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Jonathan Hukill with Gritman Medical Center, pushes a COVID-19 vaccine candidates’ wheelchair into the Student Recreation Center on Friday

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The link to sign up for COVID-19 vaccine appointments with Gritman Medical Center does not say which priority groups the doses are available to, causing ineligible people to register at Friday’s clinic in the University of Idaho Student Recreation Center, just two days after it began operating as the hospital’s main vaccination site.

President Scott Green reminded faculty and staff in an email Friday that only those age 65 or older are eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at the clinic on campus. Others “will be turned away and may cause delays” in registering for an appointment they are not eligible for.

“Many people in our community, including University of Idaho employees, received messages from friends and acquaintances saying they could sign up for a vaccination at today’s clinic in the Student Recreation Center,” Green stated. “Unfortunately, text clarifying that only those over age 65 were eligible to sign up was removed from many of the messages.”

Priority groups are outlined on the state’s vaccine distribution timeline, and individuals can check if they qualify by following links on Gritman’s website to the Idaho Department of Health and

Welfare. However, many who don’t qualify were still able to sign up.

Gritman, along with the rest of the state, uses PrepMod to schedule COVID-19 vaccine appointments. PrepMod is a nonprofit organization that recently made headlines when its appointment system for Massachusetts’ mass vaccination sites crashed as a million more people became eligible, according to CBS Boston.

“We’re only authorized to give the vaccines to people in the governor’s approved tiers,” Peter Mundt, director of community relations and marketing at Gritman, said. “There’s no way to keep that link to PrepMod private or secure, and unfortunately it’s started to circulate. People get forwarded the link and assume they can sign up.”

The messages being passed around are external, according to Jodi Walker, director of communications at UI. Gritman’s staff was eventually forced to turn people away who didn’t meet the qualifications.

“I don’t know how many people showed up down there,” Walker said. “Enough to cause those in charge to ask we send something out clarifying (the guidelines).”

Afton Montgomery, a 26-year-old with an autoimmune disease, said she was forwarded the link to sign up from someone aware of her medical condition. Montgomery works as a teaching assistant in UI’s Department of English.

After successfully making an ap-

pointment Friday, Montgomery showed up to the clinic at the scheduled time. She was soon informed of her ineligibility.

“Maybe they should’ve provided more clarity,” Montgomery said. “But I figured I’d try.”

People age 16-64 with underlying medical conditions are in Group 3 of Idaho’s vaccine timeline, which is expected to begin March or early April.

Adults of any age with certain conditions are at an increased risk for severe illness from COVID-19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. This includes smoking, cancer, pregnancy, asthma and more.

The state is currently working through Group 2, which started Jan. 12. The general public can expect to be vaccinated in May, according to Idaho Public Health.

While priority groups are outlined

by Gritman on the “Find a Vaccination Clinic” prompt through its website, the form to “Sign Up for Vaccinations” on Idaho’s PrepMod vaccine site does not say who is or isn’t eligible.

“Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine is for people 16 years and older,” the website states in bold red letters. “Moderna COVID-19 is for people 18 years and older.”

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‘I don’t want these actions to happen to me’ University of Idaho professors and students recognize Black History Month Carter Kolpitcke

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Tragedies of police brutality and ongoing racism in the U.S. highlight the importance of observing Black History Month this year.

The annual event, since its small start in 1970 at Kent State University, has celebrated Black perseverance and acknowledged the atrocities of slavery.

Six years after its inception, it reached national recognition.

A sophomore at the University of Idaho, Alphonse Crittenden has been the Black Student Union’s president since October. Touching on the events of the previous year and the widespread coverage of Black Lives Matter protests, Crittenden said it’s a challenging time for young Black students.

“There’s something inside of you that says, ‘I don’t want these actions to happen to me,’ and that creates anxiety for future

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when there has not been any evidence of monumental change.

This change is only achieved by not letting up. It requires a transformation of how people think.

The UI’s steps to address the national situation have been in the right direction, according to Crittenden, but are far from all that is needed to be done.

“It’s not an easy thing when the population of Black people on campus is only 2%,” Crittenden said. “It’s more than just the university making steps, it’s on the community level. Having others who can relate to the same experiences growing up goes a long way.”

Richard Pathomsiri | Argonaut Racism in the U.S. has taken different Alphonse Crittenden is a sophomore at UI forms over the decades. Different displays encounters with authorities,” Crittenden of hatred have reverberated across media. said. “There is only so much that can be Conversations around hate speech have done with the protests, it’s not just one been going on for decades and talks of person that needs to change, it’s an entire systematic reform have been encouraged organization that needs to be changed.” for years.

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The Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival, normally held on the University of Idaho’s campus in Moscow, is one of the largest educational jazz festivals in the world, according to festival manager Joshua Skinner. This year it will be held completely online.

Last year, the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival had just finished when the city began implementing social distancing orders due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

This left jazz lovers wondering if the 2021 annual Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival would still take place.

According to Skinner, that was never even a question.

“I rallied my team and we had lots of conversations of, how do we approach this and what is it going to look like?” Skinner said. ” It was pretty clear

by June that (the pandemic) was going to impact the entire year.”

The festival committee was determined to find a way Joshua Skinner to make the annual event more accessible than the last.

“We’ve worked with our partners to make sure that we get everyone into that Zoom webinar that chooses to be,” Skinner said.

Running Feb. 25-27, the festival has kept its integral components intact – workshops and concerts.

There will be multiple workshops held each day, with a $25 fee per person to gain access to all of the workshops being held during the festival. The concerts are completely free to anyone who wishes to attend.

“One that’s super exciting to me will be on Thursday at 5 p.m.,” Skinner said. “It’s a concert where we’ll be talking to the former director of the festival who has retired. The Lionel Hampton Big Band will be there as well.”

This year will be the 54th annual event. The festival will spend more time than usual focusing on Lionel Hampton this year, diving into his influence on the music industry. This year Hampton will be receiving the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, honoring his dedication and passion for jazz music and the legacy he left behind.

“One thing I want the University of Idaho student body to know, is Lionel Hampton was critical in breaking racial boundaries,” Skinner said. “He was critical in bringing jazz music to the masses. His impact on the music industry, and his work with people of all ethnicities is just critical to understand.”

To find more information about the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival can be found on the university’s website.

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Faculty Senate passes new degrees and certificates A bachelor’s degree, minor, graduate certificate and teaching endorsement Cody Roberts

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University of Idaho Faculty Senate passed several new degree options on Tuesday, proposing to offer a new Bachelor of Science in global disease ecology, a minor in apparel textile in design as well as a new certificate and endorsement for the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences.

The new bachelor’s degree in global disease ecology will be within the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, under the department of entomology, plant pathology and nematology.

“The premise of the major is to increase understanding of human, livestock, animals and plant diseases couched within the framework of environment health,” Edwin Lewis, who presented the item, said.

The goal of the program would be to gain scientific literacy to move on to graduate school and positions of policymaking.

The new minor in apparel, textile and design will also be in the College of Agricultural

Impeachment explained constitutional procedures – there’s consequences for that.”

Trump’s presidency is also the first in which a president Haadiya Tariq ARGONAUT had members of his own party vote in favor of conviction. In Beginning with the Jan. 6 riot Trump’s first impeachment, at the capital, Democrats from the Republican Mitt Romney voted House of Representatives took in favor of conviction. In his the first steps towards what would second impeachment, a total of be former President Donald seven Republicans did.

Trump’s second impeachment.

“A number of Republicans Trump was officially don’t believe Trump incited the impeached Jan. 13 just a week mob, that it was just a bunch of before the end of his term. But hooligans who got out of hand, what does this all mean? that they misunderstood the Impeachment is the president,” McLeod said. “That’s constitutional procedure where what some people believe.”

Congress can remove the McLeod also explained some president, or another people may believe official, from public the proceedings office. The House should not continue has to propose a bill once the president is of impeachment, an out of office, due to accusation of what the constitution. the president did that Despite Trump deserves their removal being denounced from office. The bill publicly, even by has to be passed by a members of his own simple majority vote.

Aman McLeod party, many voted to As it did in Trump’s acquit. case, the bill is then passed to the “You had Mitch McConnell Senate for a trial. all but say that Trump was Senators act as jurors who are responsible for what happened, presented evidence by members but he voted to acquit,” McLeod of the House. The Senate needed said. “Meanwhile, Mitch a two-thirds majority vote to McConnell’s wife resigned from convict. On Feb. 13, the effort the cabinet because she couldn’t fell short with 57 votes favoring live with Trump’s actions.” his conviction, 10 less than the Overall, the reaction of 67 needed.

Republicans to Trump’s most Though Trump’s impeachment recent impeachment has been process did not result in mixed. conviction, it still holds historical “I think this is evidence of significance. the sway he still has in his own Trump is the first president to party,” McLeod said. be impeached twice and the first McLeod said that some to face an impeachment trial after tensions within the Republican leaving office. party also came from Trump’s If convicted, a president is promotion of the idea of voter removed from office and other fraud. By telling people the punishments can be added on, system is rigged, some eligible like barring a president from voters have been convinced not holding federal office ever again. to cast their ballots.

A president could also face civil “It’s a funny argument, suits or criminal charges.

‘Go out and vote,’” McLeod The trial itself is not an actual said. “If you believed it was criminal proceeding, as explained fraud, why would you go vote a

by Aman McLeod, assistant second time?” professor of political science Instead of strengthening his and lecturer in the University of party, with this rhetoric, Trump Idaho’s College of Law. discouraged his own party from “There is nothing in the voting and promoting a lack of constitution that says you need to faith in the democratic system. prove guilt beyond a reasonable With a lack of evidence for doubt; there is nothing that says accusations of voter fraud, both they have to have violated a parties continue to use it as an federal statute,” McLeod said. excuse in elections.

“Some people seem to think it is “I think it’s really dangerous in the constitution, but it’s not.” when politicians prime people In the case of “double for not believing in reality by jeopardy,” a president can be lying to them and whipping impeached and legally charged in up their tendency to believe in separate proceedings. conspiracies,” McLeod said.

As for the motivation “Once people lose faith in the to convict Trump, McLeod democratic system, they cry believed Democrats wanted to fraud.” show that the president should not get a free pass.

Haadiya Tariq “What they wanted was can be reached at accountability,” McLeod said. arg-news@uidaho.edu “I think they wanted to set the or on Twitter @ precedent that if you are the haadiyatariq president of the United States and you whip up a mob, you incite violence, you disrupt the

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and Life Sciences, under the department of family and consumer sciences.

“This minor has been requested at least the last ten years,” Lori Wahl, who presented the item, said.

“It complements business, marketing, journalism and mass media and other (degree programs) such as theater.”

The first of two items passed from the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences is a new Technology Integration Specialist Certificate.

Taylor Raney, who presented the item, said the certificate aimed for “practicing teachers who are looking to serve their school districts as specialists

in technology integration.”

The last item from the Education, Health and Human Sciences College was a new teaching endorsement in computer science.

This endorsement was developed in collaboration with the computer sciences department. While the courses run parallel to computer science courses, Raney said, “There’s a bend on the courses, to help teachers with how they can make the content accessible for K-12 students.”

“The program was built for preservice and in-service teachers,” Raney said. “However, its real target goal is in-service teachers.”

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But laws addressing these issues are hard to pass, according to University of Idaho law professor Aman McLeod.

“The Supreme Court has made it really clear that things associated with hate speech are extremely difficult due to the First Amendment,” McLeod said. “If you single out any kind of opinion, the law gives the highest level of scrutiny — meaning it almost always strikes it down.

They’re going to look at that and say, ‘you’re not treating all opinions the same.’”

McLeod said hate speech and hate crimes in recent years appeared to be emboldened by the Trump campaign. Though the platform that racism had built seemed to be larger, it was not anything new or different.

“I remember at the time, thinking, these guys aren’t peddling anything different from what people were pedaling in the 60’s or 20’s,” McLeod said. “This is not old wine in new bottles, this is old wine in old bottles.”

Racism, though it may appear more widespread, is mostly cyclical, according to UI law professor Shaakirah Sanders.

Sanders delivered a speech earlier this year dissecting the separate events of two arrests: the arrest of George Floyd and the arrest of Anthony Brennan III, who assaulted a group of women. In Brennan’s case, the investigation was incredibly thorough.

Though the person was caught on video, local police conducted multiple interviews and reviews before Brennan eventually surrendered himself to the police. Compared to

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the murder of George Floyd, where there was no video evidence of committed crime, local police had instantly pulled their weapons. The difference is Brennan was Caucasian, and Floyd was Black.

“There are two systems in the United States for investigating crimes,” Sanders said. “The system that George Floyd exists in and the system that this other individual exists in.”

This year’s Black History Month has potentially brought the conversation to a larger share of people than it ever did before. The murder of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahman Aubrey and the resulting Black Lives Matter protests expanded coverage of the flawed judicial system.

“I feel as though as a nation that we’ve been at this point many times before,” Sanders said. “The Civil War was supposed to be the wakeup call, yet it was followed by 100 years of Jim Crow. We just had record turnout for voting that is going to be followed up in many places with more restrictive

voter rules, especially in minority communities.”

According to the New York Times, “teens are on the front lines of Black Lives Matter protests.” There are leaders of the same nature in the Moscow community.

Given the past year of events, Black History Month may hold more significance for some Black Americans. It can be a wonderful opportunity to educate those who are seeking answers and expand people’s understanding of their experiences. Especially in Idaho, with a small population of people of color, there is much to be done.

“If more people are paying attention to Black History Month, I think it’s a terrific opportunity to educate people about the Black experience in America,” Aman McLeod said. “Perhaps the best opportunity we’ve had in a really long time.”

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According to Mundt, the message is a drug well organized,” and the shot “was quick, easy disclaimer from the manufacturer. Both Pfizerand painless.”

BioNTech and Moderna’s vaccines are not yet “That’s the way we dig out of this hole,” Tooley available to children, at least until there’s enough said. “I hope more people come.” data from studies in different age groups, accordGritman’s staff has been working overtime to ing to the Associated Press. The disclaimer has help protect the community, according to Mundt. nothing to do with who qualifies, Mundt said.

Not only are registered nurses needed to adminAlthough the federal government pays for ister the vaccine, but additional staff is needed to and distributes the vaccines, it’s up to public help with mobility assistance, recording patients providers like state and local health departand directing traffic in the parking lot. The clinic ments as well as private providers like also monitors people for anywhere hospitals and clinics to schedule and between 15-30 minutes to make sure give out the shots. they’re not having any sort of adverse or “We work with our state and reallergic reaction. gional health partners as best as we can, In addition to providing the space but some of that is just absolutely not at the SRC, the university is providing under our control,” Mundt said. “That’s Gritman with extra staff and support. the system we have to work with.”

And as time goes on, Mundt said the Those who manage to make an registering process will likely become appointment may have it cancelled if smoother. they’re found ineligible. Gritman is “We understand that the system isn’t Peter Mundt working to prioritize individuals who do perfect,” Mundt said. “It’s very hard qualify, including those age 65 or older, first rework; It requires our staff to stretch in ways we sponders, child welfare workers and K-12 teachers were not initially set up to do as a hospital.” and staff. Higher education employees have not According to NPR, over 61 million doses have yet been designated a priority group. been administered since distribution began in the Gritman continues to hold COVID-19 vaccine U.S. on Dec. 14. Across the country, more than a clinics at the hospital, but those operate on differmillion shots are given every day on average. ent days than the ones on campus. The move to Gritman has administered 2,760 doses in Latah provide additional vaccine clinics at the SRC just County, according to Idaho’s new COVID-19 a few blocks away may have played a role in the vaccine transparency website. confusion, Mundt said.

“It’s felt really rewarding to see their faces, to “I think it made people think they could go see the sense of relief when they’re able to get the there and that’s not the case,” Mundt said. “It’s vaccine,” Mundt said. “Even though there’s some not an easy process but we are absolutely doing bumps in the road, I hope people don’t lose sight our best and we need the public’s help to make of the big picture, which is saving and protecting sure they’re not scheduling themselves if they do human life.” not qualify.”

Angela Palermo Jodie Tooley, a community member who qualican be reached at fies due to her age, said the clinic was “incredibly arg-news@uidaho.edu

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LUNAFEST women’s film festival LUNAFEST, a film festival for women, supports charities and organizations Emily Pearce

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LUNAFEST has been empowering women creators since 2000. It has presented films from all over the world, discovering numerous directors work and talents. These directors, shown in prior events, have gone off to challenge the film industry and are changing the narrative in the male dominated industry today.

The film festival, not specific to the University of Idaho, has been able to showcase films created by and for women. It was created by the makers of the Luna Bar and originally developed to raise funds for breast cancer research.

Application fees and donations generated from the event at UI, one of many locations, will help Chicken and Egg Pictures and the Women’s Center.

LUNAFEST has been run by the Women’s Center in collaboration with Nectar Restaurant and Wine Bar and the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre.

Normally the film festival is a national touring film festival, hosted at the Kenworthy with a raffle and treats from Nectar.

This year, because of health concerns and limited space at the Kenworthy, LUNAFEST will be virtually held over Zoom at 6 p.m. March 2.

Lysa Salsbury, director at the Women’s Center, said they realized that doing the event in person wasn’t an option and looked at virtual screening opportunities.

Because the film festival is online this year, tickets will be free rather than its typical fee of $8-12.

Salsbury says although LUNAFEST may look a little different this year, it will still be awesome.

During the film festival, they will be showing between 7-10 films made by filmmakers all over the world. The films will depend on length, some will be short films, others will be animations and all

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will focus on stories about women and their experiences.

Because the film festival will be held online, the Kenworthy’s space will not be utilized to its full potential. The Kenworthy has been hosting the film festival ever since 2013, but because of COVID-19 restrictions they cannot rent out the space for large events.

Jamie Hill, director of operations at Kenworthy, found a way to participate in LUNAFEST without hosting the large crowd. The Kenworthy will rent out the theater space for a small group of 20

people or fewer, so people can have a small version of LUNAFEST. Nikki Woodland, owner and executive chef at Nectar, has been working with the Women’s Center for LUNAFEST for 6-8 years. Because there will not be a reception, the Women’s Center has partnered with Nectar to have a pre-sale reception.

The restaurant will make specially curated appetizer boxes people can pick up and take home to keep the same atmosphere of the event. Nectar will offer vegetarian and gluten free options as well

and are working on a signature cocktail.

The boxes are free to participants, and they can pick up their appetizers on the day of the event at 4 p.m., when the restaurant opens.

To register or learn more about LUNAFEST, visit the Women’s Center events page.

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Moscow Chamber of Commerce hires new executive director her job was fundraising. She appreciated her position at UI but wanted to return to working personally with people, like the positions she held in the Marine Corps Community Services.

Sierra Pesnell “I really enjoyed that, but I wanted to ARGONAUT more with people one on one,” Martinet said. “Helping them more in line with Samantha Martinet was recently hired what I used to do.” as the new executive director for the After her departure from Moscow Chamber of Commerce. working at UI, Martinet Martinet, originally from opened her own consulting Colorado, served in the United firm. She focused on helping States Marine Corps for 13 years others with transition work and and followed up by working in resume writing. Several of her the Marine Corps Community clients were service members.

Services for six years. While She also was the director of working for the Marine Corps, marketing and manager of the she focused on behavioral health taproom for Hunga Dunga and program management.

Sam Martinet Brewing Company, based in Martinet moved to Moscow Moscow. three years ago where she started working It was during Martinet’s time at Hunga at the University of Idaho.

Dunga that she was able to get to know During her time at the UI, Martinet Moscow’s small businesses. She branched worked in corporate and foundation out among the Moscow community and relations. One of her primary tasks in

Small businesses will be supported by a new leader for the nonprofit

got to know people in the town than she had in the past.

The positive experience from working at Hunga Dunga and getting to know Moscow businesses pushed Martinet to pursue the executive director position with the Moscow Chamber of Commerce.

Martinet attributed her background in strategic planning and leadership to her past position in corporate and foundation relations.

“I thought it would be really amazing to be able to see through my experience at Hunga Dunga, the challenges that we faced with COVID-19 and everything that we were going through,” Martinet said.

The Moscow Chamber of Commerce serves as a nonprofit agency to promote the small business community of Moscow. There are opportunities for businesses to network and gain resources through the Chamber of Commerce.

UI is a large part of Moscow, and Martinet touched on the importance of UI students being involved with the Moscow

community and the opportunities that are available to them.

“We’ll be good at helping bridge that gap and working with the university to really leverage the value that they bring and get them back into the community,” Martinet said. “One of the biggest goals for me, as the Chamber of Commerce, is to be able to take everybody’s needs and find a way to create a collaboration.

The Chamber of Commerce supports several businesses ranging from large companies such as Schweitzer, to small businesses like local restaurants.

“There is a lot of diversity in what we offer,” Martinet said. “I’m just very excited for the opportunity and I can’t wait to see all the great ways that we can do really great things for Moscow.”

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Gaming and isolation With everything closed, has gaming become popular?

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As quarantine has left everyone confined to the indoors, people have found creative ways to spend their time. Videogames are among one of these things and they have risen in popularity in recent years, but is COVID-19 the cause for this increase?

According to Statista, the number of steam accounts has increased significantly since last year. Steam is a video game digital distribution service and allows players to play a variety of games on PC, ranging from major releases to indiegames. In 2019, there were 15.99 million Steam accounts in use. When 2020 came along, the number of Steam accounts increased to 24.8 million. That’s a significant increase and it’s no secret why they increased.

Dylan Shepler, president of the Esports Club, mostly plays on steam and occasionally on the Nintendo Switch.

He said he mostly plays on Steam because the games are cheap.

The service occasionally has sales when “A” titles can be bought for cheap. That appeals to him, and many

other gamers.

Shepler said that he used to play a lot of video games back in high school whenever he was free.

However, now that he’s in college, he said that he’s been busy a lot more with classes. His gaming has been average, so he’s not spending a lot of time playing games every day.

He says that the pandemic has led to more people picking up gaming.

“There are more gamers now that the pandemic has happened,” Shepler said. “But that’s balanced out by the fact that being in person and having to be in person is a little

bit dangerous for a lot of people.”

Shepler does say that it depends on the person though.

Calvin Black, a gamer, says that his gaming has increased since the pandemic started. Black said he would play games back a few times a week because he had better things to do. Now, he says his gaming has probably increased to about 250%.

He said back in high school he would play two hours a day, three days a week, but now he plays four hours a day, every day of the week.

Black plays games with massive player versus

player maps and team deathmatches and likes these games because he is still able to hang out with his friends, even if it’s in an online game. He says that even his friends’ gaming has increased as well.

While video games have helped him pass the time, Black doesn’t expect all the time he spent playing video games to be permanently involved in his schedule.

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This year’s World Music Celebration Concert was different from its eight predecessors as viewers joined a Zoom panelist presentation rather than attending the event inperson.

This concert was anything but ordinary, viewers from across the nation tuning into the live and prerecorded performances of Eduardo Mendoca, Navin Chettri, UI World Beat Ensemble, Jazz Band I and the LHSOM String Quartet.

Navin Chettri, the special guest, had lots of experience playing for the Dalai Lama, Pope John Paul II and Nelson Mandela in his past.

Chettri was the featured artist in this concert as a director, composer and player of Brazilian popular music.

“What a strange thing, as we finish the piece we usually have claps at the end but I’m getting used to that,” Chettri said.

He took the stage in silence after a prerecorded video of him and the string quartet performing his original composition “Guru Mantra.”

Following the string quartet’s performance, Chettri presented with University od Idaho’s World Beat Ensemble.

This tune “Samba Batucada” included a variety of percussion

instruments, and the group was joined

by Mendoca who played several smaller instrumental features with different techniques and types of drums.

Musicians rearranged the stage for the next live performers. Mendoca was featured on guitar and vocals in his own home, edited with a video of the UI Jazz Band playing in a socially distanced and plexiglass divided circle.

Though the bands did not perform together, the editing of the video was done well and the sounds blended seamlessly.

The concert continued with performers live and in-person, practicing social distancing, wearing masks and used clear dividers for wind instruments.

Audience members shared their virtual applause and thanks in the chat, and one viewer wrote out their appreciation for the chance to watch the concert from the other side of the country.

“So happy to be tuning in from St. Petersburg, Florida! I attended many of these performances when I lived in Moscow.

You all are awesome,” Kristen Kroenig stated.

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Slowthai, a rapper, has been on a roll in recent years. His 2019 debut album “Nothing Great About Britain” rose to number nine on the UK charts and since then, he has collaborated with notable artists such as Denzel Curry, A$AP Rocky and Vince Staples. He has even provided writing credits and background vocals for acts such as Tyler the Creator and BROCKHAMPTON. Slowthai, even as a rapper from the UK, has achieved international success with only two studio albums released.

His 2021 release “Tyron,” named after Slowthai’s actual first name, continues Slowthai’s streak of dropping quality music. His sophomore effort features the same gritty sounds that Slowthai has achieved critical and consumer acclaim for. It shows that Slowthai is an artist that can, and does, drop consistently great

releases. However, the album also features some questionable content.

At the 2020 New Musical Express awards, Slowthai made sexually suggestive comments towards host Katherine Ryan. The crowd responded negatively to this and he charged them before being held back by security. Ryan downplayed the comments and has stated that the worst part of the incident was feminists attacking her for not outright decrying. Slowthai’s comments and, the incident still showed problematic behavior from Slowthai, in which he hinted to on his track “Cancelled” featuring Skepta, a fellow UK rapper.

The track features an apathetic approach to cancel culture from both Skepta and Slowthai, with Skepta in the song referring to his awards when rhetorically asking how people are going to cancel him. Slowthai in his own verse sarcastically references fans trying to cancel him by saying “Said I won’t come back, I must be cancer, ain’t got much

longer, then I made a comeback, kick it like Ong Bak, now I got blood on my jumper.”

Despite Slowthai saying he’s trying to grow and learn as a person following the New Music Express awards incident, it seems like he’s taking a dismissive and apathetic approach to the whole thing, at least in this track.

Although this may be construed that I believe cancel culture is above criticism, or I think that Slowthai should be canceled.

I do however think that this apathetic approach to the events in question is a very problematic mindset to have, especially for an artist who claims to be trying to learn and be a better person. From a musical standpoint, this track was released as a single prior to the album and leading up to and following the album’s release, this was the track that everyone was talking about – regardless of quality.

This one track almost derailed what was otherwise a solid release and created a narrative and discussion outside of the

album itself, something no artist wants.

With all of that being said, the album as a whole is solid and production choices are incredible. A$AP Rocky, James Blake and even Skepta all provide solid verses – even despite Skepta’s questionable lyrics.

Outside of the “Cancelled” track, the album sounds a lot more mature. Tracks like “adhd” and “Nhs” feature a more somber Slowthai, both in vocal inflection and lyrics. This album gives an insight into the mindset of Slowthai. The issue is, especially with the “Cancelled” track, is this a mindset that fans still want to listen to and support?

“Tyron” is a solid, borderline amazing album and it’s a shame that one track has taken the focus off what is otherwise one of the better releases of 2021.

“Tyron” by Slowthai gets an 8/10.

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Sports Donation from UI football alum helps give Fueling Center boost

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The University of Idaho Fueling Center stocked with food and drinks shortly after it opened in the fall of 2019

Changes include better food and education for healthy lifestyles among student-athletes Anteia McCollum

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Former University of Idaho football AllAmerican offensive lineman and former Seattle Seahawks player Mike Iupati and his wife, Ashley Iupati, gave back to the Vandals with a “generous contribution” to be put toward upgrading the Fueling Center in the Kibbie Dome.

According to a press release from Vandal Athletics, the contribution from Iupati will fund a “major upgrade” to the space and will “significantly improve the functionality” for several years. Some of the donations will go toward the newly established Ashley and Mike Iupati Athletic Nutrition Endowment, which will continue to fund the Fueling Center in perpetuity.

“These earmarked dollars will be geared toward supporting the necessary funds to stock the shelves and coolers of the Fueling Center,” the press release stated. “The endowment provides a level playing field across all of Vandal Athletics, for student-athletes from every program.”

The Fueling Center is an educational snack station with nutritional food and drinks available for UI’s 300-plus student-

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athletes. The students are able to grab a snack between classes or after practices without needing to worry when their next large meal will be to keep them going.

“When it comes to overall performance, our goal is to ensure they’re competitive athletically, academically, socially and nutrition drives a lot of that,” Mahmood Sheikh, associate athletic director for development, said. “In 18 to 22-year-old bodies, they’re burning a lot of calories and just need to replenish their bodies with fuel. Good fuel. Good food, good drinks, nutritional food and drinks.”

Sheikh said student-athletes could find anything from a bagel to a bowl of cereal, a quick nutrition bar or a sports energy drink. With the gift from the Iupati family, students will be able to access a smoothie station for easy, on-the-go snacks as well.

“It makes a big difference,” Iupati said to The Spokesman-Review. “You are in meetings most of the time, and when you get a break it is nice to get a snack or a shake to keep yourself awake. It helps a lot, especially when you are in a group. You can hang out together.”

UI previously did not have any sort of provisions, other than the regular sports drinks available at practices and games, before the Fueling Center was created in spring 2019. During the student-athletes exit interviews, which are conducted

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when they leave the program, the quantity of food available was mentioned often enough to draw attention.

“You’re starting to see a stronger emphasis in intercollegiate athletics when it comes to the well-being of studentathletes,” Sheikh said. “That includes their mental health and physical well-being, their ability to perform, having adequate education, nutrition and mental health assistance. I just think the timing was right because a lot of our peers were starting to go down that path, and it made sense for us to provide as a competitive advantage.”

The Fueling Center officially opened in the fall of 2019 but was shut down the following March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Sheikh said toward the end of January the Fueling Center was taken “on the road,” meaning food and drinks were taken to the student-athletes after practice rather than having them gather in one space for a bite to eat.

Now the Fueling Center is open and operating almost normally, following COVID-19 safety protocols like social distancing and required face coverings.

Along with being a good place to grab a quick snack, the Fueling Center has the potential to be educational as well. Ann Brown, director of the human performance laboratory, exercise, sport and health sciences, said the university’s

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$30,000 grant from Dairy West is meant to get student-athletes thinking about and interested in their nutritional intake while educating them.

Brown said there are rotating posterboards set up in the Fueling Center that cover the benefits of specific foods, like chocolate milk or creatine. The center also offers optional nutrition education talks and activities which cover subjects like when student-athletes should eat, fad diets and goal setting.

However, not all sports are taking advantage of the educational tools available, and information reaching the athletes depends on coaches, Brown said.

In order to get information to studentathletes outside of the posters in the Fueling Center, Brown has to go through the coaches first, and many of them haven’t been interested so far.

“I can’t tell them what to do if they’re not also interested in it,” Brown said.

“So, it’s really also just trying to get them interested in nutrition because we haven’t had any kind of nutrition program with athletics before. We need to get athletes on board and interested in their nutrition for fueling performance.”

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What it’s like with ‘water rugby’ Water polo’s unique competition and aggressive workout draws in new players Ryan Hill

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The University of Idaho water polo club has been around since 2012. It’s a waterbased team sport where two teams of seven attempt to score goals by throwing a ball into the opposing team’s goal.

The sport is played in a deep pool, so being able to tread water and swim for long periods of time is a necessary capability for players. Connor Gould, the president of the water polo team, said he thinks of it as “water rugby” because it’s an aggressive, competitive and close quarters type of sport.

The fast-paced competitive atmosphere, paired with the tough workout the sport, provides two popular reasons why water polo players join the team.

Gould joined the water polo club in 2017 after having played at his high school in California. He said he didn’t know anything about the sport before he began playing, but it later became his favorite pastime.

“I was a baseball player, and it just happened to be the offseason for me,” Gould said. “I thought it was good conditioning. I didn’t have to be extremely good to play.”

Gould later came to enjoy water polo more than he thought he would. He said he wanted to keep playing so much that, when getting ready to graduate from high school, any college on his preferred list of candidates needed to have the sport available to him.

Since Gould’s freshman year, he has been playing for the water polo club

and has risen up the ranks to become president of the club as a senior, getting ready to graduate this spring. Gould said his goals include continuing with recruitment in hopes of gathering a larger team and keeping the club alive by making sure there are other members to take over once he’s no longer there.

Despite Gould’s enthusiasm, the water polo club is not the most popular and doesn’t garner as much attention as more popular sports, like basketball and football, but they were able to recruit enough players to field a team. Most of the club members were recruited through tabling at larger events, like Palousafest, and by word of mouth. Some of the members, like Gould, were curious about what clubs the university offered and joined because it caught their attention.

Kellen Moore, a lifeguard for the University of Idaho pool, joined the water polo club to keep in shape. Moore said he enjoys the physical activity and stress relieving benefits of water polo, which allows him to create a bond with the team as well as get in a good workout routine. He’s also made a few friends, saying there were a lot of nice people in the club who made playing water polo a good time.

“I’m a chemical engineer so I have quite of bit of homework as far as my workload goes,” Moore said. “It’s been really nice to be able to have that outlet to destress.”

Maya Warnock, a freshman in the water polo club, said she joined the team four months ago as a spur-of-the-moment decision. She has 13 years of swimming experience and was excited to find a water-based, intensely competitive sport like water polo as a part of UI’s available clubs. As a new player, Warnock said she

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The 2019 UI Water Polo Club poses for a group photo in front of the pool in the UI Swim Center

enjoys being on the team and loves the sport itself.

“The people on the team, it’s like one big family,” Warnock said. “Every day is a learning experience and I learned something new every day. Having people show me what to do and being a part of little scrimmages and stuff, it’s pretty fun!”

Gould said the club isn’t ranked in or a part of the Collegiate Water Polo Association, but they do compete against other schools. They play against teams from Washington, Montana and Oregon.

They sometimes travel to other states for competition and will occasionally host their opponents in the UI Swim Center.

They haven’t had much of a season

Football allows fan attendance Fans will be able to attend all scheduled home games Anteia McCollum

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Vandal Athletics announced on Friday that a limited number of tickets will be made available for all three home football games against Eastern Washington, Feb. 27, University of California, Davis, March 6 and Southern Utah, March 27.

According to a press release, athletic competitions in Memorial Gym for spring 2021 will not be allowed to have fans attend due to facility limitations. More information on fan attendance for Vandal Soccer will be released at a later date.

According to the release, ticket sales opened to the public Feb. 22 and tickets are sold in bundles of four, priced at $32 per ticket. Priority access ticket sales began Monday, with fall 2020 season ticket holders taking precedence. Individuals are allowed to purchase up to eight tickets.

For the first time, student tickets will also be available in limited

numbers and individual seats will be reserved. According to the release, information on student tickets will be distributed by the Office of the Dean of Students.

“Seating will be reserved throughout the Kibbie Dome with appropriate distancing between groups,” the release stated.

The University of Idaho will not be hosting or promoting any pregame or postgame activities in-person.

-Vandal Athletics Fans will be required to follow COVID-19 protocols and safe practices, including wearing a mask at all times, entering the Dome through a thermal scanner and maintaining social distancing.

All seating will be reserved with appropriate spacing between groups.

Access to the Dome floor will be prohibited.

The Dome’s clear bag policy will

be enforced and re-entry will not be allowed. Fans will also be asked to enter the building upon arrival in order to limit social gatherings in the parking lot prior to the game.

“The University of Idaho will not be hosting or promoting any pregame or postgame activities in-person,” the release stated.

The Office of Alumni Relations will host a ‘Digital Tailgate’ before every game, home and away. RV parking will not be allowed on campus before, during or after football games and no alcohol will be allowed in the parking lot.

“Complimentary parking will be available on a first come, first serve basis, and will open two hours prior to kickoff,” the release stated. “Doors open 90 minutes prior to kickoff.

(Disability) parking will be available in its regular location with proper credentials.”

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Opinion Idaho legislators’ ideas are getting out-of-date Many recent proposed bills don’t match up with what Idaho’s younger population wants Idaho’s recent proposed legislation shows just how out of date our representation is. Some of the new bills proposed in 2021 so far are outrageous and would affect a large part of Idaho’s population, particularly women and college students for two of the bills, in a negative way.

Idaho’s representation is growing old, and their ideals are outgrowing the modern world. Many Idaho immigrants come to the state for the lack of regulation, and representatives have prided themselves on that for a long time, but at least three of the bills proposed this year have aimed to impose more restrictions on Idahoans in some pretty big ways.

One bill the Idaho legislation has been considering is the fetal heartbeat abortion ban bill, which would outlaw abortions after about five to six weeks of pregnancy, when a heartbeat could be detected – before many women know they’re pregnant.

If the aim of the bill is to preserve lives, the legislature should be considering what having a child can do to a woman who doesn’t want it. If they are concerned about lives who have a chance of being lost, what about

the women who are ruining their own lives to have a baby, and possibly taking their own lives as a result of the stress and trauma?

If there are people out there who think a baby deserves a chance at the pursuit of happiness, then the mother deserves the chance to have that too.

The safety of current, established lives should be put before those who have yet to even live. A woman old enough to have a baby is a woman old enough to decide whether she can care for the baby. If both lives are going to be put in danger, whether through the hardships of life after being born or through a medical emergency, you can’t save one without the other. And saving one which already knows they have a place in the world is better than not saving any at all.

Another recent piece of out-of-touch legislation is SB 0219, recently introduced on Feb. 19. by Brandon Mitchell of District 5 in Moscow, a Republican member of Idaho’s House of Representatives. This bill, introduced by the House of State Affairs Committee and referred to the Judiciary Rules and Administration Committee, will make it more difficult for Idahoans to vote, especially university students. The bill would require voters to have an

The people aren’t to blame for bad policy critical thinking skills, one might ask, “why wasn’t there a backup storage of natural gas?” The answer: poor policy.

The Energy Reliability Council of Texas, the government-run group that controls Texas’ energy, operates as “less The policies of a city an administrator than an or state are not always a auctioneer.” Simply put, reflection of the masses.

Left or right, what happens when Texas needs more power, the price in a state is at goes up. When the fault of the natural gas ran legislator, not short, more the people. buildings called Given the for more power. divisive time The price of one we live in, the megawatt-hour era of divided soared to $9,000 politics if you and some Texans will, regions Carter Kolpitke were left paying of the country $2,500 a day for have become ostracized from each other. electricity, according to the Atlantic.

The South from the North Technical lingo aside, and vice versa. State-bythe government of Texas state evaluations of the assumed that high prices integrity of its people are would incentivize power common practice. plants to be prepared. The On one hand, you plan backfired. reap what you sow. You Now, children are get what you vote for. freezing to death in their Understandably, a lot of beds and families have Texans are frustrated gone days without food. with their policymakers All because of the policy and legislators for their backed by those they voted handling of the weather for, or at least that’s the crisis this past week. Due argument. to poor governance when A TikTok video Texans needed energy— there was none to be given. amassing 1.4 million views posted by Marcus According to the Dipaola, a career freelance Atlantic, Texas’ power journalist, criticized Texas failure is linked to relying for voting the way they did on one source of fuel: stating, “enjoy your power natural gas. The matrix of blackouts Texas, you voted pipelines beneath Texan for them.” soil were simply not equipped to handle a polar To read more of this vortex. Consequently, as column visit us online at soon as it got too cold, the uiargonaut.com pipes burst. No natural gas was delivered to the Carter Kolpitcke power plants and leftover can be reached at gas was gobbled up by arg-opinion@uidaho.edu the remaining homes, or on Twitter buildings and offices. @carterkolpitcke Utilizing a shred of

The issues in Texas highlight that a state’s citizens are not responsible for the actions of their legislators

Idaho ID or driver’s license when voting, and would not allow individuals to use a university student ID or out-of-state ID. Voters without a current photo ID would be provided with a free version, resulting in a $2 million fiscal impact on the state’s budget. Voters would be required to present an Idaho ID that lists current and previous addresses according to the Idaho Transportation Department.

If these addresses do not match with the Department, voters have the potential to be removed from the register of electors.

If the voter does not have an Idaho ID, they will be issued a four-year identification card. This bill also eliminates the possibility of providing the last four digits of one’s social security number in order to register to vote. This is problematic considering that many students participate in absentee voting if they are attending college away from their home state during an election cycle. Students using their university ID’s or out-ofstate driver’s licenses will face increased difficulty in casting their votes. This bill has appeared in the company of several other legislative initiatives around the country aiming at making the voting process more difficult. These initiatives, overwhelmingly introduced

by Republican legislators, are emerging as baseless claims of fraud still haunt the 2020 presidential election cycle.

Opponents of Democrats are using these initiatives, SB 0219 included, to silence the voice of influential voter demographics, claiming the bills are to “improve voter integrity.” However, the democracy and government with the most integrity is the one that allows all voices and constituents to be easily heard.

A bill Idaho Senate has voted in favor of (24-11) is the Senate Joint Resolution 101.

This bill would criminalize psychoactive drugs, including the use of recreational and medical marijuana, pushed by Republican Senator Scott Grow.

Idaho, one of 14 states in the U.S. where marijuana is not legal, is surrounded by neighboring states, including Washington, Oregon, Montana and Nevada, that have legalized recreational and medical marijuana, while Utah allows medical marijuana.

The bill was introduced to “Keep Idaho clean” and drugfree as well as barring medical use of the substance. If this bill is passed, patients using medical marijuana as a means of pain relief will no longer have access to it, creating ill effects for people with chronic pain or terminal illnesses.

There has been scientific backing on this substance which disproves stigmas, but arguments

to criminalize this drug are still being made.

In Idaho, marijuana is a schedule I substance, labeled as a drug with “high potential for abuse, along with having no medical use, or which are completely unsafe for medical use event with strict medical supervision,” according to J.W. Bond Law. Along with marijuana, drugs such as opiates, hallucinogenic and opium derivatives are in schedule I as well. With evidence that marijuana is not as harmful as its contenders, claims of this bill are made from emotionally-based arguments.

Because marijuana is a schedule I drug, and ignorance to evidence that shows that it isn’t as harmful as others in the category, Idaho legislation shows a lack of understanding of marijuana.

Cigarettes and alcohol, legal drugs around the nation, also have ill effects and risks of being abused. While these two cause cancer, liver failure and other health precautions, why are they legal while marijuana is still being fought against decimalization?

To read more of this column visit us online at uiargonaut.com The Editorial Board can be reached at arg-opinion@uidaho.edu

The reboot you never wanted: Modern-day McCarthyism employees, several prominent left-leaning Hollywood stars and everyday working Americans.

Everyone was a target during the Red Scare and at times it seemed During the late 1940s up until more about who could report who the mid 50s, United States Senator first rather than actual communist Joseph McCarthy took it upon concern. himself to weed out the corruption What should scare us is how and threat of the communist spies similarly Trump had in the past and party members part of the claimed to have specific knowledge “deep state.” Oh sorry, “deep of a certain nature revealing truths state” was Trump’s thing. Senator that would soon be known to the McCarthy simply called it “the state public. The American people should department.” It’s easy to mix up the be more scared of how many times details between the two politicians Trump held up a non-disclosed piece because they both used the same of paper claiming to have letters, propaganda, fearmongering, agreements, facts, etc. in front of the conspiracy stoking and language to crowds of people and press. Eerily rally supporters of their similar, on Feb. 9, 1950, cause.

Senator McCarthy held It’s a well-known fact up a slip of ambiguous that history repeats itself. paper while addressing a Senator McCarthy was crowd and said: “While responsible for stirring I cannot take the time to the pot of controversy and name all the men in the encouraging fear amid State Department who have the Red Scare, a part of been named as members of our country’s history that the Communist Party and was already swarming members of a spy ring, I Rebecca Pratt with paranoia and have here in my hand a list suspicion over communist of 205.” interference of our government and Sanity and commonsense are politics. McCarthyism followed as scarce in a post-Trump era as it organically as the term’s namesake was during his presidency. Trump made false claim after false claim. and McCarthy gained power and Senator McCarthy and our influence through these ideas ex-President, Donald J. Trump, leading to a frenzied blind following share more than an affinity for massive fan base. Both relied on misinformation. Their performances fear and anger to stay in power and in front of crowds and the press used manipulative half-truths and are mirror images of each other. false statements to earn any kind of Trump’s behavior and the end of his credibility. term resemble a reboot of a classic Towards the end of Trump’s television show that no one needed reign of terror in office, the walls and only the most disturbing of fan slowly began to close in on him base wanted. just as they did his doppelganger, On Feb. 9, 1950, Senator Senator McCarthy. Ultimately, McCarthy made a speech in Senator McCarthy was connected Wheeling, West Virginia where he to a failed investigation to find claimed to know specific names credible evidence of communist of communist party members who spies and influence within the state were traitors to the government. department.

Among the many who were fired After the investigation concluded, or blacklisted for being reported he launched more investigations as a communist with no tangible into the government despite no evidence were left-wing government evidence ever being found. After

The similarities between Senator McCarthy and Trump should scare you

many aggressive interrogations of government officials, over 2,000 government employees lost their jobs. All of whom by today’s standards and conclusions were innocent.

Trump similarly launched baseless investigations into different government agencies looking to uproot what he claimed was “corruption.” At the end of his several certified losses of the election, he claimed there was mass voter fraud, corrupt and bias officials, vote counters and policymakers who “stole the election” from him.

At the end of McCarthy’s country-wide tour of communist conspiracy attacks, he made a misstep attacking the Army and its leaders. Following this accusation of Communist ties, McCarthy was brought to trial by the United States Army which revealed McCarthy to have been negotiating and bargaining for special treatment and favors for his friends and co-workers serving. It was during this trial that McCarthy lost most of his allies in the Senate and was eventually condemned in a 65 to 22 vote for “conduct unbecoming of a Senator.”

After the attack at the Capitol, Donald Trump was temporarily held accountable for what many called “conduct unbecoming of a President” by inciting a treasonous insurrection. Unfortunately, like McCarthy once again, the 45th President of the United States was not removed from office or banned from running again.

No one can predict where the plot will go from here and there is no plausible way for any spoilers to be leaked. The only thing that is for certain is that McCarthy permanently scared this country. A way so deep and bold that we should have noticed Trump was doing the exact same thing.

Rebecca Pratt can be reached at arg-opinion@uidaho.edu

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Photography: a love story for beautiful hearts If you’re taking photographs for an organization, make sure to follow their photography editing guidelines Photography makes my heart race. It sends shivers down my spine. It makes me feel lightheaded, Lovesick as I chase after the next photo.

Before I took journalism and mass media classes in college, I didn’t know how to Kim Stager take photos or record videos professionally. I did my own thing, what I thought looked good.

The journalism and mass media classes I took helped me learn how to take clean, appealing photos and video.

That being said, I am not a

professional photographer - it’s more of a hobby.

Contrary to popular belief, pursuers of photographers “don’t need an expensive camera” to take good photos, according to New York Times writer Geoffrey Morrison. Luckily, I now get paid by The Argonaut for my photography. What was once a hobby is slowly turning into a job. I encourage all beginning photographers to never sell themselves short.

Having a nice camera or phone is not a requirement to take great photos.

It’s about having a vision, your eyes are the lens, and your eyelids are the shutters.

At first, you can use the camera grid lines to place the object nicely in the camera frame until your eye gets trained to see it without the lines.

Don’t place objects or the focus of your shot in the center.

Put it off a bit to the left or right of the camera screen. Give it depth in the background with a barn or in the forefront with a

person’s face.

Beauty is in the details. Look closely multiple times. You’ll get a new perspective every time you look through your natural lens, your eyes.

I use the Adobe Photoshop Express app on my Samsung (don’t judge) phone to edit my photos. I use filters to create moody, bright or naturallooking photos. I sharpen my photo quality, bring down the brightness, focus the attention of an eye to a specific object in the photo, enhance the colors or create black and white photos and so much more.

Don’t worry about editing rules when it’s a hobby or your own personal business. Yes, you want the photos to turn out nice but you can still have fun with colors, backgrounds and more.

“Experimenting is the key, no matter what camera you’re using,” Morrison stated.

“For every amazing image, a professional photographer takes, there will be hundreds, probably thousands, of images that are

terrible and never see the light of day. Like everything, this takes practice and experimentation to see what works.”

You don’t need a nice camera to take photos, you have a pocketsized camera that you carry around all the time. Even with the negatives of cellphones, when it comes to capturing precious moments in time and sharing it with the world and those we love, it does a pretty good job.

An article written by professional photographer Matt Chesebrough examines steps that can be taken to better phone photography. Among those steps, Chesebrough advises holding the phone with both hands while tucking the elbows into the body. I learned this same tip in my journalism and mass media classes.

Furthermore, using the volume button to take the photo instead of the button on the camera app will help manage blurriness and angles.

Photography takes time and practice to become better at it.

Don’t expect perfection from every photo. Do your best at the time, then make your next photo better than the previous one.

I look back at the photography on my Instagram page and, at times, wondering what I was thinking when I took a photo.

I don’t like bragging about my photography, but I know I’ve improved from about four years ago when I really turned photography into a hobby. I wanted people to see the world the way I saw it, not to force a perspective, but to show people what they’re missing or give them something to appreciate.

Remember, there’s so much to learn, explore, to fall in love with. It’s a lifelong story of passion, endurance, patience and growth.

Kim Stager can be reached at arg-opinion@uidaho.edu or on Twitter @journalismgoals

Taking advantage of someone else’s hard work Stealing someone’s shoveled parking spot is like walking away from the table without paying After getting almost two feet of snow, it’s really tough to find a parking spot that your car will be able to drive out of. Without four-wheel drive, college students are straight out of luck.

So when you’re looking for a parking spot and there happens to be one

conveniently shoveled out, away from your table screaming your name, it’s without paying. too good to pass Winter up. You take the parking spot, just to have availability is someone drive something easy past as you with to get heated an angry look or up about, yelling obscenities especially when at you. it takes at least At that point, a half-hour to you might be dig a car out of Anteia McCollum thinking “What snow and ice. did I do? I just got It’s especially here.” You probably took frustrating if there’s no offthe parking spot they dug street parking available near out earlier that day, taking the apartment the vehicle the goods without paying owner lives in. for the service, like walking What doesn’t help is the

plows piling snow twice as deep as it was right up against the side of the vehicles lining the streets, or the four inches of ice locking your tires into place.

Someone could spend an hour digging their car out before work just to not be able to put their hard work to any use when the spot is taken before they get home.

Then more blood, sweat and tears are shed digging yet again just to be able to park in a different spot, only to have the sky spill more snow overnight.

Stealing their spot is the same as having the chef at a restaurant cook a wonderful meal, receiving terrific service from the server and still having the guts to walk out the door without paying.

Alright, maybe it isn’t quite as bad, but it’s up there.

Regardless, someone else is doing a lot of hard work just to have you slip into the nice, snowfree parking spot, taking advantage of the fruits of their labors with hardly even a glance in their direction.

Don’t be the person who steals shoveled street parking in residential areas.

Definitely don’t be the person who doesn’t pay at the restaurant. If you do need a place to park and end up taking someone’s hard-earned pavement, pay someone else a favor by cleaning out enough room for another car as well. Pay it forward.

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

Golf carts, vaccinations, & workaholics to me in face-mask form or have me pick it up as a suspicious-looking pill off the ground. I would do it all.

As my interest in the COVID-19 vaccine has increased, so have As an average college my opportunities. student, I happen to have When scrolling through some average college my Microsoft Teams student desires. Good notifications, I stumbled grades, an ability to stop upon a new procrastinating announcement. and a strong Little did I know, appreciation small text would for Grub Truck be my golden macaroni & window of cheese. My opportunity. most important The headline desire lately, blared “UI the COVID-19 workers: Want vaccine. extra hours?

Dani Moore This may Now hiring golf be a more cart drivers to controversial desire drive from Parking Lots compared to my other to Vaccination Centers.” wishes, but my statement Within those few words, I still stands. I’m at a point began to see a whole new in my life where I’ve got horizon. I know what you’re nothing left to lose. You thinking, my roommates could grind that vaccine were skeptical too. They up and put it into my drink told me that I’m already for all I care. Inject it into struggling to maintain 3 my bloodstream, give it part-time jobs and a 20-

Vaccinations are slowly becoming available through the University, opening up jobs for students

Vandal Recovery The Latah Recovery Center is hosting a student focused recovery group.

Meetings are Mondays 1-3 PM at 628 S. Deakin St. If you have any questions, contact vista.latahrecoverycenter@gmail.com

credit course load. Deep in my bones, I knew I could prove them wrong.

Allow me to share my strategy. The first reason to accept the job would be to drive around a golf cart all day a secret desire of mine. The second reason would be to help my treasured community. The third reason, a little extra cash never hurts anybody.

There is one reason that supersedes all the others: the vaccine.

Being able to work with the vaccination center would give me an opportunity to have a way into the very heart and soul of my newfound desire of becoming vaccinated. True, they never stated anything about it in the email and I doubt they were allowing all staff members to get vaccinated but there was a chance.

I already have it planned out in my mind.

After hours of carefully maneuvering across fifty yards of land, transporting my sacred passengers,

mastering the defensive drivers’ course, they would approach me. “Hello brave and courageous young lady,” they would say. “We happen to have an extra vaccine, better use it before it expires.” I would feel the prick of the needle, the second coming, my body would achieve Nirvana and I would be free. I’m not sure what will come out of this fourth job.

Using it to weasel my way into the vaccine is probably not practical or accomplishable. No matter what happens, I’m sure I’ll be able to receive my vaccination eventually.

However, if you do happen to see me bundled up, blaring Tyler The Creator and Frank Ocean’s greatest hits out of a university golf cart sometime in the next few months, mind your business.

Dani Moore can be reached at arg-opinion@uidaho.edu

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A Letter from the President Employers notice Vandal commitment.

As students, you participate in research and take part in internships and co-ops. Our industry partners tell me often they love hiring University of Idaho graduates, precisely because they know you come prepared to do the job and work hard.

The Spring Career Fairs provide great launching points for you to build on your experiences through jobs in the field, the lab or on the trading floor.

More than 90 regional and national employers are eager to talk with you during the fairs. You can also meet with a career advisor, practice your elevator pitch and rehearse job interview questions. Our two virtual spring career fairs March 3 and March 24 provide those opportunities for networking and discovering the possibilities for your future.

Your U of I experience is preparing you for the careers that await. U of I graduates are running board rooms and working across the world for companies like Disney, SpaceX and Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories.

They’re teaching in our classrooms, healing our family members and serving our citizens in Boise, Washington, D.C., and beyond.

If you’re like most Vandals, a great job will be the next step in a fulfilling life after college. University of Idaho graduates continue to have the highest average starting salary of any public university in the state. A Vandal degree holds a lot of promise in the eyes of employers.

Come to the fairs. Schedule a one-on-one interview. Connect with employers on the lookout for talent, motivation and knowledge they know they can find among Vandals.

Go Vandals!

Scott Green President