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TAKING A DIFFERENT PLUNGE

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Changed location of Polar Plunge attracts more participants, funds

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The polar plunge is usually thought of as a chilling experience for students, but this year’s event felt quite different.

Sponsored every year in conjunction with Greek Week, the polar plunge took place on Friday. It doubled as a fun event for students as well as a fundraiser for the Special Olympics.

For the past 17 years, the Polar Bear Plunge has taken place at Lake LaVerne. This year, however, was the first time it happened at the State Gym pool.

“The other day we were told we couldn’t have it outside at Lake LaVerne because of safety reasons. So we decided bring it indoors so that we could still have the plunge,” said Casey Wales, co-chairwoman of Polar Bear Plunge.

Co-chairman Benny Rohloff said moving the Polar Bear Plunge to the pool took some of the charm out of it. It was balmy instead of the typical cold, but having the event in State Gym helped increase participation.

A group jumps into the pool at State Gym for the Polar Plunge on Friday. The event was originally located at Lake LaVerne, but below freezing temperatures forced the plunge to move inside. The event raised more money than ever before for the Special Olympics.

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Payless Fashion Week gears up for events Annual Global Gala Fashion Week schedule

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Fashion Show members hand out 5-Hour Energy drinks on Central Campus and sell T-shirts during the 2013 Fashion Week.

This year there are new vendors that will have free items throughout the week.

The Fashion Show might have started 31 years ago, but Payless Fashion Week is only two years old and is taking place again this year during the week leading up to the big event.

Co-Directors Erin Tepper, Sara Turke and Delaney Eilts have been working very hard on this year’s Fashion Week to make it a fun event for all students on campus.

“Even though it’s our second year, we started a new event which is Fashion’s Night out,” Tepper said. She described the night as a fun, stylish event featuring giveaways, speakers, raffles and some red carpet moments.

The co-directors are involved in creating all the events and themes.

They work on organizing all the dayto-day events down to every last detail and must secure the venue, keep a rolling budget and reach out to vendors and sponsors.

There is also an 11-person committee working under them to help figure out the details. The committee is broken into subcommittees, such as entertainment and logistics, that consists of two to three members.

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By Kelly.Schiro @iowastatedaily.com Student dance clubs performed at the 9th annual Global Gala to share and celebrate their cultural heritage Friday at the Great Hall in the Memorial Union.

Global Gala is an event that celebrates and promotes the diversity of Iowa State. This year 200 people attended the event.

Kashaan Merchant, multicultural awareness and Global Gala co-director, wasn’t sure how many people would show up considering the basketball game and two shows at the M-Shop.

Merchant said it really wasn’t about the number of people who show up but rather how much people enjoy the performance.

“There were people all around and everyone was engaged the entire time,” said Merchant.

He said the audience had a wide range of ages from 3 years old to over 60.

This year’s event showcased dances preformed by ISU Bhangra, Line Dancing Club, Motion Sickness Dance Team, ISU Raas, Bollywood Dance Club and Cyclone Breakers.

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By Mackensie.Moore @iowastatedaily.com When Air Force ROTC cadets went to their required leadership laboratory activity on Sunday, they did not know what to expect, especially not capture the flag in the style of the Hunger Games.

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But occasionally, about once or twice a semester, their leadership labs will be a fun activity that requires teamwork while still challenging the cadets.

“Because our leadership labs aren’t always activities, we try to throw in games like [capture the flag] to make things more fun,” Mazurowski said.

Cadet Ross Droppert, senior in aerospace engineering, was the organizer and creator for the event.

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After months of planning, the day for the event finally arrived.

With around 400 yards of string and 30 cones the playing field was created.

Divided into six “districts,” each had it’s own flag zone with a neutral circle in the center for all “districts.”

“We tried to make the course as big as we could without taking up too much of central campus,” Mazurowski said.

Approximately 80 cadets participated and were divided into six “districts” of 13 to 14 cadets.

The rules created said that cadets were safe in their own “district” but if they crossed into a different “district” than they could be “killed” by being tagged.

If a cadet was “killed” then their punishment was a workout: jumping jacks, sit-ups, push-ups, etc.

While not many cadets knew that the activity would be capture the flag, even fewer knew that it would be Hunger Games themed.

“When they said it was going to be Hunger Games, we didn’t know what to expect,” said Cadet Christina Kindle, freshman in chemistry.

It was exactly what Droppert said he wanted.

With a total of four different game types, the rules changed each round to

keep cadets on their toes.

The first game type was regular capture the flag and the second type was domination, where “districts” gained the other “district’s” territory when they captured their flag.

The third game type was king of the hill, which involved only one flag and the team that held the flag the longest won. And the fourth set of games brought in zombies — where anyone tagged became a zombie, continuing until there was only one man standing.

There was time set up after each game for “districts” to come together and talk about the previous game, decide ways they could do better and make a plan of action for the next game.

Major James Stephens, adjunct assistant professor of air force aerospace studies, supervised the event and said that the exercise was mainly to train cadets how to react to problems.

“Whoever is in charge has to make quick decisions, analyze the problem, get input and decide on the best choice,” Stephens said. “They all have to come together to solve that particular problem.”

After the event, cadets said they walked away with better relationships and better decision-making skills.

“The activity was really fun and it was a really great way to see what everyone could do put together as a team,” Kindle said.

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Iowa Badminton Open comes to Iowa State

By Justin.Lo @iowastatedaily.com Iowa State Badminton Club members and badminton players from all over the Midwest competed in the 2014 Iowa Badminton Open in the Forker Building on Saturday and Sunday.

The competition brought badminton players from Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, Kansas, Texas and even California to compete for prizes offered by YONEX, the tournament’s sponsor.

The tournament started at 8:45 a.m. Saturday and stopped for the day when all events reached the semifinal round. Play resumed at 9:00 a.m.

Sunday until all the champions were decided.

The tournament had men’s and women’s singles, men’s and women’s doubles and mixed doubles with four flights within each event.

All winners in the top flights received professional rackets furnished by YONEX, winners in the second-highest flights

won semi-professional YONEX rackets, players who won in the third-highest flights won YONEX badminton bags with assorted badminton equipment and winners in the lowest flights won YONEX drawstring bags with assorted equipment. The winners and runner-ups in all flights also received trophies.

Jinchen Fan, senior in marketing and the president of the ISU Badminton Club, said that 108 people showed up to compete in the tournament.

“It’s tiring, but it’s good to go out and play,” said Jared Szabo, one of the 15 people from the University of Iowa Badminton Club that competed in the tournament. “I’ve enjoyed this experience.”

Mark Davidson, an Ames community and ISU Badminton Club member, said that he came to the tournament to play in the men’s doubles event with his partner Yuheng Long, a graduate student in computer science.

Nha Bao, a student from Creighton University in Omaha, Neb. said that he competed in

this tournament for the experience and has competed in several tournaments around Nebraska and Iowa.

Allison Doren and Cara Silverman, students from Washington University in St. Louis, Mo. have played in many badminton tournaments around the Midwest and heard about this tournament through Facebook.

Silverman and Doren drove from their school to Ames the night before the tournament.

Doren ended up finishing as the runner-up in the top flight for women’s singles.

“A lot of people know each other [at this tournament], it’s very close-knit,” said Karen Chin, a player who flew in from Dallas, Texas to compete in this tournament. Chin finished as the champion in the top flight for women’s singles.

“It’s pretty competitive and the standards were really high,” said Zie Chieh Chua, senior in mechanical engineering and the runner-up in the top flight for men’s singles. “I’m pretty exhausted.”

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Anh Tuan Nguyen, yellow, freshmen in accounting and Sitinon Nuethong, freshmen in chemical engineering compete in a singles match on Sunday in Forker Hall. Nguyen won the top flight for the men’s singles.

Anh Tuan Nguyen, a student from Des Moines Area Community College and the champion in the top flight for men’s singles said he felt lucky because many of t-he other people at the tournament were strong players.

“It’s pretty nice that we have people around the Midwest, even people from California and Texas,” said Aaron Liao, graduate student in chemistry and runner-up in the third-highest flight for men’s singles. “We really appreciate it.”

Women’s leadership summit promotes diversity

By Jaden.Urbi @iowastatedaily.com The International Student Council will host the very first Aspiring International Women’s Leadership Summit today.

The AIWL Summit is designed not only for international women, but anyone who is interested in learning more about and appreciating multicultural women in leadership positions, said Onalie Ariyabandhu, senior in economics and president of the International Student Council.

“Diversity doesn’t only mean international students; it ranges from LGBT

students to students with disabilities to even people with different religious affiliations, and it’s important to recognize that,” Ariyabandhu said.

Janet Horsager, International Student Council treasurer, also assisted with planning the summit.

Horsager said she has been working to plan the event since February, contacting the featured leaders and designing the event’s logo.

The AIWL Summit is being funded by the Asian American Studies Program.

The event will take place from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. in the Campanile Room of the Memorial Union. The summit will

Turkish Night brings culture, cuisine to Ames community

By Jaden.Urbi @iowastatedaily.com The Turkish Students Association served authentic Turkish food to over 130 people for their biggest event of the year, Turkish Night on Saturday The attendees ranged from students to families who joined around tables to share conversation, eat authentic Turkish food and learn more about Turkish culture.

The event was held from 6-10 p.m. at a venue called The PLEX in north Ames.

Irmak Sargin, graduate student in materials science and engineering, is a member of the Turkish Student Association and has been planning this event since September.

Sargin said if they held the event on campus, the university requires that staff from the university cooks the food and they wanted to be sure that the guests were getting authentic Turkish food cooked by the Turkish students.

“Once we made sure we would be the ones cooking, it was very hard to choose the dishes for the night because we miss all of them,” Sargin said.

Sargin said that

Turkish people cook a combination of Italian, Indian, Arabic and Greek foods, but the foods for the event all had a Turkish emphasis.

The foods they prepared are hard to find in the U.S., Sargin said.

The guests were served a four-course meal, all made by the students themselves. As people finished the first plate of food, students from the Turkish Student Association would bring out another plate of food.

“Of course we [had] baklava for dessert, people love it,” Sargin said.

All throughout the night there were slideshows projected on the walls showing important pieces of Turkish culture, such as influential people, places and dances.

“The goal was to make people more aware of Turkish culture,” Sargin said.

As the final courses were being served, a sixman Turkish band from Iowa City took the stage.

The singer, a professor from the University of Iowa, translated and explained some of the lyrics before the band broke into an upbeat love song.

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“I love to dance and it’s not very often we get a live Turkish band here,” Sargin said.

Omer Ozgur Capraz, graduate student in chemical and biological engineering, said that his favorite part of Turkish culture is the shared language with other countries.

“Sometimes when I go to different countries, I realize that we have a common verse. A lot of words are the same in Turkish as in other languages, it shows that we are connected,” Capraz said.

In Turkey, people are all very different with varying point of views Sargin said. No matter who you are, there is something in Turkish culture for you, he said.

Capraz said it’s nice to meet people who have moved here from Turkey and are going through the same things — it’s easy to make connections.

The Turkish Student Association has held other events through the year, such as celebrating Turkish Republic Day and a movie night.

“We want to reach more people and welcome everyone to learn more about Turkish culture,” Sargin said.

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consist of small group activities, large group discussion and the presentation of a leadership concept.

“We have invited six faculty and student leaders on campus to be featured leaders working with small groups to discuss their leadership experiences, challenges, passions and ambitions,” Ariyabandhu said.

Following these small group discussions, the groups will all join together to freely discuss topics on international women in leadership roles, Ariyabandhu said.

“Diverse perspectives prepare people to address the multiple needs in a community and by promoting this at Iowa State, we are acknowledging the increased prevalence of globalization and a continual need to embrace new ideas in a changing community,” Horsager said.

Ariyabandhu said that she hopes participants will learn from current leaders and become inspired and motivated to take on leadership roles themselves.

“I have been in leadership roles all throughout college, but something I have noticed is that it takes some amount of effort and mental status for a woman to get into a leadership position without thinking twice,” Ariyabandhu said.

Ariyabandhu said that this is more

of a motivational event for women to talk about the importance of leadership and why people should appreciate women of color, while encouraging current leaders to maintain their positions and prospective leaders to make the effort to get into a leadership position.

“Leaders are people who want to pursue these opportunities and who take that extra step and move forward,” Ariyabandhu said.

Horsager said she thinks it’s important to have this event because people can always improve their leadership skills and the summit brings together international women to encourage each other in future leadership endeavors.

“Each person brings a new perspective to an organization, by encouraging more international women to seek out leadership positions we are expanding perspectives within organizations,” Horsager said.

Registration for the AIWL Summit has no deadline, but participants are encouraged to register by noon today.

“The world beyond a university has a lot of diversity, and this is something that people should learn how to tolerate, accept and appreciate. That can’t be done overnight, it’s a learning process,” Ariyabandhu said.

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Greeks need to address sex equality in chapters The greek community at Iowa State is used to getting a lot of praise. It does a lot of great things for the community and prides itself on being held to a higher standard than the rest of campus is. The greek system at Iowa State tries to keep strong morals and have good, wholesome values, but it seems that some of these values may be a little outdated.

Greek Visit Day is a day for the greek community to show off its homes and what its chapters have to offer to high school seniors. There have been some changes made this year to the former “Greek Getaway” to make it “Greek Day.” The prospective sorority women will be coming for a visitation day and have the option to bring their parents. The fraternity men on the other hand will be allowed to stay the night.

According to the National Panhellenic Conference, having the high school women stay the night in the sorority would be considered a risk. This does not send a good message to parents who are considering sending their children to the greek community.

If the Panhellenic Conference does not feel comfortable having the women stay there for one night, parents would reasonably not feel comfortable having their daughters live in that community.

If the high school men are allowed to stay, does that mean that the greek community is safer for men than for women?

If young women are considered at risk in the greek community, it is only reasonable for men to be at risk too.

Drugs and alcohol are responsible for much of the risks that afflict college campuses and their greek communities nationwide. Drugs and alcohol do not discriminate and neither should greek leaders. However, this is exactly what is being done by making different rules for how young men and women are treated with respect to these risks.

Additionally, in most houses, greek men are allowed to have women upstairs and in their bedrooms, while women in most greek houses are not allowed to have men upstairs. If they are allowed, it is only during designated hours. Aside from the fact that we are all adults who can make our own choices, there is a blatant double standard at work here.

One of the reasons that men are not allowed upstairs in some sorority homes is to keep them “nice” and to mind the women’s personal space. This argument falls short, though, since having personal space free from invasion by others is something all students should enjoy, not just sorority sisters.

By banning visiting high school women from staying overnight in sorority houses and by enforcing different standards in having guests over, the greek community of Iowa State is reinforcing gender stereotypes of the worst kind.

Instead of implicitly agreeing that college campuses are not safe for young women, our greek houses should prove themselves to be safe havens. Instead of encouraging the discriminatory idea that it is OK for men — but not women — to have certain late night visitors, our fraternities and sororities should work together to form equal visitation policies.

If greek students are going to be held to a higher standard, that standard should be the same whether it is for a sorority or a fraternity. The women who make up Iowa State’s greek community have proven that they are capable of making safe, responsible decisions and should be granted trust to take care of the young women coming for Greek Visit Day so they can show off their community to the same effectiveness as the men.

Greek students have come a long way and have a great impact on Iowa State and the Ames community. They should be proud of that impact, but there is still more to be done. The greek community, like everything else, always has room for improvement. Equality in house rules and recruitment days would be a good place to start.

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Though Iowa State is a college with no religious affiliations, Christianity is the normalized religion on campus. Columnist Liu argues for the creation of an interfaith prayer room where anyone from any religion can go to pray, meditate or just relax without interference.

Bring interfaith rooms to campus

By Cara.Liu @iowastatedaily.com

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o you have the keys to the library?” Two girls wearing the hijab, a veil commonly worn by Muslim women, asked me while I was manning a campus computer lab. I did not, so I looked for someone who did, but no one seemed to be around.

“Why do you need to get into the library?” I asked. It is a small room in our building, full of books, and usually only used by staff members.

“We need to pray,” one of the girls answered. They, like all Muslims, have to do a required ritual prayer, or salat, during the afternoon.

The library they usually used for praying was locked, so I allowed them to use an empty classroom at the back of the lab.

As I watch them go, I thought: is this really the only way?

Even though we are a school with no religious affiliation, the normalized religion on campus, from the Browsing Library Chapel to the various student organizations on campus, is Christianity. According to a survey done by the City University of New York, about 52 percent of Iowans are Protestants and 23 percent are Roman Catholics, while other religions make up only 6 percent of the population — even behind the nonreligious population of 13

percent. Therefore, it is not surprising that religions other than Christianity tend to take a back seat.

This incident helped me see a different side of Iowa State. The two girls, among other less prevalent religions on campus, are part of an unvoiced minority that has had to resort to praying in any available space they can find. They know the futility of challenging the unspoken hierarchy by asking for any accommodations and simply practice their faiths as quietly as possible.

Khaloud Al’Abri, is an international student from Oman who just recently came to the United States. Being of the Islamic faith, she — like a number of students on campus — often finds it difficult to pray on campus.

“It is a big problem for us,” Al’Abri said. “We all need to pray at about the same time, but there is a lack of clean, private rooms to do so on campus.”

Al’Abri said she would use the Gold Room in the Memorial Union or the Intensive English and Orientation Program library, where space and availability are continually subject to change.

Perhaps it is time that the school invests in a quiet, private space dedicated to the spirituality and wellbeing of all students — a room for all faiths, including Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, atheism or agnosticism; a room where students can go to

relax, meditate or pray.

Quite a few examples of interfaith prayer/meditation rooms are found in institutions across the country.

Surprisingly, many of them exist within Catholic schools.

Marygrove College, a private Catholic school in Detroit, have recently opened an interfaith prayer room for Muslims and other religions.

The establishment of such a room is not as far-fetched as it might seem.

The first thing that most people said to me when I asked for their opinion on prayer rooms is, “Is there not a room like that already? How about the Browsing Library Chapel/Multicultural Center/ rooms in the MU?” The problem with these spaces is that they are often occupied. Plus, most of them are not private enough for the practice of something as personal as prayer.

Nancy Lan, who has been a Christian for 8 years, liked the idea of an interfaith prayer room. “I do not see any problem with it, but I do not know if other, more conservative Christians would feel the same about using an interfaith room.”

To get a Buddhist’s perspective, I talked with Sophia Hui, assistant professor of marketing and adviser to the Dizang-Qi Buddhism Club.

“It is a good idea,” Hui said. “We had a lot of interfaith activities back when I taught at Indiana University.

In Buddhism, we also do a form of praying called prostrations, so we can definitely

use a room like that.”

Jeffrey St Clair, president of the Atheist and Agnostic Society, likes the idea but admits that he and his club members would not actively support it since most of them will not need to use the room. “However,” he said, “some agnostics who practice Buddhism or meditation might benefit from it.”

Regardless of religion or beliefs, the people I talked to all agreed on one thing: the establishment of an interfaith room would be beneficial to all students on campus, religious or not.

I love Iowa State for its diversity. As a school, we embrace our differences, as seen in our vast array of student organizations. However, when it comes to religion, there is a big elephant in the room. In our school, students can freely practice their own faiths — but is it really freedom when there is no space made available for them to do so? Since the mission of our school is to promote and support the diversity of the student body, the availability of an interfaith room would be the first step to cultivating an interfaith dialogue and to maintain the vibrant cultures of our school.

The Religious Leader’s Association is having a meeting at 1:15 p.m. April 2 at the Memorial Union to discuss the possibility of an interfaith prayer room on campus.

Please contact Shari Reilly at shari@staparish.net if you are interested in attending.

Ugliness breeds work discrimination

By Zachary.Neuendorf @iowastatedaily.com

W

e have all heard about discrimination concerning race, religion and gender, but one that is frequently overlooked by law, yet is possibly the most experienced in our daily routine is that of ugliness.

Ugliness is difficult to interpret or define, which is why it is even harder to determine if it is a basis for inequality. Rarely are we given an opportunity where it is blatantly used as a weapon against those who are deemed to have it.

But in the past few years, restaurants have been a breeding ground for this obscure discrimination. Most recently, various restaurants in New York City required waiter applicants to send in headshots along with their applications. This makes it fairly obvious that their appearance plays a role in whether or not they will be hired. Only bad people care if their waiter is hot or not.

In France, the rudeness is switched onto the customers at multiple expensive restaurants, including Le Georges, seated in accordance to their attractiveness. The beautiful people are reserved for the front, where they can be easily seen by all, while the less fortunate are forced to seats in the back, hidden from potential customers. The decision of the patrons’ appeal is entirely in the subjective hands of the host.

Multiple cases have reached our courts, but it is challenging to decide if one is indeed ugly and whether that was the reason for not being hired or for unequal treatment. Because of this strug-

gle, most incidents go undocumented.

Although both of these situations are relatively harmless to someone’s self-esteem, it is telling of the society we live in. It also reveals which restaurants deserve an immediate boycott. It is ‘lookism,’ and it earns a spot on the list right next to ageism — discrimination we all have probably practiced, but need to stop.

Beyond the world of modeling and acting, what role do looks play in one’s performance? Apparently too much.

Understandably, appearance often equates to professionalism, but that takes into account a dress code, not the way one’s face is arranged — traits bestowed upon them at birth. That is something only copious amounts of plastic surgery could change, which is equally and more outwardly frowned upon.

The simple solution is to quit it.

So-called “ugly people” have it tough in just about every corner. They are prone to make less money, get worse deals on mortgages and struggle more when seeking friends and romance because people discriminate against anyone who looks odd or “other”.

Is this not the core of racism, sexism and all other “–isms?” Ugly can be used to describe how one feels about anyone who does not meet his or her standards. This style of oppression can be as simple as avoiding eye contact with someone because his or her nose does not please you.

This disparity has existed in history back to ancient Greece when the beautiful were lauded while the less beautiful were essentially written off. It is not surprising that these attitudes fall hard-

est upon women, both then and now.

Much is written and discussed about the images women are bombarded with of the idealized thin body and perfectly symmetrical features. However, the sculpted muscles of masculinity are also a constant reminder of what man is sexy and what one is either too flabby or too skinny.

The act of fixing our ugliness begins early at home. Many of us wore braces, and those years of metal mouth might have been endured somewhat for better health, but primarily they were to promote our pearly whites to a more socially acceptable arrangement. Yeah, your parents totally thought you were kind of ugly.

We have all faced the ugly truth, some more than others, and our familiarity with it leaves us silent — unless of course we are attacking it in a ironic fashion. That would be things like making a purposely triple-chinned, ugly face on SnapChat or deprecating ourselves humorously by highlighting our flaws over social media. To an extent, this is a healthy release of the insecurities we all hold.

Let’s give a round of applause for the “ugly people,” or those who have felt more ugly than beautiful. Being the unattractive one is difficult and sometimes facilitates a spiteful personality, but typically it is a catalyst to forming a spectacular, persevering character. If one does not have looks to kill for, one will try in other areas and that usually means becoming an addict to education or crafting a magnificent sense of humor — things which will be much more alluring to the right people than a pretty face.

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Raising minimum wage helps decrease poverty

By Michael.Glawe @iowastatedaily.com

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pparently, there is no space for empathy in the hollowed heart of the modern businessman or woman. Well, at least this has become the case for the overly adulated hero or heroine that has escaped the clutches of poverty, climbed the ladder of success and achieved the “American Dream.”

But these stories have run their course and fallen into a state of cliche — let’s do away with them. The fact of the matter is that for every winner, there are many more losers — and most of those losers, by sheer accident of their birth, never had the opportunity to succeed in the first place.

The disadvantaged and under-resourced should be our primary concern. An increase of the minimum wage, for starters, would help to raise roughly 4.6 million people above the poverty line. That would help to make the “American Dream” actually possible.

Not everybody shares that

sentiment. For instance, Jessica Dunker, president of the Iowa Restaurant Association, wrote an opinion piece, published March 18 by the Des Moines Register, in opposition to Sen. Tom Harkin’s proposal to raise the minimum wage to $10.10.

Dunker argues that the minimum wage serves as a starting point for those entering the workforce, and it should not be raised to a point that would allow a person to make a “career” out of washing dishes.

What person finds washing dishes at $10.10 per hour to be an ideal job, anyway?

If those living on minimum wages — we should place more emphasis on “living” — really are at the cusp of an illustrious career, they must have entered the game late.

The stereotypical teen employee does not represent the minimum wage workforce. As David Cooper and Dan Essrow at the Economic Policy Institute have noted, the average age of a worker affected by a minimum wage increase is about 35 years old. 56 percent of the affected workers are women, 28 percent

of which have children.

Many of those people are living below the poverty line.

Although minimum wage may not be the most direct way to reduce poverty, it should be considered in combination with food stamps and the earned income tax credit.

More so, and even more compelling, is the fact that minimum wage has consistently fallen behind inflation, despite Americans working much harder than their foreign counterparts.

In essence, the minimum wage employee is working harder but has less buying power then he or she did in 1968.

As Sen. Harkin has valiantly argued, this modest proposal would help to numb the tribulations of poverty. It not only makes economic sense, but it is also a moral imperative.

Yet there are those who still blatantly protest, as if raising the minimum wage is some radical idea.

The minimum wage has been raised dozens of times since the establishment of the Fair Labor Standards Act under Franklin D. Roosevelt. The idea

is hardly something new — and if it really was as apocalyptic as some have claimed, our economy would not be leading the world right now.

Dunker continues her piece by scaring the consumer onto her side. She asserts that a minimum wage hike would result in job loss. This job loss, at least in the restaurant industry, would result in an insufferable consumer experience.

As she states, among other things, “No one will bring you a drink — you will do that yourself. Fewer busers. You may clear your own table.” Those are improbable hypotheticals and just plain economic suicide for an industry characterized as “service.”

Also, business owners too often forget the idea that one’s income is also another’s income. After an aggregate wage increase, an employee at McDonald’s, for example, would have more to spend at Wal-Mart, and an employee at Wal-Mart would have more to spend at McDonald’s.

The argument that the minimum wage hike would

reduce employment is inconclusive, but evidence suggests that the effect is slim to none. A wage hike to say $25, however, would be catastrophic, but the broad understanding among economists is that the harm posed by a modest increase is very minimal.

Why is this the case?

Economist Paul Krugman compellingly argues that it is because workers aren’t just bushels of wheat — they’re human beings, and “the human relationships involved in hiring and firing are inevitably more complex than markets for mere commodities.”

Therein lies the moral imperative. We are all human beings, and as our solidarity has proven, we care about one another.

I side with Harkin because he encourages a realistic approach to alleviating suffering rather than throwing out ingratiating and pseudo-genuine remarks.

Perhaps there is refuge for empathy in the world of capitalism after all. That or we can make room.

Letter to the editor

Congressman Braley’s insults to farmers show his incompetence to serve Iowans Jonathon Laudner, Chairman - ISU College Republicans On March 25, a video of Congressman Bruce Braley at a private fundraiser in Texas with a group of trial lawyers was released with Braley saying Sen. Chuck Grassley was “a farmer from Iowa who never went to law school.” I’m sorry to say, Mr. Braley, but Iowa was built on our agriculture, not our lawyers. It’s sad to hear this kind of comment coming from a man who wishes to be your next Senator from Iowa.

What he has done, with one simple statement, is tell everybody else, that the farmer from Iowa has no place in government, and it should be left to the lawyers.

Unfortunately, that’s the problem with Washington. There are too many elitists in the halls of Capitol Hill, who constantly talk down on our hard-working families in Iowa.

Farmers in Iowa are the backbone for our economy. Farmers wake up before the sun rises and come home after it has set just to make sure your family and mine have food on our plate every night.

If only Congressman Braley had the determination to work as hard as our Iowa farmers.

Iowa State University is the biggest university in the state of Iowa, yet Mr. Braley has yet to come to our campus. He even graduated from Iowa State , yet he hasn’t bothered to stopped by his alma mater.

On Wednesday, April 2, the Iowa State College Republicans will be hosting Sam Clovis, Joni Ernst, Scott Schaben, and Matt Whitaker for our U.S. Senate Candidate Forum.

It will be the second and third time on campus for some of these candidates during the campaign, yet Bruce Braley has yet to be on campus.

As Chairman of the ISU College

Republicans, I urge you to attend our U.S. Senate Candidate Forum on at 6:30 p.m. April 2 in the Sun Room of the Memorial Union The questions at this forum will be asked by members of the audience, with each candidate getting a chance to answer.

No matter which candidate from the Republican field receives the nomination in June, all of them will serve Iowa in the U.S. Senate better than Bruce Braley.

From complaining about the lack of towels in the congressional gym during the government shutdown, to demeaning Iowa’s farmers, Bruce Braley is just another Washington elitist, looking down on the everyday Iowan.

I urge you to attend our forum on April 2 and in November, support the Republican ticket in Iowa to help our economy continue to grow, lower our student debt and fix our broken healthcare system.

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Cyclones make magic with Sweet 16 appearance

By Alex.Halsted @iowastatedaily.com

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Senior forward Melvin Ejim fights off Connecticut players for a rebound during Iowa State’s 81-76 loss to the Huskies on Friday at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Ejim had eight rebounds in the game.

NEW YORK — Melvin Ejim sat at his locker rattling off the season’s accomplishments oneby-one, thinking back as he often does.

There were no tears rolling out of the senior’s eyes as he sat in the bottom of Madison Square Garden, his ISU career complete after Iowa State fell to Connecticut in the Sweet 16.

Just as the history major often does, he put the season’s events into perspective.

“We’ve done so many great things this year putting the program on the map,” Ejim said.

“Why would I let one loss eclipse all of that?”

One game did not define an entire season. So, with his four-year career done, the Big 12 Player of the Year began looking back.

He talked about Iowa State’s 14-0 start to the season, the best mark in school history. He remembered what it was like to cut down the nets in Kansas City, the Cyclones Big 12 champions for the second time ever and first time since 2000. He talked about what a third-straight NCAA tournament appearance meant.

And a Sweet 16 appearance, just the fourth in ISU history and the first since 2000? That, he said, wouldn’t soon fall by the wayside.

“All this stuff is going to be on paper, it’s going to speak for itself,” Ejim said. “[Iowa State has] taken leaps, not even steps, leaps in the right direction under coach Fred [Hoiberg]. I’m so happy for this program and how far we were able to take it.”

Prior to every practice this season, the Cyclones would talk

about the people who overlooked them. Players saw some of the rankings that had them in the bottom half of the Big 12 and occasional signs on their lockers reminded them.

When unranked Iowa State played No. 7 Michigan in midNovember, it used the nationally televised game to show what it could do. A win, one of nine against top-25 opponents, pushed the Cyclones into the rankings and the team never fell out, finishing No. 9 in the nation.

A trip to New York cemented the Cyclones with the nation’s elite.

“To be one of 16 teams left in the whole country, it was a long ride for us, a great journey,” said senior DeAndre Kane, who transferred to Ames from Marshall to finish his career. “I couldn’t be more happy for coach for giving me a second chance. I hope I made him proud.”

The fourth-year ISU coach stood in the locker room following his team’s five-point loss at the Garden and thought back, too. When Hoiberg was young, he would walk to Hilton Coliseum from his yellow house just a few blocks west of the arena.

Saturday, Hoiberg stood in the locker room and told his players he was proud. Iowa State had returned to prominence.

“You can’t ever take that away from these guys,” Hoiberg said of his team’s accolades.

“That’s something that I’ll always remember.”

The banners that fall from the rafters at Hilton Coliseum early next season for the Big 12 title, NCAA tournament appearance and the Sweet 16 will make sure of that.

“Iowa State did it. We did it this year. We did a special thing,”

said sophomore Naz Long.

“You’ve got to cherish these moments, man. These moments are unforgettable.”

The moments included legendary coach Johnny Orr first-pumping onto the court with Fred Hoiberg. And Hilton Coliseum shook as the Cyclones knocked off in-state rival Iowa down the stretch weeks later.

Just more than a month after Orr walked onto the court, he passed away, and the Cyclones dedicated their season to him with a somber tribute as players pointed up to an illuminated banner after the game.

The team twice won overtime thrillers against Oklahoma State, the first requiring three extra periods, and both times with late 3-pointers.

All that helped Fred Hoiberg stand with his twin sons on the ladder cutting down nets as Big 12 champions, just as the team often talked about in the final weeks of the season. It had Iowa State figuratively, and Hoiberg literally, dancing in March Madness to New York City and the Sweet 16.

And so Ejim sat at his locker and smiled, for he said there was no reason not to. As he so often has done in the classroom in his history classes, he did from his seat. He thought back.

“I’m a history major, so I love history,” Ejim said. “It’s going to be cool to look back and see I was able to impact this school in a positive way. It’s something that’s going to last for a lifetime.

It’s what I’m going to cherish.”

History in the making? How about history made.

“Everyone watched it,” Ejim said. “We brought basketball and Hilton Magic and the excitement back to Ames.”

Niang wonders ‘what if,’ Ejim reflects on his career

By Dean.Berhow-Goll @iowastatedaily.com NEW YORK — Just as he did one year ago, Georges Niang sat in the locker room after seasonending loss, talking to the media, face to the ground.

But the difference between the two NCAA Tournament losses?

Niang didn’t let a game-winner go in over his outstretched hand.

Instead, he sat on the bench with a boot on his broken right foot, watching his brothers and their Sweet 16 run come to an end under the lights at Madison Square Garden.

“A game winner or you sitting there not being able to do anything,” Niang said, bent over rubbing the outside of his boot.

“I might take the game-winner over that because I have more control over the outcome.

“Sitting there was really gutwrenching for me. Just not being able to help my team.”

On Friday, it was one full week since Niang broke his foot against North Carolina Central in San Antonio. He scored 24 points, had six rebounds and four assists. Since then, most nights he’s laid in bed, wondering “what if.”

“I definitely thought to myself late at night,” Niang said.

“What if I hadn’t broke my foot?

What if I didn’t jump and try to block that shot? It happens for a reason.”

For the rest of his teammates who were out on the court, it was hard for them not to wonder the same thing.

“Just knowing that you could’ve gave more at full strength,” said Monte Morris.

“Especially with Georges out, we didn’t have our safety valve on offense.”

As the freshman wondered “what if” after his first season as a Cyclone came to an end, a fourth-year senior sat in the corner pulling off his ISU jersey for the last time.

Melvin Ejim sat mostly alone after most media and a few players sat with ISU sweats on looking down at the locker room floor.

“All good things come to an end and this year was one of those good things,” Ejim said, half-heartedly smiling.

Hoiberg’s first commit remembered that just four short years ago, he started on a team that won three Big 12 games.

He remembered that three years ago they lost to the eventual National Champions in Kentucky.

Ejim said he could still envision his teammates embracing after Ohio State ended the career of five seniors only a year ago, while he waited for his chance to

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The ISU bench looks on as the Cyclones clock winds down during the Cyclone’s 81-76 loss to Connecticut on Friday at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Sophomore Georges Niang was on the bench with a broken foot.

carry the load and deliver a postseason run to Iowa State.

“I came from the absolute glorified glue guy to player of the year on a team that’s was as successful as we were this year,” Ejim said, pointing out two tournament wins already this year, one in Hawaii and one in Kansas City, Mo. Then one last time as a Cyclone, Ejim cut the tape off his right ankle and motioned to the senior sitting to his right.

“I’ve got NBA prospects on

my team,” Ejim said pointing to DeAndre Kane.

He pulled on his ISU hoodie and looked over to where Naz Long and Morris sat at their lockers.

“I’ve got great kids making big shots in overtime wins, in championships,” Ejim said referring to the future of Morris and Long’s two game-saving triples against Oklahoma State. “So why be mad after one game?”

For the last time, he threw his sweaty ISU basketball jersey

and shorts into the middle of the floor and stared at the garments for a moment.

“It hurts, it sucks but the career that I’ve had, the career that these guys will have this year has been amazing,” Ejim said. “Why would one loss like this eclipse all the great things we’ve done?

“The easy thing is to be sad and put your head down. We’ve had a great year. We’ve had a great run.

“That’s something I can look back on and be proud of.”

ISU starts Big 12 season with losses to Oklahoma

By Ben.Paulus @iowastatedaily.com The Cyclones did not start off their Big 12 season the way they had hoped.

Iowa State ended a three-game series against No. 16 Oklahoma in which they were outscored a combined 35-2 on the weekend.

Of Oklahoma’s eight losses, only one has been to a non-ranked opponent.

Losing three-straight games against a OU team, who is a year removed from a Women’s College World Series championship, isn’t something for Iowa State to be overly concerned about.

The Cyclones own the third best offense in a very competitive Big 12 conference, and average a shade over five runs a game. Yet the Sooners were able to limit Iowa State to just two runs over 15 innings.

Iowa State had opportunities to score against Oklahoma, but the timely hits the Cyclones have gotten all season just weren’t seeming to go their way.

“We just need to do a better job taking advantage of our opportunities,” said ISU coach Stacy Gemeinhardt-Cesler on the Cyclones hitting. “I think we can do much

better offensively [than this weekend].”

All year long the Cyclones have been productive offensively, especially when it comes to not stranding many runners on base. That is something Iowa State will need to continue in order to stay competitive in the Big 12.

Iowa State’s offense isn’t solely to blame for the recent struggles. The Cyclones pitchers labored their way through a tough Sooners batting order, surrendering over 10 runs in each contest.

Freshman Katie Johnson, who leads the Big 12 in innings pitched, is trying to find a rhythm heading into the conference season. Johnson pitched in the first and third games against Oklahoma, allowing 17 earned runs in eight innings.

“It all comes down to execution, they did what they needed to do,” said ISU pitcher Katie Johnson. “As a pitcher I just have to continue to stick to the game plan and we just have to execute.”

Iowa State is searching for a way to turn it around. After a hot start to the season, the Cyclones have dropped eight of their last 10 ball games.

In order for the Cyclones to be successful in a talent-packed conference,

Iowa State will need to execute its game plan in every aspect of the game. Whether that means making some tough plays on defense, or getting some timely hits on offense.

Gemeinhardt-Cesler is confident that her Cyclones will continue to work hard and be able to get beyond the tough weekend.

“I think the biggest thing is the pitchers need to have a good understanding of how they threw in certain situations versus others and applying that,” GemeinhardtCesler said. “And then just knowing that our offense can do better day in, day out and just show up every time.”

Iowa State is heading into a week in which the Cyclones will travel to Cedar Falls for a game on Wednesday, before heading down to Stillwater, Okla. for a three-game set with Oklahoma State starting Friday.

“It’s tough to start out with three losses [in Big 12 play], just because we’re such a better team than we have been,” said ISU shortstop Lexi Slater. “I think if we put it behind us and come to practice ready to work, than we are capable of sweeping this week.”

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Junior Lexi Slater bats against Oklahoma on Saturday at the Cyclone Sports Complex. The Cyclones fell to the Sooners 2-14 and 35-2 for the combined score on the weekend.

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Community organizations, vendors converge at Eco Fair

By Justin.Lo @iowastatedaily.com The Ames Eco Fair brought vendors and organizations from all over Ames to talk to event-goers about how they can practice sustainability on Saturday.

More than 1,000 Iowa State students and Ames community members came to the Ames Eco Fair at the Ames Community Center gymnasium.

Demonstrations and organization booths filled the venue and offered information to attendees about services that can

help them save money and protect the environment.

Lisa Garrett, senior in mechanical engineering, said that she came to the event because she was interested in learning more about the environment and preserving it.

Christine Schmitz, senior in Spanish, said she enjoyed visiting the Goats on the Go booth and the demonstration of using a bicycle to power up a laptop at the Bikes at Work booth.

Team PrISUm, Iowa State’s solar car team, brought their solar car to the Eco Fair and talked

to attendees about how the car works and what the team has accomplished with their car.

“I always like [coming to] this event,” said Joel Eakins, fundraising chairman for Team PrISUm. “There are people here who know a little something about engineering and a lot of excited kids.”

ISU fraternity Alpha Phi Omega helped serve the pizza and cookie lunch and set up eating areas at the event.

Trenton Brown, a member of Alpha Phi Omega, said that the fraternity was involved with volunteering at last year’s Eco Fair

and kept in touch with the event’s organizers to come back again.

The Ames High School Reducing Plastic Waste Movement had a booth at the Eco Fair and promoted their cause with a “plastic bag monster” mascot that roamed the venue.

Cameron McCaw, a member of the Reducing Plastic Waste Movement and the “plastic bag monster” at the event, said that the organization wants to convince people to use less plastic bags for their groceries because of their potential to block waterways and harm wildlife.

Steve Wilson, Ames Energy Services and Ames Eco Fair coordinator, manned the Ames Energy Services booth at the event and informed attendees about the different types of light bulbs that can be used in homes and answered questions about anything else related to energy.

The Ames Fire and Police Departments, Ames Resource Recovery Plant, Ames Electric Services, Wheatsfield Cooperative, U-Haul and several vendors for home isolation and air conditioning also had representatives at the Ames Eco Fair.

‘World Soccer Tournament’ brings international students together

By Kat.Gruenewald @iowastatedaily.com Students participated in a soccer tournament modeled after the FIFA World Cup organized by the International Student Council on Saturday and Sunday.

This year 16 teams competed against each other bringing the number of participatns close to 160 students.

“100 of them at least are internationals. But every team usually has two to three American students as well. It is getting more popular among them to play with us,” said Mohammad Rashid, senior in aerospace engineering and coordinator of the tournament.

In order to participate in the event the teams had to pay a $30 fee which will go entirely towards funding a primary school in Sri Lanka.

“We want to supply the students in Sri Lanka with school supplies like books and pencils for a whole school year,” Rashid

said. “Therefore the collected money will go straight to that charity.”

Soccer is a sport that is played all over the world and therefore provides an excellent medium to bring internationals together with Americans.

Students from so many countries participated that it was very hard to count or even name them all, Rashid said.

“Each country has this passion, and as the International Council it is our job to have them interact with each other and mingle them with the Americans as well,” Rashid said.

Everyone was excited and the competition got intense, Rashid said.

The final game was held Sunday between the teams FIFA and Veishea.

FIFA captain Yasar Al Mazrouei, senior in community and regional planning, had been betting on winning the tournament for the second time in a row, Rashid said.

“Our team won last year and we want

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The International Student Council at Iowa State organized a soccer tournament to get people excited about the upcoming World Cup and to raise money a primary school in Sri Lanka.

to do it again because it will be the last time for us,” Al Mazrouei said.

His team members Theyab Alhajeri, senior in electrical engeinnering and Khalid Al Akbari, senior in mechanical engineering, said that they all really loved soccer and had a great time participating.

Their opponents captain, Aaron Rosenberg, graduate student in wind energy science, engineering and policy, said that even though the game gets heated,

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DubH performs in Lebaron during 2013 Fashion Week. This year sponsors like The Art of Shaving and Payless are contributing more than ever and hope to make this year’s event more successful.

>>FASHION p1 For the events during the week, they are hoping to have a lot of participation.

“This year we really want to get the word out about what we want to do, and have more than just food so people know what we’re here for,” Turke said. They have more prizes to giveaway this year and are expecting more people.

The sponsors this year have been helpful to Fashion Week by donating money and prizes as well as giving great discounts on food.

They are giving out gift cards from different stores along with many other prizes. For example, The Art of Shaving donated a $580 package that they will be giving out on campus.

Their main sponsor this year, Payless, decided to donate a substantial amount of money to the Fashion Show, which is why the week is called Payless Fashion Week.

Payless Fashion Week kicks off today, and on, or around, Central Campus each day this week they will be having a new event.

Despite the change in location, this year’s event had more participation and raised more money than ever before. Hal Pittman, president and CEO of Special Olympics Iowa who was there to watch the participants jump in, said that 2,502 participants took the plunge, and more than $150,000 were raised to directly benefit participants of the Special Olympics.

Kim Lively, a veteran athlete of Special Olympics Iowa, gave the welcoming speech to the participants.

She said it was great

afterword everyone is friends with each other.

“We come to Lied all the time to play together for fun. We know each other,” Rosenberg said.

Team FIFA ultimately won the finals claiming gold medals and a trophy, in which their team name will be engraved for a second time. The second and third place teams received medals as well.

to see all the students involved.

To participate, each person must raise an entry amount of $50.

If participants raised more than $50, prizes such as sunglasses and sweatshirts were awarded.

In January, greek chapters from around campus were asked to send representatives to be the morale captains, called posse leaders, for their chapters by encouraging participants to raise money.

“It was a lot of the posse leaders from the chapters that kept the fundraising going strong,” Wales said.

In the future, Rohlff said they would like to get more involvement from outside the greek community.

“We’ve tried to slowly expand a little bit outside of the greek community and try and get others involved,” Rohlff said. “It’s definitely something we are looking to do in the future.”

Despite the unplanned venue change, the event was still successful in participation and raising money for Special Olympics Iowa.

“It was really good to be able to help the kids in a fun way like this,” said participant Nicolas Stumbo.

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ISU Raas (ChakRaas) performs the traditional Indian Raas dance that combines differnt styles.

>>GALA p1 Natasha Proizkova, multicultural awareness and Global Gala co-director, said that they have had a Celtic Dance group perform in the past.

While this year’s show only included student dance groups, Merchant hopes to have professors come to give a lecture on diversity in the future.

Porizkova said that they had been preparing for Global Gala since early February. They contacted different dance groups, other performance groups and worked with ISU Dining on the menu.

Kelsey Nation, graduate assistant in education and adviser to Merchant and Proizkova, said that each year they look for new groups to preform.

“Global Gala is really

just to showcase what student clubs and organizations have to offer here on campus. In the past — and this year — we’ve had a lot of dancing groups. We’ve also had fashion groups and singing,” Nation said.

Motion Sickness Dance Team was new to Global Gala, Nation said.

Motion Sickness is a new blend of dancing at Iowa State. It combines moves from hip-hop, jazz and modern dance.

Presha Kardile, the director of student diversity for the Government of the Student Body, said that Global Gala is a great representation of all the cultures that are on campus.

“I thought it was awesome, it was cool to see dances from around the world,” said Brooke Eaton, sophomore in animal science.

Darcy Besch, president of the Bollywood Dance Club, said she was really excited with how the performance went.

“Every year we give it our best, I hope everyone enjoyed it and got to know more about Bollywood dance,” Besch said.

Taylor Roose, sophomore in child, adult and family services, said the performance was fantastic. She attended last year’s Global Gala and said she loves to see different cultures represented.

“While I think it’s amazing that we have so much diversity. I think the real success in Global Gala shows the similarities that we all share. It’s really not about sharing individual cultures but it’s about sharing communal culture — that is Iowa State,” Merchant said.

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Horoscope Today’s Birthday (3/31/14) Happiness and fun flavor this year. Career is furthered through education and communication skills. Your purpose and passions are becoming clearer. Express what you love to grow your partnerships and bank account.

Upgrade your domestic bliss this spring, with summer social buzz leading to a professional launch around August. Refine your image around October.

To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Across 1 Insect stage 6 Sink down in the middle 9 Heavy haulers 14 Not quite spherical 15 Single 16 Mild-mannered reporter Kent 17 Tennis court official 19 Overzealous type 20 Point after deuce 21 More narcissistic 23 Asian New Year 24 Harbor long-term resentment 27 Portuguese explorer Vasco 30 Open court hearing, in law 31 News org.

32 Construction zone cones 36 Earth-orbiting Gagarin 39 Birds that symbolize peace 41 Right, vis-à-vis left: Abbr.

42 Early PC interface 43 Glasses, in ads 44 More than mono 46 Workout facility 47 Water, in Juárez 49 Amazingly enough 51 Creamy confection 56 End of a prof’s URL

57 Type of vegetable oil 58 Yucky muck 62 Soup scoop 64 “Stay put!”

66 Partner of vim 67 Seventh Greek letter 68 Love, to Luciano 69 Length-timeswidth calculations 70 Opposite of NNW 71 Yankee shortstop Down 1 Whatever she wants, she gets 2 Zealous 3 Rice-A-__ 4 Capital of Austria 5 Wd. modifying a noun 6 Dr Pepper and Dr. Brown’s 7 1973 Rolling Stones ballad 8 Davis of “A League of Their Own” 9 Move like a squirrel 10 Right-angle bend 11 Political commentator with an Internet “Report” 12 Discount rack abbr.

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Aries (March 21-April 19) Today is a 6 -- You’re thinking about romance and beauty.

Imagine the possibilities. Let a family member handle a problem at home. Delegate a task you hate. Connect with someone interesting. Slow down to get farther.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) Today is a 5 -- Take short term, local actions, without force.

Paying dues leads to more income. Make a list of what you need. Let someone else win an argument. Being right provides no satisfaction. Patience and flexibility allow greater ease.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Today is a 5 -- Make love, not war. Be careful with sharp instruments. Argue privately, if you must. Your attentions linger close to home. Resist the temptation to spend frivolously.

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Cancer (June 21-July 22) Today is a 5 -- Change your work habits. A new trick doesn’t work, and it could cause a breakdown.

Postpone chores, and put in the correction. Make a key decision, and a good impression. Tell friends you’ll see them later.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Today is a 5 -- Study the situation. There’s another possible problem here. Be prepared for physical labor.

Revise the language to suit the audience. Reward yourself... fall in love all over again.

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Avoid reckless spending.

Make sure all the pieces fit.

Stash valuables in a safe place.

Concentrate on your love.

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Take it slow, especially around sharp corners. You feel loved and appreciated. Be nice. Share popcorn at family game night.

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Think it over, and figure the costs.

The more you learn, the better you look. Craft the message with care. Create something of beauty.

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Challenge authority, respectfully.

A smile dissolves a confrontation.

Make a request. Hold onto your winnings.

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Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Today is a 6 -- Unexpected situations arise, and actions seem to deviate from the itinerary.

Revise agreements. Your popularity is growing. Take it slow with travel and big expense.

Partnership provides the key.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Today is a 6 -- Take care of your mind, body and spirit.

Pursue peace and privacy with inexpensive pleasures, like tea under a tree, or fragrant bath crystals. Restore your energies.

Let your emotions flow naturally.

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