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Aquarius 1/20-2/18

This is your time to shine, because today life is about enjoyment. Try to balance school and your personal life better, though.

Pisces 2/19-3/20

You will accomplish your New Year’s resolutions in the next few months.

Stay motivated and keep going because you will feel better about yourself once you do it.

Aries 3/21-4/19

School has started and reading assignments are waiting in your to-do list.

Take a little walk after finishing those readings — it will reduce the chance of stress.

Taurus 4/20-5/20

Admit it, you still have the habit of watching TV shows since the winter

break. Procrastinating your homework is a new habit, so try to balance both.

Gemini 5/21-6/21

claire whitley rawr Laughter is one of the best medicines and no music makes people laugh like parodies. Artists come out with hit singles and the next day there are hundreds of parodies. Some are funny, some are boring and some are just too good to be true.

Catching a grenade for your significant other may seem a bit extreme. The Key of Awesome points this out and

how some other pieces of the Bruno Mars song might seem excessive. Instead of catching a grenade, just take a tango class or two and shop at Target with your girl.

“eBay” by Weird Al Yankovic The Backstreet Boys probably did not even know what eBay was. Luckily, Weird Al does. He sings about buying everything from Norwegian beanie babies to Shatner’s old toupee. Listen to this the next time you need to browse through that worldwide garage sale.

three zeros — that’s when you can buy the new gadget you have always wanted.

Suffering from a cold for almost two weeks now can be really painful. Hot soup, hot tea with fresh ginger and plenty of sleep are all you need.

Libra 9/23-10/22

Cancer 6/22-7/22

Scorpio 10/23-11/21

You are falling for that one person you see almost every day on campus.

Be brave and ask him or her to study with you.

Leo 7/23-8/22

That problem you are having doesn’t have to end that way because ignorance won’t solve anything. Try to talk things out and make everything clear.

Money can’t always come easily.

Get a job and learn about life from another perspective.

A tall, dark stranger will cross your path and bump into you today.

How rude!

Sagittarius 11/22-12/21

You are overloaded. You always work hard and forget the time. Relaxing in a hot bath and exercise are recommended to relieve some stress.

Virgo 8/23-9/22

Wait until your savings account has

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“Wrecking Ball” by Bart Baker

Ever since the Video Music Awards, Miley Cyrus has been under scrutiny. Her videos have gone from docile to hostile.

Bart Baker points out some of Miley’s flaws and how the video for “Wrecking Ball” ruins the song.

“Paper Bag” by Jack Douglass A less than nice parody of One Direction’s hit track “What Makes You Beautiful,” it is strongly recommended that no matter how much your partner likes One Direction, you do not

“Perfect parody playlist” sing this rendition of it. On the bright side, the song is good for a laugh or two.

“I’m Beautiful” by Nicole Parker MadTV’s Nicole Parker makes a spoof of James Blunt’s famously sad song “You’re Beautiful.” This parody focuses on how good looking James Blunt is as well as how weird the video for the song is. As a bonus, we get to see him take off five shirts in a row.

“Ugly Girls” by The Alumni Excuse the profanity, but this song puts a whole new spin on Sean Kingston’s famous

lyrics. “You have me suicidal” but not in a good way. The Alumni boldly changed the lyrics so instead of a sweet serenade, well, she won’t call back.

“A Nerd Like Me” by Mike Rayburn Mike Rayburn turns “You Belong With Me” into a guy’s song. The girl is dating a jock who will only get his GED and she needs a guy who gets scholarships to MIT. Taylor Swift only tried to be a nerd, but “you need a nerd like me.”

Claire Whitley can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu

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A very ‘Frozen’ movie emily vaartstra crumbs There is no resisting a movie that has a talking snowman singing happily and ignorantly about his dreams of summertime.

Golden Globe winner for Best Animated Feature Film, “Frozen” is one of the best Disney animated films since “The Lion King” — even surpassing “Tangled.”

In a beautiful land that resembles Norway, Princess Anna (Kristen Bell) knocks continuously on her sister Elsa’s (Idina Menzel) door year after year asking, “Do you want to build a snowman?”

But Elsa never answers the door in fear that she will accidentally use her magical powers on Anna like she did so many years before, almost killing her.

Anna, who has no recollection of the childhood mishap thanks to a memory wipe from a troll, only wants to play and talk with her sister but is always shut out.

After their parent’s death and years of the gates being closed to the castle, it is finally Elsa’s coronation day to become Queen of Arendelle. The gates are opened and Anna dances and sings around the village in joy and runs into the handsome Prince Hans (Santino Fontana) of the Southern Isles.

At the evening ball, Anna and Hans fall in love and announce their engagement to Elsa — who refuses to bless the relationship. After Anna’s insistence, Elsa gets angry and exposes her magical powers to the people. Elsa runs away but her powers have caused Arendelle to freeze over and become covered in snow during

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Anna must go find Elsa with the village ice-delivery boy Kristoff (Jonathan Groff), his reindeer Sven and the magically created snowman Olaf (Josh Gad) to get Elsa to bring back summer.

The musical numbers are extremely well written and incredibly catchy. The combination of Bell’s and Menzel’s Broadway voices with other fantastic accompanying vocals and orchestra is what makes “Frozen” the most outstanding animated film of 2013.

The animation and special effects in this movie also contribute to the beauty and magic of the Scandinavian winter wonderland in which the film is set. A spectacular scene of the film shows Elsa on the mountain finally letting go of trying to hide her powers, as she builds an elaborate stairway and ice castles during the popular musical number “Let it Go.” Even if you aren’t the biggest animated movie fan, “Frozen” is still worth the watch and will have you singing “Do you want to build a snowman?” in the shower until the water freezes over.

Emily Vaartstra can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu

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Nothing says perfect afternoon snack like fresh fruit. Jazz your fruit up with this delicious cream cheese based dip.

This recipe only requires four ingredients. This smooth, sweet dip is perfect for parties, fruit platters and even for your plain old lunchtime apple. It makes a lot at one time, but it takes 3 minutes to make and is easy to store.

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Fifty first dates claire whitley rawr The first date. Palms are sweaty, nerves are on end but there is really nothing to worry about — or is there? How much is at stake?

Six University of Idaho students opened up about what to do and what not to do on the first date.

The consensus was that the first date be bought by the gentleman.

All six students agreed that the guy should pay for at least the first night out.

Is the first date going well, or not so much? Everyone has things that are big turn-offs. These are some turn-offs, red flags or not so smooth moves that could ruin that first impression.

One common red flag was talking about their ex. When people talk about the ex at a date, it gives off the vibe that maybe she or he is not quite over their past relationships.

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“Watch the cursing and complaining and gossiping. You want to impress your date, not annoy them. And always put your napkin in your lap.”

UI students offer do and do nots of dating “A movie actually isn’t a good first date.

Sitting in silence in a dark room for two hours with a stranger sounds great, right? Wrong. Something a bit more social to break the ice is often better, like getting coffee or food or going on an adventure.”

Paul Martin

“The first date is like a job interview.

It’s a trial to see if you’re worth their time and good enough to date. Dress to impress. If someone shows up in sweats it says that the date isn’t important enough for them to put effort into themselves. This reflects onto them as a person.”

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“When a girl says ‘I love you’ as you’re leaving.”

Tyler Chmieleski

“Don’t talk about yourself too much.

You could come across as bragging, which in turn makes you seem arrogant and self-absorbed.”

Martina Everson

“Try to always stay comfortable. If you aren’t, you will say things you don’t mean that could possibly deteriorate your future relationship. Don’t try to be all cool and careless, show her you really care about life and our future.

This means don’t go on a date and sort of role-play as an overly masculine and strong guy. Girls like guys that have charisma, but have feelings, so don’t be overbearing.”

Bryce Dinger

“We were all taught some form of manners as a kid. Don’t let them go out the window.”

Ian Barrett

“If she talks bad or mean about other people. Mean girls don’t fly! And there are a lot of girls like that. You sit down and they just start talking about how their friend is a bitch and they hate so and so and blah blah blah. If they talk about dumb stuff all the time it won’t work.”

Paul Martin

“Just be yourself. Don’t try to be ‘Mr. Bond, James Bond.’ If you really want to make an impression, don’t be fake.

That’s the worst thing you can possibly do. Don’t lie about something, because if you do, after the date, the other person might facebook you and find out things you didn’t want them to know.”

Ian Barrett

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The University of Idaho’s Theater Arts Department rehearses for their soon to release play. “Gruesome Playground Injuries” premieres at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 30 in the Hartung Theatre. The play is a love story that follows the relationship of two people over a 30-year time period.

Life as a playground “Gruesome Playground Injuries” is coming to life by the UI Theatre Department alexia neal rawr Life is like a playground — that’s the message “Gruesome Playground Injuries,” a production by the world renowned playwright Rajiv Joseph, explores with themes of love and pain.

The University of Idaho Theatre production is directed by guest director Stephanie Gularte, the artistic director of Capital Stage, a professional theatre company in Sacramento, Calif. She was interested in directing a university production to experience more variety and a change of atmosphere.

“Gruesome Playground Injuries” is a love story that follows the relationship of two

people, Kayleen and Doug, over a 30 year time period. The play starts with the two meeting in the school nurse’s office with various injuries, which begins the themes of pain and healing seen throughout the rest of the production.

“At its core, it is a love story,” Gularte said. “But it’s told with a very unique structure and with a very unusual kind of undercurrent of themes of life injuries that we have sustained, whether self-inflicted injuries or injuries that are inflicted upon us, psychological or physically in the world.”

Senior Tyler Elwell plays the male character, Doug. The female character, Kayleen, is played by Kayla Cole.

“Kayleen wants love,” Cole

said. “She wants it so intensely that she doesn’t even let herself have it. It’s so important, that it’s scary — scary to even go there because the threat of it being taken away.”

Cole said Kayleen internalizes her pain, whereas most of Doug’s pain is from physical injuries. As best friends, the two love one another intensely — but the timing for a romantic love always seems just a step off.

Gularte said this production is unique because it is both realistic and theatrical.

As director, Gularte decided the two characters in the cast would never actually leave the stage and the audience would never see anyone else changing the set. Scene changes, usually done by a stage crew, are done

by Doug and Kayleen in an artistic way.

“There’s a lot of movement in those transitions — dancing, jumping and climbing,” Gularte said. “You see the actors do everything.

We wanted to explore the playground metaphor and life as a playground. They are underdressed with dance attire for freedom of movement then they overdress with the costume for that scene.”

The UI Theatre Department will bring this production to life at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 30-Feb. 1 and Feb. 6-9 and at 2 p.m. Feb. 2 and 9 in the Hartung Theatre.

Alexia Neal can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu

In Idaho it is illegal to fish off a camel’s back.

In California no vehicle without a driver can exceed 60 miles per hour.

It is illegal to lie down and fall asleep with your shoes on in North Dakota.

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emily vaartstra rawr Behind every photo, painting, sculpture or self-made video there is a story to be told and four Moscow artists are sharing their stories with Idaho.

Marilyn Lysohir, Stacy Isenbarger, Eric Demattos and Casey Doyle were honored for their exemplary artwork in the Boise Art Museum’s (BAM) 2013 Idaho Triennial Exhibition.

Catherine Rakow, a curatorial assistant at the BAM, said a guest juror from the Portland Art Museum chose 65 art pieces from 40 Idaho artists selected from the original 222 applicants to be featured in this prestigious Idahoexhibition.

“It’s a big deal for (these artists) to be shown in a credited museum,” Rakow said. “Everybody’s work is different and that’s one of the challenges of the Triennial, or any group show, is putting all these different mediums and different ideas together to where it becomes a cohesive exhibit.”

Marilyn Lysohir — “The Flower Girls” Though many Moscow locals may recognize Marilyn Lysohir as the mastermind behind Cowgirl Chocolates, they may not know Lysohir’s first passion was art.

For years, Lysohir has been creating elaborate sculptures out of clay and ceramics. Lysohir created the artistic series called “The Flower Girls.” The collection includes figurative pieces with flowers tattooed sculptures and a second set of pieces featuring metal hoop skirts containing objects to represent different things happening inside the hoops. Out of the 11 hoop figures she created, two were submitted and featured in the Triennial.

“One had a Budda’s head that I made out of clay and that was under the hoop dress,” Lysohir said. “Another one I did was an antique iron door stop that my grandmother had that was of a female figure. I had that one underneath (the hoop) with a little

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iron stand and then these very delicate ceramic flowers that were surrounding this figure.”

Lysohir said the idea for the hoops came from a friend of hers who collects early 20th century lamps — where the head of figure rests on the cloth-covered hoop of the lamp.

“The theme was flower girls and when I was really little my aunt said, ‘When I get married, you can be a flower girl,’ and I was so excited, but when she got married she picked (a different) niece,” she said. “So in a way, it was kind of 55 years later you do a body of work that balances out that disappointment. It was kind of a homage to that idea of the little flowers girls to the idea of feminine strength and beauty.”

Lysohir said most of her work is inspired by memories of growing up as a child.

“Life just takes you on an adventure,” she said. “Sometimes it’s a fun adventure, sometimes it isn’t. But you learn from everything thing that happens and sometimes the non-fun things are the most important things that you have to learn. Art is a gift and way of sharing (life) with people.” *To read more about Lysohir’s journey to becoming a successful business owner, see page 8.

interested in icons and how they get used or misinterpreted or reinterpreted through the way we use them,” she said. “I had also talked to some folks who find spirituality through nature instead of a church structure. I found out that if I dipped these figurines in a yellow tool dip, I was giving her a cloak but at the same time I was turning her into a canary — so she could be nature and this (spiritual) figure.”

The Canary Marys in “Creature Comforts” reflect nature and spirit at odds and in communion, Isenbarger said. The rock on the ground is silhouetted by a wooden barrier mimicking the shape of the rock — a metaphor for the rock that was built around, but by building around it makes a barrier.

She said she still explores ways to discover her understanding of the environment through the objects she surrounds herself with.

“I work as a sculptor primarily because I find that I can communicate with people through their memories,” Isenbarger said.

“When I’m trying to get people to think about their own environment, it helps me to kind of put triggers that remind them of the environments they’ve been in.”

Stacy Isenbarger — “Creature Comforts (Canary Marys)”

Eric Demattos — “Diamond House Ceiling”

Growing up Catholic in a Southeastern Southern Baptist suburb, Stacy Isenbarger’s fascination and desire to trust the spiritual figures of Catholicism in connection to her environment started at a young age. Her love for sculpting is a reflection of that in her current artwork.

Isenbarger, an assistant professor at the University of Idaho, said the idea for her “Canary Marys” series came when she discovered a figurine in a thrift store that resembled the Virgin Mary. She noticed the figurine didn’t have a cloak but rather hair flowing down her back.

“I’ve always been really

Referred to as the “photographer of light” by his peers, third-year UI graduate student Eric Demattos certainly lives up to his Thomas Kinkade-like nickname.

“Diamond House Ceiling,” his colorful submission featured in the Triennial, is an image transfer painting of a photograph Demattos took of a living room in an abandoned building, a lone chair left by a window.

“I’m really fascinated with abandoned places and I’m doing my thesis on it,” Demattos said.

“A lot of people think of them as gloomy or scary, but I’m trying to pull out the beauty — the forgotten history there, like all these stories that have been

lived out and then somehow people have moved on — finding these places and trying to re-reveal these stories that were forgotten.”

To create the finished product was a two week process, Demattos said. He snapped the picture, then he used acrylic paints on birch wood panel to create the background before he did a black and white image transfer — an 8-hour process in itself.

The finished work was 36 by 80 inches — about the size of a door.

Demattos said he loves the graduate art program at UI and he has been able to explore more into his art and try new techniques that aren’t traditional.

After he graduates, he wants to teach photography at a university part time and continue the series of abandon places.

J. Casey Doyle — “I Am My Own Cheerleader” What do you get when you combine purple curling ribbon and a letterman’s sweater? Casey Doyle would call it an artistic opportunity of transformation.

Doyle, an assistant professor at UI, submitted his artistic video clip “I Am My Own Cheerleader,” which was selected for the Triennial along with his hand-knit purple letterman’s sweater and curling ribbon pom-poms.

In his self-filmed performance, Doyle molted purple strands of curling ribbon from the letterman’s sweater and turned the shed curling ribbon into pom-poms while in the UI Kibbie Dome.

“I’m going through a transformation to become my own cheerleader,” Doyle said. “It’s all about that urgency to strip away all that material to kind of reveal the sweater and then to try to make something from it. In the end, I make pom-poms and present myself to an audience of no one, just myself, because first and foremost the transformation is hopefully for ourselves.”

Doyle said the inspiration to perform this piece came from the decision that he needed to be more of an advocate for him-

self, for gay rights and equality through his art.

When he was in high school, Doyle said he always wanted to have a letterman’s sweater and this art project was the perfect opportunity for him to create it.

Doyle used the color purple for the piece because it represents spirit on the LGBTQ pride flag — a connection to the transformation into a cheerleader.

As an assistant professor, Doyle said he uses his work as a vehicle for sharing with the students and to encourage student to invest in material exploration and social issues.

“Typically (artists) turn more to making something as a means of expressing ourselves,” he said.

“I hope that’s what my students are learning from that. I definitely learn from them constantly.”

2013 Idaho Triennial The Triennial exhibition is still on display at the BAM and is bringing in art lovers from across the state to witness the talent of Idaho artists.

“We love doing this exhibit,” Rakow said. “It’s fun for us. We are really, really excited about this year’s Triennial and a lot of the audience, I have to say, really is responding well.”

Emily Vaartstra can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu

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From a kitchen experiment to global exports, Marilyn Lysohir shares the story behind Cowgirl Chocolates chin-lun hsu rawr From the experiment in the kitchen to the real sweet in the market, from selling locally to exporting globally, Cowgirl Chocolates is still thriving as the pioneer to spiced chocolate.

Marilyn Lysohir, Cowgirl Chocolates owner, used to work in a chocolate factory in Sharon, Pa., selling and packing chocolate. Since she was studying art in college, the factory also asked her to sculpt chocolate bunnies, turtles and elephants. Through this experience, Lysohir had a good background in the chocolate business. “(Cowgirl Chocolates) were one of the pioneers in the chocolate industry to actually infuse pepper with the chocolates,” Lysohir said. “And now, it wasn’t until about five years ago that everybody started to do it.”

Besides infusing pepper with the chocolates, Lysohir said they are also the first to do habanero caramel, coco powder and dessert sauces.The idea of adding pepper and spices in chocolates could be traced back to the Aztec and the Mayan culture in 1900 B.C., Lysohir said, even though it seemed like a new and bizarre idea during mid-‘90s when Lysohir’s brother came up with it.

Lysohir said the owner of the chocolate factory she used to work for told everyone that he would give out $100,000 for a new flavor in chocolates.

Her brother, Bobby Lysohir, came up with the idea to put spicy pepper in

chocolates for the contest.

“He took that idea to that factory and the boys at the factory who worked with the chocolates played a joke on my brother,” Lysohir said.

“When he wasn’t looking, they put in so much spicy pepper that made it way too hot and they laughed at it.”

It was her brother’s idea that inspired her to start the experiment in her kitchen. She added some spice in the chocolate and had people try it.

“People that liked spicy food absolutely loved them,” Lysohir said. “And in 1997, I sold my first couple pounds and made my first dollar and I did it at the beginning just as kind of experiment.”

Lysohir never thought that her curiosity about pepper in chocolates would establish the very first step in her business. The determination to support her brother’s idea after being laughed at by the factory workers was something that drove her to press on. Lysohir’s effort was rewarded when she officially trademarked “Cowgirl Chocolates” in 1997 and attended a fancy food show in San Francisco.

“I remember people saying, ‘Oh you’re learning chocolate, I don’t think so,’” Lysohir said. “But if I got them to try the chocolate, they would all say, ‘Wow, this is really good.’”

It wasn’t until 2002 her chocolate business started to become successful.

After she won awards in the fiery food contest with her chocolates, the Food Network realized that spicy chocolate was a growing trend, Lysohir said.

“So what they did is they interviewed us and they played it on TV in 2002,” Lysohir said. “And so many people accessed our website that it actually broke the server in Moscow, Idaho. It was broken for half a day or so.”

Lysohir said it is really amazing that millions of people heard about Cowgirl Chocolates and hundreds of thousands went to her website and made orders.

Soon, Cowgirl Chocolates had more sales than expenses.

After the interview with Food Network, everything came together — the chocolates, the company and the sales.

The University of Idaho even did a case study on the Cowgirl Chocolates business, Lysohir said.

“In fact, today, we actually sent out some chocolates to somebody studying the case study,” Lysohir said. “And they’re all happy that the company is still going strong after 13 years from when the case study was written.”

As the only Cowgirl Chocolates store, Lysohir said they will get orders nationally as well as internationally and there are hundreds of stores that sell their chocolates. One of the orders they have had is from the Harry Potter Studio in London.

While some successful stores are eager to expand their business and open new branches, Cowgirl Chocolates is waiting for the best timing.

“You have to be really careful in business, not to grow too fast that your expenses multiply with that gross,” Lysohir said. “So you have to

make sure if you’re going to grow, your sales can help support that gross.”

Besides chocolates, the other selling point of the Cowgirl Chocolates store is the packaging. With her art talent, Lysohir always has a good sense of unique design and that makes her always look for unusual ways to package the chocolates, she said.

“I thought it was a cute little store,” said Jen Neglay, an employee of Cowgirl Chocolates. “I like the art part of it, the creativity part of this store, the packaging, the uniqueness of packaging.”

As the owner of Cowgirl Chocolates, Lysohir has done so much to make her business and herself successful and beloved.

“She’s awesome. She really is. I couldn’t find a better boss or someone to work with,” said Lexi Edwards, an employee of Cowgirl Chocolates.

“She makes this store a wonderful place to work.”

With her brother’s idea, her experience working in chocolate factory and her unique art sense, Lysohir initiated her first business and it turned out to be a good one.

“So that’s how we started, that’s my first job, my curiosity, my also wanting to have my brother understand that it was a good idea,” Lysohir said. “It is now a successful company and he’s very proud he came up with the idea.”

Chin-Lun Hsu can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu

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Prepare for professionalism UI Career Center to host the Spring 2014 Career Fair nurainy darano rawr The University of Idaho Career Center will host the Job and Internship Fair from 2-6 p.m. Feb. 5 in the Student Union Building.

This is an opportunity for juniors and seniors to find internships or jobs and for other students to network and practice to talk to future employers.

Career Center Manager Eric Anderson said at least three students during the fall semester Career Fair were interviewed and offered jobs that day.

“The Career Fair is a good opportunity for students to get in front of employers, to network, to find out about opportunities that (are) out there for them and have a chance

just to talk to employers,” Anderson said.

He said over 70 companies have registered for the fair and the number is expected to go up over the next couple weeks.

“We have some good employers coming. Some that have been here before and some new employers as well,” Anderson said. “I hope that some of the new employers will attract some other students.”

Anderson said a workshop about how to prepare for the fair will be held on Tuesday in the Aurora room on the fourth floor of the Idaho Commons.

The workshop will cover some tips about writing resumes, introducing oneself professionally to employers and dressing appropriately.

Another event before the fair is the Career Fair Blitz. Anderson said this is the three days before the fair where students can come in to the Career Center office and the advisers will

talk and help them prepare.

Anderson encourages all students to come to the Career Fair whether or not they are looking for internship or job opportunities, because meeting real recruiters and employers will help better prepare them down the road.

“The Career Fair is a great chance to practice getting dressed up, updating your resume and getting in front of employers just to see what their companies and organizations are about, what they’re looking for,” he said.

Career Center adviser Nicole Campbell said the employers often remember students who come back year after year to talk to them.

“We really encourage freshmen to start talking to companies, seeing what’s out there, talking to recruiters, and just kind of continually making that contact until the time when they are ready to be hired,”

Headphone rock jared jonas rawr Producing a full length music album is no small feat. For the band Aan, it took two years of meticulous work to come out with their debut album “Amor Ad Nauseum.”Aan was formed in Portland. in 2007 when bassist Reese Lawhon and singer/guitarist George “Bud” Wilson added a drummer and second guitarist to their band.

Wilson, University of Idaho alumnus and former D.J. for the school’s radio station KUOI 89.3, said work on the full length album started two years ago when the band entered the studio to begin recording.

“We had a bunch of songs all ready to go into studio,” Wilson said. “But the record-

ing process wasn’t easy, as the band painstakingly refined their songs down to exactly what they wanted.”

Wilson is the main songwriter for Aan, so most of the band’s songs started as rough ideas in his head that were later defined more with the entire band, Wilson said.

Aan’s album “Amor Ad Nauseum” will be released on Feb. 4, with the band planning to embark on a tour in support of it for the first half of the year.

The band has seen numerous changes in guitarists and drummers in their lineup, but the current iteration is going strong and ready to support the album.

“In the last year, we’ve really coalesced into one moving unit,” Wilson said.

Aan plans to embark on a

Campbell said.

Campbell also said that she tries to encourage students to look at the list of the companies beforehand and do some research about the companies they are interested in. The list is posted on the Career Center’s webpage.

Aside from the fair, the Career Center advisers also help students one-on-one to navigate how and where to look for internships or jobs, how to put a good application together, as well as helping them applying for graduate schools if students are interested.

“The Career Center is here for anything related to your major and career development.

So whether you need help exploring majors or exploring what you can do with your majors, we are here to help with that,” Anderson said.

Nurainy Darono can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu

UI alumnus Bud Wilson and his band Aan releases their first album

roughly six month national tour in support of “Amor Ad Nauseum.” The first leg of their tour will have them sharing the stage with Provo, Utah, band Desert Noises. The band is hoping to make it to Europe sometime soon, but doesn’t foresee it as likely until at least 2015, Wilson said.

With their tour slated to take up the first half of this year, the band plans to head back into the studio to try and release something by the end of 2014.

“A lot of these songs were written almost two years ago and they don’t feel nearly as new,” Wilson said.

Wilson is currently writing new material and already has a handful of demos to work with for their next endeavor.

Wilson said he always had a

passion for music and with Aan starting to pick up speed, he has no intention of stopping anytime soon.

“It’s the one thing that keeps me excited,” Wilson said.

The future of Aan is still uncertain at this point, but Wilson was sure about one thing with his vision for the band’s future.

“I don’t want to be part of a massive rock band,” Wilson said.

Preferring to keep the band to just the four members and the few people they have as a crew, Wilson wants to keep it a small, personal project.

Aan’s album release tour starts in February, with a stop in Moscow at Mikey’s Gyros on Feb. 5.

Jared Jonas can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu

Crumbs Recipes for the average Vandal.

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Events calendar Friday, Jan. 24 12 p.m. – Friday Crafternoons at the UI Women’s Center 4 p.m. - Juried Art Exhibition at the Ridenbaugh Hall Art Gallery 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. – “Captain Phillips” hosted by Vandal Entertainment in the SUB Borah Theater 8 p.m.- “The Book Thief” at the Kenworthy

Saturday, Jan. 25 4:15 p.m. and 8 p.m.- “The Book Thief” at the Kenworthy 8 p.m. - “Captain Phillips” hosted by Vandal Entertainment in the SUB Borah Theater

Sunday, Jan. 26

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3 p.m. - “Captain Phillips” hosted by Vandal Entertainment in the SUB Borah Theater 3:15 p.m. and 7 p.m. “The Book Thief” at the Kenworthy 4 p.m. – Bryce Andrews reads “Badluck Way” at BookPeople of Moscow 7:30 p.m. – Leonard Garrison on the flute and Kay Zavislak on the piano at the Haddock Performance Hall

Tuesday, Jan. 28 12:30 p.m. – Women and Gender Brown Bag Series in the Panorama room of the Idaho Commons 4:15 p.m. - Ready. Set.

Connect. Job and Internships Fair prep workshop in the Aurora room of the Idaho Commons 5 p.m. - Nerd Tuesday at Safari Pearl Comics on 3rd Street 7:30 p.m. - James Reid on the guitar at the Haddock Performance Hall

Wednesday, Jan. 29 Deadline to drop classes without W 7 a.m. – Winter Wildlands Backcountry Film Festival at the Kenworthy 10 a.m. – Study Abroad Fair in the Clearwater room of the Idaho Commons 12 p.m. – Daytime Distractions: Legos in the Idaho Commons Food Court 4 p.m. – Vandalizing the Kitchen Cooking Class: Super Bowl Munchies in the SRC classroom 9 p.m. - Women’s climbing night at the Student Recreation Center

Thursday, Jan. 30 12 p.m. – UI 125th Anniversary Celebration in the Idaho Commons Food Court 12:30 p.m. - Lavender Lunch in TLC 229 7:30 p.m. – Chiara String Quartet performance in the UI Administration Auditorium 7:30 p.m. – UI Theatre presents “Gruesome Playground Injuries” by Rajiv Joseph at the Hartung Theater 8 p.m.- “Philomena” at the Kenworthy

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VANDAL BALLROOM AND LOUNGE AREA GRAND OPENING! COME CHECKOUT THE NEWLY RENOVATED SECOND FLOOR OF THE SUB ON JANUARY 28 FROM 1-3P.M. Light refreshments will be served.

STUDENT UNION 885-4636 WWW.SUB.UIDAHO.EDU