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Protecting student privacy
Opinion, 9News, 1 RecyclableVolume 114, Issue no. 31
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University of Idaho
A late foul led to Idaho’s third conference loss of the season Saturday in the Cowan Spectrum.
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She's not an elderly lady with glasses sitting behind the desk, shushing people and checking out books. Kathleen Monks is a librarian at the Univer-sity of Idaho and has been nationally recognized through acceptance to the 2013 Emerging Leader's program.
Put on by the Ameri-can Library Association — the oldest and largest library association in the world — the Emerging Leaders program is for li-brarians who have been in WKH�ÀHOG�IRU�OHVV�WKDQ�ÀYH�years and are younger than 35. This is the third year in a row a UI librar-ian has been accepted into
the program.Monks said a large
portion of her job in-volves research and pro-viding service through working at state and na-tional level associations as well as university committees. While she does staff the reference desk in the UI Library six to 10 hours a week, she VDLG� WKDW� GHÀQLWHO\� LVQW�all she does.
“I'm also in charge of the College of Agriculture acquisitions, so buying their books and also in-troducing the faculty and teaching classes for them on library instruction,” Monks said.
Through participating
The University of Idaho Information Technology Services department rolled out changes to the student directory Jan. 8 in order to better protect s t u d e n t privacy.
D e a n of Stu-dents Bruce Pitman said he decided it was time to examine what other universities do to protect s t u d e n t privacy after being con-tacted by several students who were uncomfortable with their phone numbers and addresses being on the student directory.
“We determined that other institutions require authentication information to access their student di-rectories, and that they did not include phone numbers and addresses,” Pitman said. “So that’s what we decided to pursue.”
Pitman said once they decided what course to pursue they took their pro-posal to both ASUI and the Graduate and Professional Student Association. Both organizations said they support increasing protec-tions for student privacy.
He said because stu-dents rarely take the time to update their informa-tion, the contact informa-tion listed is often for their parents, something some students are particularly
uncomfortable about. He said there is currently an opt-out option for stu-dents who do not wish to be included in the direc-
tory.P i tman
mentioned the last time the student d i r e c t o r y was actu-ally printed, in 2009-2010, the only infor-mation in-cluded was name, email and major.
“I don’t know why the other information was added
in,” Pitman said.Management Informa-
tion Services Manager Brian Borchers said they got to work after being contacted by the Dean RI� 6WXGHQWV� 2IÀFH� DERXW�the changes. He said they wanted to initiate changes Jan. 4, but they ended up taking effect Jan. 8.
Borchers said it was a simple process involv-ing three steps: enabling authentication protection, encrypting the login data and masking the phone numbers and addresses. After that he said they had to test how the changes worked on different web browsers.
University sophomore Liam Donohoe said he supports the changes to increase privacy, but he thinks they will be a minor inconvenience.
State sues for summertime UI ROTC building fire
A June 2011 fire at the Uni-versity of Idaho Naval ROTC Science Building sparked the state of Idaho to sue the federal government for $1.6 million.
State attorneys said members of the U.S. Navy’s Reserve Of-ficers Training Corps negli-gently caused the UI fire during a student barbecue outside the building. The fire started after students dumped the ashes and briquettes from the barbecue into a flowerbed outside the building. The ashes set the flowerbed on fire, which spread to the building.
The state is seeking $250,000 for the deductible it paid to the buildings insurer, Travelers Lloyds Insurance Co., and $1.4 million for repairs estimated by the insurance company. The state
When Microsoft decided to switch all live.edu email addresses over to its new Office 365 program, Chuck Lanham said the Universi-ty of Idaho was required to make the switch as well.
Lanham, UI information technology services assis-tant director, said the issue did not lie in the actual switchover, but in the execution and students’ in-terpretation.
ASUI President Hannah Davis said ITS asked her when she thought making the switch would work best for students. She agreed after reading the instruc-tions, Winter Break would be the best option.
“I thought, ‘It seems pretty simple,’ but I re-ceived several emails not as ASUI president but as president of Delta Gamma asking how to do it,” Davis said. “I’m not going to OLH�� ,� UHDG� WKH� ÀUVW� RQH�
(email) and deleted the rest, but when it came time to do it I read the instructions and it was pretty simple.”
Lanham said while early on there were some issues with Microsoft itself, the biggest issue was students not reading and following the instructions.
“If I could answer (why students don’t read their email), I’d be a million-aire,” Lanham said. “It’s not just getting our students to read this email, it’s getting anyone to read any email or follow any instructions. I think in general people don’t tend to worry about reading things unless they can’t think it through.”
He compared the situation to using a new coffee maker. He said most people will start pushing buttons before taking out the instructions and learn-ing how to actually set up their machine.
Dean of Students, ITS team up to give students greater privacy
Andrew DeskinsArgonaut
Research, reference, national recognitionUniversity of Idaho librarian Kathleen Monks accepted into national 2013 Emerging Leaders program
Kaitlin MoroneyArgonaut
Philip Vukelich | ArgonautKathleen Monks, reference and instruction librarian, helps a student Monday in the University of Idaho Library. Monks was recently accepted into the American Library Association's 2013 Emerging Leader's Program.
Skipping steps
Meghan Eaton
“Can’t they just keep one email system?”
Toluwannie Adécounlet
“Most people don’t like change and that’s why they complain and are pessimistic when it occurs. I believe the change was for a good cause, now we have more message space on the new email system as well as other perks it has for the university.”
Cody McClung
“I would prefer that they did upgrades over the summer and just had every-body change their passwords when they got back for fall semester; overall I feel like the migration to O!ce 365 was even more troublesome than the transition to Outlook.”
What do you think of the process used during the VandalMail up-grade? Did you have any difficulties?
Katy SwordArgonaut
Amrah Canul | ArgonautJoel King, steam plant operator, ploughs snow in the parking lot of the University of Idaho steam plant. King said the plant is responsible for heating about 80 percent of the university.
STEAMINg THROUgH THE SNOw
In brief
SEE BRIEFS, PAGE 4SEE RECOGNITION, PAGE 4
SEE STEPS, PAGE 4SEE PRIVACY, PAGE 4
We determined that other
institutions require authentication
information to access their
student directories ... So that’s what we decided to pursue.
Bruce Pitman, Dean of Students
It’s time to spice up your breakfast, enough with the ol’ maple syrup and pancake combo. Here’s a list of scrumptious fusions you should try.
Try these:– Melted marshmallows, chocolate chips and choco-late syrup– Nutella hazelnut spread– Whipped coconut cream with raspberries– Maple syrup and sliced mangoes or peaches– Pan-fried bananas with cinnamon and brown sugar– Flaked coconut and pine-apple bits
– Warmed applesauce and cinnamon– Warmed lemon juice and powdered sugar– Chopped nuts and rasp-berry jam– Pumpkin puree (mixed into batter)– Agave nectar and crushed walnuts– Instant espresso powder (mixed into batter)– Strawberry cream cheese– Soft cheese, like goat, and strawberry jam– Apple butter and sliced, baked apple with cinna-mon sugar
Another option is to make pancake sand-wiches. Place these items between two mini pan-
cakes or waffles.– Peanut butter and jelly– Banana and honey– Scrambled egg and cheese– Pre-made fruit salad– Sausage, maple syrup and hashbrowns– Vanilla ice cream and
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Since late October the City of Moscow has been gathering feedback from the community on ways to improve the Moscow Farmers Market.
This stems from the USDA Rural Enterprise Grant Moscow received in May of 2012, which gave the city money to prepare a strategic plan IRU� WKH�PDUNHW�� -HQ�3ÀII-ner, assistant to the city supervisor, said.
Moscow held the second public meeting to discuss the farmers market on Jan. 10.
3ÀIIQHU� VDLG� SHRSOH�could learn about the interim report on the market and the progress that was being made on the plan at this meeting.
From the grant, Aaron Zaretsky was hired as a consultant to work with the city on creating a plan, she said.
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She said the market saw a major change in 2012 – the move to Main Street because of Jackson Street construction.
In the Moscow Farm-er’s Market Location Survey Report Results of 2012, many people com-mented on the change.
“The farmers market is so great on Main Street. It incorporates the local businesses on Main Street and the vendors. Great idea.” and “New Street location is great. Move spacious, better seating, less crowded. More kid friendly — it’s not running directly onside a highway.” were examples of some of the
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Also in the plans is consideration of allowing farmers to set up product trucks in Friendship Square for a tailgate type of market, and new rules concerning what percent of the products being sold are local, and are supplied by local businesses, she said.
Zaretsky said the Moscow Farmers Market is special, unique and amazing, and he just wants to help make it more so.
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The Moscow Planning and Zoning Commission held a public hearing Jan. 9 to discuss regulations for the city’s dynamic display signs.
Bill Belknap, the community develop-ment director, is part of the subcommittee focusing on the subject. Belknap said the hearing went well, but he wished there had been more public participation.
“There were only two people who spoke as part of public testimony,” Belknap said. “One of them was for the committee’s proposal and the other one was against.”
Belknap said one of the biggest issues discussed was about the size of the DDSs. The committee’s proposal is that each sign be limited to 100 square
feet, according to the hearing minutes. Belknap said there are competing inter-ests that need to be considered for this matter. He said there will be a follow-up meeting Feb. 4.
City Supervisor Gary Riedner said he believes appropriate action is being taken. He said it is right that a commit-tee was formed since there was public interest on the matter.
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Jonathan Billings is a member of the task force which gathered the informa-tion on the DDSs.
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Philip Vukelich | The ArgonautA newly installed Tri-State electronic sign is one of a few that prompted the City of Moscow Planning and Zoning Comission to develop standards for future signs. The commission's Jan. 9 meeting focused on new regulations for signs such as Tri-State's.
File photo by Steven Devine | The ArgonautShoppers browse the fresh produce during the Summer 2012 Moscow Farmers Market.
“We know when we send it out people won’t read it, so we try to make it as short as possible, as in-formative as possible using keywords to catch people’s attention,” Lanham said.
Davis said this issue occurs with ASUI emails as well.
“I think it’s our gen-eration. We’ve become immune to junk email and commercials. It’s kind of become white noise,” Davis said. “It’s about building good habits to read these emails.”
She said it is most frus-trating when people say they don’t know about something when it was discussed in an email that had been sent out. She said they send emails and hang posters to inform students, but doesn’t know what else to do to get students to be informed.
“We do as much as we can do aside from going into someone’s dorm room and telling them this is
happening,” Davis said. “I think it’s the responsibility of the person to sit down and take 20 seconds to read this and get informed. I don’t want to general-ize our generation but it is definitely frustrating, es-pecially with the upgrade.”
Lanham said once stu-dents read the instructions and were able to reset their passwords, the system works. But many had issues with bookmarks and cookies.
“The biggest problem was a lot of students book-marked the Microsoft site that they try to go to instead of following our instructions and that site is not what ITS had told them to go to. If you try to login it won’t work there,” Lanham said.
He said students who have reset their passwords but still are having issues logging in need to delete their bookmark and resave it using the new login site.
“Once the migration was complete, email was always available,” Lanham said. “It was just that com-plication getting in the first time.”
He said there has been a table set up outside ITS in the Idaho Commons to help students who are still having issues accessing their email.
The last issue he said students need to be aware of is using their email on devices aside from their computers.
“Many change their password on the laptop but forget about their phone. Smartphones will keep trying the old pass-word and lock out after a number of tries. I’ve been hearing five (minutes),” Lanham said. “If it does lockout there’s a 15 minute wait to try again.”
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privacyFROM PAGE 1
“For group projects I like the directory having phone numbers because I frequently lose numbers when I write them down,” Donohoe said. “But I do understand why people are uncomfortable having that information out there.”
Pitman said he hoped the changes won’t incon-venience too many people.
Both Pitman and Borchers said the changes have been well received so far.
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in the Emerging Leaders program, Monks said she hopes to bring back new skills to the students at UI.
After attending the mid-winter EL conference, Monks will work virtually with a team of fellow emerging leaders on a project to develop a kit for recruiting college librarians.
“(The program) helps with ad-ditional skills, how to create these tools and helps getting to know people, helps with your prestige in your job.” Monks said. “I'm hoping that in developing this toolkit we will use some new technologies that I haven't really had time to use that I will be able to apply here in my job to the students.”
UI's 2012 Emerging Leader,
Kristin Henrich, said the experience gave her an opportu-nity to work with aca-demic librarians from all over the world.
“It's a huge honor to be selected for the program because it's really competi-tive,” Henrich said. “Not a lot of people are accepted, which is why the fact that three people from this library have been ac-cepted is a big deal.”
This opportunity wouldn't have been possible without the support system at the University of Idaho, Monks said.
“Before working at
the University of Idaho, I worked at another institution as a faculty librarian and I know that in that position, getting into this type of program wouldn’t have been an option for me because I didn't have the support I needed to apply,” Monks said. “Basically I'm just very thank-ful to be here and to be surrounded by such supportive people who really are helping me excel and in turn helping the students and faculty at the Uni-versity of Idaho.”
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also seeks reimbursement for money spent renovating another building the UI ROTC used while their building awaited repairs.Fugue hosts the release
party for their 43rd
edition
The University of Idaho’s literary journal Fugue held the release party for their 43rd edition at One World Café on Jan. 11.
Fugue has been promoting litera-ture since 1990, said Editor-in-Chief Laura Pizzo.
The release party featured readings from both Robert Wrigley and Buddy Levy, two distinguished authors based in the Northwest.
Robert Wrigley has won various
prizes and awards for his poetry and teaches at UI, while Buddy Levy gradu-ated from UI, taught both at UI and Washington State University, and has written for various publications.
Along with showcasing new liter-ary works, the journal also awards cash prizes for poetry and prose in their annual spring contest, and the winner’s work is featured in the summer-fall edition, which Pizzo said is the most re-cently released edition.
She said Fugue is edited by graduate students in UI’s English and Creative Writing Programs and offers new and experienced writers the opportunity to showcase their work.
It also offers experience to graduate students in the editing world, and shows them firsthand what the process is to getting published and what editors look for, Pizzo said.
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11:22 a.m. South Main Street, Moscow Medical: Caller reported she was opening her car door and the wind blew it open all the way. The door caught on the tail end of a semi truck.
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8:30 a.m. 400 Blk South Grant St.: Report of a wanted person.
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8:40 a.m. 1200 Blk Walenta Dr.: Complaint of an icy sidewalk.
10:05 a.m. Sweet Avenue & South Main Street: Caller reported debris in the roadway.
Friday, Jan. 11
8:23 a.m. North Kennedy Street & Ford Street: Complaint of moose at large.
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10:35 a.m. Troy Road, Tesoro: Complaint of pos-sible gunshots.
10:44 a.m. 1200 Blk Mainsprings Ln.: Caller reported a stray moose.
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The University of Idaho Women’s Center doesn’t have a lot of social events, mostly events that have VSHFLÀF�REMHFWLYHV�RU�DUH�HGXFDWLRQDO��VDLG�+HDWKHU�Shea Gasser, director of the Women’s Center. It was time to balance work and play, she said.
Gasser said their new monthly event, Yarn and Yammer, is an opportunity to network across campus, to get together to talk and craft during a time without an agenda.
Many of the people who work in the Women’s Center take part in some sort of craft, she said.
“We are very busy and when crocheting, I think only of that one thing. It is nice to have that simplic-ity and something to show from all that work that is useful,” Gasser said. “It is satisfying to do your own work.”
There is an opportunity for all skill sets to come and learn with light refreshments included, she said.
“I am most excited about getting to know others who share a passion in the same things I do,” she said.
She said while working, it is easy to get frus-trated on your own, but when you are with a group
it is simple to get help with a certain stitch. All genders, graduates or undergraduates, faculty
and staff and community members are invited. Anyone with an easily portable art or craft, she said.
Dissertation Divas is another new event to the Women’s Center this year, but has been a part of UI in the past, said Colleen Kulesza graduate intern at the Women’s Center, but it had fallen away.
.XOHV]D�VDLG�WKLV�HYHQW�LV�VSHFLÀFDOO\�IRU�JUDGX-ate students because it is a very different environ-ment for graduate students than it is for undergradu-ates. She said graduate students are struggling with self-motivation, loneliness, imposter syndrome or writing blocks.
Dissertation Divas will decide how their group is going to run when the members come together, Kulesza said.
She said the event’s main purpose is to give support to those graduate students who are writing and may need an extra kick in the butt when they are falling behind — cheerleaders for those who have written those 18 pages or just accountability. They will address issues women face during gradu-ate school, share their struggles and successes and
talk about what is going on.The group will also review the process of
writing, discuss looking for jobs, testing and being the minority with so many undergrads, she said.
“Being a grad student can be very isolated de-pending on how many other grad students are in your department,” she said.
Anybody is welcome at any time. It is not man-datory to make every meeting, people can just drop in, she said.
´<RX�GRQ·W�KDYH� WR�EH� LQ� DQ\� VSHFLÀF�GHSDUW-ment, just anyone who is trying to go through writing as a grad student,” Kulesza said.
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Yarn and Yammer is from 2:30 - 4:30 p.m. the last Friday of every month starting Jan. 25 in the Women’s Center lounge.Dissertation Divas is from 9 - 10 a.m. every Friday starting Jan. 14 in the Women’s Center lounge.
File by Jesse Hart | ArgonautKathy Sprague and Chris Bidiman of the local adult store Eclectica talk about various adult merchandise at the last Got Sex? event of the fall se-mester. This semester, the University of Idaho Women’s Center will introduce the new events Yarn and Yammer and Dissertation Divas.
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Vandal women’s basket-ball completed a road sweep with a win Satur-day at New Mexico State.
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Within the course of a week, the Idaho men’s basketball team has gone from having an opportunity to make history to simply ÀJKWLQJ� IRU� LWV� OLIH� LQ� FRQ-ference play.
Idaho lost 71-70 to New Mexico State Saturday at the Cowan Spectrum to fall to 6-9 on the season and 2-3 in conference play — the third consecutive loss for Idaho in conference play.
Coming back from 15 points down at halftime, Idaho tied the game at 68 on a 3-point shot from Stephen Madison with 48 seconds remaining in the game. With four seconds remaining, Kyle Barone hit a pair of free throws to knot it back up at 70, only to see Idaho forward Marcus Bell go for the steal and foul New Mexico State’s Daniel Mullings on the inbound pass, sending him to the line where he hit the game-win-ning free throw.
“Bottom line is I didn’t have them prepared. He (Bell) didn’t know what to do.” Idaho coach Don Verlin said of the play. “There must have been indecision and we didn’t execute like we should have.”
Verlin lamented Idaho’s slow start, which saw the Vandals in a 42-27
GHÀFLW�DW�KDOIWLPH��DOORZLQJ�New Mexico State to shoot ��� SHUFHQW� IURP� WKH� ÀHOG���Idaho started attacking the paint in the second half and coming up with the stops it GLGQ·W� JHW� LQ� WKH� ÀUVW� KDOI��but the rally fell short.
“I thought for whatever reason we didn’t have the ÀUH�RU�WKH�HQHUJ\�DQG�LQWHQ-sity that we needed to play WKLV�JDPH�LQ�WKH�ÀUVW�KDOI��$V�I told them there’s one guy on our team that (seemed to be) excited about the game and that was me,” Verlin said. “In the second half we were able to get ourselves back in and get ourselves an opportunity to win.”
Barone bounced back from his single-digit points JDPH� 7KXUVGD\� WR� ÀQLVK�with a double-double of 18 points and 10 rebounds, including nailing two free throws with four seconds remaining which tied it, if only for a second.
Size was a factor Satur-day night, considering New Mexico State rolled out its 7-foot-5, 355-pound center, Sim Bhullar. He played 25 PLQXWHV� ÀQLVKLQJ� ZLWK� ���points and six rebounds, constantly disrupted Idaho’s offensive play in the paint DQG� KHOSHG� JHW� WKH� $JJLHV�into the bonus in the second
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Usually, the first track meet of the season is used to let the young runners get their first chance at collegiate competition and ease the team into the season. On Friday and Saturday at the WSU Open in Pullman, Idaho’s Lauren Schaffer and Ben $\HVX�$WWDK� KDG� RWKHU�plans.
Schaffer, a senior, ran for a victory in the women’s 600-meter race with her time of 1:34.35 m i n u t e s . The time converted to 1:33.19 after a track size adjustment n o t c h -ing Schaf-fer’s school record in an event she seldom runs.
“ L a u r e n S c h a f f e r , she’s just an amazing r u n n e r , ” Idaho coach Julie Taylor said. “She ran in an event that she doesn’t normally run which is the 600-meter but that was what they had to offer. That’s ac-tually a broken record
Records broken in indoor season openerTrack and field garners multiple school and personal bests in WSU Open
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Alyssa Charlston — women’s basketball
Idaho’s junior forward was up to the road chal-lenge that presented itself to the Vandal women’s team this week, and Charlston’s two double-doubles were vital to two road wins. The Vandals move one game above .500 in the conference and host longtime conference pow-erhouse La. Tech Thursday, WKHQ� 7H[DV�$UOLQJWRQ� 6DW-urday. In Denver Thurs-day, Charlston helped lead Idaho’s late comeback with 17 points and 14 re-bounds. Both were game highs. In Las Cruces Sat-urday, Charlston punished WKH� $JJLHV� ZLWK� DQRWKHU�double-double, this time coming from 11 boards and 13 points. She current-O\�UDQNV�ZLWKLQ�WKH�:$&·V�top 10 for both scoring and rebounding. Charlston now has double-doubles in WKUHH�RI�KHU�ÀYH�FRQIHUHQFH�games this season.
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Athletes of the Week
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Hayden Crosby | ArgonautJunior Allee Cooper runs in the 200-meter dash Saturday at the WSU Open. Cooper !nished eighth in the race, while a number of her teammates broke school records.
Amrah Canul | ArgonautVandal forward Stephen Madison attempts to defend 7-foot-5-inch, 355-pound New Mexico State center Sim Bhullar Saturday at the Cowan Spectrum. The men lost 71-70 after a late Marcus Bell foul led to a game-winning free throw.
that’s stood for a long time — from the early ‘80s. She’s such a good athlete and there was nobody pushing her through the whole thing too which is pretty amazing.”
On the men’s side, $\HVX�$WWDK�� D� VRSKR-more, broke his own meet record in the 400-meter dash. Pushed by sopho-PRUH� WHDPPDWH� $QGUHZ�%ORRP�� $\HVX�$WWDK� ILQ-ished in first place in 48.69 seconds. Bloom crossed the finish line in second in 48.74. Both Vandals
easily beat the previous meet record of 49.75 by more than a full second, as well as the third place finisher Dana Wells in 50.35.
“ B l o o m actually had a big surge at the very end of the last lap and was about to SDVV� �$\HVX�
$WWDK��WKHQ�%HQ�SXVKHG�RQ�and beat him,” Taylor said. “The two of those guys, %HQ�DQG�$QGUHZ��DUH�JUHDW�training partners.
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Back on the women’s side, the Vandals domi-nated the throwing events. Sophomore Johanna Hock-
etstaller won the shot put on her last attempt of the night. Her toss of 47-0.75 feet secured her victory over senior teammate Kris-tine Leonard who finished in second with a toss of 46-7.5. Both throws were
indoor career-bests for the Vandal throwers.
“That was a (personal record) for her and actu-ally the seventh best throw at Idaho and she’s only a sophomore,” Taylor said of Hocketstaller.
(Senior Kristine Leonard is just an
all-around very good athlete. She’s just starting o! very
good for us. Both of those ladies are
doing very well.Julie Taylor, Track and
field coach
For quarterbacks looking for an opportunity to start at the FBS level, Idaho has recently granted those opportunities.
It was the case with trans-fers in to the program such as Brian Reader and Domi-nique Blackman, and was WKH� FDVH� ZLWK� D� ÀYH�\HDU�walk-on in Logan Bushnell who earned his shot during his senior season.
Idaho’s newest junior college signee at the position certainly applies.
Anthony Neyer signed a Letter of Intent with Idaho a few weeks ago with hopes of becoming its newest starting quarterback. Neyer spent last season at LA Pierce College in Los Angeles — prior to that Neyer spent two years as a preferred walk-on at USC.
“Anthony has great talent,” coach Paul Petrino said. “He throws a nice ball with a great release. We are very excited to have him join the team in January and compete for the quarter-back job.”
Petrino said he was looking to bring in a junior college quarter-back to compete for the starting job, but origi-nally didn’t anticipate bringing one in until the fall.
Instead, Neyer en-rolled in January and will be actively involved in the quarterback compe-tition in spring football between returning senior Taylor Davis and redshirt freshmen Chad Chalich and Austin DeCoud.
The opportunity to start in the FBS is something Neyer has worked toward since he switched to the position from wide re-ceiver his junior year of high school.
Neyer transferred to Xavier Prep for his junior season, an at-the-time new private school in Palm Desert, Calif., which was looking for a quarterback.
“Coming over his junior year he did real well working the drills, when you saw him there he looked ideal,” Xavier Prep coach Darrell Lewis said. ´%XW�ZKHQ�KH�JRW�RQ�WKH�ÀHOG�KH�KDG�learning to do, things only game expe-rience can give you.”
Through his second year Lewis said he saw improvement, and potential.
“As far as I was concerned with only two years under him the sky was the limit,” he said.
Out of high school Neyer didn’t get the FBS offers he hoped for, WKRXJK�WKH�ÀUVW�WZLVW�LQ�WKH�URDG�FDPH�ZKHQ�86&�FRDFK�/DQH�.LIÀQ�FDOOHG�Xavier Prep during spring break while Neyer was away on a mission-ary trip to El Salvador.
“He said he really liked what he saw and wanted to offer me a pre-ferred walk-on with an opportunity to earn a scholarship after the second year,” Neyer said. “I kind of soaked it all up, did my best to learn everything I could, and the second year got some playing positions over other scholar-ship guys.”
1H\HU� UHGVKLUWHG� KLV� ÀUVW� VHDVRQ�DQG�ZDV�DEOH�WR�JHW�RQ�WKH�ÀHOG�ODWH�LQ�a 2011 blowout win over Washington, the only time he’d make a game ap-
pearance for USC.The next twist in his career
came in early 2012 when USC quarterback Matt Barkley an-nounced he would return for his senior season.
“I knew I wanted to be playing ball, I didn’t want to put it off for another year,”
Neyer said. “ I wanted to be able to be put on scholarship, the scholar-ship didn’t open up (at USC) with the sanctions.”
1H\HU�GLGQ·W� H[DFWO\�ÀQG� WKDW�RS-portunity the following season at LA Pierce either, playing behind freshman Nick Arbuckle most of the season.
“The biggest thing he was strug-gling with was wanted to perform well to get a scholarship,” Lewis said. “His attention needs to be winning games and opportunities will present themselves.”
That opportunity was presented to him when Idaho quarterbacks coach
Bryce Erickson made a recruiting stop at LA Pierce College, some-thing Neyer had no idea was going to take place.
“I had received a phone call from my head coach to come in and talk with Weber State, I actually came up to the RIÀFH� WR� WDON� WR� :HEHU�State,” Neyer said. “I saw coach Erickson walk in, didn’t think too much of it.”
Neyer saw his oppor-tunity and joined in the conversation Erickson was having with other LA Pierce players.
“I just jumped in the conversation and everything clicked. Coach Erickson is a really awesome guy,” Neyer said. “I showed him P\�ÀOP�IURP�ZKHQ�,�ZDV�SOD\LQJ�DW�USC, he really liked it. That all hap-pened within about three hours and I HQGHG� XS� JRLQJ� RQ�P\� RIÀFLDO� YLVLW�that weekend.”
The challenge for Neyer, and Idaho for that matter, is how being relatively inexperienced will affect him. Neyer, who will be a redshirt junior, hasn’t regularly started since his senior year of high school. At USC most of his repetitions came in practice.
“I really think working on my arm strength, becoming bigger, stronger, smarter as a football player and as a leader, that’s made all the difference in the world for me,” Neyer said.
The only player on Idaho’s roster with experience starting in FBS is Davis, who started games in 2011 and 2012. Chalich suited up and trav-eled with the team last season, while DeCoud ran the scout team.
“I’m excited, I don’t know what the leadership is looking like on the team but everything I’ve been I’ve been a leader,” Neyer said. “Not because I go in and tell everybody I am, it’s because I show it, getting to that point because I work my tail off.”
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Denver 64, Seattle U 51
Since a season-opening loss in a tough road envi-ronment at La. Tech, Denver has found itself a little hot streak in the month of January.
The Pioneers ZRQ�WKHLU�ÀUVW�HYHU�game in the WAC on New Year’s Eve and haven’t lost since, in-cluding beating Idaho and Seattle U. on the road this past week.
After escaping a close test in Moscow, Denver had it a little easier at Key Arena, handing the bottom-dwelling 5HGKDZNV�WKHLU�ÀIWK�:$&�ORVV�LQ�ÀYH�JDPHV��
Five of the ten Seattle play-ers that logged minutes scored two or less points and Clarence Trent was the only one to score in double digits (15).
Chase Hallam’s consecutive 3-pointers were clutch in the Idaho win and the long-range specialist went 5 of 8 from 3-point range en route to a game-high 17 points. Denver faces a tough test Saturday when unbeaten Utah State (14-1, 5-0) visits the Mile High City.
La. Tech 73, UT-San Antonio 71
The conference’s only other undefeated team produced some of the best action the WAC may see
all season. Kenyon McNeail came off the bench early and his 34-point night concluded with a 3-pointer with 19 seconds that would give La. Tech the lead and ultimately
the victory. McNeail was 9 of 15
from 3-point range and 11 of 19 from the field, while Kannon Burrage nearly matched McNeail, scoring 29 points and going 9 of 9 from the free-throw line. Burrage is the conference’s second leading scorer with 17.4 points per game.
For the Bulldogs, Mc-Neail’s effort was by far the best, as no starter scored more than seven points.
The La. Tech bench played 105 total minutes, compared to just 95 from the starters. The win marks the third consecutive for the Bulldogs, who beat the
conference’s three Texas schools in back-to-back-to-back fashion.
UT-Arlington 91, Texas State 74
While UTSA and Texas State continue to struggle during their inaugural WAC season, combining for zero wins and 12 losses, UTA has managed to do a bit better, and that was evident Saturday in San Marcos when the Mavericks ensured that the Bobcats would remain winless.
All seven of Karol Gruszecki’s field goals were 3-pointers and the Polish senior led UTA with 23 points. Both teams made 12 3-point shots but the Bobcats shot just 50 percent from the charity stripe in their ninth consecutive loss.
Joel Wright led all players with 24 points and Deonte’ Jones had another 21, but nine Texas State players scored less than five points, and four of those went scoreless.
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The Idaho women’s basketball team was able to complete the road sweep and win its second WAC game in a row when the Vandals beat New Mexico State 57-51 Saturday night.
The Vandals (6-10, 3-2 WAC) began the road trip with a come-from-behind victory against Denver on Thursday and followed it up with another win against the Aggies. The Vandals will now return home for a couple games, starting with Louisiana Tech on Thursday and UT-Ar-lington on Saturday.
The win was thanks mostly to Idaho’s defensive performance. Idaho allowed WKH�$JJLHV� WR� MXVW� ���ÀHOG�JRDOV� RQ� WKH�night on 61 attempts (23 percent). It’s WKH�ÀUVW�WLPH�VLQFH������WKH�9DQGDOV�KHOG�DQ�RSSRQHQW�WR�XQGHU����ÀHOG�JRDOV�LQ�D�game. Idaho also caused 17 turnovers.
Coach Jon Newlee said he was more than happy with the way the defense came out and played.
“I’m proud of our defensive effort in the second half, holding them to 15 percent, unbelievable,” Newlee said. “We need to play like we did tonight and SURWHFW�RXU�KRPH�ÁRRU�QH[W�ZHHN�µ
The Vandals took off in the second half and built a 15-point lead, but as has happened multiple times this season, Idaho allowed the opponent to climb back in and the Aggies cut the lead to
WZR�ZLWK�MXVW�PRUH�WKDQ�ÀYH�PLQXWHV�OHIW��Idaho responded and hung on for the win.
Newlee said the road trip was an im-portant one, especially considering the close games the Vandals have dropped this season.
“We needed to win on the road because we gave away some games at home,” Newlee said. “We came in against two teams ahead of us, and we leave tied with them at worst.”
The Vandals were led by junior Alyssa Charlston’s second straight double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds. Senior Jessica Graham was the only other Vandal LQ�GRXEOH�ÀJXUHV�ZLWK����SRLQWV��
Idaho has been utilizing the 3-ball as of late, but it only had four in this game with three of those coming from fresh-PDQ� &KULVWLQD� 6DOYDWRUH�� ZKR� ÀQLVKHG�with nine.
“It’s nice to win a game when we’re not making a lot of 3s,” Newlee said. “That’s what we need, total team effort. It’s not one person, it’s everybody on the roster and we saw that tonight.”
The one silver lining for New Mexico State was rebounding. The Vandals came into the game as one of the top rebound-ing teams in the conference, but got out-rebounded 47-41, but the Aggies weren’t able to use that advantage to put points on the board.
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The Idaho women’s basketball team came into this year as one of the young-est teams in the conference, but are starting to show they’re a tal-ented bunch, which was clearly demonstrated last week when the Vandals walked away with a pair of road wins.
The Vandals have now won two in a row and three of their last four. While the record may not show it, this is a team that will be dangerous when it’s all said and done. The hard non-conference season seems to be paying off as the WAC wins are starting to pile up.
The Vandals beat Denver last Thurs-day 68-60 in a come-from-behind victory and followed it up with a 57-51 win over New Mexico State on Saturday. The wins put Idaho in a tie for second place in the conference with Louisiana Tech. Seattle U. remains atop the conference standing with a perfect 5-0 WAC record thus far.
A big reason for Idaho’s early success has been shooting the long ball. Idaho leads the conference in 3-pointers and hit a combined 38 3-pointers in the last four games. While they only hit four in the last game against New Mexico State, Idaho has shown it has multiple players who are threats from long range and it’s paid dividends so far.
Another thing that has helped Idaho to this point is rebounding. Idaho has the most offensive rebounds in the con-IHUHQFH� DQG� WKH� ÀIWK� PRVW� GHIHQVLYH�rebounds. The Vandals’ ability to own
the boards has limited their opponents’ second chance shots, but have created
opportunities for themselves in the process.
The young players have stepped up for Idaho so far this season. Freshman Christina Sal-vatore has been lights out from 3-point range while sophomore Stacey Barr has picked up where she left off last season with
stellar shooting and hustle. Freshman Ali Forde has also contributed in a big way on the defensive and rebounding sides of things.
One of the problems the Vandals will have to address as the season progresses is losing momentum. Multiple times this season the Vandals have gone on runs, only to give up a big run from their opponent right after. This has translat-ed into losing games late in the fourth quarter more than once.
The other issue for Idaho is turnovers. The Vandals have had stretches where they’ve taken care of the ball well, but haven’t been able to do it on a consistent basis. This was demonstrated on Satur-day when the Vandals turned the ball over 17 times against New Mexico State.
Overall, the Vandals are looking better and the recent successful road trip goes to show how far this team has come in a short amount of time, but there’s still a lot that needs to be addressed if they’re going to be contenders at the end.
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Starters
Robert HarrisThe point guard from
Kent, Wash., has become a jump-starter for the Vandals at the position, who struggled early in the year with Denzel Douglas and Mike McChristian at the spot. Harris shows a savvy attitude attacking the bucket, as shown by getting two separate old-fashioned 3-point plays and is an able 3-point shooter. Whether Harris becomes a playmaker in terms of creating offense through distribution remains to be seen, but how he takes care of the ball is positive. Harris only turned the ball over once in 19 minutes of action.
Connor HillIf anybody on this team is learning
WKURXJK�ÀUH�LW�LV�&RQQRU�+LOO��+LOO�KDV�EHHQ�asked to quickly grow up as a player from just a 3-point shooter to an overall guard, DQG�LW·V�EHHQ�D�GLIÀFXOW�WUDQVLWLRQ��:KLOH�+LOO�put up points, it was on 6 of 14 shooting KDYLQJ�PLVVHG�KLV�ÀUVW�VL[���SRLQW�DWWHPSWV��That’s not good, and it contributed to ,GDKR·V����SRLQW�KDOIWLPH�GHÀFLW��+LOO�LV�EH-ing defended well by opponents coming off screens and he is rarely wide open. Still, to his credit, he is developing his inside game and trying to get to the line. If Hill is going to be successful though, he’ll need more than two free-throw attempts per game.
Kyle BaroneKyle Barone isn’t the biggest of big
PHQ��+H�ÀQGV�VXFFHVV�E\�EHLQJ�D�VPDUW�UH-bounder and having great touch under the bucket. So when asked to go against 7-5, 350-pound Sim Bhullar of New Mexico State, we’ll go easy on him. Barone scored 18 points, grabbed 10 boards and was 6-of-6 from the free-throw line. All things considered Barone was one of the biggest factors in Idaho making a late run Satur-day night.
Stephen Madison Stephen Madison didn’t have his best
game, but he certainly hit his biggest shot, nailing a 3-pointer from the wing with under a minute left to tie the game. Still, Madison needs to get more than six shot attempts up. He’s had to shoulder the load as one of Idaho’s primary ball handlers,
which contributed to four turnovers on the game. Idaho will be much better off with him creating offense for himself.
Mike McChristianMcChristian wasn’t as big of an offen-
sive factor against the Aggies as he usually is, but that doesn’t mean he had a poor game. McChristian’s second-half defense played a large part in Idaho closing the JDS�ODWH�DQG�ZDV�HIÀFLHQW�ZKHQ�KH�KDG�DQ�opportunity to get looks at the basket. Mc-Christian should be more involved in the offense than he was if he’s going to be on WKH�ÁRRU�IRU����PLQXWHV��WKRXJK��
And the bench …
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bench. With New Mexico State’s size and the game mainly being played in the paint there wasn’t much of a need for Doug-las. It’s been a rough couple of games for Douglas late in games regardless.
Mansa HabeebIdaho’s hustle-guy once again did just
that, and was defensively a factor in the second half when Idaho made its run.
Marcus BellMore fouls and turnovers than points
and rebounds won’t cut it for Bell, who played eight less-than-spectacular minutes, including the foul with three seconds remaining that gave New Mexico State the win. Bell is a frustrating player because of how much raw talent and ath-leticism he has. Coach Don Verlin should want him on the floor for more than eight minutes, but Bell isn’t playing mentally sound right now.
Joe Kammerer Kammerer played 26 minutes and I
had to do a double-take at the stat sheet to make sure that was correct. He wasn’t much of a factor, collecting two rebounds, but played admirable defense against New Mexico State’s big men duo of Banda Sy and Sim Bhullar.
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File photo by Amrah Canul | The ArgonautIdaho guard Krissy Karr protects the ball Dec. 29 in the Cowan Spectrum. The women defeated New Mexico State Saturday in Las Cruces 57-51.
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WSU Open in Pullman. The meet marked the beginning of the indoor track and field season, and Schaffer, whose signature event is the 800- meter race, competed in the 600-meter race, where she finished first in a personal-best and school-best time. Schaffer finished in 1:34.35, which converts to 1:33.19 with track dimension adjustments. The previous record of 1:33.9 was set in 1982 by Allison Falkenberg-Ryan. “That was a real solid race for Lauren,” Idaho director of track and field/cross country Wayne Phipps said. “I think this is the most fit she’s ever been coming out of Christmas break, so I’m really excited to see what Lauren can do
this season.”
Ben Ayesu-A t t a h / A n d r e w Bloom- indoor track and field
The teammates met up in the 400-meter dash, which proved one of the day’s most exciting events, though Ayesu-Attah came out victori-ous by the slimmest of margins. Ayesu-Attah finished .05 seconds ahead of fellow sopho-more Bloom and beat his meet record he set a year ago. The victor Ayesu-Attah, finished the race in 48.69, while Bloom trailed behind with a time of 48.74. Both times were better than Ayesu-Attah’s record of 49.75, which was set a year ago.
Leonard also went on to finish first in the weight throw with her toss of 54-08.75. Her throw was more than nine feet farther than the next competitor.
“(Leonard) is just an all-around very good athlete,” Taylor said. “She’s just starting off very good for us. Both of those ladies are doing
very well.”Idaho competed this
weekend with less than half its full squad. Taylor said that both the women’s
half. “It’s probably the
biggest person I’ll ever go against. You can’t move him, he’s pretty skilled for how big he is,” Barone said.
New Mexico State ZDV� WKH� EHWWHU� ÀUVW� KDOI�team in hustle plays, getting 13 points off turn-RYHUV� DQG� ÀYH� SRLQWV� RII�of offensive rebounds, as opposed to Idaho’s zero points in those catego-ries. Idaho’s second-half charge was helped by only turning the ball over three times and keeping the Aggies to only one offensive rebound on the half.
“That was huge, to come back from 17 down WR� WKH� WHDP� SLFNHG� ÀUVW�to win the league,” Idaho shooting guard Connor Hill said. “(But) we can’t dig ourselves a hole so early, we seem to do that. I felt like if we played in the second half the entire game we would’ve won the game.”
1RW�EHLQJ�DEOH� WR�ÀQG�ways to win late in the second half has become
a disturbing trend for Idaho, which has seen late leads fade away against Montana, Boise State, Utah State and Denver to go along with late comeback bids, which have fallen short against UTEP, Wright State and New Mexico State.
Now the Vandals will have to pull a sweep on the road at La. Tech and Texas-Arlington in order to get back over .500 in conference play. La. Tech is currently 4-0 in the conference, while Texas-Arlington won the Southland Conference last season.
“(We’re going the) only place you can go, FRPH� EDFN� DQG� ÀJKW�like crazy,” Verlin said. ”We’re 6-9 and 2-3 in conference, but this team is a lot better than 6-9. What you got to do is NHHS�ÀJKWLQJ��LW·V�DOO�\RX�can do, it’s what they pay me to do and it’s what these guys will do I guar-antee it.”
Sean Kramer can be reached at
Sophomore Matt Sullivan cleared 15-9 (4.80m) to tie for second in the men’s pole vault on Saturday at the track and !eld WSU Open in Pullman.
and men’s teams could see 15 to 20 more athletes on either side compete next weekend at home at the Idaho Collegiate I.
“It was a really good start meet. We didn’t compete our entire team … but it was a great op-portunity for a lot of our freshman to have their first collegiate experi-ence and we had some really fine performances from them.”
Stephan Wiebe can be reached at
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Niners
To all my Idaho friends who are die-hard Seahawks fans — great effort. But at the end of the day, the team you slaughtered is in the NFC Championship game. And now all you have to cheer for is that team because one of its starting lineman is an Idaho alumnus.
—Theo
Almost MLK day
“Everybody can be great; you only need a heart full of grace, a soul generated by love.”
—Chloe
Bottoms up
“The problem with the world is that everyone is two drinks behind.” – Humphrey Bogart
—Molly
Gettin’ fit
,�KDG�P\�ÀUVW�GD\�RI�VZLP�FODVV�\HVWHUGD\��,W·V�WKH�ÀUVW�swim class I’ve taken since I was a wee tyke in water ZLQJV��,·P�RIÀFLDOO\�H[KDXVW-ed but it will be worth it.
—Kaitlyn
Wish list
Somebody please buy Pete Carroll a watch.
—Sean
Winter
Even though I’ve survived 21 winters, the cold always seems to shock my system.
—Lindsey
Hey gurl heeeeeey
Our last semester has of-ÀFLDOO\�VWDUWHG��$UH�\RX�UHDG\"
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Train of thought
Somehow I went from “Wel-come back, Vandals” to starting a crusade to get “Welcome %DFN��.RWWHUµ�RQWR�1HWÁL[�
—Kasen
Les Miserables
It’s been two weeks since I saw the movie, but I still hear the music playing in my head. I think it’s time to buy the soundtrack and curl up in bed with the book.
—Elisa
To my 17-35mm
f/2.8,
I miss you. Please come home soon.
—Philip
Scarves
Cold neck averted. Not effeminate fashion statement, I hope.
—Dylan
Spanish 101
Es una vida hermosa.—Britt
Day one
Had a lot of fun helping new international students orient themselves with the university. Have a good se-mester, guys.
—Amrah
Hawks
To all my friends who are die-hard Seahawks fans — great effort. But at the end of the day I no longer have to have your ‘Hawks news cover my Twitter feed, and for that I’m happy.
—Madison
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The opportunity to live in and help another culture in a different part of the world is a YDOXDEOH�H[SHULHQFH�LQ�ZKLFK�too few individuals participate. The United States Peace Corps provides an opportunity to gain knowledge and help communi-ties around the world.
In 1961, then Sen. John F. Kennedy challenged University of Michigan students to live in
and promote peace in develop-ing countries. The Peace Corps, a federal government agency, was the result of this challenge.
The Peace Corps reports more than 210,000 volunteers involved in projects in 139 countries since the start of the program. Currently there are 8,073 volunteers in 76 coun-tries.
If more college graduates spent their first two years after college in the Peace Corps,
Shane Wellner
Argonaut
A note on giving back
Ever heard the phrase “fat and KDSS\"µ�,I�WKLV�VWDWHPHQW�LV�WUXH��Americans must be very happy. Overweight is now the new “normal” for our country.
Currently, 35.7 percent of Americans are obese and 34.4 percent more are overweight. Projec-tions suggest 86 percent of Americans will be overweight or obese by the year 2030.
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As America’s waist-line has ballooned, so has the weight loss industry. In our nation of plenty, an estimated 72 million Americans are on a diet.
This is big business for the diet industry, which made an estimat-
ed $61 billion in 2011. In fact, Americans spent an estimated $40 billion on diet products in 2008 alone.
Supersizing AmericaHealth quickly becoming incredibly weighty issue
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Senior, General Studies
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Jesse Zylstra
“It was a bit of a hassle. After password reset issues, I had di!culty being able to log
in again. I normally have Gmail check my Vandal email, and the ‘upgrade’ resulted in settings needing to be changed. I was un-
aware of this and did not get my email for a while until I noticed the problem.
Same as Allen, for me there was absolutely no real advantage of upgrading. Everything was operating "ne. I don’t like VandalMail; I
don’t "nd it as secure or as reliable as Gmail for a variety of reasons. The only reason I
use VandalMail is for communicating with administrative departments that require
corresponding from a Vandal email address.”
Allen Jennings
“I think the university did the correct thing to upgrade over winter break, but was the upgrade really necessary? Between the two systems I see no di#erence, and I didn’t have access to my email for quite some time since the password change was a hassle.”
Sam Koester
“I think the change was good. Unlike last year, the timing was much better. I per-sonally didn’t have many problems with it once I asked a friend. I’m just glad they chose to do the change after finals week, rather than during.”
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Each year, the Idaho State Legislature meets to create laws it thinks the state of Idaho needs.
Though many students are from out of state and will not live in state when they are done at the University of Idaho, the decisions the legislature makes often impact UI and its students. At the very least, these decisions could affect students while they live here for four years.
7KHVH�GHFLVLRQV�LQFOXGH�WD[HV�and wages. The legislature also ap-proves university funding proposed by the State Board of Education.
This semester, Emily Johnson, a junior Broadcasting and Digital Media major and student journal-
ist at UI, is stationed in Boise to cover the legislative session for The Argonaut.
This will provide an opportunity like never before for students to get informed and involved with the legislature in the state’s capitol.
From now until the middle of March, or beyond if the session goes longer, The Argonaut will report in detail those issues in legis-lature that affect students, not from the perspective of a law-maker or lobbyist, but from the perspective of a student.
It’s easy to ignore politics as something only our parents need to think about. But the truth is the decisions made in Boise this
year will affect you during your adult life — a time that isn’t too far in the future.
Establish a pattern of involve-ment in state matters now because your voice matters, regardless of KRZ�\RXQJ�RU�LQH[SHULHQFHG�\RX�may feel. Those patterns will fol-low you throughout your life.
When issues come up that affect the university, raise your voice. Contact your legislators. <RX�FDQ�ÀQG�RXW�ZKR�WKH\�DUH�DQG�how to contact them at legisla-ture.idaho.gov.
If you have an issue that you think is important, but isn’t being addressed, don’t hesitate to bring it up. If you have an
opinion about a topic that is be-ing addressed, share it.
Americans have done some amazing things in the last couple of years simply by shar-ing their thoughts.
A year ago, the American public stopped the Stop Online Piracy Act, an act imposed to H[WHQG�8�6��ODZ�HQIRUFHPHQW�FRQWURO�RYHU�WKH�WUDIÀFNLQJ�RI�copyrighted property on the Internet, in the national legisla-ture by being vocal and adamant about what they wanted.
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— KC
Not just for grown upsDecisions made by Idaho State Legislature matter, Argonaut reporter will bring home updates
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Marissa Lucas,
R.D, L.D.
Campus Dietitian
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Jeremiah Dubie
Graduate Research Assistant
THE ARGONAUTPAGE 10 JANUARY 15, 2013
University Studies
Wesley O’Bryan | Argonaut
Cloud Nine
Andrew Jenson | Argonaut
Did you know that people between the ages of 18 and 25 have a higher prevalence of mental health conditions than any other age group?
In fact, instances of mental health conditions in this age group nearly double the general population, yet they have the lowest rate of help-seeking behavior.
Because of this, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAM-HSA) has launched a Mental Health Campaign to encourage, educate and inspire people between 18 and 25 years old to help and support their friends who are expe-riencing mental health problems. That may mean supporting some-one who has a known mental health condition, or it may mean encourag-ing someone to seek help IRU�WKH�ÀUVW�WLPH�WR�GHDO�with their condition. This is called “mental health ÀUVW�DLG�µ�DQG�MXVW�OLNH�ZLWK�JHQHUDO�ÀUVW�DLG��WKH�goal is to offer support and help until you can get them the professional as-sistance that they need.
You may have class-mates, friends, family members, roommates, coworkers or teammates who encounter mental health issues and you may be the first to no-tice, or at least the first one to reach out.
Mental Illness can include varying levels of severity in ailments such as anxiety, depression, substance abuse, eating disorders, bipolar dis-order or schizophrenia. $QG�MXVW�OLNH�D�SK\VLFDO�LQMXU\��VRPHRQH�ZLWK�a mental health issue needs help and first aid is important.
Though the need for assistance is there, with mental health problems LW�FDQ�EH�MXVW�DV�HDV\�WR�stick with an “it’s none RI�P\�EXVLQHVVµ�DWWLWXGH��
Finding a way to EURDFK�WKH�VXEMHFW�ZLWK�someone that you’re con-cerned about can be the tricky, but with a genu-inely caring intent you can do it. If you are con-cerned about someone,
you have an opportunity to reach out in a number of ways. You can use the
BACCHUS Net-work’s “I State-PHQWVµ�DSSURDFK�where you can create an opening with; I care, I see, I feel, I want, I will. With this approach, you are able to eliminate the accusing tone
and focus on the posi-tive, saying something like, “I care about you and I can see that you are struggling. I feel like you might want someone to talk to and I want you to know that I am here for you. I will be happy to listen or support you LQ�ÀQGLQJ�VRPH�KHOS�µ�
You can also use the Mental Health First Aid 86$�ÀYH�VWHS�DFWLRQ�plan to pave your way, which includes assess-ing the risk of suicide or harm, listening non-MXGJPHQWDOO\��RIIHULQJ�reassurance and informa-tion, encouraging them to seek professional help and encouraging self-help strategies. And if neither of these seems comfortable or appropri-ate for you, delegate.
Find someone who may be in a better position to have that conversation.
When someone is struggling, hurt or ill, the ultimate goal is to get them to the help that they need. Our campus has several resources that can offer assistance in mental health such as the Counseling and Test-ing Center, the Student Health Clinic or the 'HDQ�RI�6WXGHQW·V�2IÀFH���
As a member of the Vandal family with an “I *RW�<RXU�%DFNµ�PDQWUD��look out for each other, reach out when you need to and you’ll be an amazing positive force in this community.
Shannon Haselhuhn is
the UI Health Education
Coordinator and
can be reached at
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Shannon HaselhuhnHealth Education
Coordinator
What di!erence a friend makes
Erica Lawson | Argonaut
Grayscale
Visit www.ui-daho.edu/CTC for more informa-tion or to "nd out how to speak with
a counselor.
This December, our world survived the end of the Mayan calendar. Amidst online prophesies of impending Armaged-don, we weathered the end of times — and resurfaced unharmed, if not unfazed.
Remarkably enough, �����LV�QRW�WKH�ÀUVW�WLPH�that we have managed to avoid certain existential destruction. The Smithson-ian magazine reports that Assyrian tablets dating as far back as 2800 B.C. warn of the world’s immanent demise, while 15th century mathematician Johannes 6WRIÁHU�IULJKWHQHG�(X-rope with predictions of a FDWDVWURSKLF�ÁRRG��6FDUFHO\�a year ago, Christian radio personality Harold Camp-ing twice proclaimed that the long-awaited Rapture ZDV�ÀQDOO\�DW�KDQG��,Q�DQ�act of shocking resilience, humanity survived yet again, twice.
Perennial predictions of the destructive event we have all expected for centuries may disappoint — but predictions of yet more doomsday predic-tions are never off the mark. Far more certain than the occurrence of an actual catastrophe is our continued fascination with
eschatology, our facility for invoking the prospect of our own obliteration.
Something about the ex-istence of our world seems to consistently hint at its own negation. Yet there must be more to this phe-nomenon than the mere fact that the world is. After all, we are uniquely inclined to theorize about the end of the world and we tend to avoid apocalyptic alarmism about all sorts of existent REMHFWV��:KHQ��LI�HYHU��KDV�anyone ever precipitated mass hysteria by predict-ing the end of something as inconsequential as Fair Isle sweaters, for instance?
In his poem “The +ROORZ�0HQ�µ�ZULWHU�DQG�FULWLF�7�6��(OLRW�DUWLFXODWHV�his vision of a thoroughly dissatisfying apocalypse ³�IRU�WKH�´VWXIIHG�PHQµ�ZKR�RFFXS\�(OLRW·V�RHX-vre, the world ends “not ZLWK�D�EDQJµ�EXW�ZLWK�´D�ZKLPSHU�µ
(OLRW�LVRODWHV�ZKDW�,�regard as one of the main attractions of a dramatic apocalypse — it func-tions as a bastion against mediocrity. The hellish scenes that pervade Hiero-nymus Bosch paintings and traditional theological texts may be unnerving, but at least they are never boring. Fire and brimstone could salvage even the most banal life by infusing it with an element of much-needed
adventure. Perhaps the collective cultural fan-tasy of sensational death is a backlash against its perceived opposite — sce-narios involving Fair Isle sweaters and other J. Crew merchandise, which is to say, life at its most elegant but least eventful.
The glamour that ac-companies bloody and dramatic destruction is not only a salient feature of many artistic traditions, but also an accepted fact of contemporary culture. In countless TV shows, suave protagonists clad in IRUP�ÀWWLQJ�VSDQGH[�VDYH�the world from the looming menace of nonexistence WLPH�DQG�WLPH�DJDLQ��LQÁLFW-LQJ�DQG�UHFHLYLQJ�LQMXULHV�along the way.
World-saving violence is portrayed as exciting, even sexy. In pop culture DUWLIDFWV�OLNH�´7UXH�%ORRGµ�DQG�´0U��DQG�0UV��6PLWK�µ�consensual sexual ex-changes are often suffused with brutality. In one scene of “Buffy the Vampire 6OD\HU�µ�ZKDW�EHJLQV�DV�D�sparring match between Buffy and her undead love interest quickly transforms into an amorous encounter. (YHU�WKH�IHPLQLVW��%XII\�pins her former opponent against a wall and kisses him passionately as a build-ing crumbles around them.
The eroticization of GHDWK�ÀQGV�LWV�SUHFHGHQW�
in the operatic works of Richard Wagner, who originated the concept of ´OLHEHVWRG�µ�RU�HURWLF�GHDWK��,Q�´7ULVWDQ�DQG�,VROGH�µ�death functions for a pair of doomed lovers as the consummation of an affair that went unresolved in life. Apocalypse, too, is a sort of seductive force, promis-ing an alluring oblivion and allowing for personal capitulation to otherwise repressed savagery.
Mass death also presents itself as a unifying phe-nomenon. Total destruc-tion presents us with an alternative to confronting death alone — and to leav-ing a vibrant world behind us. Rather than exiting a rich reality, our own death would coincide with the demolition of everything we might have missed.
Of death, poet Rainer Maria Rilke writes, “it is strange to inhabit the earth no longer…not to see roses and other promising things in terms of a human future; no longer to be what one ZDV�LQ�LQÀQLWHO\�DQ[LRXV�hands; to leave even one’s RZQ�ÀUVW�QDPH�EHKLQG�µ�,Q�a doomsday scenario, we DUH�VSDUHG�WKH�GLIÀFXOW\�RI�conceptualizing the world absent our experience of it — we can sustain the comforting illusion that our presence in the universe is an integral part of its continued existence.
Apocalyptic addictionWe made it through Dec. 21, now moving onto another scheduled obliteration
Becca RothfeldThe Dartmouth,
Dartmouth College
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Although obesity has dramatically increased over the past 30 years, the messages promoting unat-tainable thinness have increased. Weight-based discrimination, or weight-ism, is a socially perva-sive form of discrimina-tion in our society.
Need more proof? In an article published by the Journal of Applied Psychology in 2010, researchers revealed that women 25 pounds below the national average weight earn an additional $15,572 each year.
To make this disparity even more contentious, men who weigh in 25 pounds below the national average take home $8,437 less per year. The mes-sage is clear; our society has incentivized body weight. Could weightism be the last legal and most enduring form of discrim-ination in our nation?
The government has tried to regulate our food choices by proposing bans and taxes on certain foods. Critics argue that
the government should not be responsible for regulating our food choices. This inevitably raises the question: who is responsible for our weight? Are you solely in control of your health and lifestyle?
As the Campus Dieti-
tian, Marissa Lucas, RD,
LD, provides nutritional
counseling for students.
To schedule an appoint-
ment call 208-885-6717 or
email [email protected]
SUpeRSizedFROM PAGE 9
Interested in joining the
conversation? At-tend the new series “Think Outside the Lunchbox” hosted
by the Campus Dietitian. Let your
voice be heard. Join us Wednesday, January 16th from 12:30-1:30 p.m. in the Commons Au-rora Room on the
fourth #oor. Snacks will be provided.
more countries would get the help they desperately need. These recent college graduates would also gain unique experience and knowledge of the world before entering their work industry.
The U.S. has the re-sources and manpower to spread support and peace
to other communities, but these entities are not being utilized. The largest volun-teer effort is in education, followed by health and economic development. The possibilities of more volunteers could dramati-cally increase the results and success of these work areas.
If devoting two years of your life isn’t an ideal situation, simply donating
to the Peace Corps is an op-tion that also makes an im-portant impact. The Peace Corps budget reached $375 million in 2012 and is only expected to grow to $377 million in 2013.
Donating or volunteer-ing would allow for more HIIRUW�LQ�FXUUHQW�SURMHFWV�as well as the creation RI�QHZ�SURMHFWV��%HFRP-ing involved in the Peace Corps is something every
American should seriously consider.
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To learn more visit the Peace Corps information table from 9 a.m.
to 12:30 p.m. Feb. 6 on the second #oor
of the Commons.