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Comics
Moonshine Mountain By Ryan Sullivan
OMG UMD! By Julianne Henry
Sudoku
Sudoku is made up of a 9 x 9 playing field with numbers from 1 to 9 scattered throughout. The object of the game is to fill every column, row and 3 x 3 box with the numbers 1 through 9, without repeating any numbers in any given column, row or box.
The difficulty level of the puzzles will change from week to week. Some will be easy. Some will be moderate. Some will make you want to cry. It’s gonna be a grab bag, so hang on.
If you get stuck, the answers can be found here, but don’t give in unless you absolutely cannot do it! What fun is finishing it if you had to cheat?
Horoscopes
ARIES
March 24 - April 19
You have a vast amount of energy today, but you have no idea what to do with it! Think about spending some quality time wit a group of friends, becoming the life of the party with all your energy. Don’t get too carried away.
TAURUS
April 20 - May 20
Your workload is reaching the heavens and you can’t seem to tackle it all without having a breakdown. Don’t be afraid to ask a friend for help that you have helped in the past. Your friends would be glad to give you a helping hand.
GEMINI
May 21 - June 21
This weekend, stay on campus instead of going home. Get your friends to stay, too, and take a trip to Hollywood Video. If you all pitch in your money, you are bound to rent some movies that will lead to a great night.
CANCER
June 22 - July 22
You’ve been stressed, very stressed. It’s time to be relieved! The Athletic Center offers Yoga lessons, completely free! Head over in your best sweats and relax your body. If it works as well as it should, go back again and again. Invite some others as well.
LEO
July 23 - August 22
You are in a dire need for cash — quick! Your slight laziness has kept you from going out to look for a job. Well, today’s the day you step away from the computer and hit the mall, but not to spend money. Many stores are hiring seasonal positions for the holidays, which is perfect for you.
VIRGO
August 23 - September 22
You are suddenly in the mood to take a break from your hectic lifestyle. How does a nine hour movie night sound? Relax and enjoy approximately nine nonstop hours of “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy.
LIBRA
September 23 - October 22
Tomorrow at Res, you are going to trip up the stairs if you don’t take caution. If you forget to double knot your shoes or walk at an average pace, you could end up with a group of people laughing at you as you fall.
SCORPIO
October 23 – November 21
Rearrange your room to make it more comfortable. Give it more floor space so you can entertain your friends. Create storage room that you never knew was possible.
SAGITTARIUS
November 22 - December 21
You’ve been having trouble sleeping alone lately, because you are so used to having someone lying next to you. Now that you are alone, you are losing sleep at night and missing classes in the morning. Get a cuddly teddy bear or giant body pillow to help cure your fear of loneliness.
CAPRICORN
December 22 - January 19
You’ve been drinking an awful lot lately, and well, it’s about time you take a break. It’s not worth waking up with hangovers and pounding headaches most mornings, even though you love that buzzed feeling. You’ll save money if you slow it down, too!
AQUARIUS
January 20 - February 18
Something special to you has recently broken. You don’t know how you can possibly fix the sentimental belonging of yours. There’s really not much you can do, either, so you will have to try to let it go.
PISCES
February 19 - March 20
You are fascinated by “Law & Order: Criminal Intent.” You can’t get enough of the new season and you continually watch reruns during the day. Maybe you should think about changing your major.
Poetic Perfection
A Nothing Start Ends in a Something Conclusion
By Anonymous
Attempting, pretending to be,
Disregarding the awkward stairs and coldhearted glares.
Here it comes again, as we walk by one another,
That frostbiting chill accumulating in the frail air…
I hate this feeling and they all hate it, too…
No need to put them through this, or ourselves.
But it never ceases to bring us down, crumbling lower towards the dirt.
We’re becoming it now… the very ash of this world…
And the creatures dwelling in such embers will eat us alive,
Sinking their tiny teeth into our rotting flesh if we fail
To climb out of this crash… this mess…
Is there a stop to this?
Or should we might as well go on pretending to not be,
Heeding the crooked cringes and immature expressions?
I feel it… don’t you?
Closing in on us now, the toxic breeze stirring up all around us...
No need for feeling empty and neglected.
After all, emptiness does not exist in elegance;
But what would we know about grace?
Seems to me that we feel nothing more than disgrace in one another’s presence…
How do those worms feel?
Slithering in and out of the pit of your stomach…
I can’t tell, as all I see are your eyes glancing at me,
And, from right here, it looks like you’re enjoying the vile view…
Watching me suffer as I descend lower towards the earth’s core.
The air is growing colder now, colder than ever before.
My breath… I can see it, I can feel it… pouring from my lungs…
This must be the end… of what barely began…
We’re both on the bad end this time around…
If you would like to see your own poetry published in the Torch, email ssarnelli@umassd.edu.
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