want
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      SOs
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ‘
      ar
      Miss
      X:
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ave
      this
      serious
      problem,and
      I
      was
      hope’n
      that
      you
     
     
      puld
      help
      me
      out.
      You
      see,
      my
      roommate
      is
      an
      arts
     
     
      ‘udent
      and
      I’min
      engineering.
      He’sa
      great
      person
     
     
      hang
      out
      with...
      when
      nobody
      else
      is
      around.
      But
     
     
      her
      than
      that
      I
      think
      he’sa
      total
      loser.
      Whenever
      I
     
     
      ed
      some
      help
      with
      my
      calculus
      or
      physics
      I
      might
     
    

    
     
      k
      him,
      buta
      fly
      on
      the
      ceiling
      has
      more
      intelligence
     
     
      jan
      this
      fool!
      I
      don’t
      mean
      to
      pick
      on
      the
      poor
      guy,
     
     
      thow
      do
      people
      with
      his
      intelligence
      get
      into
     
     
      liversities?
      Is
      there
      anyway
      I
      can
      help
      this
      unlucky
     
     
      grson
      out,
      or
      is
      he
      just
      a
      total
      write
      off?
     
    
   
   
    
     
      omas
      J.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ar
      Thomas:
     
    

    
     
      dur
      the
      total
      write
      off!
      Don’t
      do
      this
      guy
      any
     
    

    
     
      ours.
      He
      doesn’tneed
      you.
      You
      mention
      that
      his
     
     
      elligence
      is
      that
      of
      a
      flies.
      How
      about
      yours?
      You
     
     
      ik
      for
      his
      help
      in
      Calculus.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      iss
      X:
     
    

    
     
      y
      boyfriend
      moved
      during
      the
      summer
      to
      a
      promis-
     
     
      y
      career.
      He
      now
      lives
      in
      the
      maritimes
      not
      far
     
    

    
     
      ay.
      Will
      (can)
      our
      relationship
      last?
     
    

    
     
      nsure
     
    
   
   
    
     
      sar
      Unsure:
      Long
      relationships
      are
      hard
      on
      both
     
     
      irties.
      Itcan
      strengthen
      a
      relationship
      or
      end
      it.
      If
     
     
      th
      parties
      really
      want
      the
      relationship
      to
      work
      it
     
     
      ill.
      You
      have
      to
      sit
      down
      and
      think
      about
      what
      you
     
     
      jally
      want,
      what's
      best
      for
      you.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      iss
      X
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ADVICE,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Dear
      Miss
      X:
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      have
      a
      hard
      time
      controlling
      my
      temper.
      Last
      week
     
     
      when
      I
      “‘lost
      it’’
      Ithrew
      my
      Hulio
      Iglesis
      cassette
      at
     
     
      the
      TV
      screen
      ruining
      the
      cassette
      mercifully
      leaving
     
     
      the
      TV
      unscathed.
      The
      problem
      is,
      the
      cassette
     
     
      wasn’t
      mine.
      It
      wasa
      tape
      I
      ‘‘borrowed’’
      without
     
     
      permission
      from
      my
      cousin
      Shane.
      Shane
      has
      always
     
     
      hated
      me
      since
      we
      were
      kids.
      How
      can
      I
      get
      out
      ofa
     
     
      for
      sure
      beating
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Scott
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Dear
      Scott:
      You’ll
      have
      to
      take
      what
      punishment
      your
     
     
      cousin
      dishes
      out!
      or
      be
      charged
      with
      theft
      under
     
     
      $200.00.
      Youstole
      his
      tape.
      You
      should
      definitely
     
     
      replace
      it.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Miss
      X
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      note:
      All
      submissions
      must
      include
      a
      name
      and
      phone
     
     
      number,
      although
      they
      don’t
      have
      to
      be
      published.
      If
     
     
      you
      don’t
      want
      your
      name
      published
      please
      indicate
     
    
   
   
    
     
      clearly.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      October
      10,
      1991
     
    
   
   
    
     
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