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Is the technology age a benefit or a hinderance for relationships?
B y B R O O K E W E E N I G
Text me, lets Skype, shoot me
an email, Facebook me, Tweet me
are among the common phrases one
hears after trudging through the halls
of a high school or university campus.
These simple phrases are becoming
common as the millennial generation
and others have started to rely on new
technology to express themselves and
develop relationships with those also
connected through the virtual world.
Some see technology as the means
to easier and faster communication,
while others see its detrimental effects
on relationships. Technology is a dou-
ble-edged sword that can enhance,
maintain and build relationships or
contribute to more complacent commu-
nication. At BYU, technology has had
a profound effect on dating and family
connections.
Effects of technology on dating
After meeting on LDS Planet, an online
dating site, and maintaining a long-dis-
tance relationship through Skype and
email, Josh Weber nally married the
girl of his dreams. Weber, an English
major at BYU, became a member on LDS
Planet even though he originally swore
he would never participate in online dat-
ing sites.
I never wanted to make the Internet
the basis of my relationship, Weber said.
But I found out that I could use it to nd
more options.
Weber said the dating site was a way
for him to avoid hurtful rejection. Weber
said because there is no obligation to say
yes to a date online, members actually get
to interact with people that are interested
in building a relationship.
It was a way to do something differ-
ent, Weber said. The way I was dating
wasnt working. I was trapped into people
that didnt want to be dating. I was con-
tinually spending money and not getting
anywhere.
Within a week of exploring and nd-
ing those with similar interests on
LDS Planet, Weber connected with his
wife-to-be.
The two maintained a long-distance
relationship throughout the summer
through transparent technology like
email and Skype. A week after being
home from his summer job, the two were
engaged.
See TECHNOLOGY Page 3
Technology & relationships
BYU students deal
with divorce
B y S T E P H A N I E G R A F F
After less than a year of marriage,
Sally Jones (name changed) joined the
ranks of a vastly silent group on campus
divorced BYU students.
Once you label yourself as divorced,
sometimes Im afraid thats all that peo-
ple can see, Jones said. Divorce is just
something that happened to me, its not
who I am. When I would speak with peo-
ple, the divorce would be at the front of my
mind and I would wonder if somehow they
knew, as if I looked different because of the
divorce.
When these students rejoin their
single peers, some adjustment is usually
necessary to make the transition from
having a spouse to being a single student
again. Divorced students must learn
to readjust to young single adult life,
including dating and hanging out with
singles again.
After Mark Johnsons (name changed)
divorce, it took a while before he felt like
he could again relate with his single peers.
It took a little while before I started
attending the singles ward, Johnson said.
In the Church, there is such a stigma
attached to (divorce), and it was easier to
talk to people who didnt already know.
It can also often be difcult for divorced
students to overcome their own self-con-
sciousness in order to fully engage with
their single peers again.
Mary Smith (name changed) faced this
problem when she was becoming inte-
grated into single life again.
Its hard to feel condent in yourself
and start attending activities again,
Smith said. Its completely different when
youre married because you always have
someone with you, but it took me a while to
feel condent enough to participate again
and start attending things alone.
Divorced students can be faced with a
myriad of reactions in their YSA wards.
Professor Mark Ogletree, a practicing
marriage and family therapist and profes-
sor in the BYU Department of Religion,
says that the majority of reactions he has
seen in BYU wards toward these students
has been positive.
See DIVORCE Page 3
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BYU students who have to jump back into the dating world after early divorce sometimes nd reconnecting awkward.
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Andrew Lloyd Webbers The Phantom of the
Opera will be performed at Brigham Young
University from Jan. 16 to Feb. 2.
The production will take place in the de Jong
Concert Hall in the Harris Fine Arts Center.
Ticket prices range from $15 to $25 depending on
the time of the performance.
The musical tells the tale of a mysterious
opera-haunting phantom who grows infatuated
with a beautiful singer, and the chaos he creates
in pursuing her.
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London Tube celebrates 150 years
Londoners are celebrating 150 years since the
inception of the Tube by looking back on a cen-
tury and a half of London Underground history.
Much like the city of London itself, the Lon-
don underground railway combines a rich his-
torical past with modern innovation.
According to the Transport for London and
London Transport Museum websites, the Lon-
don Tube ran for the rst time on Jan. 9, 1863
with a single line between Paddington Station
and Farringdon Street.
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Baker Street station is part of the 150-year-
old London Underground.
Mass mission calls effect housing
Missionary applications have increased 471
percent since October 6, church spokesman
Michael Purdy stated, leaving BYU dorms and
apartments bare.
After President Thomas S. Monson
announced that young women could now serve
at age 19 and young men at 18, the Church has
seen 4,000 applications per week as opposed to
the usual 700. The Lord is hastening this work,
and He needs more...missionaries, stated Elder
Jeffery R. Holland in an online church article.
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Since the missionary age change, housing
contracts have become harder to sell.
Desert Star Playhouse opens
new season with new comedy
Fantasy meets pop culture in a new, original
and culture-appropriate comedy opening at Des-
ert Star Playhouse in Murray.
Killing the Hobbit: Bored of the Rings
introduces Walter, a collector of action gures
and The Lord of the Rings movies. When
Walters ance returns her ring and ends their
engagement by claiming he spends too much
time living in a fantasy world, he must prove
his love on an unexpected journey through
Middle-Earth.
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Obama picks Lew for Treasury
as scal issues loom
WASHINGTON (AP) For 30 years, Jack Lew
has had a hand in some of the biggest economic
deals negotiated in Washington. What awaits
him if hes conrmed as treasury secretary
could far exceed any challenge of the past a
triple-decked potential crisis that will test his
experience the moment he opens his ofce door
on the third oor of the Treasury Building
Lew, nominated for the job Thursday by Presi-
dent Barack Obama, has honed his skills in the
trenches of scal policy.
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President Barack Obama shakes hands with current White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew. This
week he announced that he will nominate Lew as the next Secretary of the Treasury.
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Universities with LDS populations weigh in on the effect of the LDS mission age on enrollment
B y L I N D S E Y W I L L I A M S
When Heejin Yi heard the
news of the lowered mission ages
for The Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints, her mind
turned not only to the prospect of
serving a mission but also to the
effect it would have on the college
she would attend next year.
In the October 2012 General
Conference, President Thomas S.
Monson announced that young
women could serve at age 19
instead of 21 and young men could
serve at age 18 after graduating
high school.
Yi, a high school senior in
Colorado Springs, Colo., said she
knows the age change will affect
the college she attends next year.
She is looking at attending an LDS
school.
There are going to be no fresh-
man boys, Yi said. All the fresh-
man classes are going to be all
girls now. It is going to be so dif-
ferent not to see all of these guys
because the missionary age has
changed.
While many of the effects of
the LDS mission age change are
still undecided, colleges with LDS
populations have considered the
effect of the change on their
schools.
BYU-Idaho
Marc Stevens, the university
spokesman at BYUIdaho, said in
an email the student population
at BYUIdaho will likely decrease
over the next two years.
The change in enrollment
will begin Winter semester 2013,
Stevens said. Decreased enroll-
ments will likely extend through
the middle of 2014. Enrollment
numbers are expected to increase
in the Fall of 2014.
BYUIdaho currently has an
enrollment cap set at 15,000 full-
time equivalent (FTE). In Fall
2012, the FTE was 14,300. The
enrollment cap is set by the Board
of Trustees.
The Board recently approved
a new enrollment cap of 18,000
FTE students, which takes effect
in 2014, Stevens said.
No changes in the admission
process have occurred because
of the age change.
We encourage potential stu-
dents to apply and be admitted
prior to their missions, Stevens
said. Once they receive their
calls, we encourage them to sub-
mit a missionary deferment to
secure their place at the univer-
sity and hold any scholarships
they have received.
BYU-Hawaii
BYUHawaii also has not made
any changes to the admission pro-
cess because of the age change
according to Michael Johansen,
director of communications at
BYUHawaii.
Were doing a lot of analysis
just like all of the schools, and
were looking at it from a bunch of
different angles, Johansen said.
We actually anticipate there will
be more female students who are
choosing to go on missions early.
Johansen said there will not
be long-lasting changes in enroll-
ment but there will be a slight
decrease as the initial group,
especially females, leaves to go
on missions.
After one cycle, there shouldnt
be any change, Johansen said.
Johansen said the next applica-
tion cycle may have more female
applicants than male applicants,
but this change may not hap-
pen because of the large major-
ity of international students at
BYUHawaii.
The overwhelming majority
of our students who are interna-
tional are already returned mis-
sionaries, Johansen said. We
are the only CES school that has
a specic target area for interna-
tional students. That roughly 50
percent ratio actually categorizes
us as the most international uni-
versity in the United States.
LDS Business College
LDS Business College also
expects some changes in enroll-
ment. According to Renae Rich-
ards, director of enrollment
management at LDS Business
College, the school is seeing more
students defer enrollment for
missions.
In past semesters, few stu-
dents deferred enrollment for
missions, Richards said in an
email. Most did so because they
received a scholarship. Space was
available and it was an easy pro-
cess to reapply and be readmit-
ted. Deferrals were not required.
With the new announcement we
are seeing an increase in defer-
rals including from students who
do not have scholarship awards.
Southern Virginia University
Though not operated or owned
by the LDS Church, Southern Vir-
ginia University, with a 92 per-
cent LDS population, is making
changes due to the LDS mission-
age change.
On Nov. 20, 2012, SVU
announced the creation of a
block program beginning in
January 2013 in hopes of accom-
modating future missionaries
who do not have time to attend a
full semester before entering the
eld. The eight-week block allows
future missionaries to attend
more schooling before a mission.
In addition, the second block at
the end of the semester allows
returning missionaries to enroll
in classes during the middle of a
semester.
Burke Olsen, vice president of
communications and marketing
at SVU, said there will be an ini-
tial drop in enrollment because of
the mission age change.
We anticipate a small shift
initially, but once missionaries
start coming back from the eld,
we expect to be where we are right
now or higher, Olsen said.
Currently, SVU can accommo-
date between 850900 students but
has plans of growing to 1,200. In
August, the university launched
a capital campaign to raise funds
for the university to increase its
maximum enrollment capacity.
SVU does not anticipate any
changes to the admission process
and plans to admit the same num-
ber of students admitted in previ-
ous years.
We will encourage students to
apply to the university for a spe-
cic semester and then announce
their deferment afterwards,
Olsen said.
Olsen said SVU will con-
tinue to have a focus on recruit-
ing returned missionaries. The
university currently offers a
$2,000 annual grant to returned
missionaries.
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TECHNOLOGY
The world of
cyber-dating
Continued from Page 1
I never felt like we were play-
ing games with each other,
Weber said.
We both wanted to be honest
and upfront because we wanted
to be in it for the long run.
Larry Nelson, family life pro-
fessor at BYU, said when it comes
to technology in dating relation-
ships, there is no black and
white; rather, it is all depen-
dent on how people use it.
Dating provides the opportu-
nity to learn to commit, Nelson
said. But the attitude today is
that I am going to commit to you
for the next two hours, and yet
I refer to it as telephone indel-
ity. Telephone indelity is when
you are with one person, but the
whole night you are texting other
people. This really harms a per-
sons ability to commit if they are
so connected to their phone that
they cant devote themselves to
one person for a couple of hours.
Guy Dorius, who holds a doc-
torate in family studies, said he
knows of four marriages that
ended or were in critical condi-
tion because of re-connection
through avenues such as Face-
book. Dorius said he believes that
the use of technology, if not used
wisely, disconnects daters from
the people that are right in front
of them.
Sometimes I will see cou-
ples on their cell phones when
they are together, Dorius said.
I think that it distracts you
from the one that you are with,
because you are with so many
at the same time. There is an old
song called, Love the One You
are With, and technology makes
it hard to love the one that you
are with.
Effects of technology on
families and children
Moms use technology to stay
in touch with missionaries,
kids at college and old friends.
For Teri Bench, a mother from
Orem, technology has kept her
connected with her children all
throughout the country.
For my kids that are mar-
ried, how I know what is going
on in their lives is by Facebook,
Bench said. Looking back,
I would have called my mom
whenever there were updates
in my life, but my daughter just
updates her blog and I can check
in whenever I am interested and
at my own convenience.
Bench said she uses technol-
ogy multiple times a day to
stay in touch with both her chil-
dren at home as well as those who
are married. Overall, Bench said
technology is not good or bad
for her familial relationships.
There are so many variables
when it comes to relationships
with your kids, Bench said.
It is more than technology
its background, experiences
and personalities. I dont blame
technology for having a good or
bad relationship with my kids, I
blame myself.
Jorden Mortensen, a student at
BYU studying exercise science,
said his mom uses technology to
maintain their relationship by
sending him texts on a daily basis
and emails once a week with
Moms Sunday Devotional.
Mortensen said he likes tech-
nology to stay in contact with
his mom because it is more con-
venient and less time consum-
ing. As a busy college student,
Mortensen said things like email
and texting keep him connected
to his mom easily.
Technology is unique with
mothers because they always
tend to give more than they
receive, Mortensen said. Tech-
nology has helped me to give back
to my mom where I can.
Nelson said technology in
family relationships can be
detrimental, but he also said it
can be enhancing for those who
use it wisely. When it comes to
children and families, Nelson
called the connection between
relationships and technology
bidirectional.
The use of technology in rela-
tionships will make it worse for
those who are already lacking in
social skills, and therefore that is
why they are using it as much as
they do, Nelson said. Technol-
ogy robs many children from set-
tings in which they can overcome
fears or develop skills.
Dorius said he gets emails
from students at 3 a.m. With the
invention of smartphones and
other technology, Dorius said the
fathers ability to create a rela-
tionship with his family is much
more difcult, as fathers never
actually leave work. Dorius
said he is unsure if the facilita-
tion offered through technology
is outweighed by the lack of civil-
ity often demonstrated by those
who use it.
You never leave anything
behind, because you have every-
thing at your ngertips, Dorius
said.
DIVORCE
Previously
married students
now return to the
dating game
Continued from Page 1
Most every divorced stu-
dent I have seen has been met
with open arms by the students
around them, Ogletree said.
The vast majority have
been very accepting and
gracious.
However, Garrett Barfoot
said that after his divorce,
others in his YSA wards
often jumped to incorrect
conclusions.
Peoples reaction is often
to instantly assume that you
did something wrong or failed
in some way, Barfood said.
I mean, (being divorced) is
the last thing that you want to
have to tell somebody.
A major part of the single
life that takes adjustment for
divorced students is dating.
Ogletree says that a divorced
students experience dat-
ing greatly depends on their
personality.
Dating after divorce usu-
ally goes one of two ways,
Ogletree said. Either the per-
son is very cautious and takes
a while to get back to dating,
or they are very eager because
they already believe they know
what they want. Although, as
always, it is completely driven
by personality, circumstances
and family support.
Jones was one of the former
types of divorcees. Although it
took her a long time to begin
dating, she was eventually able
to nd happiness in her dating
life after her divorce.
Dating was hard at rst,
but you get used to it and
then there comes a day when
it becomes the norm, Jones
said.
Jones said that while dating
was personally difcult for her
following her divorce, the men
that she dated in her singles
wards were understanding of
her situation. She is now hap-
pily engaged.
Johnson found greater con-
fidence in dating after his
divorce than he did before his
marriage.
I liked dating better, John-
son said. I know a lot more
about what I want in a person.
Once I tell someone Im dating
about the divorce, it might be
weird for a minute or two, but
then its ne.
Despite periods of adjust-
ment, most of these students
have been able to nd peace
with their situation and have
found that they have grown in
unexpected ways.
Jones says she is a better
person now because of what
she has been through.
I think the important thing
is that I made a decision to stay
positive, to trust in the Lord
and to keep moving forward,
Jones said. I wish it hadnt
happened, that I hadnt had to
endure all the pain, but at the
same time, I am a completely
different person because of the
divorce. Im a better person.
And I may not have met my
wonderful anc if I hadnt
gone through the divorce.
Who knows what would have
happened? Im just grateful
Heavenly Father has a plan. A
perfect plan.
Photo by Elliott Miller
After divorce, BYU students
learn to reassimilate into single
life.
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B y K a r i C h r i s T e n s e n
Leaving home and going to
college is a scary experience
for some students. Finding
a place at a huge university
can be extremely difficult, but
through clubs, BYU provides a
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to find a place for themselves.
Ryan Montgomery, a fresh-
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scared and didnt know what
to expect, Montgomery said.
Id never been on a university
campus before and didnt know
how Id adjust. But when I came
here, I had a very welcoming
experience with my professors
and the activities and clubs
here on campus. Those things
really enabled me to find my
group and find friends and
be able to be part of the BYU
community.
With more than 200 clubs on
the BYU campus, all sponsored
by BYUSA, there is bound to
be a club that fits the interests
of most BYU students. And if
theres not the specific club
that students are looking for,
they have the opportunity to
work with BYUSA to start that
club.
Jenny Gordon from Elk
Grove, Calif., and the vice pres-
ident of clubs for BYUSA, over-
sees all of the clubs on campus
and is directly involved in
helping students start and
maintain their clubs.
Each club is very different,
and all of the students are very
passionate about their club,
Gordon said. Its really cool
to see students connect with
other students that share a
similar interest. Theyre able
to find friends and make con-
nections and enjoy their col-
lege experience. If a student
comes to BYU and they are
really good at something and
theres not a club for that, then
we want them to start it and
we want to help them with that
process.
Every Tuesday night at 7 in
the Wilkinson Student Cen-
ter, Clubs Night is hosted
by BYUSA. This is an oppor-
tunity for any club on campus
to meet together at a desig-
nated time and place. Its also
a great opportunity for stu-
dents to come and explore their
options in the different clubs
available and see if theres one
that fits their personality and
interests.
Alba Fonesca, a Middle East-
ern studies and Arabic major
from Salt Lake and a member
of the salsa club, talked about
her experience with clubs.
I think that one of the best
things about clubs is the fact
that they are able to reach
the people on the outskirts of
BYU and the people that arent
always involved, Fonesca
said. Clubs are so specific,
so people that maybe dont fit
other places can find friends in
a place where they fit. My expe-
rience with salsa club has been
awesome and really positive.
Alexander Zaitzef f, an
applied and computational
mathematics student, was
able to take skills and talents
that he acquired before college
and use them in a club at BYU.
Zaitzeff got involved in chess
clubs in middle school and
high school, volunteered in
elementary schools teaching
chess and eventually became
a private chess instructor.
Chess has always been a
bigger thing for me, Zaitzeff
said. When I came to BYU, I
used BYUSAs club website and
found out more about the chess
club and started attending as a
freshman. I really enjoy it. Its
a place where people can get
together, and it really doesnt
matter what background
youre from. Its something
that breaks down barriers. I
think clubs are an excellent
way to find friends and also
try new things without having
additional pressure.
Today, Zaitzeff is serving as
the vice president of the chess
club, which is another great
opportunity that BYU provides
students with opportunities
to serve and be in leadership
positions.
Trevor Carver, an executive
director over all of the BYU
clubs, talked about the oppor-
tunities that they provide stu-
dents with.
I get to work with a lot of
the club presidents, and I get to
hear their stories and see the
passion that they have about
what they do, Carver said.
Its fantastic because they get
to have leadership opportuni-
ties in clubs on top of doing
everything that they love. Its
just neat that students have the
chance to do that in the college
atmosphere.
Brandon Leslie, from Gig
Harbor, Wash., is a member
of the hip-hop club and talked
about how it gives him oppor-
tunities that he never had
before he came to BYU.
I was never involved in this
kind of stuff before school, it
was all new to me, Leslie said.
And thats one of the reasons I
love it. There wasnt the oppor-
tunity for it in high school.
Theres even clubs for your
major here. I think everyone
should be involved in at least
one club because of the diver-
sity that they offer. Theres
something for everyone here.
Ryan Montgomery was able
to find his place at BYU, and
so have many others just like
him. For more information on
joining or starting a club, visit
clubs.byu.edu.
BYU students fight human trafficking
B y a m y h a r r i s o n
California native Stephanie
Larsen is the frst woman in
four generations of her family
to be free from the horrors of sex
slavery.
Larsens great-great grand-
mother, great grandmother,
grandmother and mother were
all trafficked and sexually
abused for money. Larsen said it
is because of the courage of her
mother, who escaped the cycle,
that she is protected today. How-
ever, Larsen said not all children
are so lucky. According to the
Polaris Project, an anti-human
traffcking organization, 100,000
children are estimated to be in
the U.S. sex trade per year.
Human traffcking is found in
all countries of the world, despite
the fact that it is illegal every-
where. A group of passionate BYU
students joined together in 2009
to fght this issue and have been
working with nonproft groups to
raise both awareness about the
issue and funds to fght it.
When most people think of sex
slavery or human traffcking,
they think of people in countries
outside the United States. How-
ever, the issue is prevalent in the
United States and even affects
Utah. In 2011, a Utah mother tried
selling her daughters virginity
to a man for $10,000, according to
a report by ABC News.
Sex traffcking is not the only
type of human slavery. Many
companies operate and produce
using slave labor. Kyle Durfee,
president of the BYU Anti-Human
Traffcking Club, said that slav-
ery affects BYU students more
than they know.
Were eating it. Were wear-
ing it. Were living it every single
day, Durfee said. If we ignore it,
it wont get better.
Durfee said human traffcking
is a hard issue to fght because
many people do not know about
it. He also said many people do
not know what to do when they
fnd out about it. Durfee said he
became interested in the issue
when his favorite band, Switch-
foot, got involved through its
Freedom project initiative.
I wondered how I could go 18
years of my life not hearing that
slavery still existed, Durfee said.
It blew my mind.
Durfee decided to start the
Anti-Human Traffcking Club
with some of his friends his fresh-
man year. He said the focus of the
club is to help non-governmental
organizations that are fghting
the issue through fundraising
as well as giving their time and
talents. Durfee said there is some-
thing every BYU student can do
to fght the issue.
Try to fnd your strengths
and then fnd ways to plug your
strengths into it, Durfee said.
In the club, we all work to help in
the ways that we are strongest.
Jeremy Sookho, a senior from
Modesto, Calif., sought out the
club after he learned about the
traffcking issue on his mission
and from a friend.
I served my mission in South
India, Sookho said. Its an
issue there to some extent. When
I got back, I had a friend writing
a paper on it for her capstone
project, so she told me about the
issue. (The club) has put me in
touch with like-minded people
(and) other people who are pas-
sionate about stopping (human
traffcking).
Sookho said that BYU students
may not personally be victims of
human traffcking, but it is still
an issue they should do some-
thing about.
People at BYU have served
missions or have roots (in) other
places outside of Utah, where its
a huge problem, Sookho said.
My brother saw it frst-hand
in his mission on a daily basis.
Because we care about our fel-
low man, purity is something
so important to us, and we have
exposure to other parts of the
world. The issue has a natural
appeal to a lot of students here at
BYU.
Soohko said that students
can be involved in other ways
besides joining the Anti-Human
Traffcking club. He said it is
important for students to be per-
sonally aware of the issue and to
be able to spot signs of those who
are being abused. He also said it
is important for students to be
involved politically.
Its not uncommon that states
will put in propositions that stu-
dents can vote on, Soohko said.
Being active in the political pro-
cess and voting, and even going
to the next step to write senators
and members of the House of Rep-
resentatives, is something BYU
students can do.
Professor Mathew Mason
teaches American History and
researches slavery and aboli-
tionism in the 19th century. He is
the faculty adviser for the Anti-
Human Trafficking Club and
says the greatest way the club
helps fght the issue is to connect
students to larger organizations.
The way to make a difference
as a student organization is to
make connections with non-gov-
ernmental organizations that are
doing something, Mason said.
We can connect to activists who
are doing this every day to make
a difference in a practical way.
They can use the funds; they can
use our time.
Mason said one focus of his
research deals with what inspired
people to fnally act against slav-
ery. He found that it happened
when people felt personally con-
nected to the issue. He also said
that the history of slavery and its
abolishment in the U.S. gives a
great example for the pattern of
fghting modern slavery.
We sometimes think, when we
think about history, it took one
person who just made it happen,
Mason said. In fact, its a big
long movement that stretched for
decades involving a whole variety
of people doing a whole variety of
different things that they were
good at doing.
Mason said the issue is one that
people must confront and take
action against.
Its one thing to say, I wish
slavery didnt exist, and Im anti-
slavery in principal, Mason
said. But its another thing to
actually do something about it.
Photo illustration by Logan havens
Whether you like surfng, chess or ping-pong, there is a club for everyone at ByU.
I am a big believer in
the utility of learning
by doing, and whenever
that works in a course,
I try to work it in.
David Magleby
Political science professor
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B y N A T A L I E S I V E R T S E N
It was a distance of more than
5,000 miles from her home coun-
try of Portugal, and everything
here in the United States seemed
strangely bigger the roads, the
cars, the campus. After a frantic
search for her rst class in the
oversized buildings, she walked
into her classroom a minute late
only to hear the professor say,
Youre standing up, you can
(give) the prayer.
For someone who was still
learning to speak English, had
never been to BYU and had spent
practically her entire life not
knowing what a Mormon was, she
was shocked. Such was the story
of Cludia Aparcio, a foreign
exchange student from Lisbon,
Portugal.
Aparcio is one of 2,200 stu-
dents from 120 countries around
the world who come to BYU and
are surprised by its unique cul-
ture. The students all have their
own stories and will leave BYU
with experiences they will never
forget.
British-born and Australian-
raised Aaron McReynolds has
been at BYU for about three years
but is still adjusting to the high-
strung lifestyle.
So many people work
too hard, McReynolds, an
advertising major, said. Ill be
in the ofce three hours and get
stuff done when others are in the
ofce for eight because they feel
they just need to look busy. I feel
like theres a reason why Utah is
one of the highest rates of anti-
depression pill (users) because
everyones in each others
business and more competitive.
He also shared that students in
Australia would never compare
their grades on tests or assign-
ments because there wasnt a need
to compare themselves to others
to feel they were doing well.
McReynolds has still beneted
from this cultural phenomenon
despite its stresses.
Its pushed me up a gear
because people tend to coast a lot
in Australia to get by, McReyn-
olds said.
Grace Choi came from an
entirely different background
from her home town of Gwangju,
South Korea. Through middle
and high school, Choi would study
from 7:30 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. each
week and occasionally on Satur-
days and Sundays as well.
Ironically, Choi feels she has
learned more responsibility while
here at BYU.
I think its just because (in
Korea) the teachers tell us what
to do, Choi said. At this hour, at
this time you need to study this
(or) go do that, and (afterwards)
sometimes we hire a private
instructor, and we pay them
like $50 per hour and they tell
you exactly what to do. So youre
busier, but your schedule is just
laid out for you.
Choi was surprised that there
were so many students here who
pay for school themselves, since
the norm in South Korea is for
parents to pay for school. How-
ever, Choi is getting a taste of this
American phenomenon.
My parents want me to pay
for everything, so Im not like
a typical Korean, Choi said. I
have two jobs right now, and I go
to school.
Despite her busy schedule, Choi
says she feels more relaxed here
because she doesnt have to worry
about Koreas standardized tests.
Im here to learn, not for a
good grade or a good score, Choi
said.
Just a few countries away from
Choi came TaiChen Lin, an MBA
student from Taipei, Taiwan.
American food has been a sig-
nicant change for Lin.
I have involuntarily, and
unconsciously taken (in) a lot
more high calories than I used
to, and therefore I have gained
some weight since (being) here,
Lin said.
Lin also remarked on the Tai-
wanese tendency to be out during
the night, but people in Provo tend
to do more activities like sports
during the day.
Language is a barrier for
almost all foreign students but
was especially a problem for Rus-
sel Ochoa, an advertising major
from Monterey, Mexico.
I didnt want to speak because
I would make a lot of mistakes
and had a very thick accent,
Ochoa said about the beginning
of his time in the United States.
Ochoa said he still has
difficulty fully expressing
himself in English, which he
says has been a great trial for
him. For this reason, Ochoa
hopes to marry a girl uent in
Spanish so that he
can fully express himself, but his
search has made him realize that
dating in Provo is different than
dating in Monterey.
Over there you only go on
a date with a girl that youre
really interested in, Ochoa said.
Once you go on that date, its
very serious. It was weird for me
to see that everyone was dating
everyone and every weekend
was a different date. If someone
did that in Mexico, it would be
really bad, they would have
a really bad reputation.
Like many exchange
students, Apar-
cios time
at BYU is coming to a close, and
she will soon return to Portugal,
but there are things she will miss
about the culture here.
Here all the people are so kind
and they want to help and they
are willing to show you wherever
you need to go, Aparcio said.
The only opportunities for
charity that she knew of in
Portugal were to donate food to
small charity boxes in grocery
stores. She says that BYU has
inspired her to do more than that.
I think it opened my eyes to
(knowing) there are people out-
side who need my help,
Aparcio said.
Chronic homelessness drops as general homelessness spikes
B y K U R T H A N S O N
A common misconception of
homelessness is a line of peo-
ple with tattered clothes, open
hands and empty stomachs
standing outside a run-down
shelter. However, the plague of
homelessness and poverty usu-
ally goes unseen.
A recent study conducted by
the Utah State Community Ser-
vices Office says chronic home-
lessness in Utah has dropped
from nine percent to three per-
cent in the previous four years.
But Utahs homeless popula-
tion has jumped from 14,351 to
16,522 in only a year. Almost
45 percent of homeless people
come with their families. Of
those families, 70 percent are
led by a single mom.
The average age of a home-
less adult is 38, and the average
homeless child is only seven
years old. Children comprise 30
percent of the homeless popula-
tion. Only .11 percent of Utahs
population is homeless, which
is lower than most states.
Tony Milner sees people
daily who have fallen on hard
times.
Most (of ) the families are
working, the kids are all in
school, Milner said.
Milner is the executive
director of Family Promise
of Salt Lake, an organization
that works with nearby reli-
gious organizations to take in
three to four homeless families
per night. These families then
rotate through churches every
so often. Milner said this works
better than a typical shelter.
Family Promise can tap into
the resources and charity
these religious organizations
are so willing to give. He said
this is why Utah does so well
in comparison to the national
average of homelessness and
why chronic homelessness is
dropping.
This improvement greatly
increases because of that natu-
ral support, Milner said.
Temporary housing, like
that which Family Promise
provides, shows a greater suc-
cess rate at ending homeless-
ness than do shelters. Celest
Eggert, development director
at the Road Home of Salt Lake
,said 86 percent of the people
they see stay in temporary
housing for an average of 30
days, and then they thankfully
never see them again.
Were more than just a
shelter; were all about hous-
ing, Eggert said.
Utah County has signifi-
cantly fewer homeless people.
Seven hundred and seventy-
two people in Utah County are
homeless, compared to 11,187
people in Salt Lake County.
Both of these numbers jumped
since the last year. Milner
said scams such as for profit
schools and low credit, no
credit car dealerships are
taking advantage and target-
ing the poor.
We have such a ridiculous
system in place, Milner said.
Milner said he was disap-
pointed people can get away
with such scams. Although
Milner said he could not point
to one specific reason tempo-
rary homelessness has jumped,
he credits this as a central
reason.
This is the result of years
of undercutting and putting up
institutions against poor folk,
Milner said.
While temporary homeless-
ness soars, those in Salt Lake
County have several places to
seek out while they get back on
their feet. Utah County doesnt
have the same luxury; the main
point of contact is the Food and
Care Coalition.
The mission of the Food and
Care Coalition is to feed the
hungry and help the home-
less find housing in addition
to simply providing housing.
Ten years ago, Utah began an
End Chronic Homelessness
campaign. Part of this plan was
to implement a strategy to help
people find housing.
But the spike in temporary
housing has caused them to
expand their services. Brent
Crane, executive director of
the Food and Care Coalition,
said it was interesting when
they expanded their temporary
housing.
2011 was a bittersweet year
as the coalition was able to
complete 38 transitional hous-
ing units, Crane said.
Eggert said its better to have
transitional housing like this
than shelters. Chronically
homeless people use one bed
and living space at the Road
Home for an extended period of
time, a year on average. Dur-
ing that year, they can also use
the same bed and space for 15
other people. Eggert said the
economy of the state improves
when families can be quickly
transitioned in and out of hous-
ing. And lately, this is what
shes experiencing.
Chronic homelessness is on
the decline and even though
homelessness has spiked, Utah
is prepared to help people turn
around quickly to find housing.
We exist because of the
generosity of our community,
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Cougar football trio to return for 2013 season
B y S p e n c e r W r i g h T
Former BYU offensive coor-
dinator Robert Anae, receiver
Cody Hoffman and linebacker
Kyle Van Noy will be returning
to the BYU football team for the
2013 season.
Robert Anae returns as offen-
sive coordinator for BYU, the job
he held from 2005 until his res-
ignation in 2010. Anae left BYU
to be an offensive line coach and
running game coordinator for
Mike Stoops at the University of
Arizona. Anae returns to a Cou-
gar team that has struggled on
offense the past two seasons. Cou-
gar Head Coach Bronco Menden-
hall feels that his new colleague
is an ideal ft for the 2013 BYU
offense.
I am excited to announce
Robert Anae as BYUs offensive
coordinator, Menhenhall said in
a press release on Jan. 4. Robert
is the ideal person to oversee our
offense, and Im thrilled he will
be returning to BYU.
Anae was key in mentoring
BYU quarterbacks John Beck
and Max Hall. He helped the
Cougar offense to place in the
top 10 in pass offense in 2005, 2006
and 2008. The Native Hawaiian
also helped produce BYUs top
receiver in yards, receptions and
touchdowns in Austin Collie, top
receiving tight end Dennis Pitta,
and the winningest quarterback
of all time Max Hall.
The former Arizona coach is
also excited about being back at
his alma mater.
Id like to thank Tom Holmoe,
Bronco Mendenhall and the BYU
administration for the opportu-
nity to return to BYU, Anae said
in a press release. My family
and I look forward to an outstand-
ing experience in a very familiar
place.
Along with Anaes return, the
BYU offense will also be bringing
back its leading wide receiver,
Cody Hoffman. Hoffman was a
2012 All-American honorable
mention and was named MVP of
the 2012 Poinsettia Bowl. Along
with the personal honors, Hoff-
man also had over one-third of
BYUs receptions and yards,
along with 11 of BYUs 25 receiv-
ing touchdowns in 2012.
The leading target for the Cou-
gar quarterbacks in 2012 was
expected by many to go to the
NFL, despite making it clear that
he wasnt sure whether he would
go or not.
Hoffman said he was 50-50
on whether he would return to
BYU or go to the NFL during an
interview with the Salt Lake Tri-
bune at the beginning of Decem-
ber. On Dec. 28, the wide receiver
from California announced, how-
ever, that he would be staying
with BYU.
Im proud to announce Ill be
returning to BYU for my senior
year, Hoffman said.
The final member of the
returning trio is All-American
linebacker Kyle Van Noy. Van
Noy will look to improve upon
his award-flled 2012 season with
even more success in his 2013
senior season.
Ive decided to stay and com-
plete my senior season at BYU,
Van Noy said in a press release. I
plan to fnish what I started and
feel like Ive still got some unfn-
ished business.
The outside linebacker from
Reno, Nev., will look to lead the
Cougar defense during its dif-
ficult campaign in 2013 that
includes Virginia, Texas, Utah,
Utah State, Boise State, Wiscon-
sin and Notre Dame.
During 2012 Van Noy received
the 2012 CFPA Linebacker Tro-
phy, second team All-American
honors from CBSSports.com
and third team honors from the
Associated Press. He was a key
fgure on the No. 3 ranked Cougar
defense. Van Noy led the Cougars
in sacks and tackles for loss and
forced a school record six fum-
bles in 2012. Van Noy also led the
Cougars with two touchdowns in
BYUs 236 Poinsettia Bowl win
over SDSU.
BYU basketball beats Broncos on the road
B y S U g e n e L e e
BYU mens basketball team
dealt the Santa Clara Broncos
their third loss in a row on Sat-
urday with a 8264 victory.
Tyler Haws scored a game-
high 24 points, on 1014 shoot-
ing, to go along with five
rebounds and three steals.
Brock Zylstra contributed 15
points of his own, going three
for four beyond the arc, and
Matt Carlino continued his
strong conference play with 13
points, three steals and a team-
high eight assists.
Coming out of the gate with
intensity was a point of empha-
sis for the Cougars and on Sat-
urday BYU showed a consistent
effort for 40 minutes, just like
BYU head coach Dave Rose
wanted.
Theres no question the
key to this win was the teams
effort, Rose said. It was the
best Ive seen for a full 40 min-
utes all season. Our coaching
staff did a great job preparing
the guys for this Santa Clara
team, and our guys were able
to execute the way we prepared
them to execute.
The players also had a solid
understanding of the game
plan against Santa Clara.
We knew theyd come out
strong at the start of the game
so we just had to be patient
until we got a run of our own,
Haws said. Everyone really
stepped up.
Anson Winders defense was
big for the Cougars in guard-
ing the Broncos guards. He
fnished with a season-high
10 points and four rebounds
off the bench and kept Bronco
guard Kevin Foster, who went
scoreless the last 13 minutes of
the game, in check.
BYU played with great
energy on the defensive end,
which led to easy scoring out
in transition. SCU fnished
the game shooting only 38.5
percent from the feld. BYU
fnished on 53.6 percent shoot-
ing, including a second half
180 run that left SCU score-
less for seven minutes.
Foster got off to a slow start,
but still scored 22 points and
became the WCC all-time
three-point leader with his frst
three-pointer halfway through
the frst half. After Saturdays
game, he has a total of 366 made
three-pointers.
Broncos forward Marc Tra-
solinis double-double effort,
17 points and 14 rebounds, was
also spoiled by the Cougars.
Five Cougars scored in
double fgures, and the team
remains undefeated in con-
ference play with a 40 record
and a 144 overall record. Rose
could not be happier with the
direction his team is moving
in.
I have confdence in all of
our players fve of them play,
eight of them practice but
want to play, Rose said. Its
hard to decide who to put in but
Im confdent now in our guys
that I can put in any of them
and theyll step up when I need
them to. Im really happy with
how this team is turning out.
The Cougars welcome the
Saint Marys Gaels to the Mar-
riott Center Wednesday at 9:00
p.m. MST and San Diego Tore-
ros Saturday at 7:00 p.m.
BYU
gymnastics
outscores
Utah State
at home
B y B r o o k e A r r i n g T o n
BYU womens gymnastics
outscored Utah State Univer-
sity 194.075189.425, with the
Aggies team losing a player
due to an injury in the first
home meet of the season.
BYU led Utah State by .650
at the end of the first set, each
team displaying great talent
on the vault and bar. Eliane
Kulczyk, a freshman from Que-
bec, Canada, opened the meet
strong with 9.750 on bars for
BYU. Utah States Paige Jones
quickly matched Kulczyks
score. BYUs Madeline Nils-
son also scored a 9.750 on bars
for BYU. Megan Bain scored
a 9.85 for BYU on the uneven
bars, leading Utah States top
scorer by .050.
In the next set, Michelle
Yasukochi of Utah State could
not land the first element of
her f loor routine, leaving the
meet immediately. She had
competed the first two events
with a taped ankle.
The routine of the night was
performed by Bain, scoring a
startling 9.90 on the beam.
I always do arm sets, Bain
said, when asked about her
beam routine. Thats what
really prepares me and gets
me mentally ready. We were
expecting to have a really good
meet this week; we had a really
strong start last week.
BYU coach Brad Cattermole
stated in a press release this
meets goal was to score above
a 195. The Cougars fell just
short, scoring 194.075, but it
was enough to put the Aggies
away.
We did okay. You never
like to count a fall, Catter-
mole said. The ones who fell
were freshman, they have to
experience it a few times to
get used to it. I was happy with
the ones who scored really
well. I thought on vault we
competed a lot better than we
scored. We are moving in the
right direction. They are get-
ting out there, working hard.
Everyone is fighting through
it, and Im really proud of their
attitudes.
The gymnastics team will
compete in the Texas Womens
Quad Meet on Jan. 19 in Den-
ton, Texas.
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BYU wide receiver cody hoffman runs for a touchdown against new
Mexico State during the 2012 season.
photo by elliott Miller
BYU forward Brandon Davies dunks during a game earlier in the
season. The cougars play two games this week.
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Tips and myths of a good interview
Prepare yourself
for a successful
and confident
interview
B y C A S E Y R H O T O N
Nate Dennis walks into a
room with only a long wooden
table polished to the point it
reflects the light above, leather-
lined chairs and two nicely
dressed men with scribbled-on
note pads and fancy pens. Once
inside, he reaches across the
table, firmly grasps each of the
outstretched hands, then takes
his place directly across from
the men. Dennis knows the
minute he walks into the room
the minds of the men across
from him are humming with
judgments, and now it is his
time to shine.
Interviewing is a process that
haunts some and excites others.
Either way, many BYU students
find themselves in the hot seat
during their college careers
when job or internship hunting.
Interviewing professionals
and recent interviewees share
their secrets and dispel some
of the long-held myths about
interviewing.
Dennis, an information sys-
tems major from Alpine, is
a BYU student who recently
had his turn in the interview
chair. From his experiences
interviewing, Dennis said he
learned it was OK to not have
the answer to every question.
Admitting you dont know
something is perfectly fine,
Dennis said. They would much
rather you say you dont know
something but you are willing
to learn it than trying to make
something up and lying trying
to cover up your mistakes,
Dennis said.
Dennis also recommends
applying to many positions,
even if they seem like a long
shot. He was able to secure a
competitive internship, and he
contributes his success to prep-
aration before the interview.
Preparation
Troy Nielson, professor
in the Marriott School, said
practice and preparation are
indispensable for a successful
interview. Looking for a job is a
full-time job and requires a lot
of work, specifically practicing
stories that illustrate accom-
plishments and personality.
A lot of it is about good
storytelling, to be honest, he
said. You want to differentiate
yourself between other very
talented people.
Recruiters who come to
campus have said a common
blunder made by BYU students
when interviewing is they
dont talk enough about their
accomplishments. They tend
to undermine themselves
by being what they think is
humble.
BYU students tend to be
humble, and we should be, but
in interviews you should talk
about your accomplishments,
he said. Sometimes students
unnecessarily short cut their
accomplishments or minimize
their accomplishments and
wont talk about them in as
glowing terms as they probably
deserve.
Interviewing myths
A recent concern about inter-
viewing skills is that technol-
ogy is hurting interviewing
and communication skills. Bill
Brady, director of career ser-
vices for the school of accoun-
tancy, said although it is a
valid concern, the workplace is
adapting to technology trends.
That (technology) was an
initial concern, now we are
seeing technology media open-
ing up, Brady said. Will you
ever be able to just text reports
to your clients? Probably not.
But it also depends on who
your client is. As those clients
adopt, and as those clients hire
more of you who are very tech
savvy and very tech oriented,
you will change the employer.
As the baby boomer gen-
eration retires, more technol-
ogy-oriented people are being
hired, and the marketplace is
changing slowly but surely,
according to Brady.
Another myth set straight by
Brady is that networking may
not be all it is cracked up to be.
Networking, the way it is
taught in school, is very gen-
eral, meaning the job secured
through networking will be a
general job.
Networking is for middle-
range jobs; if you want a high-
level job, or a specialized job,
your networking doesnt do
that, Brady said. Generic
networking gets you a generic
position, Brady said. If you
want that specialty job, you
have got to interview and be
that person, and so focused so
they understand what you want
and what you are about.
What employers want
Jeff Klakring, salesman
and interviewer at Qualtrics,
said a good interview is a
conversation, rather than a
one-sided question and answer.
A really good interview is
driven by the applicant when
they ask good questions and
want to know about the culture
of the company, Klakring said.
When the interviewee does
research about the company
and asks meaningful ques-
tions, it shows they care about
the company instead of just
securing a job.
It (no preparation) says, I
want a job. I dont care what it
is. And thats not very impres-
sive in an interview, said
Klakring.
Klakring also recommends
that the interviewee come
with a 30 to 60 second pitch
about who they are. Too often
students are unprepared for
that question and end up telling
boring facts, making them
sound the same as the last guy,
he said.
A good answer is going to
tell about some accomplish-
ments, personality, things
we cant see on the rsum,
Klakring said.
Learning from the visual arts
Who to pay attention to in art history
class Discovering ancient artworks can
be a culturally fulfilling experience
B y K A T E L Y N J O H N S
A painting hangs quietly on
the wall. Some people walk by
quickly, not pausing to even
glance at the colors on the
canvas. Others peek at the
patterns and note the lines but
continue on. One man stops
and takes a breath, soaking in
the swirls and serene shapes of
the painting on the wall.
For many people, visual art
is something to pass by, but
for others, it
is a vital part
of life and
learning.
M a r k
M a g l e b y ,
director of
the Museum
of Art (MOA)
and profes-
sor at BYU,
explained the
importance of
the visual arts
in a students
education.
The visual
worl d i s
s o me t h i n g
t hat t he
digital age has
made more
accessible to
us, he said.
Visual art
is just as
i mp o r t a n t
as literary
h e r i t a g e
in past cultures and past
civilizations. The visual arts
give you a clue as to the very
nature of previous civilizations
as you look at their priorities
what were they depicting,
what were they not depicting.
It becomes a hierarchy of their
values.
Students study Roman civ-
ilization by studying their
sculptures and architecture,
the Egyptians by their stone-
work and paintings and Native
Americans by their bead work
and cloth. Studying the visual
arts can help students under-
stand not only past civiliza-
tions, but present cultures as
well.
Cultures have depicted
themselves as they want to be
seen by them-
selves and by
out si ders,
M a g l e b y
said. Visual
art is often
the best thing
a culture can
produce.
I n t e r -
preting and
studying art
can seem
like a tedious
process, but
people can
study art on
many differ-
ent levels.
M a r i a n
Wardle, cura-
tor of Ameri-
can art for
the MOA,
e x p l a i n e d
that on one
level, people
can analyze
s t r u c t u r e
and pattern, while on another,
they can connect with the art
and feel what the artist felt.
The artist is a member
of a particular community
and society at a particular
time, Wardle said. As such,
his or her work reects that
particular historical or social
moment. A work of art is an
experience that happened in
the past and continues to live
in the present. Just like good
literature, it can speak to your
art and it can speak to your
mind.
Wardle said students dont
have to enjoy only the tradi-
tional arts, but rather, they
can explore other forms of
visual art like quilts and vin-
tage posters.
Martha Peacock, art
historian and professor at
BYU, studies specifically
17th-century Dutch domestic
imagery, which depicts Dutch
women in various settings.
She said studying women in
Dutch art helped students
understand both historic and
present domestic roles.
It gives them a kind of new
respect for their gender and
see the kind of impact they can
make historically, Peacock
said.
James Swensen, professor of
art history at BYU, loved the
time he spent with students
abroad studying the visual
arts in Europe. He explained
why all students should make
the visual arts a part of their
education.
More people are not
seeing things and exposing
t hemselves to real ly
remarkabl e pai nt i ng,
sculpture and ideas during
their college career, Swensen
said. Those are things that
will benet your life. Anything
we can do to increase our
understanding of (the) visual
arts will benefit every part of
us.
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Interviewing experts stress being prepared to say something about yourself in an interview. Interviewees should prepare a 30 to 60 second pitch to share at their interview.
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high on the
49-Across
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14 Federal
watchdog agcy.
15 Complete
16 Swear
17 Half an Asian
capital?
18 Cache
19 End of a
haircut?
20 ___-engine
21 Stick (to)
22 Vixen feature
24 Leaned in one
direction
26 Typee sequel
27 Verbalized
28 Won
32 Delivery person
34 Programs
35 Nigerian native
36 House starter
or ender
37 Substance in
the middle of
the 49-Across
38 Program
39 Actress Long
40 Avid
41 Lifts
42 Contemporary
of Aeschylus
44 N.L. East team,
informally
45 Place for cargo
46 Fictional
captive in
carbonite
49 Theme of this
puzzle
52 Mich. neighbor
53 Destructive
pest
54 ___-Tass news
agency
55 Foolable
57 DVR system
58 Pop
59 Hold off
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leader Weizman
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lines: Abbr.
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low on the
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Abbr.
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Mr. Monopoly
2 The Mary Tyler
Moore Show
co-star
3 Arrange
4 Deli choice
5 Whole lot
6 Chipped in
7 Cargo vessel
8 E.E.C. part:
Abbr.
9 More erotic
10 Unreal
11 Elliptical
12 Fat chance!
13 Pitcher
23 Entre ___
25 Lieutenant
___ of Forrest
Gump
26 Command
28 Lugs
29 Speculate
superficially
30 PayPal
purchaser
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32 Dominates
33 Charles in
Charge star
34 Imprisoned
37 Big name in
flying
38 Beats
40 Subj. for a
forest ranger
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43 Scarletts kin
44 Futuristic
weapons
46 Gathered, as
bees
47 Energize
48 Olfactory
ticklers
49 Do some online
skulduggery
50 Place, as cargo
51 Womens
rights pioneer
Elizabeth ___
Stanton
52 Surcharge item
in many hotels
56 Federal agcy. of
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5 Like the DVD
version of a
movie, maybe
10 Bay Area force:
Abbr.
14 Time for
eggnog
15 Challenge for
movers
16 Rocks Mtley
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17 Deice, in a way
18 Chinese
appetizer
20 Henry VIIIs
house
22 Did some
modeling
23 Opposite of
raises
24 Line of
symmetry
26 R and R all by
oneself
28 Slop trough
locale
30 F.D.I.C. part
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Talent network
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that doesnt
affect ones
grade point
average
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39 Big work
40 Campaign
season org.
42 Grp. joined by
Albania and
Croatia in 2009
43 When
dodgeball may
be played
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cheese quality
49 Shame!
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53 Canine coating
55 Blessing
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liniment
59 Bridal bio word
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props
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of fashion
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puzzles three
long Down
answers
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say
71 Fraternity
letters
72 2010 mining
disaster locale
73 Bread with
tabouli
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concern
2 Party with
a roast pig,
perhaps
3 Treat on a
69-Across
4 Betty Ford
Center
program, for
short
5 Co. with a
brown logo
6 Sips from flasks
7 Treat on a
69-Across
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Bush, self-
descriptively
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bricks
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69-Across
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13 Singers
Shannon and
Reeves
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21 Jazz line
25 Privateers
domain
27 Cause of a
baseball out
28 Hurling or
curling
29 Nixons undoing
in Watergate
31 Dance move
33 Cookie bakers
yield
34 Becomes
tiresome
36 Vane dir.
38 Start of a long-
distance call
41 Junkyard dog
44 Near miss,
perhaps
45 Bottom line
47 Penpoint
48 Classic muscle
cars
51 120 yards, for
a football field
54 Spanish babies
56 Like some beer
at a bar
57 Dance move
58 Messengers at
Hogwarts
60 S.A.S.E., e.g.:
Abbr.
62 Sharpie tip
material
63 Celestial beast
65 Iran-contra org.
66 Barely make,
with out
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1 See 5-Across
5 With 1-Across,
hybrid teas
ancestor
10 Noxious
compounds,
briefly
14 Wir leben
Autos sloganeer
15 Kind of cortex
16 Detrained, e.g.
17 Turn me on,
dead man,
supposedly, in
the Beatles
Revolution 9
20 Go off
21 Next-to-last word
in the Lords
Prayer
22 Like sherpas
23 Nicks producing
cuts?
25 Early
psychoanalyst
Coriat
28 Coastal diver
29 Flirt, maybe
32 Morsel for a
ladybug
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spoon (The
Matrix line)
35 Apology start
36 Subject of a
2007 YouTube
sensation
40 Many a
beneficiary
41 Longtime
Headlines
reader
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crashes
43 One way to
watch movies
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47 On the schedule
48 Bundled, say
51 Enlightened
Buddhist
53 Need to keep
ones place?
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56 Go nowhere
60 Become clumped
61 Ivys support,
maybe
62 How a ship might
turn
63 Olympic vehicle
64 Like rats nests
65 Intrigue, once,
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2 Some deceptive
designs
3 Order
confirmation?
4 Rotarian relative
5 Chickenhearted
6 On hand
7 Little by little
8 Many vets recall
it
9 Bitter, e.g.
10 Relay
11 Missouris first
elected female
senator
12 N.Y.C. racetrack
moniker
13 Antique gun
18 Eccentric
19 Actress
Thompson
24 Course through
the body?
26 Panasonic
subsidiary
27 Yours, in Paris
30 Hot dog!
31 Hot dogs, say
32 Tail of a dog?
33 Zero-spin particle
34 The L Word
producer Chaiken
37 Realty reference
38 Big blasts from
the past, briefly
39 Actress Rowlands
44 Opposite of down
45 ___ Hari
46 Hall-of-Fame
football coach
Tom
49 Sniggled
50 Accounts
51 Nuts and bolts
52 Not fantastic
54 1961 space
chimp
57 Friend of Frodo
58 Cinque minus
due
59 Way overseas
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weapons
6 Brasserie list
11 Buster Keaton
missile
14 Notable time
span
15 Malaria may
cause these
16 The Fair Maid
of the ___
(Renaissance
comedy)
17 The library in
an old mansion
may have one
19 Initials seen
at a checkout
counter
20 Doe in a Disney
film
21 One thrown
from a horse?
22 Peek-___
23 Penne ___
vodka
25 60s protest
sign
27 Besmirches
28 Check
information
29 State of France
30 Top of a
wardrobe
35 Extent to which
you may do as
you please
41 Dragon in a
2008 best
seller
42 Demanding sort
43 Certain jelly
47 Brief race
distance, briefly
48 Having firm
control
54 Simple
55 Direction in a
bartender guide
56 Like Braille
characters
58 Numerical
prefix
59 C.P.A., at times:
Abbr.
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words or
a hint to 17-,
25-, 35- and
48-Across
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the face turn
red
63 Not act subtly
64 Readies
65 Louis Malles
___ Amants
66 Foundation
layer
67 Sporty 1990s
Toyota
DOWN
1 Take your
chairs
2 Like many a
restaurant
drive-thru
3 Small-
town paper,
informally
4 Unlike this
clue: Abbr.
5 Silverstein of
kid-lit
6 State of the
Union director,
1948
7 Lets take it
from the top
8 Charge
9 Where crowns
go
10 Night school
subj.
11 Old-time
bowling alley
worker
12 1040 figure
13 Get dressed
18 Q neighbor
22 Law school-
sanctioning org.
24 Sci. major
26 ___ du combat
30 Actress
Benaderet
31 Place for
parking
32 Many a time
33 Amateur film
subject, maybe
34 Sign of success
36 Prepare
a plaque,
perhaps
37 Ancient land
around todays
Jordan
38 Some furniture
sets
39 Like a mushy
banana, say
40 Catchphrase of
Jean-Luc Picard
on Star Trek:
T.N.G.
43 Attack
44 Stitch up
45 Safari sightings
46 Suffix with
bombard
49 It might whet
your appetite
50 Some iPods
51 Ill second
that
52 Steel city of
Germany
53 Drops on the
field?
57 Co-star of
DiCaprio in
Whats Eating
Gilbert Grape
60 J.F.K. or F.D.R.
61 Constellation
next to
Scorpius
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