Your Christmas List Begins at Precision Cuts! Scare hinq for .1 qreat qift for Mom? Dad? brothers? Sisters? We have the answer! I ine hair c Is the Microcomputer Support Lab; you'll save some dough. Great discounts are offered to students, faculty and staff, Plus a great financing program," Santa said with a laugh. Then Santa drove off and threw these words back, to all, Hope you all get a Mac!" Microcomputer Support lab 202 Computing Center M-F 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. 686-4402 * Better to give than receive By Darla Jackson Emerald Supplements Editor As most ot us struggling college students realise, the Christmas season and the 11 months leading up to it can be mighty tight on the old wal let Don't you get sick ol your family expecting loads of lav ish gifts when they know you re as poor as a church mouse9 The following scenai 10 can be used effectively to avoid spending virtually any thing this Christmas (Arriving home from col lege) Hello, my wonderful family members! Yes. I'm back to celebrate this glort ous season with you And of course I ve brought presents galore, so we may as well get down to business, right9 Mom, since I know how you love to try new recipes and ex otic foods I brought you a Eu gene gourmet specialty It's called Top Rarnen. and it's kind of along the lines of cavi ar or lobster, it's exotic, ex pensive and unavailable to the lower classes And yes. I ve brought you a whole tub of the stuff1 Dad. I know you're going to be equally thrilled with your present Did you know the Su per Bowl is being played in New Orleans this year9 Well. I took the liberty of calling air lines hotels and rental car companies in the area to check their prices and availa bility for the game Here s a list of prices and stuff —now all you have to do is fork out the money for all this! Oh yeah. I guess you also have to worry about getting a ticket But hey. I'll leave that little de tail up to you For my big brother and sis ter in-law I'm giving you this lovely book for your coffee ta ble What? You say it looks a lot like a textbook from my as tronomy class? Well maybe it is, but seeing how I can t sell this one back I figured I should get some use from it right9 For my big sister, who is now a successful CPA and is the epitome of yuppiedorn. I'd just like to compare our lives for a moment You live in a penthouse apartment and get to float along the Caribbean on vacations. I, on the other hand, live in a pig pen apart ment and the only thing I'm floating on is a loan So seeing how you love tak mg trips. I’m gonna give you a big guilt trip this year Oh. lighten up. I'm just teasing For my wonderful little brother who's just starting college. I'm giving you some really helpful hints on how to pull this stunt off next year at Christmas Okay, I'm ready to tear into all my presents from ya II Why is everybody scowling at me9 Come on. have an open rrund here! Jeez, I guess we can tell which one of us has been attending a liberal col lege full of free thinkers and who hasn't, now can't we? hull! j| SMITH I CORONIV TOMORROWS TECHNOLOGY AT YOUR TOUCH