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your work in rawr On the cover: University of Idaho student Abigail Toevs stands on a stack of logs in a lumbermill located between Coeur d’Alene and Moscow.
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horoscopes
Virgo 8/23 – 9/22 There are too many freshmen, too much homework, not enough sleep. You deserve a lollipop. Libra 9/23 – 10/22 New nickname: Master of Homework. Congratulations on your current academic achievements. Scorpio 10/23 – 11/21 Woah, Nellie. Cool it on the body spray. Just because you sweat bullets while walking campus in 80 degree weather does not mean you should cover it up with potent perfume. Sagittarius 11/22 – 12/21 Forgot the number of margaritas you had last two-for-one Wednesday? Might want to tally ‘em up next time so you don’t find yourself face-planted in your roommate’s trash bin again.
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Capricorn 12/22 – 1/19 Don’t get your panties in a bunch. Your professor had homework once too … or so we think. Aquarius 1/20 – 2/18 Although you may be convinced an elephant lives above you, be mindful of the noise you make at 3 a.m. when playing Dance Dance Revolution. Nobody likes a hypocrite.
Taurus 4/20 – 5/20 You may want to pack a sweatshirt this week. Cool weather? Nah. Bird poop plop on your head? It’s possible. Gemini 5/21 – 6/20 That thing you’ve been putting off? Get there early. There will be a line.
Pisces 2/19 – 3/20 Hey, love bird. Don’t give up quite yet. Your everyday efforts to open the door for your crush have not gone unnoticed by their significant other.
Cancer 6/21 – 7/22 Your chocolate cravings are out of hand. Better make a trek to WinCo for strawberries, marshmallows and chocolate chips.
Aries 3/21 - 4/19 Explore your inner chef this week when your paycheck doesn’t show up. Leftover Top Ramen, whipped cream and pickles, maybe.
Leo 7/23 – 8/22 You may think you won’t forget that interview you’ve been waiting for all month, but if you don’t pencil it into your planner at 7 a.m., you may just show up at 7 p.m. instead.
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“There’s a Class for This” by Cute Is What We Aim For This is an epic punk rock anthem that will never leave your head. Lead singer Shaant sells his revealing lyrics, while Jeff Czum’s guitar anthem makes the song feel larger than life. Perfect for a night out or skating down the block.
“Hills and Valleys” by The Rocket Summer One man operation Bryce Avary AKA The Rocket Summer combines a heartfelt love song with a road trip sing along in this song. The result is a wonderful example of Avary’s creativity with the feelings he creates through sounds.
“The Permanent Rain” by The Dangerous Summer This song showcases the perfect harmony between the key players: AJ Perdomo’s heartfelt vocals and the glorious guitar of Bryan Czap go hand in hand here, creating a beautiful song that just makes you feel good.
“Waste Myself” by This Providence Seattle’s indie rock outing This Providence has a habit of making catchy tunes out of love messes. Case in point: This song, which was no doubt inspired by an ex flame, yet creates a short but sweet song that will have you begging for more.
“How You Love Me Now” by Hey Monday Though Hey Monday are still working on getting into the spotlight, they put more than enough effort into getting our attention. This tune is a fresh sound that stays upbeat throughout, with vocalist Cassadee Pope keeping up with the fast paced anthem. While they may not be household names yet, gosh darn it if they don’t keep trying. “New High” by Diffuser Rock group Diffuser have never been much for subtlety. “New High” is a bombastic head banger that will get you in the mood to go crazy. And we wouldn’t want it any
other way… “Like We Did (Windows Down)” by The Maine By the time Arizona’s quintet The Maine got around to their third album Pioneer in 2011, they had matured as a band and therefore their sound. “Like We Did” is a showcase for their new sound, combining John O’Callaghan’s mature voice with lyrics that take us back to summer memories. The result sticks with you, which is probably how The Maine planned it all along. “Kiss Me” by Sick of Sarah
As we all know, girls just wanna have fun. So it’s only natural that all this female rock outfit would go all barrels blazing for their song “Kiss Me”, which oozes catchiness and creative lyrics together in one fun song. “A Little Faster” by There For Tomorrow There For Tomorrow is always pushing the limit of their sounds. They’ve dabbled in many different experimental songs that keep the listener on their toes. This tune was the song that got everyone’s attention with its’ relentless intensity and vocalist Maika Maile’s give-ityou’re-all delivery.
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broken heart and praise of a dismissed love. The song not only illustrates, but builds brick-by-brick the tangible barrier between the life of the loved and the desperation of the lonely — putting that feeling into words is near impossible. It would be much better to write said feeling within heartbeats and heartaches than words. This album is somewhat of a blessed time bomb. It will only give itself to you when you’re ready, keeping it’s meanings and dynamic creations tucked away until EVF UJNF .VNGPSE 4POT will release their new album, i#BCFMw DPNJOH PVU 4FQU (FU NFOUBMMZ QSFQBSFE ZPV know I am. Chloe Rambo can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu
Asian chicken lettuce wraps If you are looking for something tasty as well as healthy, look no further. These erin dawson Asian Chicken crumbs Lettuce Wraps are delicious and easy to make. These wraps are filling without the grease, but they can be messy so consume with caution. The only change I would make to this recipe is to replace the canned chicken with fresh deli chicken.
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A sport for muggles, too
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Kevin Melkonian, Quidditch club member, makes a shot for 10 points Sept. 8 at Guy Wicks field. The first Quidditch team meeting took place Sept. 6 and club founder Andrew Wilson said he hopes to compete with other teams around the region.
Campus club offers shot at Quidditch glory — broomstick not required kaitlyn krasselt rawr With more than 200 ASUI recognized clubs and organizations, it’s hard to believe something might have been missing from the spectrum of opportunities available. But for the first time, the University of Idaho is now home to an official Quidditch team. Andrew Wilson, the club’s founder and current president, said Quidditch is a sport that anyone can play and being a fan of the books is not a requirement. “You don’t have to like Harry Potter to like Quidditch,” Wilson said. “I kind of disassociate them myself anymore because I don’t spend a lot of time reading Harry Potter but I spend a lot of time thinking about Quidditch.” Wilson said he began playing Quidditch in high school when he and some friends learned about the sport online. “My friends and I got together and actually played it in high school and I’ve just been meaning to bring it here,” Wilson said. The sport of Quidditch was adapted in 2005 by students at Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vt. and is now played at more than 300 universities and high schools in the U.S. and 12 countries. The International Quidditch Association
(IQA) is a non-profit organization that is responsible for developing and maintaining the rules, regulations and safety guidelines for the sport. The 172-page IQA handbook includes the full set of rules for the sport, information about starting and maintaining a team, hoop construction guidelines, a referee guidebook and a complete list of referee signals. “You play it just like the sport in the books and in the movies except you play it on the ground obviously,” Wilson said. “You do still have brooms … you have the same seven positions on each team. The only real major difference is an extra bludger which works for balancing the game, and the snitch is a human and when you touch it it’s only worth 30 points.” In the Harry Potter series, the Snitch is a small gold ball that flies and acts on it’s own. A player known as the seeker is responsible for chasing the snitch and attempting to capture it. In the live sport of Quidditch the snitch is a person. “He or she lives outside the game … they don’t have to follow the rules. They can throw you down,” Wilson said. “Whoever wants to be the snitch can be the snitch because they do get to have the most fun … it’s never really a problem to find a snitch,” Wilson said. The IQA posts the rankings for all teams on it’s website and eligible teams may
qualify for the Quidditch World Cup, hosted by the IQA. Wilson said that if there is enough interest, the team will compete against schools from around the region. He said he is currently communicating with Gonzaga University and several universities in Utah about possible match-ups. He said the team has also been invited to several tournaments already. “I want to make sure we’re going to make sure we have enough people to play before I commit to playing other teams,” Wilson said. “At this point – until we have the meeting – there’s no official club members. I’m organizing it and I gathered all the equipment so that we can play as soon as we’re ready.” The first Quidditch team meeting took place Sept. 6, but students who were unable to attend still have the opportunity to participate even if they don’t know anything about the game. “You don’t really need to know anything. We’re going to teach everyone the game,” Wilson said. “If you don’t like Harry Potter you might still like the sport of real life Quidditch and if you do like Harry Potter that just adds to the excitement of playing.” Kaitlyn Krasselt can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu
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Quidditch is a contact sport with seven athletes per team that play four different positions and use three different balls, according to the International Qudditch Association. Every player has a broom between their legs at all times. Three players per side are called chasers. Their objective is to score 10-point goals with a quaffle — or volleyball. They can run with it, pass it or kick it. Each team has a keeper, who defends the goal hoops from chasers.
Two players per side are called beaters. They use three bludgers, or dodgeballs, to disrupt the flow of the game by “knocking out” other players. Knocked out players are temporarily removed and must drop any balls, return and touch their side's goal before re-entering. Each team has a seeker whose job it is to snatch the snitch. The snitch is a tennis ball inside a yellow sock which is tucked into the waistband of the snitch runner, much like a flag football.
The snitch runner is not on either team, does not use a broom, and can use any means to avoid “capture,” including physical contact like wrestling takedowns or trickery. Players who commit fouls during the game face consequences depending on the severity. A game of quidditch does not end until the snitch has been cleanly snatched, which earns the team an extra thirty points. If the score is tied after the snatch, the match proceeds into overtime.
In the muggle game, a snitch is a tennis ball inside a sock, tucked into the waistband of a snitch runner. The snitch runner can use any means to avoid capture. Once the seeker captures the snitch, a game of Quidditch ends and earns a team an extra thirty points.
Bludger
The bludgers are played by the beaters and are thrown to disrupt the flow of the match by "knocking out" other players. If a beater catches a bludger thrown at them by an opponent, the knockout effect does not occur.
Quaffle The quaffle is played by the chasers whose goal is to throw it through the hoop, earning the team 10 points.
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Learn the language The ins and outs of roller derby lingo Roller derby is a basic game played with a million rules, Liz Domeris from the Rolling Hills Derby Dames said. Her alter-ego for roller derby is “Lesley Crusher.” Each game is called a “bout.” Each bout is divided into two halves. A jam, or a play, can last up to two minutes, but the “jammer” who makes it through the pack first, can call it off.
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Morgan Sherwood, nicknamed Heck No Techno, participates in an exercise at roller derby practice on Monday night at the Palouse Ice Rink. The team Rolling Hills Derby Dames is preparing for their upcoming bout next week.
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The “jammer” wears something called a “star panty” on her head. She is the player trying to lap the players of the opposing team, scoring points. One “blocker”, called a pivot, serves as the communicator on the track, Domeris said. She loves the sport itself and skating fast. “That’s what I really like to do,” she said. “The camaraderie that we have between the girls on our team and even other girls on different teams. It’s pretty hard to top that.” She said people come from all different walks of life. There are people on her team she never expected to be hanging out with and caring about so much. She said it’s a sport that brings everybody together. Morgan Sherwood, also known as “Heck No Techno”and Domeris are “derby wives.” “For us it just has to do with the fact that we connect well on the track,” Sherwood said. “We started on the same day. We passed fresh meat together. We had our first bout together and so we sort of have like an unconditional love for each other that has everything to do with roller derby.” Sherwood said one of the best parts about roller derby is the “boutfit”, which is the outfit women choose to wear at a bout. “So much of roller derby is the theatrical spectacle part of it and dressing up in ways that you don’t usually get to do,” Sherwood said. “The girls will plan weeks to months in advance to coordinate with their partners or team. That’s always a very exciting part of a bout.” “Derby love” is another term that means a team can play a bout with another team they do not know and the two teams can completely cream each other on the track. “But then at the after party you’re all drinking together, you’re all best friends — it’s like you’ve known each other for years,” Sherwood said. The next bout for the Rolling Hills Derby Dames, the Fall Brawl, will be on Sept. 21 in Washington State’s Beasley Coliseum. Doors open at 6 pm and the bout starts at 7 pm. Donations are accepted, including nonperishable food items. Molly Spencer can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu
Metal riffs
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Local bands cultivate metal music culture in Moscow, surrounding region matt maw rawr There aren’t many metal bands around Moscow and Pullman, but groups like The Persevering Promise and Strychnine stick it out for the love of the music. Matt Hoos, lead vocalist for the Moscow-based metal outfit The Persevering Promise, said the metal scene in the region is practically nonexistent and most of their shows are performed in Spokane because there’s no venue here. “It’s very ‘pacific Northwest,’ very ‘six hours away from Seattle,’” Hoos said. “Everybody’s a prolific songwriter who is going to change the course of the world like Bob Dylan.” Erik Snider, drummer for Pullman-based death metal act Strychnine, said it’s tough to get gigs in Moscow, in part because his band’s music genre was never meant to be popular. Strychnine vocalist and guitarist Christopher Snider said they’ve played sets at the Moscow Moose Lodge and a few other places in Moscow and Pullman, but the stereotypes and pop-culture do damage to the common mindset about metal. “It is kind of humiliating at times, and it’s definitely difficult to actually get anyone interested, and when people show up it’s definitely cool,” he said. Jesse Barton, TPP screamer and guitarist, said the only
metal scene is what they made by attracting people to their shows in Spokane and occasional performances in Pullman. Barton said he brought 170 viewers to a Pullman show last year, and he frequently tries to gather University of Idaho audiences to their Spokane performances. Barton said there is a handful of people throughout the region who work hard to book shows and gather audiences for various local and national bands, including their agent with Spokane’s Monumental Booking. “The scene is weird but it keeps growing,” Barton said. “Most scenes just die, so the fact that Spokane has what it does is kind of impressive.” Despite the relative strength of the Spokane atmosphere, Barton said the city doesn’t have all the answers and won’t sustain a band with national ambitions. Reaching for outside resources and networking throughout the country are crucial steps to success, he said. Particularly in an age when record labels no longer invest funding, everdecreased by digital downloads, into new acts. Hoos said industry agents no longer have the money to attend local venues and search for talent, and a band’s industry success boils down to a proactive attitude. He said he and Barton have been working for three years to develop themselves and they
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Where’s the veg? been told. Eating out with friends can From Gambino’s Chicago be one of the best weekend Pot Pie to Nectar’s burger pastimes, whether with caramelized onsharing a plate of naions and sweet pickle chos, splitting a beer aioli, from Blue’s Brew and pitcher or laughing BBQ’s pulled pork sandover the latest football wich to La Casa Lopez’s woes. But for the Mole Poblano, this little vegan or vegetarian town sure knows how to friend, it also creates a mealtime challenge: lindsey treffry cook meat right. rawr But as for vegetarWhere’s the veg? ian options, an iceberg Moscow restausalad with cheddar cheese just rants house some of the most doesn’t top the charts. Hold the delicious food — or so I’ve
cheese please, local vegans say. And don’t even get started on bar food options: fries, fries and more fries. Vegetarians are better off cooking at home. This isn’t to say that Moscow should stop cooking meat and throw some veggies on the grill — restaurants just need to get more creative. They’re stuck in a meat grilling rut. Some of these restaurants are going in the right direction, though. NY Johnny’s introduced a grilled veggie sandwich to
“Assmosis” D e R h t O W of EK E W
Assmosis: N. The act of getting warm by sitting in a chair from which someone else got up. Example: “After Kendra got up from her chair, I sat in it and got warm from assmosis.”
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A week’s worth of arts, entertainment, culture Sunday Sept. 16
The Avengers in the Borah Theater (FREE) Vandal Entertainment will also offer free pizza at the event. Showings are at 7 and 9:30 pm.
Wes Anderson Film Festival Moonrise Kingdom at the Kenworthy 4:30 and 7 pm
Wes Anderson Film Festival $6/ adults, $3/children 12 and under Moonrise Kingdom 8 pm, at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Center. Set on an island off the coast of New England in the 1960s, as a young boy and girl fall in love they are set to run away together. Various groups of the town go in search for the two, meanwhile the town is turned completely upside down.
Allen Stone Concert Doors open at 7 p.m. Bart Budwig will open for Stone at 7:30 p.m. The free concert will be held in the Student Union Building Ballroom on the second floor of the SUB.
Saturday Sept. 15 The Avengers in the Borah Theater (FREE) Vandal Entertainment will also offer free pizza at the event. Showings are at 2:30 and 9 pm. Wes Anderson Film Festival Moonrise Kingdom at the Kenworthy 5:30 and 8 p.m.
Tuesday Sept. 18
French Film Festival $4/individual tickets or $15/Film Festival Pass Kenworthy, Les femmes du 6eme etage. Film begins at 7 p.m. New films every week.
Wednesday Sept. 19 Food For Thought Film Festival $4/ Co-op members, $6/general admission The Moscow Food Co-op presents a documentary about the big business of bottled water.
7 Scarcity of vegetarian friendly food shows lack of creativity in Moscow restaurants their menu, which is unfortunately grilled in the same area as the meat. And some nights, Nectar’s featured soup is a vegetable broth base. Add some bread and salad and your meal isn’t half bad. The new food shack, Vlad’s Souvlakia, offers meat, as well as tofu, on a stick. “A” for effort, guys. Almost every restaurant has one meatless option and the guest can always request their meal without the chicken, pork or beef. But one or two items on
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from page 6 haven’t yet seen financial profit. “Dressing for the job you want, not for the job you have — that’s really what it comes down to,” he said. “There’s no easier way to have somebody (offer) to put their name on your product than if you’re already doing the work, and the only thing they have to do is sit back and make money.” Barton said they followed the Vans Warped Tour 18,000 miles across the country last summer to sell merchandise to the massive crowds at each city’s concert. The group raised $20,000 in sales and left the tour with only $2,000. They’ve purchased all of their own gear and transportation through the years, he said, as well as production services such as $500 promotional photo cards. Erik Snider said most of the metal music he listens to is made by bands that get no radio play but fund themselves on the road with gigs and merchandise sales. Christopher Snider said right now Strychnine plays metal for its own sake, and the band is getting known through its Myspace and Facebook pages, as well
each menu gets tiresome. You’re friends want to go to their favorite restaurant? Looks like it’s a side order of fries again. Moscow restaurants are doing their job. They’re feeding the masses and pleasing them. Most college kids like meat. Love it, actually. But it would never hurt to try something new, introduce it to the menu and see it take off. Meat eaters like vegetables too. Lindsey Treffry can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu
as conversations and experiences with friends. Strychnine’s gigs are usually set up when someone else contacts the band. The gigs and the people they meet “(break) up the monotony” of his day job. “You play your gig and you go to work,” he said. Despite the struggles of the location, he said the Palouse offers its own sort of inspiration for their work. Being in this isolated location helps them hone their particular sound outside the influences of other bands. In a city like Seattle, he said, they’d just be another act. “(Just) being down on the river, the quietness and the solitude definitely makes one clear and able to think about certain things, (unlike) being in a town where it’s constantly noisy. It definitely gives you time to breathe,” he said. Erik Snider said the fact that metal isn’t too popular here makes the good comments from concert-goers more meaningful for him. Those who don’t usually listen to metal, he said, are more honest with their praise than some other bands. He said the struggle to land gigs in an area not conducive to their art is a positive challenge. “No gigs have really ever been just handed to us,” he said. “We have to
fight for all the gigs we’ve had. That somewhat keeps us motivated and drives us to … just play better and be better than what we’ve been in the past.” TPP has played sets with big-time metalers A Skylit Drive, Breathe Carolina, Sleeping With Sirens, I See Stars and others, Barton said, but none of their opportunities would’ve been possible if they hadn’t made them happen. “We’re spending every dime we have, we’re eating beans every day,” Barton said. “Our diet this summer was just trash because we had three dollars max to spend every meal and there were three of us. It’s not always the best but we love it, man. (We) won’t ever quit.” Christopher Snider said metal music “transcends the time” in which it began. The most important thing for Strychnine “is not to play the game by anyone else’s rules” but their own, and they’re going to keep working their sound. Barton said music will never fail them. “Music is the one love that will never, ever turn its back on you or ever let you down,” he said. “If you can find that … in Moscow, you’ve got something going on right.” Matt Maw can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu