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10.10.2014 Vol. 5 No. 7

Round ‘n round again

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Men’s fall fashion

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An old soldier

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Libra 9/23-10/22 Stop spending all your time looking for the perfect guy or girl. What you should really be looking for is the perfect pumpkin. October priorities are not to be taken lightly.

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Scorpio 10/23-11/21 If you see someone looking upset, offer to buy them lunch. This kind act will bring some much-needed positive karma your way.

Sagittarius 11/22-12/21 It might play in your favor to look sad in public this week. Some lunatic who wants to pay it forward is looking for you. So quit smiling and prepare to save yourself some money.

Capricorn 12/22-1/19 You’ve been taking these horoscopes to heart lately. Keep it up. They’ll start being accurate soon … Maybe.

Aquarius 1/20-2/18 There are a lot of people relying on you right now. If you want to avoid responsibility by hiding and binge eating Oreos, do it. The consequences are uncertain, but nonetheless delicious.

Pisces 2/19-3/20

Remember back in in kindergarten when you were asked what you wanted to be when you grew up? You probably said doctor, astronaut or Dallas Cowboys cheerleader. If you’ve strayed from that path, it’s time to get back on. You wouldn’t want to disappoint your 5-year-old self, now would you?

Aries 3/21-4/19 Go to your fridge and check the “best by” date on your milk carton. Mark this date on your calendar. Actually, don’t. It’s better if you don’t see it coming …

Taurus 4/20-5/20 Ask yourself this important question: Would you or would you not open the door for someone wearing a Twilight T-shirt? Please consider your answer carefully and re-evaluate what it means to benefit society.

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Lyndsie Kiebert | Rawr Gemini 5/21-6/21 The stars are aligning for you. This could mean one of two things: there is either great fortune coming your way, or you’ve fallen victim to an astrological coincidence. Keep your hopes high — but not too high.

Cancer 6/22-7/22 Don’t forget to laugh at yourself this week. Everyone else already is. Join the club.

Leo 7/23-8/22 Who was the last person you spoke to? Be prepared to save them from definite goat-related trauma this week.

Virgo 8/23-9/22 Your horoscope may seem fairly simple this week, but never underestimate the power of enticement. Please, under all circumstances, avoid goats.

So bad they’re good We all love watching good movies, but what about the bad ones? What about the movies that are so bad we can’t help but keep our eyes open and laugh at them? Here are some ones to satisfy your appetite for stinkers.

Starship Troopers A big budget sci-fi epic about an alien war can’t be that bad, right? Well, after this hour and a half of sci-fi, you’ll be begging for bugs to suck your brains out.

If you’ve ever wanted to see a man die from working out, this is the movie for you. This third installment sacrifices subtlety for silliness and features the most over the top death scenes in the franchise’s history and that’s saying a lot coming from a series that decapitated Seann William Scott.

“Plan 9 from Outer Space”

The masterpiece from worst filmmaker ever Ed Wood, “Plan Bradley 9” is laughably cheap with hokey Burgess Rawr acting and ridiculous aliens. And we love it. “Fantastic Four” P.S. To see how the film got made, One of Marvel’s biggest film failures, watch the actually good movie, “Ed this long gestating adaptation of MarWood”. vel’s first superhero team features a pre“Captain America” Chris Evans hamming “Freddy Vs. Jason” it up and the goofiest action scenes The much-anticipated showdown you’ll ever see. Anything but fantastic. between the horror legends is anything but legendary. Freddy and Jason are “Final Destination 3

hardly in their own movie and an incredibly offensive former Destiny’s Child will have you cringing. But if you want to see buckets of blood, give it a watch.

“Jason X” Jason Voorhees makes an encore appearance on this list with the laughable attempt to make Jason cool again. Yes folks, it’s Jason in space. I think that speaks for itself.

“The Room” This $6 million epic was conceived by the mysterious Tommy Wiseau, who claims to be a vampire. Even if that’s the case, it doesn’t explain the ludicrous acting and non-existent plot. And yet, it’s one of the most unintentionally funny films ever made.

Dude, Where’s My Car? The precursor to “The Hangover,”

this stoner comedy features Ashton Kutcher dudeing it up, a group of people wearing bubble wrap and a giant hot chick exploding. If that isn’t so enjoyably stupid, what is?

Sharknado Nuff said. Well, not really, as this film made by a rip-off studio is so stupid, they don’t even bother to make the titular disaster a tornado. That’s a new level of stupid.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory If you want to view paradise, don’t watch this. Though this remake of the classic film does look impressive, it crashes thanks to Johnny Depp’s awkward performance as Willy Wonka. But if awkward laughter is your thing, it doesn’t get better than this. Bradley Burgess can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu

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Goat Simulator

Every so often, something comes out that changes the face of technology. A long time ago, it was the invention of Windows that really changed home computing. After that, we saw the birth of the iPod. Now, we’ve had a real game changer in 2014 Masen that a lot of people Matthews rawr aren’t aware of. This new technological revolution is called Goat Simulator, and it can be picked up in app stores right at this moment. Goat Simulator is a sprawling RPG across vast landscapes where players can battle, explore, blow up cars and do anything else they want. All of this happens with the player taking the role of a goat. As the goat, players get to do a lot of funny, aggressive and sometimes mortifying acts. One mortifying thing the goats can do is run up to people and lick them with

their long goat tongue. As a result of this, the person users lick yells and goes into an awkward fetal position on the ground. Goats can also headbutt people which blows them in to the air, as well as a ton of other stupid acts. The entire aspect of gameplay in this regard is genius, and the quirky humor is what really makes the game worthwhile. As far as real game playing goes, Goat Simulator has a bit more to offer than the novelty value of running around as a goat terrorizing people. First of all, the map is large and has fun aspects and hidden perks to it. One example of this is a waterslide players can run and slide down, which catapults their goat through the air into a brick wall. A gas station can also be run around in which leads to everything inside inevitably being destroyed. Other than that, players

can complete achievements that help give the game actual goals. Once some are completed, new skins are unlocked that all have unique quirks. This all helps to make the game have a sense of direction, which means it won’t burn out after a few plays. Goat Simulator is almost perfect, but it has a few flaws. Graphical glitches are one of the biggest downfalls of the game, and it’s not uncommon to see the goat’s head going through someone’s stomach by standing too close to them. The camera can also be buggy at times, which takes a fair amount of getting used to. None of this should be a real surprise because Goat Simulator uses next gen mobile gaming engines, which might not be quite ready for primetime. It’s also worth considering that the game is still fairly new, so updates should take care of those glitches in the future. Goat Simulator is stupid,

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there’s no denying that. It also costs $4.99, and that money could probably buy a burrito and satisfy for longer. Regardless, it’s a fun game and worth the money to have it lying around. Fans of quirky humor and funny, simplistic

Fall is a liar, don’t trust her the closet start to appear in the Apparently fall is in the air. streets, and the hardcore hipsters That’s what a company advertisstart to look a little less out of ing to me on Facebook said at place. In July, everyone will notice least. I think they were trying to someone wearing skinny jeans, sell me pumpkin scented candles a scarf, a vest, a flannel shirt or something else equally and a hat. Now they blend into inappropriate to my tastes. the crowd. I honestly don’t think When you leave for school I’ve ever really smelled in the morning it feels like the a pumpkin in the wild. launch of an arctic expediSometimes I wonder if Cy Whitling tion. Sometimes I wonder if pumpkin spice is another Rawr I should leave a note for my one of those made-up roommates, telling them to call my flavors like blue raspberry. Do mom if they find me frozen in a people really go around smellhypothermic ball of misery on the ing pumpkins? side of the road. Then, inexpliFor me fall’s presence just cably during the day, the globe means I smell the manure near somehow spins backwards. I enter Winco a little less and I catch a my classes cursing this January pleasant sniff of rotting leaves whenever I skid through a sidewalk weather and leave them sweltering in August’s heat. coated in their colorful blanket. It’s useless to coordinate your This is the time of the year wardrobe around the weather when boots start to make their report. You are better off throwappearance. Scarfs that have been ing all your clothes in a pile and waiting patiently in the back of

picking an outfit at random. If you plan for the cold and wear that cute wool sweater and scarf prepare to be sweating off the pounds by noon. On the other hand, if you cling to these last rays of summer you will soon feel the error of your ways. For those foolhardy enough to continue wearing sandals and shorts as October begins will be met with the harsh reality of a Moscow fall. I proved this to myself last week. I checked the weather over breakfast and saw a big 70 degrees plastered across my screen. Harkening back to warmer days when the grass was green and the sidewalks clean, I exited my apartment wearing only shorts, sandals and a t-shirt. All was well as I walked down stairs and out of the parking lot. As I turned my bike out of the parking lot and downhill I could

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video games will be right at home here. Goat Simulator can be downloaded from the Apple App Store or Google Play for Android users. Masen Matthews can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu

Don’t fall for Autumn’s tricks

hear a tiny voice in the back of my head: “I have a bad feeling about this.” Unfortunately, that little voice is always there and I have gotten pretty good at ignoring it. As I picked up speed down the hill I immediately regretted my decisions. I felt like I had been chained, naked, in a wind tunnel that someone had somehow installed inside a walk-in freezer. My toes froze immediately into tiny blue nubs of ice, liable to crack and fall off at any moment. The cold wind whipped tears from my eyes and I could almost hear them cracking as they flew off behind me, freezing before they hit the ground. I decided to pedal harder, hoping the exertion would warm me up. No such luck. I arrived at class gasping for breath with a core temperature somewhere just below absolute zero. Moscow in the fall is nearly as

unpredictable as a Russian dictator after a few rounds of vodka. Don’t trust her, don’t fall for her sunny ruses. Fall may seem warm and cozy but always remember falling leaves are a signal not only of pumpkin spice lattes and fuzzy sweaters but also of winter’s snow and ice. Cy Whitling can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu

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Fall fashion for men: Do’s and Don’ts into the next year, so don’t worry about Fall has officially fallen upon us trashing your whole closet yet. Sweatand that means it’s time to trade in ers aren’t going anywhere and this tank tops and sunglasses for boots means everything from crazy patterns and a sweatshirt. to stripes is still in. The change of season is a distinct Colored chinos are also looking cue to some that it may or may not be to stick around, as well as dark time to scrape together a couple wash jeans that follow a slimmer dollars, or for some of us, a couple look. Straight and slim-straight hundred dollars, and do some jeans are a great idea if you’re wardrobe updating. looking to jump on a new pair Fashion trends are changing of jeans and aren’t looking for all the time, and what was cool Masen yesterday might not transcend so Matt hews something skinnier. Plain buttonrawr ups, especially Oxfords, are defiwell into the future. This entire nitely still in as well, and they can be fashion game can confuse, frustrate, paired with jeans and a pair of leather excite or do a multitude of other boots effectively. things to the average man who just Now that the fashion ideas have wants to look good. But fear not averbeen laid out, where does one go to age man, this column is here to offer dress well? If you’ve got a decent up some guidance about how to look chunk of change to drop, J Crew and sharp this season. Banana Republic are fantastic stores Before we jump into the “do’s” that offer a ton of high-fashion choices for this season, it’s potentially more for men. important to consider what is a “don’t.” Lower down on the price scale American flag shirts are one of those would be stores like American Apparel things that shouldn’t be worn after the and Urban Outfitters. Fourth of July, so those should certainly American Apparel is a great brand be hiding in your closet until next sumto buy clothes from if you’re looking mer. Yes, patriotism is a 365-days-a-year for basics, and the price is well worth affair, but sometimes a flag-themed bro it. Not only are all of their clothes tank is not the best way to go during made in the U.S. under fair conditions, the fall months. but the fabric is extremely soft and Another thing to give up, that you high quality. really shouldn’t have ever picked up Uniqlo is another great outlet, in the first place, is athletic shoes and especially if you’re looking into getting skinny jeans. What planet is this? Snag button-up shirts for a fair price. Also be a pair of low profile Vans or something, sure to check out JackThreads if you’re but leave your fluorescent Nike shoes in search of a wide variety of different at home. in-style choices. Down on the low-end Other than that, here’s a friendly of price would be stores like H&M, reminder that athletic shorts and Old Navy, etc. You can find solid picks button-up shirts go together a whopping zero percent of the time. The same at lower-priced stores, but the fabric quality may not be up to par. Be sure rule applies to joggers, although those to check out Moscow’s consignment are really cool by themselves. Please do store — The Storm Cellar — for clothing not be “that guy.” as well. Some trends are a bit iffier, and you While there may be certain ways to might be able to pull them off if you dress well and other ways to dress not know what you’re doing. so well, always remember your appearLight-wash jeans are generally conance is ultimately up to you. If you sidered out-of-style, but they can look want to wear a pair of bright orange good in certain cases if you pair them Crocs to class, do it. If you want to with the right outfit. The same rule wear a flannel shirt with flannel shorts applies to patterned shirts, particularly to class, do it. floral. An obvious exception to this is Dressing well is certainly a subjecplaid/flannel prints, which don’t appear tive term, and the most important part to be going anywhere. of that is feeling comfortable about Bucket hats are one more iffy fashyour own appearance. Regardless, these ion trend. If your driver’s license says tips should help out if you’re looking “Schoolboy Q” on it, feel free to rock it. for a new look this season. If not, leave it in your front yard buried deep underground. Masen Matthews There are certainly plenty of good can be reached at trends from 2013 that are continuing arg-arts@uidaho.edu

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Breakfast Ring

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A Crumbs Recipe Card The breakfast ring is an easy recipe to make and tastes great. This recipe does take about 45 minutes to make so this is not something that can be done in a rush. This is perfect for those days when you are not in a hurry and you want to make something delicious for breakfast.

Ingredients: 8 slices of bacon 1/3 cup of milk 5 eggs 1 can Pillsbury refrigerated crescents rolls 1 cup shredded Mexican blend cheese Salt and pepper to taste

Directions: 1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit 2. Cook 8 slices of bacon on medium heat for 4 minutes and flip after 2 minutes. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t worry the bacon will cook more in the oven 3. In a medium bowl beat 1/3 cup of milk and 5 eggs

with fork or whisk. Then put mixture in a medium pan on medium heat and make scrambled eggs. 4. Cover a baking sheet with aluminum foil 5. On the baking sheet lay out the crescent roll triangles as shown in picture 1 6. Lay a strip of bacon from the base to the tip of each crescent roll triangle 7. Sprinkle 1/2 cup of cheese towards the base of the circle as shown in picture 2 8. Spread the scrambled eggs on top of the shredded cheese and then add the remaining 1/2 cup of cheese on top of the scrambled eggs 9. Season scrambled eggs with salt and pepper or whatever you like on your scrambled eggs 10.Fold the outside corners of the crescent role triangles to the center 11. Place in oven for 20-25 minutes 22. Enjoy Jordan Hollingshead can be reached at crumbs@uidaho.edu

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Invisible work Alexia Neal rawr

There is more to a theater production than the memorized lines and choreographed scenes. It takes a team of people behind the scenes to put together a production. Designers, stage managers and assistants all play key roles in putting a production together. Samantha Opdahl is a costume designer at the University of Idaho. Opdahl designed the costumes for “A Bright New Boise,” a play by Moscow-raised playwright Samuel Hunter. She said it’s important to have different people specializing on certain aspects of the show so more attention can be spent on each project. “There are directors that can do it all,” Opdahl said. “But sometimes it’s good to have someone to give full attention to the task and execute it as best as it can be.” Since the production is a modern show, Opdahl said she purchased most of the costume pieces from Old Navy, Ross and Goodwill and altered the articles as needed. She said her favorite article of clothing was a particular shirt, worn by Leroy in the show. Leroy is an edgy artist who makes controversial art and sometimes wears obscene shirts to shock people. Opdahl and Jonathan Rau, the cast member that plays Leroy, got creative while making and designing the provocative shirt. “The shirt says, ‘You will eat your children,’” Opdahl said. “There are baby faces on the back of the shirt.” The clothing Leroy wears

in the show portray his artistic rebellious nature — a key part of the show. Opdahl said she and her assistant, UI student Anita Packwood, spent a lot of time developing costumes to portray how the characters are supposed to be. Jared Klingele, from UI, is the scenic designer for “A Bright New Boise.” He said one of the most challenging projects for the set was making the walls. They are a brick texture that gradually fades to black so the walls appear to merge into the black background. Klingele said scenic design is important because it creates the world the actors live in. “Without the scenic designers, we’d have actors in beautiful costumes in beautiful lights but everything else would be left to the imagination of the audience,” Klingele said. “It helps to have physical objects.” He said designing a set is rewarding because so much time is spent watching it slowly come together. “Seeing the finished product is amazing,” Klingele said. “During the design process, you can’t wait to see what it will look like full to scale.” Klingele said it’s good to have different people all doing specific tasks because projects become more interesting with multiple views. With more people designing different aspects of the show, the process is more in-depth. “You get more views this way,” he said. “There are more people to collaborate with and bounce ideas off of.” Alexia Neal can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu

More information “A Bright New Boise” Hartung Theater Oct. 10, 11, 16, 17 and 18 at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 11, 12, 19 at 2 p.m. $15 General Admission

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Shark Bites The next big thing is hard to find. That’s why the hit show “Shark Tank” exists. The show puts entrepreneurs with the next great business in front of five millionaire and billionaire investors with the chance to skyrocket popularity and sales. Some ideas have been terrible — like a coffee shop that serves divorce papers — but others have taken off like crazy. Here’s a list of some of the coolest ideas.

Rapid Ramen Cooker This should be on every college student’s list. This microwave safe bowl allows you to save time cooking ramen noodles by swapping out the stovetop for a quick blast in the microwave. This got a $150,000 deal in the Tank and sells online, so check it out if you want to make college life easier. Which I assume you do.

Copa di Vino Arguably the biggest missed opportunity in the Tank, this innovative wine-by-the-glass business was featured on the show twice. The Sharks didn’t bite either time, but the company has made over $25 million in sales to date. Bet they wish they’d jumped on the wagon.

Origaudio This cool company is currently valued at $4 million and for good reason. They’ve developed awesome portable music speakers that turn anything into a speaker. Though their deal fell through, they’re still successful, showing that the right exposure and the cool product speak for itself.

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Cycloramic Given that there’s always an app for that, it’s hard to come up with something new. Enter Cycloramic, which makes your iPhone spin itself around and take a panoramic photo. Now that’s innovation.

Notehall Yet another essential for college students, Notehall.com lets you buy and sell your class notes online to make a quick buck and get caught up in style. The company was recently bought, making the site founders millionaires.

Scrub Daddy A scrub brush with a smiley face built in, this fun way to get clean is hands down the biggest Shark Tank success story. The company has made over $16 million in sales and sold out on QVC in six minutes one day after it appeared on the show. It continues to sell out to this day.

De-Boned Baby Back Rib Steak If you’re one of those people who hate ribs because they’re too messy, this is the product for you. This patented technology removes the bones from ribs and allows them to be heated up via microwave. Saves time, hassle and mess all in one. Bradley Burgess can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu

Voyage Air Guitar A guitar that folds in half was such a cool idea that the Sharks got a second shot at it. “Mr. Wonderful” Kevin O’Leary, despite not biting at first, eventually struck up a deal with this father and son business and nowadays, the company has strong supporters, including Brad Paisley.

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Battle memories Spanish-American War Memorial, not all it seems Claire Whitley Rawr

*Information gathered from the University of Idaho Library’s Special Collections. He stands day after day, year after year, guarding the Administration Building. He never sleeps, never speaks and never budges from his place. This resolute soldier is a tribute to the ordinary soldier who fought and died in the Spanish-American War.

UI and the war The University of Idaho has a strong military history and a significant tie to the Spanish-American War. In May 1898, 39 of the 248 students enrolled at the university volunteered for the war. UI had the largest proportion of volunteers to students out of all colleges and universities in the U.S., said Ben Bridges, a history undergraduate who recently wrote about the old guard. Of the 39 students, only two died in the war. Ole Gabriel Hagberg enrolled in UI’s Military Science program in 1895. He was a Norwegian immigrant who came to the U.S. to live the American Dream, and when the opportunity arose, he readily volunteered to serve his adopted country. He died in the Philippines of typhoid fever in 1898. Paul Draper came to UI from Iowa in 1893 and was in the Military Science program, as well as served in UI’s Company D,

1898 Ole Gabriel Hagberg dies in the Philippines of typhoid fever

which Hagberg was also enlisted in. Draper was originally posted with the 16th Infantry Regiment in Cuba. He took part in the Battle of San Juan Hill, which was led by Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders. Afterwards, Draper and his unit were sent to the Philippines where Draper drowned trying to save his fellows after their raft capsized in a river in 1900.

The statue and a whispered rumor of inaccuracy There is some debate on the model of the Idaho Volunteer. Some say the original artist looked at photos of Hagberg and crafted the statue after him, others say the statue is modeled after a young man named Clem Herbert in the early 1900s. The statue, whomever it was modeled after, was erected on campus in 1901 and dedicated to the soldiers who fought in the war. Some people believe the monument is what is known as a “Hiker monument,” which were sculptures created for the common everyday soldier, rather than cadets dressed in their parade uniforms. Hiker monuments were originally made for soldiers of the Spanish-American War, the Boxer Rebellion and the Philippine-American War. During the early 1970s, protestors of the Vietnam War vandalized the statue. His hands and his gun were smashed off and his hat was just a fraction of what it originally was. In 1984, Lewiston sculptor Bud Washburn removed and restored the statue. It was rechristened at a ceremony in 1985. For the last 113 years the “Silent Guard” stood at his post even without hands or the proper weapon. Claire Whitley can be reached at arg-ars@uidaho.edu

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Paul Draper drowns trying to save other soldiers in a river (Phillipines or Rio Grande, has been cited as both.)

Spanish-American War Memorial erected and dedicated to the volunteers from UI

1960-1970 “Ole Gabe Hagberg” vandalized, possibly by protestors of the Vietnam War

1980s Bud Washburn restored the statue

1985 Ole Gabe” was rechristened

After 1985 Veteran letter claiming inaccuracies in statue

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Crumbs recipe: almond milk to throw in two-to-four cups, Almond milk is delicious on while fans of thinner non-fat so many levels, so why not try milk might prefer adding five-tomaking your own? This reaps a lot of benefits, the first being that six cups. Now that you’ve covered it can definitely be cheaper than your almonds with wastore bought almond milk. ter, it’s time to add a few The main attraction is that other ingredients. This you go can go without step is where you can get a lot of the unnecessary really creative with your additives that go in to a final product by adding carton you would get from vanilla, salt, sugar, or even the supermarket. Making n Mase Matthews dates. If you want a sample, your own almond milk is s crumb I typically add the followactually super easy and ing: a pinch of sugar, a dash of only requires a few ingredients. cinnamon, a teaspoon or so of Before you start milking your vanilla extract, and a few dates. almonds, you’re going to need The vanilla extract is totally opone thing to aid the process: a tional, but the dates really help nut milk bag. Now that you’re sweeten up the final beverage done laughing about that title, without using processed white it’s time to find one. The bag is sugar. You can add these quantibasically a thin cloth bag that ties to taste, which is what I you can strain liquids through. would suggest. Do not try to use a cheesecloth Once you’ve finished your confor this process or you’ll have a coction, it’s time to blend. This huge mess on your hands. Going process could take up to a minonline is the best way to obtain ute of blending, and you’ll know one of these bags, and I’d suggest picking up one off of ecopeaceful. it’s done when you can only see tiny specks of almond through com. What’s great about that one your blender. With your milk bag is the fact that it’s made out of in hand, dump in your almond hemp and is free of any synthetic milk over a large bowl. Working ingredients and fibers, and it’s with a milk bag is interesting also fairly inexpensive. at first, and all you really have Now that you’ve snagged to do is squeeze out all of the your bag, it’s time to get milkmilk. You’ll be left with a decent ing. One thing you might want amount of damp almond pulp, to do at the beginning is soak which you can discard or save in your almonds. This process also the freezer to use in recipes for removes some of the fat and carhomemade granola bars, humbohydrates from the almond, and mus, or anything else you’d want it will make the finished product to add a nutty taste to. easier to digest. All you have Once you have your finished to do for this step is fill a bowl product, you can simply store it with almonds, cover the almonds with water, and stick them in the in the fridge. Be advised that raw almond milk doesn’t last as long fridge overnight. The next mornas store-bought milk because of ing, rise off the almonds and you the lack of stabilizers and addican start the milk-making protives, so you might want to use it cess by filling your blender with up within a week or so. Almond almonds. Next, you’ll need to add milk is great in smoothies, reciwater. How much water you add pes, cereal, and more so stock up is up to you, and the amount you on nuts and start milking away. do add determines how thick or watery your solution will be. Fans Masen Matthews can be of whole dairy milk might want reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu

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Soldier 101

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Members of the Army ROTC carry mock weapons during leadership lab Wednesday near the Kibbie Dome. Every Wednesday they do various training exercises.

Vandal Overnight Games Masen Matthews rawr

Gamers from the University of Idaho flocked to the fourth floor of the Idaho Commons building for a night of all-night gaming. The ASUI sponsored event was competitive and featured prizes including an Xbox One. The whole event occurred throughout the night, starting at 6 p.m. and going all the way until the wee morning hour of 4 a.m. Many gamers stuck around all the way until the end, which resulted in a large turnout. Attendees had access to consoles and the ability to bring their own devices as well for the Oct. 3 event.

The entire event was partitioned into different spaces, with rooms dedicated to the first-person shooter Halo 4, online role-playing game “League of Legends” and more. The brand new Nintendo 3DS/Wii U continuation of the game “Super Smash Bros” was a big hit, with plenty of people bringing their devices to engage in multiplayer battles. Featured titles extended outside of video games into the realm of popular card and board games like “Magic, the Gathering” and “Settlers of Catan” as well. On top of games, the event featured live DJ’s and free pizza to go around. Three rooms were filled with different gaming equipment. One had tables for the League of

Legends tournament, another had massive TVs all linked together for multiplayer Halo, and another had older TVs hooked up to Nintendo Gamecubes for players to indulge in Super Smash Bros: Melee. “Vandal Overnight Games was awesome,” said Michael Lowe, a UI sophomore. “There was tons of people, pizza, games, and friends there. Definitely one of the best events I have ever been to on campus.” With an attitude like that, attendees can hope ASUI will throw another similar event in the future, but nothing has been confirmed since the dust is still settling. “There were three massive rooms that were all open and

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Strategy and Games, a local game store in Moscow, brought board and card games, such as Magic: the Gathering, Cards Against Humanity, and Smallworld, for students to try at Vandal Game Overnight. connected,” Lowe said. “It was very social and happy. Being nerdy felt like something to be proud of, I met tons of new

friends and enjoyed it a lot.” Masen Matthews can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu

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Unlikely combinations Cy Whitling Crumbs

We’ve all been there, staring into a nearly empty fridge or cupboard and pondering the contents. It seems like the things meant to be eaten together run out at different rates. For instance, if you have peanut butter you’re probably out of jelly, and if you have both, chances are you are out of bread. If you have salsa, good luck finding anything resembling a chip or a taco. Never fear, I am here with some creative solutions to your cupboard disparities. The key to eating well with an unbalanced cupboard is creativity and an

adventurous spirit. The suggestions that follow are not for the faint of heart, but if followed without trepidation, they can pay off exponentially. One common problem students face is they are too rushed to make anything for breakfast, so they eat cereal and feel hungry for the rest of the day. Don’t worry about cooking an elaborate meal and instead just add some protein. Throw a scoop of peanut butter in with your cereal and prepare to have your life change forever. Along with adding some much needed protein to this important meal, peanut butter also can vastly improve the taste and texture of your average cereal. Try it with cheerios, raisin bran, granola or anything with chocolate, but don’t blame me if it

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ruins your fruit loops. Another kitchen quandary I often encounter is the mysterious case of the left over salsa. There is always salsa left after the bag of chips is gone. Fear not, I have a solution. If you have any kind of crackers or saltines, just use them instead of chips. Yes, it might not be very authentic but saltines and salsa is a pretty killer combo. Another opportunity for culinary creativity is the majestic Cup of Noodles. Don’t settle for going with the herd, and go beyond the bland instructions printed on the cup. Experiment with ingredients. Try chopping up a hot dog and throwing it in to add some protein, crack an egg into the cup before you cook it for even more nutritional

benefits or cut up some jerky and drop it in. The possibilities are endless. Just don’t ever sacrifice bacon to the Cup of Noodles gods, that’s a waste of bacon. When life gives you mismatched condiments, make a meal out of it. Who says creativity is just for artists? Express yourself through your food. Let it be an extension of your resourcefulness. Of course, like all good things, even this can go too far. If you ever catch yourself making ketchup and saltine sandwiches, just because it’s what you can get for free in from the cafeteria, you might want to re-evaluate your priorities. Cy Whitling can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu

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France is an eclectic country with an abundance of rich culture and an extensive history of expression. It also happens to be about 5,000 miles away. Luckily, Tuesday the University of

Idaho is partnering with Washington State University in order to share a major facet of French culture with all of Moscow: their films. The Palouse French Film Festival begins on Oct. 7 and runs the course of the entire month, with a different French feature airing at 7 p.m. every Tuesday until

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from each respective university to inOct. 28. troduce the films, but the Kenworthy The event takes place at the Kenwill also hold two bookend recepworthy Performing Arts Center in tions — one which took place before downtown Moscow, where a total that first film at 6 p.m. on Oct. 7 and of four films will be shown over the another before the final film course of four weeks. Adat 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 28. mission is free of charge for Viewers can experience a UI and WSU students and is taste of the culture as well, $4 per film for non-students. as free French food and wine The option to purchase a will be provided during these festival pass, sold at both receptions. the Kenworthy Box Office The festival began with an and Book People, for $15 is up-lifting comedy, “Intouchavailable as well. ables.” The following three Sarah Nelson, the French movies, “Renoir”, “I Killed My Section Coordinator of the UI Mother” and “On My Way” alDepartment of Modern Lanmascot low for the French culture to guage and Cultures, said the Sarah Nelson be viewed through different non-student fees are neceslenses as they are a mixture sary due in part to a recent of drama and comedy. While some films change in festival sponsorship. were produced in France, others came “Regardless, it is important to us that from parts of the world where French it be free for students,” Nelson said. is spoken. Nelson, who has served as a key “We look for films with interesting coordinator for the festival since it themes,” Nelson said. “Often we select first began in 2010, said the festival, films for what they reveal about socioriginally known as the Tournées ety, history and culture.” Film Festival, initially operated under The film festival is a creative way to the funding of the Tournées Grant share French culture with the comprovided by the French Ministry of munity and it also benefits students Culture. The grant helped aid the deinvolved in the French language velopment of the film festival — with department, Nelson said. Some profesthe help of contributions from UI and sors, Nelson included, require their WSU departments. students to attend at least one film as “This is the first year that the festian assignment to be later discussed in val is funded solely by generous, loyal class or offer extra credit for attending collegiate departments and donations,” multiple films. Nelson said. Regardless of whether it is for the Although it now has a different name, cultural or the academic benefits, the the film festival is beginning to establish festival brings together the community a strong legacy in the community. as a whole, Nelson said. “The audience has been loyal and “This festival was born out of a enthusiastic,” Nelson said. “We’ve had a desire to co-operate with Washington great turn-out every year.” State University and it is an event that The audience composition, she said, is students remember,” Nelson said. “They consistently about 40 percent students still make references to the films of and 60 percent community members. previous festivals and they learn a lot In addition to the films, students about French culture too.” and community movie goers can exCorrin Bond pect event features that will ultimately can be reached at enhance their cinematic experience. arg-arts@uidaho.edu Not only will there be guest speakers

Often we select films for what they reveal about society, history and culture.”

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Previously ... Whitney’s mother opened the door. She gave him a warm smile and said “hello, Cammy.” He smiled politely and a faint “hi” was pulled out by his breath. Cammy took his shoes off and picked the remaining thorns out of his socks before stepping on the blue carpet in Whitney’s home. He loved the way the house smelled. It was always clean and warm. Cammy’s house smelled like a house. Whitney’s house smelled like a home. (Continued) Whitney’s mother curled up in the couch again and pointed to the light in the foyer, to where Whitney was tinkering with the carburetor at the table. Cammy stepped quietly through the foyer and passed the stairs. Whitney didn’t acknowledge him so he tapped the wall slightly to get his attention. Whitney looked up. He had known Cammy was there. He had already guessed he wouldn’t make it home when they left the bridge at the canal that they had been jumping off all day. “I told you to just ride back with us. We had room in the truck bed.” “I know, but I didn’t…” Cammy’s voice dropped to a mumble as he looked at the metal parts on the table. He wondered for a moment what they were and thought of asking. He smelled gasoline. His gaze fell to the lightly speckled tiled floor beneath the table and he didn’t finish his sentence. Whitney didn’t stop cleaning the carburetor, but he wondered what Cammy was thinking about. He wondered why he looked so concerned. Whitney shouted to his parents asking if they could give Cammy a ride to his house. Whitney’s mother said it wouldn’t be a problem and nudged his father on the shoulder. Whitney’s father

cleared his throat with a grunt and told the boys to give him a few minutes and Cammy didn’t speak up until Whitney’s father started for the stairs. “No, it’s fine, I can walk my bike home. I just wanted to see if Whitney had any extra tubes so I could ride home.” Cammy’s father was likely home by now. His father wouldn’t have liked that he bothered someone about his own troubles and let Whitney’s father give him a ride. “How bad are your tires?” asked Whitney and told Cammy to meet him in the barn with his bike. A single light bulb swung gently from a chain as the breeze snuck through the space between warped panels of wood in the barn. Whitney hung the front of the bike’s seat over a metal bar. The bike was suspended in air. He told Cammy to hold the bike in place. Whitney explained what he was doing as he worked on the bike. Cammy was distracted by the dust swirling in the wind in front of the shed and by the howling and the creaking the barn made when the wind accelerated. He nodded whenever Whitney looked at him. Whitney wasn’t sure if Cammy knew what he was talking about, or if he was even listening, but there was sincerity in Cammy’s eyes and in his voice and whether he was paying attention or not didn’t seem to matter. Whitney tightened the tension of the bike chain. He adjusted the break and shifting cables. Then he replaced the tubes and told Cammy to stay out of thorns. Cammy smiled and took his bike off the stand. The night’s summer breeze chilled the perspiration that formed on Cammy’s skin and he pedaled faster on Cemetery Road to his house. Maybe there was a chance his father wasn’t home yet. He heard the rush of an incoming car and got off his bike. He stood in the brush

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and kept his bike on the road to save his tires from thorns. The red taillights disappeared as the car dropped below the hill in front of him. He pedaled hard up the hill. His house was on the other side. He hoped no cars would pass when started his descent. He stopped at the top of the hill and looked for any approaching cars. He was clear. He pedaled as fast as his legs allowed him. He reached a point where his bike was going too fast for him to pedal. He cruised down the hill, shifting his weight side to side, carving, feeling the tires slip on the smooth pavement. He slid his bike sideways in he dirt and the gravel. He knew there weren’t any thorns there. That was his area. He loved that moment. He didn’t have to use his breaks anymore he had practiced that skid so much since he’d been there. His balance was perfect.

He kept his weight on the seat and leaned hard. He listened to the pebbles and dirt grind under his tires. He thought of a hockey player on a break away. Stopping abruptly in front of the goal tender and pirouetting around the puck with his stick to finish the goal. He felt his rear tire regain traction. He straightened his front tire and let the momentum straighten the rest of the bike and he rolled onto his driveway with only a slight sniffle and crickets chirping form the farm across from his house. His eyes were wet and his black curly hair nearly stood straight up at the top. He wasn’t quite smiling, but his face relaxed and the rush left him tranquil. Cammy’s focus on his skid made him forget to look for his father’s truck in the driveway. He saw the dent in the driver’s side door of the truck in the moonlight. He

could see the chipped dark blue shade of the box shaped truck. Which looked speckled black in the dark. He didn’t like the dent. He remembered his parents fighting over it about money his father got that was supposed to be used to fix the door and the paint of the truck. 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.

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In the Middle Ages, people thought farting in jars and then sniffing them prevented death. Sleeping on your stomach can produce weirder, scarier and sexier dreams. At $265 million, Grand Theft Auto V cost more to make than every Hollywood blockbuster ever made, except one. Rockstar made the money back on pre-orders alone. Loneliness is processed in the same part of the brain as physical pain.

Britain’s black tomatoes contain anthocyanins, an oxidant believed to help fight cancer, diabetes and obesity. A guy diagnosed with cancer was told he had six months to live. He went back to the doctors 10 years later to find that those that diagnosed him were all dead. He later died at 102 years old. Luna moths do not have mouths and thus can’t eat. It lives for about one week with the singular purpose of mating. From wtffunfacts.com

A small basket of strawberries or other small fruits Example: She carried a few punnets away from the local fruit stand at the Farmer’s Market.

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