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Scorpio 10/23-11/21 The cold weather is really affecting you this week. Take some vitamin C and eat soup if you’re feeling chilled. Sagittarius 11/22-12/21
Aries 3/21-4/19
You let people hurt you and you don’t tell people that it is bothering you. Learn to stick up for yourself and more good things will come.
Listening to positive music will really help you this next week and weekend. Turn on some Jack Johnson or Lumineers and enjoy the positive vibes.
Capricorn 12/22-1/19 Remember to prioritize and stop procrastinating. Try to get assignments and tasks done ahead of time. It will help in the long run.
Aquarius 1/20-2/18 You should really enjoy your weekend and live it to the fullest. Go out with friends or see a show downtown. College is a busy time but remember to have fun, too.
Pisces 2/19-3/20 Have you talked to your parents lately? They are at home missing you and would really enjoy a phone call or text.
Taurus 4/20-5/20 The food you eat really does affect your daily life. Pay more attention to vegetables and raw foods, they provide the most energy for you. Avoid fast food or greasy meals. They tend to make you tired. Also, try drinking tea instead of coffee.
Gemini 5/21-6/21
Try to spend most of your time with positive, optimistic people. They will lift your spirits and remind you what there is to live for.
Cancer 6/22-7/22 You’ve been rather wasteful lately.
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Remember how important it is to reuse and recycle the things you use. There are various locations around campus to recycle.
Leo 7/23-8/22 You have been staying up far too late this past week, Leo. Sleep is so important and will help you be more productive during your days.
Virgo 8/23-9/22 October is a good month to relax. You are still reliving your summer and the warmer months, so it’s a good time to reminisce. Have coffee with a friend and enjoy the warmth of a coffee shop.
Libra 9/23-10/22 Good things are coming your way. This is a week for exploration and growth for you. Try to have an open mind and say yes to adventure.
Unsung heroes There are some movies that everyone knows about such as Hunger Games, Twilight, any Harry Potter film. Then there are the movies that very few people see. Some are old, some are new, either way they don’t make much noise.
Kelly’s Heroes
movie is a wartime comedy based on World War II. Kelly, played by Eastwood, finds gold bars in the briefcase of a German officer. Low-and-behold: there is a bank with about $15 million worth of those gold bars. The whole platoon is soon off on a crazy, gut-busting march through enemy lines to rob a bank.
Not to sound The Brass Teapot hipster, but “you’ve Claire Whitley This movie is hilarious. probably never rawr Made in 2012, this is an heard of it.” This is indie comedy based around an old 70s movie the concept of doing anything with stars such as Donald for money. A young couple Sutherland before he became come across a brass teapot President Snow, the comedian Don Rickles and Man From that holds a magical power: Nowhere, Clint Eastwood. The if someone near it gets hurt,
poof! Money. However, the meaning of “hurt” escalates after a period of time. Eventually, the two are living the high life, but in order to maintain their dramatic lifestyle they have to psychologically harm each other. At the very end, they realize this teapot is bad juju and decide to give it to a Chinese professor who has been haunting them, begging for it since the beginning.
Chocolat The plot is in the name. Chocolate. This is a movie about chocolate. Except for, it isn’t really. It is actually about accepting each other, despite whims or differences in
belief and religion and finding yourself under overprotective spouses or parents. A French woman blows into town and makes a chocolate store during Lent, and Count Reynaud does all in his power to have her business sink. However, this woman, Vianne Rocher, has a strange knack for bringing out the inner, true person. Gypsies, mobs and people finding themselves through a little chocolatier in a small French town make up this wonderful film.
Struck by Lightning It shouldn’t be surprising that a movie about a young journalist would be written about eventually. A newer film, 2012, written by and star-
ring Chris Colfer shows a high school senior, Carson Phillips, who is struck by lightning and killed. The movie then switches gears and is a complete retelling of his year from the grave. Phillips was trying to create a literary magazine on his school campus because the newspaper was a dive. No one wanted to write for it, no one read it, but Phillips kept on. In the end, he blackmailed several classmates and teachers into writing for the magazine and ended up struck by lightning. I’ll leave out the better parts about how he changed his classmates’ lives. Claire Whitley can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu
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2014 in music: what’s left to come The year still has a few potential gems hidden up its sleeves composed of rappers El-P and Thanksgiving is around the Killer Mike, and they headlined corner, the familiar ambiBoise’s own Treefort Music ance of the holiday season is Festival this year. Slated for returning and we’re almost 10 an Oct. 28 release, the months deep through group will release “Run the year. the Jewels 2.” The debut With that being said, album from the group it’s safe to say 2014 is was certainly one of officially on its way the best albums reout the door. Musically, leased last year and El-P the year has shown and Killer Mike have us a huge amount of Masen a wonderfully unique new music from, but Matthews back-and-forth rap style certainly not limited to: rawr that should manifest Death From Above 1979, itself upon this album Interpol, Pallbearer, like it did the first. If there’s Texas In July, Emarosa and one album you want to be on many more. Even though the the lookout for, it’s this one. year is going to be over in the Turning attention to a near future, it appears there couple of smaller acts, Pianos is still a small slew of albums Become the Teeth and Roswell that are slated to drop before Kid are both set to release new Jan. 1 hits. albums as well. A couple of big-name artists Pianos Become the Teeth ready to release albums before used to have a gritty, raw the end of the year are chartsound that’s apparently taken a toppers Kendrick Lamar and 180-degree turn into the realm Taylor Swift. of chilling, melody-based rock. Lamar is set to release his The band has also hopped from follow up to his breakout althe niche-emo label Topshelf bum, 2012’s “Good Kid, M.A.A.D Records to the popular punk City,” which is already drawing oodles of speculation and hype. label Epitaph Records. Roswell Kid is still on the Whether or not this hype will rise, but this album could certranslate into a bigger-andbetter album than its predeces- tainly be a large turning point in their career. They’re about sor is yet to be seen, but some to set off on a fall tour with fans have expressed concern The World Is a Beautiful Place over the direction into more & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die of a radio-friendly style taken and The Hotelier. in Kendrick’s newest single “I Even though we’ve seen Love Myself.” almost everything that 2014 Taylor Swift is set to release has had to offer in terms of a new album next week titled music, it will be interesting to “1989,” which is currently being see which albums will squeeze headed by the single “Shake into peoples’ end-of-the-year It Off.” The track has received lists. It’s almost time to put mostly positive, but sometimes this year to bed, but it will mixed reviews and there’s cursurely be exciting to see what rently no telling what the up2015 has in store in the world coming release will sound like. of music. Outside of the Billboard top Masen Matthews charts, one particularly exciting can be reached at release is coming from hip-hop arg-arts@uidaho.edu duo Run the Jewels. The duo is
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Stay strong, ride on Don’t be a seasonal rider Some people mark the change of seasons by the flocks of geese flying overhead or the leaves dying in an explosion of color. I watch the bike racks. As the seasons ebb and flow through the Palouse, the contents Cy Whitling of the bike rawr racks shift with them. Through the summer they sit mostly empty, occupied only by poor shells of bikes, abandoned for the summer by their student owners. As classes start back up the racks fill along with the dorms. Some freshmen come prepared with bikes purchased expressly for school. Many of these sit unused through the year. Others come unprepared and are forced to visit the bike shop after a few weeks of being late to everything. Through the late summer and early fall the bike racks in front of classrooms stay reasonably full. Then, as if by magic, in one week, late in October or early in November, they empty, almost completely. One day I will ride my bike to class and jockey for a position to lock it among the hordes of others. The next I find myself alone, my tracks the only ones visible on a thin sheet of virgin snow. For the next few months things will carry on this way, I will no longer need to fight for the best spot on the
rack, instead I can look out the window and see my bike, lonely, forlorn, abandoned by its kind as freezing rain snobbles down around it. It is easy to ride your bike when the sun is shining. Everyone loves the wind in their hair as they jauntily ride to class. It’s when the going gets tough though that the seasonal bikers start dropping like flies. Don’t give in, don’t stop riding. I know it’s easier to drive. I know walking helps avoid the mud splattered posterior that winter riding can produce. However, winter bike commuting has several important benefits. First, it has an incredible impact on fitness. Winter is already a hard season to stay fit through. The combination of feasting holidays and short dark days leads to a caloric intake comparable to a bear just before hibernation. As soon as you stop biking to school you lose a valuable workout. Muscles once toned by daily riding become flabby and soft. Once rock hard calves jiggle and thighs more accustomed to pedaling work the gas and brake pedals.
Not only is biking to school good for your body, it is also good for the environment and makes for daily excitement. I’m not exceptionally “green” but if you pass me with a “love your mother” or “don’t pave paradise” sticker on your car bumper when I am on my bike I sense a duality. I’m the guy who loves the sticker that says “Don’t like logging? Try using plastic toilet paper,” but if I am riding my bike and you are driving I feel like one of us is respecting our mother a little harder than the other. Winter bike riding is also exciting. Some people think driving in the snow is exciting or scary, try riding a bike. Even an innocent trip to the grocery store becomes an adventure straight out of a video game. Winter bike riding keeps you on your toes and hones every reflex. Don’t fall a victim to the yearly plague that empties the bike racks. Stay strong, ride on, you’ll save money, time and the planet. It might just make your legs look a little less terrible. Cy Whitling can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu
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Pumpkin spice, controversial flavor of fall What are the impacts of this cultural phenomenom? ’Tis the season … for pumpkin spice. Pumpkin spice everything. This is the time of year when America turns into one big pumpkin spice flavored air freshener. As our nation dangles precariously from the globe’s Cy Whitling rearview mirror, Crumbs wafting vegetable flavored scent into the universe, it seems appropriate to dig a little deeper into this flavor that defines the season. We all know what pumpkin spice tastes like. We’ve all been exposed to this viral flavor, time of year mixing pumpkin probably on a daily basis. spice lattes for the hordes of Pumpkin spice is much students wishing for a taste of more than some flavor to the season. squirt into lattes for a couple He started dropping chewy of months each year. It’s the nuggets of wisdom right at epitome of fall, a flavor that the beginning. defines a season, and as such it “I think that pumpkin demands a thorough analysis. itself is pure, but as soon as I quickly realized I am coffee shops turn it into a not qualified to go into this drink and add coffee to it … it topic to the depth it deserves. twists it into something that Instead I contacted an expert is idolized,” Courtney said. source, a barista. Besides hapIn his opinion, it becomes pening to be my roommate something for shops and Joshua Courtney is an intrepid customers to “hype and talk soul who spends his days this about.” He went on to say
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pumpkin spice is for people who “can’t live with just coffee, they need something more.” In fact, he believes pumpkin spice is “a crutch for those who cannot take their coffee straight.” He went so far to say the urge to drink pumpkin spice can come from a cultural pressure to be part of “the One, the One that enjoys pumpkin spice.” I realize these are harsh words that could cause offense to some so I went looking for another side of the story.
A Crumbs Recipe Card
Crockpot pumpkin spice lattes Ingredients 6 cups milk 4 – 6 cups brewed coffee 1 cup pumpkin puree ¼ cup vanilla extract ½ cup sugar 3 cinnamon sticks
Directions 1. Combine milk and coffee in the crockpot. 2. Mix together pumpkin, vanilla, sugar and cinnamon. 3. Pour mixture into crockpot and mix well. 4. Toss in cinnamon sticks. 5. Cover and cook on high for 2 hours. 6. Serve hot. It does not reheat well. Claire Whitley can be reached at crumbs@uidaho.edu
I found it with my other roommate, Jake Kline, who was enjoying a home baked pumpkin spice bar. “The great oneness of pumpkin spice brings all of us together, under the great web of spicedom,” Kline said. He went on to argue pumpkin spice is an integral part of the season that must be valued and treasured. He said pumpkin spice is not a sign of weakness, rather it is an indication of a interesting, varied and “spiced” life. Unfortunately, at this point
my source derailed the interview as he went on to compare pumpkin spice to crack cocaine and then dove deep into an analogy that ultimately lead to the book “Dune.” Regardless of your personal beliefs, pumpkin spice is inarguably here to stay. This fall flavor defines our collective tastes as a nation for several months each year. Is it a symbol of individual weakness or a sign of an interesting life? You decide. Cy Whitling can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu
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The USAC crew has been travelling through Spain. They recently visited the cities of Santillana del Mar, the city of three lies, and Pamplona.
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City hoppin’ in Northern Spain list, the comradery among the One of the greatest parts USAC students is something I about studying abroad is the really cherish, because they are community of friends and the going through similar experipeople you meet, whether ences as I am, and we they are fellow American talk about common can students, locals goals or tell interesting you have become stories of things that friends with or even happened to us and just random people they can empathize. you end up talking to In Santillana del Mar when you’re walking we visited the cave around town. Emily replication of Altamira, The weekend of Oct. Vaartstra rawr a cave filled with 3, the USAC crew took prehistoric paintings an excursion to the that researchers have dated medieval city of Santillana del back to the Paleolithic era. I Mar, also known as the city of know what you are thinking three lies, because it is not by the ocean, it is not flat and it is — a cave replication? What a rip off — which is exactly what not holy. I thought, until we got there While getting to explore and the replication was really these two beautiful Spanish incredible. According to our cities was incredible all in tour guide, José, the Neocave itself, it was a lot of fun to was reproduced with absolute get to spend more time with fidelity to the original. The fellow USAC students, some of prehistoric paintings were repthem I hadn’t seen since orienlicated using the same artistic tation. While befriending Spantechnique and natural colors. ish locals is high on my to-do
The only changes to the replication was extending the height of the cave for tourism purposes. They made the replication in the first place because with the mass tourism in the ‘60s and ‘70s, the change in humidity and excess carbon dioxide in the original cave was starting to damage the paintings. They closed off the original cave to the public. Following the cave tour was a walking tour of Old Town Santillana del Mar, which is one of the stops on the Camino de Santiago. The city is really rich in medieval history especially when it comes to the Inquisition. There was a museum of torture and that should tell you something. The next day we went on a beautiful walking tour of Santander and then we were privileged to enjoy the fanciest looking meal, and probably the tastiest, I have ever had in my
life — some kind of fried rice, duck, potatoes and a chocolate cream cake. In between there was some school, obviously, but the next weekend I finally got to go to the city that was a big reason why I came to Spain in the first place — Pamplona. It was incredible to explore the old part of town where the bulls run. We met a woman in a shop who was originally from Colombia and we talked with her for a while
as she was trying to marry us off to her sons. Back in San Sebastián, a friend and I finally made the hike up to the Segrado Corazón, or as most of us USAC-ers call it, the Jesus statue. The view of the city from up there is simply beautiful and makes me appreciate the city and its people even more. Emily Vaartstra can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu
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Driving the wandering kitchen
One year later, Grub Truck still Moscow
enterprise, an upscale barbecue joint called Lazybones, didn’t go quite so well. “After your first big success of that first restaurant, you get a little cocky,” Fletcher said. “Blind, thinking you’re impervious to Hannah Shirley mistakes, you get over-confident or somerawr thing. I was spending too much money, I was in a really expensive space, there It’s 1 a.m. on a Saturday. The bar wasn’t a lot of good parking — which scene is winding down for the night in people told me — but, you know, you downtown Moscow and hordes of drunk think you’ve got everything figured out.” college students are wandering back onto Fletcher said he saw the writing on the streets. What do they want? the wall before Lazybones closed. That Gourmet macaroni. was when he started looking online for The Grub truck is hard to miss. trucks for sale. He said the idea of a truck Owner John Fletcher said he designed appealed to him because they weren’t it that way — the truck is big, orange, only more laid-back than a sit-down resemblazoned with a Neanderthal and can taurant, but much cheaper. be found most nights between 11 p.m. In the meantime Fletcher was brought and 3 a.m. on Main St., usually outside back to the Palouse when an old coThe Garden. worker and friend offered him work at It’s become a staple of the South Fork in Pullman, where Moscow late night life since it he worked as the bar manager first appeared on the streets for four years. At that point, last September, and in the working on the truck he’d year since, business has only bought was a hobby. expanded steadily, according “I enjoy the complex probto Fletcher. In fact, he said, lem solving, like the actual Homecoming Weekend was building of the truck,” Fletchthe busiest weekend they’ve er said. “I learned a lot from had so far. metal work to plumbing, and Grub offers a wide-ranging I really enjoyed setting up the menu, from curry to barbecue system, where I went from to tacos, but the staple, Fletchbeing a flustered nightmare er said, is the macaroni. Grub’s to becoming operational and six variations include mac and figuring out how to work cheese with pesto, hot sauce, fairly smoothly, which was truffle oil and more. really satisfying.” “Originally, my idea was to John Fletcher Many hours of labor and do the Mac Truck, and just do several failed macaroni reci10 types of mac and cheese,” pes later, Grub was open for Fletcher said. “It took me so long to business Friday and Saturday nights. build the truck, though, I got bored with They’ve since expanded to work Monthat idea, and came up with the Grub day, Wednesday and Thursday nights idea. I wanted to do more eclectic stuff as well, and Fletcher said he hopes to that wouldn’t limit myself — especially open for lunches and dinners eventusince the truck is much smaller than the ally, as well. He wants to start rotating average food truck, with limited kitchen specials on the menu and developing space inside.” new recipes. For Fletcher, a Washington State While Fletcher hopes there will be University alumnus who graduated with other enterprises in his future, and not a degree in English Literature, the truck necessarily in the food industry, he does is a pleasant change of pace. He said he consider Grub to be a long-term project. fell into the food business in college and “I like food, but my role in the food stayed because he enjoyed the easy mon- industry is owning something, and being ey and fast-paced, creative environment. fully in control of the creative aspect,” In 2009, Fletcher opened Picabu Bistro Fletcher said. “It’s a lot of fun. Everyone in Spokane with his sister, which was fea- is really happy, and we just have a really tured on Food Network’s Diners, Drive-Ins wonderful audience.” and Dives the year after Fletcher left. He Hannah Shirley said co-owning a successful business was can be reached at a great experience — however, his second arg-arts@uidaho.edu.
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Phi Delta Theta fraternity brothers and Latah County Republicans sailed down Main Street during the Homecoming Parade Oct. 18.
Disney characters downtown
I like food, but my role in the food industry is owning something, and being fully in control of the creative aspect."
The UI Homecoming Parade brought Disney characters to the Palouse Alexia Neal rawr
Classic Disney characters from all over the world paraded down the streets of downtown Moscow in celebration of the 125th Annual Homecoming. The theme of the parade this year was “Once Upon a Homecoming,” and the parade showcased creativity of organizations by incorporating different fairytales. “Homecoming and the parade are great reminders of why we are all here,” said Jesus Iniguez, the Homecoming Chairman of Kappa Sigma fraternity. “It’s great to take a break from school and all of the hectic-ness and unite as one.” Cassandra Michaud, the Parade Co-Chair, said the Homecoming Committee planned many new and exciting things this year to celebrate the 125th anniversary with Homecoming
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Hungry late-night patrons stand outside the Grub Wandering Kitchen Saturday night. The menu includes gourmet macaroni and cheese and BBQ. Grub truck can be found most nights between 11 p.m. and 3 a.m. on Main St., usually outside The Garden.
at UI and its importance. Michaud said the parade was now open to any and all groups. The requirements to have a float in the parade is seven interested people and a filled out float request form. “This is a good thing because it encourages all aspects of our university to be involved with the parade,” Michaud said. The parade participants were encouraged to follow the Homecoming theme. Each group was assigned a fairytale to represent throughout the week, and the parade showcased their creativity and ideas. “It really goes well with the children in the community, and they are typically the ones involved,” Michaud said. Iniguez said Kappa Sigma and Kappa Alpha Theta were homecoming partners and worked hard to make the float
parade is a weekend event elaborate. He and the other where we all come together Homecoming chairman, Dalton as one and celebrate the best O’Neill, designed and created school in the state,” the float and with Iniguez said. the help of other Bull riding, fraternity brothwindow painters early last week. ing downtown Their theme was the and a free Holiday fairytale “The Snow Friends and Finn Queen,” which DisRiggins concert ney adapted to the were all added to movie “Frozen.” the list of HomeIniguez said coming festivities the designers of this year. Michaud the float wanted Jesus Iniguez said the UI Hometo make it appear coming Committee frozen and icy. Two women from Kappa Alpha The- hopes to keep the traditions strong and keep students and ta dressed up and were on the UI community involved. float as the main characters of “Homecoming is one of “Frozen,” Elsa and Anna. the oldest traditions at UI,” He said several people were involved in their float as Iniguez said. “It is celebrated each year to remind us why the characters and the townsit’s important.” men giving out candy to the Alexia Neal parade watchers. can be reached at “Whether you’re in a Greek arg-arts@uidaho.edu organization or not … the
“It’s great to take a break from school and all of the hectic-ness and unite as one.”
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Idaho Bach Festival offers community historical music experience Lyndsie Kiebert
teacher of Historical Performance at the highly esteemed Julliard School. He brings UI knowledge of not only Bach, but People listen to pop, rock of Bach’s son, C.P.E. Bach — also and roll or jazz, and they may an iconic classical composer. find it hard to believe several “Schulenberg is bringing his genres have been influenced world-class talent to the Univerand developed by the extraorsity of Idaho, and that’s pretty dinary life works of Johann remarkable,” Murphy said. Sebastian Bach. The festival also gives Classical composers are not students a chance to learn naturally associated with today’s and perform Bach’s Top 40 divas or garage rock complex works. punks, but many genre’s roots By growing to stem from Bach’s vast influence understand his on modern music. masterpieces, stuThe University of Idaho Liodents “minds are blown,” nel Hampton School of Music Murphy said. The appreciais bringing Bach’s legacy to tion campus again this year for the raw r they develop for Bach translates into enthusiasm 4th annual Idaho Bach Festival toward not only their musical this weekend. endeavors, but also anything The festival began in 2010 they choose to do in life, he said. with the help of the Olsson FelMurphy encourages people to lowship Grant, but starting this attend the Idaho Bach Festival year, it will be backed by the for a number of reasons. Lionel Hampton School of Music. “Nowhere else will people “The festival was originally get this level of talent for this proposed as a venue to expose low admission price. They’re the community to early music. going to hear music that We owe a lot to Bach for makthey know, and also be exing music what it is today,” said posed to unfamiliar works,” Michael Murphy, founder and Murphy said. “It’s something co-artistic director. everyone needs to experience. The Idaho Bach Festival has Bach rocks.” lived up to its purpose and will The Idaho Bach Festival becontinue to do so, Murphy said. gan Thursday in the Idaho ComAs the only Bach Festival in the mons with a free concert perstate, the event is dedicated to formed by UI music students. exposing people to musical oriIt will continue throughout gins and helping them broaden the day Friday and Saturtheir cultural horizons. day with performances In order to bring fresh talfrom students, faculty ent and outlook to the event, and guests, including a each year features a Bach lecture from Schulenberg. Festival Scholar. The title is For a complete schedule reserved for an artist who is of Bach Festival events, visit renowned in the world of clasthe Lionel Hampton School sical music and well versed in of Music page on the unithe history of Bach, Murphy versity website. said This year’s festival feaAdmission is $5 for adults and tures scholar and harpsichord$3 for students and senior citizens. ist David Schulenberg. Lyndsie Kiebert Schulenberg is chair of the can be reached at music department at Wagner arg-arts@uidaho.edu College in New York City and rawr
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These are not your pet birds Caring for wild birds Aly Soto rawr
Many pre-vet college students will often look for unique opportunities to enhance their education and get them ready for their days studying in veterinary school. Washington State University provides one such experience through the school’s Raptor club, which is available for University of Idaho students as well. Founded in 1981 as an interest group, its volunteers help to take care of some of the veterinary teaching hospital’s educational birds which include owls, eagles and hawks. Unlike the birds normally found in a pet store, these wild birds require slightly different care during their stay at WSU. Audrey Jimenez, a club member, said looking after the birds is a challenge as the birds must get acquainted with being looked after by humans. “You are caring for what was originally a wild animal, not somebody’s pet,” Jimenez said. “In terms of care, you are working with an animal that wouldn’t normally interact with people.” Learning to be a care-taker takes time and training. Volunteers have to clean cages, feed the raptors according to their strict diet, handle them for educational presentations and recognize the meanings behind certain behaviors. While making sure their health is not in jeopardy while under their care, members also aim to make sure the birds stay as wild as possible. “It’s pretty incredible as you get to interact with these amazing species that you wouldn’t get very close to in regular life, ever,” Jimenez said. The club, she said, also provides a good chance to work on public communication skills for those who are crowd shy. During a presentation, the volunteers educate the audience about raptors while handling the birds themselves. “It’s a good way to learn because most of the attention is not on you, it’s on the bird,” Jimenez said. Caring for their current raptors eventually becomes a sort of habit, though there are some unique chal-
lenges that members have encountered such as picky eaters and highly excitable birds. Other challenges are more serious when the raptor in care suffers from a particular injury or is a fledgling. “Our biggest challenge when we get fledglings is imprinting,” Jimenez said. Even if a fledgling has fully recovered and is able to be released back into the wild, they cannot do so if they have imprinted on its human caretakers. This means those birds look to their caretakers as parents. “They no longer understand that we are not them and they are not us. They don’t have a natural fear of people anymore and that makes them impossible to leave us,” Jimenez said. Another condition that prevents the raptors from leaving is if their injury, even if they have recovered, prevents them from performing natural habits such as hunting and defending themselves. Most of the injuries Jimenez has encountered in her time as a volunteer are accidental and unavoidable, such as nests getting knocked off or getting hit by a car. Other injuries — like getting hit by a pellet gun or lead poisoning — are due to human negligence and cruelty, something the club tries to educate the public about, she said. Despite the way they have entered into the care of the raptor club, the birds are receiving professional care and attention. The volunteers, the hospital staff and the veterinary doctors are dedicated to making sure that each bird is healthy and comfortable. Charlie, a now deceased red-tailed hawk, is probably the club’s best example of this. Not only is he the club’s first resident, he is also the oldest red-tailed hawk in recorded history. He died in his 30s. The club has recently started a shadowbox project to remember the birds they have lost. “It’s hard for everyone, when we lose a bird,” Jimenez said. “They are with us for so long and their care is a big part of our day.” If one does come across an injured raptor, whether in their own backyard or in the wild, Jimenez recommends assessing the injuries of the bird from a distance for safety purposes. “Something we like to tell the public when we have our great horn out on
Pre-veterinary students at WSU gain hands-on experience with raptors. glove is that he has the capacity to crush with about 300 PSI in his talons. Our arms only take about 100 PSI to break,” Jimenez said. If it looks like the bird is in need of medical attention, bring it directly to a veterinarian or find someone experienced with raptors to do so. Jimenez said it is best to not try to treat the bird without assistance as this will not only further injure it but is also illegal without a specialized permit.
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As for seeing these birds in their natural habitat? “Just don’t interact with them.” Jimenez said sternly. “Enjoy them from afar.” Anyone, Idaho students included, can join the club if they are interested. The only qualification is being 18 years old or older. Send an email wsuraptorprogram@gmail.com for more information. Aly Soto can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu
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Previously… Cammy’s father was home. He hoped he was asleep and then Cammy could leave early in the morning without his father knowing. The garage was open so Cammy walked his bike in and set it in a corner out of the way. He didn’t close the garage. He turned the light off so no one could see inside. He opened the door quietly, hoping his father is in bed, or asleep on his recliner in front of the television. He closed the door without making any sound. The door clicks when he locks it. His dad’s voice roars from the living room.
Currently… “Cammy?” Cammy felt the familiar intestinal squeeze of anxiety when he heard his dad’s voice. His breathing was fast and shallow. “Come in here.” His dad was sitting in the reclining chair. He always sat in that chair, directly in front of the television. Cammy thought the room had too many lights on and the television was too loud. The room was always like this when his dad was up late. “Did you forget to close the garage again?” his dad asked. Cammy went back to the garage. He turned on the light and grabbed the handle and slowly brought the door down. He cleaned the parts on his bike that Whitney fixed. He was careful not to move any of the parts. He didn’t know how it all worked and he didn’t want to break something. He didn’t want to go back inside. His dad was waiting for him, Cammy knew, he went inside and sat on the couch that was farthest from his dad. His dad spoke over the voices on the television. “What did you do all day?” “Swam in the canal with Whitney and his family.” Cammy said. “That’s stupid, do you understand how dangerous that is? Are you even a good enough swimmer to do that?” His dad slurred his speech. “I swim fine.” Cammy felt a jolt of anger, but he didn’t say anything. He stared at the
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glow from the television. He wanted to go to his bedroom, but he felt stuck. Cammy noticed outside his gaze that his dad was staring at him. He thought the bright lighting revealed his inadequacies. He wanted them off. They felt hot. He felt hot. He was sweating. “What took you so long to get home?” his dad asked. “I rode through some thorns and got a flat.” “Are you kidding me? Don’t tell me you walked all the way back. That’s a dumb thing to do — you telling me I need to buy you a tube?” “No, I stopped at Whitney’s” “Oh, good thing you have him to fix your bike for you. You’d still be walk-
ing right now, or dead on the side of the road. Those cars can’t see you. You’re going to pay him back for the tube and I’m done buying you tubes. Man up and go ask for work at one of the farms around here, or quit riding through goatheads.” Cammy stared at the changing lights on the floor that the television made. He heard a snort after several minutes of his dad not talking. His dad’s head looked awkward tilted back and to the side. Cammy waited a few more minutes to make sure his dad was asleep. He walked softly to his room, passed the chipped wood dresser that held most of his belongings. His room had blank white walls except for a
brown stain that grew in the corner above his bed. He stared at the mold. It had grown several inches since they’d lived there. He felt anxious when he thought of telling his dad about it. He thought, instead, of the fluid motion he felt doing back-flips off the bridge over the canal. He thought about trying a back-flip off the railing of the bridge and of how impressed Whitney and his brother would be. He thought maybe he would go to a farm and ask for work and then his dad would know how easily he could do something he wanted to do. He stared at the yawning brown stain on the ceiling until he fell asleep.
(To be continued.)
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Some apes have the ability to understand sign language, yet they have never asked a question. A woman in Baltimore locked a police officer in her basement when he tried searching her home without a warrant. She sued and then won the settlement. When Roman Emperor Nero’s wife died, he found a boy who looked like her and castrated him so he could appear in public as his wife.
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Leonardo DiCaprio has never done drugs and had to be taught how to act high for his role in “Wolf of Wallstreet” by drug experts. There’s a town in Arizona called “Nothing” in which there is nothing besides a gas stop and a garage. There exists a cave so massive it has its own weather system.
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