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9.12.2014 Vol. 5 No. 4

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Behind enemy lines page 8-9

horoscopes the argonaut

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Virgo 8/23-9/22 Take time to smell the roses today. Then steal the roses, so no one else can have them. MWAHAHAHA!

photography mixed media paintings sculptures short fiction poetry

Libra 9/23-10/22

Aquarius 1/20-2/18

Soon, some fool will advise you to shoot the moon. Ignore them. After all, what did the poor moon do to you?

The fate of the universe depends on you ending your next conversation with, “So long and thanks for all the fish.” Don’t question it. It is what fate has decreed.

Scorpio 10/23-11/21 Swim with dolphins, dance with wolves and get in your full gambit of animal-related exercise.

non-fiction rawr is an alternative weekly publication covering art, culture, campus life and entertainment.

Sagittarius 11/22-12/21 Tuesday will present you with the opportunity to wear plaid. For the love of God, don’t. It will lead to your doom.

We are accepting all forms of art and creativity to be featured inside the publication, or on the cover.

Capricorn 12/22-1/19

Email: arg-arts@uidaho.edu

This is Moscow, not Sparta. Try not to be sad.

Pisces 2/19-3/20 Viva la vie. Don’t know what that means? Time to learn a new language this week.

Aries 3/21-4/19 I see with my little eye … something white, red and covered in purple spots. Boy, your future sure looks confusing.

Taurus 4/20-5/20 This week brings great surprises,

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fortune and love. If you procrastinate you will miss out.

Gemini 5/21-6/21 Your tired, lagging steps makes you resemble a member of the walking dead. Rest up or else you will be the latest zombie casualty.

Cancer 6/22-7/22 You will have a terrible feeling that something, somewhere is watching you. Don’t worry, it’s just a fedora. An evil, evil fedora.

Leo 7/23-8/22 I hate to break it to you, but it’s not all about that bass. It’s all about trombones. Bit of a let down, isn’t it?

Get Pumped “Hanging On” by Cheyenne Kimball

“Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)” by My Chemical Romance

Anyone who’s ever had a bad day should listen to this song. Cheyenne Kimball delivers a power filled anthem that will appeal to all and lift you up out of any funk.

“The Art of Losing” by American Hi-Fi

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With crazy lyrics, a killer drum beat and guitars that everyone will string along to, American Hi-Fi’s most popular song will make you ready to take on the world.

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Even with its unruly title, My Chemical Romance’s opening salvo to their concept album “Danger Days” energized their audience and even those who have never heard of them.

“Do What You Want” by OK Go

OK Go is well known for their outlandish music videos, but their songs are equally cool. This one in particular will

have you jumping with joy and energy.

“Fast In My Car” by Paramore One of the best first songs of any album, Paramore’s kickoff to their latest, self-titled album combines killer rock with Hayley Williams’s fiery vocals for 3 minutes, and 43 seconds of awesome.

“Thick As Thieves” by Cavo This stadium anthem will have you either screaming with excitement, singing along like a madman or all of the above.

“Spin” by Taking Back Sunday This song delivers Adam Lazzara’s throat shredding vocals wrapped in a metal package. It’s heavy, loud and in your face, but we wouldn’t have it any other way.

“Lies Greed Misery” by Linkin Park This short but sweet song will assault your senses with techno beats mixed with re-

lentless drumming and Chester Bennington’s howl. In short, a match made in rock heaven.

“Set Me Free” by Velvet Revolver Slash plays guitar for this band. Do you need any other reason to check them out? If so, play this song on full volume and lose yourself to its rage filled insanity. Bradley Burgess can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu

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Review: A Pants Holder-uper Fashion for your waistband It’s time for another non-conventional review, last time I covered my personified car, this time I am going to the other extreme and writing about my belt. My belt, unlike my car, does not have a name, not a name like Roxanne at least. The people who make my belt, Arcade Belts, call it “The Hemingway,” which is a fine name for a belt. cy whitling rawr I rate my belts on four distinct characteristics. These, listed in no particular order are: style, comfort, ability to keep up pants and general adventure-worthiness. Let’s start out with style. My female relatives will probably tell you that I have either no style or very bad style. Be that as it may, this belt is absolutely oozing with style. This belt is classy, no crazy colors, no shiny buckles, just

simple, understated, timeless good looks. This is a belt that dresses for the job it wants, not the job it has. This is the kind of belt that is equally as comfortable in a VIP area as it is on a V4 bouldering problem. It goes with just about anything, and never draws unwanted attention to your waist. I give the Hemingway four missed belt loops out of four for style. Along with looking good, it is also important for a belt to feel good. The Hemingway’s manufacturers say it was designed with comfort as a priority — and you can feel it. The Hemingway is made out of elastic that the manufactures claim makes all your pants feel like sweatpants. I don’t particularly like the feel of sweatpants, but the Hemingway does make my pants noticeably more comfortable. The belt stretches with me when I try to do flexible things, and never tightens uncomfortably when I get myself into awkward situations. It features a flat plastic buckle that stays out of the

way. I have tested the buckle in a number of situations that mostly involved me crashing hard on my bike or skis and I have never suffered from the bruises other belt buckles gave my belly. Five out of five belly bruises for the Hemingway on the comfort scale. Sometimes we forget that our belts are supposed to be doing something for us, we aren’t just paying them to sit around and look pretty. The most important attribute of any belt is its ability to keep up pants. The Hemingway does this admirably. I have never suffered from premature pants loss while wearing the Hemingway. It keeps my pants comfortably centered around my waist, and never lets my pants ride up and eat my navel. The Hemingway scores three out of three on the premature pants loss scale. Finally, the true test of any equipment is how it performs outdoors. Overall the Hemingway dominates on the general outdoorsiness scale. It does not show dirt or wear, it is machine washable and its stretchy nature lends it to a plethora of unintended uses.

If you are looking for a belt that can be used as a slingshot, a tourniquet, a bungee jumping rope, a tie down strap and a giant rubber band to snap your roommates with, look no further. The Hemingway excels in all of these rolls and more. The only downside of the Hemingway is also related to its elastic construction. If you try to carry anything heavy on your belt (a walkie-talkie, a gun, small children) the belt stretches and sags and leaves you with a radio, weapon or child bouncing and smacking your thigh with every step. This is a tradeoff I will readily take since the percentage of time I spend carrying one of those things is small. The Hemingway scores four out of five bruised roommates for general outdoorsiness. All in all the Arcade Hemingway is a rather incredible belt. This is the only belt I know that can keep up with me on the ski slopes and the dance floor. It is truly a belt that deserves a review. Cy Whitling can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu

Why was everyone partying downtown? exception. With several thousand people If you were anywhere near downlistening to seven hours of rock music on town Moscow Sunday you probably Main Street, the Block Party is a singular caught the strains of music wafting from Main Street. If you ventured down event put on by a unique organization. Eric Engerbretson, who has to Main Street you may have been organizing the Block Party caught a glimpse of a stage, comsince its inception in 2007, said the plete with a light show blocking goal of the event is to just throw a off the eastern end of the street. big party to welcome back all the Your weekend entertainment students. This year the Block Party was brought to you by the Nuart featured nine Christian bands in Block Party, an event that has cy whitling rawr one of the biggest rock shows in been put on for the last eight of the area. years by the Nuart Theater in Although the Block Party is put on Downtown Moscow. by Christians and features Christian Just when you thought Moscow had music, Engerbretson says the goal is not settled down for the school year someto target any specific religious audibody throws another party. Between Palousafest, the Block Party, ence. Instead the party aims to provide a great music experience for an audiall of the assorted relatives weekends ence of all ages. and Finals Fest, some students might The Nuart Theater, which puts on the be wondering if Moscow ever takes a party operates under similar principals. weekend off. Engerbretson said the Block Party serves The answer of course is no. as an introduction to the theater for Moscow consistently seizes the students who may not have known weekend as a chance to have a good about the services it offers. In addition time before jumping back into another to offering a quiet place downtown to Monday, and the Nuart Block Party is no

study the Nuart also serves espresso and puts on open mic nights and free Friday movies with free popcorn. It’s hard to go wrong with an event that features loud music, a bouncy castle, hot dogs and cotton candy, and the Block Party never fails to deliver on all of those fronts. If you have ever attended the Block Party before, you know that this is probably the only time you will get to watch an eclectic group, ranging from toddlers to students to senior citizens try to dance on Main Street. The Block Party is simply an extension of the Nuart’s work to help students and open conversations with those interested in spirituality. The Nuart offers books on a range of spiritual topics and counseling available to anyone. “The Nuart is about being a hangout spot where, if people want to talk about spiritual things, they’re welcome but there is no pressure to do so,” Engerbretson said.

The Nuart Theater is a historical landmark in Moscow that continues to live up to its legacy. Its downtown location, open mic nights and free Friday movies put it on the shortlist to check out, regardless of your spirituality or lack thereof. Cy Whitling can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu

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Mad libs

Joe goes _________ (adjective)

As the season started to turn, Joe Vandal needed a new hobbie. He was feeling __________________ and needed something (emotion)

to do. So he got on a ________________ and headed to ________________. (mode of transportation)

(place)

On the _________________ he met a ________________ who told him to (transportation)

(noun)

_______________ up and put a smile on his ________________. But no, said (verb)

(body part)

Joe. It is not that easy, you see. "But why?" said the _____________. (same noun)

"Well I forgot the ______________ and now I can not _____________ (object)

(action)

at the ______________," Joe said. (event)

"Have no fear! I have ______________ right here," said the (object)

_____________. "No turn right around and head back to ____________." (place)

(same noun)

"But this will be too slow, I will never make it to ____________ in time," Joe said. "Do you have a ______________?" (place)

(different object)

"Why yes, I do in fact have a ___________. How did you know?" (object)

"Just a hunch. You seem like a _______________ _________________," (adjective)

(noun)

Joe said. "Thanks so much, I will head back right now. I am so glad to have met such a wonderful _______________." (noun)

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Food of the Gods Local wine bar brings the tasty Local restaurant and wine bar Nectar is aptly named because the overall experience the diner is left with is comparable to an out of body revelation. Located at 105 W. 6th Street, Nectar may appear small from the outside, but the impression left by their flavors is bold and memorable. The décor is minimal, yet elegant; artsy, yet homegrown. The quality of the local ingredients is surprisingly exceptional. It’s a fine dining connoisseur’s dream. To begin, Nectar offers a number bradley burgess crumbs of excellently composed appetizers. There’s a small snippet of their flavorful mac and cheese, a larger version offered for dinner. Bacon wrapped shrimp skewers with a deceptively simple honey chili dipping sauce is a favorite. An artisan cheese plate with honeycomb appeals to the upscale patrons, whereas steamed clams in a garlic saffron white wine broth will satisfy seafood fans. For the main course, several great options await the diner. Expect options paralysis when you read the descriptions. A popular item is the lamb chops, grilled to perfection resting atop a bed of Israeli couscous with grilled broccolini, again, deceptively flavorful. Grilled meatloaf with a special chipotle barbeque sauce is a great home-style flashback for the casual diner. Filet mignon with fingerling potatoes will get meat lovers’ hearts racing and a seasonal seafood menu will knock seafood lovers off their feet. And the restaurant offers wine tasting flights for those with a taste for the fancy. Nectar delivers for those with a desire for classy eats while also appealing to their wallets. It should be a must destination for all Moscow newcomers and even Moscow veterans. Bradley Burgess can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu

claire whitley | crumbs

claire whitley crumbs I have had chicken breasts in my freezer for weeks and have

not been able to use any due to my lack of energy to cook. However, feeling a little adventurous I set out on a quest to find something having to do with

chicken that was quick, easy and tastes delicious. Thanks to Betty Crocker, I found a fantastic way to do that.

A Crumbs Recipe Card Chicken fingers Serves: 4 Ingredients: • • • • • •

2/3 cups Original Bisquick Mix1 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese 1/2 teaspoon salt or garlic salt 1/2 teaspoon paprika 3 boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut crosswise into 1/2 inch strips 1 egg, slightly beaten

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3 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted

Directions: 1.

Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Line cookie

sheet with foil; spray with cooking spray Mix Bisquick mix, cheese, salt and paprika in 1-gallon resalable plastic bag 3. Dip half the chicken strips into egg; place in bag of Bisquick mixture 4. Seal bag; shake to coat. Place chicken on cookie sheet 5. Repeat with remaining chicken 6. Drizzle butter over chicken 7. Bake 12 to 14 minutes, turning after 6 minutes, until no longer pink in center 2.

Claire Whitley can be reached at crumbs@uidaho.edu

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To skate or not to skate?

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OUT

Should skateboarders be able to use sidewalks or be restricted to the road?

“I don’t mind if they use the sidewalks, but they should have a little bit more respect for people walking and bikers.” Landon Goolsby Freshman

“I think, within reason, if the sidewalk is clear enough, the skateboarder should be able to use it, but if it’s congested, they should take in mind that pedestrians are first.” Cody Spoelstra Freshman

“It depends on the time of day and how many people there are. If there’s a lot of people and one of them is going through the students, it’s annoying to have to walk around them or hope they’re going to dodge you in time.” Jordan Clapper Sophomore

“I think they should be able to use sidewalks, as long as they’re polite it seems fair.” Hannah Clark Sophomore

Sophomore Dakota Atwood hits a rail on campus during Fall 2013.

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UI’s non-traditional students

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The unimportance of being typical There seems to be an increase school until they know exactly what they want to study for the of non-traditional students on a job they want — a difficult task. national level. I transferred to the UniverThis is a trend I consider to sity of Idaho from a community be very positive. Though, percollege, where it’s common haps I should admit I’m to see students of all ages a 26-year-old sophomore, taking classes. and therefore a non-tradiI met a woman in her tional student myself. 60s learning the finer Many students are points of creative writing, considered as nonchristopher because she loved sharing traditional, according dempsey stories about her family’s to the National Center rawr history with her grandchilfor Education Statistic’s dren. I had a writing workshop guidelines. Students who took a with a woman who had been semester off after high school, a nurse, until she discovered spent a semester as a part-time that she didn’t like the graphic student or received a GED or nature of the job and wanted high school equivalency are to find a job in administration. all considered non-traditional I met several students taking students. marketing and business classes One study showed that over after losing their jobs due to half of all undergraduates fit the real estate crash. I met into this category, and thus, construction workers in need of could be considered the new more mathematical knowledge “typical” students. Though many to advance in their careers and characteristics can define a countless veterans looking for non-traditional student, the their niche back into society. most popular connotation conThey all seemed to think nected with a non-traditional like a typical student would student is age. think, and the more experienced The familiar image of a hard students always seemed to have working and wide-eyed 18-yearadvice — sometimes old being escorted to college given unprovoked. by his or her parents is fading. Regardless of age, we are Though this category is still all here learning what we can. present and appreciated, the Most of us are concerned with rise of non-traditional students feeling foolish at first, feeling can’t be overlooked. Economic lonely and overwhelmed. downturn, war and personal deOn a national level, the more velopment are among the many Americans that have an educapossible reasons for this trend. tion or solid knowledge base to Finding a suitable job in a consult, the better off America is suitable job market can take and the better off humanity is. time, so some students take a Christopher Dempsey can be break to decide what it is they reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu want to do. Some wait to start

A chubby squirrel sits on the tree right in front the Memorial Gym during lunch time.

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Behind enemy lines Veterans willing to share their stories

William Gentry “I remember one night pretty vividly. This was the first time I almost died,” said William Gentry. The sky was black with a few faint stars, Gentry said. He said he was in his Kevlar jacket and helmet with his mortar tube pointed in the direction of a patrol squad. He could see the muzzle flashes of the firefight. He said he had been waiting for coordinates so he could provide effective fire and not risk hitting his own men. Gentry said he heard a threeround burst and saw tracer rounds buzz above his head. The shots came from behind him. The thought that their compound was over-run and they were surrounded raced in his head. He said he hugged the ground of his one-foot deep mortar pit and rotated his mortar tube. He said he prepared to fire back when his radio clicked on. A voice said, “sorry, don’t fire back.” Gentry is a junior at UI. He’s studying conservation science to become a conservation officer with Idaho Fish and Game. He lives on campus with his wife and daughter. He considers some negative social connotations of being a non-traditional student, and feels like he fits in more than he should at UI. Seventeen-year-old Gentry went to an army recruiter a week after Sept. 11, 2001. He had never fired a gun before. He’d never been on an airplane before. Within a year he was in army boot camp. Gentry said he spent a good portion of his deployment digging from sunrise to sunset to fortify bases, eating Meals Ready to Eat, drinking warm water, sleeping in a tent with a broken zipper and occasional missions to apprehend known enemies. They were traveling in a convoy returning from an uneventful mission, Gentry said. There were six unarmored humvees and Gen-

try was in the fourth from the front. The humvees bunched up as they turned a corner around a wall. This is a common place for an improvised explosive device, Gentry said. Gentry said the tactic is to take out the middle humvee, creating chaos, killing and then escaping before the soldiers can regroup. An IED was triggered. The massive explosion missed its target do to some accident or a time delay so there wasn’t an ambush. Gentry said he was tasked with guarding the gate while a superficial injury in his leg healed. He knew enough Pashto to handle most situations at the gate. His job was to intercept people, make sure they didn’t have any bombs and to ask what they wanted. The situations were natives mostly looking for medical treatment or supplies that the base didn’t have or couldn’t provide them. They were turned away. One day, two men approached the gate. Gentry said he stopped them at a comfortable distance away and asked them basic questions in Pashto. One of the men started begging for a doctor. The man had something in his arms that Gentry couldn’t quite make out. Gentry said he gradually walked closer telling the man to leave, then noticed the man was holding a child in his arms. The child was in poor condition. The man tried begging for a doctor again and he peeled the sheet back that was covering the child. There was a lot of blood. The man kept pulling the sheet away. “He pulls away enough of it and I see intestines and organs and stuff,” Gentry said. Gentry called in a helicopter for medical evacuation. “I spent like two minutes or whatever telling the guy to get lost and the kid ended up dying in route. But, you know, who knows, maybe the kid would have died, maybe not. I don’t know.”

t is the time of year when people are remembering 9-11 and all of those who serve in the US military. Here at the University of Idaho, there are plenty of veterans. Some shared their stories.

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Clockwise from left: Matt Roth, William Gentry and Leonard Smith

Matt Roth They didn’t have the proper equipment to destroy the hard drives from the broken top secret computers outside the perimeter of the military base. The hard drives possibly contained sensitive information about the U.S. Armed Forces in Afghanistan. Senior Airman Matt Roth and the Explosive Ordinance Disposal Technicians had to get their job done though. They had plastic explosives — C-4 and plenty of it, Roth said. The large explosion likely set off an incoming rocket alarm at the nearby military base, but their job was done. Roth studies horticulture and aquaculture at UI. He works at UI’s Veteran Services Office helping management with certifications for the V.A., keeping files in order, organizing different things, keeping this room clean and just helping out with whatever he can.

As he takes calls in the office though, he provides emotional support for veterans and any other type of support needed. He said many of the men and woman who come through the office have been in worse situations than he has. He considers his service in the U.S. Air Force relatively easy and mostly uneventful. Roth feels his time in Afghanistan was typical and his experience there may have been easier than most veteran experiences. During his six months in Afghanistan, he said he was shot at with rockets about every other day on a military base. “But with rockets it’s more impersonal it’s just kind of like they’re just trying to do as much damage and shut down the base for as long as they can,” Roth said. “After a while it’s just like, these guys are trying to

make me late for something, like dinner, you know?” Roth started learning Arabic at the Defense Language Institute. He met his future wife in the program and they got married when he returned from Afghanistan. He decided to pursue communications and computers instead of language studies in the Air Force. He moved to Idaho with his wife who studies geology at UI. Roth spends his free time volunteering at the student farm. He’s developing an aquaponic system, combining aquaculture and hydroponics using goldfish and various small herbs and vegetables. Roth said he was lucky not to see disturbing scenes while he was in Afghanistan, and understands veterans who have been through traumatic experiences, and he does what he can to help.

They had just dug in for the night and the sky was fading to a darker blue gray color when they heard the thump, thump, thump of mortars being dropped in tubes. “We knew what it was so we got in our holes,” Leonard Smith said while describing his service in the Vietnam War. Smith stuck his head out of his hole and a mortar struck the ground behind him. He said a piece of shrapnel hit his helmet and sent him back into his hole, but that wasn’t the first close call. He doesn’t describe the others. Smith is a creative writing student at University of Idaho. He earned a Business Administration degree in 1986 but didn’t find it fitting. He tried studying literature and writing but was emotionally withdrawn after the war and was unable to express himself. He mostly worked jobs where he could be alone or work at night. He picked oranges in Florida. He worked on a farm in Idaho. He worked the night shift driving a truck in San Diego. At 17-years-old, Smith joined the U.S. Marine Corps in the summer of 1966. He joined the Marine Corps before getting drafted because he wanted to serve with men who wanted to be there. He met Lynell Neblett in a Richmond, Vir-

ginia on the way to boot camp. Smith said he hasn’t seen Neblett’s level of courage in anyone else, and he hopes to meet Neblett’s daughter one day to talk about her father. Smith said he and Neblett ended up on the same fire team in Vietnam, and — after everything they went through together — were brothers. In the Marine Corps, a fire team is a group of four marines and they run patrols in a squad made of three fire teams, Smith said. Neblett’s job was to be in the front scouting for danger. Their squad was hiking in a column formation on a steep and narrow trail. Smith was the leader of the fire team at the tail of the column, and Neblett was at the front. Smith said he heard a bang and popping sounds coming from up ahead. He could tell from the sound that a grenade went off and the pops were from an automatic weapon. Smith reached the source of the noise. Neblett had been brought up from the steep grade that he rolled down and he was laying on the narrow trail. The enemy quickly disappeared into the jungle and Smith stood by Neblett’s body observing the wounds that killed his best friend, his brother and he felt drained of energy. He said he sat on the nearby embank-

ment and wept. He wept as quietly has he could, he said. Smith said Neblett should have received the Medal of Honor for his actions, the highest military decoration awarded. Neblett received the Silver Star Medal for his bravery at the front of the columns, the third highest decoration awarded. Smith has spent many years working through post-traumatic stress disorder and analyzing his symptoms. He said he’s allowing himself to reconnect with people, and express his ideas and emotions through writing and art. He admits that some stories he may never be able to share, but he won’t be giving up. He lightens the mood with a comment about his own disorder. “I was afraid,” Smith said about the common night patrols he did as a marine. “And that’s healthy. To be afraid is healthy. I didn’t want to be around anyone who wasn’t afraid because that’ll get you killed.” In the darkness and in the silence, Smith said he prayed for his life, his limbs, his eyes. “I prayed for everything except my mind,” he said. “That’s the one thing I left out.” Christopher Dempsey can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu

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Shave a leg on stage Cornerstone Theater Troupe puts together entire show in 24 hours

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alexia neal rawr There aren’t many shows where an audition can consist of walking on stage and casually eating a sandwich, with no words or recollection of the play directors that are watching and taking note. This kind of creativity is one of the many things the casters of the 24-Hour Theater Festival encourage. “The people auditioning don’t know what parts they are going to fill,” said Maggie Miller, a bachelor of fine arts candidate, “because the play doesn’t even exist yet.” The 24-Hour Theater Festival is an annual show for the University of Idaho that

consists of 10 short plays, each 10 minutes long. The most interesting thing about it is that it really is only a 24 hour production — meaning the casting of the show, writing the plays, show rehearsals and the actual performance all happen within 24 hours. After auditions, directors and playwrights get together and write shows for the unique cast they saw audition. These teams have until 8 a.m. to write their short plays before the chosen casts show up to the rehearsal space. After being cast, the actors and directors rehearse all day, aside from a few breaks to eat and get ready, then the show

is performed at 7:30 p.m. that same day. Miller, a senior this year, has been involved with the festival in various ways the past three years and will audition for an acting part in the festival this year. She has been an actor, a director and a playwright in the past shows. “A lot of the plays are really nonsensical,” Miller said. “They are silly and weird and a total mess, in the best way.” The festival is put together by the Cornerstone Theater Troupe, UI’s student theater club. Miller is a Co-chair for the club, along with Betsy Ellsworth, a senior BFA candidate. Ellsworth will write two plays and one musical for the festival this year.

“It’s really neat to think we can actually create theater with no budget and in no time,” she said. The directors and playwrights are given a piece of information to use as “inspiration” for their play. The inspiration can be anything from a stock image, craigslist or an ad from a newspaper. Inspirational props and sentences sometimes have to be used in the actual play, so directors and playwrights have to find a way to incorporate them. Miller said two years ago, people in a play had to be used as furniture. A red balloon also had to be incorporated, and last year someone even had to shave their leg on stage. Miller said anyone can

Auditions: Friday, September 12 at 7:30 p.m. at the Silo

Show: Saturday, September 13 at 7:30 p.m. at the Silo $2 General Admission audition for the show, not just theater majors. Nothing is needed to be prepared to audition. In fact, Miller said the funniest are the random ones, like a dramatic reading of a Facebook status. “I am incredibly passionate about the 24 Hour, because it is just so much fun,” Miller said. Alexia Neal can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu

Genre spotlight: black metal masen matthews rawr When it comes to contemporary sub-genres of music, few styles are as inaccessible for the average listener as black metal. Geographically, black metal has deep roots in parts of Europe and Scandinavia, and the genre is often characterized by low quality production, heavy drum-driven blast beats and unconventional song structures. If you’re new to heavy music, black metal is definitely not the place to start. Listeners who fall into that demographic would probably be better off segueing into heavy music through a genre like post-hardcore or ‘80s thrash metal. Once you get over the relative inaccessibility, getting in to the genre proves to be an exciting journey through barren caverns of musical darkness and noisy soundscapes. It may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but black metal is a genre full of gems. New spikes in popularity are now happening on the backs of bands like Deafheaven, who released their top-rated album, “Sunbather” in 2013.

Did you know? Two major lyrical themes in black metal are worshipping Satan and burning churches. As a result of this, the genre has met with resistance and disapproval from

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many contemporary religious groups.

Contemporary black metal recommendations: 1. Deafheaven – “Sunbather” (2013) Released last year, “Sunbather” has received critical acclaim from online music sites like Pitchfork and Sputnikmusic. This album is definitely one of the best ways to ease into the genre. 2. Wolves in the Throne Room – “Diadem of 12 Stars” (2006) Wolves’ 2006 debut shows a more contemporary twist on black metal, and contains elements of post-rock and folk. If you’re looking for thick layers of musical depth and density, you’ll find it here.

Classic black metal recommendations: 1. Dissection – “Storm of the Light’s Bane” (1995) This was one of my first introductions in to black metal, and it remains one of my favorite releases from the genre today. The quality of the album is epitomized in the track, “Night’s Blood,” which features fast-paced verses and a spooky acoustic bridge that’s sure to resonate with any listener. Masen Matthews can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu

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KUOI Station Manager Anthony Saia lays out a selection of black metal and death metal albums.

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From left: Misty Boxx, Aquasha DeLusty and Corbin Thicke at the 2014 Palouse Pride Festival in East City Park. The next Tabikat production is 9 p.m. Oct. 4 at the Moscow Moose Lodge.

Dressin’ in drag claire whitley rawr There was nothing extra-ordinary about them. They looked just like regular guys who had perhaps gotten up too early after a night out on the town. The night before, however, they weren’t just out having a good time. They were fabulous ladies owning the dance floor. Aquasha DeLusty has been a drag queen for 12 years now. Her first Tabikat production was in 2003. Her friend brought her to it, and afterwards she realized the production was for her. Even though she has done numerous performances, she said one of her favorites has been “Magic Act” because

it has set her apart from everyone else in the area. “It’s been 12 years, they all blend together in a sequin ball,” DeLusty said. Miss Bee Haven has been a queen for just over a year. “I had just came out and it was my first drag show and I was like ‘whaaa!’” Haven said. She saw DeLusty that first night on the stage and was mesmerized by her. Following that night, Haven went through the Drag 101 class that Tabikat offers and has been performing ever since. “It has really changed my life because I am such a shy person,” Haven said. “You just become this character. It’s been cool to access a different side

of myself and try to apply it when I’m not in drag too.” The queens perform at least once a month. Every time they have to have new costumes, different numbers and keep the same high, sassy energy. “You have to have fun,” DeLusty said. “If you aren’t having fun the audience doesn’t care.” Being a queen is not all about getting dressed up. The queen’s job is to entertain and interact. “We’re kinda like clowns,” Haven said. Both DeLusty and Haven said that their performances have become their art form. They both said being a queen is expressive. “It’s about transforming your face

What is means to be a Queen and your body and becoming this character,” Haven said. “Drag isn’t just about putting on makeup. It’s about changing your face.” Tabi Kat is not just a drag show. “It is a hate free zone of everyone is welcome,” Haven said. The policy of all Tabikat is to be respectful and mindful of everyone. DeLusty describes the productions as a safe place where people can be themselves. “It’s not just about the shows,” Haven said. “It’s about this family, it’s about activism, it’s about community work.” Claire Whitley can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu

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Celebrating burlesque claire whitley rawr Sexy girls in sexy costumes dancing on a big stage sounds exactly like a burlesque festival should. Spokane’s Burleskival is not just good looking ladies, though. The event is designed to be a tribute to local and regional burlesque performers, and to help change the attitude towards women. Festival founder Dale Strom said that his inspiration for creating the festival came in part from watching the band Dionvox perform as well as from personal experience. “I go out a lot and I see a lot of douchebag guys that don’t respect women,” Strom said. Strom thought that he could create his own event that would help change attitude towards women as well as be a fun annual social event. Strom also said he wants this event to aid in the economic growth of Spokane. He believes that doing creative, edgy things will attract more young people — especially college students. “It’s meant to be a little more edgy, but not that edgy,” Strom said.

With more events like Burleskival, Strom hopes the “fuddy-duddy”, old person image of Spokane will start to wear away. Burleskival is not only a tribute to burlesque performers, but will also feature a “sexy wear” fashion show, a competition between local go-go dancers that the audience can vote in and two music acts, Dionvox and Madeline McNeill. Some of the burlesque performers include Spokane based Gigi Spott and The Divine Jewels, and Vaude Villians’ Crystal Explosion. “It’s been a challenge getting people to know about it because it is our first year,” Strom said. Yet, Strom hopes that Burleskival will eventually help strengthen a phrase he saw on a T-shirt: “Someday a woman’s body will not be offensive.” Claire Whitley can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu

Burleskival takes place tonight at 7:00 p.m. Sept. 12 at the Bing Crosby Center in Spokane. Tickets are $22 to $45 per seat.

History of Burlesque: Burlesque originally began in the late 1860s, when Lydia Thompson and her British Blondes performed a spoof of traditional theater and cast the ladies in masculine roles, but with hyper-feminine, revealing costumes. American burlesque was soon assimilated into all forms of music performances.

In the 1930s, a social crackdown began on burlesque dancing because the performances mostly focused on the strip tease. By the 1940s, most burlesque performers were out of business. Modern burlesque, however, made its revival in the 1990s and while performers still strip down, the messages behind it are being used to challenge sexual objectification, orientation and other social taboos.

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Friday Fiction

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The door locked behind her. It was completely dark. Almost immediately, her hand went into her pocket to find her phone. She fumbled a bit and almost dropped the phone, suppressing a scream at coming close to losing her only light. Luckily, she managed to grab the phone before it hit the ground. With trembling fingers, she hit the button and unlocked the screen, illuminating her face. She waved the phone around, desperately looking for a door, a light switch, something. All she saw was more darkness. She slowly made baby steps forward, trying to shed some of her precious light on the ground. There was a noise. She put her hand over her mouth to silence her scream. She didn’t know where it was, but she definitely heard something. She tried to distract herself by looking at her phone. No service, but they told her there wouldn’t be. Besides, that would defeat the purpose. Then she saw the light dim. As she scrambled to save the phone, she saw that the power bars on the phone were dropping, one by one. She tried to keep her composure, but soon, the phone was dead and she was in complete darkness. Another noise. She tried not to move, not to make a sound.

Then, a whisper. “Hello, my dear.” This time she did scream. “Who said that?” she stammered. She felt a hand on her shoulder. “We’ll make this quick for you,” the voice said. She felt something slithering up her leg. She had never been more scared. “Okay, I give up!” she shouted. “This isn’t worth a million dollars!” This voice was different than the other one. “There is no million dollars. They just wanted to feed us.” “Who…what are you?” “They call us their clients. They provide food and shelter, and we, in exchange, don’t hurt anyone else.” The other voice piped up again. “It will be over soon.” “Please,” she said with a trembling voice. “I don’t want to die. There must be something we can work out.” “I’m sorry, my dear, but we’re very hungry.” She felt hands grabbing her, holding her down. She screamed bloody murder, crying out for anyone who could hear her. “If it’s any consolation,” the voice said in her ear. “You aren’t the first and you won’t be the last.” The cycle continues. He was almost jumping with joy at the prospect. A million dollars for 10 minutes in a dark room? Too good to be true. They opened the door and locked him in.

Bradley Burgess can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu

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There is an amusement park in Las Vegas that lets you drive construction equipment around in a giant sandbox. Child beauty pageants are illegal in France and are punishable with up to 2 years in prison.

Babies that are 4 - 6 months old naturally know how to swim. After that they forget and have to be retaught. There is a prison in Brazil that allows inmates to pedal stationary bikes to power a nearby city for reduced sentences.

There is a phone charger that uses the breath from your lungs to charge your phone.

Kerfuffle A commotion or fuss, especially one caused by opposing views.

Example:

The two group members got into a kerfuffle when one wanted a pink background and the other wanted red.

Google rents goats to replace lawnmowers at their Mountain View headquarters

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High atmospheric pressure affects the bubbles in your coffee. If they are closer to the center, you should expect rain or stormy weather. There is a place in Venezuela where lightning strikes 280 times per hour, 160 days a year.

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The Colossally Amazing Adventures of Norbert (and Friends) by Samantha Brownell

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Random college students standing on some random hill on campus

And that is why Norbert and Friends donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ride bikes on campus

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