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Music to the ears Community members play together to celebrate world-famous musicians at 2013 Bach Festival
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Nathan Olson, co-concert master with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, is one of the top young violinists in the U.S., and he is scheduled to perform at the University of Idaho during the third annual Bach Festival this weekend. The 2013 Bach Festival starts with a lunchtime concert Friday and goes through Saturday evening. The festival performances will feature UI faculty, professional musicians from the area and top music undergraduates from the UI Lionel Hampton School of Music, and honors students from the Lionel Hampton School of Music Preparatory Division. The purpose of the event is to celebrate the work of Johann Sebastian Bach. “Bach has such a huge following all over the world,” said Miranda Wilson, assistant professor of cello, and double bass and co-artistic director of the Bach Festival. “His music has universal popular appeal. Our guest violinist, Nathan Olson, will be performing his “Violin Concerto in E Major.” It is similar to “Four Seasons,” very
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Students practice for the Idaho Bach Festival. The festival starts at noon Friday in the UI Commons Rotunda with "Bach in the Round." The opening concert is at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Administration Building Auditiorium. Events continue through Saterday with a lecture and performance forum at 10 a.m. in Haddock Performance Hall and the closing concert at 7:30 p.m, also in Haddock Performance Hall. exciting and energizing.” members play together. everyone raises their voices and Wilson said part of what “What we’re trying to do is their instruments, and we blow makes the Bach Festival so show the University of Idaho as the roof off.” important is how influential a center for excellence in classiMichael Murphy, director Bach was as a human being. cal music,” Wilson said. “We’re of choral activities, founded From the origin of the festi- already seen as a center for jazz, the Bach festival. Last year, he val in 2011, UI has worked to our goal was just to bring the invited Wilson to come aboard celebrate Bach by having stu- best and brightest of Idaho’s dents, faculty and community classical musicians on stage, and SEE Music, PAGE 5
Elect or re-elect Mayor Chaney and challenger Lambert contend for Moscow mayoral office Andrew Jenson Argonaut
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Miss Moscow USA Kelsey Craft enjoys a coffee at One World Cafe in Moscow. Craft will be representing Moscow for the Miss Idaho USA pageant Nov. 1 and 2 in Nampa, Idaho.
Taking the stage for Miss Idaho USA UI alumna Kelsey Craft represents her school, Moscow in pageant Danielle Wiley Argonaut
Kelsey Craft never saw herself as a beauty pageant contestant but instead as a health care professional and recent college graduate. “I wasn’t cut out for pageants,” Craft said. “I wasn’t what they’re looking for whether it be looks or personality or whatever.” After applying in November for the Miss Idaho USA pageant, Craft didn’t hear anything from the board until March. She was selected to represent both the City of Moscow and the University of Idaho as an official contestant in competition. On Nov. 1 and 2 in Nampa, Idaho Craft will be competing in the Miss Idaho USA pageant as Miss Moscow USA. It will be a two day pageant that includes three main categories: swimsuit,
evening gown and interview. Craft said she is excited to represent Moscow in the competition. She will compete against 30 other women from across Idaho. Craft said if she wins the state title it will open up many opportunities for her to give back to her community and will also open up doors for her career. Craft graduated last May from the University of Idaho with a degree in exercise science and health and a GPA of 3.91. Craft said she is hoping the pageant will teach her interview skills, how to articulate who she is as a person and how to pose herself as a confident character. All these skills, Craft said, will be beneficial as she applies for graduate schools across the country. Craft grew up in southwest Washington. She admitted that after moving to SEE Miss Idaho, PAGE 5
Mayor Nancy Chaney and challenger Bill Lambert have different visions for Moscow, and residents will be able to choose their preference in the Nov. 5 city elections. Lambert and Chaney both have a long history in Moscow. Lambert moved to Moscow in 1977 and managed Safeway for 33 years in addition to serving in city government. Chaney arrived in 1980 and has since acquired a master’s degree in environmental science from the University of Idaho. She has served in city government for the past 10 years — eight of which were spent as mayor. Both candidates emphasized the need for University of Idaho students to vote in the election. “Listen, anybody that’s 18 or older should vote,” Lambert said. “There’s no reason not to. It’s one of the Godgiven rights that we have here in America that a lot of countries don’t have. It’s as important for a young person to vote for their future, as a middle aged person or a senior.” Chaney said it’s important to take the responsibility seriously. “The outcomes
matter,” Chaney said. “In our case, it matters in terms of do we want to be the homogenous — if you look at the candidates who are running, we have a chance that we would have an all middleaged, white, male city council. What the heck is that about? That’s not Moscow, Idaho.”
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James Applegate, the third of five presidential search finalists to visit the University of Idaho spoke about his ongoing commitment to improving higher educaJames Applegate tion across the country on Tuesday. About 50 people — mostly faculty and staff — sat in the Administration Building Auditorium as Applegate introduced himself using three key words: passion, partnership and progress. “If you talk to anybody who’s worked with me at any point in my career, the word passionate will come up,” Applegate said. “So, I’m very passionate about the value of higher education — what it brings and what it can bring to students, to communities, to states, to the nation and for that matter, globally.” With higher education being his cause, Applegate said he has dedicated his life to expanding educational opportunity for everyone. He focuses particularly on low-income, non-traditional, diverse and first-generation students. Applegate said his experience with the Lumina Foundation in developing partnerships SEE Applegate, PAGE 5
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Lambert said growth in Moscow is the focus of his platform. “My basic premise is to get growth in the City of Moscow,” Lambert said. “Business growth, develop jobs, work in our industrial park so we can get good businesses here, and to help grow the University of Idaho — which has been stagnant for a decade.” However, he said Moscow needs to find focus in order to make that growth happen. “We need to keep our focus. And in Moscow, we’ve lost our focus,” Lambert said. “I mean the university has lost its focus. I think Moscow has lost its focus. We need to get the focus back, stay on that path for focus, and never get off of it, because when you get off that focus, that’s what leads to failure.”
Chuck Staben, the fourth of five finalists in the search for the next University of Idaho president visited the Moscow campus on Thursday to Chuck Staben speak about improving research efforts, student affairs and faculty satisfaction at UI. He began his open forum causing laughter throughout the roughly 50-person audience in the Administration Building Auditorium, by recognizing the quirky characteristics of Idaho and connecting them to the interests of his family. Receiving his bachelors degree and Ph.D. in biochemistry, Staben referred to himself as a “numbers guy” and “kind of geeky” when he recognized Idaho’s low rankings in various capacities compared to other states. Staben said Idaho is ranked 50th in National Institutes of Health funding, 50th in per
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