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Don’t worry Aries, the One Direction hiatus won’t last forever. Until then, it is OK to sob into your collection of albums, and pray to your Harry Styles cardboard cutout.

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Virgo 8/23-9/22

The stars say to stay away from ladybugs this week at all costs. You will thank them later.

Considering your bed is also your desk and your dining table, it is probably time to wash your sheets. Or, you can always invest in an actual desk and dining table.

Gemini 5/21-6/21 Never delete those crazy selfies that lurk on your phone. The next time you feel like being famous, you can always upload one to the Internet and become the next great meme.

Libra 9/23-10/22

Libra, the stars have granted you a serious dose of luck this week. You will either win the lottery or just make it through your classes without dying.

Cancer 6/22-7/22

Still waiting for your invitation to the Oscars? I am sure that it just got lost in the mail.

Scorpio 10/23-11/21 This is your week to channel your inner Food Network skills, Scorpio.

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Rumor has it you are the best peanut butter and jelly sandwich maker this side of the Mississippi.

Sagittarius 11/22-12/21

The best part of living around 11,000 other college-aged students is that you can wear whatever you want, and no one will judge you.

Capricorn 12/22-1/19 Remember Capricorn, texting while walking is like asking for a car to hit you. However, if you are looking for someone else to pay your tuition, this is a very viable option.

Aquarius 1/20-2/18 Watching old “Glee” episodes has been the highlight of your week and has made you want to become a drama major. Remember, you have no acting experience and cannot carry a tune, but keep following your dreams.

Why is this movie good?

Suspension of disbelief is everything in today’s world. With so many crazy blockbusters coming out, there are some ideas that in any other world would be stupid. But some films can pull off bizarre plots. Here are a few.

in one of the most famous comic book heroes of all time.

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For more Rawr A comedy content, visit with tons of uiargonaut.com great actors “The Lord of the Rings” would be a This epic saga has won almost must see in any other world. every Oscar you can think of. But But this one promotes smoking “The Ruins” the plot, if you think about it, is Bradley Horror films often come up with and says it’s the coolest thing stupid. A magic ring must be deBurgess stupid ideas. In this case, killer plants on the block. Nonetheless, it stroyed to save the world and the Rawr terrorize college students. But it’s actuwas a huge hit that launched only one who can is a little person ally scary because these plants tear several careers. with hairy feet. And yet, this is people apart and drive them to murder. one of the best film franchises of all time.

“12 Angry Men” Not so silly now.

“Spider-Man” All set in one room and only starring “Clerks” 12 men, this minimalist film is on many Superhero origin stories stretch Who thought, “Let’s make a movie best films lists, but the entire film is 12 science to the limit. This time around, about a convenience store?” Kevin guys talking. That said, it’s expertly dithere’s a radioactive spider that gives a nerd superpowers. Somehow, this results Smith did and it turned out to be rected and well done across the board.

such a hit, it inspired several sequels and spinoffs.

“Death Proof” Quentin Tarantino’s grindhouse flick features women talking, more women talking and Kurt Russell trying to kill them with cars. How this turned out to be an entertaining and crazy film, we’ll never know.

Bradley Burgess can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu

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Down with Yeezy New developments in Kanye West’s career are as outlandish and laughable as ever In light of recent buzz within the realm of pop culture, something needs to be said.

Kanye West is awful.

To the readers who are completely outraged by such a statement — hear me out.

I am not saying that West is not an artist, or that he is not talented. I am saying that Kanye, as a human being, is of low quality.

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Despite my strong feelings, I am not disputing West’s undeniable success. Somehow, the man is an acclaimed recording artist and fashion designer. I may have jammed to “Stronger” in my junior high days, but his more recent albums — riddled with brute misogyny and outrageous material-driven fame — I have a hard time enjoying. Regardless of his popularity, I can’t bring myself to support West’s endeavors because I simply can’t take him seriously.

Take, for instance, his rambling embarrassment of a 2015 VMA acceptance speech. Or his consistent claims that people call him out on his blatant sexism in attempts to “censor him as an artist.” At no time in my life have I ever been so astounded at a celebrity’s shameless audacity — and I watched the Miley Cyrus/ Robin Thicke performance on live television.

In recent news, the attention-hungry West announced via Twitter that he is $53 million in debt. Following West’s request for financial support from the likes of Mark Zuckerberg, a fan created a GoFundMe page to create a place where average people can contribute to the apparently struggling artist’s quest to “bring more beautiful ideas to the world.”

Gag me.

Another inspiration for writing this antiYeezy piece is the West/Taylor Swift feud, back in the public’s eye after recent developments.

West’s new album “The Life of Pablo” has made recent headlines not for its genius artistry, but for one line in the track “Famous”: “I think me and Taylor might still have sex / I made that b*tch famous.”

The rapper is referring to the 2009 VMA’s, when he hopped onstage and grabbed the microphone from Swift as she accepted an award for Best Music Video, and after a quick, “Taylor, I’mma let you finish,” proceeded to tell the audience and viewers that Beyonce’s

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video actually deserved the award. West sees the debacle he created as Swift’s first taste of fame — which is funny, since she was accepting a highly acclaimed award.

Still, in the seven years since, Swift and West have done their fair share of joking about the event. Water under the bridge, right? That is, until West released “Famous” — proving to the world that he is just as selfcentered and misogynistic as we had guessed.

Despite his claims that he and Swift talked about the lyric before its release and that Swift thought it was funny, her publicist released a statement saying that West had asked Taylor to promote the track on her Twitter — to which the pop star responded with adamant disapproval.

Just in the last few weeks, the story has continued to develop. Swift threw shade West’s way in her Grammy acceptance speech for Album of the Year, saying, “There are going to be people along the way who will try to undercut your success or take credit for your accomplishments or your fame,” and that young girls everywhere should just keep their eyes on their goals and pay no attention to such pettiness.

You go, Taylor.

This is only a glimpse at the outrageous, fame-driven train wreck that is Kanye West’s career. From begging for charity to being a pig in his music and making an outright fool of himself at award shows, the man can’t seem to stop giving me reasons to address his idiocy.

Those who support West’s abhorrent actions and outlandish pursuits need to seriously consider taking their money and attention elsewhere.

Lyndsie Kiebert can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu or on Twitter @lyndsie_kiebert

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A Crumbs recipe Sauteed chicken and veggies Ingredients n 4 medium chicken thighs n 1 cup dry white wine n 1 bell pepper n 1 yellow onion n 20 sliced white mushrooms n 1 tablespoon minced garlic n 1 tablespoon olive oil n 1 teaspoon pink salt n 1 teaspoon black pepper n 1/2 lemon

Serving size: 4 Prep time: 5 minutes Cook time: 15 minutes

Directions 1. Before cooking, slice the bell pepper, onion and mushrooms 2. Drizzle the olive oil into a 12-inch skillet and place on stovetop on mediumhigh heat 3. Cut the chicken thighs into bite-sized pieces and immediately add to heated skillet 4. Add the garlic and white wine to the skillet, Sauté for 7 to 9 minutes, or until chicken begins to

brown 5. After the chicken has developed a brown coloring, add the bell pepper, onion and mushrooms to the skillet 6. Cook for five minutes and stir occasionally.

7. Remove skillet from the stovetop and add pink salt and black pepper for taste 8. For a more acidic flavor, squeeze one half of a lemon over the dish.

9. Serve hot

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Contesting a lack of diversity Ubuntu aims to encourage student discourse through MLK Art and Essay contest Corrin Bond Rawr When emails were sent out detailing the winners of the Martin Luther King Essay and Art Contest, University of Idaho graduate student, Maria Mejia, was convinced she hadn’t made the cut.

“The way (the email) was phrased, it was like, ‘We’ve received many essays,’” Mejia said. “So it kind of sounded like, ‘Oh, sorry, you didn’t get it.’”

However, Mejia’s essay, “Viva la Revolucion!” was chosen as the winner in the contest’s graduate essay section.

“I was kind of shocked,” Mejia said. “I continued reading and the last sentence was like, ‘You’re a winner.’ I won, so that was pretty exciting.”

Erin James, chair of the Faculty Senate diversity committee, Ubuntu, said this is the second year the MLK Art and Essay Contest was held on campus and was once again a success.

James said the contest was first created as a way of celebrating and promoting diversity on campus.

“It’s been awesome. The contest has been so much fun,” James said. “It’s a way of encouraging people to talk about diversity on campus or think about diversity on Rawr campus or diversity initiatives that already exist, such as the For more Rawr MLK day programming.” content, visit uiargonaut.com Each year, the contest revolves around a specific theme. This year, James said the prompt had to do with the MLK Day keynote speaker and one of the founders of the Black Lives Matter movement, Alicia Garza.

“We asked people to familiarize themselves with her work and imagine how we might create a more caring community on campus,” James said. “Last year’s prompt was wider, but this year we wanted to encourage people to really engage with the MLK keynote speaker.”

James said some contest participants directly referenced Garza while others took inspirations from her ideas regarding diversity.

Mejia said she used her own experience as a multicultural student to develop an essay about increasing inclusivity and acceptance of different cultures on campus.

“I talked about how we can be more inclusive, starting with faculty and staff and then administration,” Mejia said. “And by doing that, how that will influence students and students will through that, from the ground up, create an inclusive and caring community.”

One of the reasons Mejia said she believes the contest to be important is that it prompts students to not only think about diversity on campus, but also how to create a more inclusive environment.

“This one is extremely important,” Mejia said.

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Contest Winners Graduate Essay Winner Maria Florentina Mejia — “Viva la Revolucion!”

(Long Live the Revolution) Honorable Mention: Evy Sotelo —”Indulging the Diversity of Beautiful Minds” Undergraduate Essay Winner: Leanna Keleher —“Choosing to be an Ally” Honorable Mention: Izaiah AB Dolezal —“The EverLooming Reality” and Ivan Mucyo Ngabo —“Finding a

Way Forward in the Past” Graduate Art Honorable Mention: Caleb Parker —”Equ [All]ity” Undergraduate Art Winner: Hunter Van Bramer —”I AM” Honorable Mention: Molly Pitman —“Death Unites Us,” Abby Johnson — “A Right to Humanity is a Bridge ... Love Letter,” and Jessica Bovee

“Sometimes, I think a lot of people acknowledge that we need to do something about diversity, but they don’t take the actual steps to actually do something.”

Contest winners also receive prizes. James said first place winners receive $500, honorable mentions receive $100 and everyone who places also receives a signed certificate from University of Idaho President Chuck Staben.

As the contest continues to grow, James said she

hopes to see more students become involved and engage in discourse regarding diversity on UI’s campus.

“I would like to encourage people to keep their eyes open for it next year,” James said. “It’s a great contest and it comes with a great prize and it celebrates a really important part of our campus.”

Corrin Bond can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu

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UI's annual Hemingway Festival celebrates the life and influence of a prominent author Corrin Bond Rawr Although Ernest Hemingway never traveled as far north as Moscow, Ron McFarland, a University of Idaho English professor, said the author had an undeniable love for a more southern Idaho.

“He loved that part of the state, it’s where he wrote a good deal of ‘For Whom the Bell Tolls,’ and he famously said it reminded him of Spain,” McFarland said. “He loved the hunting and the fishing, of course, but he didn’t write much about Idaho.”

It was the author’s aforementioned affection for the state that prompted the tradition of a Hemingway Festival.

The festival first began where Hemingway put down his Idaho roots, in the Sun Valley area. McFarland said the festival ran successfully for a few years until the economy took a turn for the worse in 2008 and sponsors could no longer donate as much money.

“We sort of picked it up, we liked it, so we picked it up ourselves,” McFarland said. “This is our seventh annual, coming up this year The UI Hemingway Festival has developed into an annual celebration that Program Coordinator Jennifer Hawk, said she hopes brings together community members and students alike.

Hawk said the festival, which is sponsored by the English department and runs from March 2-5, will be kicked off with a “sneak peek” reading event where UI faculty members and local authors read from works that are in the process of being published.

“They’re going to read from their forthcoming work, so they’re going to give readings from stuff that has never

been read before,” Hawk said. “Kim Barnes was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, she’ll be giving a reading, her husband, Robert Wrigley, he’s an internationally famed poet, and Daniel Orozco has just done some phenomenal work as well and all those people will be reading.”

The festival will also feature a visiting author and winner of the PEN/Hemingway Foundation Award, Arna Bontemps Hemenway.

“He’s going to be coming here from Texas and he’s going to spend the week with us,” Hawk said. “During that time, he’s going to give readings at various places, he’s going to provide workshops for graduate students and, I mean, I don’t mind of some undergraduate students want to attend as well.”

While there are a number of festival workshops for students, Hawk said one of her main goals as program coordinator is to expand the festival and make it even more inclusive for students.

“We also added some more academic opportunities for our students, so the editor of the ‘Hemingway Review’ will be here,” Hawk said. “She’s offering a workshop for anyone who is interested in publishing in a literary journal or academic journal — she’s going to be incredible.”

While the festival almost lost momentum a few years ago, McFarland said since then, it has continued to grow.

McFarland, who wrote the recently published book “Appropriating Hemingway,” said he believes people are drawn to Hemingway’s writing because of the author’s simplistic prose and straight-forward writing style.

“I think he did a great job of making the ordinary and the sort of simple plain style, rightly or wrongly, a kind of American straight-forward pragmatic kind of prose, or even journalistic prose, he made that a kind of literary voice,” McFarland said. “He’s one of those guys who can navigate the terrain of pop fiction and literary fiction.”

In addition to his writing style, McFarland said Hemingway is often known for his travels and strong international presence.

“It’s interesting, I think probably he’s one of the few American writers who has as bit a reputation internationally as he does a national one,” McFarland said. “This guy lived in Spain, France, Italy, he was in England during World War II as a war correspondent operating out of there, in Africa on a couple different occasions, 20 or so years in Cuba, there’s no American writer who really lived the world the like Hemingway did.”

Hemingway’s international presence is something that’s highlighted throughout the festival. The author’s relationship with Cuba, in particular, will be celebrated through the festival’s annual fundraising dinner, “A Moveable Feast.”

Hawk said the dinner helps raise money for the English department’s Hemingway Fellowship, which is rewarded to a graduate student in UI’s MFA program and gives the student time to work on a book.

“This year, we’re celebrating Cuba, because Hemingway had a huge Idaho-Cuba connection,” Hawk said. “He would go back and forth between Idaho and Cuba, so we’re celebrating a Havanna Nights.”

To follow the dinner’s theme of ‘Havanna Nights,’ Hawk said the UI Ballroom Dance Team will be performing a Cuban dance at the fundraiser.

Hawk said she first began planning the festival in September of 2015 and although coordinating four days’ worth of events was challenging, she said she appreciates what the festival brings to the community.

“I really enjoy doing this kind of thing as far as event planning and working toward something that really benefits our community,” Hawk said. “That’s our main aim is bringing learning and literature into our community and building community through learning and literature.”

Corrin Bond can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu

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A group of guests pose for a photo at the UI Hemingway Festival's annual event, "A Moveable Feast" last year.

Hemingway Festival Schedule: Wednesday, March 2 3:30 p.m., One World Cafe — Graduate student reading 6:30 p.m., 1912 Center — Sneak Peeks Event

5 p.m., Best Western Plus University Inn: Social Hour for A Moveable Feast 6 p.m., Best Western Plus University Inn: A Moveable Feast — Havanna Nights

Thursday, March 3

Saturday, March 5

2:30-3:30 p.m., TLC 222 — “The Hemingway Review” editor, Suzanne del Gizzo, workshop, TLC 222 5 p.m., UI VandalStore — High School Writing Contest Celebration 7:30 p.m., Best Western Plus University Inn — Papa’s Pilar Cocktail Party and Seminar by Philip Greene

Friday, March 4 1:30-3 p.m., Idaho Commons Whitewater Room: Hemingway and His Scholars academic panel

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The Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre in downtown Moscow promotes the UI Hemingway Festival.

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2 p.m., Moscow Public Library: An afternoon with Arna Bontemps Hemenway 7:30 p.m., 1912 Center: Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award-winning reading 9 p.m., Lodgepole: Hemenway reception For more information, please contact the English department at jhawk@uidaho.edu or (208) 885-6156

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Library

The poems of our lives Will Meyer Rawr Although most people’s lives don’t revolve around the library or printed books, human society is undeniably text-oriented.

Rather than focusing on printed text, however, Devin Becker, program head at the University of Idaho library, said people are drawn to digital text and social media.

Becker, one of the coordinators of the Vandal Poem of the Day project, said that’s one of the reasons why the project largely focuses on providing UI students with online access to daily poems.

The Vandal Poem of the Day is a collaboration between the library and the English Department that Becker said is a sort of twin to the “Aubie” program at Auburn University.

“They (Auburn University) got permission from Coppertown Press … to publish (contemporary) poems that had been published in books before,” Becker said.

“They published those last year, and we’re publishing them this year.”

Becker said a major goal of the program is to reintroduce poetry to people and expose more students to a wide range of poetry on a regular basis.

“A lot of times, you don’t even have access to contemporary Rawr poetry, and this is very good contemporary poetry,” Becker said.

For more Rawr content, visit “It’s the forefront of poetry.” uiargonaut.com The program also strives to open up conversations about modern poetry to more diverse groups and facets of campus that might otherwise never come in contact with such work, Becker said.

In addition to posting an online Poem of the Day, Becker said there is also a poetry printer currently located on the second floor of the UI Library by the circulation desk.

“We have these poetry printers that do these receipt printings,” Becker said. “We want to have one set up in the commons, so people can come and print a poem.”

The title, author and link to the full poem are posted every morning on the Vandal Poem of the Day’s Facebook and Twitter, too.

“It’s kind of about sneaking in that surprise, and if you read it, it’s just a different moment in your day — which is what art does,” Becker said.

As a slam poet, UI freshman David Catts said he is excited about contemporary poetry, and the idea of Vandal Poem of the Day. “Being able to, in the same way you can go onto dictionary.com and look up a word, I can go on my laptop and look up the Poem of the Day is very cool,” Catts said.

Catts said that he thinks contemporary poetry is culturally enriching and that reading a new poem each day is an opportunity for growth he wouldn’t

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UI Digital Infrastructure Librarian Evan Williamson demonstrates how to use the poetry printer in the library. want to pass up.

Zach Dike, a UI freshman studying material sciences, said that poetry holds a special place in his world.

“I think it’s kind of a dying art. It’s its own little island in the field of writing, and I think it’s sad that it’s no longer taught in most of our schools,” Dike said.

Dike said that it seems like you can always find some of yourself in poetry, and that some of his most inspiring moments have occurred after reading a work of verse.

“I think (Vandal Poem of the Day) will be a good way to expose the students of UI, as well as anyone

else who can access it online,” Dike said.

Poetry has gone through all the evolutions of visual art, but for some reason, it’s doesn’t seem to be viewed as a modern art form, he said.

“I think what the best case scenario would be, is to form a kind of base of people who are engaged with it,” Dike said. “Maybe we’ll start seeing more poets from the university start to spring up. It would be so cool to see poetry being fostered in that kind of way.”

Will Meyer can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu

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a day in the life

The woman behind the counter

A day in the life of The Perch owner Farrukh Naz

Alex Brizee Rawr Farrukh Naz, a Pakistan native, first began working at The Perch two years ago. Eight months ago, she took over as owner of the establishment and has been building rapport with the University of Idaho community ever since.

“I’ve been here for almost 25 years so I just love every moment I live here,” Naz said. “I just love it.”

Although American culture is different than her own, Naz said she enjoys living in the United States, especially because the new culture has exposed her to a number of new experiences.

Naz didn’t go to college in the United States and said working near a university has helped her better underRawr stand America’s youth culture.

She said she likes the location For more Rawr of The Perch because she enjoys content, visit interacting with students and uiargonaut.com that the people she serves make her day on a regular basis.

“Kids are full of energy so it just gives me energy too,” Naz said.

Although college students are older, Naz said she loves children of all ages. She said she thinks of the students who come to The Perch as beautiful, happy kids.

Now that Naz’s children are grown and on their own, she said she appreciates her daily interactions with students more.

“I just live by myself so when I come here everybody entertains me and it just makes my day go by quick,” Naz said.

One Thursday, a group of men from a fraternity on campus serenaded Naz and gave her roses. “It just makes me feel really special,” Naz said. “I love everybody that goes to school here.”

Adrien Malinowski, a UI freshman who lives down the street from The Perch, said he considers himself

Farrukh Naz smiles as she interacts with students at her local business, The Perch. a regular at the establishment.

Malinowski said Naz knows almost everyone who visits her business and he enjoys hospitality The Perch provides.

“She knows pretty much everyone that comes in here, which, I mean it just helps make it nice in here,” Malinowski said. “I love conversing with her because I usually pull all-nighters so it’s nice to just talk to

somebody who is as friendly as she is.”

Above all else, Naz said she appreciates all of her customers because they appreciate her.

“Everybody love me, that’s really important that people love you,” Naz said.

Alex Brizee can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu

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friday fiction

Beneath the bleachers Lyndsie Kiebert Rawr “Hey Thomas, how did Stu get so good at football?” asked Bradley as he absent-mindedly fiddled with the hem of his gym shirt. Thomas grimaced at the mention of his older brother’s name.

“How am I supposed to know?” He replied with clear bitterness in his voice. Thomas tried to keep his eyes on the black rubber surface of the track beneath his feet, but sheepishly glanced toward the middle of the football field, where his senior quarterback brother effortlessly tossed perfect pass after perfect pass to various receivers from the varsity football team.

“Geez, sorry I asked.” Bradley continued to tamper with the hem of his extra-large Westside Knights P.E. shirt.

Thomas became increasingly enraged as they walked around the outdoor track. Because neither felt the desire to participate in the class dodge ball game that day, they were sent outside and told to “run laps.” While Bradley’s overweight, stocky frame prevented him from ever taking a liking to running, the events from the past night consumed Thomas’ focus. Thus, the two best friends walked laps under the overcast April sky instead.

“So you never told me what happened between you two last night,” Bradley hesitantly inquired. He turned toward Thomas with hopeful eyes, his chubby cheeks suggesting a curious grin.

Thomas didn’t reply. All he could think about was Monica — unfailingly sweet, inconceivably intelligent and perfectly curvy. She was a junior at Westside, president of the debate club, captain of the Mathletes and the light of 15-year-old Thomas’s life. From her thick-rimmed glasses to her Mary Jane shoes, Monica had Thomas’ adolescent heart. Which was why it came as such a surprise when Stu, his jock brother, brought her home for dinner the night before, introducing her as his “new girlfriend.”

“It was nothing. Just drop it, okay?” Thomas told Bradley. “I’m going to get some water.”

He sighed and glanced once more toward the field and noted his brother’s absence, but did his best not to care about his girl-stealing brother at all.

Departing from the track and heading toward the water fountain, Thomas came to a stop when he heard a small noise come from beneath the bleachers to his left — something twinkly and unmistakable. It was Monica’s giggle. It was almost inaudible, but distinct thanks to the hours Thomas had spent memorizing it.

Veering to his left and ducking behind a polevaulter’s mat, Thomas peered toward the source of the joyous sound. There stood Monica, the length of her body pressed against the athletic, sweaty bastard that was his brother. Stu’s arms were wrapped tight around her curvy waist, her pink chiffon blouse disheveled, but it was apparent that she didn’t mind.

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“Monica, what are you doing with my “I … um … I have a debate meeting. I’ll talk to brother?” He’d never addressed her before in his life, you later,” Monica didn’t so much as glance Stu’s but now seemed as good a time as any. way before she made her way out from beneath Monica looked down at Thomas, then back a Stu, the bleachers. whose face was equally as bewildered. She raised one Silence lingered as Monica’s footsteps faded. cute little eyebrow, and it was all Thomas could do “Tommy … ” Stu closed his eyes and clenched his fists, not to melt. drawing out Thomas’s nickname with anger in each “Little Tommy, what are you doing here?” Stu syllable. It was then that the consequences of what demanded.

“My name is Thomas, thank you. And I’m talking to Thomas had just done occurred to him.

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