending those rules could put us on a very slippery slope we cannot afford to slide down.

Views expressed in The Courier represent opinions of majority of editorial board. The Courier encourages all students, faculty, staff, administrators and community members to voice their opinions on all the topics concerning them both in and out of school. We encourage readers to submit a “Letter to the Editor” voicing their opinions on topics discussed in the editorial.

OPINION Letter to the Editor To the Editor, As a student who has personally witnessed how an individual’s low self-esteem can harm their goals, I would like to bring attention to the problem of low self-esteem that exists within younger audiences.

Due to a group assignment for my English 1102 class, I was able to explore the extent in which self-esteem levels impact a person’s daily life. My group found that a low self-esteem can be induced by almost every aspect of life, such as one’s financial or academic status. Through a survey we created, we found that everyone between the age of 18-25 experienced low levels of self-esteem. However, the majority found that their self-esteem increased as they got older.

In order to provide sanctuary to those who are struggling in overcoming this phase of life, my group

took the initiative in creating a website to help those who have no one to turn to. The website includes a blog, which allows anyone to anonymously seek comfort and advice on how to increase their self-esteem from people who are experiencing the same situation. If this project gets attention and truly begins to help our community, we would love to keep it as permanent program.

Moreover, my purpose in writing this letter is to remind everyone that it is normal to have a low self esteem and that it is something that can be improved upon. Through our research, we found that increasing one’s responsibility has proven to be one of the many ways to increaseself-esteem. If you are interested in knowing more, I have provided the URL to our website below.

URL: https://sites.google.com/ view/selfesteemenglish1102/aboutus Yours Sincerely, Samira Khorfan

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SPORTS Q&A / Getting to Know Quarterback Asher O’Hara Carlos Peterson · Sports Editor

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caught up with College Of DuPage (COD) quarterback Asher O’Hara over the weekend to talk about his life in and out of football and some of the things he’s looking to do in the future.

Carlos P: What’s it like carrying the moniker of being the quarterback and being the guy?

Asher O: I never really played other positions. So being in the position of quarterback was never as big of a deal to me. I never felt more significant than any other role on the team, although some people may think it’s bigger than another position. Every position different. I didn’t come in thinking that I

Photo Editor was THE quarterback, and that I had to play crazy good. I just let the offense roll.

CP: What are some of the things you do to get better as a player?

AO: A lot of my improvement was off the field, watching film, and it helped improve my football I.Q. This season my quarterbacks’ coach, Coach Furco was helpful, because in high school I didn’t have to retain as much as had to this year. I got better at reading coverages from that. That was one of my focuses this year. Getting better mentally, and being more aware at the quarterback position, and using that to my advantage.

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CP: Was there anything during the season that you wished to improve on?

AO: As an offense we could have executed better. Some weeks we just wouldn’t get it done, and then the following week we’d being doing alright.

We related it to when we would have a bad practice week. In the games we lost, we had three losses, we would have a bad week of practice. It was self-explanatory. If we don’t practice the way we play, we’re not going to win.

CP: I did a little bit of research, and you were a great ball player in high school. Did you receive any offers outside of coming to COD?

AO: No, and I don’t know how, but I was a very under-recruited player. I had a couple of D-2 offers.

Nothing D-1. Now that I look back on it, I’m just shocked I didn’t get any interest. Kinda frustrating.

CP: That’s understandable. There are plenty of programs that need quarterbacks. In terms of the entirety of your career, with topics such as concussions coming to the forefront, does any of that frighten you as a player?

AO: It hasn’t really. It clearly is a huge concern to me. My older brother, who played at COD two years back, has said that he’s had some issues. He’s had a good amount of con-

cussions, much more than I have. I’ve really been listening to what he said and take that into consideration, but I just haven’t had enough to feel unsafe. I’m too passionate about the game right now.

CP: For personal time, do you play games like Madden being a big football guy.

AO: Any game you give me, I’ve heard from my friends, I’ll always be the best at it. I’m really good on the sticks. I like to spend a lot of time on there when I’m not playing football. I played with my older brothers, so I have a lot of experience. I definitely have game.

CP: What’s your favor-

ite team to use in football?

AO: I like using the Panthers, because Cam Newton can run around. I like to run with my quarterbacks. I don’t like pocket passers.

CP: Is there any track or playlist you use to get ready for a game?

AO: Believe it or not, I don’t. Most of my teammates have their headphones on. I never have my own music on. I’m going over plays. I’m not one to be screaming about excitement before the game.

I like to save my energy for the field. You’ll catch me listening to whatever the locker room is playing, none of my own.

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ames is now in his 15th season in the NBA and has been the best player in the league for a little over a decade.

His production and ability to elevate others needs to be appreciated before we wish it was still here.

The NBA media has a bad habit of falling prisoner to the moment when it comes to the MVP race.

We saw it in 2011 when it was given to guard Derrick Rose in an attempt to create a narrative outside of Miami’s Big 3. Stephen Curry, a slender, shootfirst point guard was even made a unanimous MVP in 2016. However, the final straw was the pity campaign made for Rus-

sell Westbrook last season after Kevin Durant left for Golden State, using the triple double as validation. Westbrook was out of the playoffs in five games, some value.

The voters have the opportunity to do the right thing - award LeBron with the MVP award after a five-year absence.

Since the start of the year, the King of Akron has been on a tear that hasn’t been seen since his days in South Beach. At the ripe age of 32, LeBron James is averaging 28.2 points per game, 8.5 assists per game, 8.1 rebounds, 1.2 blocks and 1.3 steals. He’s shooting a career high 58.5-percent from the field and

42.1-percent from three.

Those numbers are better than James Harden, Curry, and Kyrie Irving.

While these numbers are unbelievable for any player in the league, we’ve come to expect this play from James. His everyday greatness is a detriment to his annual MVP candidacy.

However, each year brings new hope, something LeBron’s Cavaliers must have received slightly late. They started the year crawling to a 5-7 record.

Through much of the sluggish start many of the same questions that have surrounded a LeBron-led team swirled. Questions such as: “Is this the year

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LeBron’s stranglehold on the East finally relents?” or “Was the departure of Kyrie more significant than we first suspected?”

Despite all the uncertainties that came with an underwhelming start, LeBron weathered the storm and elevated an aging roster. Moving Dwyane Wade to the bench, allowing James to take over the role of point guard has proven to be a lethal strategic move. Since then the Cleveland Cavaliers have won 14 of their last 15 games; the catalyst being one LeBron James.

In his illustrious career, James has done many remarkable things, like taking a subpar roster to the

finals at the young age of 22 or beating the greatest regular season team of all time in the finals to bring Cleveland its first sports championship in over 50 years. This season is still young. LeBron has yet to finish painting his latest masterpiece. I urge everyone to take a step back and appreciate what we are witnessing. We will never see the likes of the King again.

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My Immortal- Evanescence Genre: Rock Sounds like: Flyleaf, After being on hiatus for years, rock band Evanescence is back with a beautiful orchestral version of one of their biggest hits, ‘My Immortal’. The pairing of lead singer Amy Lee’s powerful and dramatic voice with the resonating sound of strings and brass makes this reimagined version even more emotional and poignant than before. The lyrics already tell a powerful story of losing love and the strings make it all the more moving. - Kimberly

Way Too Deep - Grabbitz Genre: EDM, Drum&Bass Sounds Like: Stonebank, Tristam Nicholas “Nick” Chiari, whose best known by the Monstercat community by Grabbitz, comes back in one of their latest podcasts with Way Too Deep. The song starts off slow with Grabbbitz’s gorgeous set of vocals moving it along to a wavy drop.

The song in itself reminds you of the ocean almost, with its sound revolving around in a storm. Grabbitz’s truly impactful lyrics melge together with the electronic sound beautifully. His lyrics revolve around the concept of being unable to rest or feel anything, just simply watching as time continues onward. It’s fully concept rests around the concept of sinking away. - Alizay

Ave Maria- Harry Connick Jr. Genre: Holiday Sounds like: Tony Bennett, Jack Jones The holiday season is upon us and with that comes an overwhelming amount of holiday music, both good and bad. Harry Connick brings his interpretation of the classic, “Ave Maria” in his 1993 hit album “When My Heart Finds Christmas.” The melodious and tender playing of the piano brings a warmth and coziness that the holiday season should bring as well as the many memories. While the playing by Connick is fantastic, his vocals are what make this an excellent song, with his ability to carry notes for longer than humanly possible. This song is a must for your holiday playlist and experience. - Carlos

Roll with the Punches - Mk.Gee Genre - Indie Rock Sounds like: Tame Impala, MGMT Bringing strong beachy vibes with a heavy synthesizer presence, this song is great to listen to when you just feel like laying in your room and staring at the ceiling. For most of the duration of this song, the beat seems to aimlessly float around your eardrums, yet as you stick around for the rest it picks up by introducing a more present drumbeat which gives you the urge to twirl around in your room and start a Rom-Com montage. This song would also be great for a sing-along themed road trip - just in time for the end of the semester! - Hannah

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28. *On Christmas it often includes ham or goose 30. In style 35. Twelfth month of Jewish year 37. *Max and Santa’s Little Helper 39. Jack Black’s Libre 40. Saturnalia’s place of origin 41. Rat’s world 43. Movie spool 44. Actress ____ Perlman, pl.

46. Angler’s decoy 47. Partner of “void” 48. “A Connecticut ____ in King Arthur’s Court” 50. Speed of object divided by speed of sound

52. A layer in plywood 53. Please do not delay 55. *”____ the season to be jolly...”

57. *Beloved Montgomery Ward creation 61. *”Christmas Carol” author 65. Avoid, as in taxes 66. ENT’s first concern?

68. Alfred Hitchcock in his own movie, e.g 69. What tailor did 70. #19 Across abbreviation 71. Driver’s 180 72. Sin over cos, pl.

73. Blade drops 74. Mexican coins DOWN 1. Aquarium dweller 2. Room border 3. Dwarf buffalo 4. Torah teacher 5. Divest one of a gun 6. “For” in Spanish 7. Orinoco or Grande 8. Opposite of alpha 9. *Like holiday memories?

10. Capital of Latvia 11. Wedge in a golfer’s bag, e.g.

12. Broadway recognition 15. Dairy aisle package 20. Bribes of rewards, in the olden days 22. Liberty Tree, e.g.

24. “Naked Lunch” creatures

25. *Like Christmas 26. Greeting in the land of “Mele Kalikimaka” 27. Part of cow’s stomach 29. *Yuletide 31. Repair, as in socks 32. Freeze over 33. Conch, e.g.

34. *Poisonous Christmas berry 36. Plumbing problem 38. Red Cross supplies 42. Abdominal muscles 45. *Like a letter mailed to Santa 49. Sixth sense 51. Diaphragm spasm 54. Best way to shop?

56. *The kids do it in openng of “A Charlie Brown Christmas” 57. Catch your breath 58. Iris holder 59. Dracula’s bane 60. Words from Wordsworth 61. Big attraction 62. Outback birds 63. Infamous emperor of #40 Across 64. Daughters’ brothers 67. Belgian brew

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