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Protecting student privacy
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Dean of Students, ITS team up to give students greater privacy Andrew Deskins Argonaut
uncomfortable about. He said there is currently an The University of Idaho opt-out option for stuInformation Technology dents who do not wish to Services department rolled be included in the directory. out changes Pitman to the student mentioned directory Jan. the last time 8 in order to the student better protect directory student We determined was actuprivacy. that other ally printed, D e a n 2009of Stu- institutions require in authentication 2010, the dents Bruce only inforPitman said information mation inhe decided to access their cluded was it was time to examine student directories name, email what other ... So that’s what we and major. “I don’t universities decided to pursue. know why do to protect Bruce Pitman, the other student Dean of Students information privacy after was added being contacted by several students in,” Pitman said. Management Informawho were uncomfortable with their phone numbers tion Services Manager and addresses being on Brian Borchers said they got to work after being the student directory. “We determined that contacted by the Dean other institutions require authentication information the changes. He said they to access their student di- wanted to initiate changes rectories, and that they did Jan. 4, but they ended up not include phone numbers taking effect Jan. 8. Borchers said it was and addresses,” Pitman said. “So that’s what we a simple process involving three steps: enabling decided to pursue.” Pitman said once they authentication protection, decided what course to encrypting the login data pursue they took their pro- and masking the phone posal to both ASUI and the numbers and addresses. Graduate and Professional After that he said they had Student Association. Both to test how the changes organizations said they worked on different web support increasing protec- browsers. University sophomore tions for student privacy. He said because stu- Liam Donohoe said he dents rarely take the time supports the changes to to update their informa- increase privacy, but he tion, the contact informa- thinks they will be a minor tion listed is often for their inconvenience. parents, something some students are particularly SEE PRIVACY, PAGE 4
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Joel King, steam plant operator, ploughs snow in the parking lot of the University of Idaho steam plant. King said the plant is responsible for heating about 80 percent of the university.
Skipping steps Katy Sword Argonaut
When Microsoft decided to switch all live.edu email addresses over to its new Office 365 program, Chuck Lanham said the University of Idaho was required to make the switch as well. Lanham, UI information technology services assistant director, said the issue did not lie in the actual switchover, but in the execution and students’ interpretation. ASUI President Hannah Davis said ITS asked her when she thought making the switch would work best for students. She agreed after reading the instructions, Winter Break would be the best option. “I thought, ‘It seems pretty simple,’ but I received several emails not as ASUI president but as president of Delta Gamma asking how to do it,” Davis said. “I’m not going to
(email) and deleted the rest, but when it came time to do it I read the instructions and it was pretty simple.” Lanham said while early on there were some issues with Microsoft itself, the biggest issue was students not reading and following the instructions. “If I could answer (why students don’t read their email), I’d be a millionaire,” Lanham said. “It’s not just getting our students to read this email, it’s getting anyone to read any email or follow any instructions. I think in general people don’t tend to worry about reading things unless they can’t think it through.” He compared the situation to using a new coffee maker. He said most people will start pushing buttons before taking out the instructions and learning how to actually set up their machine.
What do you think of the process used during the VandalMail upgrade? Did you have any difficulties? “Most people don’t like change and that’s why they complain and are pessimistic when it occurs. I believe the change was for a good cause, now we have more message space on the new email system as well as other perks it has for the university.” Toluwannie Adécounlet
“Can’t they just keep one email system?”
Meghan Eaton
“I would prefer that they did upgrades over the summer and just had everybody change their passwords when they got back for fall semester; overall I feel like the migration to Office 365 was even more troublesome than the transition to Outlook.”
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Research, reference, national recognition University of Idaho librarian Kathleen Monks accepted into national 2013 Emerging Leaders program Kaitlin Moroney Argonaut
She's not an elderly lady with glasses sitting behind the desk, shushing people and checking out books. Kathleen Monks is a librarian at the University of Idaho and has been nationally recognized through acceptance to the 2013 Emerging Leader's program. Put on by the American Library Association — the oldest and largest library association in the world — the Emerging Leaders program is for librarians who have been in years and are younger than 35. This is the third year in a row a UI librarian has been accepted into
the program. Monks said a large portion of her job involves research and providing service through working at state and national level associations as well as university committees. While she does staff the reference desk in the UI Library six to 10 hours a week, she all she does. “I'm also in charge of the College of Agriculture acquisitions, so buying their books and also introducing the faculty and teaching classes for them on library instruction,” Monks said. Through participating SEE RECOGNITION, PAGE 4
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Kathleen Monks, reference and instruction librarian, helps a student Monday in the University of Idaho Library. Monks was recently accepted into the American Library Association's 2013 Emerging Leader's Program.
In brief
State sues for summertime UI ROTC building fire A June 2011 fire at the University of Idaho Naval ROTC Science Building sparked the state of Idaho to sue the federal government for $1.6 million. State attorneys said members of the U.S. Navy’s Reserve Officers Training Corps negligently caused the UI fire during a student barbecue outside the building. The fire started after students dumped the ashes and briquettes from the barbecue into a flowerbed outside the building. The ashes set the flowerbed on fire, which spread to the building. The state is seeking $250,000 for the deductible it paid to the buildings insurer, Travelers Lloyds Insurance Co., and $1.4 million for repairs estimated by the insurance company. The state SEE BRIEFS, PAGE 4
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Fresh look for fresh products Moscow looks at ways to improve its farmers market Allison Griffith Argonaut
Since late October the City of Moscow has been gathering feedback from the community on ways to improve the Moscow Farmers Market. This stems from the USDA Rural Enterprise Grant Moscow received in May of 2012, which gave the city money to prepare a strategic plan ner, assistant to the city supervisor, said. Moscow held the second public meeting to discuss the farmers market on Jan. 10. could learn about the interim report on the market and the progress that was being made on the plan at this meeting. From the grant, Aaron Zaretsky was hired as a consultant to work with the city on creating a plan, she said. has 30 years of experience with both farmers markets and public markets, and has been working with the city since October to make the best plan for the farmers market. In the beginning, Zaretsky had thoughts of transitioning the farmers market into a public market, but after initial dis-
cussions he said the public market would not be a A public market is generally a year-round indoor market where regional produce and wares are sold, whereas a farmers market sells regional produce and wares but is typically outside and based around growing seasons. Instead of looking to transition Moscow’s farmers market to a public market, they are instead looking at where the market should be held, ways to expand the market, and ways to set She said the market saw a major change in 2012 – the move to Main Street because of Jackson Street construction. In the Moscow Farmer’s Market Location Survey Report Results of 2012, many people commented on the change. “The farmers market is so great on Main Street. It incorporates the local businesses on Main Street and the vendors. Great idea.” and “New Street location is great. Move spacious, better seating, less crowded. More kid friendly — it’s not running directly onside a highway.” were examples of some of the
positive comments the city received about the move. Because of this, the city is looking at moving the market to Main Street permanently, and people can give feedback on this location and other aspects of the market in questionnaires open to the commuAlso in the plans is consideration of allowing farmers to set up product trucks in Friendship Square for a tailgate type of market, and new rules concerning what percent of the products being sold are local, and are supplied by local businesses, she said. Zaretsky said the Moscow Farmers Market is special, unique and amazing, and he just wants to help make it more so. The city plans to present the draft of the Strategic Plan to the public on Feb. 7, then to the administrative committee of the City Council on Feb. Council on March 4. By March 29, the city plans on having the Moscow Farmers Market Strategic Plan delivered to the USDA.
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A newly installed Tri-State electronic sign is one of a few that prompted the City of Moscow Planning and Zoning Comission to develop standards for future signs. The commission's Jan. 9 meeting focused on new regulations for signs such as Tri-State's.
Dim the lights? Committee continues discussing regulations for dynamic display signs Erik Fink Argonaut
The Moscow Planning and Zoning Commission held a public hearing Jan. 9 to discuss regulations for the city’s dynamic display signs. Bill Belknap, the community development director, is part of the subcommittee focusing on the subject. Belknap said the hearing went well, but he wished there had been more public participation. “There were only two people who spoke as part of public testimony,” Belknap said. “One of them was for the committee’s proposal and the other one was against.” Belknap said one of the biggest issues discussed was about the size of the DDSs. The committee’s proposal is that each sign be limited to 100 square
feet, according to the hearing minutes. Belknap said there are competing interests that need to be considered for this matter. He said there will be a follow-up meeting Feb. 4. City Supervisor Gary Riedner said he believes appropriate action is being taken. He said it is right that a committee was formed since there was public interest on the matter. “We try to facilitate the community Riedner said. Jonathan Billings is a member of the task force which gathered the information on the DDSs. “I think the task force did a great job gathering and presenting the information to the council,” Billings said. Billings said as a whole the task force wanted to make sure they did a good job in creating a plan that would Erik Fink
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Shoppers browse the fresh produce during the Summer 2012 Moscow Farmers Market.
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Police Log Monday, Jan. 7 8:04 p.m. 600 Blk North Adams St.: Complaint of slippery roadway.
tuesday, Jan. 8 8:42 a.m. South Main Street, Kenworthy: Caller reported that tiles were falling off the building and into the roadway. 11:22 a.m. South Main Street, Moscow Medical: Caller reported she was opening her car door and the wind blew it open all the way. The door caught on the tail end of a semi truck.
Wednesday, Jan. 9 8:30 a.m. 400 Blk South Grant St.: Report of a wanted person. 1:11 p.m. 900 Blk Orchard Ave.: Report of a possibly suicidal person.
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Kathy Sprague and Chris Bidiman of the local adult store Eclectica talk about various adult merchandise at the last Got Sex? event of the fall semester. This semester, the University of Idaho Women’s Center will introduce the new events Yarn and Yammer and Dissertation Divas.
8:40 a.m. 1200 Blk Walenta Dr.: Complaint of an icy sidewalk. 10:05 a.m. Sweet Avenue & South Main Street: Caller reported debris in the roadway.
Women’s Center expands student outreach
Friday, Jan. 11
The University of Idaho Women’s Center doesn’t have a lot of social events, mostly events that have
8:23 a.m. North Kennedy Street & Ford Street: Complaint of moose at large.
saturday, Jan. 12 10:35 a.m. Troy Road, Tesoro: Complaint of possible gunshots. 10:44 a.m. 1200 Blk Mainsprings Ln.: Caller reported a stray moose.
sunday, Jan. 13 6:02 p.m. South Main Street, Gritman Hospital: Caller reported an uncooperative patient. 6:31 p.m. East Fifth plaint of possible gas leak.
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“We know when we send it out people won’t read it, so we try to make it as short as possible, as informative as possible using keywords to catch people’s attention,” Lanham said. Davis said this issue occurs with ASUI emails as well. “I think it’s our generation. We’ve become immune to junk email and commercials. It’s kind of become white noise,” Davis said. “It’s about building good habits to read these emails.” She said it is most frustrating when people say they don’t know about something when it was discussed in an email that had been sent out. She said they send emails and hang posters to inform students, but doesn’t know what else to do to get students to be informed. “We do as much as we can do aside from going into someone’s dorm room and telling them this is
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Shea Gasser, director of the Women’s Center. It was time to balance work and play, she said. Gasser said their new monthly event, Yarn and Yammer, is an opportunity to network across campus, to get together to talk and craft during a time without an agenda. Many of the people who work in the Women’s Center take part in some sort of craft, she said. “We are very busy and when crocheting, I think only of that one thing. It is nice to have that simplicity and something to show from all that work that is useful,” Gasser said. “It is satisfying to do your own work.” There is an opportunity for all skill sets to come and learn with light refreshments included, she said. “I am most excited about getting to know others who share a passion in the same things I do,” she said. She said while working, it is easy to get frustrated on your own, but when you are with a group
happening,” Davis said. “I think it’s the responsibility of the person to sit down and take 20 seconds to read this and get informed. I don’t want to generalize our generation but it is definitely frustrating, especially with the upgrade.” Lanham said once students read the instructions and were able to reset their passwords, the system works. But many had issues with bookmarks and cookies. “The biggest problem was a lot of students bookmarked the Microsoft site that they try to go to instead of following our instructions and that site is not what ITS had told them to go to. If you try to login it won’t work there,” Lanham said. He said students who have reset their passwords but still are having issues logging in need to delete their bookmark and resave it using the new login site. “Once the migration was complete, email was always available,” Lanham said. “It was just that complication getting in the first time.” He said there has been a table set up outside ITS in the Idaho Commons to help students who are still having issues accessing their email. The last issue he said students need to be aware of is using their email on devices aside from their computers. “Many change their password on the laptop but forget about their phone. Smartphones will keep trying the old password and lock out after a number of tries. I’ve been hearing five (minutes),” Lanham said. “If it does lockout there’s a 15 minute wait to try again.” Katy Sword can be reached at arg-news@uidaho.edu
it is simple to get help with a certain stitch. All genders, graduates or undergraduates, faculty and staff and community members are invited. Anyone with an easily portable art or craft, she said. Dissertation Divas is another new event to the Women’s Center this year, but has been a part of UI in the past, said Colleen Kulesza graduate intern at the Women’s Center, but it had fallen away. ate students because it is a very different environment for graduate students than it is for undergraduates. She said graduate students are struggling with self-motivation, loneliness, imposter syndrome or writing blocks. Dissertation Divas will decide how their group is going to run when the members come together, Kulesza said. She said the event’s main purpose is to give support to those graduate students who are writing and may need an extra kick in the butt when they are falling behind — cheerleaders for those who have written those 18 pages or just accountability. They will address issues women face during graduate school, share their struggles and successes and
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in the Emerging Leaders program, Monks said she hopes to bring back new skills to the students at UI. After attending the mid-winter EL conference, Monks will work virtually with a team of fellow emerging leaders on a project to develop a kit for recruiting college librarians. “(The program) helps with additional skills, how to create these tools and helps getting to know people, helps with your prestige in your job.” Monks said. “I'm hoping that in developing this toolkit we will use some new technologies that I haven't really had time to use that I will be able to apply here in my job to the students.” UI's 2012 Emerging Leader,
More info Yarn and Yammer is from 2:30 - 4:30 p.m. the last Friday of every month starting Jan. 25 in the Women’s Center lounge. Dissertation Divas is from 9 - 10 a.m. every Friday starting Jan. 14 in the Women’s Center lounge.
talk about what is going on. The group will also review the process of writing, discuss looking for jobs, testing and being the minority with so many undergrads, she said. “Being a grad student can be very isolated depending on how many other grad students are in your department,” she said. Anybody is welcome at any time. It is not mandatory to make every meeting, people can just drop in, she said. ment, just anyone who is trying to go through writing as a grad student,” Kulesza said. Emily Aizawa can be reached at arg-news@uidaho.edu
Kristin Henrich, said the experience the University of Idaho, I worked gave her an opportuat another institution nity to work with acaas a faculty librarian demic librarians from and I know that in that all over the world. position, getting into “It's a huge honor this type of program Basically I’m just to be selected for wouldn’t have been an very thankful ... to option for me because I the program because it's really competibe surrounded by didn't have the support tive,” Henrich said. I needed to apply,” such supportive “Not a lot of people Monks said. “Basically people who are accepted, which I'm just very thankreally are helping ful to be here and to is why the fact that three people from this be surrounded by such me excel and in library have been acsupportive people turn helping the cepted is a big deal.” who really are helping students and This opportunity me excel and in turn faculty at the wouldn't have been helping the students possible without the University of Idaho. and faculty at the Unisupport system at the versity of Idaho.” Kathleen Monks, University of Idaho, Kaitlin Moroney Ui librarian Monks said. can be reached at “Before working at arg-news@uidaho.edu
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also seeks reimbursement for money spent renovating another building the UI ROTC used while their building awaited repairs.
Fugue hosts the release party for their 43rd edition The University of Idaho’s literary journal Fugue held the release party for their 43rd edition at One World Café on Jan. 11. Fugue has been promoting literature since 1990, said Editor-in-Chief Laura Pizzo. The release party featured readings from both Robert Wrigley and Buddy Levy, two distinguished authors based in the Northwest. Robert Wrigley has won various
prizes and awards for his poetry and teaches at UI, while Buddy Levy graduated from UI, taught both at UI and Washington State University, and has written for various publications. Along with showcasing new literary works, the journal also awards cash prizes for poetry and prose in their annual spring contest, and the winner’s work is featured in the summer-fall edition, which Pizzo said is the most recently released edition. She said Fugue is edited by graduate students in UI’s English and Creative Writing Programs and offers new and experienced writers the opportunity to showcase their work. It also offers experience to graduate students in the editing world, and shows them firsthand what the process is to getting published and what editors look for, Pizzo said.
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“For group projects I like the directory having phone numbers because I frequently lose numbers when I write them down,” Donohoe said. “But I do understand why people are uncomfortable having that information out there.” Pitman said he hoped the changes won’t inconvenience too many people. Both Pitman and Borchers said the changes have been well received so far. Andrew Deskins can be reached at arg-news@uidaho.edu
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Vandal women’s basketball completed a road sweep with a win Saturday at New Mexico State. PAGE 7
More buzzer woes Vandals drop third straight after 2-0 start in conference, can’t close comeback bid Sean Kramer Argonaut
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Vandal forward Stephen Madison attempts to defend 7-foot-5-inch, 355-pound New Mexico State center Sim Bhullar Saturday at the Cowan Spectrum. The men lost 71-70 after a late Marcus Bell foul led to a game-winning free throw.
Within the course of a week, the Idaho men’s basketball team has gone from having an opportunity to make history to simply ference play. Idaho lost 71-70 to New Mexico State Saturday at the Cowan Spectrum to fall to 6-9 on the season and 2-3 in conference play — the third consecutive loss for Idaho in conference play. Coming back from 15 points down at halftime, Idaho tied the game at 68 on a 3-point shot from Stephen Madison with 48 seconds remaining in the game. With four seconds remaining, Kyle Barone hit a pair of free throws to knot it back up at 70, only to see Idaho forward Marcus Bell go for the steal and foul New Mexico State’s Daniel Mullings on the inbound pass, sending him to the line where he hit the game-winning free throw. “Bottom line is I didn’t have them prepared. He (Bell) didn’t know what to do.” Idaho coach Don Verlin said of the play. “There must have been indecision and we didn’t execute like we should have.” Verlin lamented Idaho’s slow start, which saw the Vandals in a 42-27
New Mexico State to shoot Idaho started attacking the paint in the second half and coming up with the stops it but the rally fell short. “I thought for whatever reason we didn’t have the sity that we needed to play I told them there’s one guy on our team that (seemed to be) excited about the game and that was me,” Verlin said. “In the second half we were able to get ourselves back in and get ourselves an opportunity to win.” Barone bounced back from his single-digit points with a double-double of 18 points and 10 rebounds, including nailing two free throws with four seconds remaining which tied it, if only for a second. Size was a factor Saturday night, considering New Mexico State rolled out its 7-foot-5, 355-pound center, Sim Bhullar. He played 25 points and six rebounds, constantly disrupted Idaho’s offensive play in the paint into the bonus in the second SEE FORTUNES, PAGE 8
Athletes of Records broken in indoor season opener and field garners multiple school the Week Track and personal bests in WSU Open Alyssa Charlston — women’s basketball
Idaho’s junior forward was up to the road challenge that presented itself to the Vandal women’s team this week, and Charlston’s two doubledoubles were vital to two road wins. The Vandals move one game above .500 in the conference and host longtime conference powerhouse La. Tech Thursday, urday. In Denver Thursday, Charlston helped lead Idaho’s late comeback with 17 points and 14 rebounds. Both were game highs. In Las Cruces Saturday, Charlston punished double-double, this time coming from 11 boards and 13 points. She currenttop 10 for both scoring and rebounding. Charlston now has double-doubles in games this season.
Lauren Schaffer — indoor track and field It seems as though dominance won’t fade anytime soon. Schaffer that during this weekend’s SEE ATHLETES, PAGE 8
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Usually, the first track meet of the season is used to let the young runners get their first chance at collegiate competition and ease the team into the season. On Friday and Saturday at the WSU Open in Pullman, Idaho’s Lauren Schaffer and Ben
that’s stood for a long time — from the early ‘80s. She’s such a good athlete and there was nobody pushing her through the whole thing too which is pretty amazing.” On the men’s side, more, broke his own meet record in the 400-meter dash. Pushed by sopho-
plans. Schaffer, a senior, ished in first place in 48.69 ran for a victory in the seconds. Bloom crossed women’s 600-meter race the finish line in second with her time of 1:34.35 in 48.74. Both Vandals easily beat minutes. the previous The time meet record converted to of 49.75 by 1:33.19 after more than a a track size full second, adjustment (Senior Kristine as well as the n o t c h Leonard is just an third place ing Schaffinisher Dana fer’s school all-around very in record in good athlete. She’s Wells 50.35. an event “Bloom she seldom just starting off very good for us. Both actually had runs. “Lauren of those ladies are a big surge at the very Schaffer, doing very well. end of the she’s just Julie Taylor, Track and last lap and an amazing field coach was about to runner,” Idaho coach Julie Taylor said. “She ran in an event that she and beat him,” Taylor said. doesn’t normally run “The two of those guys, which is the 600-meter but that was what they training partners. had to offer. That’s actually a broken record of starting where he fin-
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Junior Allee Cooper runs in the 200-meter dash Saturday at the WSU Open. Cooper finished eighth in the race, while a number of her teammates broke school records. ished off last year when he was conference champ and made it to the first round Back on the women’s side, the Vandals dominated the throwing events. Sophomore Johanna Hock-
etstaller won the shot put on her last attempt of the night. Her toss of 47-0.75 feet secured her victory over senior teammate Kristine Leonard who finished in second with a toss of 46-7.5. Both throws were
indoor career-bests for the Vandal throwers. “That was a (personal record) for her and actually the seventh best throw at Idaho and she’s only a sophomore,” Taylor said of Hocketstaller.
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Trojan turned Vandal
ShooTINg over A TowerINg gIANT
Idaho’s newest quarterback has found the FBS opportunity he was looking for at Idaho Sean Kramer Argonaut
a 2011 blowout win over Washington, the only time he’d make a game appearance for USC. The next twist in his career came in early 2012 when USC quarterback Matt Barkley announced he would return for his senior season. “I knew I wanted to be Anthony Neyer playing ball, I didn’t want to walk-on in Logan Bushnell put it off for another year,” who earned his shot during Neyer said. “ I wanted to be able to his senior season. Idaho’s newest junior college be put on scholarship, the scholarsignee at the position certainly applies. ship didn’t open up (at USC) with Anthony Neyer signed a Letter of the sanctions.” Intent with Idaho a few weeks ago with hopes of becoming its newest starting portunity the following season at LA quarterback. Neyer spent last season at Pierce either, playing behind freshman LA Pierce College in Los Angeles — Nick Arbuckle most of the season. “The biggest thing he was strugprior to that Neyer spent two years as a gling with was wanted to perform preferred walk-on at USC. “Anthony has great talent,” coach well to get a scholarship,” Lewis Paul Petrino said. “He throws a nice said. “His attention needs to be ball with a great release. We are very winning games and opportunities excited to have him join the team in will present themselves.” That opportunity was presented to January and compete for the quarterhim when Idaho quarterbacks coach back job.” Bryce Erickson made Petrino said he was a recruiting stop at LA looking to bring in a Pierce College, somejunior college quarterthing Neyer had no idea back to compete for the was going to take place. starting job, but origi“I had received a nally didn’t anticipate I kind of soaked it phone call from my head bringing one in until all up, did my best coach to come in and the fall. Instead, Neyer en- to learn everything talk with Weber State, I actually came up to the rolled in January and will I could, and the be actively involved in second year got State,” Neyer said. “I the quarterback compesome playing saw coach Erickson tition in spring football walk in, didn’t think too between returning senior positions over of it.” Taylor Davis and redshirt other scholarship much Neyer saw his opporfreshmen Chad Chalich guys. tunity and joined in the and Austin DeCoud. conversation Erickson The opportunity Anthony Neyer, was having with other to start in the FBS is Idaho quarterback LA Pierce players. something Neyer has “I just jumped in the worked toward since he switched to the position from wide re- conversation and everything clicked. Coach Erickson is a really awesome ceiver his junior year of high school. Neyer transferred to Xavier Prep guy,” Neyer said. “I showed him for his junior season, an at-thetime new private school in Palm USC, he really liked it. That all hapDesert, Calif., which was looking pened within about three hours and I for a quarterback. “Coming over his junior year he that weekend.” The challenge for Neyer, and Idaho did real well working the drills, when you saw him there he looked ideal,” for that matter, is how being relatively Xavier Prep coach Darrell Lewis said. inexperienced will affect him. Neyer, who will be a redshirt junior, hasn’t learning to do, things only game expe- regularly started since his senior year of high school. At USC most of his rience can give you.” Through his second year Lewis said repetitions came in practice. “I really think working on my arm he saw improvement, and potential. “As far as I was concerned with strength, becoming bigger, stronger, only two years under him the sky was smarter as a football player and as a leader, that’s made all the difference the limit,” he said. Out of high school Neyer didn’t in the world for me,” Neyer said. The only player on Idaho’s roster get the FBS offers he hoped for, with experience starting in FBS is Davis, who started games in 2011 Xavier Prep during spring break and 2012. Chalich suited up and travwhile Neyer was away on a mission- eled with the team last season, while DeCoud ran the scout team. ary trip to El Salvador. “I’m excited, I don’t know what “He said he really liked what he saw and wanted to offer me a pre- the leadership is looking like on the ferred walk-on with an opportunity team but everything I’ve been I’ve to earn a scholarship after the second been a leader,” Neyer said. “Not year,” Neyer said. “I kind of soaked it because I go in and tell everybody I all up, did my best to learn everything am, it’s because I show it, getting to I could, and the second year got some that point because I work my tail off.” Sean Kramer can be reached playing positions over other scholarat arg-sports@uidaho.edu ship guys.” For quarterbacks looking for an opportunity to start at the FBS level, Idaho has recently granted those opportunities. It was the case with transfers in to the program such as Brian Reader and Dominique Blackman, and was
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Idaho center Kyle Barone lays in a shot over New Mexico State's 7-foot-5 center Sim Bhullar Saturday at the Cowan Spectrum. The Vandals visit La. Tech Thursday.
wAC round-up Denver 64, Seattle La. Tech 73, UTU 51 San Antonio 71 Since a season-opening loss in a tough road environment at La. Tech, Denver has found itself a little hot streak in the month of January. The Pioneers
The conference’s only other undefeated team produced some of the best action the WAC may see all season. Kenyon McNeail came off the bench early and his 34-point night game in the WAC on concluded with a New Year’s Eve and 3-pointer with 19 haven’t lost since, inseconds that would Theo Lawson Argonaut cluding beating Idaho give La. Tech the and Seattle U. on the lead and ultimately road this past week. the victory. After escaping a close test McNeail was 9 of 15 in Moscow, Denver had it from 3-point range and 11 a little easier at Key Arena, of 19 from the field, while handing the bottom-dwelling Kannon Burrage nearly matched McNeail, scoring 29 points and going 9 of 9 Five of the ten Seattle playfrom the free-throw line. ers that logged minutes scored Burrage is the conference’s two or less points and Clarence second leading scorer with Trent was the only one to score 17.4 points per game. in double digits (15). For the Bulldogs, McChase Hallam’s consecutive Neail’s effort was by far the 3-pointers were clutch in the best, as no starter scored Idaho win and the long-range more than seven points. specialist went 5 of 8 from The La. Tech bench 3-point range en route to a played 105 total minutes, game-high 17 points. Denver compared to just 95 from faces a tough test Saturday the starters. The win marks when unbeaten Utah State (14the third consecutive for 1, 5-0) visits the Mile High City. the Bulldogs, who beat the
conference’s three Texas schools in back-to-back-toback fashion.
UT-Arlington 91, Texas State 74 While UTSA and Texas State continue to struggle during their inaugural WAC season, combining for zero wins and 12 losses, UTA has managed to do a bit better, and that was evident Saturday in San Marcos when the Mavericks ensured that the Bobcats would remain winless. All seven of Karol Gruszecki’s field goals were 3-pointers and the Polish senior led UTA with 23 points. Both teams made 12 3-point shots but the Bobcats shot just 50 percent from the charity stripe in their ninth consecutive loss. Joel Wright led all players with 24 points and Deonte’ Jones had another 21, but nine Texas State players scored less than five points, and four of those went scoreless. Theo Lawson can be reached at arg-sports@uidaho.edu
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New Mexico State player ratings Starters
Robert Harris The point guard from Kent, Wash., has become a jump-starter for the Vandals at the position, who Sean Kramer Argonaut struggled early in the year with Denzel Douglas and Mike McChristian at the spot. Harris shows a savvy attitude attacking the bucket, as shown by getting two separate old-fashioned 3-point plays and is an able 3-point shooter. Whether Harris becomes a playmaker in terms of creating offense through distribution remains to be seen, but how he takes care of the ball is positive. Harris only turned the ball over once in 19 minutes of action.
Connor Hill asked to quickly grow up as a player from just a 3-point shooter to an overall guard, put up points, it was on 6 of 14 shooting That’s not good, and it contributed to
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Las Crucial Idaho completes road sweep with win against New Mexico State Kevin Bingaman Argonaut
The Idaho women’s basketball team was able to complete the road sweep and win its second WAC game in a row when the Vandals beat New Mexico State 57-51 Saturday night. The Vandals (6-10, 3-2 WAC) began the road trip with a come-from-behind victory against Denver on Thursday and followed it up with another win against the Aggies. The Vandals will now return home for a couple games, starting with Louisiana Tech on Thursday and UT-Arlington on Saturday. The win was thanks mostly to Idaho’s defensive performance. Idaho allowed night on 61 attempts (23 percent). It’s game. Idaho also caused 17 turnovers. Coach Jon Newlee said he was more than happy with the way the defense came out and played. “I’m proud of our defensive effort in the second half, holding them to 15 percent, unbelievable,” Newlee said. “We need to play like we did tonight and The Vandals took off in the second half and built a 15-point lead, but as has happened multiple times this season, Idaho allowed the opponent to climb back in and the Aggies cut the lead to
Idaho responded and hung on for the win. Newlee said the road trip was an important one, especially considering the close games the Vandals have dropped this season. “We needed to win on the road because we gave away some games at home,” Newlee said. “We came in against two teams ahead of us, and we leave tied with them at worst.” The Vandals were led by junior Alyssa Charlston’s second straight double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds. Senior Jessica Graham was the only other Vandal
Mike McChristian McChristian wasn’t as big of an offensive factor against the Aggies as he usually is, but that doesn’t mean he had a poor game. McChristian’s second-half defense played a large part in Idaho closing the opportunity to get looks at the basket. McChristian should be more involved in the offense than he was if he’s going to be on
And the bench … Denzel Douglas
If anybody on this team is learning
Idaho guard Krissy Karr protects the ball Dec. 29 in the Cowan Spectrum. The women defeated New Mexico State Saturday in Las Cruces 57-51.
which contributed to four turnovers on the game. Idaho will be much better off with him creating offense for himself.
ing defended well by opponents coming off screens and he is rarely wide open. Still, to his credit, he is developing his inside game and trying to get to the line. If Hill is going to be successful though, he’ll need more than two free-throw attempts per game.
Kyle Barone Kyle Barone isn’t the biggest of big bounder and having great touch under the bucket. So when asked to go against 7-5, 350-pound Sim Bhullar of New Mexico State, we’ll go easy on him. Barone scored 18 points, grabbed 10 boards and was 6-of-6 from the free-throw line. All things considered Barone was one of the biggest factors in Idaho making a late run Saturday night.
Stephen Madison Stephen Madison didn’t have his best game, but he certainly hit his biggest shot, nailing a 3-pointer from the wing with under a minute left to tie the game. Still, Madison needs to get more than six shot attempts up. He’s had to shoulder the load as one of Idaho’s primary ball handlers,
bench. With New Mexico State’s size and the game mainly being played in the paint there wasn’t much of a need for Douglas. It’s been a rough couple of games for Douglas late in games regardless.
Mansa Habeeb Idaho’s hustle-guy once again did just that, and was defensively a factor in the second half when Idaho made its run.
Marcus Bell More fouls and turnovers than points and rebounds won’t cut it for Bell, who played eight less-than-spectacular minutes, including the foul with three seconds remaining that gave New Mexico State the win. Bell is a frustrating player because of how much raw talent and athleticism he has. Coach Don Verlin should want him on the floor for more than eight minutes, but Bell isn’t playing mentally sound right now.
Joe Kammerer Kammerer played 26 minutes and I had to do a double-take at the stat sheet to make sure that was correct. He wasn’t much of a factor, collecting two rebounds, but played admirable defense against New Mexico State’s big men duo of Banda Sy and Sim Bhullar. Sean Kramer can be reached at arg-sports@uidaho.edu
Idaho has been utilizing the 3-ball as of late, but it only had four in this game with three of those coming from freshwith nine. “It’s nice to win a game when we’re not making a lot of 3s,” Newlee said. “That’s what we need, total team effort. It’s not one person, it’s everybody on the roster and we saw that tonight.” The one silver lining for New Mexico State was rebounding. The Vandals came into the game as one of the top rebounding teams in the conference, but got outrebounded 47-41, but the Aggies weren’t able to use that advantage to put points on the board. Kevin Bingaman can be reached at arg-sports@uidaho.edu
Robert Harris
Denzel Douglas
Connor Hill
Kyle Barone
Mansa Habeeb
Stephen Madison
Marcus Bell
Mike McChristian
Joe Kammerer
Starting to come together Young Vandal team has looked promising down the stretch The Idaho women’s basketball team the boards has limited their opponents’ came into this year as one of the young- second chance shots, but have created est teams in the conference, but opportunities for themselves in are starting to show they’re a talthe process. ented bunch, which was clearly The young players have demonstrated last week when the stepped up for Idaho so far this Vandals walked away with a pair season. Freshman Christina Salof road wins. vatore has been lights out from The Vandals have now won Kevin Bingaman 3-point range while sophomore Argonaut two in a row and three of their Stacey Barr has picked up where last four. While the record may she left off last season with not show it, this is a team that will be stellar shooting and hustle. Freshman dangerous when it’s all said and done. Ali Forde has also contributed in a big The hard non-conference season seems way on the defensive and rebounding to be paying off as the WAC wins are sides of things. starting to pile up. One of the problems the Vandals will The Vandals beat Denver last Thurs- have to address as the season progresses day 68-60 in a come-from-behind victory is losing momentum. Multiple times and followed it up with a 57-51 win over this season the Vandals have gone on New Mexico State on Saturday. The wins runs, only to give up a big run from their put Idaho in a tie for second place in the opponent right after. This has translatconference with Louisiana Tech. Seattle ed into losing games late in the fourth U. remains atop the conference standing quarter more than once. with a perfect 5-0 WAC record thus far. The other issue for Idaho is turnovers. A big reason for Idaho’s early success The Vandals have had stretches where has been shooting the long ball. Idaho they’ve taken care of the ball well, but leads the conference in 3-pointers and haven’t been able to do it on a consistent hit a combined 38 3-pointers in the last basis. This was demonstrated on Saturfour games. While they only hit four in day when the Vandals turned the ball the last game against New Mexico State, over 17 times against New Mexico State. Idaho has shown it has multiple players Overall, the Vandals are looking who are threats from long range and it’s better and the recent successful road trip paid dividends so far. goes to show how far this team has come Another thing that has helped Idaho in a short amount of time, but there’s still to this point is rebounding. Idaho has a lot that needs to be addressed if they’re the most offensive rebounds in the con- going to be contenders at the end. Kevin Bingaman can be reached rebounds. The Vandals’ ability to own at arg-sports@uidaho.edu
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WSU Open in Pullman. The meet marked the beginning of the indoor track and field season, and Schaffer, whose signature event is the 800meter race, competed in the 600-meter race, where she finished first in a personal-best and school-best time. Schaffer finished in 1:34.35, which converts to 1:33.19 with track dimension adjustments. The previous record of 1:33.9 was set in 1982 by Allison FalkenbergRyan. “That was a real solid race for Lauren,” Idaho director of track and field/cross country Wayne Phipps said. “I think this is the most fit she’s ever been coming out of Christmas break, so I’m really excited to see what Lauren can do this season.”
half. “It’s probably the biggest person I’ll ever go against. You can’t move him, he’s pretty skilled for how big he is,” Barone said. New Mexico State
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Ben AyesuAttah/Andrew Bloom- indoor track and field The teammates met up in the 400-meter dash, which proved one of the day’s most exciting events, though AyesuAttah came out victorious by the slimmest of margins. Ayesu-Attah finished .05 seconds ahead of fellow sophomore Bloom and beat his meet record he set a year ago. The victor AyesuAttah, finished the race in 48.69, while Bloom trailed behind with a time of 48.74. Both times were better than AyesuAttah’s record of 49.75, which was set a year ago.
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team in hustle plays, getting 13 points off turnof offensive rebounds, as opposed to Idaho’s zero points in those categories. Idaho’s second-half charge was helped by only turning the ball over three times and keeping the Aggies to only one offensive rebound on the half. “That was huge, to come back from 17 down to win the league,” Idaho shooting guard Connor Hill said. “(But) we can’t dig ourselves a hole so early, we seem to do that. I felt like if we played in the second half the entire game we would’ve won the game.” ways to win late in the second half has become
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a disturbing trend for Idaho, which has seen late leads fade away against Montana, Boise State, Utah State and Denver to go along with late comeback bids, which have fallen short against UTEP, Wright State and New Mexico State. Now the Vandals will have to pull a sweep on the road at La. Tech and Texas-Arlington in order to get back over .500 in conference play. La. Tech is currently 4-0 in the conference, while Texas-Arlington won the Southland Conference last season. “(We’re going the) only place you can go, like crazy,” Verlin said. ”We’re 6-9 and 2-3 in conference, but this team is a lot better than 6-9. What you got to do is can do, it’s what they pay me to do and it’s what these guys will do I guarantee it.” Sean Kramer can be reached at arg-sports@uidaho.edu
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Leonard also went on to finish first in the weight throw with her toss of 54-08.75. Her throw was more than nine feet farther than the next competitor. “(Leonard) is just an all-around very good athlete,” Taylor said. “She’s just starting off very good for us. Both of those ladies are doing very well.” Idaho competed this weekend with less than half its full squad. Taylor said that both the women’s
and men’s teams could see 15 to 20 more athletes on either side compete next weekend at home at the Idaho Collegiate I. “It was a really good start meet. We didn’t compete our entire team … but it was a great opportunity for a lot of our freshman to have their first collegiate experience and we had some really fine performances from them.” Stephan Wiebe can be reached at arg-sports@uidaho.edu
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Sophomore Matt Sullivan cleared 15-9 (4.80m) to tie for second in the men’s pole vault on Saturday at the track and field WSU Open in Pullman.
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Not just for grown ups Decisions made by Idaho State Legislature matter, Argonaut reporter will bring home updates Each year, the Idaho State Legislature meets to create laws it thinks the state of Idaho needs. Though many students are from out of state and will not live in state when they are done at the University of Idaho, the decisions the legislature makes often impact UI and its students. At the very least, these decisions could affect students while they live here for four years. and wages. The legislature also approves university funding proposed by the State Board of Education. This semester, Emily Johnson, a junior Broadcasting and Digital Media major and student journal-
ist at UI, is stationed in Boise to cover the legislative session for The Argonaut. This will provide an opportunity like never before for students to get informed and involved with the legislature in the state’s capitol. From now until the middle of March, or beyond if the session goes longer, The Argonaut will report in detail those issues in legislature that affect students, not from the perspective of a law-maker or lobbyist, but from the perspective of a student. It’s easy to ignore politics as something only our parents need to think about. But the truth is the decisions made in Boise this
year will affect you during your adult life — a time that isn’t too far in the future. Establish a pattern of involvement in state matters now because your voice matters, regardless of
opinion about a topic that is being addressed, share it. Americans have done some amazing things in the last couple of years simply by sharing their thoughts. A year ago, the American public stopped the Stop Online Piracy Act, an act imposed to
may feel. Those patterns will follow you throughout your life. When issues come up that affect the university, raise your voice. Contact your legislators.
copyrighted property on the Internet, in the national legislature by being vocal and adamant about what they wanted. If it can happen on a national level, why can’t it happen in
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THE QUICK TAKES ON LIFE FROM OUR EDITORS
Niners To all my Idaho friends who are die-hard Seahawks fans — great effort. But at the end of the day, the team you slaughtered is in the NFC Championship game. And now all you have to cheer for is that team because one of its starting lineman is an Idaho alumnus.
—Theo
Almost MLK day “Everybody can be great; you only need a heart full of grace, a soul generated by love.”
—Chloe
— KC Bottoms up
“The problem with the world is that everyone is two drinks behind.” – Humphrey Bogart
—Molly
Gettin’ fit swim class I’ve taken since I was a wee tyke in water ed but it will be worth it.
—Kaitlyn
Wish list Somebody please buy Pete Carroll a watch.
—Sean
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A note on giving back GUEST VOICE Michelle Gustafson Senior, General Studies
The opportunity to live in and help another culture in a different part of the world is a too few individuals participate. The United States Peace Corps provides an opportunity to gain knowledge and help communities around the world. In 1961, then Sen. John F. Kennedy challenged University of Michigan students to live in
and promote peace in developing countries. The Peace Corps, a federal government agency, was the result of this challenge. The Peace Corps reports more than 210,000 volunteers involved in projects in 139 countries since the start of the program. Currently there are 8,073 volunteers in 76 countries. If more college graduates spent their first two years after college in the Peace Corps, SEE OPPORTUNITY, PAGE 10
Supersizing America Health quickly becoming incredibly weighty issue Ever heard the phrase “fat and and can spend our time focused Americans must be very happy. on other tasks besides worrying Overweight is now the about what’s for dinner. GUEST VOICE new “normal” for our It’s hard to argue that country. technology has not draCurrently, 35.7 percent matically improved the of Americans are obese quality of our lives. We and 34.4 percent more have transitioned from are overweight. Projecthe industrial age to the tions suggest 86 percent information and digital Jeremiah Dubie of Americans will be age. We have never been Graduate Research Assistant overweight or obese by more informed, interconthe year 2030. nected and entertained. GUEST VOICE But why the dramatic increase during the last As America’s waistline has ballooned, so has of technology and the the weight loss industry. In our nation of plenty, What about the changing an estimated 72 million food landscape of fast Americans are on a diet. Marissa Lucas, R.D, L.D. food and convenience This is big business Campus Dietitian for the diet industry, gain the byproduct of our which made an estimatconsumer-driven society with an ed $61 billion in 2011. In fact, Americans spent an estimated Some proponents of this gain$40 billion on diet products in ing trend view obesity in a more 2008 alone. positive light. Shouldn’t we view the growth of Americans as a sucSEE SUPERSIZING, PAGE 10
Even though I’ve survived 21 winters, the cold always seems to shock my system.
—Lindsey
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Q:
What do you think of the process used during the VandalMail upgrade? Did you have any difficulties?
“I think the university did the correct thing to upgrade over winter break, but was the upgrade really necessary? Between the two systems I see no difference, and I didn’t have access to my email for quite some time since the password change was a hassle.” Allen Jennings
“It was a bit of a hassle. After password reset issues, I had difficulty being able to log in again. I normally have Gmail check my Vandal email, and the ‘upgrade’ resulted in settings needing to be changed. I was unaware of this and did not get my email for a while until I noticed the problem. Same as Allen, for me there was absolutely no real advantage of upgrading. Everything was operating fine. I don’t like VandalMail; I don’t find it as secure or as reliable as Gmail for a variety of reasons. The only reason I use VandalMail is for communicating with administrative departments that require corresponding from a Vandal email address.” Jesse Zylstra
“I think the change was good. Unlike last year, the timing was much better. I personally didn’t have many problems with it once I asked a friend. I’m just glad they chose to do the change after finals week, rather than during.” Sam Koester
Train of thought Somehow I went from “Welcome back, Vandals” to starting a crusade to get “Welcome —Kasen
Les Miserables It’s been two weeks since I saw the movie, but I still hear the music playing in my head. I think it’s time to buy the soundtrack and curl up in bed with the book.
—Elisa
To my 17-35mm f/2.8, I miss you. Please come home soon. —Philip
Scarves Cold neck averted. Not effeminate fashion statement, I hope. —Dylan
Spanish 101 Es una vida hermosa.
—Britt
Day one Had a lot of fun helping new international students orient themselves with the university. Have a good semester, guys.
—Amrah
Hawks To all my friends who are die-hard Seahawks fans — great effort. But at the end of the day I no longer have to have your ‘Hawks news cover my Twitter feed, and for that I’m happy.
—Madison
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Apocalyptic addiction We made it through Dec. 21, now moving onto another scheduled obliteration GUEST VOICE Becca Rothfeld The Dartmouth, Dartmouth College
This December, our world survived the end of the Mayan calendar. Amidst online prophesies of impending Armageddon, we weathered the end of times — and resurfaced unharmed, if not unfazed. Remarkably enough, that we have managed to avoid certain existential destruction. The Smithsonian magazine reports that Assyrian tablets dating as far back as 2800 B.C. warn of the world’s immanent demise, while 15th century mathematician Johannes rope with predictions of a
eschatology, our facility for invoking the prospect of our own obliteration. Something about the existence of our world seems to consistently hint at its own negation. Yet there must be more to this phenomenon than the mere fact that the world is. After all, we are uniquely inclined to theorize about the end of the world and we tend to avoid apocalyptic alarmism about all sorts of existent anyone ever precipitated mass hysteria by predicting the end of something as inconsequential as Fair Isle sweaters, for instance? In his poem “The his vision of a thoroughly dissatisfying apocalypse
a year ago, Christian radio personality Harold Camping twice proclaimed that the long-awaited Rapture
vre, the world ends “not
act of shocking resilience, humanity survived yet again, twice. Perennial predictions of the destructive event we have all expected for centuries may disappoint — but predictions of yet more doomsday predictions are never off the mark. Far more certain than the occurrence of an actual catastrophe is our continued fascination with
regard as one of the main attractions of a dramatic apocalypse — it functions as a bastion against mediocrity. The hellish scenes that pervade Hieronymus Bosch paintings and traditional theological texts may be unnerving, but at least they are never boring. Fire and brimstone could salvage even the most banal life by infusing it with an element of much-needed
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to other communities, but these entities are not being utilized. The largest volunteer effort is in education, followed by health and economic development. The possibilities of more volunteers could dramatically increase the results and success of these work areas. If devoting two years of your life isn’t an ideal situation, simply donating
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more countries would get the help they desperately need. These recent college graduates would also gain unique experience and knowledge of the world before entering their work industry. The U.S. has the resources and manpower to spread support and peace
adventure. Perhaps the collective cultural fantasy of sensational death is a backlash against its perceived opposite — scenarios involving Fair Isle sweaters and other J. Crew merchandise, which is to say, life at its most elegant but least eventful. The glamour that accompanies bloody and dramatic destruction is not only a salient feature of many artistic traditions, but also an accepted fact of contemporary culture. In countless TV shows, suave protagonists clad in the world from the looming menace of nonexistence along the way. World-saving violence is portrayed as exciting, even sexy. In pop culture consensual sexual exchanges are often suffused with brutality. In one scene of “Buffy the Vampire sparring match between Buffy and her undead love interest quickly transforms into an amorous encounter. pins her former opponent against a wall and kisses him passionately as a building crumbles around them. The eroticization of
to the Peace Corps is an option that also makes an important impact. The Peace Corps budget reached $375 million in 2012 and is only expected to grow to $377 million in 2013. Donating or volunteering would allow for more as well as the creation ing involved in the Peace Corps is something every
in the operatic works of Richard Wagner, who originated the concept of death functions for a pair of doomed lovers as the consummation of an affair that went unresolved in life. Apocalypse, too, is a sort of seductive force, promising an alluring oblivion and allowing for personal capitulation to otherwise repressed savagery. Mass death also presents itself as a unifying phenomenon. Total destruction presents us with an alternative to confronting death alone — and to leaving a vibrant world behind us. Rather than exiting a rich reality, our own death would coincide with the demolition of everything we might have missed. Of death, poet Rainer Maria Rilke writes, “it is strange to inhabit the earth no longer…not to see roses and other promising things in terms of a human future; no longer to be what one hands; to leave even one’s a doomsday scenario, we conceptualizing the world absent our experience of it — we can sustain the comforting illusion that our presence in the universe is an integral part of its continued existence.
To learn more visit the Peace Corps information table from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Feb. 6 on the second floor of the Commons. American should seriously consider.
Did you know that you have an opportunity people between the to reach out in a number ages of 18 and 25 have of ways. You can use the a higher BACCHUS NetGUEST VOICE prevalence of work’s “I Statemental health conditions where you can than any other create an opening age group? with; I care, I In fact, see, I feel, I want, instances of I will. With this Shannon Haselhuhn mental health approach, you are Health Education Coordinator conditions in able to eliminate this age group the accusing tone nearly double the general and focus on the posipopulation, yet they have tive, saying something the lowest rate of helplike, “I care about you seeking behavior. and I can see that you Because of this, the are struggling. I feel like Substance Abuse and you might want someone Mental Health Services to talk to and I want you Administration (SAMto know that I am here HSA) has launched a for you. I will be happy Mental Health Campaign to listen or support you to encourage, educate and inspire people between You can also use the 18 and 25 years old to Mental Health First Aid help and support their friends who are expeplan to pave your way, riencing mental health which includes assessproblems. That may ing the risk of suicide or mean supporting someharm, listening nonone who has a known mental health condition, reassurance and informaor it may mean encourag- tion, encouraging them ing someone to seek help to seek professional help and encouraging with their condition. This self-help strategies. And is called “mental health if neither of these seems comfortable or appropriate for you, delegate. goal is to offer support Find someone who and help until you can get may be in a better position them the professional asto have that conversation. sistance that they need. When someone is You may have classstruggling, hurt or ill, mates, friends, family the ultimate goal is to members, roommates, get them to the help that coworkers or teammates they need. Our campus who encounter mental has several resources health issues and you that can offer assistance may be the first to noin mental health such as tice, or at least the first the Counseling and Testone to reach out. ing Center, the Student Mental Illness can Health Clinic or the include varying levels of severity in ailments such As a member of the as anxiety, depression, Vandal family with an “I substance abuse, eating disorders, bipolar dislook out for each other, order or schizophrenia. reach out when you need to and you’ll be an amazing positive force in a mental health issue this community. needs help and first aid Shannon Haselhuhn is is important. the UI Health Education Though the need for Coordinator and assistance is there, with can be reached at mental health problems shannonh@uidaho.edu stick with an “it’s none Finding a way to someone that you’re concerned about can be the tricky, but with a genuinely caring intent you can do it. If you are concerned about someone,
Visit www.uidaho.edu/CTC for more information or to find out how to speak with a counselor.
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Although obesity has dramatically increased over the past 30 years, the messages promoting unattainable thinness have increased. Weight-based discrimination, or weightism, is a socially pervasive form of discrimination in our society. Need more proof? In an article published by the Journal of Applied Psychology in 2010, researchers revealed that women 25 pounds below the national average weight earn an additional $15,572 each year. To make this disparity even more contentious, men who weigh in 25 pounds below the national average take home $8,437 less per year. The message is clear; our society has incentivized body weight. Could weightism be the last legal and most enduring form of discrimination in our nation? The government has tried to regulate our food choices by proposing bans and taxes on certain foods. Critics argue that
Interested in joining the conversation? Attend the new series “Think Outside the Lunchbox” hosted by the Campus Dietitian. Let your voice be heard. Join us Wednesday, January 16th from 12:30-1:30 p.m. in the Commons Aurora Room on the fourth floor. Snacks will be provided. the government should not be responsible for regulating our food choices. This inevitably raises the question: who is responsible for our weight? Are you solely in control of your health and lifestyle? As the Campus Dietitian, Marissa Lucas, RD, LD, provides nutritional counseling for students. To schedule an appointment call 208-885-6717 or email mlucas@uidaho.edu