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Focus, TV\e Battalion Thursday, May 7, 1981 j7 AGGIEWORDS This crossword puzzle should make a good study break activity. In-depth knowledge of Aggie traditions and habits isn't a must, but it will help. If you run into problems, grab the nearest C.T. Clues: Across: 1- A swan has one 5- A person without a uniform 8- These let you know when a black belt is approaching 9- A lot of this is quaffed in Aggie- land 13- Southwest conference rival 14- "Bonjour" in Aggie-talk 16- Official honor guard for Gov. Bill 17- One word that keeps you from spending money 18- Home sweet home 20- SMU is one 21- The week of May 3-9 22- Head of a department 23- Essential to the center of every good bonfire 24- If you're an ag student, you get to cross these every day 25- He looks like a Good Humor man 29- These students are off in their own comer of campus 30- Before law, med or vet school 32- Aggies have to hear lots of these 33- Closest thing A&M has to a fine arts center 34- Worldwide Aggie ceremony 35- Corps members are fond of giv ing these 36- Rah, Yay, .... Down: 2- Number of eagles on an Aggie ring 3- Non-reg's don't think of this term as deragatory 4- They dominate Texas A&M's air waves 6- Is it easy to graduate in four years? 7- It may be old, but it hasn't burst at the seams yet 10- One of many possible engineer ing majors 12- Only place on campus that has its own Aggie yell 15- Person who likes a certain citrus fruit 17- You know these by their roar 19- Who can help a broke Aggie? 26- Aggies don't steal, cheat or ... 27- What every Ag should read ev ery day — two words 28- Most Ags wish theirs were higher 31- Maybe Spring Break helped you get out of yours 32- White belt, but no boots 34- Title you get if you make it through med school Alternatives to hitting the Of course you should be studying. But all work and no play makes Joe bored. Smart, maybe, but bored. So you don't have to waste time trying to think of what to do when you've had absolutely enough studying, here is a list of sugges tions. This should save time, because all you need to do is choose an activity rather than think of one on your own. PLACES TO GO AND THINGS TO DO ONCE YOU GET THERE / go to a movie and watch it four times / check out all the places in Focus's guide to all-night eateries, and count the pieces of gum underneath the tables y drive around campus, and wave and yell "Hey, Bill!" at everyone you see THINGS TO CLEAN J defrost the freezer and eat the frost / clean your room (this includes changing your sheets) y do your laundry / remove all out-of-date notices on campus bulletin boards / clean the bathroom, including the scum on the shower curtain y scrape the dead bugs out from around your window sill y wash dishes THINGS TO EAT y bake cookies y order a pizza (you can bite your nails until it gets there) y make nachos y make coffee (if you drink enough, you'll O.D. on caffeine and have another excuse not to study) INTELLECTUAL PURSUITS y stare into space—the final frontier y read back issues of your home town paper y tell your roommates about your first kiss, then hear about theirs y go swimming y read this issue of Focus from cover to cover y peel the aluminum foil off the back of a gum wrapper y stick your head out the window and yell, "I can't remember my name!" y read old love letters or write new ones y re-hang a poster crooked to drive your roommate crazy y watch three episodes of M*A*S*H in a row y rearrange the furniture in the bath room y write to your grandmother y calculate pi to 42 decimal places y figure out what grade you will have to get on each exam to come up with an A, B, C, etc. in the class y hug the floor y buy new clothes y clean out all your old folders y repot all your plants y go to the MSC and watch other people try to avoid studying THINGS TO COUNT y the holes in your stereo speaker grill y find the average number of M&M's in a bag y how many times the local AM sta tion plays the same commercial in books one evening y the thumbtacks on your bulletin board PERSONAL HYGIENE y slough the dead skin off your feet with a pumice stone y floss y deep-condition your hair y split your split ends y cut your toenails and remove the cracked dry polish with your finger nails y scratch your head on the wall y shave the cat THINGS TO PLAN y a trip to North Zulch y a trip to New York y your wedding y what you would do with a million dollars y what to do with your life if you graduate y how to explain your grades to mom and dad