The Daily Aztec - Vol. 95, Issue 29

Monday, October 19, 2009

Vol. 95, Issue 29

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STATE OF MIND

SCHOOLS SUFFER As the economic recession deepens, nothing is being done to help higher education. page 2

DATING & ROMANCE

BALANCING ACT If men and women are equal in a relationship, which one should be picking up the check? page 4

SPORTS

HALL DOMINATES Widely regarded as a potential Heisman candidate, Max Hall lights up the Aztecs’ defense. page 5

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TODAY @ SDSU

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Brigham Young quarterback Max Hall scored on a 1-yard run as time expired in the first half to put the Cougars up by seven on Saturday. Full coverage of the Aztecs’ defeat on page 5.

Outcome of A.S. poll Majority of voters support new student union S A R A H K O VA S H S E N I O R S TA F F W R I T E R

Results from the recent poll on San Diego State’s student union still leave questions about the facility’s future.

The survey was put out by Associated Students to gauge the continuation of plans for a new Aztec Center Student Union.

Last week, the SDSU Social Science Research Laboratory released the results.

The survey, which was accessible through SDSU’s student webportal, ended Sept. 26. In total, 3,679 individuals responded, which is representative of 11 percent of the SDSU student population.

The survey results showed that 40 percent who voted strongly favored creating a new student union, and 33 percent somewhat favored it. The survey results showed that 20 percent of the students polled use the current student union only once or twice a semester.

Most of the questions asked in the poll related to how often

students use the current student union and what features they would like to see improved or added.

The survey was meant to gauge what A.S. will do with funds raised from student fees, voted for in 2006, and if additional funds are needed to start construction on the proposed Modern Space plan.

If students do not favor fee increases, then the money raised so far will be used to repair the current building.

“Either way, this building isn’t up to code, so we’d have to spend money — pretty much all of it — to fix it and bring it up to code so that they wouldn’t close us down,” Jeremy Katz, A.S. executive vice president and Modern Space committee chair, said.

Any additional fees that would be needed to raise money for a new student union would not be implemented until the new building opened in 2013, according to A.S. President Tyler Boden.

So far, the fees obtained as a result of the 2006 vote allow A.S. to raise $39 million through bond sales, according to Katz.

A.S. will hold a referendum in the spring to find out if students will support the construction of a new student union with the implementation of additional fees.

Although comments made by

students in the survey showed concern for what A.S. should do with the funds in light of the current economic situation, according to Katz, the money obtained will only be used in Aztec Center. Katz said A.S. is mandated by the Chancellor’s Office to not use the funds for academic affairs.

“Either way, this building isn’t up to code, so we’d have to spend money — pretty much all of it — to fix it.”

—Jeremy Katz, A.S. executive vice president “I think there’s a lot of encouraging comments,” Katz said.

“There’s obviously some comments that were, you know, ‘oh, it’s not a good economy, we shouldn’t raise fees, we should pay teachers more,’ things like that. I think a lot of students have a misunderstanding about where our money can go.”

A.S. BRIEF Election changes A.S. will possibly change election standards and practices as a result of last spring’s controversy.

A.S. has been without an elections coordinator since the previous official graduated two years ago. Vice President of Finance Ignacio Prado, along with the executive board and executive committee, has been temporarily overseeing elections. A.S. is currently looking for a new elections coordinator to take control and will vote on any changes after finding a replacement.

A.S. Web site Students can now access the Associated Students Twitter, blog and Facebook group. The A.S. Web outlets allow students to find out about upcoming events and also voice concerns about the current budget situation. The A.S. Twitter account can be found at http://twitter.com/as_sdsu.

In addition, the Facebook group can be found at http://facebook.com/associatedstudentssdsu, and the A.S. blog can be found at http://sdsuasblog.wordpress.com/.

—Compiled by Senior Staff Writer Sarah Kovash

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Monday, October 19, 2009

A GUEST’S PERSPECTIVE

No hope for budget help from the governor

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e are in a budget crisis and we need help. However, the governor won’t be coming to the rescue anytime soon.

On Oct. 11, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger plowed his way through nearly 700 bills, vetoing at least 230. Among the bills vetoed were Senate Bill 86 and SB 218. SB 86 aimed to prohibit pay increases to top executives in the CSU and UC systems in years that the budget was less than or equal to that of the year before. SB 218 would have required state college auxiliary organizations that receive state funds or provide government functions on campus adhere to the California Public Records Act therefore increasing transparency of the interactions between non-governmental groups and UCs, CSUs and California Community Colleges — this would have included entities such as Associated Students. The bills, introduced by Sen. Leland Yee, passed both houses of the state legislature last month.

In response to vetoing SB86, the governor stated that cutting the pay of high-level administrators and executives would hinder CSUs and UCs from providing a high level of education and attracting top researchers and professors. The governor’s reasoning behind his veto of SB 218 was that holding the activities of

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private donors and volunteers to the criteria of the CPRA would have a “chilling effect on their support and service.”

Clearly, the governor is faulty in his reasoning. The decision of whether to take action against the budget crisis facing state colleges should not be conditional on pleasing auxiliary organizations or executives. The governor has made a mistake by vetoing these beneficial bills and students, faculty and professors will continue to pay for his crippling lack of action.

In the case of SB 86, the governor has considered state colleges unable to be fiscally competitive in bidding for top researchers and professors therefore making California colleges and universities less credible and decreasing the standard of education. However, he fails to realize that budget cuts in and of themselves are debilitating the reputation of all CSUs, UCs and CCCs. With budget cuts, students’ tuition increases, admissions and class hours decrease and professors get fired; this is obviously a recipe for long-term disaster. It is doubtful that in trying to attract top-level personnel, those worth the bid will simply overlook the downward spiral that our state college systems are falling into and expect to be paid a comparable amount of money for

a long term. This is shocking especially because last July, in the midst of this budget crisis, the UC Board of Regents approved both salary increases for some executives and a raise on student fees at the same meeting.

SB 218 is a reasonable step toward tracking funds and increasing transparency that could meet more immediate needs of state colleges. Again, the governor failed to comprehend its overwhelming benefits. As government organizations, the CSU, UC and CCC systems should be held accountable for all the money that goes in and out of the system.

Increasing the transparency of where money goes when it is paid to auxiliary organizations contributes to the health of a democracy and should not be censored for fear of putting off the charitable funds of these organizations.

If there is no corruption, these organizations and the executives of state colleges will have nothing to hide and should therefore be welcoming of the CPRA to expose their lawful and moral money usage record. The governor’s veto of this bill exemplifies his lack of care for the ideals of a democracy, for the state college system and his hypocrisy as he has a Web site entirely dedicated to the promotion of governmental transparency.

Politicians often carry no solid reasoning behind their actions, however, in these difficult times,

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Gov. Schwarzenegger vetoed bills that would have been beneficial to higher education.

the political antics and false reasoning behind vetoing beneficial legislation cannot be overlooked.

The governor has clearly failed to serve the students and faculty of all CSUs, UCs, and CCCs and continues to leave us all searching on our own for solutions.

However, we cannot get very far when the funds are clearly and simply not there. We must push for legislation that will in any way help relieve our budget constraints. As our fiscal dilemma continues to affect the quality of education in state colleges, all aspects of the system will gradually lose quality and credibility. This

is no longer the time to consider political correctness and staying on the good side of executives and outside organizations. Our education is at risk and our government must take action.

—Renee Villasenor is a journalism senior.

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Differences in couples are only skin deep A U R E L I A A C Q UA T I CONTRIBUTOR

Racial differences are only skindeep when it comes to relationships. And while some people look for comfort in a partner with the same race and background, they may be surprised to find distinct similarities of a person from a different culture.

In the mid-1900s, it was looked down upon to date someone of a different race, and many people were often ridiculed for doing so.

America has been seen as a “melting pot,” where people of all races and religions have joined together to become one nation. There are still some people who consider interracial relationships ethically wrong, but in today’s society interracial relationships have become more common.

Most people who are involved in this type of relationship are still surrounded by racism, which more often than not comes from friends and family members, according to the article “About Racism in Interracial Dating,” by Isabel Prontes.

According to graphic design junior Delia Torres, she has been in an interracial relationship before, and has experienced being disapproving public glances. She said that she had never experienced any problems in her relationship, and their racial differences did not affect what they shared as a couple. This stigma attached to interracial dating of having a “different” relationship from other people is not necessarily true. In actuality, the person’s skin color or background does not

matter, but instead it is the love and trust they share that counts.

College campuses today are relatively diverse and are continuing to accept people from different backgrounds. According to the article “Attitudes and Behaviors of College Students towards Interracial Dating,” by Nicole R. Goforth at Loyola University, many college students say they have no problem with interracial relationships and it is generally accepted in today’s society. The article also explains that many students’ opinions are often influenced by their parents’ beliefs, and if their parents do not approve of interracial dating, then students may have a negative attitude toward it as well.

Goforth also conducted an experiment to see if there was a correlation between students’ behaviors and parental influences.

She took a convenience sample of 100 college students who were 18 years or older; the experiment consisted of a matching exercise and written survey to assess the students’ opinions on the subject.

In Goforth’s results, she found males were more open to an interracial relationship and parents were more accepting of such relationships than the students themselves were willing to participate in. An interesting result of this experiment was the males seemed to be more willing to experience an interracial relationship than females were. However, the reasons for these differences may result from one’s personal beliefs and opinions, not necessarily from gender groups as a whole.

Deciding to be in involved with someone from another ethnic

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Even though society has come to accept interracial couples, many people still think such relationships are different from same-race relationships. In reality, differences in race rarely affect couples, but rather, the issue lies with getting past mainstream stereotypes.

background can be a complex decision, but race should not be a deciding factor. Once a relationship with a solid foundation has been formed, a couple has a better

ability to focus on the relationship and not on what people think about them. Being in this type of relationship can broaden perspectives on life and other cultures.

Not only are interracial couples able to share their different backgrounds, but they are also able to appreciate different cultures and other people.

The blurred gender roles in modern dating It can be difficult to decide which rules are legitimate and which are outdated. Each gender (and individual person for that matter) has unique ideas and views, but here are a few of the basics.

Pay up Money should not matter when it comes to love but in general, we consider a guy to be a gentleman if he takes a girl out and pays, right?

That’s typically expected. If a girl goes on a date and the guy doesn’t pay, he’s considered cheap and probably not that into her.

But nowadays, when a girl can make the same amount of money as the guy, is it really so odd for her to pay? It dos not necessarily make that man rude, selfish or uninterested just because he doesn’t pay.

“It’s not fair for women to demand equality but cling to this old-fashioned rule,” ISCOR senior Brittney Silver said.

According to an article titled “Dating Rules for Women,” “Let your man pay. If he is interested in a girl, he is interested enough to ensure she eat well and get home safely in a cab.”

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As women become more independent and dominant in relationships, expectations become blurred. Traditional roles of women and men are no longer set in stone, so couples now have to rely on what they think is good for them apart from others’ expectations.

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American women are often considered lucky to live in a society that allows them to be equal to men.

Women can vote, own property and have careers.

But in the dating world, it’s rare to see a woman approach a man, ask for his number or even take him out on a date. Many girls still want to be old-fashioned when it comes to dating, but that might be changing as men and women continue to become more equal.

There are all kinds of rules and criteria that people have for choosing a significant other. Some preferences are silly, such as being a certain height or having a certain hair color, while others are more in-depth, such as religious beliefs or childhood upbringing.

If the guy really likes the girl, he’ll ask for her number, call her and ask her out on a date, pick her up, open the door and treat her to dinner — supposedly.

That shouldn’t mean if a girl has the guts to be bold and ask a guy for his number that she is inferior to the man or easy.

On the other hand, it’s not always about being old-fashioned.

We’re all human and we all get nervous or shy, so it’s not really fair to put all the pressure on the guy?

“I’m willing to compromise on a lot of things but I won’t make the first move as far as asking someone out on a date or for a number,” Silver said. “It’s not just because I’m old-fashioned, but more because I am not that brave.”

All created equal If we’re all so equal, who’s to say that a guy should be the one to make all the first moves? If the girl is interested, she should not hesitate to be up-front and honest, and ask him out.

According to Silver, when women make the first move, she is perhaps perceived to be more masculine or even desperate.

“Maybe if more women asked men out it wouldn’t be as taboo as it is,” Silver said. “So keep it up ladies!”

With all these rules, regulations, compromises and different ideas of relationships, it’s hard to keep up. It seems that with time, the younger generations are breaking out of that traditional idea that dictates masculine men to support the household and women remain submissive.

“I have absolutely no idea who made up all these relationship rules,” French senior Alejandra Garces said. “But I suppose they have been around forever. I think some are legit because they are what we have grown up with and what we consider the norm.”

In the end, it’s always a safer bet to go with your gut: Be honest and avoid games. If there’s really a spark there, there’s no reason to waste time worrying about rules or comparing yourself to other couples or worse, the media. Every couple is unique and can function perfectly well with its own rules.

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Aztecs hang tough against No.18 Cougars D AV I D P O P E A S S I S TA N T S P O R T S E D I T O R

In what was possibly the best game of his young career, it was Ryan Lindley’s one big mistake that may have cost his team the upset victory.

With the San Diego State football team tied 14-14 with No. 18 Brigham Young, the BYU 38 sophomore quarterback SDSU 28 drove his team 56 yards to the BYU 9-yard line late in the second half.

But an interception in the endzone effectively prevented SDSU from posting any more points before halftime and allowed his counterpart, Cougar quarterback Max Hall, to drive 80 yards down the field and score on a 1-yard run as time ran out in the second half.

While it was Lindley who gave BYU (6-1, 3-0 Mountain West Conference) the ball back, it was the Aztec defense that failed to stop the Cougars’ attack as Hall and company racked up 512 yards of total offense in the 3828 defeat of SDSU (2-4, 0-2).

“When you play the game, you’ve got to play to win,” head coach Brady Hoke said. ”There’s an intensity it takes to play to win and there’s a demeanor you play with. That’s the most frustrating thing, because I thought our kids prepared well. They came in with a great attitude, but I think at times, we didn’t play with `I’m going to go win.’”

Hall accounted for 397 total yards as he passed for 346 yards and three touchdowns with 51 yards and a touchdown on the ground.

“That was one of those games when, at the end of the game, it felt really good to win the game,” Hall said. “I thought it was a battle. I thought the San Diego State players and coaches did a phenomenal job. They played really hard and gave us everything we could handle.”

While Hall stole the spotlight, Lindley put up impressive numbers of his own with 298 yards and three touchdowns.

Though the Aztecs managed just 20 yards on the ground, Lindley’s performance came as a relief to fans who have watched the offense struggle in many games this year.

“We are gelling with coach (Al) Borges and the offense,” Lindley said. “I think it’s really getting to the point where we understand

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Senior wide receiver DeMarco Sampson helped showcase San Diego State offense’s potential with 77 yards on five catches and two touchdowns. Fellow wide receiver, senior Vincent Brown led SDSU in receiving in the game with eight catches for 147 yards and is currently third in the nation in total receiving yards.

schemes. It’s more than just guys knowing where they’re supposed to go, but (that) they understand what they’re doing and now they’re getting other guys open and the whole schematics of the West Coast offense.”

Junior wide receiver Vincent Brown notched his fifth 100-yard receiving effort in six games this year, finishing with eight catches for 147 yards while senior wide receiver DeMarco Sampson caught five passes for 77

yards and two touchdowns.

SDSU’s next game will come this weekend when the Aztecs travel to Fort Collins, Colo. to take on Colorado State in another MWC matchup.

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BYU’s Hall puts on a clinic against SDSU E D WA R D L E W I S SPORTS EDITOR

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Brigham Young’s senior quarterback Max Hall had 346 yards and three touchdowns through the air and also tallied 51 yards on the ground with a a rushing touchdown he scored as time expired in the first half.

Last Tuesday, San Diego State football head coach Brady Hoke said BYU senior quarterback Max Hall was “one of the best two or three quarterbacks in this country.”

On Saturday, Hall showed why.

In a 38-28 victory against SDSU, Hall wouldn’t let his No. 18 Cougars go down.

He carried the rock 14 times for 51 yards and a touchdown, completed 27 of his 39 passes for 346 yards and tallied three touchdowns through the air.

But his statistics only tell part of the story.

With no timeouts and the clock running at the one-yard line just before halftime, Hall was instructed by his sideline to spike the ball. The senior had other plans, though. With four Aztec defenders stacked in the A gap, Hall snapped the ball, pulled up and sprinted to the corner of the end zone, crossing the goal line with no time left in the second quarter.

“It was one of those last minute decisions where I thought this is either going to be really good, or really bad,” Hall said. “So it turned out pretty good.”

BYU head coach Bronco Mendenhall added, “Max saw the clock running out, grabbed it and just took it on his own initia-

tive, went around the end and scored a touchdown, which was phenomenal.”

That’s what veteran quarterbacks such as Hall bring to the table.

Facing uphill battles all afternoon, Hall kept his composure and answered the bell each and every time for the Cougars. When SDSU took a 14-7 lead early in the second quarter, Hall marched his squad down the field on a 12-play, 68-yard drive which ended in a Hall touchdown pass. When BYU got the ball back tied at 14, Hall led the team on a 14-play, 80-yard drive capped off by the quarterback keeper. When the Aztecs tied it again at 21 in the third quarter, Hall threw two more touchdown passes to keep his Cougars up for good.

“The big thing that hurt us is obviously Max is a tremendous quarterback,” Hoke said.

In a perfect SDSU world, sophomore quarterback Ryan Lindley will become Hall-like in the future. On Saturday, he was pretty close, throwing for 298 yards and three scores. But an ill-advised throw in the second quarter took points out of the Aztecs’ pocket when BYU defensive back Scott Johnson intercepted Lindley in the end zone.

But Hall threw his fair share of interceptions as a sophomore, grew from every single one of them and became the quarterback he is today because of it.

Only time will tell if Lindley can do the same.

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VOLLEYBALL

SDSU gets first sweep in nearly two months Collins-Parker’s team wins Mountain West Conference game 3-0 against Air Force B E AU B E A R D E N S E N I O R S TA F F W R I T E R

It had been almost two months since the San Diego State volleyball team recorded a 3-0 sweep.

On Aug. 28, SDSU swept Seattle in its season opener, but in the Aztecs’ 16 matches since, they’ve lost at least one set in every contest.

That changed on Friday night as SDSU (8-10, 3-5 Mountain West Conference) finished off Air Force (80-8) in straight sets AZTECS 3 12, (25-19, 25-12, 25-17) at FALCONS 0 Peterson Gym to notch its second straight MWC win and clinch the eighth consecutive loss for the Falcons.

“It’s exciting to win 3-0,” head coach Deitre Collins-Parker said. “One thing that we are really focusing on is finishing. So if we’re beating a team 2-0, then we want to finish by beating them 3-0.”

The Aztecs’ offense was a big part of its

success, as SDSU’s .466 attack percentage was the highest since they hit .473 against Harvard on Sept. 18, 2003.

Kyley Sexton led all players with 16 kills and the sophomore outside hitter set a career high with a .714 hitting percentage.

“It helps with a really great setter,” Sexton said. “V.O. (sophomore setter Lauren Van Orden) did amazing today and that really helps us a lot.”

Redshirt freshman libero Kristi Jackels, who leads the conference with 4.25 digs per set, recorded 16 digs in the three-set match.

Paije Pearson and Hannah Evans also played roles in the victory, as the respective sophomore and junior outside hitters notched nine kills apiece.

“It was a really good win,” Evans said.

“We’ve been working on finishing games for a long time, considering we have a tendency to go to five whenever we should close it out in three. So it’s really good to be able to close this one out.”

The Aztecs’ next game will come on Thursday in another MWC contest when SDSU takes on UNLV in Las Vegas. The Rebels are 5-11 overall and 35 in conference play but are coming off a 3-0 sweep victory of their own against MWC foe New Mexico.

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HUMOR

A brave boy in a turtle shell

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et me take you back to an innocent time.

A time when people continuously speculated on the whereabouts of Carmen Sandiego. A time when people thought Zack from “Saved by the Bell” was the pinnacle of cool.

It was 1992 and I was 5 years old.

I had completely forgotten about this era, but I recently discovered a videotape containing precious family memories. After watching hours of family members parading around in unfortunate fashion choices, and witnessing a frightening number of MC Hammer impressions, I was done being nostalgic. I prepared to turn off my ancient VCR, but stopped when the flickering pixels on the TV displayed a young me dressed as a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle.

Thanks to this tape, I was able to reconstruct an important memory that was lost in the depths of my mind: my first fight.

It was Halloween. My parents lovingly watched as I strutted around the playground dressed as Michaelangelo, who is easily the coolest Ninja Turtle. I also sported my green tights, brown shell and orange mask at weddings and baptisms.

Eventually I slipped away from my parents’ gaze in search of some juice boxes. A few minutes into my quest I was confronted by the unholiest of sights: The Ninja Turtles’ archenemy, the Shredder, perched on the top of my favorite slide.

Monday, October 19, 2009

JARED W HITLOCK S TA F F W R I T E R

The boy dressed as the Shredder might have appeared cute to an outsider, but I knew his innocent act was a charade. I’d observed all of his evil plots on TV and I couldn’t look past all the times he attacked my reptilian brethren. He even stole the Statue of Liberty once, which was offensive not only as a Ninja Turtles fan, but also as a young American.

I had an obligation to defend my school from his anti-pizza ways.

I surveyed the playground to see if any like-minded students could help with my mounting offensive. A girl to my left was adorned in unicorn apparel.

Lame. The boy to my right was casting spells as a wizard --- years before Harry Potter made wizards cool, so I also filed him under the lame category. The search was hopeless; I had to fight without other turtles by my side.

I started by calling out verbal warnings in the Shredder’s direction. Unfortunately, what sounded like legitimate threats in my head didn’t carry the same weight once the words were formed. I couldn’t pronounce “Shredder,” instead it sounded more like “Schwedah.” I wasn’t sure if he couldn’t understand me or if it was just unconvincing.

I had to meet the Shredder on equal ground. I couldn’t climb up the slide’s ladder because he could easily thwart my ascent.

No, I decided to crawl up the

slide itself. He still had the higher ground, but at least I would be in the position to attack. Fresh with motivation, I defiantly pointed at him and yelled, “I’m coming fow you Schwedah!”

For the first time he looked concerned.

I gripped the sides of the slide and slowly moved up the metallic surface. It was slippery, but my turtle slippers clung to the surface surprisingly well. I prepared for the approaching battle by pulling out my plastic nunchakus at the halfway point. Despite resistance from the Shredder, I finally reached the top of the slide.

The ensuing battle was extremely epic. By that I mean I totally dominated. He couldn’t match my lethal combination of kicks and nunchaku fury.

However, the fight ended abruptly when a mob of concerned parents encircled us. We were both peeled off the slide. I was furious.

“But I hafe to get the Shwedah!” My parents chastised me for being a bully. But even though they were outwardly mad, I knew they were secretly grateful for my protection. My anger subsided and I left the playground feeling content. I didn’t get to finish the battle, but I did my part to stop evil that day.

Cowabunga, dude.

—Jared Whitlock is a journalism senior.

—This column does not necessarily reflect the opinion of The Daily Aztec.

BY LINDA C. BLACK, TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (10/19/09) A shift in your thinking results in far-reaching changes. Face the music and do your assignments. Inject imagination into the project and improve your grade.

ARIES (March 21 - April 19) - Today is an 8 - If you stay focused today, you will accomplish great things. Luck is on your side.

TAURUS (April 20 - May 20) - Today is an 8 - You're not very aware of what's going on around you. But you get caught up in the natural flow and get things done.

GEMINI (May 21 - June 21) - Today is a 6 Open your heart and your mind to the possibilities. Others present challenges.

Turn them into opportunities.

CANCER (June 22 - July 22) - Today is an 8 - Expand your awareness almost to the breaking point.You discover you've been missing a lot.

LEO (July 23 - Aug. 22) - Today is a 7 - You reach others successfully when you assess challenges and then take action. Move quickly for the best results.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 - Sept. 22) - Today is an 8 You feel lucky today, but that could be an

illusion. Hard work is the foundation of almost all good fortune.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 - Oct. 22) - Today is a 6 Spend the whole day on romance. Even if you're at work, you can make it exciting.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21) - Today is a 6 - Expand your mind to take in all the activity around you. Let others do the heavy lifting.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21) - Today is an 8 - Your thoughts expand to fill all available space. Reel them in:You've netted something valuable.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 - Jan. 19) - Today is a 7 - Your ego gets a huge boost when you share your ideas with others and receive unique feedback.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 - Feb. 18) - Today is a 7 - You'll get the best results today if you work on personal issues. Use your time wisely. Play later.

PISCES (Feb. 19 - March 20) - Today is a 7 Work is more effective when done behind closed doors. No one needs to know the details.They just need results. © 2009,TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES INC.

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66 Atomizer output 67 Division of society 68 Sunscreen ingredient, perhaps 69 __ helmet: safari wear

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42 No-food protest 47 Snazzy entrance 48 Bursts into tears 50 Bite vigorously

51 Pie slice edges, geometrically 52 One of Caesar’s assassins 53 Actress Lindsay 57 Longest river 58 Roswell sightings, briefly 59 Printer’s “let it stand” 61 To the __ degree 63 One of many in the Aegean Sea: Abbr.

64 Windy City transportation org.

65 Computer feature that ends each of the five longest across answers