11.09.2012 Vol. 3 No. 13
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Scorpio 10/23 - 11/21 We all know you’ve been listening to Tswizzle nonstop. Give it a rest — you’re still not getting back together. Ever, ever, ever.
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Aries 3/21 – 4/19 Your family needs a turkey for Thanksgiving. They’re depending on you … get hunting.
Capricorn 12/22 – 1/19 Hopefully you voted. If not your toes may fall off.
Taurus 4/20 – 5/20 The funny thing about the world is that it turns in a circle and all of this year’s days will come again next year. Halloween is over. It’s time to hang up your bedazzled bra and tutu.
Aquarius 1/20 – 2/18 Hold the phone. You’re not having hot flashes. They just turned on the heat on campus.
We are accepting all forms of art and creativity to be featured inside the publication, or on the cover. Email: arg-arts@uidaho.edu
Sagittarius 11/22 – 12/21 Tickets for The Hobbit go on sale this week. You should probably stop ignoring societal norms and read the book.
Pisces 2/19 – 3/20 Pinterest misses you. Give it some love.
Gemini 5/21 – 6/20 You have a little less than two months to get started on your New Year’s resolutions for 2012 before you will have failed yet again. Hop on it.
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Cancer 6/21 – 7/22 Kick the leaves. Just do it. Leo 7/23 – 8/22 Get your hippie on and dance like mad. The bunnies are coming. Virgo 8/23 – 9/22 A very merry happy unbirthday to you. Left is right and right is left and down is up. Capish? Libra 9/23 – 10/22 You smell like feet. Kaitlyn Krasselt can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu
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Flip phone, Blackberry, iPhone or Android, here’s a playlist dedicated to that little piece of technology you love to blab-blab-blab on.
“Cellular Phone” by Jacks Mannequin Um…the oddest, yet sweetest song ever? Possibly. With a blustery-romantic mix of infirmaries and vampires, this song turns the ordinary cell phone into the only connection between to lovers that are much more star-crossed than any plain ol’ Romeo and Juliet.
“867-5309/Jenny” by Tommy Tutone When this song comes on at the party, everyone sings along. Even if you only
set yo’ ringtone
know the chorus, sing along as loud as you can and hope that Jenny hears you.
“Video Phone” by Beyoncé ft. Lady Gaga This tune was originally released in 2008 on that sassy Sasha Fierce’s third album. You won’t be able to stop your head from bobbing awkwardly and singing aloud, “If you want me you can watch me on your video phone” all Beyoncéstyle.
“I Love You, You Imbecile” by Pelle Carlberg This Britty-acoustic tune made the list simply for one little lyric, and one lyric alone: “I love the way you talk, I love the way you stalk me with your mobile
phone.” And that’s it.
“Call Me, Beep Me (Kim Possible Theme Song)” by Christina Milan This is possibly the most clever and catchy theme song to a Disney television show. And who could ever forget Kim Possible’s signature “beep-beep-ba-beep” text tone when the super-redhead is needed to save the day?
“Good Time” by Owl City and Carly Rae Jepsen In the second verse Jepsen drops her phone in the pool, making everyone who has ever been unlucky enough to let their phone fall into a collection of water —even into the toilet — collectively shudder and cry.
“Cell Phones Ringing (In The Pockets Of The Dead)” by Willie Nile This tune has a great beat and melody, but a message that is grimmer than going over your allotted talk minutes for the month. Nile sings about “believers and infidels (that) are fighting in the heat, while bodies of the innocent are covered with a sheet.” This song is New York grit at its best.
“Ringtone” by Weird Al Yankovich I’m not really sure of this song’s purpose. And I think that’s why it’s great. Chloe Rambo can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu
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Green Day First in trilogy sets standard to follow It’s been more information 22 years since punk rock For more rawr reviews gods Green visit uiargonaut.com/ Day’s inception rawrreviews. Email which begs to rawrreviews@gmail.com question: How to let us know what you is the group bradle y think and submit your burgess going to stay own reviews. rawr fresh after all these years? It’s a challenge the band seems bizarre “Kill The DJ,” which, ready to embrace as they though catchy, will raise a few announce their master plan: eyebrows. Release not one, not two, but The band has never been three new albums in the span the classiest act in the world, of a few months. and “Uno!” is a prime example. “Uno!,” the first in the More experienced trilogy, is tailor made Green Day rockers will definitely for not just Green Day not get a kick out of fans, but anyone who the album, and forget dares to call themselves about parents of young “punk rockers.” The rockers. But Green Day trilogy is described in does have an audithree movements: Getence, and the band is ting ready for the party Uno! available now quite passionate about (Uno!), the party itself them, as “Uno!” shows. (November’s Dos!), and They don’t do the same thing the cleanup (January’s Tre!). twice, but the risks they take The pattern lends itself to the stay consistent with what new album quite well. they would do under normal “Nuclear Family” opens the circumstances. album with a short but sweet The album closes with “Oh precursor to the night out, Love,” a simple, yet effective amping up the listener with the lyric “Gonna ride the world track with garage guitar and stellar vocals from Billie Joe like a merry-go-round/Like a Armstrong. As a whole, the alferris wheel that’s breaking bum is short enough to not get down.” “Carpe Diem” takes the tired, but just long enough to now famous phrase and makes leave an impression. Regardless it a grand anthem destined to of whether you are a longtime be rocked along to. Green Day fan, or just a rocker The album stays surprislooking for a good fix, “Uno!” ingly consistent, even with the delivers and sets the standard varied lyrical inspirations. “Fell for the rest of the trilogy. For You” describes a dream Bradley Burgess girl, while “Let Yourself Go” is can be reached at a song all about loving to hate rawrreviews@gmail.com someone. And then there’s the
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A simple substitute for Momma’s home cooking
Everyone misses the comforts of home when they head to college. One thing I miss most about ale ya ericson home is my rawr mom’s cooking. To remedy this, I made my mom’s potato bread recipe, which resulted in the fluffy and wonderful bread that I missed from home. Try it yourself. There are never too many uses for the many potatoes found in Idaho. Aleya Ericson can be reached at uicrumbs@gmail.com
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A Crumbs Recipe Card Ingredients • • • • • • •
2/3 c. butter 2/3 c. honey 2 eggs beaten 1 c. mashed potatoes 2 packs of yeast disolved in 1 1/2 c. lukewarm water 1 1/2 tsp. salt 6 - 6 1/2 cup flour
How to 1. Cream butter, honey, eggs and mashed potatoes together in a bowl. 2. Add yeast, salt and flour. 3. Allow to rise for one hour, then knead bread 4. Place roll size portions on cookie sheet. 5. Bake at 400 degrees for 15 - 20 minutes
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On your mark, get set, write Gear up for National Novel Writing Month emily vaartstra rawr At this very moment, thousands of writers across the U.S. and the world are franticly clicking away at their keyboards in hopes of making their word goal by Nov. 30 for National Novel Writing Month. National Novel Writing Month, better known as NaNoWriMo, is an event where creative writers work toward a set word goal in developing their very own novel throughout November. University of Idaho creative writing students Olivia Haberman, Brittany Kienke and Paisley Lukenbill are three friends taking on the NaNoWriMo challenge. “This will actually be my sixth year participating in NaNo,” Haberman said. “I heard about it sometime in high school and thought it sounded fun.” Kienke said this is her first year participating in NaNoWriMo, since her friends begged her to join in the event. “I figured it’d be easier to do it with a group, as you get lots of support and encouragement, so I gave in to the peer pressure,” she said. Lukenbill said it is liberating to write in a genre she wouldn’t normally try. “I’m writing a mystery novel this year, which is something I would never try in my sane mind, but, fortunately, you don’t
have to be in your sane mind to be a part of NaNo,” Lukenbill said. The three friends are going for a word goal of 50,000 words each, which is the minimum count to submit to the NaNoWriMo website before midnight, Nov. 30. Anyone who completes the word goal will get their novel officially verified, their name will be added to the site’s Winner’s Page and they will receive a winner’s certificate and web badge for their accomplishment. Both Kienke and Haberman said the greatest challenge for the event will be holding themselves back from the impulse to self-edit their novels during the writing process. “I’m a major self-editor,” said Kienke. “I can spend an hour just staring at the page, stuck in the middle of a sentence, trying desperately to find the perfect word.” Haberman said NaNoWriMo is about quantity over quality. “If you’re writing a novel in thirty days, you have to make peace with the fact that it’s going to suck,” Haberman said. “If I’m going to finish, I can’t allow myself to re-read what I’ve written or I’ll never get past how awful it is.” Lukenbill’s biggest challenge is getting herself to sit down and just keep writing. “I get bored and don’t want to work for days at a time,” she said. “I have to just sit down and force myself to write everyday
because meeting 50,000 words in one month will be difficult even if I am diligent.” Kienke said something that has really helped her with the writing process was taking the time to work on the basic plotting of her story, and she isn’t afraid to write whatever idea comes into her head. Lukenbill said writing ridiculous things that are unnecessary for the plotline but add to the word count is a perfect technique for NaNoWriMo. The most important thing to remember for NaNoWriMo is to have fun with the writing process, the three writers said. “If you’re doing NaNo for the first time, don’t give up,” Haberman said. “When you fall behind on your daily goals, it’s cool — some of the most fun I’ve had over the years is digging myself out of the deficit and back to where I’m supposed to be.” Kienke’s advice is to breathe, shut off the self-editor and write until your fingers fall off.
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“Even if the novel you turn out ends up being atrocious, it’s still good to get yourself writing,” she said. Lukenbill said NaNoWriMo is the time you can let loose with your writing. “Take risks in your writing and try things that you wouldn’t try in any other circumstance,” she said. A group of Moscow writers meets at the One World Cafe for write-ins to bounce around ideas and encourage each other in the process. The NaNoWriMo website, nanowrimo.org, is a way to connect with other writers, check out regional word counts and
fun NANOWRIMo fact Sara Gruen wrote #1 New York Times Bestseller “Water for Elephants” while participating in NaNoWriMo.
get involved in other events by NaNoWriMo. “It’s frantic and crazy and I love it,” Haberman said. Emily Vaartstra can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu
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Salute to veterans ‘Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter’ gives honor to veterans is set in Slab City, which is in the desert of California,” director Robert Caisley said. “It is a place for displaced Sunday is Veterans Day. people that have no homes. The subjects of war and Their homes are constructed soldiers have inspired countby whatever they can get less works of art, including their hands on. It’s not like a the play “Welcome Home, shanty town like one would Jenny Sutter,” about a soldier suspect — some of these placrecently home from Iraq. es are highly decorated with “I think people should what we would call junk.” come see the play because The play opens in an it’s a play about going home airport that is covered by and a play about patriotism an enormous flag. When the and I feel like that its imporplay transitions to Slab City, tant that regardless on your massive towers stance on the war, containing everyevery American is thing from wine responsible for the glasses to chaotic veterans coming stacks of books home,” Hilary Mosgives character to man, who plays the odd town. the role of Jenny Jeremy ThompSutter, said. son, who played In the play, Donald, kept Jenny Sutter is his character’s waiting at the hunched posture airport when she throughout the meets a free spirplay — portraying ited woman named a disability. Lou. Jenny is not Additionally, quite ready to Mosman moved return home to her around the stage family — none of and on and off the whom know that ground several one of her legs was times, all while amputated, so she portraying an accompanies Lou UI amputee. to her home in “I wear a brace hilla ry mosman Slab City. in the show and The set of Slab that helps me a City was completelot, but for the last couple ly made out of recycled parts. weeks I have been isolating “The majority of the play
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I think people should come see the play because it’s a play about going home and a play about patriotism and I feel like its important that regardless on your stance on the war...”
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University of Idaho Department of Theatre Arts students (left to right) Jeremy Thompson (“Donald”), Hillary Mosman (“Jenny”) and Margaret Miller (“Lou”) act out a scene in Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter by Julie Marie Myatt. p.m. Nov.11 in the Hartung the entire leg,” Mosman said. more information Theater. Tickets for the show “The hardest part was getting are free for Veterans and UI on and off the ground so “Welcome Home, Jenny students with a Vandal Card. many times.” Sutter” plays at 7:30 p.m. Visit www.uidaho.edu/ “Welcome Home, Jenny Nov. 9-10, and at 2 p.m. class/theatre/productions/ Sutter” has been in producNov. 11 in the Hartung welcome-home-jenny-sutter tion since the beginning of Theater. for more information. the fall semester. Tickets are free for Aleya Ericson “Welcome Home, Jenny Veterans and UI students can be reached at Sutter” will be performed at with a Vandal Card. arg-arts@uidaho.edu 7:30 p.m. Nov. 9-10 and at 2
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School doesn’t leave much time for decorating for the holidays so we’ve got you covered. The directions are simple. Color, cut and glue. Dress your turkey anyway you want and hang it up for everyone to see. Don’t forget to trace more feathers with the one provided, to ensure your turkey is fully dressed.
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Events calendar This week’s list of arts, entertainment, cultural events Friday Nov. 9 Rayce Bird 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. in ALB 102 – J.A. Albertson by the College of Art and Architecture Racye Bird, former UI student and Artist for Adobe Systems will lead a hands-on workshop in Photoshop and Concept Art. Come gain insight into developing creative ideas, as well as learn tricks of the trade in Photoshop. A sketchbook and a laptop with Photoshop will be needed. ricky scuderi | rawr
Washington State University senior Nikki House is dancing with University of Idaho alumnus Chris Sherwood at CJ’s on Thursday night. The nightclub hosts a country swing dance night on Wednesdays and east coast swing on Thursday, for people of all ages.
Dancers take floor A swinging time in downtown Moscow ryan tarinelli rawr It’s a quiet night Thursday night in downtown Moscow, except at the top floor of CJ’s where the music starts to swing at 10 p.m. and in seconds the dance floor is filled with new dance partners. The energy on the floor is great as skirts swing back and forth and couples twist and turn with fluid motion. As songs change, so do the dancing couples as they swap out for different partners with different styles and grooves. Every Thursday night, CJ’s holds a swing dance on the top dance floor. Even though CJ’s is a bar, the dance is open to all ages and anyone that wants to learn how to swing dance. CJ’s offers group swing dance lessons from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., where instructors go through different moves and rhythms to help less experienced dancers become more successful and confident on the dance floor. The dance starts at 10, and more experienced dancers take the floor.
Most dancers come from the University of Idaho and Washington State University to dance and swing. Max Thew, a student at UI and a member of the UI ballroom dance team said Pullman and Moscow have a great swing community and that these dances really bring people together. He said these dances usually contain a wide spectrum of dancing abilities, from just starting out to experienced dancers, but it gives people an avenue to get really good at swing dancing. Hailee Davenport a student at UI said she never did swing dancing before but learned so much over the past semester by dancing with people of different abilities and styles. She said it is a fun way to meet new people in the community and learn how to dance. The dancers often trade off between the different styles of swing dance, known as “east coast” and “west coast” based on the type of song that is playing. East coast swing dancing is done at a
faster tempo than west coast and is usually danced to songs that swing, whereas west coast style dancing is often danced at a slower tempo and can be danced to modern pop or rock songs. Some of the more experienced dancers go into an energetic variation of west coast swing known as Lindy Hop that involves rhythmic kicks and quick hip turns which makes for an exciting dance. However, the group dance lessons usually start out with the east coast style “rock step”. Thew said that all of the styles of dance are difficult in some way or another, but the Lindy Hop takes the most experience by far. When asked if he had any advice to someone thinking about starting swing dancing Thew said just go for it — go to some of the lessons with your friends and stay for the dance and make a night out of it. Ryan Tarinelli can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu
Welcome Home Jenny Sutter 7:30 – 9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the Hartung Theater. 2 - 4 p.m. Sunday. $10/general admission, $8/UI Staff, faculty, and WSU students, FREE/UI students A tour of duty in Iraq has left Jenny a wounded woman, with a body and mind she struggles to call her own. It will take the eccentric inhabitants of Slab City, a travelers’ oasis in the California desert, to help her find the solace needed to return to daily life. Bully 8 p.m. at Kenworthy Performing Arts Center $6/Adults and $3 Kids 12 and Under Rate: UR Presented by Palouse Center for Conflict Management and Human Rights Task Force This year, more than 13 million American kids will be bullied at school, online, on the bus, at home, through their cell phones and on the streets of their towns, making it the most common form of violence young people in this country experience. BULLY is the first feature documentary film to show how we’ve all been affected by bullying, whether we’ve been victims, perpetrators or stood silent witness.
Monday Nov. 12 ASUI Fall Elections 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Voting Stations are Located Across Campus, including the Idaho Commons and Student Union
Building. ASUI is the representative body of all undergraduate students. Students can vote for ASUI representatives during the ASUI Fall Elections at electronic polling stations across campus.
Tuesday Nov. 13 Haddock Performance Hall - Lionel Hampton School of Music Auditorium - Administration Building Three award-winning soloists have created one of the most exciting piano trios performing today. The Weiss-Kaplan-Newman Trio brings to their performances a distinctive fusion of authority and experience, energy and passion. The three acclaimed musicians — pianist Yael Weiss, violinist Mark Kaplan and cellist Clancy Newman — comprise an ensemble whose performances the Washington Post describes as “splendid and idiomatic.”
Wednesday Nov. 14 Life In A Day 7:00 PM $4/Co-op Members, $6/General Admission Presented by the Moscow Food Co-op’s Food For Thought Film Series What do you get when you ask the people of the world to chronicle a single day in their lives? You get 80,000 submissions, 4500 hours of footage, from 192 countries. Kevin Macdonald has taken this raw material, all shot on July 24, 2010, and created a 90-minute paean to what it means to be human in the world today.
Thursday Nov. 15 Looper at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Center 8 p.m. Rated: R $6/adult In the year 2044, a man working for a group of killers called “Loopers” (they work for the mob and kill people who are sent blindfolded back in time from the year 2074 by their bosses) recognizes a victim as himself. He hesitates resulting in the escape of his older self. Tickets are $6/Adults.
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