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Iowa State recruit Rashad Vaughn attends the game against Michigan on Nov. 17 at Hilton Coliseum. Vaughn announced his commitment to UNLV.

ISU recruit Rashad Vaughn shares UNLV commitment

By Alex.Halsted @iowastatedaily.com Rashad Vaughn has made his decision: He will play collegiately at UNLV beginning next fall.

Ranked No. 7 in the 2014 class

by Rivals.com, Vaughn announced Tuesday evening he would play for UNLV next season. Vaughn, a 6-foot5 guard, had been recruited by Iowa State since he was in ninth grade, and the Cyclones were widely thought to be among his final two choices along with the Runnin’ Rebels.

“Next year I’ll be attending UNLV,” Vaughn said during his announcement on CBS Sports Network.

“I just felt most comfortable in that style of play and I feel I can show the world my talents in that offense.”

Vaughn’s announcement Tuesday evening followed a vague tweet earlier that afternoon from ISU assistant coach Matt Abdelmassih.

“Sorry #cyclONEnation you deserve the best. Gave it everything. So much to be excited about 4 this program. Future is bright. Work won’t stop,” Abdelmassih tweeted prior to the announcement.

The decision will keep Vaughn in Las Vegas next season, where he is

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From 2012 to 2013, the number of arrests by ISU police for drug violations has not increased. However, there has been a change in drug arrest trends, with an increase in drug equipment violations. Arrests made for possession of unauthorized prescription drugs have also increased.

ISU police reports change in narcotic arrests, charges

By Makayla.Tendall @iowastatedaily.com While the number of arrests for drug violations made

by ISU police has remained static for the last two years, trends have changed.

ISU police only made 15 more arrests for drug violations from 2012 to 2013. The number of arrests made for drug equipment violations, or drug paraphernalia, increased by two arrests.

These arrests are not all made on campus and do not exclusively involve students, said Jerry Stewart, director of

public safety.

“These numbers don’t necessarily reflect Iowa State students. In fact, sometimes a majority of these charges have been filed on property that is not on campus. It’s property that’s either immediately contiguous or several blocks away,” Stewart said.

Stewart said that there has been an increase in the amount of arrests made for people in possession of prescription drugs for which they were not prescribed.

“Particularly in the past two years, if there is one trend we know, it would be the unauthorized possession of prescription drugs,” Stewart said.

He said the most common unauthorized drug found during arrests were antidepressants and pain killers.

Marijuana continues to be the most common drug used by students, said Stewart.

However, there have been more incidents of minor drug dealing.

Despite the increase in unauthorized prescription drug use, Stewart said the number of arrests made in residence halls has decreased.

“We are noting in the past three years that the percentage of drug charges originating from residence facilities has gone down slightly,” Stewart said. “Last year, the majority of our drug charges were as a result of usually being found on a person who was arrested for operating while intoxicated.”

Sally Deters, residence life coordinator, said the majority of calls made to ISU police regarding drug investigations

come from community advisors or hall directors.

“Most of our drug cases are reported from our C.A. staff, although students do report it,” Deters said. “Most of them are reports that come from the smell. Some come from actually seeing the drug.”

Deters said C.A.s go through regular confrontation training where they are taught how to recognize and handle drug violations. ISU police also initiates training sessions with the staff regarding drug violations.

Stewart said it is still important for students to realize the repercussions a drug violation may have their future. Despite a record of criminal history and the potential inability to get a job, students may also face the loss of financial aid.

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‘The Vagina Monologues’ aim to empower women, eliminate violence Production will raise awareness for V-Day campaign, ACCESS Tiffany Herring/Iowa State Daily

Associate Vice President of Human Resources Julie Nuter speaks at Faculty Senate meeting on Feb. 11 in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union. Nuter is strong about promoting the university and each individual role.

Nuter works to make ISU better place for new staff

By Kelsey.Bruggeman @iowastatedaily.com Although she hasn’t been here long, Julie Nuter is looking to make major changes in the way students, the public and potential employees

perceive Iowa State.

“What does it mean to be a part of Iowa State University?” Nuter said as one of her main focus points.

Since her start in

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By Brittany.Morin @iowastatedaily.com Performed more than 5,500 times last year worldwide, “The Vagina Monologues” is sweeping the nation to raise awareness and profits to benefit the national V-Day campaign and Assault Care Center Extending Shelter and Support, or ACCESS, which is a local agency serving Story County that provides free, confidential and 24-hour service.

According to the V-Day website, “The Vagina Monologues” was written in 1994 by playwright Eve Ensler.

The play addresses women’s sexuality and the social stigma surrounding rape and abuse, creating a conversation about and with women.

“There is no excuse for violence. No one deserves to be abused.

Victims are not alone; there are supporters who believe that it is not the victim’s fault. Everyone plays a role in eliminating violence, from the

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Students Katy Leichsenring, Priscilla Rebollozo and Kylin Kinsey practice their monologues at the Maintenance Shop. You can see “The Vagina Monologues” at the M-Shop at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday or 6 and 8:30 p.m. on Friday night.

actresses, volunteers, to audience members,” said Som Mongtin, interim director for the Margaret Sloss Women’s Center and adviser for the Society for the Advancement for

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By Danielle.Ferguson @iowastatedaily.com The struggle continues for civil rights in America.

MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry repeated this phrase often in her lecture to emphasize women’s fights for inclusion, privacy, labor and reproductive justice today.

Harris-Perry began with a thesis on democracy and how that thesis relates to civil rights.

“To live in a democracy is the right to govern, not to simply be governed,” Harris-Perry said.

Harris-Perry went on to say that, to her, a democracy is a diverse system.

That diverse system, she said, did not come without struggles.

A picture of two lynching victims flashed on the screen.

The nearly 500 audience members grew silent and gazed toward the front of the Great Hall.

Harris-Perry said that she wanted the audience to focus on the citizens below the dangling bodies. She noted that some individuals were smiling and pointing toward the bodies, but that others had turned their faces away from the camera.

“That struggle for freedom happens on real bodies,” Harris-Perry said.

There is value in being ashamed of lynching, Harris-Perry said. She said

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Police Blotter The information in the log comes from the ISU and City of Ames police departments’ records.

All those accused of violating the law are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Feb. 2 Hunter Frescoln, 21, 1423 South Grand Ave., Apt. 203, was arrested and charged with operating while intoxicated (second offense) at Ash Avenue and Knapp Street (reported at 3:34 a.m.).

Darcy Hirt, 18, 3721 Helser Hall, was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia; she was subsequently released on citation at Larch Hall (reported at 11:39 p.m.).

Phillip Moffitt, 18, 9308 Wallace Hall, was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia at Wallace Hall (reported at 11:15 p.m.).

Feb. 3 An individual reported the unauthorized use of a credit card at University Village (reported at 10:43 a.m.).

An officer assisted a resident who was experiencing emotional difficulties at Frederiksen Court. The individual was transported to Mary Greeley Medical Center for treatment (reported at 10:21 a.m.).

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possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and underage possession of alcohol. Noah Duncan, 19, 3255 Welch Hall, and Matthew Benedict, 18, 1245 Welch Hall, were arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and underage possession of alcohol at Welch Hall (reported at 1:46 a.m.).

An individual reported the theft of a laptop computer at Parks Library (reported at 12:46 p.m.).

A van driven by Kevin Kellogg collided with a parked car at Lot 121 (reported at 1:41 p.m.).

Vehicles driven by Isabel Manahl and Julie Scebold were involved in a property damage collision at 13th Street and Stange Road (reported at 3:20 p.m.).

An individual reported the theft of items from a vehicle at Lot 61G (reported at 4:35 p.m.).

Feb. 5 A vehicle driven by Kassi Miller collided with a light pole at the 1700 block of South 16th Street (reported at 9:01 a.m.).

Ian Stroube, 19, 3255 Welch Hall, was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver,

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MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry speaks in the Great Hall on Tuesday. She spoke about the differences that women have made in leading as part of ISU’s Women and Leadership Series.

the first step in ending the act of racism is first being ashamed of it.

Harris-Perry mentioned moments in civil and women’s rights history, while also focusing on what she called “the missing truths.”

Feminism, HarrisPerry said, is about asking what truths are missing.

Harris-Perry mentioned different ways women have shaped the civil rights movement.

She started with women’s suffering and mourning.

Harris-Perry shared stories of Martin Luther King Jr. and how his wife, Coretta Scott King, kept King’s legacy alive with her mourning his death.

“It’s her mourning that keeps alive possibility of

justice,” Harris-Perry said.

Women’s leadership roles include listening skills that aren’t seen in men, Harris-Perry said.

One of the most important civil rights wins of the last decade, the labor movement, was accomplished by women listening to women, Harris-Perry said.

Harris-Perry shared examples of recent female influences such as Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin, Rachel Maddow and Nancy Pelosi. In 2008, three women ran for the U.S. Senate.

However, in 2010, 14 women ran.

Though these women have made new opportunities for women, HarrisPerry said, the struggle still continues.

Harris-Perry said

women have lost ground in terms of other civil rights such as reproductive justice or American citizenship.

“We can’t rest,” HarrisPerry said. “We have to go back and remember those models of women’s leadership.”

Crystal Peoples, a graduate student in math, said she liked how HarrisPerry presented the stereotypical roles of nurturing in women as a sign of strength.

A’Ja Lyve, junior in linguistics, said she is a big Harris-Perry fan.

“She speaks truth,” Lyve said. “The fight’s never ending.”

Harris-Perry’s speech was part of the university’s Women and Leadership Series.

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currently playing out his high school career for Findlay College Prep.

In December, Vaughn cut his list of college choice to five schools: UNLV, Iowa State, Kansas, Kentucky and North Carolina.

Vaughn visited Iowa State on Nov. 17 when the Cyclones defeated No. 7 Michigan at Hilton Coliseum.

The next weekend he visited UNLV. Those were the only two schools in the final group of five teams that the 5-star recruit made official visits to.

While Iowa State has lost out on Vaughn, the Cyclones signed guard Clayton Custer out of Overland Park, Kan., late last year. Custer, a 6-foot point guard, is ranked No. 90 nationally in the 2014 class by Rivals.com and is currently Iowa State’s lone 2014 signee.

The Cyclones will also add Jameel McKay and Abdel Nader next season. Both are currently sitting out this season after transferring.

Nader is a 6-foot-7 guard/forward from Northern Illinois and McKay is a 6-foot-9 forward who transferred from Marquette before playing in a game. McKay played two seasons at Indian Hills Community College.

Vagina Monologues” last year in her role as a six-year-old girl.

“It’s about empowering women and giving voices to them,” Pope said. “The show has so many diverse monologues that really show all women that they aren’t alone nor should they ever feel ashamed to be a woman.”

This year’s show will take place Feb. 13 and 14. Tickets are available at the Women’s Center and cost $10 for students and $12 for non-students. T-shirts and chocolates will also be sold to help with the production costs and to allow for additional funds to be donated to ACCESS. “The Vagina Monologues” is only one of five events that are part of V-Day, which, according to the V-Day website, is “a global activist movement to end violence against

>>NUTER p1 early December, Nuter has been headstrong in her plans to promote a better university and each person’s role during their time spent here.

“It’s about the total picture,” she said.

As associate vice president for human resources, her job entitles looking at employee and labor relations, while at the same time compensation for the staff.

Her main focus at the Faculty Senate Meeting this month was to explain her action plan for where she wants to be by her 90-

day mark of employment.

Some of this included looking to create more files of data about the faculty at Iowa State.

Nuter said to do so, the human resources department must first step up their game when it comes to technology and resources that are available to them.

Nuter said that it is ironic that we are Iowa State University of Science and Technology and that the school is not being promoted in that way.

She believes that we have the resources to be more advanced in technology, so we should be using

them to our advantage.

The senate was asked to think of different ways to promote more data and effective ways of collecting it, but no new ideas were brought up.

If her primary goal of expanding technology is achieved then training new members of staff will be easier.

Promoting Iowa State to potential new staff will be easier as well.

Nuter mentioned that in her short time period on campus, she has done everything that she can to get a feel for who we are and what we do. ”Get out, listen and

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According to the V-Day website, the other events besides “The Vagina Monologues” that V-Day offers include another production called “A

learn,” was the advice that she has been giving herself from the beginning.

She wants to master her job as quickly and smoothly as possible to better the university.

With various services that could be offered the transition into being a staff member at ISU would be smoother.

“My intent is to really understand where we are so that we can lay out that extra plan,” Nuter said.

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Although they have done the same routine for so long and the university may be resistant to change, the faculty senate feels as though they can give the support needed to get to a better place.

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During the process of looking for new staff, Iowa State would be presented more holistically.

“The challenge is to define and articulate that to candidates,” Nuter said.

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V-Day launches a campaign every year and this year’s campaign is called “One Billion Rising for Justice.”According to the One Billion Rising campaign’s website, “one in three women on the planet will be raped or beaten in her lifetime. That is one billion women.”

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College athletes should not be compensated The athletes of our school are just like every other student. Yes, many of them have matching coats and backpacks or specific Nike shoes, but aside from the distinguishing clothes and their large time commitments, they are still students. Imagine if some of the athletes were being paid for their actions on the field. They would no longer be students. Really, they would be professionals who happened to hang out on campus and attend our classes.

There is no doubt that athletics bring in lots of money for the university, but how much of that money is going back to the athletes already? It is not necessary for an athlete to be getting paid when many are paying next to nothing, or in some cases nothing at all for their education.

According to Iowa State, the average annual cost to the university per student athlete on full scholarship is $62,713.

That amount is divided up into multiple subparts. About half goes to out of state full scholarships, tuition and room and board. $4,683 for books and academic support, $4,151 for sports medicine and athletic training, and $5,522 for strength and conditioning and nutrition. In addition, $1,875 goes toward uniforms and equipment, and $18,123 is set aside for team travel.

It is claimed, however, that these athletes hardly get a “free” education but that they earn it with twenty hours a week in practices and work outs. Dan Hawkins, former college football player and coach said that “athletes work 49 weeks a year.

That is longer than any student has to be in classes. Being an athlete is a job.”

Being an athlete may be a commitment, but it is not a job. It becomes a job for some of these college athletes when they become professionals. There is no reason for some student athletes to get paid on top of getting a reduced or free education.

That should be considered pay enough.

The NCAA has made their position clear: they do not think that compensation for student athletes is acceptable. The power conferences in the NCAA do not seem to agree with this, and according to a story from CBS sports, many have even thought about leaving the NCAA. If it was decided to pay college athletes, it is obvious that larger schools would be able to pay their athletes more. How much money the player is going to make should not be what sways their decision of what school is right for them. Students are attending college to get an education to help them prosper as adults.

It could be argued that college athletes do not need a college education because they plan on going to a professional sports team after graduation. Although this may be the case for some, most college athletes will end up doing something other than sports after graduation. Therefore, the importance of a degree is still apparent.

Kain Colter, quarterback from Northwestern University along with other players on the football team, have come together to form a union in support of college athletes getting paid. Ramogi Huma, president of the National College Players Association, said “Athletes deserve an equal voice when it comes to their physical, academic and financial protections.”

It may be true that they deserve equal voice, however, that does not mean that they deserve pay for what they are doing.

Those that would garner significant paychecks are getting enough for free as it is.

Student athletes that do plan on going pro should consider playing on a college team to be work experience. Just like an academically-focused student would put down an internship on their resume, student athletes should consider playing on a team to be a similar experience. It would be difficult for a college student to get a job without an internship (most of which are unpaid), just as it would be difficult for an athlete to go into a professional league without having played at the college level.

Many college athletes already get the opportunity to fly around the country for free. Some get tutors, apparel, meals and tuition all for free. These student athletes should consider all of these free items pay, because there are students on this campus, as well as probably every campus in America that would love to be in their “free” shoes.

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Fans flock senior defensive end Michael Sam as he carries his souvenir [a rock from the rock ‘M’ at Memorial Stadium] after the Tigers’ 2821 win against Texas A&M on Nov. 30 at Faurot Field in Columbia, Mo. Sam publicly announced he was gay on Sunday.

Out player encourages equality Potential NFL recruit makes brave statement, receives great support

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t 255 pounds and 6 foot 2 inches, Michael Sam shook sports’ status quo by announcing he was gay on “Outside the Lines”— a coincidentallytitled ESPN program.

Sam, 24, is a defensive lineman at Mizzou who is predicted to make the third-round draft picks for the NFL. This would mean Sam is the first publicly gay athlete playing in any of the three major American sports leagues: NFL, MLB or NBA. Many gay athletes have indeed played, but not until years after their careers ended — if ever — did they find the footing to come out.

No doubt, this has potential to be an even more historical moment for equality than it already is. Sam has brazenly taken the leap to destigmatize the hetero-macho norm and “straight only” attitude flowing without repercussion through the dominant sports.

However, being drafted to one of the 32 NFL teams would thrust gay equality in the most unexpected places and begin a damnation of stereotyping that the world needs. Plus, whatever team does choose him will be highly regarded for their advocacy and will be lucky to have gained a skillful and courageous player.

Sam’s decision to come out before his pro-jersey was set in stone was risky,

forcing the teams to face their potential prejudices head on. He bravely took the first move and now his future in the NFL rests on the heads of the teams, but with the all of America watching intently.

And it is not as if Sam’s credentials are out of order. While at Missouri, the Tigers were ranked fifth in the nation and went 12-2 in the Southeastern conference. In addition, Sam was named an All-American defensive lineman. So, if no team decides to pick him up, it can be boiled down to a nasty bit of bigotry.

Various stereotypes work against Sam’s favor, particularly the supposed distraction his sexual orientation will cause amongst the other players who are only comfortable with hypermasculinity. A majority of the nonsensical worry sprouts from the concern over locker room behavior. Won’t a gay player contaminate the macho environment and throw off the mojo of all the players, resulting in poor performance on the field?

This is not the case as exhibited

by Sam’s current team, who became aware of Sam’s sexual orientation this past August, and rightly, it was treated as no big deal. If this college team can exhume acceptance in a culture thereto deprived of it, an NFL team can follow suit. Easily my favorite detail about this story is how Sam occasionally took a few of his straight teammates to gay clubs and a pride parade. The Missouri Tigers are a microcosm of what the future of athletics should and could look like, placing camaraderie above sexuality.

His coming out was more about honesty than football: “I want to own my truth,” he says in the interview. Sam does not wish to be a gay icon or strictly

remembered for being the gay athlete, but rather wishes to be defined as “a great person having great character.”

On whether or not this announcement should affect his prospects, he hopes not. To him, it is all about his passion for the game and the determination to achieve his dream — a classic yearning for athletes and dreamers alike.

Of course, this act of progress is heartwarming and victorious, but it juxtaposes the ongoing catastrophe in Russia. I believe it would be an injustice to equality to mention the beautiful freedom of our citizens without addressing the brutal and sadistic consequences one would face in a similar situation if placed on the other side of the planet. Here, Sam is applauded and rallied for, but in Russia, he would be arrested and condemned by the government. And there are hundreds of people like Sam to whom extreme discrimination is happening to, and that is an unacceptable atrocity against humanity.

An opportunity like this forces us to face on one hand our capability for goodness and on the other, the bestial realities. The journey from point A to point B is where the world must focus.

It is unclear whether or not Sam’s announcement was designed to combat the media storm of the Olympics and Russia’s malfunctions, but it is a gleaming-with-hope coincidence. If Sam does obtain his rightfully earned spot in the League, not only will he be shattering the status quo, he will also be determining a slew of people’s new favorite football team, including myself. If a single person can make me an admirer of football, then anything is possible.

Good luck and thank you, Michael Sam.

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bortion is definitely a hot-button issue, one that is especially difficult to discuss because people tend to have such concrete beliefs that a civilized discussion can quickly escalate into an emotional, dramatic unproductive argument. For that reason, I tend to try to avoid the topic altogether. However, when my best friend from back home and I were talking about the news the other day he told me about an abortion-related statistic that I couldn’t help but write about this week.

According to a Guttmacher Institute’s 16th census, the amount of women getting abortions is on a steep downward spiral.

Roughly 17 out of 1,000 women terminated their pregnancies in the year 2011.

That is the lowest ratio since abortions were first legalized in 1973.

This dramatic decrease

could be the result of many different factors. The first being the charged pro-life campaign that has been run across the United States for many years. The campaign has greatly affected the policy makers in this country, causing 205 governmental restrictions to become implemented since 2011. Even with all of these new restrictions, only 1 percent of abortion clinics have been closed since 2011. That being said, these restrictions are not the sole reason for the decreased number of abortions in America.

A second cause that seems to have an even greater effect on this ratio is the improved methods of birth control that have become available within the last decade. Many doctors are providing their patients with more permanent forms of birth control such as IUDs that are more reliable than the pill. With birth control more available, affordable and reliable, many women no longer have a need to terminate pregnancies in the first place.

Regardless of the reasons behind this 13 percent drop in the number of abortions each year, these numbers are something everyone should

be happy with. An obvious observation is the fact that pro-life supporters will be encouraged with this declining trend. It is a step in, what many pro-life individuals think, is the right direction and is a great achievement for those who have worked so hard to reduce the numbers of abortions across the nation.

Celebrating alongside pro-life supports will be many pro-choice advocates.

Contrary to many beliefs, pro-choice individuals are not advocating abortions, they are not going door to door encouraging everyone and their mothers to abort all unwanted children.

In fact, I would argue that many pro-choice individuals don’t necessarily love the idea of abortion either. What they do love is a woman’s right to simply make up her own mind about what happens inside her own body, which is why they are pushing to keep organizations like Planned Parenthood up and running.

With that being said, I think you will see the prochoice camp rejoicing over these numbers as well. As important as it is for the prochoice camp that abortions are readily available to those

who need it, many will be happy to see that overall the numbers of abortions have decreased.

Call me crazy, but perhaps this is an achievement both sides of the argument can feel good about. Instead of the constant heated debates, it would be encouraging to see both pro-life and pro-choice supporters to sit across the table and discuss things like increasing the availability and effectiveness of birth control, and requiring that schools educate students about sexual health.

Lets stop attacking each other and start attacking this problem at the root.

There will always be a demand for abortions. I am not naive enough to think that pro-life and pro-choice supporters will ever come to an agreement on how this issue should be solved, but I do think that if they would make time for a diplomatic conversation, there would be many issues they could come to an agreement on. If we continue to make birth control within the reach of women across the country, and if we can supply today’s youth with better education about sexual health, I am hopeful that these numbers will continue to decrease.

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Make a three-course meal for Valentine’s Day Valentine’s Day seems to be a holiday that sneaks up on people. If you forgot to make those reservations for two, we are here to help.

Impress your honey with a romantic and fun menu.

Appetizer: Cheese platter

Organize all of the components on a large platter or board.

Main Course: Lasagna rolls

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By Lauren.Grant AmesEats Flavors Writer CHEESE: 2-3 different kinds. Make sure the cheeses have different textures and flavors. We like brie, sharp aged cheddar, goats milk cheese Colby Jack.

FRUIT: Red grapes, sliced pears and slices apples. You can also serve some dried fruit such as apricots or figs.

SAUCES: Whole grain and Dijon mustard, honey and marmalade. Put each of these in small sauce dishes with small spoons.

CRACKERS/BREAD: Serve an assortment of crackers and bread. We like to use different textures such as rice crackers, whole grain crackers and toasted French bread.

This recipe makes quite a few lasagna rolls.

Halve the ingredients for a romantic dinner or make the whole recipe and have leftovers for later.

LASAGNA ROLLS: ■■ 1 (16 oz.) package of lasagna noodles ■■ 4 slices of bacon ■■ 1 (10 oz.) box of frozen spinach, thawed ■■ 1 (15 oz.) container of ricotta cheese ■■ 1 egg ■■ 1 teaspoon garlic powder ■■ 2 teaspoons dried oregano

1-2 minutes less than package directs. Set aside.

Cook bacon until crispy, cool and chop.

Squeeze as much water out of spinach as you can and roughly chop.

Combine chopped bacon, spinach, ricotta, egg, spices and Parmesan in a bowl. Set aside and prepare white sauce (see below).

Grease a baking dish and spread prepared white sauce evenly on bottom.

On a dry work surface, lay partially cooked lasagna noodles flat and spread a layer of ricotta cheese mixture evenly over noodles.

Roll lasagna noodles up and transfer each roll seam side down in baking dish.

Top rolls with marinara sauce and shredded cheese. Cover with a lid or foil and bake covered for 20 minutes, remove it for last 10 minutes.

WHITE SAUCE:

whisk in milk and cook until thickened, about 3 minutes.

Add salt an pepper to taste.

Dessert: Red Velvet Crispy Bars

By Lauren.Millen AmesEats Flavors Writer BARS: ■■ 3 cups crisp rice cereal ■■ 3 cups cocoa crisp cereal ■■ 1/2 cup miniature chocolate chips, optional ■■ 2 tablespoons butter ■■ 1 bag (10 oz.) miniature marshmallows ■■ 2/3 cup red velvet cake mix ■■ 1 teaspoon unsweetened cocoa powder

FROSTING:

■■ 1 1/2 cups Parmesan cheese, grated

■■ 2 tablespoons butter ■■ 4 teaspoons flour

■■ 2 tablespoons butter, room temperature

■■ 1 recipe white sauce (see below)

■■ 1 1/4 cups milk, chilled (higher fat milk works best)

■■ 4 ounces cream cheese, room temperature

■■ 1 cup marinara sauce

■■ Pinch ground nutmeg

■■ 1/2 cup white chocolate chips

■■ 1 1/2 cups Italian blend cheese, shredded

■■ Salt and pepper to taste

■■ 2 cups confectioner’s sugar

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.

Boil lasagna noodles

Melt butter in a medium saucepan. Whisk in flour and cook for about two minutes. Gradually

■■ 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

BARS: Grease a 9x13-inch pan and set aside for later.

Combine cereals and mini chocolate chips in a large bowl, set aside. In a separate bowl combine cake mix and cocoa powder, set aside.

In a large saucepan melt butter and marshmallows on medium heat until melted and bubbles start to form at the surface. Remove from heat and add cake mixture. Stir to combine and pour over cereal and chocolate chips.

Quickly fold marshmallow mixture into the cereal so it does not harden too fast.

Make sure cereal is coated before putting the mix into prepared 9x13-inch pan.

While bars are cooling, prepare frosting and desired toppings.

FROSTING: With an electric mixer, beat together butter and cream cheese on mediumhigh speed until smooth, about 3 minutes. Be sure to scrape down the sides of the bowl to ensure all ingredients are mixed. Melt white chocolate chips in the microwave on low for about 45 seconds or until smooth. Add white chocolate and vanilla to cream cheese and butter mixture.

Slowly increase the speed and gradually add powdered sugar until desired

sweetness and thickness are reached. Add a small amount of warm milk if you would like frosting to be thinner.

Once bars are cooled cut out desired shapes (we used a heart shape cookie cutter). Frost cut out shapes and decorate as desired.

Evening Drink: Spiked Hot Chocolate

By Lauren.Grant AmesEats Flavors Writer ■■ 10 ounces milk chocolate chips ■■ 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder ■■ 1 1/2 cup whole milk ■■ 1/2 cup heavy cream ■■ 1/2 cup Chambord Liqueur

In a small saucepan combine chocolate, cocoa, milk and cream. Melt over medium-low heat stirring constantly. Once chocolate chips are completely melted remove from heat and add Chambord. Stir to combine, pour into small mugs or thick wine glasses.

Top with whipped cream if desired.

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Monté’s

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By Dean.Berhow-Goll @iowastatedaily.com

The Breslin Center has Sweet 16, Elite Eight, Final Four and National Title banners hanging from the ceiling at every corner.

Typically on a home game for the Michigan State Spartans, the place is at its 14,797 capacity. But not on this day.

It’s 2004 at the Michigan State Shootout, a basketball camp Tom Izzo and his staff hold every summer in the offseason for high school programs around the area. Today there are only a few hundred in the arena. Some playing, some watching, none donning the typical Emerald of a Spartan.

The legendary MSU head coach Tom Izzo is standing at midcourt near a rack of basketballs, observing the high school players.

Some may be next in line for Izzo to bring to Michigan State, but most aren’t.

Behind Izzo was the team Beecher Buccaneers, a storied basketball program that had just been taken over by new head coach Mike Williams.

Then the team’s waterboy — a fourth-grade kid who was not yet five feet tall and less than 100 pounds — trotted over to the ball rack and grabbed a ball to go shoot at one of the empty hoops on Breslin’s sparkling white pine and emerald floor.

Izzo looked down at the youngster.

“Hey coach,” said the 10-year old Monte Morris. “You’re going to recruit me someday.”

Izzo smiled, the group of Beecher high schoolers laughed at the tyke.

But it was Williams who knew immediately in Morris’ moment that he was more serious than they could ever have imagined.

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Monte Morris has been involved with basketball since he was in fourth grade. He began as the waterboy for the Beecher Buccaneers and many years later, he gave Beecher High School its first back-to-back state titles. Now at Iowa State, Morris’ moments in basketball have all led him to where he is now, confident as ever under the hoop at Hilton Coliseum.

The same year Williams took over the program in 2004, his then-girlfriend’s son, Davonte, was one of Morris’ best friends.

And so at 10 years old, Williams and Morris’ relationship started to grow.

Morris was over all the time to see Davonte and coach Williams. From video games to watching sports to playing basketball, Morris, Williams and the Flint Beecher program became a part of one another.

“I remember times we were playing one-onone at his house and he was bigger than me and he would block my shot,” Morris said. “I’d always tell him, man wait ‘til I get older. We laugh about that almost every time we see each other.”

Wherever coach Williams and his Buccaneers went, Morris followed with an insatiable hunger to understand the game.

“He was a fixture with my team,” Williams said.

“Anywhere we went, he went. Any chance he could get he would come practice with the team. He really took pride in the fact that he was going to play for Beecher.”

Pretty soon Morris was playing up multiple grade levels at a time. In fourth grade, the same skinny kid who spoke to coach Izzo with confidence ran his 8th grade AAU team with the same kind of authority and leadership.

“I saw him score 20 points and dish out seven assists to 8th graders without any turnovers,” Williams said. “And for a kid that young to be able to handle the ball and have the court awareness that he had, you know I figured that he was going to be special.”

He vowed to take the young and frail, put brilliantly efficient Morris under his wing and mentor him into something great.

Morris continued playing up levels into junior high, where in eighth grade he was averaging close to 30 points a game and was gaining notoriety around

the Flint basketball scene.

“I started working on my ball-handling and playing with older guys,” Morris said. “He told me he was going to develop me into a point guard.

“Ever since then I took it on head first.”

Coach Williams sat in his office at Flint Beecher High School on a warm day in August of 2009. He was trying to figure out what in the world he was going to do.

His two best players, both backcourt guards, had transferred away and left the program. One of those players, Javontae Hawkins, now a sophomore at University of Southern Florida, had averaged close to 25 points per game and transferred to Huntington Prep, where now-Kansas star Andrew Wiggins played his prep years. The other was Tayron Boose, who transferred to a close rival in Saginaw.

Then in through his office door walked an incoming freshman, who stood 5-foot-8-inches and “couldn’t have weighed more than 115 pounds soaking wet” according to Williams.

Monte Morris strolled into Williams’ office with confidence and wanted to address the hole that the two point guards were leaving behind.

“He walked up to me and he said coach, don’t worry about it,” Williams said. “They left to get out of my way.”

Midway through his first season, his reputation grew. The frail freshman had a handle like Velcro and was smooth when dishing or scoring. Morris’ performance against the No. 1 team in the state at that point is a vivid memory to his coach.

He scored 29 points while taking only 14 shots, which was frustrating to Williams because Morris took the majority of them in the second half. In the first half, Morris passed up open driving lanes and open looks to try and get his teammates involved.

“He said, ‘Coach, I’m

just trying to make the right plays,” Williams said.

“When the media told me he had 29 points, I said, ‘When? Where?’ Because he did it so subtly and so efficiently that you really couldn’t tell.

“That’s when we really knew how good he was going to be.”

In 2009, Morris was expected to be good and was exactly that. But in 2012 in his junior year, he was revolutionary. Not only did he propel himself into stardom in Michigan, but he pushed Beecher to heights it hadn’t seen since the great Roy Marble [Yes, Iowa’s Devyn Marble’s dad] had played at Beecher from 1981-1984 before going on to be a Iowa Hawkeye.

His junior and sophomore year, he led the Buccaneers to Final Four appearances in the Michigan playoffs, losing both times in the semifinals. But this year was different.

Against rival Detroit Consortium in the quarterfinals, the slugfest carried into overtime, where it was tied 36-all.

With around 10 seconds left, a Consortium player drove down the right lane, when Morris helped poke the ball loose.

Another Beecher player wound up with the ball, hit Morris on the outlet near midcourt and what Morris did next was etched into the minds of those Buccaneer fans who were privileged enough to witness it forever.

In midair Morris caught the ball. Then, without touching the court, he contorted his body and delivered a dime across the court to where only his streaking teammate could catch it — and he did. Rising and firing just before the buzzer sounded, he sunk the game-winner, spurring Beecher into the semifinals once again.

Williams called it a selfless play. Morris says it was a play he’ll never forget. From there, Beecher cruised to a 20-point win in the semis and a 14-point win in the title game, giving

Beecher its first state title since 1987.

“Everybody rushed us on the court,” Morris said.

“That play, that game right there, that was my biggest moment of my high school career.”

Fast forward past Beecher’s first ever backto-back state titles, which were hand-delivered by Morris. Past him being named Michigan’s Mr. Basketball over players like James Young and his AAU teammate Derrick Walton.

Sift through Morris’ stardom he’d established, where he was beloved by the state of Michigan.

Even look past Morris’ signing with Iowa State, where he could get away from the noise that playing at a Michigan-based school would bring. No tickets to get for friends and family every night. No high school friends distracting him with parties — just Ames, Iowa, coach Fred Hoiberg and basketball.

Pause during Morris’ first big road test at BYU. In that game he said his mindset was off, he didn’t command the floor like he’d done his entire life when the ball was in his hands.

With less than a minute left, with DeAndre Kane ejected and Dustin Hogue and Melvin Ejim fouled out, Iowa State led 89-88 when Morris missed a crucial front end free throw, leaving the door open for a potential BYU win.

But thanks to a block from Daniel Edozie, BYU’s attempt fell short and Iowa State escaped with its first major road win of the season. Morris didn’t know how to explain it, but said simply that his mindset was wrong.

“Early on I didn’t know when to take a shot or when to get others involved,” Morris said. “I was guessing too much instead of playing and just thinking about it. Those games that had me struggling at first I think it was just all a mindset.”

But after the game something clicked.

The next morning,

Hoiberg sat in his office ready to put together the pieces that nearly fell apart against BYU the night before.

And as he did in ninth grade, walking into coach Williams’ office to fix a problem, he did that morning with Hoiberg. And in his head coach’s mind, that was the moment he knew Morris was something special.

“He was the first guy in my office the next morning saying, ‘Coach we need to watch film, that can’t happen again,’” Hoiberg said.

“And we sat in there and watched film and talked.

He’s been spectacular since then as far as taking care of the basketball.”

After the ball released from Morris’ hands in the deep corner, he hopped three times holding his right hand in the virtual cookie jar.

Morris says when he hops, it feels good. And on that shot, he hopped a few times.

Swish.

Morris had just hit the biggest 3-pointer of his career, giving then-No. 16 Iowa State the final lead of the game against then-No. 19 Oklahoma State at 96-95 before the Cyclones held on for the 98-97 win.

In the first trip to Stillwater, Okla. in his young career, Morris had helped end an 18-game drought and give them the first win in Stillwater since 1988. “I just stepped up with confidence and as soon as it left my hands,” Morris trailed off, smiling and holding up his right arm, replaying the biggest moment of his career through his mind.

Nearly three months after the BYU road win, Morris is sitting under the hoop at Hilton dribbling back and forth between his legs. Like clockwork the ball goes back and forth while Morris’ mind races.

He’s talking with a grin about his days as a kid growing up in Michigan, with pride about playing for Beecher and with confidence about how he’s taken

control of a starting role in his freshman year for Iowa State.

The freshman has more than doubled his average minutes since Big 12 play has started. Since that game at BYU, Morris has played beyond his years and he leads the country in assist to turnover ratio at 4.79 — two more than the next closest in the Big 12.

One of his goals is to break that ratio record as a freshman and he’s well on his way.

“You want to know why he’s so good,” jokes ISU forward Georges Niang walking over to Morris under the hoop. “Because I schooled him to the game.

I took him under my wing.

Make sure you get that in there.”

Morris laughs. Niang’s joke is yet another example of Morris’ acceptance as a key cog of the now-No. 11 ISU basketball team.

Sitting under the hoop, feverishly dribbling the basketball — it’s just another instant in a long line of moments that’s led him to this point.

From the fourth grade kid who was confident enough to approach Tom Izzo, to telling coach Williams he’d fill the void as a scrawny freshman, to giving Beecher its first ever back-to-back state titles, to winning Michigan’s Mr. Basketball and now to running the show for Iowa State — Morris’ moments are all pieces of an equation that has led to where he is now, dribbling back and forth again and again under the hoop at Hilton, confident as ever.

Then Morris ran off to go grab another basketball from the rack, ready to start preparing to capitalize on his next big moment, whether that’s three days away during their next Big 12 home game or three years away, where Morris’ dream of playing in the NBA awaits.

“I know next year I’ll have the ball in my hands more to showcase my ability,” Morris said. “I’ll be prepared for that situation when my time comes.

“I’m ready.”

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Cyclone Hockey riding home winning streak Fairman said the team will need to be ready to adapt on the ice

By Will.Musgrove @iowastatedaily.com The night of Nov. 9, 2013, was the last time the Cyclone Hockey team skated off the ice at the Ames/ ISU Ice Arena with a loss.

Since then, the No. 9 Cyclones (31-8-3, 14-5-1 CSCHL) have won 11 consecutive games at home — which is the longest run in more than four years.

During this stretch, Iowa State tallied six wins against teams ranked in the top 20 in the American Collegiate Hockey Association.

With only four games left at home for the Cyclones this season, forward Mark Huber doesn’t think this streak will end

anytime soon.

“I have no doubt in my mind that we can sweep at home for the rest of the year,” Huber said. “I don’t want to put a guarantee on it, because you can’t guarantee wins. But it is our goal to win all four games we have left at home.”

The Cyclones are 19-2 playing in Ames this season. Their last four games with a friendly crowd will be with Central Oklahoma and the Edina Lakers.

Goalie Scott Ismond credits part of this success to the support of the fans and the luxuries of playing at home. But the changes that ISU coach Jason Fairman brought to the program after taking over as head coach for the retiring Al Murdoch seems to be the deciding factor.

“It made everyone buy into the system again,” Ismond said about the Fairman taking the reins of the Cyclone hockey team.

“In the past you’d see guys starting to get burnt out at this time of the year. They have a new mental frame of mind going into this now.

Even when the Cyclones are on the road, they like to take a piece of Iowa State with them to make every ice arena feel a little bit like home.

“This year we take two mats with the Iowa State logo on it and put them in our dressing rooms,” Ismond said. “They are little mats, and we just take to the dressing rooms that we are visiting. It may seem like a tiny thing, but it gives us a bit more of that structure we are used to coming out of the Ames/ISU Ice Arena.”

If the Cyclones are going to keep the winning streak alive in Ames, Fairman said the team will need to be ready to adapt on the ice.

“We have to keep doing what we are doing,”

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The Cyclone Hockey team has won the last 11 games at home, its longest run in more than four years. With only four home games left, Mark Huber doesn’t think this streak will end soon.

Fairman said. “We come out a little bit flat some-

times, but we are just going to have to make ad-

justments from a coaching standpoint.”

Unbeaten road performances highlight regular season

By Kyle.Helm @iowastatedaily.com

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During the Senior Day conference against the Kansas Jayhawks at Beyer Hall on Saturday the Cyclones ended their season with their first win at Beyer in more than a year. The Cyclones won over Kansas 163.5-136.5.

Record-breaking races and unbeaten road performances highlight the 2013-2014 regular season for ISU swimmers and divers.

Iowa State (7-3-1) kicked off the season with its first tie in school in history, against Nebraska. The Cyclones ended the season with their first win at Beyer Pool in over a year.

“Our first meet against Nebraska was really fun, because they were expecting that win, and we put up a good fight,” said senior Katie Vollhaber. “We didn’t win, but we tied, which was good for our team.

As the season progressed, Iowa State became flawless away from home. The Cyclones finished their road season unbeaten (6-0-1) for the first time in ISU head coach Duane Sorenson’s 17year tenure as coach.

The record-setting performances for Iowa State began in its third dual-meet of the season against South Dakota. The

ISU women’s golf team falls one stroke short, places second at UCF Challenge

By Mike.Randleman @iowastatedaily.com After the first round at the UCF Challenge, it would have been easy to count out Iowa State as title contenders.

Heading into the final 54 holes, Iowa State was tied for eighth place and already 10 shots behind the leader, University of Central Florida.

Only one Cyclone golfer, sophomore Cajsa Persson, recorded an under-par round Sunday, making for a positive start to the team’s spring season.

“We were more focused on our own games and what we were supposed to do,” said junior Chonlada Chayanun.

The tide turned on Monday, however, as putts began to drop and attitudes improved.

“I think we did a better job of saying ‘Hi’ and waving on the course and being positive and just kind of giving each other energy the past two days,” said senior Prima Thammaraks. “[Monday’s second round] was really exciting, everyone was making birdies nonstop.”

Led by a pair of three-under-par rounds of 69 from Thammaraks and Chayanun, the Cyclones recorded the second lowest team score in program history (281) and vaulted back into contention.

All five starters recorded rounds of par or better and four Cyclones were inside the top 20 on the individual leaderboard.

Monday’s surge allowed Iowa State to climb five spots up the leaderboard to third place and found itself well within reach of winning its first tournament of the season, just six shots behind leader UCF. The strong play found Monday continued into Tuesday, as the Cyclones received three rounds of par or better from Thammaraks, senior Sasikarn On-iam and Chayanun, who carded rounds of 69, 71 and 72, respectively.

The key for Chayanun, who played the final two rounds in three-under-par after a first round 73, was in her technical approach to the game.

The first day I was just focusing on my game and my score ... the second and third rounds I focused on my posture.”

Chonlada Chayanum, junior

“The first day I was just focusing on my game and my score, basically, and trying not to hit a bad shot. The second and third rounds I focused on my posture,” Chonlada said about her turnaround, which resulted in her best finish of the season, a tie for seventh place.

The team’s comeback, fueled in part

by Chayanun, allowed for Iowa State to temporarily grab a two-shot lead during the closing holes Tuesday.

A late rally by UCF, however, quickly closed the gap resulting in a one-shot victory against the Cyclones, who recorded a season-best second-place finish.

Thammaraks, who finished in a tie for fourth individually said she and the rest of the team were not aware of their exact standing on the leaderboard in the closing stretch. She did have a feeling the tournament could come down to the wire, though.

“I just knew we were in good shape, because I felt like everyone was playing well, though I didn’t know how much under [par] everyone was,” Thammaraks said. “I wasn’t worried about where we were on the leaderboard.”

Though the Cyclones fell short in their first tournament, another opportunity looms next weekend in Puerto Rico, a tournament expected to field some of the nation’s top-ranked teams.

“I think we did a great job giving it our best and just knowing that we’re one shot short, it’s kind of a reminder of how close a tournament can be and how much one shot matters,” Thammaraks said. “I think we’ll use it as motivation to be better next time, just knowing how close we are.”

Cyclones posted eight-pool records at the Coyotes home venue.

The Cyclones had another record-breaking night when they played host to in-state rival Iowa.

Iowa State lost the meet 165-135, but broke five records along the way. Senior Imelda Wistey tallied three of those records, and freshman Karyl Clarete set a Beyer Pool record in the 200 freestyle.

Iowa State closed out the regular season with a comefrom-behind victory against Kansas at Beyer Pool on senior day. The Cyclones trailed by a point after day one of a two-day meet against the Jayhawks, but bounced back by scoring 89 of the last 150 points.

“We wanted to show everyone we can win at home too,” Wistey said. “We can win at home, and we did. I’m very proud of the girls, and I’m very proud of myself.”

According to Sorenson, the seven-win season marked one of the most successful years the team has ever witnessed.

“This is probably one of our most competitive teams,”

Sorenson said. “As an overall group, they just love to race. I’d put them up there as one of the top teams ever at Iowa State.”

Seven seniors will depart from this years’ squad, including Alex Gustafson, Jessica Henderson, Haley Krezeczowski, Carissa Poeschel, Sarah Thompson, Katie Vollhaber, Emily Wiltsie, and Imelda Wistey.

The Cyclones, however, will return multiple key pieces to next year’s squad including freshman Karyl Clarete (first-place finishes in ten different events), junior Amanda Paulson (25 career firstplace finishes in the 50 freestyle) and sophomore Elyse Brouillette (2012-2013 Iowa State most valuable diver).

“I think [the team] has performed really strong this season,” Vollhaber said. “We had our struggles here at home, but coming into our last meet, we still had that confidence to change our home record. I think the freshman have really stepped up their game, and came into our program knowing what to expect and what we expect of them.”

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Horoscope Today’s Birthday (2/12/14) A healthy body and mind propels peak performance this year. Align diet, exercise and meditation practices to support this. Give up old habits that no longer serve. Break from travel over spring, favoring home renovations. A new level in romance and partnership opens around the eclipse (6/10). You can have both adventure and domestic bliss. Play like a child.

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

Across 1 Scale on which diamond is assigned a “10” 5 Owl’s question?

8 “Music __ charms ...”

12 The Sego Lily is its state flower 13 Map out 15 Nymph rejected

by Narcissus 16 Actress Elisabeth 17 Deck opening 18 Work on jerky 19 WWII aircraft carrier plane 21 Iowa native 23 Tax-sheltered nest egg 25 Hippy dance 28 1963 Newman film 29 Ousted Iranian 33 Arctic “snowshoe” critters 34 Quizzical sounds 35 Bears owner/ coach who won eight NFL titles in four different decades 37 Singer Piaf 38 Soup base 39 Luxury craft 40 Quiet “Quiet!”

43 “Ulysses” actor Milo 44 Quaint pronoun 45 “Isn’t __ bit like you and me?”: Beatles lyric

46 Solvers’ cries 47 Tremulous glow 50 Except 54 Beeline 59 “Hava Nagila” dance 60 Different 62 Worker welfare org.

63 Progress slowly 64 Organ with chambers 65 Son of Odin 66 Sinister chuckles 67 “Revenge is __ best served cold” 68 Seven: Pref.

Down 1 Soft stuff 2 Will-wisp link 3 Truck 4 Poet Silverstein 5 Words said with a double take 6 Fez, e.g.

7 Corsage flowers 8 “Consarn it!”

9 Motrin target 10 Those folks 11 Suffragette Julia Ward __ 13 Former Labor secretary Elaine 14 Where she blows 20 Vehicle safety

measure 22 Jug band percussion instrument 24 “Say what?”

25 Tackled 26 “Vega$” actor 27 Mythical river of forgetfulness 30 Grating 31 “Hello, wahine!”

32 Can’t stand 33 “You, there!”

36 Doo-wop syllable 40 Went from first to second, say 41 Jeans bottom 42 Pounds 48 Ado 49 Mars neighbor 50 __ Tzu 51 Fine-tune 52 B’way seating area 53 Sounds from the stands 55 Shakespearean verb 56 1975 Wimbledon winner 57 Hit the mall 58 Antlered deer 61 Ginza greeting

Aries (March 21-April 19) Today is a 5 -- Postpone a financial discussion. Wait for a quiet, peaceful moment. Spend more time on love today and tomorrow. There’s no need to buy toys.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) Today is a 7 -- Handle disagreements in private.

Enforce household rules today and tomorrow. Choose solid directions over ephemeral.

Study with quiet discipline.

Check out a new neighborhood establishment. Practice with others pays off.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Today is an 8 -- You can be easily exploited now. A competitor’s impressed by the skills you’ve acquired. Think things out carefully before taking action. Stay persistent, despite breakdowns. Gain determination from adversity. Push yourself.

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Cancer (June 21-July 22) Today is an 8 -- It’s not a good time to argue, but do stand firm.

Rules simplify things. You’re entering a potentially quite profitable two-day phase. Work smart, and turn on the selfdiscipline.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Today is a 6 -- Prioritize responsibilities, and get into action. You’re stronger, but the inspection continues.

Exceptional patience is required.

If one door closes, do more planning and research.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Today is a 6 -- Today and tomorrow are good for financial planning. Find a new option to high costs. Add to your savings instead. Postpone expansion, distracted by a beneficial development. Don’t gamble. A partner sets a social date.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Today is an 8 -- Review tactics and find out what you’re doing the hard way. You’re gaining skills, even if money’s tight.

Consult with partners over the next few days. Spend time in the sun. Spend only what is necessary. Emerge victorious.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Today is a 7 -- Costs overruns could throw some surprises.

Stick to your budget, and finish the work. Make big changes today and tomorrow, without spending money. Entertain creative suggestions. Your partner’s the teacher. You lack total agreement. Get outdoors.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Today is a 6 -- Turn your attention toward work today and tomorrow. Don’t give up on a thwarted intention. Invest in efficiency. Research for the best quality. Patiently and persistently, take small steps forward. Clean up messes as you go.

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Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Today is a 6 -- Work interferes with a fun diversion. Finish up what you’ve promised today and tomorrow. Advise frugality and simplicity. Everything seems possible, but proceed with caution, and choose the least expensive option.

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Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Today is a 6 -- People depend on you. You’re focused on generating money. Don’t throw it around blindly. Home could get uncomfortable. An emotional reaction could arise.

Keep digging and find the clue.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Today is a 7 -- Choose love over money to increase satisfaction.

Figure out how to make it happen. You’ll have to report on your activities over the next few days. Discipline is required. Send love to one who loves you.

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