The screech of the spiral saw slicing through newly installed drywall drowns out any chance of conver-sation, but to Teddy Van Hove and

Brandon Fick, it’s the sweet sound of prog-ress.

Fick, 25, and Van Hove, 20, are the new co-owners of “The District,” an upscale bar located in the former “Charlie Yokes” building on Lincoln Way. The two bought the space on Oct. 2 and are in the process of giving the interior a complete face-lift.

While Charlie Yokes is now history, Fick and Van Hove can credit the old bar for put-ting the two investors together. Van Hove was a bartender when Fick left his job at Es Tas to become a manager at Charlie Yokes. The two are now almost inseparable.

“We’re pretty much always together,” Fick said.

The pair not only owns the bar, but Fick owns part of Van Hove’s first business, Blue Pine Lawn & Landscape.

If that wasn’t enough to keep Van Hove busy, he spent last weekend training at Camp Dodge in Johnston with the 194th Field Ar-tillery Regiment of the Iowa National Guard and goes to school at DMACC. Private First-Class Van Hove is registered to attend Iowa State full-time next semester.

Van Hove said he knew he was too busy to run a bar by himself.

“I was like, ‘I can’t run a college bar by myself when I can’t even drink legally,’ so I started talking to Brandon a lot more and we kind of came together,” Van Hove said. “[We] figured out how much we would want to pay to actually buy the business and how much we were willing to pay for remodels.”

The owners said they plan to evenly split the day-to-day operations of both businesses and combine everything together into one business.

Fick and Van Hove said they saw a void in the types of bars Campustown had to offer.

“We’re trying to go for a little more of an upscale theme,” Fick said. “All the bars in [Campustown] were in major need of reno-vation, but no one has taken the time or the money to renovate. We wanted to raise the

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Surefire Fitness is hosting Haiti After Dark, a workout event in the dark with a DJ where peo-ple can be covered in glow sticks and paint.

The event is from 7 to 8:30 p.m. tonight at Surefire Fitness, 126 S. 3rd St. The event is in-tended to raise money for Mis-sion Starfish Haiti.

Exercisers must be at least 10 years old. Donations can range from $10 to $10,000, with five different donation levels. The

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M i s s i o n S t a r f i s h H a i t i , started by ISU graduate Silen-tor Thomas Esthil-Henderson in 2012, aims to provide children in the poorest regions of Haiti with education opportunities. On Oct. 1, 2012, 172 students attended the school in Gonaives, Haiti. Now serving children in grades kinder-garten through third, MSH hopes to add a grade each year until the school can serve children kinder-garten through ninth grade.

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Kelby Wingert/Iowa State DailyTeddy Van Hove, left, and Brandon Fick, right, joined forces to purchase the bar formerly known as Charlie Yokes on Lincoln Way. The two are remodeling the space into an upscale bar called The District.

By Matthew.Rezab@iowastatedaily.com

Roughly 66 transgender peo-ple were murdered this year in the U.S, said Brad Freihoefer, direc-tor of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Student Services.

International Transgender Day of Remembrance is a rec-ognized day to honor those in the transgender community who have lost their lives from acts of hate.

“People have lost loved ones, family members, and partners due to the choices of others re-garding gender. That’s heart-breaking,” Freihoefer said.

Freihoefer said the day is held not only as a vigil for those murdered, but as a day to “make sure that people become aware that this is a real issue.”

We have to realize we can actually do something to change this, Freihoefer said.

In order to do so, he said students, parents and people in general need to ask what gender really is.

“We all have an idea of what gender is, but we may not under-stand the broad spectrum of what it really is,” said Freihoefer.

He said it’s necessary to have these difficult lengthy conversa-tions, but without them, progress cannot be made and inclusive welcome spaces will be few and far between.

For some of our students, they experience someone getting their name wrong, gender wrong or pronouns wrong all because of how they’re choosing to express their gender, said Freihoefer.

Jasmine Scholefield, member of Gamma Rho Lambda and a

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The DistrictNew upscale bar comes to Lincoln Way, hopes to add diversity to nightlife scene

THE DISTRICT p8TRANSGENDER p8

Kelby Wingert/Iowa State DailySawdust covers most of the floor and surrounding areas at The District, a new upscale bar owned by Teddy Van Hove and Brandon Fick. The new owners want The District to be different than other bars in the area.

P r e s i d e n t O b a m a a n -nounced sweeping changes to immigration law during a pri-metime speech to the nation Thursday evening.

The President, who spoke for a little over 10 minutes from the East Room of the White House, announced he will by-pass Congress via executive ac-tion to make changes to Amer-ica’s immigration law. At the heart of the President’s plan is deportation relief to almost five million immigrants who are in the United States illegally.

“The fact is, millions of im-migrants in every state, of every race and nationality will still live here illegally,” Obama said. “And let’s be honest, tracking down, rounding up and deporting mil-lions of people isn’t realistic.”

Obama’s plan will protect up to five million immigrants who are in the United States illegally for three years by is-suing work permits. The plan will protect parents of legal U.S. residents or residents who hold a green card. Obama’s plan will also include more protection for those who were brought into the country illegally as children, an expansion of the deferred action program from 2012.

“If you meet the criteria, you can come out of the shadows and get right with the law. If you’re a criminal, you’ll be deported. If you plan to enter the U.S. il-legally, your chances of getting

caught and sent back just went up,” Obama said, mentioning increased border security also included in the plan.

The White House also noted in a blog post that any of those eligible for relief under this plan must have been in the country for five or more years, pass a background check and pay back taxes.

“It’s a bold move,” said Da-vid Andersen, assistant profes-sor of political science. “I think Obama is extremely frustrated with the lack of action from Con-

gress, and he’s clearly decided that he is going to use the powers of the Presidency to make some policy accomplishments.”

Zoe Kustritz, president of the Iowa State University College Democrats, said she was glad Obama is taking action.

“I’m glad the President is taking action on this issue be-cause it’s so important right now,” Kustritz said. “There are really not a whole lot [of lawmak-ers] doing anything in Congress

Obama to make executive action on immigration laws, bypasses Congress

Official White House PhotoPresident Barack Obama works on his immigration speech with Director of Speech-writing Cody Keenan and Senior Presidential Speechwriter David Litt in the Oval Office on Wednesday. Obama plans to issue an exacutive order on immigration.

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Nov. 16An individual reported receiv-ing harassing communica-tions at Armory (reported at 1:03 p.m.). An officer investigated a prop-erty damage collision at Lot 62 (reported at 3:21 p.m.). Officers checked the welfare of a resident at Schilletter Vil-lage (reported at 11:50 p.m.).

Nov. 17An officer assisted an indi-vidual who was experiencing medical difficulties at Union Drive Community Center (re-ported at 9:33 a.m.).

An individual reported the theft of a laptop computer at Frederiksen Court (reported at 9:57 a.m.). An individual reported re-ceiving a telephone call that involved a fraud at East Hall (reported at 12:03 p.m.). An individual reported being assaulted by an acquaintance at Friley Hall (reported at 11:52 a.m.). An officer initiated a drug re-lated investigation at Armory

(reported at 1:47 p.m.). An individual reported a man behaving in an unusual man-ner at Friley Hall (reported at 2:57 p.m.).

Nov. 18An individual reported unau-thorized charges were made to a credit card at Friley Hall (reported at 2:54 p.m.). An off icer investigated a personal injury collision at Mortensen Road and State Av-enue (reported at 3:56 p.m.).

Nov. 19An individual reported pry marks on two doors at LeBar-on Hall (reported at 5:32 a.m.). An officer investigated a prop-erty damage collision at Zum-walt Station Farm (reported at 8:07 a.m.). An individual reported a pos-sible bank related fraud at Wilson Hall (reported at 11:46 a.m.). An individual reported a pos-sible bank related fraud at Frederiksen Court (reported at 3:09 p.m.).

Police BlotterThe information in the log comes from the ISU and City of Ames police depart-ments’ records.

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

Nov. 21Cyclone Cinema: The Grand Budapest HotelStarts at 7 p.m.The adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous hotel from the fic-tional Republic of Zubrowka between the first and sec-ond World Wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend.

Dance Social7:30 to 9:45 p.m.Free dance social hosted by the ISU Ballroom Dance Club. Singles welcome. Dress is ca-sual; indoor shoes or socks are required.

Nov. 22Men’s HockeyStarts at 7:30 p.m.

ISU vs. Colorado State (Ameri-can Collegiate Hockey As-sociation).

CalendarAll event listings are courtesy of the ISU events calendar at events.iastate.edu.

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College of Business history

The College of Business at Iowa State is celebrating its 30th anniversary. After reading the Daily’s article, check out the news section of the Daily’s app for more information including a history of the College of Business.

Sports desk talks basketball

The ISU men’s basket-ball team will continue in the CBE classic tournament next week while the wom-en’s basketball will play Cincinnati and then enter the St. Mary’s Thanksgiving Tournament. Members of the ISD sports desk talked the upcoming games for both teams in a podcast under the multimedia sec-tion of the Daily’s website.

Facts, legislation about pit bulls

In his piece, colum-nist Snyder argues against breed-specific legislation that limits ownerships of certain dogs, especially pit bulls. For more information on the subject, go online to the opinion section of the Daily’s app.

ISU celebrates International Night

ISU student organiza-tions held their annual In-ternational Night on Thurs-day. The event included dance performances and a fashion show. To find a photo gallery of Interna-tional Night, go online to the multimedia section of the Daily’s website.

Housing help for grad students

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FACES IN THE CROWD

What are your Fall Break plans?

Jessica Darland/Iowa State DailyKessehu James, senior in supply chain and apparel merchandising and design said, “I’m working extra hours because the Department of Residence allows CA’s, if they want to, to stay to work and get paid more.”

Jessica Darland/Iowa State DailyBryannah Slate, freshman in apparel merchandising said, “I’m hanging out with my family and friends and going to downtown Chicago. I live like a half hour away from it.”

Jessica Darland/Iowa State DailyDr. Alan Wanamaker, assistant professor in geological and atmospheric sciences said, “I’m going to spend a bit of time with family, eat some good food, and work in my office where it’s going to be nice and quiet.”

A girl wearing a full-length, long sleeved white dress with her hair covered by purple scarves hustled behind the Great Hall stage as she prepared to showcase her culture at International Night.

Students from different countries showed off tradi-tional clothing while per-forming cultural dances for the grand finale of Interna-tional Week at International Night on Thursday, which took place in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union.

A Korean flute, called a Danso, played as the Asian Pacific American Aware-ness Coalition and Cyclone Breakers opened up the show with hip hop dancing. Other performing countries included: Sri Lanka, China, Malaysia, Ukraine and In-dia.

James Dorsett, the di-rector of the International Students and Scholars, wel-comed the audience to In-ternational Night and talked a bit about why it’s impor-tant to the university.

“International week is a great opportunity for Iowa State University to showcase international cul-tures,” Dorsett said. “And this makes people want to

learn more about the rest of the world.”

Allen Erika Robles, the Association of International Student Organizations co-ordinator and freshman in kinesiology and health, said about 300 to 400 people at-tend the event each year.

“Tonight’s event is the gathering and final show for the International Week. I really hope people can enjoy tonight’s show,” she said, “I think it’s a great time for people to feel different cul-tures.”

Savannah Putnam, the executive secretary of Inter-national Student Council and senior in biology, said she thought this year was successful.

“This year’s Interna-tional Week is the most successful among the past few years,” Putnam said. “The purpose to hold these events is to get more people evolved to share their na-tional cultures.”

The show was free to attend and about 30 people waited outside of the Great Hall before the show even started.

Mengwei Xue, a junior in advertising from China, was welcomed to the event by the International Student Council.

“This is my first year joining the International Week. I cannot wait to see

the show and have a fun time talking to people from other countries,” Xue said before the show started.

Performers had been practicing for weeks to pre-pare for their performances.

Lakshmi Attigala, a graduate student from Sri Lanka, majoring in ecology, evolution and organismal biology, said she was excited to perform.

“The dance that we are going to perform is a tradi-tional dance from Sri Lanka. We have two male perform-ers and two female per-formers. It’s been great to have these two male danc-ers practicing with us,” she said. “They are professional dancers who have learned how to dance more than 15 years.”

The classical dance by Sri Lankan Student Associa-tion was called “Kandyan,” a show dedicated to admir-ing elephants. The women wore headdresses and the men wore Wes Thattuwa, another type of headdress.

The Malaysian Student Association performed a dance called “Nirmala.”

“This dance was dif-ferent than the one we did for last year, this one has the most traditional songs and mixed with modern and traditional cultural,” said Hajar Ghafar, a junior in hospitality management

from Malaysia. “I like both year’s dances, and I hope my audiences will like it too. I grew up in Malay cultures. We have very open mind of dancing.”

Another performance was a Guang Hwa Lion Dance, a dance believed

to bring good fortune and prosperity while chasing away evil spirits, from the Association of Malaysian Students. Motion Sickness also performed a blend of hip-hop, jazz and modern dance.

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The night ended on an international fashion show showcasing traditional cul-tural backgrounds from dif-ferent organizations.

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O n l y 3 0 y e a r s a g o , Iowa State University’s Col-lege of Business was just a dream.

The reality didn’t come true until July 1, 1984, when the College of Business Ad-ministration was officially formed.

Record enrol lment for the university was es-tablished that year with 26,321 students, accord-ing to the ISU Fact Book. Iowa State’s first Bachelor of Business Administration degrees were awarded to 205 of those students that fall semester.

Paula Morrow, uni-versity professor in man-agement, began teaching at Iowa State in 1978. She remembers the conception of the college.

“When I first started, we were the Department of Industrial Administration within the College of, what was called then, Sciences

and Humanities, which is today’s Liberal Arts and Sciences,” Morrow said. “Becoming a college was [an] important milestone for us.”

Morrow believed be-coming a college helped convey to the outside world that business had the same stature as the other educa-tional units on campus. She said the college became “analogous to engineer-ing, agriculture or human sciences.”

Jim Kurtenbach, asso-ciate professor of account-ing, too remembered a time before the College of Busi-ness.

“I graduated in ‘80, four years before we be-came a college,” Kurten-bach said.

He graduated from the Department of Indus-trial Administration with an emphasis on technol-ogy and engineering. He said he felt fortunate with his opportunities at Iowa State, even though he was never a student in the Col-

lege of Business. He was able to take the very first management information system courses taught at Iowa State in the late 1970s.

“For me ISU, the then Department of Industrial Administration and today, the College of Business, are institutions I’m very proud to have been associ-ated with all these years,” Kurtenbach said of his 23 years of involvement with the university.

Although Kurtenbach had no complaints about his education, Morrow said she believes the changes made to the institution were necessary.

The most important impact becoming a college had on the institution was the name recognition for students on their diplomas and resumes, Morrow said.

“It’s much more com-municative than industrial administration,” she said.

T h e e s t a b l i s h m e n t gained the school the sep-arate majors of account-ing, marketing, finance and

management.Morrow said it meant

students no longer had to compromise for a major in industrial administration with a specialization in one of those areas.

“The facilities were not very suitable for business education,” she also said.

She said today, the col-lege’s business-teaching environment, with its tiered classrooms, state of the art technology and interactive teaching methods, is more representative of corporate experiences.

“Our faculty and staff has grown commensurate-ly with our undergradu-ate population,” Morrow said. “[Some of the success comes from] the profes-sional advisers and then the faculty being able to carve out more time to have more in-depth conversations with students.”

Kurtenbach said, un-like Morrow, he doesn’t think so much about the aspects that have changed.

“I tend to think more about the things that have stayed the same as the col-lege has grown very large,” he said. “We have faculty [who] are extremely fo-cused on students and the student experience.”

Kurtenbach said the memories he’s made with the college has stuck with

him for years.“The memories that I

have all resonate around both the faculty and the students being connected on a journey together,” he said. “The best memories I have as a student were of faculty who would actually sit down and talk and look at career opportunities. And today my most memo-rable experiences revolve around the students and the relationships I have kept.”

Kurtenbach said build-ing connections while in college are key.

“The relationships that you build and the connec-tions that you keep strong, because we’re all on this journey together, really defines ISU College of Busi-ness,” he said.

Morrow related to Kur-tenbach’s feelings about faculty-student connec-tions.

“I’ve always tried to connect with each student individually,” Morrow said.

Morrow said it’s some-times difficult to connect when the classes are large, but she always had a policy of coming to campus every day and she has encour-aged students to drop by the office without appoint-ments.

She said she always worked to make herself

accessible to her students. Morrow said that in the 36 years she has been teach-ing, the college has been accessible to her as well.

“The College of Busi-ness has been extremely supportive in other facets of my job which students are perhaps not so aware of, which is the research expectations,” she said.

The institution pro-vides professors with finan-cial and research support, such as graduate assistants, computers and software.

“There’s endless op-portunities in front of us — there’s a wealth of ex-perience behind us,” Kur-tenbach said. “The college, and the students who make up the college, are only go-ing to make it stronger as we go through the next de-cades.”

While the College of Business is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, they are also celebrating the 10-year anniversary of their facility, the Gerdin Building. The building was made possible by a person-al monetary donation from Russ Gerdin and his family.

“I think we are really indebted to them,” Morrow said. “Without Mr. Gerdin’s generosity, this building would have never occurred. We are continually thrilled to have it.”

By Brianna Levandowski,contributor to the Daily

College of Business celebrates 30th anniversaryMichael Rowley/Iowa State Daily

The Gerdin Business Building has been on campus for 10 years now and also houses the College of Business. Russ Gerdin and his family made a personal monetary donation to help pay for the creation of the building.

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OPINION 5Friday, Nov. 21, 2014

Breed-specific legisla-tion, or BSL, as it is applied to dogs, can

be defined as the creation of laws intended to restrict or prohibit the ownership of particular breeds that law-makers hold to be inherent-ly dangerous to the public. The breed most commonly legislated against across the nation and in Iowa, is the American Pit Bull Ter-rier and breeds related to pit bulls.

As an owner of a pit bull and the former owner of a German Shepherd-Rottwei-ler mix — two more breeds that are legislated against in some parts of the nation and this state — I hold my own obvious and unrelenting bi-ases regarding the blanket-banning of any dog based upon its breed alone.

That being said, bad dogs certainly exist, but there is no such thing as a bad breed.

There are over 80 cities in Iowa that have passed breed-specific ordinances relating specifically to pit bulls, according to dogsbite.org, a website that dedicates itself to “putting the safety of humans before dogs,” as though owners of pit bulls or supporters of reform for BSL value the safety of dogs over humans.

Such assumptions are illogical and-if I’m speaking freely-idiotic. Not to men-tion the fact that the claims of organizations like dogs-bite.org twist statistics to suit their needs when they claim that pit bulls make up only five percent of the dog population and therefore seem disproportionately more likely to attack.

Such claims are not even based on actual statis-tics because those statistics don’t actually exist. There has been no Center for Dis-ease Control measure of dog bites or injuries by breed since 1998.

In fact, cities like Cal-gary have seen decreases in bites while the pit bull population has increased, thanks to early education about dog bite prevention and breed-neutral dog laws.

One city ordinance which perfectly exemplifies a sheer lack of contempla-tion regarding the enforce-ment of BSL, is Ottumwa city ordinance 7-61, which prohibits dangerous ani-mals.

According to the ordi-nance, a dangerous animal is “any animal that is not naturally tame or gentle, and that is of a wild nature or disposition, and that is capable of killing, inflicting serious injury upon, or caus-ing disease among human beings or domestic animals and having known tenden-cies as a species to do so.”

Animals that made the

list explicitly as part of the ordinance include, but are not limited to: alligators, bears, lions, monkeys, rac-coons, wolves, Gila mon-sters, sharks and last, but not least, pit bull terriers and any crossbreed of such animals that have similar characteristics to the ani-mals specified above.

I can offer no better ex-ample to prove that these laws are drafted in igno-rance and driven by irra-tional fears. Laughable as I may find the law to be, it is still enforced.

Another example is Des Moines’ city ordinance 18-41, the BSL I found to be the most disheartening during my research because it is my home city. The ordinance states that the ownership of any vicious dog shall be prohibited. The ordinance definition for a vicious dog is quoted as follows-with some elements removed for the sake of brevity.

Any dog which has bit-ten or attacked a human being or domestic animal one or more times, with-out provocation is a vicious dog. Any dog with a history, tendency or disposition to attack, to cause injury or to otherwise endanger the safety of human beings or domestic animals; Any dog that snaps, bites, or mani-fests a disposition to snap or bite.

Any dog that has been trained for dog fighting, ani-mal fighting or animal bait-ing or is owned or kept for such purposes is considered a vicious dog.

Any dog trained to at-tack human beings, upon command or spontaneously in response to human ac-tivities, except dogs owned by and under the control of the police department, a law enforcement agency of the state or of the United States or a branch of the armed forces of the United States is considered a vicious dog.

Any Staffordshire ter-rier breed, the American pit bull terrier breed and any dog which has the appear-ance and characteristics of being predominately of the breeds of Staffordshire terrier, American pit bull terrier, American Stafford-shire terrier is considered a vicious dog.

Do you see how close they came to following a log-ical and proactive thought process in writing the law? Every description of a vi-cious dog was reasoned and based upon the actions of the dog all the way up until that final paragraph. Now, any dog merely resembling a pit bull is vicious? How can we throw the blanket term “vicious” over the fifth most popular family dog in the state of Iowa? Even when breed legislation is “spe-cific,” it still falls back on vague and generic diction.

No dog is, by the nature of its breed, dangerous. The

danger comes from poor training, lack of training, or downright mistreatment of the animal. These laws are born from fear, as evidenced by the opinion of the Iowa Veterinary Medicine As-sociation.

According to the asso-ciation mentioned above, “New initiatives for BSL usually follow a sensational story of a single dog attack, whether or not there has been an actual increase in dog attacks or dog bites in that particular community by that or any other breed.”

However, the legisla-tion is not the only issue. Here in Ames, we have no ban on pit bulls. A dog is still given its own form of due process, but so power-ful is the media-generated stigma— if your neighbor’s Labrador Retriever bites you, then you can work it out amongst yourselves, but if it’s a pit bull, it becomes headline news — against pit bulls that even in a non-restricted area owners and dogs face persistent hard-ships. That leads me to the part of my own pit bull story, which I have left out so far.

I have to give my dog up. Though it breaks my heart even as I write this column, I know that he will not lead a good life were my girlfriend and I to keep him.

We have to walk him before the sun comes up so that we wouldn’t get the hateful glares from some neighbors. She’ll get reject-ed by apartments that won’t lease to a person with an “aggressive dog.” She can’t even get the owner’s in-surance, which some cities require for pit bulls because insurance companies have blacklisted the dogs.

You know what? I get it. If an aggressive pit bull attacks someone, they can certainly do some serious damage. They’re strong dogs. That’s why the hu-man garbage of the world breeds them for fighting, but pit bulls aren’t born to fight. They are born to be dogs. They’re born to be loving, protective members of the family.

Don’t get me wrong, if my dog poses a significant threat to any person or an-other domesticated animal then, by all means, come and take him from me, but nothing my dog has done warrants such action.

To preemptively as-sume that a dog is danger-ous is to act in fear rather than reason. I don’t want to own an aggressive dog, and the fact is, I don’t. It is the unwarranted prejudice of society that is taking my dog away, not anything he did.

I can only hope that as more cities and states bring down breed-specific legisla-tion, the social stigma will fade along with the laws, but the change will come too late for my dog as well as countless dogs just like him.

The flyers that line our newspapers and spam our emails are hard to ignore. The deals they contain are so irresistible. They draw us to wait in lines for up to eight hours, and some even over-night. According to Business Insider and CNN Money, there were 12.3 billion dol-lars in sales for Thanksgiving and Black Friday last year alone. You could say that it’s a time of year when we let that extra cushion of money lining our wallets fly away and go toward that new TV or better gaming system.

Target, Walmart and other super stores have al-ready released their Black Friday deals, which promote many high-dollar electron-ics and appliances for up to 50 percent off normal retail. These deals draw hundreds of people out of their warm and cozy homes into the harsh weather with wind chills below zero sometimes.

With all these deals available, do we really need to spend hundreds of dollars on these late night extrava-ganzas? The holidays are a time of year when money gets tight. This year’s aver-age amount to spend on din-ner, decorations and other items is up five percent, at a total amount of $804.42. With over 800 dollars in spending for entertaining your family and guests, while also providing for your own family, the extra Black Friday spendings don’t al-ways seem so smart. Last year, the average amount spent on Black Friday and pre-Black Friday shopping was $407.02.

All this extra money on Black Friday can put a damper on one’s budget and bank account. Risky spending isn’t always a good idea, especially for the av-erage family. Black Friday promotes this risky busi-

ness, and that’s exactly what businesses want when they spend millions on flash, mail, online and over-the-air advertising. Businesses like Target and Walmart want you to spend money when they say “limited quantity” and “available while sup-plies last.” We can’t resist their calls to action when the thought of scoring a good deal is on the table.

Impulse buying plagues us all, but we don’t need to let it affect the holiday cheer and family dinner time. Spending time with family and enjoying what we have is good enough. In-stead of buying that new TV, why not just stay home and enjoy what’s already there? Be wise to what is placed in front of you and think before you buy.

Just because it’s 50 per-cent off doesn’t mean we need to risk that cushion lining our wallets. But not

all deals out there are con-sidered risky. That new oven could be a good addition to your home when your old one has been spewing

smoke for weeks. Some of the deals offered are great and worth investing in, but some thought should always be taken into consideration.

Megan Kalb/Iowa State DailyAs Thanksgiving comes around the bend, so does Black Friday. Make sure to avoid making risky spending decisions, such as impulse buying, during the heavily-advertised day of spending.

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After a trio of duals against small conference schools resulted in domi-nating wins, the Cyclone Wrestling team (3-0, 0-0 Big 12) will take on its first opponent from a power five conference in Michi-gan State on Sunday.

M i c h i g a n S t a t e comes out of the Big 10 conference, which is well known for strong wres-tling programs such as Penn State, Iowa and Min-nesota.

“ A n y t i m e y o u ’ r e wrestling a Big Ten school, they’re going to hand fight hard and compete at a high level,” said ISU coach Kevin Jackson. “They’re used to really strong com-petition throughout the year.”

InterMat has four Big Ten teams in their top five ranking and nine Big Ten teams in the top 20.

While Michigan State is not one of those ranked teams, the program is battle-tested year-in and year-out by facing such a high level of competition.

“The Big 10 always has some good wrestling programs so i t ’ l l be a good test for us early in the season,” said redshirt sophomore Gabe Moreno. “They’ve been around and they know how to wrestle, especially in duals. Their wrestling season is a lot of duals and they’re always seeing the best competi-tion so they’re constantly being tested.”

Iowa State has not been tested much in the early season after domi-nating wins against Utah Valley, Boise State and Central Michigan.

Iowa State out-du-eled their first three op-ponents of the season by a combined score of 105-15.

While the team ex-pects a boost in the com-petition level during the face-off against Michi-gan State, Jackson said he expects the same results they achieved in the previ-ous duals this season.

“We’re looking to go in there and do the same thing,” Jackson said. “I think we match up real well.

“I think our guys have a chance to dominate the dual and we’re going to hopefully dominate the matchup, but you have to go out there and you have to make it happen.”

M i c h i g a n S t a t e i s 2-1 on the season with wins against Kent State and Olivet College and a loss against Chattanooga State.

While the Cyclones come in to the matchup after a dominating 30-3 victory against Central Michigan on Wednes-day, Michigan State will have a showdown with Big 10 powerhouse and top-ranked Minnesota tonight.

Regardless of the out-come of that match up, the Cyclones expect to be tested by the Spartans on Sunday.

“I think it should be a test,” said 141-pounder John Meeks. “Nothing is easy.”

Iowa State and Michi-gan State will hit the mats at 12:00 p.m. Sunday in East Lansing, Michigan.

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The Cyclone Hockey team has put itself in a tough spot. After losing its last five American Col-lege Hockey Association games, the team now has to find something to turn this season around.

As the No. 12 ranked Cyclones approach the halfway point in the season with a record of 10-8-3, they now face a formida-ble ACHA opponent in the Colorado State Rams.

The Rams are coming off of a series split against the No. 1 ranked team in the nation, the Central Oklahoma Broncos, and blemished the No. 1 team’s previous unbeaten record.

“They will be fired up, they should have a lot of confidence,” said Cy-clone Hockey coach Jason Fairman. “If we are taking them lightly, we are going to be in for a rude awaken-ing. If we don’t win this weekend, it will really hurt us in the rankings.”

Looking back on past Cyclone Hockey seasons, there are some eerie com-parisons to be drawn.

At this point in the

year, the 2012 Cyclones were 9-10-1 and were held to higher expectations. They also entered their next matchup having lost five-straight ACHA games, the same as the current Cyclone Hockey team.

Coming off two road losses, the 2012 Cyclones

came home knowing that s o m e t h i n g n e e d e d t o change in order to avoid missing out on the ACHA National Tournament in March.

The team went into its next matchup and did just that, earning a sweep over the West Virginia Moun-

taineers by a goal differen-tial of six.

Following the home sweep, the 2012 team went on a run, winning ten of its last 14 games, and eventu-ally gained entrance into the end-of-the-season tournament.

For some current Cy-clone Hockey players, that year is still fresh in their minds.

“The older guys who were there all remember that season, including me,” said senior defense-man Antti Helanto. “It was very similar to now. We had a lot of guys who were not very happy early on. We got a few wins and we knew we had the potential, but we needed those wins to get our confidence and finish strong.”

Goalie Scott Ismond, who has played on the team for five seasons, be-lieves that this weekend could provide the same spark that the West Vir-ginia series provided two seasons ago.

“We need to find that spark like we did two years ago,” Ismond said. “I think that this weekend provides a great opportunity against a team that just beat the No. 1 team in the nation.

There is no time for wait-ing in this organization, the time is now. That’s the mentality now. It’s a new start for us.”

I feel sorry for Colo-rado State to have to come through us when we are feeling this way.”

The wins won’t be easy, however, as the Cy-clones will be without captain Mike Dopko for at least the weekend se-ries due to an upper body injury, while the Rams are coming off one its biggest wins in its second year in ACHA Division I.

Despite the opposi-tion and the key injury, the Cyclone Hockey team is fully confident in its abil-ity to still turn this season around against Colorado State.

“We want to turn this slow start around, and the sooner the better. Why not this weekend?” Helanto said. “If we can do little things better, we will win. If we keep giving our best, we will get the result even-tually.”

The Cyclone Hockey team will test that con-fidence when it takes on Colorado State at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Ames/ISU Ice Arena.

The ISU women’s cross country team will attempt to begin their feasting a little early this holiday season in Terre Haute, Indiana.

While the runners won’t be filling their faces with turkey and stuffing on Nov. 22, they will try to feast on their competition at the NCAA Champion-ship.

Iowa State enters the 2014 Championship ranked No. 5 by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Associa-tion.

This year marks the sixth consecutive season that the Cyclones will have competed in the event.

“We all just need to focus on leaving it all out on the course, following the race plan, but know-ing it won’t go to par,” said redshirt senior Katy Moen. “No matter how well we plan it, it’s na-tionals and everything’s up in the air. If we just stay relaxed and focused, and keep the atmosphere light, I think we’ll do great things on Nov.22.”

As the season ends for Iowa State, so will the ISU cross country careers of Moen and graduate student Margaret Con-nelly.

Moen has risen from a pre-season, non-ranked individual to No. 12 by Flotrak. She finished sec-ond for the Cyclones in three of the team’s four events this season and placed first at the Mid-west Regional on Nov. 14. Moen and junior Crystal Nelson highlight one of the nation’s best duos.

Connelly has also put together consistent per-formances throughout

the season, finishing as the team’s third or fourth runner at the Griak and Wisconsin Invitationals and the Big 12 Champi-onship.

Connelly didn’t com-pete at the Midwest Re-gional and will make her return along with sopho-more Bethanie Brown, who hasn’t competed since Sept. 27 at the Gri-ak Invitational. Brown and Connelly highlight the team’s three-four combo.

“My goal is to run hard, run tough and help my team out,” Brown said. Hopefully we can place pretty high, that would be pretty cool.”

The fifth and final scoring spot wil l boi l down between the perfor-mances of redshirt fresh-man Erin Hooker and sophomore Perez Rotich. The two runners crossed the finish line together at the Midwest Regional, tying for 13th overall.

The seventh runner competing at the NCAA Championships for Iowa State is sophomore Heidi Engelhardt. Engelhardt finished fifth for the team at the Regional and 30th overall.

ISU coach Andrea Grove-McDonough be-lieves her squad is capa-ble of finishing high in the standings without any spectacular finishes from any one individual.

“I don’t think it’s go-ing to take anything spe-cial,” Grove-McDonough said. “If they just perform the way they have over the last several weeks, I think that’ll be enough. As long as we go out there and even have a solid day, we’re going to do very, very well.”

Iowa State has fo-cused their racing strat-egy on forming packs all season, and since run-ners said they won’t try to change anything now, it wouldn’t be surprising to see herds of cardinal and gold assembling in Terre Haute again Saturday.

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Paul Rhoads and the ISU football team have had a bad taste in their mouths for about two weeks now, and Saturday is their first shot at a cleanse.

Iowa State (2-7, 0-6 Big 12) takes on Texas Tech (3-7, 1-6 Big 12) this Saturday after back-to-back sober-ing losses against Okla-homa on Nov. 1 and Kansas on Nov. 8.

It is also the Cyclone’s

f irst game back in Jack Trice since the Oklahoma game.

Back in the starting lineup this Saturday, is quarterback Sam Richard-son, who sat against Kan-sas due to a right shoulder injury.

Offensive coordinator Mark Mangino said that he anticipates Richardson to be full-go against Texas Tech’s young secondary, which has g iven up 22 touchdowns through the air this season, the highest total in the Big 12.

Mangino said that de-spite the youth of Texas Tech’s secondary, their defense is led by a stout group of defenders in the box, including linebacker Pete Robertson, who has notched nine tackles for loss this season and is sec-ond in the Big 12 with nine sacks.

“They’ve got a couple big dudes inside at the tackle position. One de-fensive end, [Robertson], is a leading tackler and makes a lot of plays for them,” Mangino said. “A really

impressive player. Their secondary is young, but very athletic and talented. They look like a team that in time is going to mature.”

Still lost in the shuffle, is Iowa State’s rushing at-tack, which has produced only 1,005 total yards this season.

Against Kanas, run-ning back Aaron Wimberly seemed to be getting into a groove as he carried the ball 15 times for 97 yards, good for a 6.5 yard av-erage. Mangino expects Wimberly’s production

to increase as the senior’s season winds down.

On offense, Texas Tech fits the bill of a Big 12 team with a potent air attack that ranks toward the top of the conference, just behind Baylor, with 327.6 passing yards per game.

Whether quarterback Davis Webb, the usual starter, or back up Patrick Mahomes gets the starting nod, the ISU secondary will most likely have its hands full.

“They got some great receivers and based off

their last game they like to throw it around,” said cor-nerback Sam Richardson.

Texas Tech can spread the ball around as well. Two Red Raider receivers, Jakeem Grant and Brad Marquez, rank inside the top ten of the Big 12 for receptions per game.

“They’re fast, really strong and have a number of guys that can make big plays,” said safety Kamari Cotton-Moya.

Iowa State plays Texas Tech at 2:30 p.m. on Satur-day at Jack Trice Stadium.

The ISU swimming and diving team didn’t start off as strong as it had hoped against TCU, but it finished strong, taking home a close win of 157-147.

If Iowa State can con-tinue its momentum from the TCU victory, it should be fine heading into the Kan-sas Invitational. Senior and team captain Kristy Kunkel said the goal is to just have fun and carry over the win.

The Kansas Invitational is different from other swim-ming meets. It’s a 3-day “swimmers only” event with four competing teams. ISU coach Duane Sorenson said the divers won the TCU meet for the Cyclones on Nov. 7, so this upcoming

meet will give the swimmers a chance to come through on their own.

“Everybody has their own little area that they’ve got to work on,” Sorenson said. “We’re trying to hold our women a little more ac-countable with what they need to do and what they need to work on to become faster. That’s the emphasis for this week.”

Sorenson said they’re also working on mental preparation because of the different format for the Kan-sas Invitational. A lot of the swimmers will be racing in 4-to-6 individual events plus the possibility of 3-to-4 relays, and Sorenson said that’s a mental thing they’ll have to overcome.

“It’s better because there’s more competition—you’re not just focusing on

one team,” Kunkel said. “There’s four other teams in this situation, which I think fuels us all to go faster.”

Assistant coach Kelly Nordell said the focus at practice this week has been on the technical aspects of their training.

“[The swimmers] have been pretty beat up and tired, and last week was a really tough week of train-ing so we’ve been trying to focus on a little race-type strategy—turns and even pacing,” Nordell said.

The Kansas Invitational includes some events that the Cyclones have yet to race in this year, such as the 400-meter individual med-ley, the 800-meter freestyle relay and the 1650-meter. Sorenson said he plans to put some swimmers in dif-ferent events as a sort of ex-

perimentation.But the goal remains to

go out, swim fast and beat Kansas.

“Kansas always puts up a tough team,” Nordell said. “We respect each other as competitors, but ultimately we want to beat them. We want to have the edge in future competitions.”

Sorenson said every race counts and the meet being against Kansas pro-vides some extra motivation.

“It’s going to be a fun meet because Kansas is going to be up and ready to go,” Sorenson said. “It’s their home meet so we know they’re going to be prepared so we’ve got to be just as prepared and just as com-petitive as they are.”

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standard with the interior.”The owners said they

plan to have a unique drink menu to set The District apart from the competition.

“We’ll have a little bit of everything, but we do plan on having lots of spe-cialty drinks,” Fick said. “Most of the bars around her just serve run-of-the-mill mixed drinks. We’re going to shoot for a special drinks menu. [Something] a little better or different from what you’d get most places.

Fick said it has been a challenge to get every-thing done. The original plan called for a Halloween opening, but the pair now plan to have a “soft open-ing” in two to three weeks. They plan to fully open for business when students return from Winter Break.

“I think keeping sched-ule has been tough,” Fick said. “You make a date in your head, you make a plan in your head, but it’s diffi-cult. We’ve been finding it’s a lot more difficult to put those ideas in to action.”

Kim HannaC director of the Campustown Action Association, said it’s always tough when trying to open a new business.

“I think there’s a l-ways a little bit of a sur-prise when you’re opening a small business,” Hanna said.

Van Hove said they eventually plan to serve food and raise the outdoor

patio to overlook Mickey’s, but for now the plan is to be just a bar and only open in the evenings.

“The kitchen is a cou-ple of months out,” Fick said. The patio is not being used in the winter so it just doesn’t make sense.”

The District will em-ploy about 20 people when it opens, Van Hove said.

Construction of new buildings in Campustown is currently booming, but Fick and Van Hove said owning a bar in “old Cam-pustown” was part of the appeal and helped them decide on the bar’s name.

“We’re thinking about doing a scape of [the older] buildings as The District,” Fick said. “Kind of saying that this area that’s left is the old Campustown dis-trict as compared to the new stuff. We want to try to keep that old classic theme in the front.”

Hanna said thinks The District will add diversity to the Campustown commu-nity and she has “peeked” into the ongoing renova-tions and is excited to see the final project.

“There isn’t a night life location for everyone yet [in Campustown],” Hanna said. “We don’t really have a super high-scale night club right now. I think that’s something that is definitely lacking.”

Hanna said The Dis-trict would be the 12th bar in Campustown when it opens. Van Hove and Fick said they know there is a lot

of competition, but believe the bar’s uniqueness will set it apart.

“I just think people are going to want to come here because it’s a better-look-

ing bar than most college bars,” Van Hove said. “We want more than just one type of crowd in here, we want everybody to want to come in.”

Kelby Wingert/Iowa State DailyThe old Charlie Yokes sign still hangs in the back room of The District. The two hope The District will be set apart from other bars in Campus-town.

senior in mechanical en-gineering, helped sponsor GRL’s events in the Park’s Library quad.

By the sidewalk, there was a canvas and a bucket full of multicolored bal-loons full of paint. The canvas was already heavily colored in paint, meaning many people had paid a dollar to toss a balloon. The money went to a local organization that seeks to help transgendered people.

She said the balloons were being used as a meta-phor to bring awareness not only about transgen-der issues, but cisgender — identifying with your biological sex — privilege as well.

“Many cisgender peo-ple don’t understand all the privileges they have, and take them for granted. It’s important for students to be aware of it,” Scholefield said.

The canvas that the balloons were being thrown

at was covered in tape in the shapes of gender-neu-tral signs.

“As balloons hit the canvas, it’s essentially shat-tering the stereotypes and privileges, and I think that’s really cool,” said Schole-field.

Stereotyping and bru-tality seem to go hand in hand.

Freihoefer said the ma-jority of those who lost their lives this year are transgen-der women of color and that this could be because of certain systems of op-

pression set up by society.“Racism, genderism,

sexism and socioeconom-ic status are all at play. The important thing is to recognize that there is a great threat to transgender women of color’s safety,” he said, “Yet, we’ve got some of the most powerful out transgender women of color out right now like, Laverne Cox.”

Students at Iowa State are event affected by this day of remembrance.

“ F o r s o m e o f o u r s t u d e n t s , t h e y e x p e r i -e n c e s o m e o n e g e t t i n g their name wrong, gender wrong, or pronouns wrong all because of how they’re choosing to express their gender” said Freihoefer.

Scholefield agreed.“A lot of college aged

students, but really people of any age, deal with this idea of identifying in a way that is not culturally ac-cepted. A lot of times you may not even know that they do identify as trans-gender,” Scholefield said.

Kelby Wingert/Iowa State DailyThe bar at the former Charlie Yokes location on Lincoln way is covered with a layer of sawdust as Teddy Van Hove and Brandon Fick remodel the space into an upscale bar called The District.

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Jonathan Laczniak/Iowa State DailyH. Moffitt, junior in architecture, pulls a balloon off of Gamma Rho Lambda’s interactive art piece to observe the Transgender Day of Remembrance on Nov. 20 outside Park’s Library.

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right now. As he said in his speech, pass a bill, Con-gress. The ball is in your court.”

Jonathon Laudner, president of the ISU Col-lege Republicans, was not surprised about the an-nouncement and said he expects a court challenge.

“It’s definitely a move that’s unconstitutional. It’s definitely going to be challenged in the courts and I think it’ll be struck down,” Laudner said. “Dur-ing the election he said, ‘I might not be on the ballot, but my policies are.’ The people strongly rejected his policies and have for years now. His first move after the election, saying he’s going to be bipartisan, is to work against what Repub-licans have asked him to do and he continues with a policy that American’s are strongly against.”

Prior to the announce-ment, Republicans in Con-gress were already threat-ening to withhold funds in the upcoming budget so the President could not imple-

ment his plan. Other Re-publicans have threatened a government shutdown in a budget battle. Ander-sen said to expect lots of Republicans to denounce Obama’s plan and said a budget battle is likely.

“The question is what does the GOP do? When they pass the next budget bill, they could decide not to pass spending for im-migration policy. That way they could tailor a law di-rectly contradicting what Obama does,” Andersen said. “Congressional power exceeds Presidential power in this [spending] area.”

Another way the GOP could respond is to actually work on an immigration bill, Andersen said.

“[Following this an-nouncement], I think they have to work on an immi-gration bill,” Andersen said. “You’re going to have to get some agreement from each chamber on what the correct course of action is going to be, and no one in Congress seems to know what the correct course is.”

Congressman Steve King, R-Iowa, who repre-

sents Ames and Iowa State in Congress and is known as a strong advocate against illegal immigration, said Congress should pass a non-binding resolution that expresses their disap-proval of the President’s plan or even censure the President.

King said if there is no response from the White House, Congress should u s e t h e “ p o w e r o f t h e purse” to cut off funding to carry out the executive order.

“To those members of Congress who question my authority to make our immigration system work better, or question the wis-dom of me acting where Congress has failed, I have one answer: pass a bill,” Obama said in response to Republican opposition.

Kustritz said she was disappointed in the way Congress passed a bill two years ago that was later b l o c k e d i n t h e H o u s e . Laudner said he believes Congress will pass an immi-gration bill in the upcoming term, but was not sure if the President would sign it.

“ I t h i n k t h e r e a r e definitely going to be bills passed in both houses but I’m afraid Obama will veto them as soon as they hit his desk,” Laudner said. “I hope this new Congress will pass some bills to secure our border and put some funding to make it secure. Beyond that, we need to modernize our immigra-tion system. We need to become more modern with our visa system and be able to track people when they come in and out.”

Also included in the ex-ecutive action is an increase in the number of work visas available for high-tech jobs and a change in immigra-tion enforcement, ordering federal officials to target immigrants with criminal records or ties to gang or terrorism.

The President is ex-pected to be in Nevada today, along with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and House Minor-ity Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. The President is expected to speak at a high school to rally support for his immigration action.

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Horoscopes by Linda Black

Aries - 8(March 21-April 19) Manage accounts and finances today.

Get clear on how things are, with what’s wanted and needed. Send out invoices and ask for money. Launch a fundraiser, maybe. Organize the paper flow.

Taurus - 9(April 20-May 20)Speculate on long-term scenarios with

your partner. Imagine what you’d love to see realized. Compromise on the overall vision, and then parcel out who does what. You can learn what you need.

Gemini - 9(May 21-June 20)Business meetings, conferences and

discussions flow like lightning today. Record or note what gets said, and who’s doing what. Track statistics and measures. If action seems blocked, words flow easily.

Cancer - 9(June 21-July 22) Take care of basic responsibilities, so you

can go play. Get out with friends and practice your arts and talents. Pursue sensory and intellectual diversions and pleasures. Get into some fun.

Leo - 8(July 23-Aug. 22) Get into a home project. Let a loved

one teach you. Select the perfect recipe, ingredients and materials. You can work around any breakdowns. Make a big mess and clean it later.

Virgo - 9(Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Check tasks off your list, and aim for

completion. Writing projects flow with greater ease. Meetings, discussions and conferences get productive. Connect and communicate what’s necessary.

Libra - 9(Sept. 23-Oct. 22)You can make a bundle today. Follow

through on what you said you’d do, and discover another fringe benefit. Avoid reckless spending. Ask questions early and often. Your talents are in demand.

Scorpio - 9(Oct. 23-Nov. 21) With both Sun and Moon in your sign,

you’ve got confidence to spare. Dig in your own back yard for treasure. Keep close track of business expenses. Hold out for what was promised.

Sagittarius - 8(Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Lock yourself somewhere

peaceful and you’re abuzz with productivity. A puzzle is coming together. The more you finish, the more opportunities open up. Pay back a debt.

Capricorn - 9(Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Talk about what you love with friends.

Share the latest news. Ask them their secret wishes. Conversation can reveal simple solutions. Make connections, and celebrate together. Stand with your posse.

Aquarius - 9(Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Craft a professional promotion or

presentation. The more you learn, the farther you go. Prioritize actions strategically, and delegate team members for efficiency. Your work is achieving recognition.

Pisces - 9(Feb. 19-March 20) Discuss your latest exploits and

adventures with someone who shares your enthusiasm. Get organized, and confirm reservations before launching. You’re making points. Travel.

Today’s Birthday(11/21/14)Step into your full power this year. Begin a yearlong career and income boom after 12/23. Money comes easier, so stash some away. Plan a romantic adventure for after 3/20, when the game gets fun. After 4/4, rest up from all that activity, and make plans. Think about what you love. Nurture and grow it.

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

Sudoku by the Mepham Group

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

LEVEL:1 2 3 4

1 One may be under a jacket5 Drift on the breeze9 Military group14 Basically16 Storyteller of a sort17 Where dogs chat?18 Sobriety symbol19 Hosp. test20 Pilot’s stat.21 Manifest22 Harsh24 Where donkeys make noise?26 Fight a cold, say28 Ages and ages29 King of Naples in “The Tempest”32 Fed. property overseer33 Traveling, in a way37 Where horses are treated for laryngitis?40 Scrabble piece41 Singer DiFranco42 Alias43 Small matter?44 Freudian topic45 Where lions prac-tice intimidation?49 Not upfront53 Show54 Historic opening?56 Guernsey sound57 Savage58 Where birds sing?61 Drivel

62 Most tacky63 Pace product64 Coltrane collabora-tor65 Entreaty

1 Feelings2 Make official3 Suit material4 “Shame on you!”5 Excellently6 Vet sch. course7 TV monitor8 Rectangular links area, usually9 Minor roads10 Lasso11 Steam12 Curling slider13 Legendary guy traditionally wearing black boots15 What mayo might be21 Grand style23 Gamut24 Make dirty25 Wine choice27 Kind of map29 Social worker?30 Island garland31 Cook’s supply33 Pester34 Norm: Abbr.35 It might be electric

36 “__ you happy now?”38 Any day now39 Young raptors43 Spring bloomer45 Loads46 Renée Fleming’s field47 Spring time48 Brings in50 Drive forward51 Western omen52 “__ go!”54 Rounded tool part55 Smell58 Old films channel59 “The __ Sell Out”: 1967 rock album60 Nurse

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