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On May 22, 2017 the unthinkable occurred. Two men ascended Mount Everest’s Northeast Ridge in a 52-day expedition. The climbers, assistant professor of management at UNI Andy Anderson, as well as his cousin John Anderson, became the first Iowans to summit this exact ridge. The Office of the Provost and the College of Business Administration invited UNI students, faculty, staff, administration and guests to
hear the Andersons’ story. A. Anderson began by talking about his love for climbing, a love he possesed ever since he attended a Boy Scout trip when he was in middle school, in which he and his friends spent all day climbing a rock wall and slept underneath it that night. This experience got him so enthused with rock climbing that A. Anderson and his friend decided to build their own rock wall in a large metal shed near their Iowa countryside home. A. Anderson then decided to further his rock climbing
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The fifth annual Harvest Festival, hosted by the UNI Green Project, did not let a bit of rain dampen their celebration of cultivation. As nearly 500 people gathered at Panther Plots, located behind the Biology Research Complex, on Thursday, Aug. 24, sweet citrus was sipped and fresh molasses was mashed. Lily Conrad, vice president of UNI Green Project, was pleased with the turnout for the event. “The entire festival was alive with a healthy flow of people visiting the garden, socializing, and learning about sustainability on campus,” Conrad said. UNI Catering provided several dishes, including vegetables
from the garden, such as potato and green bean salad, cucumber salad and blueberry zucchini muffins. Basil picked from the garden was also served in lemonade, alongside raspberry iced tea. “Additionally, the La Calle food truck was parked in the garden and was serving Venezuelan corn-based dishes: elote and cachapas,” Conrad said. Marco Perla, a sophomore earth science major, was one of the many students in attendance. “The food smells and tastes amazing,” Perla said. “Everyone seems to be having a good time. Even though it is raining, it doesn’t seem to be bothering anyone.” See HARVEST FEST, page 4
capabilities. He moved on from technical rock climbing and summited Mount Everett in Massachusetts, his f irst mountain. A. Anderson summited mountains including three of the Seven Summits before climbing Everest. He also ran many marathons and even biked across the US a few times to further build his endurance. The Andersons decided to climb the north side of Mt. Everest because it is a more difficult climb than if they were to climb the south side. They each trained for
the summit differently. A. Anderson was committed to building up his endurance, whereas J. Anderson climbed more mountains. J. Anderson went out to Colorado and climbed at least once a month and tried to train his body to endure the conditions on a mountain. However, when he was not climbing, he was also working on cardio exercises. After their extensive training was complete they began their expedition to Central Asia. See SUMMITING, page 2
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The fifth annual Harvest Fest took place in the Panther Plot last Thursday.
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This was the first time the men had ever seen Mount Everest in person. “This was a really special moment for me,” A. Anderson said. “Something that you trained really really hard for, something you dreamed about for a lot of years and now to actually have all of that come to fruition and stand there and say that’s the one I’m going to climb that one. That was really special for me.” Shortly after this, they arrived at basecamp. There were a number of camps spread out around the base of the mountain from several different countries. Here is where they met with guides and the rest of their squad. The Iowans made this climb unguided, however, both men did receive help from a Sherpa. A Sherpa is a person who was born and raised in an area with high altitude making them more used to the conditions and someone who has summited Everest on several occasions. The job of a Sherpa to help the climbers make their way up the mountain. They have so much experience on the mountain that they know how to perform a rescue if an emergency presents itself. Something that is very important to the Sherpas is performing a spiritual act called Puja. This is asking permission of the gods to climb the mountain, which
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was performed every time the climbers moved higher up the mountain. After basecamp, the two men climbed to intermediate camp, and then advanced basecamp. The altitude made the men feel worse and worse as they climbed from camp to camp. “My head in my hands, a bottle of aspirin, just feeling completely and utterly uncomfortable and miserable and you had to go through this every time you went up and got higher… just feeling completely miserable” said A. Anderson. From advanced basecamp, the Iowans climbed to camp one, two and three. The climb from camp two to camp three was one of the hardest mental challenges Andy Anderson had to overcome. The climb from camp two to three included climbing through the death zone and where they saw their first deceased climber, who had died only hours before they arrived. “I thought to myself, why am I different than Frank?” A. Anderson said. However, he overcame this by understanding he had done everything he could do to make this climb and he was going to survive. Then came the summit. The Andersons made it to the top of Mount Everest together and raised their Iowa and UNI f lags. “[I felt] pure joy, just elation…at the end of the day it is all about the process of getting there,” said A. Anderson. The men were even lucky
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enough to experience the sun rise at the top of Mount Everest. John, who decided to put his camera away once they reached the summit, shared how he experienced the sunrise. “I thought, ‘stop capturing the moment and just live that moment…’ the mountains just lit up around you,” J. Anderson said. “[It was] just a really spectacular thing, something I am going to remember for the rest of my life.” Five Iowans have climbed Mount Everest but these two men are the first to ever climb the north and most diff icult summit of Mount Everest. Tim Scheve, a senior digital marketing major, was very satisf ied with the overall presentation. “It was very inspiring, very interesting and I am glad that I came,” Scheve said. Molly Daugherty, junior f inance and real estate major, also attended the presentation. “We all say we have dreams but the things I am doing are not actually leading to pursue those dreams,” Daugherty said. “He is very inspiring because he makes you realize, ‘Are they really
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Former UNI student arrested for sexual abuse JACOB MADDEN News Editor
Former UNI student Donghyuk Kim has been arrested on sexual assault charges. Kim, 24, was arrested for sexual abuse in the third-degree on Aug. 15. The UNI Public Safety Department served the warrant, which was issued on August 14. According to Iowa Code 709.4(1)(d), sexual abuse in the third degree is defined as “when the person performs a sex act while the other person is mentally incapacitated, physically incapacitated, or physically
helpless.” According to court records, the victim told police Kim had taken her back to his house after he was unable to find her UNI ID to get her back into her room. Kim told police he thought the sex was consensual. The incident reportedly occurred on March 16 of this year. Bond for Kim was set at $15,000, but was voided two days later. Scotty Ketelsen, the director of University Relations, said, “ The University will not comment on active investigations.” Kim is no longer a student at UNI. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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Empathy, not blame needed Last week in Mason, Ohio, a 15-month-old was found dead in a vehicle after the mother mistakenly left the child inside while she went to work. According to Kids and Cars, an organization devoted to research and increasing awareness of this issue, this was the 30th child to die in a hot car this year. At this rate, the US is on track to experience the most fatalities in a year in nearly a decade. There are year-to-year fluctuations in total number of child deaths by vehicular hyperthermia, but since the early 1990s the general trend has been increasing. It’s an excruciatingly preventable occurrence. But contrary to popular belief, in most instances this isn’t an indication of bad parenting or inherent moral decay. The nature of this tragedy is widely misunderstood.
In conversation and on social media, I have encountered several individuals that claim that they could never forget their child in a car. This is usually followed by comments similar to “because I’m not a bad parent”. This mentality is dangerous and arguably the reason that an average of nearly 40 children continue to die this way in the US every year. When individuals attribute the problem to bad parenting, it is easy to write off the possibility of it happening to them or those close to them, which is painfully out of touch with the reality of these cases. The stories are all very similar. As explained in a Pulitzer Prize-winning article by journalist Gene Weingarten, it usually happens to otherwise attentive, loving parents on days when their routines are disrupted or their minds are distracted. While inexcusable and horribly painful, people forget. All people forget. Discussed in the same article by Weingarten are demographics of the parents that
have unintentionally left their children to die in a hot vehicle. It’s dad and it’s moms. It’s wealthy individuals and it’s poor individuals. These parents have been social workers, police officers, military members, Protestant clergymen, dentists, construction workers, school principals and rocket scientists. These cases are preventable, but only to the extent that people realize and acknowledge the fallibility of human memory and that anyone is susceptible to its unanticipated and sometimes tragic consequences. However, considering the general upward trend in this category of causes of death among children, it’s apparent and important to understand that this is not only biological. It is many factors – social and psychological side-effects of post-modern societies that are full of overwhelmed and distracted people. Slight alterations in routine have serious effects on overall mental clarity, including memory’s priorities. Also
important is the non-coincidental fact that these cases began to rise after legislation deemed it unsafe to place car seats in the front passenger seat. To make matters worse (in terms of forgetfulness), certain car seats now need to be facing the rear of the vehicle. These children are TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE frankly out of Opinion columnist Abbi Cobb examines the sight and out of increasingly common trend of child deaths by mind more often vehicular hyperthermia. than most would often and how instances like like to admit. This isn’t an argument these can be prevented – how that these laws should no children and parents alike longer be. It’s an argument can be relieved of the potenthat our unreliable memories tial of this experience. Empathy goes a long way haven’t been served by the in both theory and practice. legislation. Without it, though, we’re Perhaps instead of looking at more years of destructively shaming pardenial and boiling down a ents that make an unfathomvery real problem to “bad able, yet classically human parenting,” and consequenterror, focus could be shifted to understanding why it’s ly allowing children to die happening more and more because of it.
LTE: CBA instructor defends athletics In a recent editorial in the Courier, Professor Dennis Clayson argued that UNI should do away with all athletic programs. I strongly disagree with his recommendation and believe a vast majority of faculty and staff at UNI, as well as the general public, also disagree with Professor Clayson. Yes, athletics does use general fund money to finance their operation. But I suspect other very important institutions on campus
use general fund money such as Gallagher-Bluedorn, the Rod Library, and the Wellness Center. I doubt any of these are “profit centers,” but they are vital parts of the UNI campus. Funds allocated to athletics result in numerous positive results. One such result takes place when our teams enjoy a high level of success. They do gain national recognition. How about a Sports Illustrated cover when the men’s basketball team defeated Kansas
in the NCAA tournament? How about national exposure on ESPN when our football team participates in the national championship playoffs? I am surprised Professor Clayson, as a marketing professor, doesn’t recognize and appreciate the value of free advertising these activities provide for the University. On a more technical note, a reduction in the operating budget of 4 million dollars that would result from closing down athletics does not automatically transfer those funds into the capital budget for new buildings, as Clayson suggested. Shutting down the basketball programs, for example, does not guarantee a series of new buildings will sprout up on campus. There is much more to college athletics and other extra-curricular activities than simply revenue generation. These NI ARCHIVES George Scully, instructor in the College of Business Administration, criticized Dennis activities are part the college Clayson, a marketing professor, for a recent Courier editorial that called for the removal of of UNI’s athletic programs.
experience. If you would ever see a UNI campus that did not offer athletic programs, you would see a significant drop in enrollment and many faculty and staff
would lose their jobs. Be very careful what you wish for Professor Clayson. — George Scully, Instructor, College of Business Admin.
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One-room schoolhouse history lesson AMELIA DUAX Staff Writer
This past Saturday, Aug. 26, a crowd of around 30 people had the opportunity to go back in time to experience the chalkboards, quill pens and old wooden desks of the one-room rural schoolhouse. UNI’s Marshall Center Schoolhouse, located on campus by the corner of Indiana Street and West 23rd Street, was where Marilyn Meyer, a one-room schoolhouse first-grade teacher, gave her insight on the historical rural schoolhouses across Iowa. Meyer was a first-grade teacher in Everly, Iowa for 35 years and is now part of the Clay County Historical Society. Her passion for history and teaching led her to meet Bill Sherman, a man who worked at the Friends of UNI Museum, located in the lower level of the Rod Library at UNI.
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While visitors strolled through the brick-lined paths of produce, the scent of sunflowers and sound of folk music all contributed to a welcoming and relaxing atmosphere, according to Emily Winker, junior leisure, youth and human service major. “It is a very laid-back atmosphere,” Winker said. “I feel like everyone is enjoying themselves, and it’s a good break from the first week of classes. It’s
Sherman had inspired Meyer to seek out old schoolhouses across the state. At the time, about 50 had been located. Now, Meyer has successfully found around 131 schoolhouses, some of which have been converted into modern homes. “Often times, the schools were used for churches,” Meyer said. “They make lovely homes; they’re so solid.” According to Meyer, the turnout for Saturday’s event ended up being better than she had anticipated. “At first, I didn’t think anybody was coming,” Meyer said. “I was pleased [with the turnout], and I think it was more personal for the people who asked questions.” Some of the audience members were former oneroom schoolhouse teachers themselves. Meyer hopes that her message of the importance of teaching was
clear to everyone in attendance, especially the younger audience members. Meyer’s granddaughter, Melissa Meyer, who was in attendance at the lecture, said she was proud of her grandmother’s presentation. “It’s very nice to hear her talk passionately in front of other people that are willing to come listen to that kind of thing; GABRIELLE LEITNER/Northern Iowan it’s nice to hear,” Marilyn Meyer, a one-room schoolhouse first-grade teacher, spoke about the history of Melissa Meyer rural schoolhouses in Iowa on Saturday at UNI. said. neat to see how passionate tiny room compared to Laura Klever, a UNI stu- she was […] She took the schools that are two stories dent who also went to the pictures of all the school- tall,” Melissa Meyer said. event, talked about what she houses she showed us.” Marilyn Meyer’s pregained from the presentaIn fact, both Melissa sentation was made postion. Meyer and Klever are seek- sible by the Friends of “It was just fun to ing careers in education. UNI Museum’s Rural hear the stories of when “We’re both studying to Schoolhouse Speakers [Meyer] taught,” Klever be teachers right now, but Series. said. “It’s something that’s it’s a big difference from interesting to me. It was having every class in one See SCHOOLHOUSE, page 5
a very good end to such a busy week!” Conrad further described the event’s atmosphere, saying, “The overall energy was intoxicatingly vibrant, as well as very inspiring and encouraging for hosting future events similar to Harvest Festival.” The music for the evening was provided by local artist Karla Ruth and featured Deb Niermann. Accompanied by acoustic guitars and a mandolin, the two sang original music, as well as some covers. Gabbie Ruggiero, senior philosophy and political
science double major and president of UNI Green Project, discussed the Green Project’s overall mission. “We [Green Project] work in conjunction with the Office of Sustainability to maintain the Panther Plot and directly involve students during the growing season,” Ruggiero said. Eric O’Brien, the director of the Office of Sustainability, said the garden is typically maintained by 12 to 15 volunteers and two to three employees during the summer. He said many of the volunteers that do contribute to the garden
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Students gathered at Panther Plots last Thursday for the fifth annual Harvest Festival, where they feasted on vegetables from the garden and enjoyed live music.
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La Calle was present at Thursday’s Harvest Festival, providing Venezuelan corn-based dishes, including elote (pictured above).
are people who are walking by and end up stopping for a few hours to pull weeds or water the plants. “Every year at the Harvest Festival, we see old and new faces, including students, faculty, staff and community members,” Ruggiero said. “We encourage everyone to go and relax in the garden [...] The Panther Plot belongs to everyone in the UNI community.” The garden, which was developed in 2013 by a group of Presidential Scholars, has undergone a five year plan that O’Brien said is nearly complete. According to O’Brien, the funding from the garden initially came from two university sources. The Sustainability Office was the primary provider as the garden established its foundation and, after it proved to be successful, the Northern Iowa Student Government
(NISG) contributed funding. As Panther Plots continues to be a success, O’Brien shared his vision for the garden in the upcoming years. “Five years from now, I hope we get to the point where students are coming up with unique ways to make this garden financially sustainable, independently from its preliminary contributors,” O’Brien said. “We are trying to move toward a self-sustaining model.” With increasing support and exposure from students, faculty and community members, Green Project hopes to share their spirit for sustainability by collaborating with on-campus organizations in the future. Ruggiero said the group also plans to host regular sustainability-oriented volunteer opportunities throughout the year.
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Welcoming home Men’s Glee SHELBY WELSCH
Event Critic
The Varsity Men’s Glee Club has a long-standing reputation on campus for putting on fun and unique shows, and have always had the ability to induce fits of laughter throughout their audience while maintaining an orderly and thoughtful set list. The Glee Club is no stranger to me, as I have attended numerous wildly entertaining shows put on by these men. They always have me smiling with the additions of their goofy quips and silly numbers. However, what really has always impressed me about the Varsity Men’s Glee Club is their ability to put all humor aside and pay special attention to the traditional songs that Glee Club men have been singing since the 1960s. While many can appreciate a good joke, everybody can appreciate sticking to those traditions and singing the songs that made the Glee Club so popular in the first place. At the beginning of every school year, the Glee Club puts on a “Welcome Home” concert welcoming both new and returning students to UNI’s campus. And what better way to welcome students back than with a fun and cheery performance of young boisterous men messing around and having a good ole time on stage! I went to the men’s “Welcome Home” concert my freshman year and got
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Amy Rohrberg, an associate professor and costume
the opportunity to attend one again this past Friday. And
bers. Nobody likes watching a choir concert that only uses
Rather.” No, I’m not kidding. We seriously played “Would
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The Varsity Men’s Glee Club does a welcome home concert at the start of every school year.
man, I’ve got to say, nothing about the Varsity Men’s Glee Club performances are boring or overdone. These men provide a fresh and totally unique concert, and every time I attend a performance – whether it be their Spring concert, widely-adored Christmas Variety Show or just a beginning of the year “welcome back” concert – I always have a great time. One thing I particularly enjoyed about this year’s “Welcome Home” concert was the wide variety of largegroup ensemble songs and smaller a cappella group num-
one single formation of stiff bodies placed so ridiculously snug side-by-side that they look like an uncomfortable can of sardines. We’ve all been there, and it’s honestly so hard to watch. The Glee Club men were anything but boring to watch. They would go from singing a gorgeous ballad about their beloved university to breaking into small groups to get down and dirty with an a cappella Billy Joel cover. It was awesome. They also included cute little crowd participation games between songs, including a rousing game of “Would You
You Rather” at a college choir
designer in UNI’s theatre department, was at the schoolhouse and was able to give more insight on the Speakers Series.
“It was called a ‘Lecture Series’ for a while,” Rohrberg said. “I said that people don’t want to come and see lectures, but they’d
love to hear a speaker! We were sure there were experts or people in the state who knew, and there was plenty of interest in the schoolhouse. So, as we just started calling around to retired teacher organizations, the historical societies and the Iowa Humanities Board, there was a list. So, we just started calling and asking if they’d like to come and talk.” Rohrberg went on to describe the response they received from schoolhouse experts. “We had a great response
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The Marshall Center Schoolhouse is located on campus by the corner of Indiana Street and West 23rd Street. Former one-room schoolhouse teacher Marilyn Meyer gave a talk on rural schoolhouses across Iowa.
concert. However, this wasn’t any ordinary game of “Would You Rather.” The men asked questions that related to UNI, one of my personal favorites being, “Would you rather have a personal UNI golf cart to cruise around campus with or unlimited trips to the dining center?” (I was very torn on this answer). The game was so cute and fun, and it was a great way to get the crowd more into the concert but also sport their UNI pride. The Varsity Men’s Glee Club has always surprised me in the best kinds of ways, and they kicked off the school year with a fabulous “Welcome Home” concert. Although the bar has been set pretty high, I look forward to attending the rest of their concerts this year and am especially stoked to check out what they have in store for the famous “Christmas Variety Show” come this winter.
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Event Critic Shelby Welsch appreciates the Glee Club’s traditonal old songs as well as the new twists they bring to every performance.
to a real variety of activities that we could offer,” Rohrberg said. “Indeed, we found some very interesting people, and from all over the state.” According to Rohrberg, the Friends of UNI Museum group has been active at the museum for a very long time. The group plans on having more events like Marilyn Meyer’s presentation in the future, as well as possibly raising funds for the museum exhibits. The next Speaker Series event is set to be on Oct. 28.
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Mayweather retires after a flawless 50-0 WILLIAM RIEPE Sports Columnist
One of the biggest fights in sports history took place on Saturday night. The only two time UFC champion in two separate weight classes was pitted against a 49-0 boxing superstar. F l o yd “Money” Mayweather vs. “The Notorious” Conor Mcgregor was billed as the most watched and the most important fight in boxing history. The stakes were high, and so were admission prices. The cheapest possible seats I could find were around $3900; with airfare
er could have, outlanding Mayweather (a 24-year boxing veteran) through the first five rounds 50-41. With McGregor earning victories across the first three rounds on the judge’s scorecards, Mayweather responded by saying, “He’s a tough competitor. I think we gave the fans what they wanted to see. He’s a lot better than I thought he was.” Both fighters were respectful in victory and defeat, something that has always been a trait of McGregor when fighting in the UFC. The first five rounds boiled down to a high ener-
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you’re looking at a cost of around $4500 to watch this fight. I wanted to give you the best story possible, but the Northern Iowan refused to finance my ticket. Admittedly, I cannot justify paying $98 for this fight on pay-per-view as the predicted odds came through, with Mayweather scoring a 10th round victory against McGregor. Predicted is an understatement, as Mayweather had a massive -2250 victory margin predicted in Vegas at the beginning of the fights announcement. McGregor performed about as well as a non-box-
gy McGregor landing a few punches to the face, and one solid uppercut. The issue for McGregor was no UFC fight has ever gone more than five rounds, and around round seven McGregor seemed visibly slower. In the 10th round, after taking vicious counter punches from Mayweather, McGregor was finished. The predicted one punch knock out that McGregor was supposed to bring to this fight was not there; it was disappointing. Watching the technical style of both fighters being reduced to rushed flurries of punches and counter-
punches made the fight seem like an unhealthy mix of both fighters’ styles and respective sports. At some points it looked as if both fighters let their emotions take over, and punch heavy lock ups occurred as the fighters tired. Mayweather has received a lot of backlash through his last few fights, as his defensive boxing style has been called “running,” rather than boxing. In an Aug. 26th tweet, Mayweather stated, “Talking doesn’t win fights,” to which his previous opponent Manny Pacquiao replied, “but running does, God bless your fight.” That tweet received a lot of attention and was later taken down by Pacquiao, but not before thousands screenshotted and retweeted it. You would be hard pressed to find someone who didn’t know this fight was happening; the hype was immense. Press conference after press conference was set up to allow McGregor to do what he does best: talk trash. Everything from the legitimacy of Mayweather’s record to his literacy was called into question by McGregor and admittedly, that was the best part of this whole conflict. McGregor talks trash like no one has ever seen; you would be at your wit’s end trying to find a guy who can talk like him. Regardless of the outcome, there was definitely a monetary purpose for this fight to happen. Even though he lost, McGregor is estimated to walk away with between 125 to 150 million dollars. Just for losing, that is a lot of money. To help put that into perspective, with this money, Conor McGregor could pay for 6178 undergraduate degrees from UNI. In conclusion, was this the best fight in boxing history? No. Was it entertaining watching two of the world’s best fighters talk trash to each other and throw money around? Yes. The fight went as everybody predicted. No surprises here; if some of the greatest boxers in history could not beat Mayweather, chances were, McGregor couldn’t either. I would still like to see a rematch in a UFC style fight, but that is unlikely to happen.
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Across 1 Plastering strip 5 Go here and there 9 Performs a full-body scan on? 14 “Wonderfilled” cookie 15 Arizona county or its seat 16 Decoratively patterned fabric 17 Exploit a situation for personal wealth 20 Decorator’s asset 21 Black & Decker rival 22 Membership fees 23 Embarrassing shirt-pocket stain 25 Range above tenor 27 Textured overhead interior feature in some homes 34 Soup aisle container 35 Director Kazan 36 Walk-on role 37 Feels remorse over 39 Sock away 42 Works on a seam 43 Identity-concealing name 45 Yr.-end consultants 47 “The fresh air is delightful!” 48 Large final loan remittance 52 iPod download 53 Tofu source 54 Dating from 57 Give the band a hand 60 Brings in from the field 64 Has little significance ... and to all intents and purposes, what the first word of 17-, 27- and 48-Across does 67 German steel town 68 “I’ve got the tab” 69 Like some art class models 70 Places for laces 71 Call for 72 Shocked reaction
Down 1 Artist’s digs 2 Flooring calculation 3 Drinks with crumpets 4 Inside racetrack info 5 Loaf in a deli 6 For you and me 7 Wild way to run 8 Hit song from “Flashdance” 9 Extra NFL periods 10 Ski resort transports 11 “In __ of gifts ... “ 12 Otherwise 13 Sinks out of sight, as the sun 18 Therefore 19 Couture monthly 24 Beverage nut 26 Personal quirk 27 Former “American Idol” judge Abdul 28 Roger of NBC News 29 Volcano edge 30 Anti-discrimination org. 31 “In other words ... “ 32 Not experienced in 33 “Golly!” 34 Clawed crawler 38 Like foods for a low-sodium diet 40 Body wrap offerer 41 Comes out with 44 Not worth a __ 46 Camper’s dessert 49 On a single occasion 50 Willie of country 51 Watching closely 54 Golf rarities 55 Beauty pageant band 56 Roughly 58 Celebrity chef Burrell 59 Fleshy fruit 61 Isla surrounder 62 Advanced degrees: Abbr. 63 Staircase unit 65 State Farm’s bus. 66 Exchange rings
sudoku Two
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