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on the cover ‘The Hero Within Us’ Jesse Keener is a sophomore at the University of Idaho. She is majoring in art education and said she chose the major in hopes that someday every child or adult who needs to express something will have the means to express it visually, in place of personal or environmental destruction. Keener said this photo was an experiment. She said people all want to be something but for reasons that lie deep within people and culture, the true wants and desires of the individual are always hidden. She said the idea of the image is to show people can be anything they want to be even if that reality is purely fiction. She said the image is an expression of inner wants and fantasies everyone should feel more openly. 2.18.11
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A depressing Valentine’s Day has left you chubby with a toothache from the chocolate and ice cream you devoured. It’s time to put the fork down and work out. And don’t just sit on the stationary bike and flip through People. Sweat out the shame of being single.
February has a tendency to bring about the blues but cheer up — nobody likes hanging with the sad kid. This will help: Go to YouTube and type in “I’m a snake,� watch the first video that pops up. You’re welcome.
You know that suck up in your 8:30 class? Throw an M&M at her head as hard as you can every time she says something annoying. Use the peanut kind though — the plain and peanut butter are too good to waste.
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Pisces
You will develop a strong craving for carrots today and will eat them until your skin turns orange. Then elementary school kids will laugh at your misfortune and throw garbage at you, resulting in poor self-esteem for the rest of the day. Watch “Jersey Shore� when you get home so you feel better about yourself.
Next week your patience will run out and you will finally snap from your neighbors’ loud music. You will confront them and it will come down to a thumb wrestling battle that lasts well into the night. Around 3 a.m. your thumb will cramp up, you will lose and be forced to endure Lady Gaga blaring for the rest of the school year.
Leo
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2/19 - 3/20
Quit whining over your breakup, that person wasn’t right for you anyway. Focus on schoolwork and move on. Put aside your emotional tendencies and remember you have bigger things ahead to worry about.
Aries
3/21 - 4/19
It’s time to take up a new hobby. No, not swimming, a speedo would look ridiculous on you. Maybe start playing chess or something less dangerous. You’re better with no-contact sports.
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Stop being stubborn, it’s time to shave. It doesn’t matter how cold it is — your Ani DiFranco-esque thick layer of hair is unappealing and probably isn’t helping in the dating world either. Buy yourself a nice razor and go to town.
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You will meet the love of your life tomorrow but because of the fact that he/she doesn’t speak English, you will pass each other by and probably spend the rest of your life alone. It’s OK — you can still become a carny. People love carnies.
Be careful about what you post on your Facebook and Twitter. Graduation is impending and that future employer is going to look at your page only to see how bitchin’ your weekend was.
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You will win $253,988,401 from the lottery Saturday but will lose it all one hour later in a cockfighting bet. Find a bum and have a lengthy conversation about whose life is more likely to pan out then challenge him to a staring contest. Winner gets the better box to live in.
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‘Taste of the Palouse’
Local musicians return
The Moscow Food Co-Op is hosting the fourth annual “Taste of the Palouse� from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday Feb. 26 and March 5. The event will feature health and beauty products and food, all produced locally. The community is invited to sample products and speak to local owners and representatives of the companies in attendance.
The Staxx Brothers, who started as a band in Pullman while in college, are returning to play a show at John’s Alley. The band will start at 7 p.m. tonight.
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Record-breaking ostrich sammy Animals can do remarkable things. Some animals can be taught sign language or rescue babies from burning houses. Sometimes animals even warn people of natural disasters. If you like TV shows about animals that race, fight, talk, fight crime or play basketball, read on. These crazy critters might surprise you.
Trigger-happy Roy Rogers was a hero to many boys growing up in the last few decades. Yet he never would have been the bandyin’ buckaroo he was without his horse Trigger. Trigger wasn’t always his horse. The palomino steed started its matt career in 1938 as Maid Marion’s mount in the movie “The Adventures of Robin Hood.” Undoubtedly bored with such an anesthetic lifestyle, the horse was led by the halter of fate to Roy Rogers. He liked the horse’s color and keen mind and decided to buy him. He renamed the animal “Trigger,” and the horse followed him through film and television to the end of its days. Trigger survived in taxidermy in a museum until the facility closed in 2009. How many hearts has Mr. Ed helped inspire? http://bit.ly/aISwgE
Feline of the sea In Hong Kong, 1948, a cat named Simon was smuggled onto the Royal Navy’s HMS Amethyst. The commanding officer liked cats, so the worthless sod that disobeyed protocol wasn’t tossed overboard. Simon was given the job of rat-hunting on the vessel on the condition his kitty poo didn’t find its way into the captain’s Cheerio’s. The ship’s men made sure his Cheerio’s stayed kitty poo free and everyone fell in love with the cat. Simon went on to have many adventures. He survived cannon fire when the Amethyst was besieged by Communists on the Yangtze River. The ship changed hands a few times but Simon kept the stores of food safe from all manner of villains, especially a cunning rat dubbed “Mao Tse Tung” by the shipmen. After a daring escape in 1949, the crew of the Amethyst sailed to safety after 101 days of captivity. As a result of the conflict, the captain suggested Simon receive the Dickin Medal, “the animal award for gallantry.” Sadly, the
cat caught a virus and couldn’t fight it off because of war wounds. Simon died before receiving the award. Simon remains the only cat to have earned the medal. Lassie saves children. But she never went through the hell of warfare. http://bit.ly/3tumkS
The other-other-other white meat Ostriches are good at looking funny and at ignoring something they don’t want to acknowledge. Scientists have proven this with clipboards, beakers and statistics. Something maw else ostriches are rawr good at is filling out a sandwich. A group of chefs in Iran set the world record for the longest ostrich sandwich in 2008. The sandwich was almost 5,000 feet long. It contained more than 2,000 pounds of ostrich meat and several hundred pounds of chicken. More than 1,000 people took two days to prepare this feast. It was displayed at the International Food and Health Festival in Tehran, Iran. The sandwich was devoured in 10 minutes. Iran is the third largest breeder and producer of ostrich meat in the world. South Africa and China takes the next two spots. The ostrich accomplished this record-breaking feat as a species without motivation. It sticks its collective head in the sand of ignorance and becomes famous without trying. I think the ostrich should mascot rights. http://bit.ly/f1PUa0 illustration by juliana ward | rawr
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Will it vend? overhead and expenses. Only Going to a soda machine one staffer is needed to make to pick out my favorite pop sure the machines used to be cool – are well-stocked and until I saw Proactive maintained, in turn sold out of a vendmaking the school a ing machine last quicker profit more weekend. efficiently than a The world of single book store does. product vending has There is still the been turned upside concern of the cost down, which got me and availability of thinking: What else machines like these. could be sold out of machines a machine? madison Vending of this caliber would There is no run in the thousands, doubt that vending mccord rawr and a wide spread machines are convedistribution of these nient. They take up a fraction of the space a store machines means buying front does and it has the abil- upwards of 20 to 30. To offset costs, the university would ity to take cash or card-based have to essentially shut down payments. The Proactive the bookstore and let all machine is one example of employees go. that. Need a new iPod while All in all, the idea of being at the Chicago airport? A Best Buy vending machine has you able to buy anything by pressing the button “D8” sounds covered. How about a bottle pretty cool and if costs go of booze in Vegas? Insert down, vending machines your cash and ID card and around every corner could be enjoy the vodka. a viable option.
But there are limits.
Some things are not meant to be served from a giant robot. Perishable food, coffee and ice cream are not things that should be trusted to come out of a machine on the side of a building, yet still do. Although they are currently reserved for big cities and airports, it won’t be long before cities like Moscow and universities have these vending terminals. In a perfect world every building on campus would have a machine at major entrances. Stocked full of writing utensils and school supplies, students could easily swipe their Vandal Cards to pick up a last minute notepad or calculator before the big test. This system would also cut down on university
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make it hard,” Schiewe said. Schiewe said his faith helps him in every aspect of life. “My Christian beliefs are my reason for living. (The) slogan of our youth group is that Jesus is our passion, our purpose and our life,” Schiewe said. “I grow spiritually so much every day because I have a relationship with God that is active and passionate. If I need anything, I can talk to God and he will answer me.” Schiewe said being raised in the Christian faith was awesome because he never felt alone. “Jesus Christ is my Lord, my Savior, my Healer, my Teacher, my Father, my Friend —my everything,” Schiewe said. Schiewe said he goes to church every Sunday and Wednesday, to a college-age youth group on Friday nights and leads a Bible study Monday nights in Wallace Residence Center. “My relationship with God
has so radically changed my life that I have to share what he has done for me with everyone,” he said.
“(This is) Saint Nicholas, the saint that watches over children. I got this at my first communion,” Johnson said. She said Jesus Christ holds a special place in her heart. Catholicism “To me Jesus Christ is someEmily Johnson was born one who I can go to wheninto the Catholic ever I need Him, branch of Christiansomeone who ity and said it helps died on the cross her as a student. for all of our sins “You kind of find and someone I can faith in everything always depend on that you have and know won’t hardships with, judge me, no matlike homework ter what I do,” and being so far Johnson said. away from home,” She said someJohnson said. “You thing else that kind of have to andrew schiewe makes Catholipray that you’ll get cism different is through it.” the feeling of not Johnson said “flaunting” the reCatholics believe in one God ligion. She said Catholics keep and the saints. She said the their faith under wraps. saints are something that “That’s kind of a difference makes Catholicism different between other religions and from other branches of Christiother branches of Christianity anity. Johnson wore a pendant because they like to show their with one of the saints pictured. religion,” she said. Johnson said she goes to mass every Sunday at St. Augustine’s, where she listens to an hour-long sermon by a priest, sings hymns, worships and has communion — bread and wine Catholics view as the blood and body of Christ. The Catholic church on campus holds mass and confession every day of the week and confession. “Confession is when you go in and if you’ve committed any sins and you feel guilty about it, you can go and confess it to the priest,” Johnson said. “Honestly I haven’t been since first communion and I was seven. It kind of depends how into the religion you are.” Johnson said being a religious college student is sometimes difficult. “A lot of people kind of poke fun at the people who are very religious, and it’s again the Catholic religion to get drunk and kind of do all that kathrine brown | rawr Students lead praise and worship music for Idaho students Feb. 10 at a Campus Crusade for Christ meeting at the NuArt Theatre. Cru meets crazy stuff,” Johnson said. “So that’s kind of hard because you Thursday evenings at 7:15 p.m. in the NuArt Theatre. thank God for what he has done for me is to live my life for him,” Schiewe said. Schiewe said he is nondenominational, a branch of Christianity that includes all denominations. “Some branches don’t teach Non-denominational about certain areas or interAndrew Schiewe has been pretations of what the a Christian for about Bible says but non12 years and said he denominational takes believes Christianity the Bible for what isn’t a religion but a it says and believes relationship. the whole Bible, and “Religion implies a nothing but the Bible,” set of rules that one Schiewe said. must follow in order Schiewe said for to be spiritual, but some it might be hard Christianity is focused to be a college student on your relationship an active Christian rhiannon and with God,” Schiewe but it all depends on said. “The point of rinas how devoted to God Christianity is to rawr you are. know God and to “If you choose to make Him known.” live your life for God, no matSchiewe said he became a ter what season of life you Christian because he realized are in, then it is easy to stay a he needed a Savior. Christian, but many Christians “I also realized that the only are not devoting their lives to thing that I could do to ever Jesus Christ and that would The University of Idaho campus has several branches of Christianity to provide interested students the option to have a relationship with Jesus Christ.
Jesus Christ is my Lord, my Savior, my Healer, my Teacher, my Father, my friend — my everything.”
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want to fit in and you want to be with everybody else but it’s kind of hard because you want to stick with your religion also.”
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Lana Barg said she has been LDS all her life but gained her testimony when she was a junior in high school. Barg said the LDS church believes in baptism and “God the Father and in his son Jesus Christ and in the Holy Ghost. We believe them to be three separate beings.” “We believe in the correct translation of the Bible and also in the Book of Mormon, which is another testament of Jesus Christ to his people in the Americas,” Barg said. “We hold all the principles Christ taught during his ministry on Earth. We follow the council of a modern day prophet that leads Christ’s church today. We hold and practice all the ordinances that Christ instructed to his followers in the New Testament.” Barg chose to be LDS because the “Holy Ghost testified to me that it was the true church,” and said she has become more active in her church since coming to college. She said her religion makes life easier. “I say a little prayer while I study to help me remember and then a really big prayer before a test,” Barg said. “It’s like being part of a club, if you want to be involved and participate you will make the time. It’s not hard for me because I’ve already decided to set apart time in my week
for religion.” Barg said she relies on her religion throughout the day, and prays for understanding and when she is thankful. She said she tries to read her scriptures every night. “I actively attend church meetings on Sunday, attend church activities like family home evening, Institute of Religion classes and other weekly activities,” Barg said. “I am constantly at the Institute of Religion on campus for all the activities, classes and guest speakers that are there, or (I am) just doing homework and hanging out.” Barg said she went to church with her mom but her dad didn’t hold religious preferences so they often disagreed on how to raise her. “This left me to choose for myself most of the time, and after making some mistakes I decided that I couldn’t find a more genuine happiness anywhere else,” Barg said. “I wouldn’t change growing up the way I did because it has made me love the lana barg gospel and the LDS church so much.” Church on Sunday consists of sacrament meeting, which is a renewal of baptismal covenants, Sunday school, which is instructed but open for discussion and followed by Relief Society for the women and Priesthood for the men. “He’s (Jesus Christ) my brother that came to Earth to personally atone for my sins, as well as the pain and emotions from life,” Barg said, “he loved me enough to do that and I try to show my love back by following his commandments. he is the center of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and as a member I try to center things around him as well.”
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Emily Johnson talks about the medal she wears around her neck Feb. 9 in the Idaho Commons. Her medal bears the image of St. Nicholas, a saint in the Catholic faith.
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Members of the “Boom Box Party Army,” Conner Sugden, Sean Boyle and Jacob Nelson attempt to rile up a crowd in front of The Garden Lounge on Main Street 10 p.m. Saturday. Boyle said they specialize in decentralized dance parties. Students in this photo are not associated with sources in the article.
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Jessie Housen and Matt Ford said they can be found downtown after a long week of classes. Housen and Ford, along with others, were quizzed on their “weekend” intellectual abilities outside Mingles and the Bagel Shop just after midnight Saturday.
What came first: The chicken or the egg?
Housen said the egg came first but Ford said it was the rooster. “You have to have the rooster to get with the hen before you have the egg,” Ford said.
What about the chicken?
“No, no, no. Well it’s its pretty obvious. Well the question seems complicated until you realize there’s a rooster involved,” Ford said.
When will the world end?
Housen said it will end in 2012. “Jessie wants to know if you’re talking about World of Warcraft,” Ford said, after laughing and whispering in Housen’s ear. Ford said the world will probably end in 1438.
Hasn’t that already passed? “Ah, 14,038,” Ford said.
What’s going to happen then?
“I (don’t know,) an explosion if I had to guess,” Ford said. Housen said he disagreed. “They say there was a big bang when we started, so I think there will be a small bang now,” Housen said.
How far do you go west before you start going east?
Housen said he can never be going east. “You can always go west, the Earth is round,” Housen said. Ford said you would only go in a straight line if you continued west. “Hold on, hold on. You are going to actually leave Earth if you continue west. You’d be in outer space, like over there,” Ford said. “You may even hit another universe.”
What planet would you hit?
“Well, we are talking about a totally different universe. You eventually would just leave the galaxy even,” Ford said. They may not even have east over there, Ford said. “I’m guessing it’s probably just a different name of a direction — just an educated guess,” Ford said. The two men hugged. “I love him,” Housen said. “I love him, also,” Ford said.
What came first: the chicken or the egg?
Marshall Birtz said the chicken comes first. “You can’t have an egg without a chicken,” he said. “That’s a catch 22 if you ask me. There is no real answer to that.”
When will the world end?
Birtz said the world will end when God says it will end. “I think God’s chariot will ride through the heavens. If you don’t believe in God, then don’t. I do. Read Genesis and you will know … how
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Let’s grub The hungry student’s guide pitas at Stover’s. She said she doesn’t often go to the Commons but misses the tacos, burritos and sub sandwiches Pat Clelland said Campus previously served. She said Dining has seen success in Einstein’s Bagels is convenient its recent renovations and but closes too early and Bob’s overall focus. allows residents to relax. Locations like Joe’s Café, the Nick Clizer said he enjoys Idaho Commons food court and Bob’s Place in Wallace have the sit-down, coffee-shop vibe of Einstein’s. He said he apseen significant changes. Clelpreciates the convenience and land, director of Operations, solitude it offers between classsaid continual customer feedes to read or check homework. back is crucial and responses Clizer said he avoids Sister’s have been positive. Brew in the Administration “It’s an exciting Building because time for the dining of its inconvenient services at the Unilocation and lack of versity of Idaho,” space to relax. He he said. said expensive pricHe said Cames remain a general pus Dining wants disadvantage. students to have “Bob’s is healthy options at included in the each location. meal plan, so you “The aim of fall back on that,” Campus Dining,” curtis johnson Clizer said, “but Clelland said, “is to Einstein’s and offer a variety of Denny’s are far quality food servicfrom cheap.” es that enhance the student Curtis Johnson said Bob’s experience and contribute to offers many food choices so … success.” everyone can find something Idaho Commons kitchen enjoyable. He said one disadsupervisor Paula Babb said the vantage is that healthy choices goal is to please the customer. at Bob’s are limited to salBoth the food court and Bob’s ads. Johnson said more focus offer gluten-free and vegetarian should be given to preparing options, she said. Babb said one simple, good food rather than strength of the food court is complex or unique dishes that its variety and that the menus don’t meet students’ needs. change frequently. She said He said making smart food students have adjusted well to selections across campus can the food court transitions. be tough. “We’ve had mostly positive “For people who are trying comments in our comments to live a healthy lifestyle, it’s box. I think students love it,” literally impossible. It’s really difBabb said. ficult to get your required foods Students have varying opinions about campus food options. and nutrients,” Johnson said. Clelland said Campus DinRachelle Ausman said her faing aims to provide excellent vorite place to eat is Stover’s, in customer service, a welcoming the J.A. Albertson Building. She environment and quality of exsaid she likes it because it has perience to each of its venues. a nice social atmosphere where “We must continue to she can sit and talk or study. evolve to meet the ever“Probably my favorite part of (eating on campus) is having changing expectations of our customer base,” he said. “But a (study break,) and talking to one expectation never changes, people,” Ausman said. that of quality service.” Ausman said she likes the matt maw rawr
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There are many places students can go on campus to find good eats and a place to relax. Joe's Cafe in the University of Idaho Student Union Building is one place students visit.
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Justine Textor’s face lit up when she talked about her plans for weekend. She’s going to spend time with her boyfriend, who lives in Longview, Wash., a seven-hour drive from Moscow. Textor met her boyfriend Chad Wagner in high school, but they were just acquaintances back then. “(He and) my high school sweetheart were actually good friends. So we went to a couple dances together in groups,” Textor said. She said two years ago one of her best friends from high school joined the Coast Guard and was stationed in Hawaii. Wagner ended up being her friend’s roommate. Textor said when she visited her friend, she and Wagner made a connection and became more than just friends. “When I went to Hawaii, that’s when he and I started talking more romantically, I guess,” Textor said. “We didn’t really start dating though until this past summer.” Textor and her boyfriend spent a summer together after they had started casually seeing each other, but didn’t make commitments because of the seven hours that would stand between them come September. As summer came to an end, Textor decided she wanted to try a long-distance relationship with Wagner, though it was not part of the original plan. She said when she told him, the discussion didn’t go quite how she hoped. “We had decided to just have fun, hang out together, but at the end of the summer he had asked me if I’d changed my mind, if I wanted to still not do the distance thing or do the distance thing,” Textor said. “I said, ‘I’ve changed my mind, I care about you a lot. I want to do the distance thing.’” Textor said his reply was not what she had wanted. He said he wasn’t ready to try. “We didn’t talk for two days, and then he called me and
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Cameron Hjeltness talks to his fiancé Justyna Wojnar Feb. 10 in the Living and Learning Center. Wojnar lives in Poland and Hjeltness often talks to her through Skype.
(said) ‘I did change my mind,’” Textor said. “He’s had that experience before, so he didn’t really want to but after a few days he changed his mind and jumped right in.” Textor said it was hard at first because she was used to having a boyfriend who was always around. “We’ve spent more of our relationship apart than together,” Textor said. “I’ve lived with a guy and … I’m used to … having someone there. After about a week, I was just crying because it was weird for me to not have someone with me at night or someone to come pick me up from class.” Textor said she got scared her boyfriend would feel disconnected because she felt this way. But she said as time went on, things got better and she didn’t feel disconnected anymore. Nicole Meginnis said she will probably never try longdistance again after the way her last relationship ended. Meginnis said long-distance relationships may work for some but not for her. “I think it’s very easy to get detached from someone if you’re not with them a lot of the time,” Meginnis said. “For certain couples space is good. It’s good for certain people to focus on themselves for a bit and for them to have alone time, just depending on the people.” Meginnis said she is somewhat of a cynic when it comes to long-distance love because of past relationships, but has also seen countless friends have relationships fall apart under the pressure of distance. “(The) majority of the time they don’t work out, or they’re just shitty relationships, so whether they know it’s going to work out or not, from the outside looking in, you know this is not going to work,” Meginnis said. Meginnis said the only way she’d try long distance again is if she is confident in the relationship before distance becomes an issue.
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Charles Vankeuren and Melissa Bixby dine at Nectar in Moscow. Dating is one way to keep intimacy alive or it can provide singles the opportunity to explore the world of relationships.
Dating is meant to be fun and a way to get to know someone else. It is where most relationships begin and can lead to a blissful 42 years of marriage — even if it does include unpleasant chamber music.
Single life Cameron DeJong said the idea of “happily dating” in college is more of a myth. “I think, maybe it is a good idea if the intention is to get to know the other person better and see how it might go in the long run,” DeJong said, “but it is a terrible idea if people are doing it just because they are in college or whatever and just for fun without any plans to take it forward.” He said people should establish their intentions at the start but often don’t and it always leads to problems.
“The problem with thinking about (dating) as fun is when one of the (people) involved gets more serious and it remains fun to the other person,” he said. “If they start as fun then it might easily go ugly. And you can establish boundaries all you want but there’s no guarantee it will remain that way.” DeJong said he will either consider dating when he goes back home or wait until he settles down and is out of Moscow. “It’s been about three … years since I’ve even asked someone out. Forget dating,” he said DeJong said he does think it is nice to have someone though and said he misses that. Dustin Scott has been single for a “long time.” “I don’t try all that hard, and I don’t go out looking to date. If it happens
though it’s great,” he said. Scott said dating is when you’re exclusive and only seeing one person, but you can go on a date with many people at one time. “A date is just hanging out to get to know who they (are),” Scott said. “I would definitely go on dates with a lot of people, ‘cause then you find out who you have the most in common with,” He said there are levels of dating. “Level one is the group date. You go with somebody but you go with their friends too. You hang out (and) go to the movies, or whatever. Level two is single dates, (you) go to movies with them alone, or to my house with popcorn and a movie, maybe cook up some mac and cheese,” Scott said. He said there is then level three, which is exclusivity. “At that point you realize you like
spending a lot of time with one another,” he said. He said dating is a gradual progression because you have to figure out what someone is really like, so you can put your guard down and move to the next level. “There’s always the possibility of being rejected, but would I jump on the chance? Yes. Everybody wants somebody to do something with, they don’t want to be alone,” he said. Shandy Lam said dating can be about fun, but she expects a few things when it comes to a date. “I expect the guy to pay, especially if it’s the first date. It shows that the guy is interested in something more than just hanging out as friends,” Lam said. She said when she goes on a date
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Colleen Sullivan sorts trash into different containers in the Idaho Commons. There are areas to put your trash, compost and recycling. Students who volunteer for compost sorting recieve a free meal. “You also have to fire-hose every section of bleachers, which takes a whole day,” Taylor said. Weidig said one day in a maintenance worker’s life is adventurous. “There is something to do on the Dome floor, there is something to do on the concourse, or there is something to do on the second floor office. You never know what will happen next,” Weidig said. There hasn’t been a single day where people didn’t say thank you to me, she said. “Everyone shows his or her appre-
ciation,” she said. “It makes me really enjoy working here with these people.” Cynthia Brinkman has another dirty job on campus–she sorts through students’ garbage three times a week. Volunteers separate all plastics and aluminum cans and only one, two and five plastics can be recycled. “Quite often students don’t know what they are doing when it comes to disposing of their tras,” Brinkman said. “There is usually one piece of garbage that ends up in plastic.”
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from page 8 changed, say economically and job-wise, I would take that into consideration,” Meginnis said. “If we were married and they had to move halfway across the country just to get some work, I would deal with it as long as it wasn’t permanent.” Cameron Hjeltnes said sentimental people are more prone to make long distance love last. “I think it takes someone who’s more focused on memories and things that you’ve done together, because since you can’t be there with them at that moment ... the only thing you have to go on is memories of the things you’ve done together,” Hjeltnes said. Hjeltnes met his fiancé in high school when she was a foreign exchange student from Poland. After high school she went back to Poland and the couple didn’t try long distance but shortly after, they were
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Married life Gracy Castleman said dating can be an adventure. As a married woman, she said sometimes her dates happen spur of the moment. “Sometimes my husband will be very vague about dates. There will be times where he’ll say, ‘Saturday night. Wear a dress,’ and that is all I will get. Other times we just end up doing things that we like together,” she said. Castleman said she and her husband are homebodies who like to watch TV or play video
back together. “I dated a couple times after she went back to Poland the first time, but it didn’t work out with other people because I was always thinking about her,” Hjeltnes said. “I guess that’s how I knew that I didn’t want to be with anyone else.” Hjeltnes said the only advantage to having his fiancé far away is he has more time for homework. He said not being able to hug his fiancé is difficult but he keeps his mind off the distance by staying busy. “You have to keep thinking about what’s coming. Like, I’m working two jobs right now ... so that I can pay for a plane ticket for spring break,” Hjeltnes said. Hjeltnes said one small thing that helps the relationship feel normal is through doing things they would normally do together via Skype. Hjeltnes and his fiancé watch movies together on Skype at the same time, so they can laugh together and make comments.
“We send each other stuff in the mail all the time. She’ll send me tea and coffee, something small that doesn’t cost too much to mail,” Hjeltnes said. “It’s cool because I know I’m drinking coffee that came from Europe.” Hjeltnes said people look at him weird when he doesn’t want to share the Polish gum his fiancé sends him, but he said it’s because they think it’s regular gum and don’t realize the journey it’s made. In addition to gum and coffee, Hjeltnes said he has little daily reminders of his fiancé. “It’s kind of cheesy but I have one of her hair bands that I wear as a bracelet on my wrist ... also, she filled out a day planner, and on every single page there’s a little note she wrote for me, so it’s cute stuff like that makes you think of them,” Hjeltnes said.
games together. “We have been homebodies since we first got together so neither of us expect anything extravagant. Occasionally I will come up with an idea for a date and ask him if it is something that he wants to do but he knows me pretty well so we usually just play it by ear,” Castleman said. She said the couple had to learn to be themselves when they weren’t around each other because they were in a long-distance situation for a long time before being married. “It also helps that even though we stay at home most of time, it is nice to go out on the town with my husband on a real date from time to time,” Castleman said. In 42 years of marriage, Bill Gustafson said has never been angry enough to raise his voice with his wife. Gustafson dated a little before his 1968 marriage and said he and his wife do not go out on dates as often as they used to but they don’t need to because they are comfortable with one another. “When we lived in San Francisco … we would go out to dinner, plays, music performances and such,” he said. “I’m not a very good dancer but she
liked to dance so I took her out dancing. And sometimes we would just go walk around downtown.” Gustafson and his wife have lived in Moscow for 32 years. About once or twice a month, they will do something such as going out for dinner together. “We sometimes (go) to see chamber music at the University of Idaho, she likes that. Often I don’t like it, for my taste in music is sometime quite eclectic,” he said. “But I just have to kind of grin and bear it because she likes it and I don’t want her to know that, but some of the music is a burden for me.” Gustafson said the comfort that comes with age and time is good. “It probably flies in the face of the younger perception, but we’re comfortable with each other,” he said. Gustafson said when it comes to the relationship, “it just works.” He said his wife is kind of quiet and he is loud, in contrast. “She won’t let me pick a fight with her, I’ve tried many times, but it’s probably her character that’s kept us together,” Gustafson said.
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Sometimes it is fun to listen to a mix of music from distant lands. Here are some eclectic artists for you to sample. “Raphael” - Carla Bruni (Italy/France) This woman really is something. Married to the French Prime Minister and a former super model, she surprisingly brings out gorgeous sounds, un-reminiscent of the actors and modelsturned-singers many of us know. “Raphael” is simple and sexy. And for the guys who are after some eye candy, Carla is only a Google search away. “Just a Boy” – Angus and Julia Stone (Australia) The combination of this Australian trio’s voice, instrumentals and adorable lyrics is so cute. Now it’s the girls’ turn. Just imagine a (shirtless) Aussie guy strumming his guitar and serenading you with interludes of ukulele. “Swagger” – Ruff-n-smooth (Ghana) I will not deny that I simply have to dance whenever this song comes on. “She be sweet like banana, she be coming from Ghana.” Everyone in Ghana adores this hip-poppy number, from the children at the bars to hairdressers to older men sitting around with their palm wine. “Queremos Paz” – Gotan Project (France/Argentina) Latin music in big amounts can be too much, but there is something about this song that is so catchy and sexy. The Gotan project can do everything, truly. The only phrase through the track is “Queremos Paz,” or “We love Paz.” Why are the crazy bands always based in Paris? “Birds” - Emiliana Torrini (Iceland) Emiliana’s voice is so yummy, she had to be included in the list. Her music is not to everyone’s taste but her raspy, floaty voice in “Birds” and simple guitar strumming is pretty. Yummy and pretty, that’s her. “Let’s stay awake and listen to the dark.” “One Day” – Opshop (New Zealand) Something about this song just makes me want to cry—hopefully it’s not the memories of it being played repeatedly in the dingy little supermarket I worked at as a 15-year-old. This is about as romantic as it gets for a non-French song. “Od Yeshoma” – Oi Va Voi (England) This song is 42 minutes, 42 seconds long, and after listening to it for a couple of years, I only just realized this. Don’t expect “English” sounds either because the band derives its name from the Yiddish exclamation of “Oh Dear.” This is a global musical concoction of goodness that takes the listener up, down and far away in its Jewish and Judeo-Spanish influenced sounds. “Sabali” – Amadou and Miriam (Mali) (Miike Snow Remix) This track is magnifique. And who better to do a remix of this song than Miike Snow? Although you can tell it is a remix, the track holds true enough to the original. This song is trippy. An online fan said, “This is heaven … brought down on Earth in a song.” Au revoir.
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about that?” Birtz said. Birtz said his interpretation of the world ending is that no human can ever know when it will happen. Birtz said God says the Earth will end on judgment day. “What’s actually going to happen? God is going to take the believers from Earth. Earth is going to become the devil’s dominion. You’re going to be able to choose whether or not you believe. If you don’t, you will be in hell and I don’t know what hell is going to be like. How am I supposed to know? I’ve never been there, Birtz said.
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from page 10 She said when garbage gets misplaced she has to dig to place the trash in its proper location. “I get stuff on my clothes but it’s … the smell that will get to you,” Brinkman said. The UI Sustainability Center began the compost program last semester and this is Brinkman’s second semester volunteering. She said there are not enough volunteers to assist students at all times of the day yet. “The janitors will go through the bags and let volunteers know if there is a problem, and then we go through and sort the trash,” Brinkman said. Brinkman said he hopes to teach students and faculty what is compostable and what can go in the landfill. “A lot of people think recycling is a waste of time and it’s not,” Brinkman said. “There are companies that purchase it for specific uses.” Weidig said people in their positions go through a lot while working. “My job is exciting and adventurous. I just hope people appreciate it,” Weidig said.
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