--- Etc. --- The University Daily Kansan Section B • Page 4 Thursday, February 1, 2001 Helen, Sweetheart of the Internet Columnist shares New Year's insight By Greg Zielinski jayplay@kansan.com Jayplay columnist The dawn of a new year is traditionally a time for honest introspection, during which we attempt to identify traits in ourselves we would like to improve. 7. Stop pretending I'm Black and then calling in Free For All comments about White boys and their T-shirts. As a result, if you're anything like me, you've come to associate an overwhelming sense of self-dissatisfaction and depression with Dick Clark. As a result, I decided to make a list of things to accomplish in the new year. Although I've already told my friends my unsolicited opinions about how to improve themselves, neither one of them was very responsive. Nonetheless, here they are for you. 6. Also, no more "Greek-bashing" Free for Alls, After all, Greeks are rich in history and culture. Anyone who has seen the Parthenon or tasted gyros can tell you that. My Top Ten Resolutions for the New Year: 3. Quit smoking in my dorm room, resigning myself instead to buy my beef jerky at the store like everyone else. 4. Change my format to include more Brittany Spears. 5. Start exercising with the "Body by Jake" videos and 10. Quit having sex with so many random, beautiful women because they can't handle my amazing love-making ability. 2. Stop being such a stupid, self-critical jerk. Greg Zielinski 9. Quit lying compulsively. 8. Really buckle down and find out, once and for all, who let the dogs out. 2. Beep being. 3. Because the cleaning and other chores she does really are like a job, and the weekly "gifts" is a kind of salary; get rid of the Guatemalan living in my dorm room, that is, if I still hope to become labor secretary. Zielinski is a Lakewood, Colo., freshman. Crossword ACHOSS 1 Gossipy Barrett 5 Carrier bags 10 Black-and-white whale 7 Self-images 15 Intense hatred 16 Dropped 17 Attached 18 Tall brown 19 Dog's bane 20 James Dickey novel 23 Samovar 24 Mary again 25 Particular talents 27 Riches 29 Node of the head 30 Node of a church 33 Quantities of paper 38 Impose 41 Mature 43 Ocorrupt 44 March Madness 46 Today's OSS 47 Part of the eye 52 Shaq's teammates 52 Appear gradually 54 "48 Hrs." star 56 Actress Lupino 57 What is measured in farads 60 Appeer 64 Have product? 67 Zigzag course 66 Part of M.T. 71 Change 7A Single time 7Long or Newton 70 Abbey Theatre founder 71 Catches forty winks DOWN DOWN 1 Foxny Foxx 2 Fairy tale tieflen 3 Christmas carol 4 Moving with an adding motion 5 More or less © 2001 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved. 2/1/01 6 Idolize 7 Noisy insects 8 Bowie of baseball 9 Loud kisses 10 Not at work 11 Destination 12 Record-keeper 13 Alda and Ladd 14 Fido's doc 15 January in Spain 16 From the beginning 17 Chewing-gum units? 18 Severeard or Idele 19 Conformity 20 Demonstrate maker 21 Sean or William 22 Glacier in Glacier Bay 23 Bath and Ems 24 Lumber source 25 Caper 26 Come-from- behind players Solutions 48 Multi-deck game 45 To some extent 50 Lawyer. abbr. 51 Buster or Diane 52 Liquor quantity 53 Parewell in Rouen 55 Group of eight 58 Ashen 59 Grandfather's 60 Cyrillic usSR 61 Squeezes (out) 62 Reticent MOST KU STUDENTS DRINK MODERATELY OR NOT AT ALL 0-5 DRINKS WHEN TheyParty* About one drink per hour over a 5 hour period. 80% of KU students use a designated driver. - Based on survey responses from 1,459 KU students. Survey administered by the KU Office of Institutional Research & Planning (2000). ---