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Taurus 4/20-5/20 Gold is your color — and it’s the Vandal color too. Be more excited to go to school, where you will gain some positive energy that helps you survive the rest of semester.
For this slow ballad, the Champions took a page out of The Fray’s book and broke out the piano for a smooth, swaying song that begs for a slow dance.
“Masquerade” by Sleeping At Last
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Gemini 5/21-6/21
on a piece of white paper.
Aquarius 1/20-2/18
Gray is a nice color for Gemini. Ask your grandparents if they still keep their past photos. Maybe there will be some grayscale photos that you can admire.
Libra 9/23-10/22
It’s time for a green Aquarius to go travel. You’ll gain a lot more knowledge and experiences while traveling, but you also get to relax and enjoy the life.
Cancer 6/22-7/22
Scorpio 10/23-11/21
Pink will be best fashion color for you. With pink clothes, backpacks or shoes, good romance will come to you
Red is passion. Helping people and volunteering for the community and the school will make you impressive and lovely.
Let purple bring you some good luck in school and work. Purple will help you calm down and give you more confidence that you really need right now.
Leo 7/23-8/22
Sagittarius 11/22-12/21
It is black that gives you support and power. Going to the University of Idaho Student Recreation Center, doing some weight training and climbing the rock wall will help release the stress and pressure of school.
Virgo 8/23-9/22 You feel empty this week with the color white, Virgo. Draw anything
Orange is your color. Life is sweet and sour. When you fall, just stand up and keep moving on. Eating some fruit will help you sleep better.
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for plain old good music and entertains even the most inexperienced listener easily.
“Pitch and Resin” by The Republic of Wolves This indie group strips things down for an intimate groove with soothing guitar and cooing vocals. It’s a fun gem in the world of underrated music.
bradle y burgess When it comes to rawr “See You” by The one-man shows, SleepHistory of Apple Pie ing At Last has been a busy bee. At one point, he A fun, upbeat electric jam released an EP every month that manages to be edgy and for a whole year. “Masquerpoppy at the same time. After ade” — one of his more recent listening to this hit from the up-and-coming group, it’s fairly singles — demonstrates his ear
Pisces 2/19-3/20 Sky blue is your destiny color as you will have freedom and more control of life. It will also bring you some happiness, but you have to focus on what you’re doing now.
Aries 3/21-4/19 Brown Aries is not in a good mood, because of the changeable weather. Why not hang out with some friends and gossip a little bit?
As a yellow Capricorn, you don’t have much work to do this week — but it doesn’t mean you can be lazy. Read a book to stay productive.
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obvious why My Chemical Romance lead singer Gerard Way gave them a glowing recommendation.
“Can’t Be Broken” by Twin Forks Dashboard Confessional’s Chris Carabba turned indie for his new band Twin Forks. After hearing the first cut off the debut album, you’d be forgiven for thinking he was born an indie rocker.
“Sway” by The Kooks This British group does a bunch of new things on this fresh song. With a slick guitar intro that quickly escalates into a cool melody, this awe-
‘The indies are coming!’ some song will become one of your favorites.
that would be more than welcome on the dance floor.
“End All” by The Narrative
“Gold and Warm” by Bad Veins
This is a beautiful song bar none. Just listen and treat your ears to a fresh bath.
“Dominoes” by The Big Pink With killer guitar and a crazy retro vibe, The Big Pink’s song is a standout indie gem.
“Trying to Be Cool” by Phoenix The Grammy winning group has had a few radio hits, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t pioneers in the world of indie. This song pumps things up for an energized hop along song
This super upbeat beach number will set the party on fire and have everyone singing along. Play it and enjoy.
“My Beautiful Rescue” by This Providence This epic love song will win over any romantic. Even if you’re not into romance, check out the “Renovated” version by the same band for a rocking upgrade. Bradley Burgess can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu
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Pat’s got a gift “A Gifted Man” makes the mark for new medical TV shows, Patrick Wilson at his best It has been a hard several years for the launching of new medical shows. With the success of shows emily vaartstra like “Scrubs,” “Grey’s Anatrawr omy” and “House” raising the bar on high quality production and tension filled plotlines in the medical genre, smaller shows like “Three Rivers,” “Emily Owens M.D.” and “A Gifted Man” have only lasted for one season, despite their potential to continue. While all three of the above mentioned short-lived medical shows had plenty of good mixed with a little bit of bad, I was sad to see that “A Gifted Man” wasn’t getting a second season. “A Gifted Man” follows the egotistic, competitive neurosurgeon, Dr. Michael Holt (Patrick Wilson), as he tries to balance working between his private practice and his recently deceased exwife’s free clinic. Dr. Holt begins receiving visits from his ex-wife, Anna Paul (Jennifer Ehle), after she was killed from being hit by a car. It is through her request that he helps with the free clinic she operated in New York City and he became an integrated part in the clinic’s continuing success. Patrick Wilson is at his best in this show. The dynamic between the character’s work as a doctor while also appearing as a crazy person during conversations with Anna, who likes to show up at inopportune moments, is perfectly executed by Wilson
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more information Want it reviewed? Email argarts@uidaho.edu with your video games, movies, TV shows, books or restaurants you want us to take a look at so you don’t have to. and really makes the show something you want to invest in. The supporting characters are fantastic as well, which speaks to the clever writing of the show. What “A Gifted Man” has different from other medical shows is the portrayal of the inner workings of a free family clinic that caters to a variety of ethnic patients who don’t have the insurance to pay for medical bills. Since many medical shows revolve around either a hospital or a private practice, this setting is a breath of fresh air and a completely different look into the field of medicine — at least when it comes to pop culture. This show is not, however, up to as high a caliber as “Grey’s Anatomy” by any means, which seems to be the modern standard of comparison when a medical show is considered for renewal. The sad thing, is that “A Gifted Man” could have so much more potential if it were given the chance at a second season. If anything, it is worth checking out the show just to see Patrick Wilson take on the role of a bad ass doctor with a twinge of crazy. Emily Vaartstra can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu
nurainy darono rawr In late April, nothing is better than a springtime dish like fish filet. The fresh taste of baked fish with brown rice top with corn and tomatoes can appease your appetite. I am no expert in nutrition, but I know fish has less fat than other types of meats and brown rice is healthier than regular white rice. Not only does it tastes delicious, but the dish is also healthy. Since I made this recipe up, I call it spring fish filet.
I was sad to see that “A Gifted Man” wasn’t getting a second season.
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6 tilapia filets, thawed 1 lemon 2 teaspoons minced garlic Parsley flakes Salt and pepper for taste 3 cups uncooked brown rice 2 cups corn 2 cups broccoli 1 tomato, diced 2 tablespoons butter
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lemon juice and garlic for 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Grease a baking sheet with spray butter and place marinated filets. Season with salt, pepper, parsley flakes and lemon zest. Bake for 12-15 minutes. While waiting for the fish, cook the side. In a skillet, heat one tablespoon butter and cook corn with tomatoes. Set it aside. In the same skillet, heat one tablespoon butter and cook broccoli. Serve fish filet, brown rice top with corns and tomatoes and broccoli as a side. Add some fresh salad as desired.
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Director’s cut it is an important topic. It’s about this kid who’se getting bullied by a bunch of kids in school and others outside of Inside the University of school. He ends up thinking Idaho Radio-TV Center, UI stuabout retaliating.” dents Chrissy Winger and Tyler Winger said that she sent Foltz were hard at work putout a call for a casting crew ting together their final short about a month ago. She posted film projects for this year’s an advertisement on Craigslist Kino Film Festival. and contacted the Moscow “I have a few more hours Community Theatre. under my belt, but it’s(the film “I got an actor from there is) getting cleaner and closer and they also sent my inforto what I want it to be,” Foltz mation through the Lewiston said. Civic Theatre,” she Students in the said. advanced digital The majormedia production ity of volunteers class participate evthat helped in her ery year in the film production were UI festival to show students — most of their work and whom come from the get critiques. In theater department this class, students on campus and the produce a short production crew is film during the seenrolled in relevant mester, said Denise JAMM classes, she Bennett, a Joursaid. nalism and Mass Winger said this Media (JAMM) has been her largprofessor and class est project and that instructor. she had previously josh finley Bennett said produced other small ui student the curriculum projects. That critegets students to ria made Winger the move from a film director of her small film. She concept to the screen and was expected to be the overthen ideally, they will receive seer and have her crew and feedback from an audience. actors do all the grunt work At first, students pitch three for her. concepts for scripts and then “I’m used to doing a lot of narrow them down to one idea. Throughout the semester, the other jobs — like the camera or audio,” she said. “In this students are critiqued at mileone, I didn’t do any of that. I stones until the week before had to kind of stand back and the showing, Bennett said. be the director.” “It’s a different experience For this class, students are when they have a general audiexpected to direct, write and ence,” Bennett said. “The most produce, said student Josh beneficial thing is to have that Finley. feedback.” He is producing a horWinger was at the Radio-TV ror film called “Blood Runs Center last week compiling Thicker” — a zombie movie receipts for her production that Finley has had struggles purchases and working out with. small issues on Final Cut Pro, a “It’s been hard, because movie editing program. you need extras,” Finley said. “My film is a drama,” she “It takes lots of people to do said. “I wanted to do a story a zombie movie. I called in about bullying, because I think
UI students prepare their films for Kino Fest
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favors. Everyone wants to be in a zombie movie. Well, they say they want to be in them and then it comes to the day.” He said because he relied on such a big crowd of extras, his scenes didn’t really play out the way he imagined. Most of Finley’s filming happened outside and the weather caused him trouble during production of his movie, he said. “You have to be adaptable and be willing to make it work,” Finley said. Foltz is taking a different approach to his short film. He has been producing a film about a love story between a guy and a girl meeting each
other for the first time on the opposite end of a phone call. In the story, a guy calls in because he is experiencing computer problems and his call is directed to a girl who is supposed to be able to help him work out the problem, Foltz said. Over the phone, they end up talking for hours and fall in love with each other. The movie takes a turn when the phone call is disconnected and they don’t have each other’s contact information. “They try and call each other back but there are call centers all over the world,” he said. Foltz said it has been a lot
of work for a 7-minute video. He said he has spent a lot of time in the production of the movie and he ran into problems with the audio. But overall, he is happy with how his film has turned out. Bennett said the Kino Film Festival will give these students a different point of view from a new audience and help develop their own abilities. The Kino Film Festival will take place at 7 p.m. on April 29 at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre. Admission is free to anyone. Bryce Delay can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu
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Six tips to make your moving experience less of a pain chloe rambo rawr Whether you or your significant other got a new job or you are graduating — or maybe you’re moving just for the heck of it — moving is a scary and daunting task. Never fear! This list will make packing your teacup collection the hardest part about moving.
1. Walk the streets
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This was my biggest fail when it came to my last move. Making the transition from a sleepy college town to a city more than twice the size and population, I did what smaller-town folks do — rely on Craigslist to find an apartment. So I did that and with much frustration I settled on an apartment that was too big and too expensive, because I couldn’t find any more options. Get out there. Park your car somewhere (legal) downtown, grab a coffee to go and walk around. Not everyone uses the vast Interwebz to post available spaces — some simply stick a “For Rent” sign outside. I missed out on some incredible spaces in my price range, because I just relied on the Internet for answers.
2. Network Most likely, one of your friends knows a friend who knows a cousin who has a friend that lives where you’re headed. Connect with them. Make a lunch date or meet for coffee — that local is going to be your connection to all information holy and necessary for making your move as easy as possible. This is your chance to grill them about best restaurants, best neighborhoods, where the good drinks are made and where the most fun nightlife is to be had. Then maybe buy them dessert for supplying you with the know-how. Maybe you just made a friend. Which brings me to ...
3. (Try to) make friends Even though it can be so much easier to enjoy Netflix marathons with your real BFFs, Pinot Grigio and Godiva, “getting out there” and meeting people in your city will be a benefit in the long run. Find a bar, cafe or bookstore that fits your vibe. Grab a coffee and hang around for a bit — chances are, you’ll see other people there who share the same style and interests.
4. Try anything and everything And I mean everything. Make it a goal to try every coffee shop in a 15-mile
radius of your house. (Google Maps is an excellent tool for this goal.) Or make it a Saturday tradition to hit a new hiking trail with Fido in tow. Speaking of Fido, dog parks are great places to meet locals.
5. Get down with free stuff Free showing of a silent film? Free wine and gossip at a group’s monthly book club meeting? Free show at a bar downtown? Get on that. Whoever said “nothing is free” is a big fat liar. Tons of
things in this world are free and some of them are awesome. I once saw an ad in my city’s alternative weekly paper for a free yoga and beer tasting class. I was basically devastated that I missed it. Don’t make my mistake — keep on those things. I also rather enjoy cashing in on each and every local gym’s “free trial” period. Whether it be a week or three days, it’s exciting to try out a new facility and take a few fun classes.
6. Be a tourist – but just for a while
This is where the Internet comes in. Google your new home city – Yelp and TripAdvisor are filled to the brim with recommendations on things to do and see. Moving to Seattle? Well, you really can’t live there without ever going to see the Space Needle — unacceptable. Tourist activities may cost a big of dough, but seeing them is a great way to lean about your new home, and have fun while doing it. Chloe Rambo can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu
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Megan Evans and Earl Lunceford take a stroll through campus. Evans sports clothing following the new spring trends of denim shorts and crop tops.
Take a look at some trendy clothing, accessories and makeup for the spring season chin-lun hsu rawr When it comes to fashion, University of Idaho students in Clothing, Textiles and Design are excited to name a list of fashion elements, patterns and colors that are popular and trendy in spring. Erika Iiam, instructor in the School of Family and Consumer Sciences, has had about 15 years in the fashion and design field. “Fashion implies that it’s accepted by a lot of people,” Iiam said. “There are fashion leaders and innovators who adapt the styles at the beginning. But in order for you to become (fashionable), you have to have a majority of people follow-
ing back. Otherwise, it’s just a personal style.” Iiams, her teaching assistant Caitlyn Johnson, and students Allysen Litz, Megan Marcus, Sierra Carroll, Jenny Prado and Marci Griggs have made a list of the major fashion elements and styles in spring and also the ones that should not be in this season again.
In-fashion: • • • • •
Overalls Tribal pattern Darkroom glasses Gladiator sandals Birkenstock, chunky flats, comfortable sandals • Denim and lace • Denim on denim A denim jacket with denim jeans is back. Iiam said a few years ago this outfit was considered old fashioned. • Long pencil skirt with a crop top The skirt and the top have to be the same color or the same pattern in order to match.
• Floppy hats “We knew that (floppy) hats were going to come in style two years ago when Kate Middleton got married,”LIiam said. • Leather-like skirt “I think Taylor Charles and her leather-like skirt and a crop top (are) kind of like punk rock a little bit but more like ‘80s inspired,” Johnson said. • Abstract patterns Geometric patterns and floral patterns from the ‘90s are coming back this season, Iiam said. • Asymmetrical design “Last year it was high-low silhouette, now it’s more out at angle,” Iiams said. • Strappy bikini Spring is the start of bathing suit season, Johnson said. “Last year was very bright still and this year is very strappy,” she said. • Flat, comfortable shoes Liam said Chanel was showing sneakers with suits last year and this trend will still go on
this season. “Everything is comfort oriented,” she said.
Makeup trends: • Ombre hair • Thicker and upper eyeliner • Thick and dark eyebrows Victoria Secret model Cara Delevingne has blond hair and really dark eyebrows, Carroll said. • Lip pops color: orange, hot pink, light pink, purple • Men’s wear • More fitted pants • European style • Different kinds of stripes • Trendy color-Smoky blue “The smoky blue is going to come on scene. Right now, I think it’s more the European thing,” Iiams said. “We haven’t really seen that too much (in the U.S.) but the smoky blue is probably going to be the next big color.”
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Teal blue/ Coral orange
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Fashion tips: Being fashionable does not mean wearing every fashion element or trendy clothes but instead knowing how to dress will help people become fashionable and trendy. “If you’re showing one part of skin like your legs, don’t show another part of skin,” Iiam said. “Like if you wear a short skirt, don’t be showing your cleavage or your back, or too much of your arms.” Iiam said style.com is usually the first place that the public can see the runway shows and the events, so it is the best place for people who are interested in seeing upcoming trend. Chin-Lun Hsu can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu
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Senior Tarin Leach works on her social sculpture. According to Leach, “social sculpture is an artistic medium aiming to promote a positive community character, force mindfulness and motivate revolutionary action in order to reduce violence.”
Sharing emotions through art claire whitley rawr There is a lot you can learn about a person through a game of rock, paper, scissors. Tarin Leach, University of Idaho senior art student, said that sharing characteristics with other people is as simple as rock, paper, scissors. One of Leach’s exhibits at her senior art show portrays this concept. The exhibit contains two chairs that are set up at a table with some plants and paint pens. The people who sit there play a game of rock, paper, scissors with Leach and she explains the sharing of characteristics. She then has the participant take a rock from any of the rock cairns in
her show and bring it back to her. Both Leach and the participant write down a one-word characteristic of themselves that they wished they shared with the other. Leach takes the participant’s rock and places it on a rock cairn somewhere in the room. Leach got her start as an artist in high school. Her art teacher would sign her out of calculus classes and let her sit in on his art classes. Art was a way for her to get away for a bit, Leach said, and from there it became a release of emotions as well. Starting from that point, Leach thought of art as a cool thing, but not something that could be a job. Leach originally went to school in 2006 for pre-medicine, because she wanted to help people. “But then I met a boy and I wanted a family and I didn’t want to spend that much time away
from my family,” Leach said. She dropped out of college and had a son, now 4 and a half years old, and decided to go back to school for an art degree. “I still wanted to help people, but art was very influential in my life,” Leach said. “I thought of putting the two together and do something like art therapy.” Through research, Leach discovered a medium called social sculpture, which is art as a means of revolutionary change. The term was coined by an artist, Joseph Beuys, in the 1960s. It was helping people and still using art but not art therapy, Leach said. “With (social sculpture), I didn’t have to defend myself,” Leach said. “That’s why I chose to do art. It made sense and I love it.” Leach said she is inspired by the fundamentals of art itself.
Lines, colors or energy and just the basics of art are exciting for Leach. There is a release of emotion when working with artistic media, Leach said. “What excites me about what I do personally is the change that happens in the people I work with,” Leach said. Leach tries to force mindfulness with engineered social situations and then use that mindfulness to inspire action. It is the actions after people experience mindfulness that inspire her, Leach said. “(The people) have the potential to change lives and that is what I find to be important,” Leach said. Leach’s senior show is a documentation of a pilgrimage she took last summer. She walked 170 miles of the wilderness of Idaho between Moscow and Boise. She said she did social sculpture projects with people along the way. It is all
inspired by the idea of reducing conceptual violence so that physical violence can be reduced, she said. “Each little project has its own immediate inspiration but they all have an overarching theme as well,” Leach said. Leach plans on continuing her art after graduating this spring but it will be more of a sidebar to the work she will find. “It’s the same old get out of college and find a job to pay the bills until you can get a job that you like,” Leach said. “I have no idea what I want to do when I grow up.” Leach will be looking for a job in motivational speaking and doing social projects. “I’ll be a motivational speaker with artistic intentions,” Leach said. Claire Whitley can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu
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Artists striving to end poverty
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University of Idaho grad student Nathaniel Quinn demonstrates his teaching personality before he volunteers this summer, teaching theatre to children in India.
UI graduate student will teach students in India for six weeks this summer alexia neal rawr Nathaniel Quinn, a theater graduate student at the University of Idaho, is traveling to Bangalore, India, for more than just a summer vacation. Through the Artists Striving to End Poverty (ASTEP) program, he will teach English and promote the arts to children in an impoverished city. “The idea is that poverty isn’t just financial,” Quinn said. “This program is providing different aspects of an education to children that may not get
it otherwise.” Quinn leaves May 15 to embark on a six-week journey in a city 23 hours away by plane. He will teach English and the arts to students at a K-12 school. Although it is a poverty-stricken city, the school he will teach at is more modernized with running water and electricity, he said. The students and teachers all stay in dorms on the campus while school is in session. Even though most aspects of the school is fairly modern, Quinn said he will have to use a bucket of water to shower and will only have access to electricity from 8 a.m.-8 p.m. He said he loves camping and the outdoors so it won’t bother him. Quinn expects a typical day at the school to be easy going and exciting but very long. The school is in session
six days a week. He said he only expects to have free time at night — the rest will be dedicated to the children. “I will be teaching the entire time I’m there,” Quinn said. “The more time I get to spend with the kids the better.” David Lee-Painter, a professor of theatre at UI for 20 years, said there is no better person for this opportunity than Quinn. “He’s all about helping others and he badly wants to make a difference in the world,” Lee-Painter said. “This opportunity will help him see the world and different cultures as well as make that difference.” Quinn said his biggest fear is failing a student in some way. Many of the students at the school come from a background of poverty and Quinn said he hopes he can help them
escape from that at the school, if only for a couple of hours. But Lee-Painter said this is not one of the worries he has for Quinn. “I think he is very perceptive at figuring out how to get everyone involved,” Lee-Painter said. “He is very intuitive about whomever he is working with.” Quinn has set a goal to raise $3,000 before he leaves for India in mid-May and is currently at 9 percent of his goal. He said this money will mostly cover the cost of his plane ticket, as a lot of the other funds are covered by the volunteer program. His website is located at firstgiving.com/fundraisor/ nathanielquinn. Alexia Neal can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu
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Cooking with alcohol Ways to utilize alcohol in cooking nurainy darono rawr It’s a dash of red wine here and swish of brandy there — using alcohol in cooking can bring out complex and stronger flavors in dishes. According to Fine Cooking Magazine, through evaporation and molecular bonding, an alcoholic beverage can improve flavor perception. Its ability to bond with fat and water is well translated in marinade, which results in more flavors and aroma in the marinated food. University of Idaho Campus Dietitian Marissa Rudley said alcohol can add flavors to a lot of foods and is a great way to marinate certain meats. She said there are different types of alcohol to cook with — beer, wine and spirits — and only small amounts are necessary. “Even adding a tablespoon of some kind of spirits when you are cooking any kinds of foods, that can be helpful to induce it with a little bit of flavor,” Rudley said. Rudley said beers are usually used in soups, stews and red meats, while wine is utilized in French cooking and in sauces, hearty stews and poultry. She also said spirit brands like Brandy and Kahlua can be a great addition in baking. “It really gives it a different dimension of flavor that you wouldn’t necessarily get from an extract,” Rudley said. “So, that can be a fun way to bake or make desserts.” Rudley said one of her family traditions is to make Kahlua
cake, a rich chocolate cake with coffee taste from Kahlua liquor. She said this cake has a very different taste than regular chocolate cake. According to Fine Cooking Magazine, 75 percent of alcohol is retained when flambeing and only 25 percent when simmering a baking mixture for an hour. Rudley said two factors affect alcohol retention while cooking — length of time and the size of cooking vessel. George Skandalos is a chef and the owner of Sangria Grille and Maialina Pizzeria Napoletana in Moscow. He said Sangria focuses on Peruvian cuisine with using North American ingredients. Skandalos said he imports corn from Peru and brews corn beer, called Chicha de jora, in the restaurant. This beer is used in some of Sangria’s dishes like seafood stew, parihuela, a lamb dish, seco de cordero norteño and in soups. Skandalos said Pisco, a grape brandy that originated from Peru, is also used in another Sangria dish, Pisco clams. He said the alcohol in Pisco clams is burnt off while cooking, yet leaves sweet and sour flavors in the dish. “Cooking in general — it’s like using colors when you’re a painter,” Skandalos said. “So, you have different attributes. You use sugar, salt. You use vegetables. You use protein and alcohol is just one more ingredient. So, we use alcohol in some dishes just because the way it interacts with other ingredients and the flavors that impart in it.” Nurainy Darono can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu
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Friday fiction
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kelly p. vickers rawr “I TOLD YOU I DON’T KNOW!” How many times do I have to tell them? If I don’t know, I don’t know! I jerk against the burning the ropes already have caused against my raw skin. My back is aching from being strapped to a small wooden chair for what has been at least seven hours. I bite my tongue knowing that only more pain is coming. I see the fist and cringe. My head is ringing and my vision blurs. “Don’t play stupid with me, pretty boy! You know what the heck happened and your gonna tell us, even if we have to force it out of you by the end of the night!” It was the tall, dirty, foul smelling one who spoke as he held his face inches to mine. I’ve pretty much deciphered him to be the secondhand man; the one who does all the threatening and smack talk, pretending to be the leader as he issues out who will make the next punch. I spit in his face and he doubles back growling. “Give him another one!” The burliest one winds up his arm and delivers another blow. My whole body is rattled and I struggle to keep my cry of pain behind my trembling lips. Sweat is dripping down from my short, jet-black hair that I know must be mangled and crusted with dirt. The quiet man who has been anxiously watching from a chair off to the side in the small room gets up and slowly walks towards me. This is the leader. I’ve been studying his movements for a while. The way he analyzes everything, not just from me but from his men as well. He must be the leader. He crouches down in front of me and gives a long sigh. He just sits there for a long moment, staring at the floor as if contemplating something very difficult. Finally, he straightens himself and paces in a semi-circular motion. “Why don’t we start with the basics,” he said in a somewhat calm, and to my surprise a honorable voice. “What’s your name? Where exactly are you from?” I hesitate, Should I make it up? No, he’s seen my hesitation. Might as well
just tell him. “My name is Kris Eilun, I’m 24 and I live in Ontario.” “Ontario? Son, there sure are a heck of a lot Ontarios in this hemisphere. Be specific.” “Canada. Ontario, Canada.” One of the men cursed, another kicks at a rock and scratches his prickly chin. For a moment, I flash back to the beautiful house my fiance Tara and I just bought. Ah, Tara; she’s probably worried sick about me. I have to get out of here and call her to let her know I’m okay. “I’m just a simple guy, I wanna get back home to my fiance and I can’t see what any of you would want with me.” Apparently, that was funny. “You really don’t know how you
got here do you?” The leader crouches down next to me and speaks in an almost whisper, “That girl of yours, son, is dead, and you should be too.” Blood drained from my face. “I don’t understand,” I managed to choke out. “What...what happened?” “Well that’s what we’d like to know, but seems to me like we need to freshen your memory some. There was a big explosion here in Chaparral, New Mexico, a week and a half ago and wiped out a lot of people. You and a group of four others were caught runnin’ off wearing all black and fully armed. My crew here took out your gang within the next ten hours of the explosion with one exception,”
he got close to my face, feeding from the immense anger building inside of me. “We were chasin’ you down some tracks when the oddest thing happened. You just disappeared into thin air. A few days, later one of our buddies found you at his station on the Mexico border. And here you are.” He stood and started pacing again. “Now, I’m gonna ask you one more time,” he stops and grips the chair right next to my shoulders, “Where. Is. The. File?” I smile and look up into his face. I give a small chuckle and spit at him. The next thing I see is the cold stone floor and then blackness. Kelly P. Vickers can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu
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Events calendar
Friday, April 25 12 p.m. – Friday Crafternoons at the UI Women’s Center 4 p.m. – Elevator Pitch Competition in the SUB Ballroom 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. – “The Wolf of Wall Street” presented by Vandal Entertainment in the SUB Borah Theater 7:30 p.m. – UI Opera Spring Scenes Showcase at the Haddock Performance Hall 7:30 p.m. – “The Cherry Orchard” by Anton Chekhov at the Hartung Theater 7:30 p.m. – Football Spring Game at the Kibbie Dome 7:30 p.m. – Moscow Community Theatre presents “Arsenic and Old Lace” at the Kenworthy
Saturday, April 26 illustration by jesse keener | rawr
10 a.m. – David Huyck reading at BookPeople of Moscow
1 p.m. – Kristen O’Neill on the flute at the Haddock Performance Hall 1 p.m. – Moscow Community Race to Action: Bring it Together at East City Park 4 p.m. – Cole Senefsky on the bassoon at the Haddock Performance Hall 7:30 p.m. – Gary Pawelko on the tuba and Jason Peters on the violin at the Haddock Performance Hall 7:30 p.m. – Moscow Community Theatre presents “Arsenic and Old Lace” at the Kenworthy 7:30 p.m. – “The Cherry Orchard” by Anton Chekhov at the Hartung Theater 8 p.m. - “The Wolf of Wall Street” presented by Vandal Entertainment in the SUB Borah Theater
7:30 p.m. – Micah Millheim on the double bass at the Haddock Performance Hall
Sunday, April 27
Wednesday, April 30
10 a.m. – Luau on the Lawn at the Wallace Residence Center courts and Tower lawn 2 p.m. – “The Cherry Orchard” by Anton Chekhov at the Hartung Theater 2 p.m. – Moscow Community Theatre presents “Arsenic and Old Lace” at the Kenworthy 3 p.m. – “The Wolf of Wall Street” presented by Vandal Entertainment in the SUB Borah Theater 4 p.m. – Bobby Meador and Shane Wilson on the guitar at the Haddock Performance Hall
12:30 p.m. – Lunches with leaders in the Clearwater/ Whitewater room in the Idaho Commons 7 p.m. – “DamNation” at the Kenworthy 9 p.m. - Women’s climbing night at the Student Recreation Center
Tuesday, April 29 12:30 p.m. – Brown Bag Series in the Panorama room of the Idaho Commons 4 p.m. – Vandalizing the Kitchen cooking class at the Student Recreation Center 5 p.m. – Nerd Tuesdays at Safari Pearl Comics on 3rd Street in Downtown Moscow 7 p.m. – School of Journalism and Mass Media presents 2014 Kino Short Film Festival at the Kenworthy 7:30 p.m. – Concert Band and Wind Ensemble at the Haddock Performance Hall
Thursday, May 1 12:30 p.m.- Lavender Lunch in TLC 229 7:30 p.m. – Matt Scholz on the piano at the Haddock Performance Hall 7:30 p.m. – “The Cherry Orchard” by Anton Chekhov at the Hartung Theater
“selfiebombing” RtDhe O W of EK
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The art of ruining people’s selfies by appearing behind them right when they tap the capture button.
Kimmy had to trash all of her selfies from today because Jackson wouldn’t stop selfiebombing. illustration by austin brown | rawr
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