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Show THE SIGNPOST FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5,2010 WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY Crossword Friday Feb. 5 Wednesday Feb. 10 WSU's College Democrats to have first meeting in Social Science Building j | i i Employers to be on campus to meet students WSU will have a career fair in the Shepherd Union BallWSU's College Demorooms from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. crats will have their first meeting at 12 p.m. in Employers throughout Utah room 235 of the Social will be in attendance to visit with students, accept resuScience Building. All inme's and provide information terested faculty, staff and about employment opportustudents are welcome. nities. For more information For more information e- call 801-626-6393 or e-mail mail Cameron Morgan at careerservices@weber.edu. weberstatestand@gmail. com. Monday Feb. 8 . Saturday Feb.13 Valentine Carnival in the Union Ballrooms Eccles professor presentation and reception in the library The Weber State University Honors Program will have an Eccles professor presentation and reception at 2 p.m. in room 225 of the Stewart Library. Four Honors Eccles professors will speak at the event. Refreshments will be served. For more information call 801-626-7591 or e-mail Iriddle@weber.edu. The Nontraditional Student Center (NSC) is sponsoring a Valentine's Carnival from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Shepherd Union Ballrooms. Lunch will be served from 1 to 2 p.m. There will be games with prizes including golf, darts and heart toss. Haircuts and pedicures will be offered to single moms. WSU students and up to nine family members are free with a Wildcat ID. Students can pick up tickets in the Nontraditional Student Center. For faculty, staff and community members $7 "will be charged per person. For more information call 8Q1-626-7794 or e-mail nontrade@weber.edu. Gay-Straight Alliance charity drag show In the Shepherd Union Ballrooms ' WSU's Gay-Straight Aliiance and the Center for Diversity and Unity will hold a charity drag show to benefit the Ogden Outreach Resource Center from 7 to 11 p.m. in Ballroom B of the Shepherd Union Building. Admission is $5 or the donation of three or more dry food items. For more information call 801-395-3514. Friday Feb.19 Relationship workshop at the WSU Roy campus The Department of Continuing Education will have a free relationship skills workshop from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the WSUWest Center. Attendees will learn a step-by-step process to develop a "co-authored" relationship with significant others. Refreshments and door prizes will be provided. For more information call 801-689-4978. ACROSS 1 _ St Ives: Cornwall museum 5 Drift 9 Caught on video 14 Tirst family member 15Muppetwho testified before Congress 16 Spry 17'Old street comer singer 19 Director DeMille 20 Keys 21 * Arthur in a dress 23 Orkan sign-off word 24 Express gratitude to 25 ^Receptacle for choice slips 27 Publisher often seen in PJs 28 Park, in NYC 30 Cpl.'s superior 31 Valuable rock 32 Mine entrance 34 Cover letter letters 36 Diamond stat 38 Demonstrate effectiveness, and a literal hint to the puzzle theme found in the answers to starred clues 42 Farm dweller 43 Musical ability 44 D.C. fundraisers 47 *Brit. award 50Summa laude 52 Eastern principle 54 "Murder, _ Wrote" 55 'Danseur noble's partner 58 Eucharist plate 60 Culinary author Rombauer 1 2 3 4 ^H m 14 10 The debt measure set for a House vote Thursday would raise the cap on federal borrowing to $14.3 trillion. That's enough to keep Congress from havWASHINGTON (AP) - ing to vote again before the November elections Facing a politically excru- on an issue that is feeding ciating vote, House Demo- a sense among voters that cratic leaders are counting the government is spendon new budget deficit ing too much and putting curbs to help smooth the future generations under a way for a bill allowing the mountain of debt. government to go $1.9 trilAlready, the accumulatlion deeper into debt over ed debt amounts to $40,000 the next year - or about per person. The debt is in$6,000 more for every U.S. creasingly held by foreign nations such as China. resident. Passage of the bill would send it to President Barack Obama, who will sign it to avoid a first-ever, marketrattling default on U.S. obligations. Democrats barely passed it through the Senate last week over a unanimous "no" vote from GOP members present. To ease its passage, Democrats attached tougher budget rules designed to curb a spiraling upward annual deficit, projected by Obama to hit a record $1.56 trillion for the budget year ending Sept. 30. 12 13 45 46 16 118 1 17 20 23 24 • 27 32 S3 ^ H 31 ._ 47 46 -PL 49 H 56 66 • U |S9 * 1 60 B3 64 u 67 70 61 63-Across hdg. 62 *Ball honorees 63 Besiege 65 'Southwestern horseman 67 Musher's wear 68Abbr.that shortens text 69 Gossip columnist Cassini 70 Extra large? 71 Con 72 Three-part nos. DOWN 1 "Bewitched" role 2 Hangdog 3 Lie 4 Actress Barkin 5 Ruby and others 6 65-Across's "Bravo!" 7 Microscopic organism 8 Provencal cuisine delicacies 9 Middle x 10 One taking a little off the top? 11 Street going downhill? 12 Emma's "Sense and Sensibility" role 13 Ritzy 18 Aleutian island 22 Course with x's 25 Inclination 26 Other, in Spain 29 Risky undertaking 33 Drink from a bag 35 Fidel's friend 37 Finsteraarhorn, e.g. 39 Start of many a story 40 "Do I dare to _ peach?": Eliot World & National Headlines House faces tough election-year vote on allowing $6,000 more in federal debt for each U.S. resident 11 41 Near-exhaustion metaphor 45 Root for 46 Radar guns, e.g. 47 San Luis , California 48 Bill for shots 49 Author Leonard 51 Chops finely 53 European auto 56 Carefree diversions 57 Bard's "below" 59" forgiven" 62 Lip soother 64 West who said T o err is human, but it feels divine" 66 Repeated nursery rhyme opener POLICE BLOTTER cided on that front for Prius gas-electric hybrids sold overseas, according to Toyota. Complaints about TOKYO (AP) - Toy- braking problems in the. ota acknowledged de- Prius - the world's topsign problems with the selling hybrid - have brakes in its prized Pri- been reported in the us, adding to the catalog U.S. and Japan, comof woes for the Japanese bining to some 180, and come amid a global reautomaker still reeling call of nearly 4.5 million from massive gas-pedal vehicles for faulty gas recalls in the U.S. pedals. Toyota Motor Corp. "We are investigating said Thursday it found whether there are dethere .were design prob- fects in the Prius," Toylems with the antilock ota executive Hiroyuki brake system and cor- Yokoyama told reportrected them for Prius ers at the automaker's models sold since late Tokyo headquarters. Paul Nolasco, a comJanuary, including those pany spokesman, said being shipped overseas. the time lag for brakes But the company said kicking in felt by drivit was still investigating ers stem from the two how to inform people systems in a gas-electric who had bought them hybrid - the gas-engine earlier. Nothing was de- and the electric motor. Toyota says Prius had brake design problems, already fixed on some models but not on others Tuesday, Jan. 26 Police . cite two for criminal mischief WSU Police cited two residents of Promontory Tower for criminal mischief after they tampered with locks in the building's lobby. Thursday, Jan-28 Hit and run in the Davis campus parking lot A vehicle was -hit and damaged in the rear bumper while parked at the Davis campus. There are no known witnesses of the incident. Police are investigating. Saturday, Jan. 30: * Sudoku THE LOWEST PRICE AROUND * 3585 Harrison Blvd. # 218 Ogden, UT Relaxing living @ HousingandResidenceufe Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit 1 to 9 Burglary at the Dee Events Center, parking lot See Solutions page 5 6 3 8 9 7 2 1 7 5 - 2 7 6 7 4 1 9 2 8 7 5 6 8 5 3 "Relax, the rent includes electricity, water, local phone service, fitness center, expanded basic cable and is right here on campus!" An unattended vehicle was burglarized at the Dee' Events Center parking lot. The passengerside window of the^ vehicle was broken and a duffel bag' containing a day' planner was removed. The vehicle's owner reported that nothing else was taken. ... Sunday, Jan. 31 Fivecitedforunlawful; consumption in University Village WSU Police cited five underageindividuals inUniversity Village for unlawful consumption. 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