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Friday, October 5, 2012
Powerful pumps Prichard exhibit to show historical shoes Kaitlyn Krasselt Argonaut
An exhibit featuring women’s footwear and feminism will be on display at the Prichard Art Gallery through Sunday as part of the Women’s Leadership Conference. Dinah Zeiger, assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Media, developed the exhibit through conversations with friends and her experiences with high heels. “How it came about was that the Women’s Leadership Conference was looking for something that was more than a paper to be delivered, which often times these conferences are about paper,” Zeiger said. “I was interested in thinking about the subject of high heels and how it intersects with women’s images of power.”
Zeiger gave a presentation Thursday titled “Postures of Power” as part of the leadership conference. She said the presentation brought up several ideas and discussion about women’s footwear and the messages they can convey. “To be frank about it, I’m of an older generation and so my initial impulse was that is was going to be some kind of a presentation that dismissed the current or contemporary fashion for very high heels for women,” Zeiger said. “I thought they looked inappropriate and I couldn’t imagine why people would want to stuff their feet into them. My perception of this comes from my age and when I was a girl and from the fact that my feet hurt.” SEE PUMPS, PAGE 7
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Members of the Theophilus Tower team chant in the “Yell like Hell” competition as part of the 2012 Homecoming Kickoff event Sept. 30.
More than events Alumni reunite at Homecoming to celebrate Vandal spirit, memories
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Jocelyn Schelske browses the "Postures of Power" work on display at Prichard Art Gallery. The exhibit will be on display until Oct. 7.
In brief Former UI president named head of California State University Timothy White, former University of Idaho president, was named head of the 23-campus California State University system Thursday. White was president at UI from 2004 until 2008 when he accepted the position as chancellor of the University of California, Riverside.
In his new position, White will assume leadership of the university system that faces $500 million budget cuts if Proposition 30 — a tax initiative — doesn’t pass in November. White wrote an open letter to the UC Riverside community where he said he felt this was a tremendous opportunity for him to try and do more for higher education in California. “It is an opportunity to affect the futures of some 430,000 CSU students, and those yet to come,” White said in the letter.
University of Idaho Homecoming week ends Sunday with the new “Toast to Idaho” alumni brunch, but Homecoming adviser Tim Helmke said it’s about more than events. “It’s an opportunity for us to celebrate what it really means to be at the UI,” Helmke said. “It’s a chance for students to compete in competitions, but more so for alumni to come back and relive their memories here.” Former UI athletes like Jerry Kramer, known for his 11-year career with the Green Bay Packers, and Kristin Armstrong, Olympian and two-time gold medalist in the road bicycle are among the returning alumni. This year’s theme, “Brave and Bold,” has been in the planning stages since one week after last year’s Homecoming, said Jim Martinez, assistant Homecoming Committee chair. “It’s a little different from others in the past,” Martinez said. “It’s a little more of a
pep rally theme. The words to bring it back to what it means to be a Vandal.” He said they start planning so far in advance because there are really only two people who start planning Homecoming. “We have two people that are two-year commitments for the committee, but we have to recruit other people,” Martinez said. He said selecting the theme is the most time consuming because once they have a few ideas, they have to take them to the marketing committee — which includes the alumni director, the athletic department and the VandalStore, among others — and once everyone agrees on a topic, it has to be SEE EVENTS, PAGE 7
Philip Vukelich | Argonaut
Melanie Zimmer, director of sales for the University Inn Best Western, pours a Vandal Crest cabernet sauvignon by Camas Prairie Winery at the Vandal Crest wine sampling as part of the Homecoming 2012 celebration, Thursday at the University Inn. The event was hosted by the University of Idaho Alumni Association to support student scholarships.
Community pushes papers behind university counters Katy Sword Argonaut
The ASUI Readership Program provides free newspapers for students, but because the program was being abused by Moscow community members, the papers now require a student ID for access. “The Readership Program is sponsored states (they are) just for students,” said Colleen Quinn, University of Idaho director of student involvement. “There’s a pull-in at the SUB where we had employees notice people pull in ... grab a stack of New York Times and run off.” Quinn said this misuse prompted the dis-
cussion with ASUI about a solution. “She presented it at senate and we talked about it as well,” said Hannah Davis, ASUI president. “It might be a little more inconvenient, but the possibility that our student tial than taking the extra time.” Quinn said the program costs students $32,000 a year, so while it may not seem like a big deal that a few papers went to non-students, they need to make sure papers go to the proper people. The papers are now available behind the Idaho Commons and Student Union Building’s information desks, with a Vandal ID. Quinn said when they were evaluating
the move, they addressed the issue that students may not want to spend the extra time to get a paper, as the convenience of grabbing a copy on the go would no longer exist. She said if they didn’t think there was misuse, they wouldn’t have made the change. “It shouldn’t take that long to show your Vandal ID or say ‘Hey, I’m a student,’” Davis said. “But it will make it more inconvenient for those who shouldn’t be taking the paper.” Quinn said this includes faculty and staff. “They were benevolent, they didn’t know,” Quinn said. Because the program is paid for by student fees, this technically means faculty
and staff have been abusing the program as well. Quinn said students operating the information desks will keep track of how many papers are taken and how many complaints they receive so the change can be reevaluated in two weeks. She said if there are a lot of complaints from faculty and staff, she might recommend that they talk to the faculty senate to create their own program. Davis said the move might be temporary, but this way, they can evaluate the programs use and see if the move is needed. Katy Sword can be reached at arg-news@uidaho.edu
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