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There will be a special category for sonnets. There is no limit to the number of poems submitted by each individual. However only one prize will be awarded per person. A prize will be awarded for the best poem and best sonnet. Other prizes will be awarded as entries warrant Poems must be legible (hand written or typed). All members of MSC Literary Arts are excluded from winning. All entries must be post marked by Wednesday, 16 February 2000. Prizes will be awarded at Barnes and Noble at 2pm on Sunday, 20 Febmary 2000. No purchase necessary How to Enter All entries must be mailed to the following address: MSC Literary Arts Shakespeare Sonnet Contest 2000 P.O. Box J-l College Station, TX 77844-9081 © Copyright 2000, MSC Literary Arts Committee, Memorial Student Center, Texas A&M University Tvrr> Ufyzf JmUUbv ■ T Knoite—. COMICS Xtreme Continued from Page 3 “The motion of snowboarding is like skateboarding or surfing. It's using some force of nature. I don't know how to de scribe it. It's phenomenal. It’s you ver sus nature.” Muckleroy lists the appeal of doing something different as the reason for the love of the sports she teaches. "[It’s] a need for the non-traditional. Think of the traditional sports. They've become such fine-tuned athletes that par ticipate in them. I mean, if you can’t run a 40 [yard dash] in 10 seconds, what do you do?” she said. Hamilton said that the difference be tween traditional and outdoor sports has drawn her out of doors. “[Outdoor sports] are more con ducive to enjoying the intrinsic value of it. They’re a little more individualis tic than indoor sports. They’re more laid back.” Heath said the appeal of the experi ence prompted him to try skydiving at first. “1 guess it was always something I wanted to try,” he said. "I can't explain the thing that made me want to do it so bad the first time. It was an experience that I thought would be incredible and I w anted to see if I w as right. And then of course I was and once w asn’t enough.” “Imagine kinda what yon always thought flying would feel like. [SkydivingI is the closest you're ever gonna get on earth.’ Rememt the Goo ( uch and tl >uld sound Well, Th It’s a sha — Russel Heath Senior genetics major “Imagine kinda what you always thought flying would feel like. It’s the closest you're ever gonna get on earth It’s a different environment,too you’re in free fall, you can movei different dimensions, which is thing you can’t do everyday# around." Heath said. Some outdoor sports allow bepj to de\ elop a feel for the sports controlled indoor environmc though some of the excitement ( outdoors may be compromised “Indoor rock climbing isa-m the occup protected. Indoor rock climbint fi car outdoor is like tubing versuswbM aV( , no ta | c rafting. It’s like drinking decaf!* ^hy are climbing is statistically safertksfl xhe lyric wee loothall." n.ikI \k-\ ll.tnih: T idem of the Outdoor Recreahcc and a senior history major. “There are certain risks m w ith outdoor sports, but genr. *1108 are fu you’re aw are of the risks invok'jpead signer it’s not hazardous. Risks are indiv* j| lc on | x ly relevant," he said. Bhe 10 secoi Muckleroy’s advice to those'U’ttf track thn to begin any outdoor sport is if-w The bea from a professional. ' ends are ge "Amateurs teach amateurs loo the entire a ateurs. Take lessons,” she said | But unf fthc rest oft rate the ne uindlessne; The mus Show the ba There: Business Career Fair 2000 Linkine The Presenti r Future February 9 th - 10 th • Wehner INTERS gender Visit our website Wehner.tamu.edu/bsc LEADER] GROUI PI AT Wednesday, February 9 Alcatel Allstate Insurance Company Alside Inc. American Express Financial Advisors American National Insurance Co. Avantus Group Baker & Botts, L.L.P. 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