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11.7.2014 Vol. 5 No. 11

Taste the rainbow

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2014 Marvel recap

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Scorpio 10/23-11/21 Clay Matthews will appear in a dream to inform you that your hair will never be as good as his. This is 100 percent accurate.

Sagittarius 11/22-12/21 I’m sorry, but saying “Paint me like one of your French girls” to a complete stranger will not, in fact, result in them giving you their number.

Capricorn 12/22-1/19 There is no shame in dancing around to Iggy Azalea in the morning while you get ready for an awesome day. Just keep in mind that your roommate is watching and happens to be severely judgmental.

Aquarius 1/20-2/18 Set a short-term goal for this week. If you don’t achieve it, eat a pint of ice cream in one sitting.

Everyone wins.

Pisces 2/19-3/20 You’re going to be productive this week, but first you have to close Netflix. Despite binge watching Grey’s Anatomy, you are a college student,

not a doctor. You may not be able to perform heart surgery, but you can log into Blackboard.

Aries 3/21-4/19 Recall the saying, “Wake up an hour earlier so that you can live an hour more.” But then consider that it is now November in Moscow and your bed is much warmer than the day that awaits you.

Taurus 4/20-5/20 You’re known to be fairly reserved.

Don’t be afraid to spice up your life this week. But not necessarily with pumpkin spice — just regular spice.

Gemini 5/21-6/21 You might lose some sleep this week while contemplating the purpose of your existence, true justice and whether anyone has ever actually killed two birds with one stone.

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Cancer 6/22-7/22 If a time machine is miraculously invented this week, please don’t waste your time going back to 4th grade so you can write a more stealthy love note to pass to Brad. It will still be intercepted, and Brad still won’t love you.

Leo 7/23-8/22 Sometimes we have to do things we don’t want to do. It is absolutely critical you wear your underwear on the outside of your pants this week.

Virgo 8/23-9/22 You might experience a sense of rage this week when a friend begins singing “Let It Go” after you advise them to let something go. Acting on that rage will result in applause from bystanders.

Libra 9/23-10/22 Call your grandma. She misses you.

Obscure films edition Tomorrow, When the War Began Coming to us from the Land Down Under, this Aussie action movie puts eight good-looking teenagers against an evil army of unknown origin in a fun, exciting roller coaster.

twist, this under the radar flick will get viewers’ hearts pounding.

London

Featuring big names like Chris Evans and Jason Statham, this heart wrencher is about a guy who wants to win over his dream girl at a party, but locks himself in the Bradley Burgess bathroom and debates rawr Pandorum whether or not he should This cool and talk to her. Simple, but creepy movie is about two powerful, “London” appeals the men who awaken on a spaceto hopeless romantic and the ship with amnesia and must moviegoer at the same time. work together to survive and Clockstoppers dodge bloodthirsty mutants.

With tons of atmosphere, cool What if you had the power action scenes and a shocking to stop time? That’s the prem-

ise behind this slick and exciting family film that calls to mind “Back to the Future.” It’s fun, funny and a straight up good time at the movies.

Bottle Shock Based on a true story, this crowd pleaser tells the story of a Californian winery whose wine is unintentionally entered into a French wine taste testing. Starring Chris Pine, Alan Rickman and Bill Pullman, this fun flick will bring out your patriotic side and leave audiences wanting a bottle of 1972 Chateau Montelena Chardonnay.

The Wackness A movie about a drug dealer may not scream good movie

to many, but after watching this unique and quirky love story, all doubts will disappear.

With Ben Kingsley as a wacky psychologist and Josh Peck as a love-struck pot dealer, you can’t go wrong.

The Perfect Score A fun new take on the high school movie, “The Perfect Score” focuses on a ragtag team of high school students who plot to steal the answers to their SAT. Featuring two future Avengers — Chris Evans and Scarlet Johansson — this wacky comedy will satisfy anyone who has ever stressed about a test.

Shoot ‘Em Up Clive Owen kills a whole

bunch of people and spits out one-liners at an alarming rate.

That’s pretty much it for this action flick, and yet it’s an awesome thrill ride. Simplicity leads to fun movies.

Super From the director of “Guardians of the Galaxy” comes another wacky and strange superhero movie starring Rainn Wilson as a do-gooder superhero who gets in over his head. It’s a crazy movie with some really weird scenes, but at the same time, it’s criminally enjoyable.

Bradley Burgess can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu

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Sushi wars Philly roll, made of salmon, cream Idaho is known for many things, cheese and avocado rolled in rice and like potatoes, wheat and huckleberries. seaweed. I then ordered the Red Snow However, the state is not known for on Mount Fuji roll, which the menu deits great seafood. Seeing as the closest scribed as a California roll topped with ocean is an entire state away, most of spicy tuna and seaweed salad. our fish comes from local rivAfter about a 15-minute wait, ers and hatcheries. my sushi was brought to me. The This, however, doesn’t salmon roll was okay and so was mean finding delicious sushi the Philly roll. It seemed to me is a difficult task. In fact, Mosthat the rice was either really fresh cow has two restaurants, Red or over cooked, because it was still Bento and Tokyo Seoul, which warm and had a strange taste. serve ridiculously yummy The real shocker was the sushi rolls. y Wile Danielle Mount Fuji roll. What I expected But which place is the best rawr to be a California roll with a place to go on the regular for little bit of topping was actually some spicy tuna or some raw a mountain of food. My California roll salmon? I decided to take the bait and was set on a large plate in a circle with start fishing for the best sushi in Moscow. a heaping glob of spicy tuna on top.

Red Bento The tuna was completely covered by a Once I moved to Moscow, one of large, tangled mess of seaweed salad. It the first things I heard was that Red didn’t look appetizing and was difficult Bento was a must try place for any UI to eat. student. I decided to go with a date and After fishing my way through the partake in their legendary food. mess of food I ordered, I received my Upon arrival, the place seemed small check. The price of my dinner wasn’t and in need of an updated look. The tavery costly, but maybe that was because bles weren’t stable, some of the booths I had received some mediocre sushi. were ripped and the old Coca-Cola signs It is possible the great Red Bento didn’t match the look of the servers, was having an off night. I see it more who were dressed nicely in all black. as the fact that Red Bento had been the Two men were hard at work making only standing sushi spot in town, and sushi rolls at the open bar and servers had once been a great place, but has bustled around the eatery. The place lost its drive due to lack of competition. was busy, especially for a Monday Tokyo Seoul night. Students and families were talking and enjoying themselves. The tan Tokyo Seoul hasn’t been around as walls reminded me of a dive restaurant long as Red Bento, and from my underin a large city. standing, it has yet to get the word out When my boyfriend and I were that they are in business downtown seated, a server brought us water and a waiting to serve some fresh fish. cup of miso soup. The miso tasted pretty My boyfriend and I, on a differgood, but was almost too hot to drink. ent night than our Red Bento outing, Then, another server came to our decided to take a couple friends and try table five minutes after the first one out their sushi in comparison to the and asked us for our drink orders. I only other competition in town. ordered their $6 plum wine sake and Tokyo Seoul is located in the same my date stuck with water. The sake building as The Garden Lounge, which came in a tiny container with only one happens to be one of Moscow’s most little cup, which I don’t think equaled a popular bars. The restaurant and the glass. In other words, it was over priced bar actually share the same hallway, for being their cheapest plum wine. making it a nice place to take a date.

I ordered a half and half roll and When I walked in, I instantly felt chose half a salmon roll and half a like I was in a more upscale eatery. The

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The battle for the best sushi restaurant in Moscow begins

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walls were painted red and the decor looked brand new. They had sports projected on a large screen in the lobby, there were Japanese lanterns hovering over the tables and a larger, open sushi bar where a chef works on the rolls.

When we sat at our table, we were given water and some menus. The menus were larger than Red Bento’s and just a little more expensive. It looked like their food cost about $1 to $2 more.

After sitting for over 10 minutes with just water, my group realized there was only one waitress. She finally brought us soup and took our order in a frazzled state.

After dinner I asked her why she was working alone, and she said usually the restaurant is slow on weeknights and they didn’t expect such a burst of people.

My boyfriend and I ordered a salmon roll, a Philly Roll and a Moscow Roll, made of raw spicy tuna, cream cheese, avocado and cucumber. It took about 25

minutes for our food to get there, but let me say, it was worth the wait.

The chef topped our rolls with a special yemmi sauce and some seasoning.

The fish tasted really fresh and the rice was sweet and soft. Our server told us the chef was getting creative with the rolls. I applaud him, because our rolls tasted like sushi art. Our bill was higher than our bill at Red Bento, but the experience was worth the extra $5 spent.

If you’re looking for good sushi or a nice place to take a date, I would recommend breaking away from the traditional and trying Tokyo Seoul.

It’s located right in Friendship Square downtown, near The Garden Lounge and the theater. Its atmosphere is modern and refreshing and the food is spectacular. Tokyo Seoul gets a five star rating in my food journal.

Danielle Wiley can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu

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Marvel for dummies A guide to the Marvel universe Bradley Burgess

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With the release of the trailer “Avengers: Age of Ultron” this past week, Marvel fans are getting excited to see Earth’s Mightiest Heroes reassemble. But for those who aren’t caught up with the multi-film universe, here’s a spoiler packed guide to the intricate world of the Avengers.

Iron Man Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) is wounded in a kidnapping gone wrong, requiring him to have an arc reactor implanted in his chest to keep him alive. Tony escapes in a suit of armor, which he then perfects into a more sophisticated design to fight off evil. Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division, or SHIELD, agent Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg) comes up with a cover story for Tony, but Stark blows it by announcing, “I am Iron Man.” Post Credits Scene Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) approaches Tony about the Avengers Initiative.

The Incredible Hulk Bruce Banner (Edward Norton) is radiated with gamma rays, causing him to turn into a Hulk when he gets angry. General Ross tries to recreate a super soldier program from World War 2, using Emil Blonsky (Tim Roth) as a test subject. Blonsky reacts in a different way and becomes the Abomination, causing Bruce to Hulk out and save the day.

Post Credits Scene Tony tells Ross that he’s putting a team together.

Iron Man 2 Tony’s Iron Man suit is catching up with his health and Fury sends Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson) to help him figure out the solution from his father’s notes. Tony uses his dad’s blueprints to upgrade his arc reactor and teams up with his pal James Rhodes (Don Cheadle) stop Ivan Vanko (Mickey Rourke) from destroying the world.

Post Credits Scene Coulson arrives in New Mexico to see the hammer Mjolnir.

Thor Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and his brother Loki live in Asgard under their father King Odin. After Thor’s arrogance sparks a war with the Frost Giants, Odin banishes his son to Earth, where he meets Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) and Erik Selvig. But Loki has aligned with the Frost Giants to take control of the throne. Thor returns to Asgard to stop Loki and must destroy the Bifrost bridge — his only way to Earth — to save Asgard. Loki falls off the bridge and into space.

Post Credits Scene The still alive Loki compels Selvig to look at the Tesseract.

Captain America: The First Avenger Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) signs up for a super soldier program during World War 2 and becomes Captain America. He faces off against Red Skull and his organization HYDRA with the help of Bucky Barnes and Howard Stark. Bucky dies in action after being experimented on by HYDRA and Cap must fly a plane with the Tesseract on it into the Arctic. In modern day, he is recovered by Fury.

Post Credits Scene Fury recruits Cap into the Avengers Initiative.

The Avengers Loki attacks SHIELD and steals the Tesseract, prompting Fury to assemble Thor, Iron Man, The Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Black Widow, Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) and Captain America to stop him. Coulson is killed by Loki as he summons an army of aliens to take over New York City. The Avengers stop him and Thor takes Loki and the Tesseract back to Asgard.

Post Credits Scene The true leader of the alien army is revealed to be Thanos.

Iron Man 3 Tony comes under attack by Aldrich Killian (Guy Pearce), who uses Extremis infected soldiers to commit acts of terrorism under the guise of the Mandarin.

Tony blows up Killian and all of his Iron Man suits in the process before having the arc reactor removed from his chest.

Post Credits Scene Tony laments his problems to Bruce Banner.

Thor: The Dark World Asgard comes under attack by Malekith (Christopher Eccleston), who is seeking the Aether, which has possessed Jane Foster. Thor teams up with Loki, who dies trying to save Thor from being killed. Thor destroys Malekith and resigns the throne of Asgard.

What he doesn’t know is that Loki is alive and is masquerading as Odin.

Post Credits Scene The Aether is put in the care of the Collector.

Captain America: The Winter Soldier Cap and Natasha team up to investigate after Fury is killed by the Winter Soldier, a HYDRA agent.

Cap discovers that HYDRA has completely corrupted SHIELD from within and that the Winter Soldier is Bucky Barnes. With the help of Natasha, Sam Wilson and the secretly alive Fury, Cap exposes HYDRA at the cost of dissolving SHIELD. Post Credits Scene Baron von Strucker (Thomas Krestchmann) shows off his captive twins Peter and Wanda Maximoff.

Guardians of the Galaxy Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) steals an Infinity Stone coveted by Thanos (Josh Brolin) and is hunted by his assassin Gamora (Zoe Saldana). The two are captured

by Rocket (Bradley Cooper) and Groot (Vin Diesel) and meet Drax (Dave Bautista) in prison, who wants to kill Thanos. The group discover the true power of the Infinity Stone and use it to kill Ronan the Accuser before he can deliver it to Thanos.

Post Credits Scene Howard the Duck laughs at the Collector.

Bradley Burgess can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu

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Texas In July – ‘Bloodwork’ Pennsylvania metalcore group steps up game after creative rut

“Bloodwork” kicks off with the opener “Broken Soul,” which features a super fast guitar riff paired with a driving rhythm section that creates a fantastic atmosphere to the track. As cool as this song is, the two tracks after it really epitomize why this new Sometimes, it can be painful to witness a band album is so great. Vocalist J.T. Cavey is on top of his with tons of potential fail to execute anything well. game, jumping from a gritty mid-range scream into Whether it’s a group of talented musicians that just guttural lows that make people wonder how one don’t click or a bunch of great songwriters who can’t human has so much lung capacity. Track two, play their instruments, it’s a common sce“Sweetest Poison,” features a rock-solid clean nario in the music world. chorus, which demonstrates that Cavey has One of the most notable bands to fall in even more tricks up his sleeve than straight that creative rut in past years is Texas In July. screams.

Earlier albums were packed with lackluster, Lyrically, the album isn’t too shabby either. chug-laden metalcore tracks that did nothThis is a welcome change to the world of meting to stand out. In fact, half of their songs alcore where a lot of bands still feel the need sounded random shred riffs and lightningMasen to write songs about hating their ex-girlfriends fast drumbeats that didn’t do anything Matthews and getting beaten up in high school. original. rawr While vocals throughout the entire album Fast-forward seven years since Texas In may be rock solid, they don’t necessarily steal July’s formation, and listeners are placed the show from the other band members either. Drumin 2014 directly following the release of their most mer Adam Gray serves as a killer backbone to Texas In recent affair, “Bloodwork.” Luckily, it seems that the July’s tight new sound, and he pushes songs forward band has finally gotten something right and we have with double-bass onslaughts and technical fills. been left with one of the best metal albums to drop Need some proof? Check out the mid-section of this year.

the track “Decamili.” It features an awesome drum solo, which is a rare occurrence in a lot of heavy music today. Guitar work is stellar as well, especially in the aforementioned track “Decamili” and in the songs “Psuedo Self” and “Bloodwork.” Riffs are creative and fast-paced, but take a sideline when necessary as well.

One other notable feature of the “Bloodwork” album is the production. Muddy drums, overproduced vocals or a generally poor mix of the two plagues many heavy albums today.

This is certainly not the case for “Bloodwork.” Guitar tracks sound crushing and crisp, and the drums sound menacing and boomy. Like many other metal albums, bass isn’t too audible but it can still be heard in certain sections despite being somewhat subtle.

It’s fantastic to see Texas In July pull their act together, and “Bloodwork” is sure to make a ton of year-end lists for the best albums that have come out during 2014. Regardless of preconceived opinions, give this album a shot and let the aural assault win you over. Fans of groups like August Burns Red, Erra and Born of Osiris will be right at home here.

Masen Matthews can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu

Construction sucks, stop whining that is traffic through a construction zone. It feels like life and liberty are on the line when forced to stop and wait because the city is fixing some pothole that Sometimes Moscow feels like a land of should have been filled five years ago.

Don’t give in to the primal urge continual construction. If it’s not to beat on the horn and spew one highway that’s been shut profanities at the orange vested down to a single lane of gravel, imbecile ruining your day. Don’t it’s the other. Campus feels release your inner cave man and like it is subject to a series of resort to muttered grunts and continuous projects. The orange curses as you wave your fist at that cones never leave, instead they ultimate bearer of bad news: the just migrate around the town, Cy Whitling “slow, construction zone” sign. blocking off different streets and rawr As a construction worker, I got parking lots. to experience both sides of this It’s tempting to get fruscoin. I was desperately close to being trated with this never ending cycle of late to work every day as I navigated the destruction and building. It is easy to continual construction between Pullman focus on the process and not the result. and Colfax. Then, once I finally did arrive They tell me that in some places they at work I got to make other people late do all the construction at night and to work as I maneuvered a heavily laden residents are never inconvenienced by dump truck through tiny residential closed streets. While I can’t help wishing neighborhoods. The duality of this exisMoscow would do this I‘ thankful for tence was not lost on me. the construction.

At my daily stops, waiting for the stop We’ve all been there, running late sign to spin to “slow” my angry scowls when we run into that deathly crawl

Deal with construction constructively

slowly transformed into friendly nods. I no longer revved my engine and prayed for lighting to strike the sign holders.

Instead I tried to make conversation with the bored sign holders.

I realized construction is not the problem but rather the solution. Without these isolated cases of inconvenience, our daily travels would be infinity less speedy and easy. When was the last time you were thankful for a newly fixed road? When was the last time a filled pothole made you happy?

Don’t let construction have only a negative effect, don’t let it just bring you down. Save frustration for the decrepit buildings and roads that require the necessary evil of repair and instead focus on the positive.

Next time a construction crew slows you down go find a freshly poured road and ride a bike or skateboard down it. Appreciate the smooth flow of new asphalt.

Don’t focus on the orange vests and spinning signs, instead, as that great sage Michael Jordan said, “Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.”

Cy Whitling can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu

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Eat like an explorer For lunch the hardiest of outWhether the occasional picnickdoorsman bring nothing. Instead er or a hard core hiker, at some they come armed and prepared point people are going to find a to survive off of what they find need in their lives for adventure along the way. Grass and berries food. Adventure food, literally can be supplemented with small defined, is any food eaten on an game and birds. The adventurer adventure. What really sets an experienced outdoorsman apart from then needs only to carry appropriate seasonings. the greenhorns is their ability to Be sure to check with local select and prepare adventure food. and regional regulations First off, it might be before using this strategy. good to issue some warnFamilies and hikers in more ings. No one wants to get developed areas can be to that distant scenic peak traumatized by the sight of and to find their rations a seasoned mountain man have failed them. biting into his squirrel and Avoid fast food of any bunny burrito. kind. It might be tempting Cy Dinner is where advento order a meal to go and Whitling rawr ture food really shines. then just throw all those Once camp is set up, neatly wrapped items in adventurers can compete for the the bag for a summit lunch. Don’t attention of their companions by do it. Most fast food should come producing the most lavish meals with an expiration date of about possible. Creativity is king. fifteen minutes after purchase.

One safe standby is to put meat, Learn from someone who has seasonings and vegetables in a foil done it, a big mac re-heated over a wrap and bake them in the coals. campfire is not the same as a big This technique also works well mac hot out of the bag. with potatoes. Just make sure no It is important to note fast food one burns anything with too much is appropriate, and in some cases plastic in the campfire since this actually required, for the “Back to can have an impact on the palatCivilization Buffet” as described ability of the meal.

by Brendan Leonard. Don’t be If you are feeling really rugged afraid to gorge on pseudo-foods you can fry up some bacon on a from chain restaurants on the way flat rock. There is nothing quite as home from that epic hike. invigorating as pulling a strip of For breakfast instant oatmeal bacon off of a hot rock and eating is usually a safe bet. All it reit with your hands. quires is boiling water. If you are I recommend being more carereally looking to save weight buy ful with bacon cooking techniques the little packets and just drink in areas inhabited by bears, unless the oatmeal out of them. This you don’t mind becoming advensaves adventurers from having to ture food yourself. carry a spoon or bowl. After the Whatever adventurers settle meal, just use the dried packet on just remember, the quality to start a fire, now the dishes are of adventure food is determined done as well. not by the taste or nutritional I recommend the oatmeal value of the food, but rather by with some reservations. A recent the attitude and accomplishment episode of violent high altitude of the adventure. pre-dawn vomiting has shaken my Cy Whitling faith in what was once a staple. can be reached at Just make sure that water is actuarg-arts@uidaho.edu ally boiled and you should be fine.

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Adventures call for adventure food

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While adventuring in the mountains, sporks are a handy tool. In fact, everything should be eaten with a spork. This combination utensil has many uses.

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Folk band swag The Jolly Swagmen, from left: Byron Flood (guitar), Eric Woodard (bass), Casey Braadstad (fiddle), Dan Allen (dobro), and Jeremy Quinn (mandolin).

UI music students form folk band known as Jolly Swagmen Lyndise Kiebert rawr

A jolly swagman is a rambling man who travels from place to place all over Austrailia. Casey Braastad heard the phrase in a song and thought it would be perfect for a new band.

“The very first line of the song goes, ‘Once a jolly swagman…’ and we just thought,

oh, that’s brilliant, that’s great,” Braastad said.

The members found positive connotations in this, and the decision was unanimous.

There is something to be said about challenging oneself for the sake of creating art.

Five University of Idaho music students are using their passion for music to do just that, by forming a folk band known as Jolly Swagmen.

The band is made up of Braastad, Byron Flood on guitar, Eric Woodard on bass, Dan Allen on Dobro and Jeremy Quinn, who plays mandolin and a variety of percussion instruments for the band.

Although all five students are heavily involved in UI’s music school, Braastad is the only member to play his primary instrument in the band.

For Woodard, he enjoys the new experience that comes with learning an instrument.

“Playing bass is fun, because trumpet is my main instrument,” Woodard said. “It’s been a challenge, but it’s also been a lot of fun.”

Jolly Swagmen was created on a whim during the spring of 2014, but have since decided to continue collaborating, striving to make a real name for itself by practicing often and growing its repertoire of music,

Allen said.

“We formed to play a wedding gig,” Allen said. “It turned out to be a good launching point.”

Jolly Swagmen can be categorized as a folk band with a mix of traditional Celtic, Irish and Australian folk tunes.

Flood has even written some original singer/songwritertype songs for Jolly Swagmen.

“We would learn a song, and after learning it we would see where it naturally wanted to go,” Flood said.

“By doing that, our sound has definitely grown.”

Jolly Swagmen, being a newly formed band, has done only a couple gigs and is currently

focusing on becoming more public. In the meantime, the band will continue to collaborate and develop Jolly Swagmen’s image, Braastad said.

Jolly Swagmen’s raw talent and passion has planted a seed for what looks like a bright future. This band is a prime example displaying that trying new things can often lead to fulfilling and enriching endeavors.

“We’re just trying to get out there,” Woodard said.

“We’re figuring out what music we like and still finding our sound.”

Lyndsie Kiebert can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu

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Ethical brands in fashion Who’s behind your favorite outfit?

Sweatshops in third world countries everything from suppliers and operations to materials and more. They’ve and forced child labor have characteralso made huge steps in using less ized discussions around the water and using more sustainable apparel industry for the materials in their products. We’re past decade. still waiting for Levi’s to bring proLuckily, tides seem to be duction itself back to the U.S., but changing and consumers their commitment to the environhave many more options ment is something worth noticing. than they used to. Those looking to spend their monH&M Masen ey a bit more consciously, Matthews H&M joins Levi’s as another consider picking up clothing rawr company that does their part for from one of the following the environment. The company outlets to be ethical in style. has implemented textile-recycling American Apparel programs in stores across the world and has an “H&M Conscious” collecSexually-charged advertisements tion that features clothing made out of and risqué articles of clothing, oh my. recycled cotton. Additionally, a huge Yes, American Apparel is not a proportion of their clothing is made squeaky clean brand by all means out of organic cotton. H&M has but they certainly have a lot going also joined several other compafor them in terms of ethical practice. nies in signing the “Bangladesh American Apparel doesn’t use sweatsafety accord,” which is a shops at all, and well-paid employees commitment toward more make all of the company’s clothing ethical overseas manufacright here in the U.S. Employees also turing processes. receive awesome benefits and are eligible for healthcare coverage. On Alta Gracia top of that, the company has progresAlta Gracia may be sive views on issues like gay marriage the most unknown brand and immigration. Controversy towards on this list, but they rank American Apparel were mostly the result of actions by founder and CEO Dov up with American Apparel in terms of their ethics and commitment to Charney, but American Apparel’s board paying a living wage. The company of directors ousted him in June. They pays their employees more than three may not be perfect, but most steps times the national minimum wage made by American Apparel are in the and provides an income high enough right direction. to pay for education, healthcare, shelLevi’s ter and more. Currently, Alta Garcia only has stores on college campuses Levi’s has essentially been around and they have one store in Idaho at for over a century, and they’ve mainthe College of Idaho in Caldwell. Let’s tained a pretty decent reputation since hope that Alta decides to expand then. Levi’s really shines in terms of further and become a global comtheir progressive stance on sustainability. The company has an environmental petitor in fair practice. policy layout on their website that Masen Matthews depicts their efforts towards a more can be reached at sustainable product, which covers arg-arts@uidaho.edu

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The entrance of San Juan de Gaztelugatxe, a church that sits at the top of a 200-plus stair case leading out to a small patch of mountain sitting in the ocean.

Beauty of Basque It is incredible that the Basque The Basque Country is quite literally language is still so prominent in Spain, some of the most beautiful land I have because following the Spanish Civil ever seen. While San Sebestián is breathWar, a dictator called Francisco Franco taking, even just traveling 10 minutes prohibited the speaking or learning of to a town outside of the city opens up the Basque language in Spain. Howan amazing countryside stretching out ever, there were underground through the hills and mountains. groups who still spoke and While the political tension taught Euskera despite the peris complicated between the secution of the culture by FranBasque Country and Spain co. Today about 1/3 of the Basque itself, the culture and language Country speak Euskera, and the of the Basque Country is rich number is growing. with history and it is incredibly A couple weekends ago, I had unique in comparison to the Emily the immense pleasure of going rest of the world.

Vaartstra on an exclusive trip with a native The Basque language, rawr Basque student, Juncal. Juncal called Euskera, is one of the three languages in the world that has took us to a small town called Bermeo, which is about an hour west from San no known language of origin. That Sebastián in the Basque Country. sets it apart from other cultures and The weather was perfect as we languages as their history is incredhiked down to the entrance of San Juan ibly ancient, and the Basque populade Gaztelugatxe, a church that sits at tion is significantly small.

the top of a 200-plus stair case leading out to a small patch of mountain sitting in the ocean. The story behind the name of the church comes from the thought that John the Baptist had set foot in the church. There is even a foot print that is claimed to belong to John the Baptist.

I recently had my very first tutoring job in a little Basque town just outside of San Sebastián. The interesting dynamic is that both of the moms speak Castellano, general Spanish, and Euskera, but the boys only speak Euskera, of which I know all of four words.

I also had my very first day of teaching classes in English to groups of 12, 13, and 14-year-olds. I gave a presentation about myself that included explaining the University of Idaho to them. I finished off the presentation telling them what a mascot was and teaching them about Joe Vandal who they thought

was cool. My second presentation was about Idaho: what you can do there, places to visit, and the Basque community in Boise.

Teaching those classes was by far the greatest experience I have ever had in my entire life, let alone the best experience I have had in Spain.

Last weekend I finally walked part of the Camino de Santiago from San Sebastián to a small Basque town called Orio. It was about a 3 hour hike and it was the most beautiful hike I have ever been on. Personally, I think everyone has to do at least a sliver of the Camino at some point in their life. I won’t bore you with a history lesson, but go look it up. It is pretty amazing.

Living in the Basque Country is almost like getting to be in two countries for the price of one.

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

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Rear end communications What your bumper sticker says about you Bumper stickers are often used to reflect something about a person.

They can be religious, affiliated with a school, political or anything else really. The possibilities are endless, but what exactly are bumper stickers saying about you? Here’s a breakdown of a few of the most popular Masen categories and the Matthews types of people who rawr generally rock certain stickers.

The “My son/daughter is an honor student/valedictorian/ star tuba player/gamer/Christian Bible college priest” bumper sticker This bumper sticker is essential for the middle class soccer mom with one too many appointments on their plate to rush little David to his after school special. Additionally, there’s a good chance this is glued onto the back of a used minivan or small SUV. Fans of Mitt Romney, PBS, fad diets and Gap jeans are sure to be out and about sporting this one. Beware the competition that may be associated with clashing bumper stickers, because there’s a ton of competition in the world for having the best kid.

The multiple bumper stickers representing indie record stores, coexisting and favorite bands This is a popular trend among college students and those in their early 20s. Honestly, these types of people just like to plaster their cars in cool things and that’s no crime.

They probably also own a bunch of hip things like a MacBook and a North Face coat as well. While this

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is all fine and dandy, be aware being in this category means that Officer I-profile-the-young-and-restless is probably trailing these people hard so that he can pull them over and search their car because all hip college students obviously engage in illicit activities. This choice in sticker decoration can most often be found on Subaru Foresters.

The sticker of your entire family that’s plastered across the rear window Everyone loves their family, and some people go all out and use a bumper sticker to represent that. Generally speaking, these stickers are most popular in suburban neighborhoods and are usually plastered alongside the

“My child is _____________” sticker mentioned above. Those looking to elevate their proud parent game, be sure to pick one of these up at REI or wherever else people with kids shop.

cal arguments should be few and far between instead of a daily occurrence.

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Only the big names on campus rock these bad boys. It’s a well-known fact that the most elite people on campus have these stickers and can generally be seen doing cool things like leaning against walls and wearing sunglasses. An added bonus is the fact that they support great student media segments and their university, which means that everybody wins in the end. Congratulations to those who fall into this category.

Masen Matthews can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu

per sticker Having a general political bumper sticker to show support for a candidate is fine, but people rocking these have decided to take things a step further.

People sporting one of these are probably fired up and fall into that category where every conversation turns into a debate about whichever candidate they hate the most. Some people may call it passionate, some may call it hot headed, but they have surely researched every candidate thoroughly, so maybe politi-

The college/college radio/college newspaper etc. bumper sticker

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In 2013 Google founded Calico, a company that’s sole purpose is to use advancements in technology to increase the lifespan of humans with the goal to cure death in the long run.

In 2011 a third of all divorce filings contained the word Facebook.

Google is working on a cell phone that has detachable and replaceable parts so you can repair and upgrade your phone without ever having to buy a new phone again. This project is called project ARA.

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The game Candy Crush makes about $850,000 per day.

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Each ghost in Pac/man is programed to act a certain way. Red chases you, pink tries to position itself in set ways, blue tries to ambush you and orange is random.

There is a cup of Starbucks in every scene of fight club.

Lion King was considered less important by Disney because most of their animators were working on Pocahontas.

A person of great wit or intellect.

Example: The Student Media adviser could often times be considered a bel-esprit.

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The Colossally Amazing Adventures of Norbert (and Friends) by Samantha Brownell

*Sigh*

Halloween’s over and now we can’t dress up in fun costumes anymore.

Sad.

Well, the next holiday is Thanksgiving, right? So we can dress up like turkeys!

You always know what to say to make me feel better.

Also if we dress like turkeys, we camouflage into the decorations and get to the pumpkin pie first!

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