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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Casting your vote Katy Sword Argonaut
Today is Election Day, and according to City Clerk Susan Peterson, between 13 and 15,000 residents are expected to cast their vote in Latah County. Petersen said there have been 3,505 absentee ballots already received, which will bring this year’s election participation on par with the last presidential election in 2008. She said the 2008 election saw 18,071 voters in Latah County, about 3,600 of those votes from absentee ballots.
Where to vote In Moscow, there are two polling places. Those living west of Main Street will vote at the Latah County Fair Exhibit Building, while residents east of Main Street will vote at the southwest concourse of the Kibbie Dome.
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REPUBLICAN Mitt Romney Paul Ryan - Vice-Pres INDEPENDENT Jill Stein Cheri Honkala - Vice-Pres
First District House of Representative Jimmy Farris (DEM) Raul R. Labrador (REP) Rob Oates (LIB) Pro-Life (A person, formerly known as Marvin Richardson) (IND)
District Five senator Gresham Bouma (REP) Dan J. Schmidt (DEM)
District 5 State representative POSITION A Cindy Agidius (REP) Paulette E. Jordan (DEM POSITION B Kenneth B. De Vries (REP) Shirley Gene Ringo (DEM)
Candidates: President INDEPENDENT Ross C. “Rocky” Anderson Luis J. Rodriguez - Vice-Pres
Candidates for County offices: For County Commissioner
CONSTITUTION Virgil H. Goode James N. Clymer - Vice-Pres
FIRST DISTRICT Steve Cooke (DEM) Richard Walser (REP)
LIBERTARIAN Gary Johnson James P. Gray - Vice-Pres
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For County Commissioner THIRD DISTRICT
DEMOCRATIC Barack Obama Joe Biden - Vice-Pres
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Surviving midterms
REgISTRATION MADNESS
Midterms may be over, but Andrew Brewick, director of Academic Advising said the high stress and evaluation on how students are doing. “A lot of students spread across a 10 day period, which is pretty intense,” Brewick said. “What I would suggest to students is to be conscious of their midterm grades, to make sure that they are checking them.” UI junior Chris Guarino said midterms are always stressful, but this term went well. Guarino said he is in the Integrated Business Curriculum program. toughest year that I’ve had school-wise. It’s a different program, very team oriented and they really stack the work on top of you,” Guarino said. “I
withdrew from one class a few weeks ago because it was too much for my workload, English 215.” Guarino said his advice for fellow students is to get a solid base in the beginning of the semester rather than trying to catch up later on. Brewick spoke to Guarino’s performance concerns. “There is this interesting tension, which is we hear from students that they want more feedback from faculty members and then we hear from faculty members that they do a great deal of work to post midterm grades and the students don’t look at them, so somewhere in the middle there is the sweet spot,” Brewick said. Brewick said if students are not succeeding at midterm, they should work with their professors and, if appropriate, talk to SEE MIDTERMS, PAGE 4
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In Brief UI student found dead in burning car
UI students reflect on midterm stress, successes Aaron Wolfe Argonaut
A University of Idaho student died in a vehicle crash Saturday afternoon in Moscow near the intersection of East Palouse River Drive and Guske Road.
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Brittany Lowe, third-year honors student, registers for classes Monday in the Living Learning Community. Lowe said she appreciated being able to register without VandalWeb crashing as it had in the past. Registration for remaining students takes place during the next three days.
sought gender equity, said Heather Shea Gasser, Women’s Center director. Since its conception, the center’s mission is to foster gender equality through educational and supportive programs. “We provide a safe, comfortable space for everyone to explore, discuss and learn
and jumped the south fork of the Palouse River, crashing into the opposite bank of the river, according to the Lewiston Tribune. Jordon said the crash does not appear to be an cers had been asked to perform a welfare check on Broenneke earlier that day.
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Women’s center celebrates big 40 Courtney Miller Argonaut
The University of Idaho Women’s Center will celebrate its 40th anniversary and their continuing services at UI with the Moscow community during the 40th Anniversary Gala Friday. The Women’s Center, founded in 1972, began as a volunteer-run organization that
discovered UI sophomore Nicholas Broenneke, 29, inside the burning vehicle. Lt. Brannon Jordon of the Latah County Sherrif’s dicates the vehicle drove off the road, acceler-
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