The Daily Aztec - Vol. 95, Issue 44

Monday, November 16, 2009

Vol. 95, Issue 44

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OPINION

HEALTH & FITNESS

STUDENT PROTESTS

H1N1 UPDATE

Are rallies on campus a waste of class time and a distraction?

Find out how San Diego County is dealing with the H1N1 virus.

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AZTEC COLLAPSE Despite leading 27-6 with 14:50 remaining in the fourth quarter, the San Diego State football team lost the game, and perhaps its bowl dreams, to Wyoming 30-27. Read about the epic meltdown on page 5.

Speaker hopes to inspire students S U M M E R R A I N B O LT S TA F F W R I T E R

When Dr. Tina Nova was discouraged by teachers from continuing her education in science, she kept telling herself “Give it another try.” Today, she is chief executive officer, president, director and co-founder of a biotechnology company in San Diego called Genoptix.

The Entrepreneurial Management Center is presenting the “L. Robert Payne Distinguished Entrepreneur Lecture Series” featuring Nova as a motivational speaker. The event will take place from 4 to 7 p.m.

tomorrow in the Aztec Athletic Center Auditorium.

Nova will tell her story to inspire students to follow their dreams and never give up. The lecture will be held in a question and answer format. She will be answering students’ questions honestly and admitting to mistakes, but explaining how to overcome them, according to Bernhard Schroeder, director of EMC Programs. The session will be followed by a reception where students can speak with representatives from various companies.

“This creates an environment where the speakers feel like real people and make students think ‘I can do this too,’” Schroeder said.

The event is open to all San Diego State students who are interested in hearing Nova’s story and opening up networking opportunities.

“Your network needs to be extended so when you graduate you will have your network to fall on,” Schroeder said.

Greg Muender, director of communication and marketing for the Entrepreneur Society, said networking is very important for young professionals.

“Meeting someone that can lead you and add more links in your chain can help you to obtain your goals,” Muender said.

SDSU alumnus Robert Payne has been a major donor to the EMC.

“This creates an environment where the speakers feel like real people and make students think ‘I can do this too.’”

—Bernhard Schroeder, director of EMC programs

According to Schroeder, Payne has given back to the students because he wants to see them pursue the careers they desire.

“I’m excited because it will connect two of our colleges — business and science. I hope it will be a good way to get some networking going between the two colleges,” Heather Gibson, vice president of membership for the Entrepreneur Society, said.

It is not often the two colleges can join together in an event such as this, according to Gibson.

The EMC is expecting 200 students to attend and hopes that each student leaves the event feeling motivated to pursue their passions and goals.

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Budget rallies are ineffective

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Stephen L. Weber also spoke out against the cuts.

On the first day of the semester, a budget rally was held in front of Hepner Hall.

The protesters tried to send a message to Sacramento that SDSU was not going to put up with the budget cuts and their consequences. SDSU administrators cut 300 classes, 700 workers and increased student fees by 32 percent. In line with state employees, it was also mandated that university faculty take two unpaid furlough days per month, which amounted to a 10 percent reduction in salary for the professors.

The initial protests toward the drastic budget reduction served a purpose, but now protesters have overstayed their welcome.

Just when you thought the rallies were finished, a new campaign being fueled by Associated Students called, “When they cut, we all bleed” came into play. What A.S. doesn’t seem to understand is these

repeated budget protests are ridiculous. Students don’t benefit from walking out of the classes that have already experienced cuts. Just in case all the protesters haven’t noticed, the rallies have not helped the situation. Things have just gotten worse for incoming students with the recent hike in the intent to enroll fee.

On Nov. 3, students and faculty took it to a new level with more unnecessary protesting.

Students and faculty marched from the Arts and Letters building to Weber’s front door at Manchester Hall. The group, joined by A.S. President Tyler Boden, stood at the door chanting, “No more cuts!” To add to the dramatic nature of the rally, ceramic skulls were crafted to represent those who the budget cuts had claimed from SDSU. Continuous protesting is not going to restore funding.

Instead, it will hurt the future because of the precious in-class time being missed to parade around. Everyone should get back to the classroom and show the state that you will see this budget cut through to the other side of the tunnel.

SDSU is just afraid of efficiency. If the university can do the same job with fewer resources, then they do not receive as much money from the state. If you want to make a difference, then talk to the people who can make that difference happen: our legislators.

Just in case anyone doesn’t the global recession is actual. It isn’t just education that is taking financial cuts. Police, firefighters and all arms of the state are seeing dramatic reductions in their funding as well. It is foolish to repeatedly protest like you are the only group that is feeling the pain the state budget deficit is inflicting. It is time to cast aside the pitchforks and torches, and pick up the pencil and paper.

—T.J. Bronson is a journalism and finance senior.

—This column does not necessarily reflect the opinion of The Daily Aztec. Send e-mail to opinion@thedailyaztec.com.

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Conserve water for sustainability

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tem to will increase water conservation. The most promising system would base prices on a “water budget” and structure it as a tiered system. “Water budgets may be based on the number of persons per household, lot size or landscape square footage, daily weather or climate, seasons, indoor or outdoor uses, historical usage, or a combination of the above,” according to the Equinox Center. “Rates are then established that provide incentives for customers who use less than their water budget, and that penalize customers exceeding their budget.

When implemented, this simple system has proven to successfully reduce water usage, such as in the Irvine Ranch Water District, which saw an overall 37 percent conservation rate after it implemented the system nearly two decades ago. Other local agencies such as the Eastern Municipal Water District and the Padre Dam Municipal Water District, serve more than 125,000 people. However, despite the proven success of such a system at increasing conservancy, city water officials and the mayor’s office are reluctant to implement such a

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e all do it. We leave the water running while we brush our teeth, hose off patios because it is a lot easier than sweeping and put off fixing leaky taps until the sound of incessant dripping drives us insane. For most people, water conservation is one of the last items on their endless “to do” lists. As we neglect to pay attention to our usage of this invaluable good, negligence is more likely to catch up with us when it is too late.

As water becomes more scarce, San Diego County must make a move toward a more sustainable future. According to the San Diego County Water Authority, we are on “drought alert,” which calls for up to 20 percent mandatory conservation. Most of the current water pricing systems in San Diego County charge customers a monthly fixed fee plus a charge for the amount of water consumed for the month, although this price is often less expensive than the fixed fee. While this is a pricing system many are familiar and comfortable with, it does not encourage conservancy of the resource.

The City of San Diego, the largest water retailer in San Diego County, has been involved in talks constituting the start of a new pricing sys-

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am tired of hearing about the budget cuts San Diego State is facing. It’s in The Daily Aztec. It’s on the news when I get home at night. I hear about it weekly from my professors because of furloughs.

The most frustrating of all are the constant budget rallies and protests still held on campus, months after the budget cuts have been finalized and implemented. It’s time the campus rallies be put to rest and the protesters stop wasting their time and crawl back into the woodwork.

It is amusing that people see a national economic disaster occurring, and believe they will be immune to the problem.

When recessionary effects finally reached California, legislators were forced to cope with an unbalanced budget. It shouldn’t have been to anyone’s surprise that a significant budget cut was coming to higher education.

When the unprecedented $571 million budget cut hit the California State University system, students, faculty, parents and administration were outraged. SDSU President

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system in San Diego. Their reasoning is that it will result in people suing the city because it may violate the voter-approved Proposition 218, which requires revenues from water rate increases to be used exclusively to fund water operations, according to www.voiceofsandiego.org.

The violation claims, however, are not true. Several water lawyers have gone on the record explaining that a waterbudget based rate is legal, as its funds will be used directly to increase water conservation efforts aimed at making water more affordable. Some guess the reason for the opposition is simple politics. According to Michael Shames, executive director of the Utility Consumers Action Network, city water officials and the mayor likely don’t want to deal with the political fallout from upsetting heavy water users.

This is not an issue that can afford to be neglected by politicians pandering to friends in higher places who want to continue to use water irresponsibly without regard to its longterm effects. Water, like any other resource, must be priced fairly with the intent to conserve the supply. Just because it is a substance necessary to our survival, does not mean that we are entitled to its

unlimited use. Water is becoming more scarce, especially in California where shortages are already starting to stunt economic growth.

The earth’s water supply is finite and as world populations increase, it will become more scarce. Already shortages are beginning to constrain growth in areas such as China, Australia, India and Indonesia and water conflicts are expected to erupt in the Middle East, Haiti, Sri Lanka, Colombia and other countries. No effort is too small, so try to take shorter showers, turn off the faucet while brushing your teeth, sweep patios instead of hosing them off, run appliances with a full load in order to run fewer cycles and most of all, advocate for reform in water pricing systems to encourage others to do the same. Now is the time to work toward a more sustainable future, the lives of future citizens of San Diego, and the world, rely on it.

—Renee Villasenor is a journalism senior.

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Disbursement for H1N1 vaccines uncertain SYDNEE B ROOKER CONTRIBUTOR

It has infected 400 students at San Diego State and Student Health Services asked for 15,000 doses of vaccination for last month.

What is this mystery virus stirring up so much controversy and skepticism? The 2009 H1N1 “swine flu.”

Although SDSU has asked for the vaccination, it has received none and no information on exact dates for vaccine disbursement has been provided either to SHS or San Diego County.

The 2009 H1N1 is a new influenza virus causing illness in people worldwide according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention Web site. It was first detected in the U.S. in April, and by June the World Health Organization labeled it a pandemic. Scientists have called it a “quadruple reassortant virus” because it has two genes from viruses in European and Asian pigs, birds and humans.

To avoid H1N1, people should wash their hands frequently, use alcohol-based hand cleaners, avoid touching their face and most importantly get vaccinated. Natural remedies are not an option and the Federal Trade Commission is skeptical about products that claim to prevent or treat H1N1.

Two versions of the vaccine include the live intra-nasal vaccine, a nose spray and an inactivated virus shot. The vaccine uses a dead or weak virus to stimulate the immune system’s defense against infection. When available, the CDC and SHS is giving vaccine priority to those who are pregnant, living with or caring for children younger than 6 months old, those in the health care field, those between the ages of 6 months and 24 years old and those between the ages of 25 and 64 who are unhealthy.

The federal government purchased 250 million doses early last month and began distributing shots on Oct. 12. According to the CDC the H1N1 vaccines are available, but limited. Availability for states is based on population and amount available at the distribution depots. People are encouraged to contact their health care providers.

Currently the six county public health centers and the one immunization clinic has the nasal spray available on a first come, first served basis for healthy people between ages 2 and 24 that are not pregnant according to the San Diego County Web site.

“We are waiting for the state to open up and allow us to order additional vaccine for the month of November,” spokesperson for the San Diego County Health and Human Services Holly Crawford said. “Currently private

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The limited availability of the H1N1 vaccine has ignited some controversy throughout the country. Two different versions of the vaccination exist: a nasal spray and a virus shot. Distribution of the vaccine varies by each state’s population and a person’s necessity, which makes it difficult for some who want to receive it.

providers are continuing to receive vaccine from the October order.”

According to SDSU Medical Director Gregg A. Lichtenstein M.D. M.B.A., California only received 45 percent of the 411,000 H1N1 vaccine doses it was supposed to receive for October. The next disbursement may be delayed because the San Diego County Department of Public Health accidentally received 78,000 doses. At the end of last month, almost all of the vaccine shots were gone and the sites that had shots, were reserved to treat pregnant women. There were 3,000 nasal doses throughout all San Diego public health centers. The county CHP could not say when SDSU would receive a large amount of the vaccine, so the hopeful plan of a mass immunization is on hold, according to Lichtenstein.

“We still hope to hold (the mass immu-

nization) and have everything in place to begin at a moment’s notice,” SHS Administrative Manager Joanne Stroud said.

“In the meantime, students who meet the ‘high risk’ criteria are strongly encouraged to seek the vaccine at the various county outlets. We are concerned that our students don’t understand the importance of getting immunized and we are not alone.”

“Personally I think people are a little too paranoid about it,” psychology junior Alison Vandehei said. “My friend had it last week and she is fine now, but when she tells people that she had it they freak out and don’t want to be around her. I think the media has kind of blown it out of proportion so I guess my level of fear would be like a six out of 10.”

According to Lichtenstein, SHS has discontinued testing for H1N1 because the CDC and local health department do not recommend it.

It was discovered that almost all the patients with influenza-like symptoms have H1N1 and because the tests are costly and time-consuming, there is a lack of incentive for SHS to provide this service.

“Even if we found out the results, it would not alter how we treat someone, as we focus antiviral treatment on the people most at risk for complications,” Lichtenstein said.” There are rapid tests for influenza A and B, but they are not very good at picking up or ruling out H1N1, even though it is a strain of type A flu.”

The CDC Web site states the H1N1 vaccine is as safe as the seasonal flu vaccination and has similar potential side effects including fever, nausea, fainting and tenderness of the vaccination location. Along with the FDA, the CDC will be monitoring side effects closely.

“Even if we found out the results, it would not alter how we treat someone, as we focus antiviral treatment on the people most at risk for complications.”

—Gregg Lichtenstein, SDSU medical director

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Taking the necessary precautions such as washing your hands frequently and avoiding touching your eyes, nose and mouth is important in decreasing the chances of contracting H1N1. The Federal Trade Commission advises against using medicines and other natural remedies that claim to prevent the virus.

“If the Student Health Services will test for multiple other conditions, but not the swine flu, that is unreasonable,” international security and conflict resolution senior Kendra Rom said. “If they are just trying to give students basic health services and testing is limited, that’s understandable.”

In 1976 the H1N1 vaccination was associated with Guillain-Barre Syndrome, a condition in which the body damages its own nerve cells. It was found that stimulation in the nerve system might cause this and after receiving the vaccination there was an increase of one case per every 100,000 people.

“In contrast, influenza kills 13.8 people per 100,000 per year and 49 additional pneumonia and flu-related hospitalizations per 100,000 people year,” Lichtenstein said.

SHS Pharmacy Technician Roberto Rios, is not worried about the H1N1 flu and says SHS should be receiving the vaccine within the month.

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Big lead vanishes Second-half run takes in loss to Wyoming Aztecs to 25-point win

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There are heartbreakers, gut-wrenchers and ulcer-inducers. There are collapses, meltdowns, implosions, choke jobs and complete failures.

And then there’s the San Diego State COWBOYS 30 football team’s loss AZTECS 27 against Wyoming on Saturday night.

Despite leading 276 with 14:50 remaining in the fourth quarter, SDSU lost the game, and perhaps its bowl dreams, 30-27 to the Cowboys in front of an announced crowd of 18,851 at Qualcomm Stadium.

“It’s frustration,” sophomore quarterback Ryan Lindley said. “You’re hurting any time you lose, especially a game like this. You can ‘woulda, shoulda, coulda’ all you want, but it comes down to making it happen when it goes down. They did and we didn’t.”

For three quarters, the Aztecs looked like a serious bowl contender. They had rushed for more than 100 yards, scored three rushing touchdowns for the first time this season, held Wyoming’s wonderboy quarterback Austyn Carta-Samuels to just 19 yards rushing and 184 yards passing, and had a 21-point lead on a 4-5 Cowboy team that had lost three consecutive games.

But then the fourth quarter came, and so did Wyoming. The Cowboys scored 11 seconds into the final period on a CartaSamuels 10-yard touchdown run, which made the game 27-13. Two minutes later, Wyoming got the ball back and scored

another touchdown on a six-play, 73-yard drive, making the score 27-20.

And then, after SDSU received the kickoff and marched 58 yards to the Cowboy’s 12-yard line, Wyoming defensive tackle John Fletcher blocked a 28-yard senior kicker Lane Yoshida field goal, which gave the Cowboys the ball at their own 38-yard line.

“I think they got some momentum, they capitalized on some good plays that they had, some bad plays that we had,” head coach Brady Hoke said. “And then the wheels came off.”

It took Carta-Samuels and Wyoming just three minutes to score the game-tying touchdown. On the ensuing kickoff, the Aztecs made matters worse, fumbling and giving the ball right back to the Cowboys.

Wyoming kicker Ian Watts then nailed a 43yard field goal with 23 seconds left in the game, giving the Cowboys a 24-point fourth quarter, come-from-behind victory.

“More than anything, you’ve got to give it to Wyoming,” senior tackle Peter Nelson said. “They outworked us at the end of the day. They made plays when they needed to make plays. They beat us.”

With the loss, SDSU fell to 4-6 this season. The Aztecs must beat Utah and UNLV on the road in the final two weeks to become bowl eligible for the first time since 2003. The Utes are a perfect 5-0 at home this season and will face SDSU at 1 p.m. on Saturday in Salt Lake City.

“We’ll find out what they’re made of,” Hoke said of his Aztecs after the game.

“We’re going to find out about the leadership as coaches, the leadership of our seniors and the leadership we have on our team.”

Basketball is a game of runs, and nobody knows that better than 11-year San Diego State men’s basketball head coach Steve Fisher.

So before Saturday’s game against UC San SDSU 77 Diego at Viejas Arena, UCSD 52 Fisher put several bullet points and keys to success on his whiteboard to show his SDSU squad. One of them was about runs.

“We wanted three runs of 8-0 or greater, we wanted one run for ourselves of at least 10-0 and we wanted no runs for UCSD of 80,” Fisher said.

Against the Tritons on Saturday, the Aztecs accomplished all three of those goals in a 7752 rout in front of an announced crowd of 5,520 at Viejas Arena.

SDSU (1-0) started the game slowly, heading into halftime with just a 31-28 lead. But coming out of the locker room, the Aztecs went on a 16-0 run that propelled them to an easy 25-point victory.

“In essence, (we) obviously put the game out of reach with a 16-0 run,” Fisher said after the game. “We did a good job of not allowing them to get an easy basket as we scored 16 straight points. And that’s what basketball is about. It’s about runs, it’s about extending yours and minimizing your opponents’, and I thought we did that very impressively to

BEHIND THE NUMBERS

begin the second half.”

For the second time in two weeks, SDSU was playing without three potential starters.

Against California Baptist on Nov. 3, the Aztecs were without the services of junior forward Billy White (wrist), sophomore forward Tim Shelton (knee) and junior forward Malcolm Thomas (knee). On Saturday, SDSU was still without White and Shelton, but this time sophomore guard Tyrone Shelley missed out. Shelley had been bothered by foot issues for a while, and after last Friday’s practice, he had severe swelling in his foot.

“Tyrone’s got a bad, bad foot,” Fisher said.

“And he wanted to play. X-ray initially said it might be a stress fracture, but then they said no. He got an anti-inflammatory shot and they said best-case scenario would be to keep him in a boot for 36 hours. You could try to dress him and play him in an emergency but rather than tempt ourselves, we said we’re not going to play him.”

Fisher said he hopes to have both White and Shelley back in time for tonight’s game against Saint Mary’s. Tip-off is set for 11 p.m. in Moraga because of the ESPN College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon.

“I’m excited about it, or we would not be a participant in it,” Fisher said of tonight’s game. “Would I prefer to be playing at 8 o’clock? Absolutely. Am I excited about playing? Most definitely, and our team is also. It’s a very good team we are going to play. Any time you can go on the road and get a win, which is our goal, it’s significant, so we’ll have our hands full.”

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The rules of Blackboard hanksgiving is less than two weeks away, which can only mean one thing: Finals week is looming on the horizon. I know that in the coming weeks, aside from a caffeineinduced coma, my inbox will miraculously become filled with pleas from fellow students who beg for help like I’m a superhero or something.

Now I know that at one point or another, everyone misses a lecture because of an illness, aka, you drank too much the night before.

Generally it goes a little something like this: You arrive home safely after going to La Casita for a breakfast burrito and once you’ve devoured the magical hangover cure, you slowly and begrudgingly fade back to reality. Then, those of us who picture ourselves as responsible college students, whip out the syllabus to see what enlightening, brainwarping lecture we missed that day. Almost inevitably, you realize that the next time that class meets you’re going to have an exam. And, the topics that were covered on the day you skipped will be the main focus.

You feel you only have one choice: E-mail the class roster with some phony story that will make your classmates sympathize and send you their notes for the day.

I know I’m guilty of doing this to some degree, but after the latest influx of unwanted mail in my inbox, I feel it has become necessary to outline the unwritten rules of e-mailing classmates through Blackboard.

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M A L L O RY S H A R P CONTRIBUTOR

Unwritten Rule #1: Timeliness If you’re planning on missing a class, make sure you arrange ahead of time with a student to see if it will be OK to borrow their notes. If you unexpectedly miss the class, please don’t suddenly pretend like we’re best friends or that I even have the slightest idea who in God’s name you are. If you wait until the night before the paper is due or the day of the test, you can kiss your grades goodbye in my book.

A perfect example occurred last night. I received an e-mail from a fellow classmate at around 2 a.m. asking questions regarding an assignment that was due at midnight. Miss the ball much? I know I’m one to procrastinate, but waiting until the last minute for help is like throwing a life jacket to someone who has already drowned, it’s just pointless.

Unwritten Rule #2: Frequency If you are filling up my inbox with pitiful requests on a weekly basis, I have no sympathy for the disease you claim to have.

Especially because this “disease” most likely come from a few friends of mine, namely Jack and José. The more e-mails you send out, the less likely I am to even open them, let alone respond.

My favorite is when people send out the same e-mail multiple times, hoping that if people deleted it the first time, they might think it’s urgent if you took the time to send it again.

Last year before a test, one student, who shall remain anonymous, sent out the same e-mail

Monday, November 16, 2009

at least 20 times, so I did what any reasonable person would do — blocked them. Take that spammer student; help shall never come from my e-mail address.

Unwritten Rule #3: Mind your P’s and Q’s (pleases and questions) People seem to be so kind with their abundance of “pleases” that pop up at least 80 times throughout the e-mails, promising to return the favor if you only help them out just this once. I know from experience that the second I send the notes they vanish from the face of the earth. I assume the worst because I don’t get so much as a simple “thank you” for a reply. Unless you have suddenly lost the use of your arms, there is no excuse for not sending back a simple “thank you.” I don’t care if you are insincere, it’s an e-mail so it’s not like I can tell anyway.

I also enjoy opening the e-mail to find not one question, but an army of questions, one after another. I feel as if I’m being attacked from all sides with no clear escape for my cursor to the delete button. When you start typing LiKe ThIs or referring to me as “dude” it’s enough to make your nana roll in her grave and wonder how you got into this university in the first place. And please, don’t get me started on the punctuation.

BY LINDA C. BLACK, TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (11/16/09) Make it your goal this year to align heart and mind.This is no time to take a new job that doesn't satisfy you emotionally or spiritually.You benefit in the long term from practicing methods that create flow in your life rather than obstacles.

ARIES (March 21 - April 19) - Today is a 5 Getting your actions to match your feelings can be tricky today. First you have to understand your feelings.You can do that.

TAURUS (April 20 - May 20) - Today is a 6 - Change your mind.Then decide how to get others to go along.You may need magic.

GEMINI (May 21 - June 21) - Today is a 6 Every conversation seems to have an edge to it. If you don't like being on the edge, try changing your tune.

CANCER (June 22 - July 22) - Today is a 5 Power fills your work environment.

Emotions fuel your efforts. Finish a project today.

LEO (July 23 - Aug. 22) - Today is a 5 Work around anything that gets in your path today. Bulldozing is too much work.

Sidestepping moves things along.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 - Sept. 22) - Today is a 5 Words don't come easy to you.You dis-

cover that others have plenty to say, so just keep quiet.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 - Oct. 22) - Today is a 5 Harsh words don't help you solve a problem. Instead, try looking into your heart, speaking the truth and then listening.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21) - Today is a 6 - Avoid sharp words. Grease the wheels with soft, soothing speech.You surprise even yourself.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21) - Today is a 6 - At first, you don't like what you hear today. Let it sink in for a while. Later you discover it's just what's needed.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 - Jan. 19) - Today is a 5 - Someone needs your healing touch now.Transmit your love through your hands and your voice. Music works wonders.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 - Feb. 18) - Today is a 7 - Finances ease up a bit now. Don't rush out to spend all your hard-earned cash.

Save up for a big-ticket item.

PISCES (Feb. 19 - March 20) - Today is a 6 Sharpen your pencil, not your tongue. No need to jump to conclusions or speak before you're sure you have the facts. © 2009,TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES INC.

SUDOKU

BY THE MEPHAM GROUP

Level:

1 2

3 4

Instructions: Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit www.sudoku.org.uk.

—Mallory Sharp is a journalism junior.

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

Solution available online at www.TheDailyAztec.com © 2009 The Mepham Group. Distributed by Tribune Media Services. All rights reserved.

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