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ON CAMPUS Recent and past Christ Church events spark controversy at UI Alex Brizee

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Since 1995, Christ Church has been a part of the University of Idaho’s campus, largely due to the formation of their student group, the Collegiate Reform Fellowship (CRF).

Christ Church’s recognizable Pastor Douglas Wilson, has been a staple within CRF and Christ Church.

Wilson spoke and hosted a variety of different events on UI’s campus with some of the most recognizable being “Credenda Agenda History Conference” (2004), “Is Civil Marriage for Gay Couples Good for Society?” (2013), “Toxic Matriarchy” (2019) and “The Lost Virtue of Sexism” which took place Tuesday.

“Churches are responsible for preaching the word, evangelizing everybody in the town —evangelizing everybody who wants to listen — and that would include the college students,” Wilson said. “So, if we’re a church in Moscow, we want to do outreach to college students, so that is what CRF is for.”

While Christ Church does have a relationship with Logos School and New Saint Andrews College, they choose to host their events at UI because Logos and Andrews are Christian schools.

“We’re teaching the Christian worldview all the time, all day, every day,” Wilson said.

“If you want to do evangelism — to people

“Churches are responsible for preaching the word, evangelizing everybody in town...and that would also include college students.”

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who are interested and openly searching — U of I is where you would have to go.”

But at each of these events there has been backlash, and “The Lost Virtue Sexism” event was no different.

MacKenzie Sexton, treasurer for UI’s Young Democrats club, was one of Tuesday’s protestors. Sexton, who was raised Christian, said supporters feed off the energy of the protestors, and that some verses in the bible don’t think negatively of protestors.

“If the world is pushing back on (supporters), that means they are doing something right — it just kind of adds to their sense of bravery,” Sexton said explaining the bible verses.

Sexton said she believes in freedom of speech, but that includes her right to speak back and protest.

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Doug Wilson (right), Marguerite Watts (top left), and protester (bottom left) at Tuesday’s event.

“He’s entitled to his worldview and I know people who maybe think that the biblical word for women is a better one, and they can hold that belief” Sexton said.

Sexton added that Wilson does not support women serving in the Naval Academy. Wilson stated this opinion on an online blog on his website entitled,

“Restoring Sexism: The Lost Virtue.”

Sexton does not agree with this viewpoint, and “The Lost Virtue of Sexism” event title made her laugh because she has confidence in herself.

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Doug Wilson lectured Tuesday, interrupted by protesters Lecture hosted by the Collegiate Reformed Fellowship, a UI club sponsored by Christ Church Angela Palermo and Ellen Dennis

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Crowds of students and Moscow community members filled the Bruce M. Pitman Center’s International Ballroom Tuesday night for a pro-sexism lecture sponsored by the UI Collegiate Reformed Fellowship (CRF).

Pastor Douglas Wilson began his lecture by discussing the definition of sexism. He outlined a list of indefensible acts against women that he does not condone, despite the described “provocative title” of his lecture — including rape, battery, domestic abuse, molestation and gaslighting.

Maggie Elmore, a CRF member, supported Wilson’s point of view in the lecture.

“I think (Wilson) really represented how Christians believe men and women should live in our world today,” Elmore said. “He spoke to the issue that we are counter-cultural, that’s not necessarily a bad thing.”

Some members of the audience arrived early to protest the lecture using noise-

making devices and audibly shredding paper.

As Wilson discussed his take on biblical theory’s ties to modern-day treatments of women, protesters shouted responses.

Zack Bishop, UI’s Young Democrats president, said he co-organized the protest along with members of UI Generation Action and UI Black Student Union. “(Wilson) reaffirmed his stance that women should be submissive,” said Bishop. “And that’s a negative stance.”

Margot Watts, a member of UI Generation Action, also came to protest the event.

“We don’t need to just respect our husbands,” Watts said. “We have the right to love people and not be beneath them.”

One protester was asked to leave the lecture by campus security after they shouted during the lecture.

When asked about the protest efforts, Wilson said he would like to see a culture of respect for different ideas, where people hear each other’s arguments without trying to disrupt or harass.

“I wasn’t stopped from saying what I wanted to say,” Wilson said. “But the clickers and the harassment made it more difficult to finish everything.”

Four Moscow Police Department officers attended the lecture for security purposes, Moscow Police Department Capt. Tyson Berrett said.

Students and members of the community are allowed to protest inside such campus events, as long as they do so peacefully.

“It’s free speech for both sides, but it needs to be civil,” Berrett said. “Any disruption as far as trying to interrupt the speaker, signs, umbrellas or trying to obstruct the view won’t be allowed.”

UI Campus Security was also in attendance, with multiple security personnel following UI’s new clear bag policy as they checked audience members entering the lecture.

After the lecture, audience members were invited to text any questions they had for Wilson to a phone number provided on the lecture program. As Wilson answered a question during the Q&A, one audience member interjected, “What about nonbinary folks?”

Wilson replied, “Well, God didn’t make those.”

Belphoebe Merkle, a CRF member in attendance, said just because non-binary people identify one way, doesn’t mean we have to recognize that as legitimate.

“We wouldn’t think of them as any less of a person,” Merkle said. “We think they’re made in the image of God just as much as anyone else.”

The CRF will host Doug Wilson again on March 5 in the Whitewater room in the

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Doug Wilson answering questions from the audience.

Idaho Student Union Building. They will host events on Feb. 13, 20 and 27 as well.

CRF President Josiah Anderson declined to comment regarding the lecture.

Ellen Dennis and Angela Palermo can be reached at arg-news@uidaho.edu

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SMART Transit offers free rides throughout Moscow.

Bus detour turned default Ellen Dennis

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The public City of Moscow bus service, SMART Transit, has made a permanent change to its West Route through the University of Idaho campus. This change started out as a temporary detour last semester due to the construction closure of Sixth and Line streets, but after the detour received positive feedback from UI students and community members, SMART administrators adopted the new route into the daily bus schedule.

SMART transit has officially added an hourly stop outside the Idaho Student Union Building (ISUB) on campus— the

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Faculty Senate | Feb. 4 Faculty Senate held their weekly meeting on Feb. 4 at the University of Idaho. They discussed a program proposal that would consider admitting students the university typically denies. The university usually denies 500 students due to academic standards.

Big-ticket items: The university is looking to

bus arrives 11 minutes after the top of every hour Daniel Gray, SMART Transit Executive Director, said.

Now there are four bus stops located on the UI campus, not including the Moscow Intermodal Transit Center on Railroad Street, where all bus routes depart and end.

Two SMART Transit West Route stops are located on Sixth Street— one is outside the Living Learning Community Dormitories (LLC) and the other is outside Wallace Residence Center.

Gray said the previous West Route stops on campus received criticism due to limited accessibility.

fill the dean’s position in the College of Natural Resources, the College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences, and the College of Art and Architecture.

The Doctorate in Education expansion in Rexburg has been officially discontinued. The previous expansion expired in 2015 and has been officially discontinued. The Moscow program has been unchanged.

Interior Design minor name has changed to Interior Architecture and Design, due to a name change that took place last year.

The university is looking into the University Pathway Program (UPP). UPP would allow students who do not pass UI’s minimum admission requirements to enroll in a separate cohort with additional academic support.

Students would be connected to mentors and be required to participate in four-credit hours a week for the program.

100 students would be admitted into the program and

“It’s often been brought up, generally anecdotally, that SMART hasn’t found a way to provide transit access to the interior of campus,” Gray said. “Now we have plenty of stops on the campus, but there was this perception we hadn’t been accessing anything uphill.”

With the added ISUB stop, the West Route — which stops on campus every 30 minutes — runs on an alternating system, switching between the ISUB stop and Sixth Street stop.

Curt Vail, SMART Transit bus driver, said he believes ridership of the bus service may be up since the ISUB stop was created.

later be eligible to continue their studies as sophomores.

The proposal aims to have the first cohort enrolled by August.

Some students who have not met admission standards have already been offered enrollment in the program.

Senate Chair Terry Grieb recommended creating a faculty advisory taskforce to work alongside the Office of Admissions and UPP to report back by the end of the semester.

City Council | Feb. 3 Moscow City Council and Mayor Bill Lambert addressed flood mitigation, FEMA assistance and recycling at the Feb. 3 meeting.

The meeting began with a public comment period followed by approval of the Subrecipient Agreement for the FEMA Advance Assistance Paradise Creek Flood Hazard Mitigation Study Project.

Moscow SMART Transit expands route through campus “I drove the West Route the other day and there were at least two separate times where I dropped at least 15 people off up at the ISUB,” Vail said. “The students really seem to like that trip going up through campus.”

The West Route includes stops at WinCo, Walmart, Baker St. and Friendship Square in Moscow.

The free bus service operates Monday through Friday from 6:40 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and Saturday from 8:10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

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Big ticket items: Community Development Director Bill Belknap said the city previously applied for a grant to help reduce flooding damage due to Paradise Creek. The advanced assistance program was deemed better suited for the city and is intended to be a preliminary study to assess how flooding events occur and how we respond to them, without moving directly into construction funding.

Once the study is completed — identifying ways to reduce flooding — it can be utilized by the city and funding for a solution can be pursued.

Somewhat related to the last item, Latah County is updating the 2011 All Hazard Mitigation Plan, which assesses a wide variety of both natural and manmade hazards in the area.

Identifying potential hazards in the plan helps the city to receive current grant programs for fire and emergency services as well as potential grant funding for projects

that have yet to be identified.

Belknap said one of the actions is to reduce inflow and infiltration during high flooding events where groundwater and surface water can potentially enter the sanitary sewer system and overwhelm the treatment plant.

The City of Moscow recently held their second plastic film drop-off at Moscow Recycling Center. Plastic materials that are no longer accepted in single stream recycling will be accepted on the first Saturday of each month.

City Councilor Brandy Sullivan said at least 411 citizens came to drop off their plastic last Saturday.

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960 W. Palouse River Drive, Moscow 208-882-0674 www.bridgebible.org

Pastor Josh Shetler 208-874-3701

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Augustana Lutheran Church 711 Fairview Drive Moscow, ID 208-882-2015 Sunday Worship at 10:30 a.m. www.trinitymoscow.org College Dinner + Study Thursdays at 6:30 p.m.

Sunday 10am 1015 West C St. Moscow moscowlutheran.org .

Sunday Worship at 10:30 am Pastor Debbie Sperry

Sunday Worship 10:30 am Wednesday Taize Service 5:30 pm followed by free supper fellowship at 6 p.m.

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BUDGET

ITS to cut 13 positions t­ hrough various means Four employees from ITS have recieved contract non-renewals for Fiscal Year 2021 Sam Bruce

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In response to a 13% budget cut, Information Technology Services (ITS) will be eliminating a total of 13 positions

by Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21). *Fiscal year’s range from July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the stated year.

The 13 positions will consist of four employees who have already received confirmation their work contracts will not be renewed, those who accept voluntary incentive packages and already vacant positions, Vice President of Information Technology and Chief Information Officer, Dan Ewart said.

The four employees who have received non-renewals were given verbal notification in early January but will receive formal letters of non-renewal shortly, Ewart said.

“My hope is that they’ll find other positions within the university, we’d love to keep them in the Vandal family,”

Ewart said. “And there may even be open positions that come open in ITS that they can apply for, but it was important for me to tell them so that they could begin making plans.”

Voluntary incentive programs The positions that may become open for the four non-renewed employees would come from vital roles in ITS left open by employees who might go through with the Voluntary Separation Incentive Program (VSIP) or the Optional Retirement Incentive Program (ORIP), Ewart said.

The people refilling these positions would be paid less money than the people currently in those roles are being paid now.

Allowing some money to be saved even with rehiring positions.

University of Idaho President C. Scott Green sent out a presidential memo on Nov. 22, 2019 explaining VSIP and ORIP. According to the memo, employees who meet the criteria for the VSIP would receive a one-time payment of 33% of their current salary in FY21. The ORIP retirement plan would pay eligible employees, 20% of their current salary for five years starting in FY21. Employees who are approved and accept either plan

must end their employment by June 26, 2020 — although they can choose to leave the university earlier as well.

The four non-renewed employees also fall under this timetable.

Ewart said there has been a number of ITS employees who have expressed interest in the VSIP or the ORIP. Though he was unsure of the exact number. The total number of people leaving under these programs will be finalized on Feb. 7.

ITS Shared Services ITS is looking to engage in a new workplace model called IT Shared Services. ITS employees who usually work with specific colleges and departments will still work within them but could end up working in other areas as well. Specific tasks and projects would be prioritized underneath the new model.

Ewart said that no jobs are to be eliminated by ITS Shared Services and that all jobs cut would be because of the budget deficit.

“We’re looking at all of the people that do work all across the institution, because only about half of those people report directly to my organization. We’re looking at what they do and how we can

make sure that we are all collectively working toward the most important things for the institution, especially in times of budget challenges,” Ewart said. “It’s really important that we marshal our personnel resources to focusing on what the most important things are.”

Additional small cuts The elimination of 13 positions in ITS will account for a majority of the 13% budget reduction. The remainder of the 13% will be accounted for in different areas of ITS. “There’ll be some additional small — and they are quite small — less than $10,000,” Ewart said. “We’ll have a few less software contracts. We’re shedding a few of those down that aren’t as necessary as others, mostly internal infrastructure related things that we can find other ways to do. There’ll be some reduction in parttime labor, but again, very small.”

Reductions in part-time labor would only come after part-time employees leave through their own will, said Ewart.

Sam Bruce can be reached at arg-news@uidaho.edu

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Pastor Doug Wilson speaks at “The Lost Virtue of Sexism” in the International Ballroom of the Bruce Pitman Center Tuesday.

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I know that my success makes them uncomfortable,” Sexton said.

“But just for other women around me, I feel kind of mad that they’re just putting this inflammatory title out there, and other people could be discouraged.”

Ethan Whear, a New Saint Andrews student and a member of CRF, admitted that the events titles are inflammatory.

Whear, who attended “The Lost Virtue of Sexism,” found the protestors disheartening. Instead of making noise and distracting the lecture, he wished they would have listened to Wilson so they could analyze and then make their argument.

Even with the pushback, Whear said they still have these events because they are Christian and it’s their duty to evangelize.

“If you see your neighbor walking towards a hole who’s going to fall in it and die, is it loving to let your neighbor just walk towards the hole?

We don’t believe that it is, so we

believe that as Christians it is our calling to call people and develop the Christian spread,” Whear said.

For UI clubs Generation Action and the Young Dems, the need to protest was vital to them.

Gen Action is a UI outreach of Planned Parenthood.

While some students on campus were choosing not to protest to avoid giving Christ Church attention, Gen Action Publicity and Communications Chair Katie Hettinga wanted to make sure her voice and others were heard.

“It shows that our club and we as individuals are taking a stance against this hate speech. I understand that he probably will get some gratification just from people showing up to the talk,” Hettinga said. “But the fact that we’re here and trying to break up his message — so that people won’t actually hear what he’s trying to get across — is us taking action against it instead of sitting just idly by and not showing up.”

Gen Action President Marguerite Watts and Community Liaison Aspynn Owsley agreed with this sentiment. All three Gen Action officers are freshman at UI this year

and have not experienced any of Wilson’s talks until “The Lost Virtue of Sexism.”

Both Gen Action and Young Dems were protestors in yesterday’s event, and while they couldn’t scream out during the talk, they made themselves known in other ways. Protestors audibly ripped paper, dropped metal water bottles and made clacking noises to distract Wilson during his talk.

Young Dems President Zachery Bishop, who was a part of the protest, said the Young Dems and other groups on campus are hoping to denounce CRF as an on-campus hate group.

They hope to bring these concerns to the university and ASUI soon.

“We’re not going to just protest.

We’re not going to go out there and yell at them — while that gets the image across — that’s not our main point. We want to show that we have something important here, and we want to show that we can keep the fight going past just the protest,” Bishop said.

Alex Brizee can be reached at arg-news@uidaho.edu or on Twitter @alex_brizee

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LIFE

LIFESTYLES, INTERESTS, FEATURES AND ENTERTAINMENT

CAMPUS LIFE

Two years of activism Calling CAMPUS LIFE

all women

Women’s base camp registration opens for UI students Kali Nelson

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Members of the Local Herbivores pose for a photo.

Local Herbivores members discuss the benefits of club Nicole Hindberg

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One year ago, Kaylee Carr attended her first Local Herbivores meeting. At the time she was not vegan or vegetarian. However, after listening to what people in club had to say, she eventually became vegan.

The Local Herbivores (TLH) is a club at the University of Idaho with the goal in mind to promote veganism and spread awareness about it. This month TLH turns two years old.

Two years ago, UI students Danielle Solberg and Josef Foote decided to start a vegan club that would spread awareness about veganism to those who are curious about it, and that’s how TLH was started.

According to their website, TLH “has

grown into a community for vegan and veg-curious individuals. This club is tied to the University of Idaho to focus on events and meetings around the student and faculty community in Moscow.”

Carr, a UI second year student studying environmental science, decided to become involved in the club because her friends asked her to come with them to a meeting, and she wanted to try something new.

“I never really thought about veganism before that, but then hearing a lot of stuff in the club about the environmental impacts and the ethical concerns (about eating meat), I decided to give it a try,” Carr said.

After former TLH president and founder Solberg graduated from UI, she trained Carr to take over for her. The club currently focuses on events and meetings

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in order to discuss and raise awareness about veganism.

Carr said the club is open to everyone regardless if they are vegan, vegetarian or otherwise. TLH Vice President Nicolas Toryanski agrees that having the club open to everyone is important.

“I think it’s very important to have dialogue with people,” Toryanski said.

“Like friendly conversations with people, and get to know what they believe and communicate with them what I believe and find common ground there and actually find what your beliefs are actually based upon and talk about why you do what you do.”

This year is Madi Thurston’s first time at Women’s Base Camp as a student and as a leader. However, she is no stranger to leadership training at the University of Idaho.

The application for Women’s Base Camp opened on Jan. 28 and has nine spots available. This leadership training runs Feb. 15 through 17 with two mandatory pre-trip meetings.

Thurston is an alternative service break coordinator and is one of the student leaders for the base camp this year. She’s participated in UI Women’s Lead and multiple ASB trips.

This year Women’s Base Camp will be held at Fields Spring State Park, in Anatone, Washington, Thurston said.

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CAMPUS LIFE

Research in just three minutes UI to hold thesis competition Nicole Hindberg

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Mikyla Wood understands the importance of events for not only undergraduate students at the University of Idaho, but for graduate students as well.

An event coming up for graduate students is the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition on Feb. 7. During this competition, graduate students attempt to explain their research in three minutes in an easy to understand way.

The 3MT competition was first held in 2008 at the University of Queensland (UQ) in Australia, ever since this competition has been put on at other universities around the world. The 3MT program is a registered trademark of UQ. UI started holding this competition in spring 2016. This is the third year that Wood has helped plan it. Wood works as a management assistant for the College of Graduate Studies (COGS) at UI. “I think the dean (of COGS) liked the competition and he wanted an event specially for graduate students so they can learn how to practice their presentation skills,” Wood said.

Wood said at last year’s 3MT competition there were about 50 people in attendance. Wood said she’s hoping to get more people to come out and watch the competition.

“I think (the competition) helps them feel more recognized,” Wood said. “There’s a lot of stuff that feels

just focused for undergrads, and I think graduate students feel kind of left out sometimes, or there’s not as many resources for them.”

Wood encourages anyone to come watch. The competition is located in the Vandal Ballroom inside the Pitman Center.

The competition starts at 1 p.m., is free and open to the public. The first place winner will receive $500, second place will receive $300 and a people’s choice voted by the audience will receive $200. Previous competition winners can be found on UI’s website.

The number of competitors is typically limited to 20 participants.

Applications for the competition are no longer being accepted.

These students will be competing to attend the statewide competition in Boise, Idaho on Feb. 19. At this competition there will be graduate students from UI, Boise State University and Idaho State University.

“It’s interesting to learn about the research and creative acidity that our graduate students are participating in,” Wood said. “It’s only three minutes per student, so it’s not a huge time commitment, but it allows you to get to know our graduate students (and) better get to know the research going on at the University of Idaho.”

Nicole Hindberg can be reached at arg-life@uidaho.edu or on Twitter @HindbergNicole.

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Yvonne Nyavor, 2016 People’s Choice Award, at UI’s 3MT competion.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2020

GREEK LIFE

UI Interfraternity Council hosted axe throwing event Students interested in Greek Life meet members and throw pick-axes Kali Nelson

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Tuesday night, while the snow started falling, University of Idaho’s Interfraternity Council hosted an axe throwing event outside of the Idaho Student Union Building.

Members from each of the houses on campus and interested students in fraternity life gathered outside to wait in line for their chance to throw some axes.

Ben Arnzen, assistant vice president of recruitment, said they are always looking to find people who are interested in Greek Life by hosting events for people to meet current members.

“We decided to do pick-axe throwing because it’s unique and it’s not in Moscow.

And I don’t think a lot of people really know (about it) or have participated,” Arnzen said.

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Students pull axes out of targets after taking a shot at them.

LEADERSHIP ACTIVISM FROM PAGE 5

Toryanski, a UI student studying philosophy, said he is an ethical vegan and has been for the last two years. An ethical vegan means that someone is vegan for ethical reasons. This means they find it ethically wrong to consume animal products, rather than being vegan for environmental or health reasons.

Carr said this semester the club has many ideas for events, such as an event about veganism and its effects on health, an event raising awareness about spaying and neutering cats and dogs, vigils, tabling and other events.

Carr hopes that students who do fall into that veg-curious category come to their meetings.

“We’re a really open community and we have a lot of information and resources that we can give students who are really curious,” Carr said.

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On the TLH website there are resources for those who are just starting out or for those who want to learn more information.

TLH meet every Wednesday at 5 p.m. in the Integrated Research and Innovation Center in room 105.

“The club is full of friendly people, we always love when people who aren’t vegan or vegetarian or people who just to even have completely opposing viewpoints to come to our meetings and talk with us, and we find it very productive when people come and listen to what we have to say, and we listen to what they have to say,” Toryanski said.

Nicole Hindberg can be reached at arg-life@uidaho.edu or on Twitter @HindbergNicole.

“I volunteered to go because I have always wanted to experience Base Camp. I have heard so many great things about it and how impactful it has been for many women. Programs like these involving leadership and service have influenced my college career immensely, and so I want to give back and help other students have that experience too,” Thurston said.

Attending the base camp as a student leader interested Thurston because she is interested in women’s leadership programing and making space for women to develop their leadership skills.

“The main themes will be, first and foremost, leadership skills, specifically being leaders as women. This is a theme throughout the trip and there are constantly activities to help participants learn what kind of leader they are and what a leader even is,” Thurston said.

Jackie Sedano, program coordinator

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for the Women’s Center and advisor for the trip, said a goal of the program is to show that anyone can be a leader and leadership has no one set definition.

“I think a lot of it is leadership skills, but I think a lot it is reframing what leadership is, because a lot of folks have the conception that leadership is something people are born with,” Sedano said.

On the first day of the trip students have an orientation, the second is a day of service and the last day is snowshoeing.

The camp is free for students to attend Sedano said.

Sedano encourages students to apply because even though there are only nine slots, schedules change and there is always a chance of going.

“Even though spots may be filled, plans change for people. And it typically happens every year that you know, folks are maybe not able to make it anymore,” Sedano said.

Kali Nelson can be reached at arg-life@uidaho.edu or on Twitter @kalinelson6

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Sports WOMEN’S TENNIS

Laura Spataro: Captain of Women’s Tennis The Italian native shares how she first came to Moscow and her goals for the season

Armin Mesinovic

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Laura Spataro is a junior exercise science major and captain of the Idaho women’s tennis team.

Spataro grew up in Volpago del Montello, Italy, where she first picked up a racket at age five and decided to give it a swing.

“My dad played a little bit. I didn’t really have a sport and I just gave it a shot,” Spataro said. “He asked me if I wanted to give it a try, and I said okay.”

She started her first tennis lessons at a club and moved to a larger one as her skills improved.

Spataro stayed at that club until after high school, when she committed to the University of Idaho.

Spataro chose to play for Idaho because of the connection she had with former Idaho tennis player Marianna Petrei, who helped Head Coach Babar Akbar recruit Spataro.

“I asked (Petrei) if she knew any good kids in her region, and she said there was this one kid. What happened was, she sent me a shaky cam video of her (Spataro) playing for about two minutes, and then I asked (Petrei) what she thought. She said she’s (Spataro) a good kid that works and plays hard. I skyped with (Spataro), and within a couple of weeks I had offered her a spot,” Akbar said.

Before becoming a Vandal, Spataro had multiple first and second place finishes in Italy. She claimed the doubles title at the International PreQualification of Italy in 2017, took top honors at

the Second Category LIM 2.6 and placed second at the Open Camposampiero Tournament in 2016.

As a freshman, Spataro picked up 17 wins and went 10-1 in Big Sky Conference (BSC) play, scoring the point that would win the BSC for the Vandals. She played with then senior Lucia Badillos and the duo finished with a 9-3 record.

In her sophomore season, she recorded 16 wins with nine singles wins and an 8-1 record in the BSC, awarding her a Big Sky Second Team Selection. Spataro won seven doubles matches with current teammate senior Maggie Chen and former teammate Anna Stefani.

The current season is getting underway with the first three matches having been played. Spataro has picked up her first win of the season in doubles against Gonzaga University. With a total of 43 career wins, 24 single wins and 19 doubles wins, Spataro hopes to keep adding to her total throughout this season and the next.

“I want to be the best player I can for my team, and I will try to win as many matches as I can this semester. As a team, our goal will be to win the Big Sky and finish our regular season in the top three,” Spataro said.

As the current leader of the team, Spataro has more responsibility to lead an experienced group. One of Spataro’s teammates, senior civil engineering major Shion Watabe, has been playing with Spataro for three years.

“If there is anything I need to talk about, Laura

The XFL then and now Armin Mesinovic Column

ARGONAUT With the Kansas City Chiefs defeating the San Francisco 49ers to lift the Lombardi trophy, fans around the world saw the end to the 2019-2020 National Football League (NFL) season. Like every year after the Super Bowl, fans anxiously wait for football to return in the fall as their desire to watch the sport grows each day. This was the case until the announcement that the XFL would be returning in February, the weekend after the Super Bowl.

What is the XFL? The XFL was originally founded in 1999 by Vince McMahon, CEO of professional wrestling company WWE, to compete against the NFL. NBC partnered with McMahon to help fund and broadcast games on their network.

McMahon intended to use aspects from professional wrestling and incorporate it into professional football. The XFL’s inaugural season began in 2001 and would only last one season due to injuries, lack of talent and poor funding.

The season would start after the Super Bowl to capitalize on fan’s desire to watch more football and was promoted to have

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Junior Laura Spataro serves the ball Jan. 31 against BYU in Pullman.

fewer rules to encourage more physicality.

The league is comprised of eight teams in two divisions: Birmingham, Las Vegas, Memphis, Orlando, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. The XFL originally failed due to NBC pulling out because of poor ratings in the first season.

Fans lost interest in the XFL because the quality of play was lower than the NFL. What’s different with the XFL in 2020?

The league will follow the same structure that it did in 2001 with eight teams split into two divisions. They will compete in a ten-game season with a two-week postseason. In the reincarnation of the league, it will not follow the professional wrestling elements that it did before, instead it will promote a faster play than the NFL. The rebooted XFL also has a majority of teams in new cities under new management.

The Western Conference consists of the Dallas Renegades, Houston Roughnecks, Los Angeles Wildcats and Seattle Dragons while the Eastern Conference consists of the DC Defenders, New York Guardians, St. Louis BattleHawks and Tampa Bay Vipers. Oliver Luck, father of former NFL quarterback Andrew Luck, was named commissioner of the XFL and has implemented different rules than the NFL. The XFL draft has held in October, and training camp was held in November.

The rule changes that differ from the NFL The XFL has confirmed rule changes to kickoffs, punts, points after touchdown, double-forward pass, overtime, clock

is someone I would go to because I know she’s responsible and I can trust her. On the court, I know that she’s gonna put her best foot in and give it 100 percent no matter what. Laura’s just really responsible and someone everyone can rely on, which is very nice,” Watabe said.

Coach Akbar spoke on the leadership qualities that he wants to see in Spataro and how that will help the team for the rest of the season.

“You can’t put a price on how important it is and invaluable, because she knows how to win, knows what it takes to compete at this level. In her growth and as a coach, I want to see how she influences other teammates,” Akbar said.

“Her work ethic is great, her leadership qualities are going to be very important, but I think the real challenge for Laura is when she charges, that she gets the others to charge with her and that will come with time. Overall, I think she is the ideal captain with a great personality, and everyone respects her.”

Spataro and her teammates play their next game on the road against the University of Oregon on Feb. 7. Spataro will not be looking into playing professionally, but will look to graduate with an undergrad in exercise science and move back to Italy.

changes and officiating changes. These rules are official and were released on Jan. 7 with the official rulebook.

The kickoff will be from the kicking team’s 25-yard line, but members of the kicking team excluding the kicker will line up at the 35-yard line. Two different types of touchbacks will be used, major and minor. A major touchback occurs when a kick travels into the endzone in the air, while a minor touchback occurs when the ball bounces into the endzone.

Major touchbacks will have the opposing team start at their 35-yard line, while minor touchbacks have them start at their 15-yard line.

For punts, the XFL will not allow gunners. Players on a punting team must remain on or behind the line of scrimmage until the ball is kicked.

Punts that go out of bounds will count as touchbacks, and punts have the same touchback rules as kickoffs.

The extra point kick after touchdowns has been replaced with a scrimmage play varying in point value. The scoring team will decide where they choose to take the snap. A two-yard attempt results in one point, five-yard attempts result in two points and ten-yard attempts result in three points.

Teams will be able to attempt two forward passes on a single play as long as the ball does not cross the line of scrimmage. Overtime will be decided by a five-round shootout of two-point conversions. The defense is not able to score, and defensive penalties result in

The XFL prepares for first season in almost 20 years

moving the ball to the one-yard line. A second defensive penalty results in a score rewarded to the offensive team.

Multiple rounds will be played until a winner can be decided, guaranteeing no game can end in a draw.

The XFL clock changes include the clock running continuously outside of the two-minute warning. Teams are given two time-outs per half instead of three and instant replay reviews will be limited to 60 seconds with no coaches’ challenges allowed.

There will also be officiating changes.

A specialized ball judge will be added to speed up the placement of the ball, players who commit a foul not serious enough for a penalty flag will sit out for one play and a sky judge will be introduced instead of coaches’ challenges.

Will the XFL succeed this time around?

No one can say for certain that the XFL will succeed, but McMahon has invested in three complete seasons of XFL football.

Fans will be able to enjoy football in the winter and spring months as they wait for the fall NFL season.

Armin Mesinovic can be reached at arg-sports@uidaho.edu or Twitter @arminmesinovic

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FEBRUARY 6, 2020

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Idaho’s performance on three-game road stretch Idaho captures its first road win of the season Armin Mesinovic

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The Idaho men’s basketball team looked to move on from the 73-45 loss to Southern Utah at home by breaking its five-game losing streak.

Idaho went on a three-game, six day road stretch starting with Northern Arizona University (NAU). Interim Head Coach Zac Claus and his squad prepared to win their first road game and second win in the Big Sky Conference (BSC), however, Idaho (5-15, 1-8 BSC) fell short to NAU (12-7, 6-4 BSC) 77-72 last Saturday in Flagstaff, Arizona.

In the first half, the Lumberjacks opened up the scoring with a three-point play from sophomore guard Cameron Shelton. Northern Arizona kept a small lead over the Vandals until senior guard Trevon Allen converted his third straight three-pointer to tie the game 13-13. It was kept close throughout the first half with seven ties and four lead changes, but NAU led at halftime 41-38. Allen led all players in scoring with 19 points.

“I love the way Trevon was able to bounce back, he had a wonderful start to the game,” Klaus said. “He was taking shots in rhythm. We rely on him to score the ball and that’s exactly what he did.”

NAU got into rhythm to start the second half, scoring the first four points before redshirt junior guard Marquell Fraser recorded an offensive rebound and scored on the other end. With less than seven minutes left, Shelton scored a three pointer to put the Lumberjacks ahead by 10 points, but Idaho responded with a 11-3 run to reduce the deficit to two. In the final two minutes, NAU sealed the game with late free throws with six out of their last 10 points coming from the line. Allen led Idaho for the 14th time this season with 26 points.

“All that’s been going through my mind since Tuesday was, ‘can this group rally around each other and get their competitive spirit back,’ and they had it,” Claus said.

“We simply have to continue to do a couple more things just a little bit better.”

Idaho traveled to Sacramento, California, Monday night to face off against the Sacramento State Hornets. The Vandals (6-15, 2-8 BSC) captured their first road win of the season against the Hornets (11-9, 4-7 BSC) 67-53. Idaho broke its six-game losing streak with help from Allen, who recorded 23 points and eight rebounds in 37 minutes of play.

Allen opened things up for the Vandals and scored the first seven points in the first half. Allen hit a jump-shot at 16:53 to give the Vandals a 4-2 lead early in the half, and Idaho kept the lead for the rest of the game. Idaho kept pushing offensively, shooting 66.7 percent. The Vandals led the first half 39-23.

“We built the lead by taking great shots, executing, getting the looks that we wanted and not settling for questionable jumpers,” Claus said. “We expended some energy in the first half creating that distance. We took care of the ball for the first 20 minutes.”

The pace slowed down in the second half for both teams. The first score came in after two minutes, when junior guard Bryce Fowler hit a three-pointer for the Hornets. The Vandals held a comfortable double-digit lead, but Sacramento State rallied back as they put pressure on Idaho and forced turnovers to reduce the lead.

Fowler hit a jump-shot with three minutes and 18 seconds remaining in the game, bringing the score to 55-47. The Vandals fought back, making 10 free throws in under three minutes to bring their lead back to double-digits.

“Our guys are continuing to learn,” Claus said. “They’re continuing to do what we ask of them and I’m beyond happy for them to have the result like this tonight.”

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Junior guard Damen Thacker jumps to shoot a three during the Southern Utah game on Monday in Cowan Spectrum.

Idaho will finish its road trip against Montana State Thursday evening in Bozeman. Montana State (11-10, 5-5 BSC) is currently sixth in the BSC, with a 5-3 record at home. The Vandals will be coming off their first road win with Trevon Allen

averaging 26.5 points in the last two games.

Armin Mesinovic can be reached at arg-sports.uidaho.edu or Twitter @arminmesinovic

Cooking with gas once again The MLB’s hot stove popped off again, promting a reevaluation of the league’s landscape Jonah Baker Column

ARGONAUT Just when we thought baseball had been fully relegated to the metaphorical basement of the sports world, it rose once more from the dead like some vengeful Dead Ball-era ghost.

Barely a week before pitchers and catchers report for spring training, the Boston Red Sox traded outfielder Mookie Betts, the consensus second-best player in baseball, to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Starting pitcher David Price will also be shipped to California, while the Dodgers parted with a top-five prospect in Alex Verdugo and gained former Minnesota Twins prospect Brusdar Graterol in return. Baseball’s nexus now lies squarely on either end of Interstate 5 with Betts in Chavez Ravine and Mike Trout in Anaheim, but the reverberations affect every championship contender.

Red Sox fans should be rightfully disgusted that management for one of the

league’s premier brands effectively punted on at least the upcoming season by dealing a player who is rightfully mentioned in the same stratosphere as Ted Williams, Jackie Robinson and Trout. In a move usually reserved for mediocre organizations with bloated budgets, Boston worked out a way to ship out their best homegrown ballplayer since Williams in order to avoid footing his eventual bill while also ridding themselves of a steady but overpriced starter in Price.

Lost in all of this is a remarkable fall from grace for Boston sports fans.

Consensus all-time-great, Tom Brady, is as close as ever to forsaking the Patriots.

The Red Sox are less than 16 months since their last World Series title, but have since unceremoniously parted with the head coach and MVP that led the team (for very different reasons). Simply mentioning an unfortunate string of events for North America’s most blessed sports town of the last 20 years is probably enough to reverse the jinx, but even this small morsel is plenty to relish in.

Condemnations aside, the calculus of the trade is simple. Los Angeles is even more of a front-runner for the 2020 season, while Boston is conceding to an edition of the American League (AL) East owned by the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays. Before the trade was even announced, the Dodgers were predicted to follow up a 106-win campaign

in 2019 with a 112-win effort, according to FiveThirtyEight. That pre-Betts prediction probably still would have been good enough for a 20-game cushion to dominate the National League West with. Pencil the Dodgers in for at least the National League Championship Series.

With a suddenly crowded outfield, the Dodgers sent outfielder Joc Pederson down the freeway to the Los Angeles Angels. This is their latest move in an offseason designed to make some attempt at capitalizing on Trout’s prime. The Angels took every swing at ace Gerrit Cole, but Cole ended up with the Yankees.

The Angels instead settled for World Series hero, Anthony Rendon, who won his first Silver Slugger award after posting an on-base plus slugging statistic of 1.010 in 2019. They also hired new manager Joe Maddon to replace Mike Scioscia, signaling an attempt at organization-wide change in direction. While not as loaded as their crosstown compatriots, the Angels have enough sky-high upside to factor into any championship conversation.

Elsewhere, there are still shoes to drop and cases to be made as postseason contenders. Francisco Lindor and Kris Bryant could be moved in decaffeinated versions of the Betts trade, but such moves would say more about their current teams tearing down than new homes loading up for meaningful runs.

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Far more likely would be a slew of incremental moves from a team like the Minnesota Twins, who could accelerate from being a 2019 surprise to a legitimate contender in 2020, following the Washington Nationals’ model. The easy move would be for the Twins to fortify the pitching staff with either Jon Gray of the Colorado Rockies or to pry relief pitcher Ken Giles from the Blue Jays. Minnesota did not have the firepower to match up with the Yankees in the 2019 American League Division Series (ALDS), and few ever do. However, the Twins would have to bet on someone to push farther.

The Rays could also make a rarelyseen splash by trading for Kansas City outfielder Whit Merrifield, who led the league in hits last year. Merrifield had as good of a contact-and-defense season as anyone, and his team-friendly contract is exactly the kind of added bonus that makes the small-market Rays salivate.

Baseball may be suffering a slow and steady decline, but its offseason fireworks can still inspire weeks of headlines and talking head deliberations. Given a few more savory moves, the league might even put together a thoroughly entertaining product this season.

Jonah Baker can be reached at arg-sports@uidaho.edu or on Twitter @jonahpbaker

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Opinion EDITORIAL

The importance of free speech Doug Wilson’s appearance on campus sparks debate on the right to free speech.

Over 200 years ago the first amendment was ratified, allowing everyone to speak their mind freely, regardless of what beliefs they hold. As a student newspaper, we have a deep respect for the first amendment — it allows us to do our job.

The first amendment is as important today as it was before it was ratified. We need to protect all speech regardless if it’s far-right or far-left.

This week conservative Christ Church Pastor Doug Wilson lectured on campus for

an event called “The Lost Virtue of Sexism.”

Many believe that Wilson and groups who hold the same beliefs should not be allowed to lecture on our campus due to their controversial rhetoric towards women and the LGBTQA community.

Wilson’s lecture was sponsored by the Collegiate Reform Fellowship (CRF). CRF is a student group at UI and an extension of Christ Church. The Young Democrats as well as other student groups at UI want to label CRF as a hate group due to the fact that they have hosted all previous lectures involving Wilson, including “Credenda Agenda

History Conference” (2004) and “Toxic Matriarchy” (2019).

Through labeling CRF as a hate group these organizations hope the university will pick a side to the ongoing controversy regarding Christ Church and CRF. As a public institution, UI should not take a stance on what a particular organization can or cannot do or say.

Backing the university into a corner and forcing them to decide whether or not to label CRF as a hate group won’t solve anything. It will cause controversy on UI’s part and will ultimately end in the institution refusing to

make a decision, because they can’t.

Although these beliefs are controversial, CRF’s right to speak and choose to bring controversial speakers such as Wilson should not be taken from them. Regulating what one organization can do or say can lead to the regulation of other organizations.

Wilson’s lectures and appearances on campus are extremely offensive to many different groups, however the university cannot and should not silence him.

Instead of fighting to force Wilson off campus we should put efforts into supporting the groups affected by this controversial rhetoric.

POLITOON

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HOLIDAY

Hallmark holiday

argument or worse, a break up.

That’s a stressful situation that many couples, especially in college, do not have the time or energy to deal with.

The Tuesday before Valentine’s Day, also known as Anteia McCollum Red Tuesday, is dubbed as the Column day where someone is most likely dumped.

ARGONAUT to get Several dating sites around the world including a British site, Illicit Encounters, have done research showing every Valentine’s Day is generally year there are plenty of people seen as a celebration where people that plan on breaking up with show their love for each other their significant other before through expensive gifts and fancy Valentine’s Day. dinners, but it brings a massive Research done by YouGov amount of stress along with it.

Omnibus states that 12 percent The fear of giving a gift and of Americans aged 18 through a significant other not enjoying 34 have ended a relationship on it, as well as the pressure of not Valentine’s Day. Another 11 percent having a valentine are all some major stress factors of Valentine’s of the same group have ended a relationship before the holiday.

Day. Overspending on gifts that As for all the single pringles need to be perfect makes for a out there, the immense amount Hallmark holiday. of pressure for not having a Some people may not realize valentine or are unable to find that the holiday forces couples, one is ridiculous. particularly newer ones, to The better part about this, question their relationship in a however, is that our generation way they might not have thought is so encouraging of self-love about before. and acceptance that being your Valentine’s Day can serve as own valentine is a running trend. a method of confirmation and Another rising solution for singles assurance for many relationships, is to spend their Valentine’s Day but for others it can ruin it. The special day can take a dive if there with a group of friends instead.

Being your own Valentine or are any uncommunicated doubts celebrating with friends can save or unshared feelings from any of money. Money is either being the participants. spent on personal expectations or Any possible second guesses the bill is split between people. can turn to action around Feb. That is important because 14, which means that there is in the United States, people a possibility of those unmet are encouraged to spend absurd feelings turning into a serious

Valentine’s Day can be just as stress as it can a source of love.

amounts of money on gifts that are supposed to signify their love.

Popular Valentine’s Day gifts like flowers, jewelry, chocolates, extravagant dinners and giant stuffed animals can quickly rack up an unwanted bill, especially for a budgeting college student.

The price of roses skyrockets around Valentine’s Day. Just about any girl loves to receive flowers, but a few red roses shouldn’t be breaking the bank.

A good way to save money on eating out at a fancy restaurant, is to instead cook dinner at home with your valentine. That way you spend quality time together in the kitchen instead of in a booth with other couples surrounding you.

Valentine’s Day may be good for the economy because of high prices and sales, but it really isn’t the most beneficial thing for ourselves.

Valentine’s Day is, in my opinion, the most overrated holiday because it brings a lot more stress than it does joy. It truly is a Hallmark holiday.

Anteia McCollum can be reached at arg-opinion@uidaho.edu

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Social affecting students where many students are adapting to living away from home and create relationships, memories and future professional goals.

Dean Ellenwnood Students can often feel Column overwhelmed by this ARGONAUT process and social media can make things worse.

People often forget Most of our Saturday social media users rarely nights are spent lying in post negative aspects of their bed, scrolling through social life online. Pictures posted on media. We notice many of Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook our friends and followers are posting about how much and Twitter pages are their fun they are having that very highlights. When comparing night. posts to reality, it can make Suddenly, an extreme feeling of FOMO (Fear of people feel unwanted and Missing Out) washes over insignificant. Therefore, it is with emotions like loneliness, important to keep in mind depression and insignificance. everyone has high points and Because of this reason, social media can have a negative low points in life, regardless of effect on college student’s what’s on social media. mental health. Social media Even without social media, can make us feel isolated and alone, but many of us have it is not always easy to deal similar experiences using with the negative emotions social media. like feeling overwhelmed, According to the 2017 depressed and anxious during National College Health Assessment, 60.2% of life’s low points.

University of Idaho students Vandal Health Education felt very lonely and 60.4% offers resources, mental health of students suffered overwhelming anxiety during events and workshops that the previous 12 months. teach students healthy coping Unfortunately, anxiety and strategies to manage stress and loneliness are just a few side improve mental health. effects experienced in life, but it doesn’t mean these feelings Remember, not everything will mold the entirety of the you see online is not college experience. representative of real life so College can be a complicated chapter in life scroll wisely, Vandals!

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FEBRUARY 6, 2020

ELECTION

Cactus catastrophe Monday’s calamity should be the final death knell of caucuses.

Jonah Baker Column

ARGONAUT We are merely days into the official 2020 election cycle and already the media is confused, the nomination system is broken and most importantly, people are tired.

There is not enough space in a student newspaper column to fully explain the laconic and unrepresentative process that is the Iowa Caucus. However, it is worth exploring what went wrong Monday night in order to learn from our mistakes before our own turn in the nomination process comes on March 10 for Democrats and May 19 for Republicans.

Iowa’s delegation process is equal parts homecoming court campaigning, social media missteps and a truly unique boots-on-the-ground approach to deciding who the next Democratic nominee should be. After months of rallies, fundraising and canvassing, the candidates and their volunteer bases sit patiently and wait for good news while Iowans pack into high school gyms. That is where any and all similarities to the common primary system ends.

Once at their allotted precincts, Iowans form amoebas in designated portions of their polling places to visually represent support for their chosen candidates. Lessrepresented candidates may fail to cross the ‘viability threshold’ of at least 15 % of a precinct’s support. This eliminates them from receiving any support from that district and forces those that initially caucused for them to throw their support in for their second choice.

Debates rage, delegates are awarded and literal coin flips can decide ties.

The process often takes hours. For all the energy and money dedicated to the Hawkeye State, the end product is a mockery of our system and an embarrassment to Americans far beyond Des Moines.

Late in the night, the totals from each district are counted and a candidate is declared to be the winner of the caucus, except for this year. The short version of the disaster report: there were no results to report by midnight.

The Iowa Democratic Party did not accomplish its most important task of deciding a winner. Time slots usually reserved for victory speeches and dalliances with newfound momentum were instead consumed by pontificating and talking heads without any content.

The votes were not counted properly, even though every cable network, political organization and local news station had cottage industries dedicated to this first step to November.

The Iowa Caucus proved once again

that it should not exist. The process of Democratic nomination has massively disadvantaged itself when it could have simply started with at least the same primary system that more than 80 %of the nation uses. Sure, caucusing adds some element of theatricality to politics, but at the cost of our democracy and sanity. A state that is more than 90 % white and represents less than 0.5 % of our nation’s population should not be able to cause this much chaos.

We simply have to get rid of the caucuses altogether in favor of ranking primaries. Voter apathy is a problem everywhere but embarrassingly so in Iowa, where less than 16 % of eligible Iowans caucused in 2016. Apparently, it isn’t all that appealing to argue with your neighbors for hours over politics on a weeknight.

Instead, we need to make sweeping changes to our primary system as a whole. Idaho, along with every other state, employs a winner-take-all primary system that only allows for one vote for one candidate. Alternatively, voters would be able to rank as many candidates as desired from most to least favorable as the nominee. In Iowa and the other caucus states specifically, this would eliminate the need for hours of caucusing that apparently can be for absolutely no purpose. Additionally, voters torn between two similar candidates would be able to signal their complex political preferences by qualifying their votes and giving some support to other candidates.

Our nation can’t keep pretending

as if preserving traditions is worth sacrificing voter participation and tainting results. Thankfully, Idaho took a step toward realizing this by switching from Democratic caucuses to primaries in 2018.

At the local level, Idahoans have plenty of time to ensure smooth sailing in our part of the process. Early voting for the Democratic primary begins Feb. 24 in Latah County, and all absentee ballots must be received by 5:00 p.m. Feb. 28 to be counted.

If you are not sure whether you are registered, idahovotes.gov offers the resources necessary to register, find a polling place or apply for an absentee ballot. Remember that Idaho implements a closed-party primary system, meaning that you cannot vote in a Republican primary if you are a registered Democrat, and vice versa. Unaffiliated voters may vote in either or both, given that the party decides to allow them. Whatever you do, educate and prepare yourself to ensure the smoothest possible experience whenever you decide to cast your vote.

Usually, we spend hours and column inches debating the viability of policies and candidates. It is an utter disgrace that we now have dedicated them to lambasting our laconic version of the democratic process. The caucuses have to go if we are going to attain the level of democracy we so proudly claim.

Jonah Baker can be reached at arg-opinion@uidaho.edu or on Twitter @jonahpbaker

SHOPPING

VAPING

Juul letdown Will nicotine’s age raise help University of Idaho’s tobacco policy?

Emily Pearce Column

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Toward the end of 2019, President Trump approved raising the age for purchasing nicotine products to 21. Being a popular topic in the media for years, this was big news to hear.

While tobacco has been around for centuries, vaping has become something relatively new to the public. For a while, no one knew the potential risks of vaping. It has been packaged with a slick design and viewed as a healthier alternative to smoking, but health risks were unpredictable.

This was especially alerting because the average of teens who used tobacco was going down significantly.

Vaping was becoming an, it was becoming a gateway into nicotine addiction for younger generations.

Along with raising the age for purchasing nicotine products, several flavors of vape juices have been taken off the market. This is to stop appealing to minors in hope that younger generations will not experiment with tobacco

products.

The effect of raising the age for purchasing nicotine products can be taken both positively and negatively.

As adults, we should have the right to choose what we do with our bodies, even if that is smoking, chewing or vaping.

When products are affecting minors and their health, the question of when the law should intervene arises.

For the sake of our nation’s adolescent health, changing the age for tobacco consumption is necessary. Raising the age for purchasing nicotine products affects everyone nationwide, even the university.

The University of Idaho has been a tobacco free campus since 2016. By raising the age for purchasing nicotine products, vaping and smoking on campus will be even more rare.

With a change in age for tobacco consumption, some will go through a tough time quitting.

For help with cessation of nicotine consumption, UI offers resources to help cope and quit. Classes can be taken to help quit and other supporting resources can be accessed. These resources can be found online.

Emily Pearce can be reached at arg-opinion@uidaho.edu

Grocery store tourshealthy shopping on a budget Vandal Health Education provides students with healthy living tips.

Dean Ellenwood Column

ARGONAUT Many of us have felt overwhelmed at a grocery store. We all want to start eating healthy but the college budget can make it hard.

Many college students are not financially stable and believe it is not possible to have a healthy, nutritious diet on their budget.

Grocery Store Tours offered by Vandal Health Education and the University of Idaho dietetic students are a great place to start.

According to a 2019 USDA survey, college students spend between $38 to $55 a week for thrifty and low-cost food plans. This averages out to spending about $7 a day on food, which is as much as a fast-food meal.

Therefore, the UI dietetic students lead peers through the aisles of Winco, Safeway, Rosauers and the Moscow Food Co-op to explain healthy shopping and

eating habits on a budget.

Grocery Store Tour provide helpful information when it comes to shopping.

Tips include buying in bulk, how some packaged food is less expensive than unpackaged foods and details about multiple sections of the store. It also includes how to find the best deals on nutritious foods, the difference between wheat containing products and cheap, nutritious snacks to eat on the go.

During past Grocery Store Tours, participants have food in their carts evaluated by the dietetic students. Dietetic students would discuss the choices they believed the participant made and provide substitutions to some of their choices.

Other past activities that have occurred are “Guess the $10 basket,” where participants are asked to choose which option they believe is cheaper between two full baskets.

Grocery Store Tours, they are being held on various Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays throughout the month of February. To sign up for the tour and for more information on the dates visit www. uidaho.edu/grocery. There is limited space, so make sure to sign up early.

Eating nutritious on a budget is not impossible if you know the right information and are aware of your options, so help us help you!