In This Issue:

Feature 7

Feature 9

Meet Arnold Hernandez, Director of Multicultural Affairs

Art major publishes debut novel

#yote up or #Bad transfer For

Opinion 16

C of I?

THE CAMPUS NEWSPAPER OF THE COLLEGE OF IDAHO

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Arts & Entertainment

3-4 From the Desk of... SKYLAR BARSANTI & MATT FOUTS 4 Ag-Gag in Idaho KELSEY MEEKER 5-6 Senate Reallocates Budgets, Keeps Clubs in the Dark SKYLAR BARSANTI 6 The French Connection ASHLEY MILLER

7 Arnold Hernandez: A Man on a Multicultural Mission CHEYENNE PAULK 8 Coyote News Blurb LORRAINE BARRERAS 9Art Major Pens Debut Novel SKYLAR BARSANTI 10 Beatlemania: 50 Years Later PARKER DAUDT 20 Faculty Forum DARYL FLENNOY

11 Featured Artist DALE HARTWELL 12 Spring Flicks SKYLAR BARSANTI 13 Twitch Plays Gaming Community NICHOLAS STOUT Cracked JONATHAN FINE 14 Marshall Poole: The Misconception ANA LETE Coyote Tales LORRAINE BARRERAS 15 The Chair and the Line STEHPHEN ANDERSON Goran Fazils Balkanization LORRAINE BARRERAS 18-19 Events Calendar MEGAN MIZUTA & LORRAINE BARRERAS

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Opinion

16 Negative Imagery: Why #YoteUpOrTransfer isnt doing us any favors MEGAN MIZUTA 17 Culture, etc: The Tainted Joy of Instagram STEPHEN ANDERSON

News

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In small town, college journalism, good, thought-provoking issues that affect students and demand change rarely come up. This year, The Coyote has tackled a few such topics (revisions to the alcohol policy, donated meals negotiations, etc). Never did I think The Coyote would be unlucky enough to find itself anywhere near the center of an issue. In February, the ASCI Senate passed a bill that reallocated funds from The Coyote and The Trail yearbook to support an account to benefit student athletes. The issue surrounding the bill isnt that Senate reallocated funds, but that they did so without notifying either club of changes. This, to me, is primarily an issue of ethics. On page 4, I investigate the origins of the bill, the effects of the lack of transparency has on both The Coyote and The Trail, and how proper communication managed to slip through the fingers of the Senate. My advisor, Alan Minskoff, recommended I fully explain The Coyotes position on the matter in greater detail. To prevent bogging down the report with my lengthy opinions, Im opting to use my Editors Note column instead. Unfortunately, the reallocation of funds to benefit student athletes isnt something I disagree with. If the money was going to something like more YoteFam shirts, it would be different. However, I am a student athlete and I know C of I is made up of sports teams that would greatly appreciate a little extra financial assistance every once in a while. So long as the account benefits all teams (club and sanctioned sports alike), I dont think its a terrible idea. However, the decision to reallocate EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Skylar Barsanti

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funds directly affects The Coyote, a part of C of I that I also love and am very invested in. The fact that The Coyote was not contacted prior the bills passing is the real issue. I was alerted of the issue only in passing long after the bill was proposed and debated over in Senate, which is both unethical and extremely unprofessional. Furthermore, Senate has never maintained a good track record for keeping in touch with the clubs it allocates funds to, despite the fact that the Editorship for The Coyote is a Senate rubber-stamped position. With recommendations from previous Editor-in-Chief, Danielle Blenker, I was interviewed by Vice President of Student Affairs Paul Bennion and an ASCI senator in the spring of 2013. That was the last I heard from Senate about The Coyote. In the past year, I have never been contacted by Senate to talk about matters concerning The Coyote, its means of business, its budget and my plans for the money allotted to me as the Editor for the 2013-2014 school years. Senate approved my Editorship then left me to manage the business. Perhaps thats how it should be, but when Senate approves budget reallocations and fails to notify anyone representing The Coyote until after the fact, the deal gives any self-respecting journalist cause to raise a few red flags. On paper, The Coyotes numbers do not speak for themselves. It costs The Coyote anywhere from $800 to $1500 to print regular issues with the Idaho Press Tribune out of Nampa. Additionally, like The Trail, The Coyotes budget is unique in that it is committed to compensating its writers, copy editors, and layout staff every month, without fail. Some months cost more CONTRIBUTORS Ana Lete, Ashley Miller, Cheyenne Paulk, Jonathan Fine, Kelsey Meeker, Kriby Roberts, Lorraine Barreras, Matt Fouts, Megan Mizuta, Nicholas Stout, Parker Daudt, Stephen Anderson, Skylar Barsanti than others in payroll, but on average, payroll adds up to $800-$1200 per issue, not including wage raises in the spring to add incentive for contribution during the busiest time of the year, a measure I introduced this term with approval from my advisor and Director of Student Involvement, Savala Smith. It is my belief that until someone immerses herself in the world of high school, collegiate, or any other form of print publication, she cannot begin to understand the importance of the stable and predictable budget required to keep that publication afloat. It is my fear that annual budget reallocations in conjunction with the need to increase compensation to staff and pay the cost of printing, which will also steadily increase in coming years, will cease the operation of The Coyote indefinitely. Even if Senate couldnt be stopped in passing the bill, the opportunity to defend the publication would have been greatly appreciated. Had I been contacted, I could have discussed with Senate my plans for The Coyote and for the budget, something simply looking at numerical trends would not have been able to answer for. Due to Senates lack of communication, Im inclined to distrust them on a professional level. The reallocation of funds felt underhanded. Whether it was their intention or not, instead of keeping all parties in the loop, it felt like the Senate cut corners to keep The Coyote and The Trail in the dark and hope we wouldnt notice or simply not care about any change. Sincerely, Skylar Barsanti Coyote Editor-in-Chief
About: The Coyote is the student-run campus publication of The College of Idaho. We provide a forum for student, faculty, staff and administrative voices. The opinions presented here are not necessarily those of The Coyote or The College of Idaho. Articles may be submitted via email to skylar. barsanti@yotes.collegeofidaho.edu. Letters to the editor are welcomed and will be printed as space allows. Letter may be edited for grammar. Letters can be emailed to skylar.barsanti@yotes.collegeofidaho.edu. Anonymous letters will not be printed.

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The long struggle for athletics in student government Three years ago athletes approached Senate asking for their own allocation of student fees. As a freshman senator, I heard all of the discussions and was a bit surprised when the request wasnt so much as denied, but rather completely avoided. This was not necessarily due to any sort of meanness from Senate, but was more caused by the busy time of year (Spring) and the comical fact that their request was conflated together before Senate with a resolution to ban smoking from the College of Idaho Campus. From what Im told by Marty Holly, the attempts to get a portion of student fees for athletics had gone on for many years before the attempt in 2011. This year, however the climate changed, and it wasnt simply because of the addition of football, the successes of basketball, or the return of an organized student fan base. Last year I was the ASCI Treasurer and had to deal with substantial rollover from 2011-2012. This rollover was only nominally smaller this year (around $45,000). Our primary goal from day one has been to get this rollover to zero. This drive has resulted in numerous events this year (multiple concerts off-campus, a trip to Eastern Oregon for an away game, an Idaho Stampede and Steelhead game, the upcoming downtown scavenger hunt, and more to come). Furthermore, I realized from my time as Treasurer that the amount of money rolling over wasnt directly under the control of student

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Payment: The Coyote pays $0.03 per word, $15 for an original piece of art, $30 for an original cover and $5 per photograph. Writers will be reimbursed for costs pertaining to reporting at the discretion of the editorial board. Reimbursement must be sought in advance. Advertise and Anything Else: Contact Editor-in-Chief Skylar Barsanti at skylar. barsanti@yotes.collegeofidaho.edu. Social Media: facebook.com/thecoyotenews twitter.com/thecoyotenews

COPY EDITORS
Skylar Barsanti, Alan Minskoff

HEAD LAYOUT EDITORS

Skylar Barsanti & Lorraine Barreras

PAYROLL MANAGER
Skylar Barsanti Nicholas Stout

PUBLICITY MANAGER COVER

Dale Hartwell

FACULTY ADVISER
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government, but was often times the result of leftover funding for The Coyote, The Trail, and the ASCI Tech. Committee. This is of no fault to those who lead these groups, but rather simply the fact that they had more funding than they could possibly spend. Enter the Student Athletic Advisory Committee (SAAC), a newly created and well-organized group led, at least in part, by Kyle Delorey. Kyle approached me and restated the argument Ive known too well our school has one of the largest student athlete populations, but is quite possibly the only one in our conference that does not provide any funding to athletics from the student body. I decided, knowing the rollover and the stagnation in Senate of finding new ways to effectively spend student fees, that reallocating some of our unused student fees to this committee would be at least an effective proposal to bring to Senate. Senate agreed in the utility of the idea, and, after a few changes in the language, passed the change unanimously (with two abstentions). Now what does this mean? -Student Fees will not increase, and we will be able to spend more of our yearly budget effectively -The Coyote, The Trail, and the Tech. Committee will not see their operations harmed in any way -Athletics (nearly 40% of our campus now) will receive about $7000 a semester from student fees that will be distributed by the SAAC committee Some of the complaints I have heard, principally from Senators who did not vote against it when it was brought to Senate over the course of three weeks, is that this money is exclusive, too large of an amount, will have little oversight, and would be better kept in Senate. To answer the challenge that it is exclusive, I would state that much of our allocations (many that are greater in totality than the SAAC budget), are as effectively as exclusive as those against this change allege. Yes, a non-athletic club should not expect to get any funding from the committee, yet we spend much of our budget on spending that is highly exclusive funding for off-campus travel,

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lesser attended sorority/fraternity events, etc. Much of student government funding goes towards events that all students are welcome to attend/participate in, but, by making this into some sort of categorical rule that stands in opposition to SAAC funding, we fail to realize that we are neglecting over 300 of our students access to direct funding which we provide to much, much, smaller constituencies. Other schools in our conference have realized this and now it is our turn. In response to the allocation being too large of an amount: the ASCI gives substantial amounts to OP, IM, Tech., and The Trail, all organizations which, while valuable, likely do not include as large of a constituency on our campus as athletics. In terms of oversight, this committee will have the same regulations as do other organizations receiving funding, namely the watchful eye of the ASCI. All expenditures are easily monitored, and, similar to any organization that spends student funds in an irresponsible method, subject to a reduction or elimination of their budget by the ASCI Senate Lastly, the idea to have athletics come to Student Senate for funding seems problematic to me, primarily because we already have this committee of athletes that are likely much more qualified to determine what they should allocate funding towards. Im excited for the work we have done this year in making a lasting change to how the student budget is spent. Tyler, Oscar, Moustapha and I have put in a ton of work to create new events and bolster old ones all year long. This change is but a small piece of that, and will benefit a large portion of the student body for years to come. As an employee of the college recently told me, this year is a memorable chapter in the history that is C of I. I consider myself blessed to be part of it with all of you. Thanks, Matt Fouts ASCI President

Ag-Gag in Idaho
KELSEY MEEKER

Video footage produced by the activist group Mercy for Animals revealed the abuse of cattle in an Idaho dairy. The footage depicted cows being violently kicked, punched, dragged, and sexually assaulted at the farm in 2012. Five workers were fired, three charged with misdemeanors from Bettencourt Dairies after the footage was publicized. Kraft and Burger King released statements condemning the treatment of the cows. As a response, cameras were installed at the farm. That was the last the public heard about cattle abuse in Idaho, until Senate Bill 1337 was introduced in February and signed into law by Gov. C.L. Butch Otter a few weeks later. The purpose of SB1337 is to protect agricultural production facilities from interference by wrongful conduct, by providing penalties; its an addition to Chapter 70 of Idaho Code that has been nicknamed the Ag-Gag bill by journalists and activists. It covers interference with all agricultural facilities (private or public), and all agricultural production (applying pesticides, breeding etc). Interference is defined as a person who is a non-employee entering the facility knowingly by force, threat, misrepresentation, or trespass, who obtains records of production, or obtains employment in production with the intent to hurt or hinder operations (business interests, livestock), or who enters a production facility without an owners expressed consent or governmental direction, and makes audio or video of production. The bill finally includes anyone who intentionally causes physical damage to the facility and those inside. If found guilty, a person could face a misdemeanor charge, up to one year in prison, be fined up to $5,000, and make restitution twice the value of expenses cost to the farmer. The Ag-Gag bill was sponsored by the Agricultural Affairs Committee and lead by Senator Jim Patrick of Twin Falls. He supported the bill, calling activists

marauding invaders, seeing it as a way to stave off a tide of unwelcome eyes. Idaho Gov. Otter insists that activists are targeting specific brands, not looking for abusers. He continues that animals are more cared about by their owners than animal rights activists, since they continue the owners business. Opposition to the bill has been fiercely public. The Idaho Conservation League and Chobani Greek Yogurt both spoke out against it. Mercy for Animals founder Nathan Runkle wrote, Idahos Dairy industry needs more transparency, not less. Consumers have a right to see how their food is produced. This controversy isnt just about dairy products. The law extends to meat, vegetables and what pesticides are placed on them. Runkle continued to say the bill has become a health concern as food risks are often exposed by undercover work, and the Ag-Gag bill has made that illegal. The Humane Society of the United States claims that the bill aims to hide animal abuse. Many citizens see it as an infringement on the Freedom of Speech and Press, inhibiting whistleblowers and investigative journalists. Reporting a crime is becoming a crime. Mercy for Animals is currently looking to challenge the bill, and C of I students like Kristin Guerrero, Katrina Mendez, and Cameron Arnzen are planning to protest in the near future. If [agricultural facilities] are operating humanely, they shouldnt worry about journalists just doing their job, explained Cameron. The group maintained that even if the bill has already been passed, displeasure over the issue can be demonstrated on Capital Hill. If you want to get involved, Tweet out support and questions while looking for updates about the upcoming protest on Twitter, @CamSlamBam, @kelsey_mmm and @kkristinmariee are happy to answer questions. Make sure to keep an eye out for flyers around campus as well.

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Senate Reallocates Budgets, Keeps Clubs in the Dark

SKYLAR BARSANTI
Transparency, as defined by basic journalistic ethics, is full disclosure of the sources and methods used to obtain information. The means, the process, and the end result are all subject to the scrutiny of the public and all parties involved. From this ethical standpoint, it is the responsibility of any organization in the public sphere to fully disclose any and all information pertaining to the welfare of the people any particular group it represents. The College of Idahos ASCI Senate should not be an exception to the basic rules of ethical practice. Last month, Senate proposed and passed several budget adjustments for the 2014-2015 school years. Funds were successfully reallocated from various accounts belonging to clubs and organizations to support Senate Bill 1406, which grants approximately $16,520 from Student Fees to support the Student Athletic Association Committee (SAAC). SB 1406 annually reallocates $.50 from the ASCI, $.50 from Special Projects, $2.00 from Tech Committee, $2.00 from The Trail, and $2.00 from The Coyote to support the new SAAC. In total, the bill managed to hit The Coyote newspaper and The Trail yearbook the hardest, reallocating $4,720 from each respective budget. Every student pays $374.52 into Student Fees each year. This money is divided up into 12 different accounts [ASCI, Caldwell Fine Arts, The Coyote, Intramurals, Mainstage, Outdoor Program, Program Council, SUB Committee, Tech Committee, The Trail, Special Projects, and Co-Curricular Activities], OffCampus Senate representative, senior Katrine Franks explained to The Coyote. If enrollment stays the same as this year, the total will be approximately $4,720 from each annual budget. The money will be part of the budget for a 13th account, the Student Athletic Association Committee. This new committee will bring together representatives from every athletic team on campus to increase communication and reduce financial burden on athletes. At this point, Senator Franks only hopes the SAAC money will find a way to accommodate a majority of students. There are many sides to Senate Bill 1406, and many different opinions surrounding bill was passed three weeks later, which, according to Senator Franks, is the average length of time it takes for any bill to be proposed and either approved or denied. The Coyote contacted President Fouts for more information on SB 1406. The SAAC money will be available to all athletic teams on campus. SAAC is In our conference, nearly every team, if not all, receive funding from student fees or from an athletic fee that all students pay into. Our school was the only one that did not provide funding for athletics from our student body. Considering we have the largest percentage of student athletes, this seemed problematic. Several versions of the bill had been debated over the years, President Fouts clarified. A lot of thought went into it with the SAAC committee, what it will look like, and how it will fit in with other ASCI funded organizations. Currently we are passing through an update to Code which will explain all of that. Obviously, it made sense to ensure that the money would be allocated before we formally implemented the regulations into Code, he said. Nevertheless, by the time the SB 1406 reached a third reading, Senator Franks, who had been absent from the two previous readings, was under the impression the two organizations effected most by the changes, The Coyote and The Trail, had been contacted by Senate about the changes. I did not hear of any Senator attempting to contact The Trail or The Coyote. When I asked that question in third reading, I was under the impression that President Fouts had spoken to The Trail and The Coyote, but this could have been a miscommunication, she said. Miscommunication, indeed, as neither The Trail nor The Coyote were notified of changes until just before or after the bill was passed. On March 2, President Fouts asked me about reclaiming leftover funds from this years budget, a number I was unaware of in the first place, explained, senior Addy Somerville, Editor-in-Chief for The Trail. He later excused this by saying he

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In total, the bill managed to hit The Coyote newspaper and The Trail yearbook the hardest, reallocating $4,720 from each respective budget. Neither The Trail nor The Coyote were notified of changes until just before or after the bill was passed.
it. The Student Athletic Association Committee will be receiving a budget that is a relatively large for an organization. Because every student pays into the Student Fees that provide this budget, I hope to see this money benefit as many students as possible, she said. According to the bill, SB 1406 was proposed by six Senators representing Simplot, Hayman, Finney, and OffCampus Housing with the support of ASCI President Matt Fouts. First introduced to Senate on February 13, the made up of two representatives from each team who will determine, within certain guidelines, where the funding will go, he explained. Currently, the SAAC is working on finishing the formal establishment of their organization (finalizing their bylaws, etc.). The funding will be available by the student fee allocations next fall under the bill; however, if they finish all of the formal steps this spring, EC might give them a small allocation, so that they can have a sort of run-through before the year ends.

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assumed [Off-Campus representative] Scott Culpepper had told me and that the individuals who originally asked for the extra money had my permission. Neither of these happened. As Editor-in-Chief for The Coyote, I did not receive information on the budget reallocations until February 28, when there was no opportunity to defend the clubs funds. Even then, the notification via email was short and made the assumption that budget alterations would simply not be an issue, and even asked if Senate could potentially reallocate more. I want to mention the lack of communication between the organizations that had their budgets reduced was partially my fault. In my defense, I ascertained correctly that the budget cuts would not have any impact on the organizations, since I have been monitoring their spending for two years and recognized both organizations The Trail and The Coyote as having significant rollover, much more in fact than we cut. Yet, I should have directly contacted The Trail and even The Coyote earlier, and should not have relied on Senate to talk to the organizations independently. Otherwise, [I believe] the process was more than transparent. All of the Senators that attended heard the discussion for three weeks and should have reached out to their constituencies if they did not, said President Fouts of the communication misstep.

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From here, The Coyote and The Trail are left to ponder how much longer their print publications can be sustained under annual budget reallocations. The issue now becomes not what Senate is doing with Student Fees, but from where the money is obtained. President Fouts offered these remarks in closing: I know perhaps some were wondering why the ASCI fund wasnt reduced more, and the answer is simple. In the initial draft more of the reduction was occurring from ASCI; however, I realized that the general fund has the unique ability of being able to fund other organizations if they overspend. Other accounts (The Trail, The Coyote, etc.) are not the prerogative of the student body per say, and so could not easily have that ability. The verdict is in, for now. I find it very unprofessional to have heard the news second-hand, concluded Somerville (The Coyote wholeheartedly agrees; for more information, see Editors Note, page 3). Fortunately, my budget had a decent amount of wiggle room, owing to the fact that I wasn't presented with a budget from my predecessor. However, The Trail office could use some renovations, and equipment upgrades are always welcome, and the price of publishing and printing goes up every year; future editors may have much less wiggle room.

The French Connection

ASHLEY MILLER
Last winter, some of the College of Idahos best and brightest economics students headed abroad for an immersion into the French world of business. The winter term trip will had students doing everything from visiting with foreign diplomats to spending a day at Disneyworld Paris. Sophomore Catilin Fellows, a political economy major and a contributor The College of Idahos Student Experience blog, was thrilled at the opportunity to get to see the cultural and economic differences between the United States and France up close. We were able to experience firsthand how their economy worked. Even just going to restaurants for meals or going shopping. French businesses are more often local and run by individuals, rather than large chains. We visited this old Frenchman who made fur coats. He had his own shop and he made all the fur coats by himself. Those kinds of businesses are a lot more common in France than they are in the United States, she explained. She went on to say what, in her opinion, makes Frances economy a unique one. The French have this idea of letat, which means the state. They feel like the state is obligated to protect them and give them things like pensions, welfare programs, and unemployment benefits. This thought by the French people that the state must provide them these programs is something that isnt seen in hardly any other countries. Students on the trip, ranging from econ majors to French language minors, even got the opportunity to sit down with the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. The OECD aims to keep the worlds trade and economy progressing and has its headquarters in Paris, where they answered questions for the group. However, the students werent left unattended on their journey. Leading them was Business and Accounting professor Marilyn Melchiorre and Political Economys Professor Jim Angresano. Before even setting sail for the Parisian skyline, the students had to go through a proverbial training course for the trip, where they reviewed French economics and, for those not already fluent, learn a little of the language, so they werent helpless in the country. When asked about the idea of working in business at an international level, Caitlin was torn about her feelings. It can be both challenging and rewarding. Different customs and languages can lead to communication barriers and can also be problematic for the economy, because it takes jobs out of the home country and instead creates growth in the host country, but it can also spawn new ideas and cooperation between countries. The Business Department at the College of Idaho holds the study abroad trip to France every two years for credit in International Business courses.

P.C. Update
Spring Fling: Candy Land, May 3
It's almost here! Spring Fling is P.C.'s biggest event of the year. It will be bigger, it will be louder, and let's make it a day to remember C of I. Food, carnival, swag, and fun will begin at 12:30pm and end at 6:00pm. The concert will begin at 8:00pm and go till the party stops! Can't stop won't stop! (but really 11:30pm). We will be sending out rules and attendance requirements to make it a safe and fun event for everybody.

Ben Siedman, April 18

Bowling Night , April 24 Mud Volleyball, April 26

Come join us for Ben Siedmans comedic and magical performance. It's the last one of the year! Come join us for a jungle themed bowling night!

Start getting your teams together! P.C. and intramurals are brining you Mud Volleyball. Stay tuned for the rules and more info!

Remember to check your emails and like us on Facebook to stay connected with all P.C. events!!!

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Arnold Hernandez: A Man on a Multicultural Mission

CHEYENNE PAULK
student must face on a daily basis. Thats when Hernandez and his department steps in. He is there not only to help the students through this chapter in their lifes journey, but also to keep parents informed about what is going on and what they can do to support their children. Hernandez also students apply for scholarships and fulfill other financial requirements. I also work with students beforehand. We have a Latino Leadership Conference here on campus twice a year where we bring in 200 Latino high school juniors and seniors and we talk to them about the process and the importance of getting good grades, because good grades, good GPAs, good ACT scores transfer to good scholarships, Hernandez said. However, when it comes to international students, the process is different, since they arent from the surrounding area; home is much farther away for them. To a certain extent, I would never say I take the place of parents, because no one can take their parents place, but I would say I treat them as if they were my own kids. Because they need that, I think they appreciate it as well. I give them advice, help with personal problems, maybe academic, maybe financial, maybe their car broke down or they need to buy a car or get a drivers license, all of those things. We do that with them. They get sick, theres no place to go for Thanksgiving, all of those roles I fill in. Hernandez also helped start the Association of Latino American Students (ALAS) and the International Student Organization (ISO), two key organizations and some of the most involved student organizations on campus. There are things we need to share with non-Hispanic or non-international students within our community, another way of giving back, and that is sharing our culture. And it

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It takes a village to raise a Yote. Of the many who invest time into creating the C of I community we all know and love, few match the dedication of Arnold Hernandez and his initiative to diversify C of Is student population. Almost twenty years ago, Hernandez, a Caldwell native, noticed The College was lacking in diversity and he, with the assistance of a few others, wanted to change that. The conversations started in 1995 and by 1996 Hernandez was in charge of the Department for Diversity. Thirty-five percent of our population in Canyon County back then was Latino, and there were only two Latinos on campus here and only about two or three international students. I am happy to say we are at about 157 Latino students and close to 90 international students representing 45 countries, Hernandez told The Coyote. But what about the time between 1996 and 2014? How did all of this happen over the past 19 years? Working very close with admissions, of course, said Hernandez. I grew up in this area since 1969, so I have a lot of contacts around the area. Now that I am here, all of those contacts come with me. Any time there are students out there [my contacts] believe is C of I material, they tell them, call Arnold; he will figure out a way to get you through the process. And so, I am pleased also to say that out of the 157, 70% of them are first-generation students. Alright, so the students successfully make it through the process of getting to C of I, now what? At many other institutions, eight out of ten do not make it. For us, it is almost the other way around. I am very proud to say that. We all know that we have the best faculty. Were small, were intimate, and we care. And all of those things help our students, he said. Since so many Latino students are firstgeneration, that means they dont have the advice or stories from their parents about what college life is like, or how to handle and juggle everything the average college

is different in person rather than learning their culture through a book. We have an opportunity to feel pride and share it with others, Hernandez explained. There are many events that Hernandez puts on through ALAS and ISO, including BLANK, BLANK, BLANK. Its amazing to work with all the different talented young men and women out there. There is a lot of culture around my office; every time they come back they bring something, he said. It truly is inspiring what Hernandez has created on this campus by bringing forth new cultures and enriching the C of I experience that much more. It is true that we learn from one another and there are some things we cant learn by way of the traditional textbook. Thanks to one incredible mans dedication to his community, Arnold Hernandez has created a beneficial change to C of I and its students.

Yote Stats
Womens Swimming 3/6 NAIA National Championships 9th of 22 Mens Swimming 3/6 NAIA National Championships 15th of 20 Mens Lacrosse 3/2 Vs Pacific Lutheran 23-4 (W) 3/8 vs Central Washington 16-6 (W) 3/9 vs Puget Sound 14-7 (W) 3/15 vs Western Oregon 11-26 (L) Mens Baseball 2/21 vs Whitworth 6-5 (W) 3/7 vs Oregon Tech 6-2 (W), 7-3 (W) 3/22 vs Corban 3-4 (L), 3-2 (L) 3/30 vs vs Simpson 3-0 (W), 6-4 (W) Womens Softball 3/15 vs Northwest 6-0 (W), 9-0 (W) 3/21 vs Oregon Tech 2-3 (L), 2-5 (L) 3/25 vs Eastern Oregon 14-1 (W), 6-5 (W) 3/30 vs Corban 5-1 (W), 10-11 (L)
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Significant and Insignificant Tidbits of Happenings Beyond Campus

LORRAINE BARRERAS

Coyote News Blurb

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// Odds and Ends // Riding Your Briefcase to Work A new electric bike is small enough to be carried around, but strong enough to carry its rider Air1 Radio March 26th, 2014 Online // Money // Its All in the Font A 14-year old boy discovered printing in a different font could save companies millions on ink CNN March 29th, 2014 Online // Currency // Prices Skyrocket in Rio de Janeiro Internet protests have taken root as the upcoming World Cup and 2016 Olympics make everything increasingly expensive in the Brazilian city Los Angeles Times March 13th, 2014 Online // Food // Seasoning By Smell A new eating utensil, the Aromafork, hopes to cut around seasoning and add flavor via smells ABC News March 21st, 2014 Online

// Odds and Ends // Reliving History Ford plans to recreate a 1965 stunt and put their new 2015 mustang on the roof of the Empire State Building USA Today March 25th, 2014 Online // Science // Mugshots from DNA Researchers have developed a computer program that can create crude three-dimensional models of faces from DNA samples Science America March 22nd, 2014 Online // Odds and Ends // Miss Piggle-Wiggles House Real? An eccentric tourist attraction features an upside-down house, soon to be open in April. The house, with upsidedown furniture, is fairly reminiscent of the childhood stories of Miss Piggle-Wiggle NBC News March 17th, 2014 Online

// Food // Cupcake ATM Big Hit After several years of trial and error, Sprinkles Cupcakes has managed to create a machine to deliver cupcakes to customers 24/7, making millions in sales CNN Money March 29th, 2014 Online // Odds and Ends // Studies of Zombie Survival States At least two recent studies rank states on whether or not they would survive a zombie apocalypse, using statistics like number of martial arts enthusiasts to number of Walmarts to calculate their findings Huffingtonpost March 27th, 2014 Online // Odds and Ends // Revenge by Shakespeare When a seller failed to deliver a Playstation 3 a man paid for, the angry customer proceeded to text him the entire works of Shakespeare in protest Air1 Radio March 19th, 2014 Online

Quote of the Issue:

It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all in which case, you fail by default. J.K. Rowling

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Art Major Pens Debut Novel

SKYLAR BARSANTI
not updating her book blog (steampunksparrow.blogspot.com) or reviewing books on Goodreads, Barreras is a small-business owner. Founder of The Crafty Coyote, Barreras displays her independent work at art and comic book conventions all over the Pacific Northwest, probably dressed as one of her favorite fictional characters, as she is an avid cosplayer. Her work for The Crafty Coyote is also available on Etsy, where she specializes in the selling of vintage skeleton keys, watchmaker vials, and other hidden treasures. Barreras is a student, artist, entrepreneur, and now, in the spring of 2014, she can add published author to her extensive resume. Eight years ago, Barreras began drafting what is now titled Archipelago, the story of 14 year-old Lily Douglas, a Strand gifted with bird-like wings and wisps of lilac hair. In the first of the series of novels, Lily must navigate the world of Charity Academy, where students with their own strands of lilac hair and unique talents learn to control their abilities, while hiding from rival students from the Firestone Institution. Archipelago was picked up by Boisebased publishing house Fantastic Journeys Publishing, for which Barreras is now a contributing artist. I got in contract with FJP by attending a convention and ending up with a table next to theirs. We talked a bit about my art and writing, and they suggested I submit my manuscript to them. It just sort of went from there, she explained. I submitted a manuscript to them; they reviewed the first few chapters and decided theyd love to help me publish it. In the end, FJP helped jumpstart Barreras writing career on a slightly larger scale than simple self-publishing alone would have been able to do. They also

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Hiding under a hat adorned with patches and handmade buttons, carrying a backpack that easily houses two computers and at least one tablet simultaneously, you wouldnt know it just by looking at her, but senior Lorraine Barreras is deceptively unique. In four years at the College of Idaho, shes on track to graduate under the PEAK curriculum with a major in art with minors in journalism, natural sciences, and visual studies. Shes also been an active contributor to The Coyote, drafting regular Coyote News Blurbs, drawing the Coyote Tales comic strip, and assisting with the layout and design of the publication. Barreras is currently working on her exhibit for the Senior Art Show, entitled Hodgepodge. Her exhibition will display a mix of colored pencil sketches, sculptures, paintings, and digital portraits. In her spare time, when shes

allowed Barreras to design the cover for Archipelago herself. There are a few different ways to publish a novel. The traditional route is to either A) submit directly to a publisher, or B) get an agent, Barreras explained. When you are unknown, directly contacting a publisher usually lands you in a slush pile and chances are slim of someone even reading your work. Getting an agent can be nearly as tough. FJP is sort of a small-press. They help the author get an editor, edit, format, organize cover art and make sure their books are as professional as other books on the market. The difference is they publish out of house, and you control how many books you order and how you sell them. That is similar to the print-on-demand route. Around C of I, shes Lorraine. On paper, shes Mati Raine, but unlike the fictional Lily Douglas, Barreras isnt trying to hide away from the world. My pen name actually comes from an online nick-name a lot of my online friends have for me. Ive been Mati about as long as Ive been writing, and the people who read my writing already have that association, she explained. This summer, Barreras will continue traveling around the country to promote her work at conventions and fairs. She is currently on a waiting list for a vendor reservation at the 2014 San Diego Comic Con, an event attended by thousands upon thousands annually. Though she will be walking across the Boone steps in May, Barreras work sets a precedent for art and creative writing students in the years to come. But, for now, her fellow Yotes can check out more of her work at thecraftycoyote.com, browse the Archipelago website at www. archipelagobook.net, or pick up a copy the book at the Nampa Hastings.

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Beatlemania: 50 Years Later

PARKER DAUDT
US for a total of 59 weeks and topped the LP charts for 116. After two more successful tours The Beatles returned to England and gave no other commercial concerts, choosing rather to focus on new material in the recording studio. Since their first appearance in the United States on The Ed Sullivan Show, The Beatles have had an incredible impact on music, television, pop culture and more. In 2010 The Beatles were ranked the greatest musical artists of all time by Acclaimed Music. Over their career their music has been nominated for 50 awards and received 31, ranging from American Music Awards, Academy Awards and Grammy Awards. During the 2014 Grammy Awards, The Beatles were awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award, for performers who, in their lifetimes, have made creative contributions of outstanding artistic significance to the field of recording. Other recipients of this award include Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Louis Armstrong and Frank Sinatra. The Beatles have continued to influence entertainment. Before The Beatles, singles were preferred over record albums; many believed that albums contained filler material to separate one or two mainstream hits. The music of The Beatles is so well known that over one hundred different artists have covered at least one of their songs, artists including Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie, Elton John, Oasis, and Ozzy Osbourne. The Beatles Yesterday is one of the most covered songs in recorded music, with more than 2,200 cover versions. The Beatles are not only still present in music but also in film and television. Movies such as Across the Universe and Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band are based off the music of The Beatles. Films such as Ferris Buellers Day Off and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button contain references to the musicians. Countless television shows such as Family Guy, The Simpsons and Scrubs have also made references to The Beatles. Continuous mentions in film, television and music have allowed the continual recognition of The Beatles across the decades. Over the years since the break-up of The Beatles in 1970, two members have lost their lives. On December 8, 1980, John Lennon was assassinated by Mark David Chapman while exiting The Dakota apartments in Manhattan, New York.

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On February 7, 1964, four men from Liverpool, England, arrived at John F. Kennedy Airport to a crowd of over four thousand. Few people would realize the impact these men would have across the globe. As of February, it has been 50 years since The Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr) first performed on The Ed Sullivan Show to an audience of 73 million, nearly two-fifths of the total American population. Following a return to the United States in August 1964, The Beatles performed thirty concerts, starting in San Francisco and ending in New York, 23 cities in all. At each venue, the concert was treated as a major event by the local press and attended by roughly fifteen thousand fans. The Beatles arrival in the United States marked the spread of Beatlemania, a craze characterized by female fans who flocked to live performances and any place the band traveled, establishing the groups international status. Stateside Beatlemania was present in record sales. During the six and a half years between the appearance of the single "I Want to Hold Your Hand" on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Let It Be LP, The Beatles had a number one single in the

Lennon was pronounced dead on arrival at the St. Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital. Shortly after reports of his death crowds gathered the Roosevelt Hospital and in front of the Dakota. On November 21, 2001, George Harrison died from lung cancer at age 58. Currently both surviving members of The Beatles, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr continue to perform and make television appearances. Fifty years later, if you are to ask a teenager if they can name a Beatles song, the answer is yes. The Beatles have had twenty-two number one hit songs in the United States alone. Whether youve heard All You Need is Love, Come Together, Hey, Jude or Yesterday, the band is still widely known. In 2009, a version of Rockband was released featuring exclusively Beatles music. Even though it has been nearly half a century since The Beatles first stepped foot on United States soil they continue to be a household name. Pop culture, music legends and critics continue to recognize their impact.

Art by Kirby Roberts

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Spring Flicks
SKYLAR BARSANTI

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Transcendence

The Basics: Release Date: April 4 Familiar Faces: Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson The Gist: Fresh from the fight for New York in The Avengers, Steve Rogers (Evans) aka Captain America (also Evans) is still struggling to cope with his partnership with S.H.I.E.LD and life in the modern world, where good guys and bad guys are not as black and white in 2014 as they were in 1940s. With the Black Widow (Johansson) and the Falcon, Cap begins to uncover a conspiracy that threatens mankind, while battling the masked superhuman known only as the Winter Soldier. The Verdict: Might as well pay for it Maybe its just me, but more and more I find myself unenthused by the number of superhero movies Hollywood has been mass producing in the last few years. Every popular hero gets an origin story film just so they can be featured in a major team-up in a few years (ie The Avengers). Dont get me wrong, I loved The Avengers. What I dont love are the pointless sequels in between major sequels (ie Thor: The Dark World, Iron Man 3, and now Captain America: The Winter Soldier). Next summer, Avengers: Age of Ultron will introduce audeinces to new team-up. Meanwhile, The Amazing Spiderman 2, X-Men: Days of Future Past, and Guardians of the Galaxy hit theaters this summer. If Marvel doesnt watch its step, stories and timelines will all start to overlap a little too much, and the superhero franchise will have officially overstayed its welcome.

The Basics: Release Date: April 18 Familiar Faces: Johnny Depp, Morgan Freeman The Gist: As the foremost authority on artificial intelligence, Dr. Will Caster (Depp) works to develop senirent machines to redefine collective intelligence. His controversial experiments make his a target for anti-technology extremists, who attempt to assassinate the doctor, and stop technological evolution in its tracks. In an attempt to save Wills life, his research partner uploads Wills concious mind into a computer to keep his reseach alive. But the uploaded Will is a changed man (or machine?), and his fight for life becomes a power struggle for artificial control of the worlds technology. The Verdict: Pay for it If you, like me, dont feel like sitting through another superhero flick, settle for Transcendence instead. Since the box office wrecks that were Dark Shadows and The Lone Ranger, Johnny Depp could really use a hit right now. Given that Transcendence doesnt have Depp covered in ridiculous make-up desperately trying to recreate different versions of Jack Sparrow, this might be the push that gets him back in our good graces.

For No Good Reason

The Basics: Release Date: April 25 Familiar Faces: The Gist: A documentary made over the course of 15 years, For No Good Reason explores the life of the last of the Gonzo visionaries, artist Ralph Steadman. In conjunction with his relationship with Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas writer Hunter S. Thompson in a decade of cultural fallout, Steadmans work, acting as a brdige between life and art, became famous across the U.S. and the U.K in the 1970s. The Verdict: Pay for it This ones for all you artsy folk. The mix of live action and annimated short stories makes For No Good Reason a visually appealing spectacle ready to compete with any big-budget production. Its a fresh option for anyone looking to see something a little different this spring.

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Twitch Plays Gaming Community

NICHOLAS STOUT
video site "Twitch." This version allowed for inputs to be put into the stream (which was essentially a video of Pokmon Red running on some server somewhere) simply by typing out the commands in the videos chat. Type "up," the character moved up. Type "start," and the game pauses. Essentially, whatever you typed in as a viewer would bring about some sort of response in the game. The catch: you were not the only person playing. Every single person watching Twitch Plays Pokmon could input commands, and every single command would go through the room as a normal button press on a Gameboy. Suddenly, the entire structure of game

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Joke religions, a room full of monkeys on type writers, and one of the largest social experiments that has occurred online. In late February, the world welcomed a new kind of video game into the social stratosphere. This game was not designed for next gen hardware. however. In fact it was almost 20 years old, and in just a few weeks it amassed a fan-base of over 30,000,000 viewers. Twitch Plays Pokmon took the internet by storm and created a new genre of hive-mind-based video games. For those of you who still haven't heard about TPP, the quick background is that an anonymous developer released a hacked version of Pokmon Red onto the gaming

Cracked
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"If I married my high school sweetheart and we had a kid that looked exactly like someone we went to high school with, that would be a red flag." Soren Bowie on Back to the Future. I bet you never thought of that while watching the movie, did you? After Hours is full of clever things like that. Cracked: After Hours is a web show by the humor website Cracked.com, where four Cracked writers sit in a restaurant "after hours" and discuss theories, implications, and hidden meanings in pop culture, such as "Why Batman is Secretly Terrible for Gotham." Star Wars, Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, you name it, they've discussed it. They have completed three seasons of twelve episodes each, hopefully with more to come. It's always cool to hear new ideas that you never considered in your favorite

franchises. For example, the four friends discuss why Princess Peach should have really picked Bowser over Mario, because he's more successful and manages to come back from every battle. Mario was even the antagonist in Donkey Kong Jr., where he imprisons Donkey Kong. By the way, did you ever notice in Super Mario Sunshine that Baby Bowser claims that Peach is his mother, and Peach doesn't deny it? If you enjoy intellectual debates with your friends (even about pointless stuff), then After Hours is for you. The folks really do bring up some interesting theories, and not all about movies and video games, either. In one episode, they try to figure out the best super power to have. Answer: It's the ability to freeze time. You can't go wrong. So check it out! Cracked.com/series/ after-hours or youtube.com/cracked

of Pokmon changed overnight. What was once a simple RPG about collecting monsters for battles and trading become a hornets nest of thousands of people (reaching as high as 80,000 players at one point) trying to control a single game independently of each other. This random, everyone-plays-at-once method of gaming was complete and total anarchy with the character moving slowly in circles and randomly pressing pause to look at his items over and over again. Initially people thought that TPP would run its course when the hive mind of the Internet couldn't reach the first gym. Until they beat it. And the next one. And the next one. The stream kept advancing. Slowly and painfully they managed to make progress, until finally they were able to collectively beat the game together. The hive mind alongside the beloved Lord Helix, Bird Jesus, and the rest of the Pokmon that the Internet fell in love with. You see, Twitch Plays Pokmon did not solely prove that anarchy controls of a videogame can eventually make progress; it also allowed a massive community of people to share in a significant retelling of their childhood memories. And these people bonded with the characters in the experience. Pokmon were captured and named by the community of thousands. Given ludicrous names and pseudo religious followings, they became a part of something greater than the TPP social experiment. They became actors in an ever

developing story that no one and everyone controlled at the same time. If you played TPP, these Pokmon belonged to you. The community connected with them much like they would with characters from a favorite book or television show, and as the game began to advance closer and closer to victory the viewers at home were becoming more and more invested in their success. TPP transformed into a story that everyone watching could share and contribute to, even though for the most part any help you provided didn't matter. The greatest question about TPP is, at the end of it all, how did they pull it off ? How could millions of people working against each other around the clock complete a videogame based on careful strategy and planning? Perhaps it has something to do with the wisdom of crowds; the assumption that communities of people who work together for selfish reasons will eventually find some common ground that helps the group at large advance. Perhaps it was simply blind luck and that the room full of monkeys with type writers can eventually write Shakespeare. Either way TPP revealed a new kind of videogame experience that was both communal and personal. Thousands played TPP, and thousands still have continued to play into the 2nd Generation Pokmon games. Only time will tell if TPP will have any sort of lasting effect on the game industry, but at the end of the day, you have to admire how such a ludicrous situation led to anything remotely successful.

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Marshall Poole: The Misconception

ANA LETE

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When Marshall Poole released their first official EP, The Misconception, in November 2013, the bar for alternativeindie blues/rock bands in the Northwest area was raised forever. In their first track, Crosstops, vocalist and lead guitarist, Rider Soran, sets the stage for the entire record as he screams Wanna get wild? And as the first track of the record, Crosstops does what it is meant to do grabbing the attention of every listener with its memorable lyrics and energetic blues guitar riffs in good Chuck Berry and George Thorogood fashion. But Crosstops is just the beginning. Marshall Poole is not a band that releases an EP with one great single and four other fillers. Rather, every song is tight and the record just gets better and better as it spins around the proverbial turntable. The next three tracks, Means of Freedom, Take, and Tie My Hands, feature vocalist and bassist, Melanie Radford. Alongside her bassist prowess, Radfords vocals are often reminiscent of the great Patti Smith. Starting with a subdued bluesy bass line, mumbled speech, and sliding-scratching guitar parts from Soran, chills become inevitable as Radford leans forward into the mic and sings the opening line of Take: Take her heart,/Or take

everything/I know you know theres no between. While all of the tracks on The Misconception are great, Take is the one track to have on hand in the chance of being stranded on a desert island or facing a worldwide apocalypse. Take is not only satisfying musically and lyrically, but also pushes and pulls its listeners as the pureblues track builds in intensity with the help of drummer, Michael Hoobery. With the last track of the record, Marshall Poole throws away their seriousness and lets-loose with Younger Generation as they sing, the younger generations always high. While this track isnt as mesmerizing as some of the other tracks on the record, Younger Generation is still just as tightits lyrics are clever, the guitar solos are well-played by Soran, and Hoobery hits the record home on drums and helps give the track the fun, playful vibe it possesses. With their debut five track EP, The Misconception (2013), Marshall Poole has elevated the standard for what good indie-blues/rock records can and should beand for all of the members being 1920 years oldMarshall Poole sounds like a band wise beyond their years in this EP and also like one on the cusp of success.

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The Chair and the Line

STEPHEN ANDERSON

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are not arbitrary; they are chosen to maximize comfort or aesthetic appeal. But if furniture art tells us anything, it is that there are innumerable ways to skin a cat, that is, to construct a chair, table, ottoman, etc. There is no purely unarbitrary chair, except for Plato. Even the humble bench is a playful departure from a formal rudiment to a practical end, but the forces which intervene in that departure remain mysterious. Stuhlhockerbank forces us to acknowledge the unaccountability with which human products emerge. If we are to add a backrest to a bench and give it an even number of spokes for aesthetic reasons, why not go further? Why not indulge the aesthetic impulse completely and create a semi-random interplay between chair, bench, and line, as has been done here? This work is striking not because it is impractical, but because it is not obvious. But the point it makes is that a chair isnt so obvious either. This is the perennial mission of art: to make the obvious not obvious.

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Lets consider a familiar object: the bench. In the Middle Ages, most common households had a bench rather than chairs, which were still considered a luxury item. This fact reminds us that chairs have not always been such a ubiquitous feature of the living space. Even a very rudimentary chair is an advanced object, boasting a superfluous comfort feature, the backrest. A bench or stool, on the other hand, goes just far enough to meet basic practical needs. As such, it is somewhat closer to a formal concept, the line. The chair by contrast has strayed quite far from the simplicity of basic shapes; it has been elaborated in order to be more useful, comfortable, transportable, visually pleasing, and so on. It is fully functionalized, whereas the bench is only minimally functionalized. So it seems we have on the one end the purely formal line, and on the other the fully functional chair, and somewhere in between the two is the bench. Yvonne

Goran Fazils Balkanization

LORRAINE BARRERAS
Have you ever wanted to see the art of a C of I alumni? How about the work of a professor? Well, until April 18th you have a chance to view both. Goran Fazil has been teaching at The College for several years, helping students learn everything from basic perspective to contrast techniques. An adjunct professor, he may not be a familiar face on campus unless youve taken one of his classes, but his art certainly has a style of its own. While hes exhibited at our school in the past, participating in the show Sevare, this is a chance to view a new set of work with thought provoking imagery. Entitled Balkanization, his newest exhibition is created using fragmentation, appropriation, and installation. Balkanization, according to his artists statement, is a term often used to indicate socio-political fragmentation. To Professor Fazil, who was born in war torn Former Yugoslavia, this idea holds a lot of meaning. Professor Fazil often explores ideas of conflict and war, and this exhibit focuses more on the excavated ideologies that are often built on shaky structures. Monuments stretch in his pieces, their foundations a sharp contrast to the almost endless looking constructs. Professor Fazil is unique as an artist, because his art is rarely permanent. It is a common practice of him to repair over old works, and he tries hard not to stay attached to any one image. He also strives to engage the viewer, and bring awareness to misconceptions and illusions society places around us. One thing his art always has plenty of is meaning. It is hard to really understand his work without seeing it in person because of the complex layering techniques he tends to do. Whether youre an art lover or not, it is worth taking a look at and seeing what messages you find in the art pieces.

Fehling and Jennie Peizs 2009 furniture piece Stuhlhockerbank plays upon this transition from the formal to the practical. At first, one is tempted to call it a practical joke which takes functional objects out of their functional context; but on closer inspection, one realizes that the piece is functional. Aside from a bit of cramped leg room, a group of people in a caf could easily sit and have lunch on Stuhlhockerbank. Rather than being nonfunctional then, the work seems simply unnecessary. This attribute tells us we are looking at art, but it does more than that. We are reminded, in the medieval spirit, that the chair too is somewhat unnecessary. Its design is certainly arbitrary. Why, for instance (and I suppose the artists deliberately chose the most prosaic kind of kitchen chair) is the backrest supported by 6 spokes rather than five? Why is the seat not half an inch taller or shorter? One might respond that these characteristics

Yvonne Fehling and Jennie Peiz,Stuhlhockerbank, 2009

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Negative Imagery: Why #YoteUpOrTransfer isnt doing us any favors

MEGAN MIZUTA
in the wake of an exciting and successful mens basketball season. And while its no stretch to suspect that YoteFam was born primarily in preparation for the impending return of football, it has done a solid job of increasing support for C of Is many existing sports teams. Despite aspiring to support one another both on and off the field/court, as YoteFams Facebook page claims, YoteFam primarily shows up to the field, the court, and occasionally the swimming pool. However, there has been no obvious push for the other aspects of a full college experience, which might include the Colleges academic events, fine arts performances, and Greek life events. But as far as sports go, YoteFam has acted as a positive and inclusive organization. #YoteFam doesnt do it all, but love it or hate it, YoteFam has largely been successful in its endeavor of building up a sporting spirit. Enter #YoteUpOrTransfer. If YoteFam is about bringing out the positive aspects of community, #YoteUpOrTransfer is about the ugly side of community, the side that can be exclusionary and suffocating. Yote Fam purports to foster unity at the College of Idaho by rallying around a supposedly-common point of pride. #YoteUpOrTransfer tries to get on the same train, but misses it and ends up left at the station muttering love it or leave it all by its lonesome self. Again, #YoteUpOrTransfer doesnt seem to have been used in an intentionally mean-spirited manner as of yet; most of its appearances have been right alongside otherwise positive messages. But theres a built in hostility in #YoteUpOrTransfer, and it seems directed towards anyone who might not be a rabid Yotie sports

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If youre on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram, youve probably seen #YoteUpOrTransfer trotted out alongside the tamer YoteFam tag that seem to accompany all C of I sportsrelated posts. But unlike #YoteFam, #YoteUpOrTransfer has had some kickback that its more innocuous cousin hasnt, causing offense with its get-withit-or-get-out message. While the actual employment of #YoteUpOrTransfer has largely accompanied posts of support and congratulations, the hashtag in itself is the antithesis of YoteFam and has done more harm than good. Begun as a pro-school spirit movement, YoteFam has functioned as the rallying point for Yotes sports fans and as an incidental yellow and purple t-shirt factory. While YoteFam may exist to the ire of those unhappy with the campuss cultural shift towards sports mania, theres no denying that YoteFam has accumulated a loyal following, especially

fan. Because of the situations in which #YoteUpOrTransfer is used, and in the context of YoteFams athletic focus, Yote Up translates to show up, especially to athletic events. Yote Up doesnt mean make the Deans list or respect the Honor Code. It just means show up to the game in spirit gear. Because #YoteUpOrTransfer reads that way, whether it was originally intended that way or not, it serves to create a YoteFam vs. Non-YoteFam dynamic, pitting the supposedly cohesive C of I community against itself. #YoteUpOrTransfer doesnt express Yote pride; it expresses aggression and only serves to create bad blood on campus. Its bad for YoteFam, and its bad for The College.

Yote Fam purports to foster unity at the College of Idaho by rallying around a supposedly-common point of pride. #YoteUpOrTransfer tries to get on the same train, but misses it and ends up left at the station muttering love it or leave it all by its lonesome self.
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Culture, etc: The Tainted Joy of Instagram

STEPHEN ANDERSON
is the more innocent name given to this exchange, but we all know that when we post something, we want something in return. Likes are nice, but they are only the most tangible measure of what were really afterattention, the life-giving salve of our underappreciated existence. When I scoffed at the tourists in Barcelona, I didnt yet understand the small but sure endorphin burst which accompanies being witnessed by a society of digital eyeballs. This is what social networking is all about. Think about the feeling of being unexpectedly seen in a flattering situation. Its a great one, a kind of instant conquest on another persons opinion of you. Once, as I was walking to class, some little kids were having trouble with a bike chain. I stopped and got on my knees to help them put it back on, and just then some kids from my class passed by and looked at me. Norman Rockwell would have painted it. Instant sainthood. At such moments, one feels like some sort of James Dean, caught in the oh-so accidental lens of the studio camera while leaning against a brick wall, cigarette loose on the lower lip. In the real world, these moments are rare. In the world of Facebook and Instagram, they can happen many times a day. These moments are no longer just satisfying in themselves; theyre also marketable, not in the market of money but in the market of silent human viewership. When I post a photo, I expect to be paid in admirationwhich more than covers the cost of shooting that poetically empty parking lot. Its immensely satisfying. The problem is that this mindset is pernicious. It begins to invade every area of life and gives to experience a certain taint, a filter if you will. It is the commodity filter, the exchange filter, the social filter. I like Instagraming little sights I find during the day. So now when I step out in the

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Last winter I visited the famous Park Gell in Barcelona, a vast arboretum of semi-tropical flora, stone bridges, and dream-like buildings designed by the great Spanish architect Gaud. My admiration for this unlikely place was interrupted by another sight, obnoxious and all-toofamiliar: a swarm of tourists eagerly digitizing the magical landscape with their camera-phones. They appeared not to be looking up at the real park at all; rather, eyes fixed on their iPhone screens, they consumed it all secondhand in a barrage of photographs. Their apparent glee in capturing this scene was even more angering. Why, I wondered, would anyone spoil the experience of such a place by fixing his eyes on his iPhone? I knew of at least one likely answerso they could share it, probably on Facebook, as a kind of cheap and superfluous proof: Look where I am! Look what Im seeing! (which they werent, of course). My reaction: raw distain. I had taken, if anything, too few pictures of that trip, and was feeling pretty proud of myself just then. A year later, sorry to say, I find myself behaving a lot like those tourists. When I see something unusual, visually striking, or, best of all, faltering to my own circumstances, a clear emphatic voice from the digital ether speaks to me: take a picture of that. If I found myself back in the Park Gell this year, Id probably be guiltily snapping away. So what happened between then and now? I got Instagram. For a while, in fact, I had Instagram and used it to edit photos without engaging in the apps social dimension. My nostalgified photos simply made up a private collection. Then, somewhat shyly, I connected with a few other Instagramers. Perhaps the phenomenon that followed can best be described using the concept of likes, which one online commentator has described as a sort of social media currency. The comparison is dead-on, since commerce is just whats happening on Instagram, Facebook, etc. Sharing

...The market of silent human viewership... Its immensely satisfying. The problem is that this mindset is pernicious. It begins to invade every area of life and gives to experience a certain taint, a filter if you will. It is the commodity filter, the exchange filter, the social filter.

evening and see an especially poignant sky, I cant help wondering (with a reflexive grasp for my phone) whats that worth? How many social points might that bit of sky land me? I understand now the glee of the Barcelona tourists; they were walking through a social goldmine. This is a major implication of social media, that it gives commodity value to practically every corner of experience. Anything we see or do can be potentially cashed-in for likes or views. Having an iPhone is like having a little persistent real estate agent in your pocket, alerting you that this sunrise or quaint caf youre in could really turn a profit. To some, this does not seem like a problem. If you can enjoy and share (again the innocuous terminology) an experience at the same time, why not? Because, I fear, you cant do both. I think of those people (I apologize if you are one of them) who spend an entire concert with their phones above their heads, recording a video and never once looking at the stage. At the end, they will have a grainy little document to last an eternity; they will have also missed a concert they can never get back. In London, while viewing a wonderful collection of French Impressionism, I was behind a group of Asian tourists who would pause at each painting, photograph it, photograph the label, then move to the next without lowering their phones. I wanted to stop them and tell them that better versions of those same pictures were available on google, and that they could have saved themselves a plane ticket. The point of these last examples is obvious. When the social liquidity of an experience is so high that we dont even see the thing for itself, the charm of the digital drug has gone too far. Its become a matter of dependence. As far as ownership goes, we may possess a wealth of images proving we had beautiful and exciting lives filled with Valencia-tinted experiences. But in truth, you cant own an experience you never had.

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Lady Yote Softball vs NW (DH) 2:00 pm-4:00 pm, GNDS Ball Field Terra-Speaker 5:30 pm-7:00 pm, Simplot Dining Commons PBR Built Ford Tough Series Doors 6:30 p.m./Show 8 p.m., $16-101 adv./$18-103 door, Ford Arena An Evening with Bill Cosby 8 p.m., $45-75, Morrison Center Daniel Dugar 8 p.m. & 10:15 p.m., $12, Liquid, 21+ Disneys The Little Mermaid 7 p.m., $10, Nampa Civic Center Auditorium Heartwarmer 7 p.m., Price TBA, The Crux VA Mortgage Leader presents: Craig Morgan 8 p.m., $26-55, Knitting Factory

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Events Calendar
EVENTS CALENDAR
Larry and His Flask Workshop at 7 p.m., $8 adv./$10 door, Neurolux, 21+ Sun Club with Vertical Scatchers 7 p.m., $5, The Crux Two Girls, One Mic 8 p.m., $8 adv./$10 door, Lucky Dog Tavern Soroptimist International Presents: Lunafest 12:30 p.m., Price TBA, The Flicks Harlem Gospel Choir 7:30 p.m., $26, Brandt Auditorium Radio Boise: Lydia Loveless 7 p.m., $5, Neurolux, 21+ Waka Flocka Flame Doors 7 p.m./Show 8 p.m., $20-65, Revolution Concert House and Event Center

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Wellness Fair 8:00 am-4:00 pm, Simplot Senior Appreciation 4:00 pm-6:00 pm, McCain Patio Yote Tennis vs Treasure Valley CC 4:00 pm-6:00 pm, Off Campus Cult Leader with Yautja 7 p.m., $7, The Crux Gabriel Rutledge 8 p.m., $12, Liquid, 21+

Thursday, April 10

School events by LORRAINE BARRERAS Local events by MEGAN MIZUTA

GPB-Crescent Classic Pancake Feed 10:00 am-1:00 pm, McCain Lady Yote Softball vs Concordia 11:00 am-1:00 pm, GNDS Ball Field Yote Lacrosse vs Portland 1:00 pm-3:00 pm, Symms Field Yote Baseball vs British Columbia 1:00 pm-2:00 pm, Off Campus PBR Built Ford Tough Series Doors 6:30 p.m./Show 8 p.m., $16-101 adv./$18-103 door, Ford Arena Boise Farmers Market 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Free, Front & 10th St. Sensory Illumination VIII 7 p.m., $15-18, China Blue, 21+ Boise Philharmonic: An Evening with Curtis Stigers 8 p.m., $65-81, Morrison Center Daniel Dugar 8 p.m. & 10:15 p.m., $12, Liquid, 21+ Disneys The Little Mermaid 2 p.m. & 7 p.m., $10, Nampa Civic Center Auditorium Jake Ilika with Carter Freeman 5 p.m., Free, The Crux

Saturday, April 5

Yote Baseball vs British Columbia 11:00 am-1:00 pm, Off Campus BSU Music Department: Symphonic Winds 7:30 p.m., Tickets at door, Morrison Center Daniel Dugar 8 p.m., $12, Liquid, 21+ Idaho Film Foundation Presents: Magic Camp 12:30 p.m., $7, The Flicks

Sunday, April 6

A Public Reading 7 p.m., General $12/Studnets $10, Boise Contemporary Theater Slam of Steel 7 p.m., $1 student/$5 general, The Crux Scientist with The White Flags 7 p.m., $5, The Crux

Monday, April 7

Late Night 8:00 pm-9:00 pm, KAIC Delta Rae, Joshua James 8 p.m., $18-40, Knitting Factory G. Love & Special Sauce with special guest Ethan Tucker Doors 7:30 p.m./Show 8:30 p.m., $25, Visual Arts Collective, 21+ Singer-Songwriter Showcase Afterparty with Brer Rabbit 9 p.m., Free, The Crux

Wednesday, April 9

Lady Yote Softball vs Southern Oregon 2:00 pm-4:00 pm, GNDS Ball Field Senior Committee BBQ 6:00 pm-8:00 pm, Oasis Ballet Idaho: Alice in Wonderland 8 p.m., $38-58, Morrison Center Gabriel Rutledge 8 p.m. & 10:15 p.m., $12, Liquid, 21 Hells Belles, Gypsy Saints, Northern Giants 8:30 p.m., $13-30, Knitting Factory

Friday, April 11

Noon Break Luncheon 10:00 am -1:00 pm, Simplot IT Tidbits 11:30 am-12:30 pm, Covell Computer Lab #3 Lady Yote Tennis vs Treasure Valley CC Scrimmage 4:00 pm-6:00 pm, Off Campus Langroise Trio Rehearsal 6:30 pm -9:00 pm, Langroise Asking Alexandria, August Burns Red, We Came as Romans, Crown The Empire, Born of Osiris 6:10 p.m., $25-50, Knitting Factory

Tuesday, April 8

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Joe Nichols Doors 7 p.m./Show 8 p.m., $29.50-59.50, Revolution Concert House and Event Center Opera Idaho Presents: Gianni Schicchi and Trouble in Tahiti 7:30 p.m., General $22-69/Children $1554/Seniors $20-62, The Egyptian Theatre Tacocat 8 p.m., Price TBA, The Crux

EVENTS CALENDAR
Katie Herzig, Mideau 7:30 p.m., $15-25, Knitting Factory Say Hi and Big Scary 9 p.m., $10, The Crux

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Monday, April 14

National History Day in Idaho 9:00 am-6A:00 pm, Jewett Lady Yote Softball vs Oregon Tech 11:00 am-1:00 pm, GNDS Ball Field Yote Lacrosse vs Southern Oregon 1:00 pm-3:00 pm, Symms Ball Field Langroise Trio Concert 7:30 pm-8:30 pm, Langroise Taste208 6 p.m., $10-55, Hyde Park, 21+ Boise Farmers Market 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Free, Front & 10th St. Ages and Ages Doors 7 p.m./Show 8 p.m., $5, The Crux Ballet Idaho: Alice in Wonderland 2 p.m. & 8 p.m., $38-58, Morrison Center Gabriel Rutledge 8 p.m. & 10:15 p.m., $12, Liquid, 21+ Pilot Error 10 p.m., $5, Reef Typhoon with Wild Ones and Hollow Woods 8 p.m., $15-35, Knitting Factory

Saturday, April 12

Lady Yote Tennis vs Treasure Valley CC Scrimmage 4:00 pm-6:00 pm, Ontario, OR Concert-Wheeler Sisters 6:00 pm-9:00 pm, McCain Student Center Vocal Jazz and Friends Concert 7:30 pm-8:30 pm, Jewett Auditorium Blackberry Smoke: Fire in the Hole Tour 8 p.m., $15, Knitting Factory Radio Boise: Off ! 7 p.m., $10, Neurolux, 21+

Tuesday, April 15

Late Night 8:00 pm-9:00 pm, KAIC CunninLynguists 8 p.m., $10, Neurolux, 21+

Wednesday, April 16

Blood Drive 9:00 am-2:00 pm, KAIC Magician 7:00 pm-10:00 pm, McCain Student Center Trebelle String/piano Trio Concert 7:30 pm-9:30 pm, Langroise Spring Theatre Production A Lie of the Mind 7:30 pm-10:00 pm, Langroise An Evening with George Winston 8 p.m., $27, The Egyptian Theatre Idaho Dance Theater Spring Performance Preview 8 p.m., Students $10-21, General $20-37, Seniors $15-29, BSU Special Events Center Revolver Golden Gods tour featuring Black Label Society, Devil You Know, Butcher Babies 8 p.m., $29.50-65, Knitting Factory Simon Lovell 8 p.m. & 10:15 p.m., $12, Liquid, 21+ Ten Gallon Cat presents: Fivestar CD Release Party $5, The Crux

Friday, April 18

Idaho Dance Theater Spring Performance Preview 8 p.m., Students $10-21, General $20-37, Seniors $15-29, BSU Special Events Center Simon Lovell 8 p.m. & 10:15 p.m., $12, Liquid, 21+ Yote Baseball vs Menlo 11:00 am-1:00 pm, Off Campus An Acoustic Evening with Sevendust 8:30 p.m., $22.50-60, Knitting Factory Idaho Dance Theater Spring Performance Preview 2 p.m., Students $10-21, General $20-37, Seniors $15-29, BSU Special Events Center Joshua Cook and The Key of Now 7 p.m., $5, The Crux Simon Lovell 8 p.m., $12, Liquid, 21+

Sunday, April 20

Night at the Opera 7:30 pm-9:00 pm, Langroise Gabriel Rutledge 8 p.m., $12, Liquid, 21+ Micky and the Motorcars 8 p.m., $21-40, Knitting Factory Opera Idaho Presents: Gianni Schicchi and Trouble in Tahiti 2:30 p.m., General $22-69/Children $1554/Seniors $20-62, The Egyptian Theatre Volbeat Doors 6:30 p.m./Show 7:30 p.m., $29.5039.50, Taco Bell Arena Mountains Will Wait for You 7 p.m., $9, The Flicks

Sunday, April 13

Yote Tennis vs Treasure Valley CC 4:00 pm-6:00 pm, Ontario, OR Mr. CASAnova 6:00 pm, 10:30 pm, Jewett Auditorium Spring Theatre Production Preview A Lie of the Mind 7:30 pm-10:00 pm, Langroise Theatre Charlie Worsham, The Brian Bateman Blend 8 p.m., Free, Knitting Factory Cosmonauts (Burger Records) 8 p.m., Price TBA, Flying M Coffeegarage Idaho Dance Theater Spring Performance Preview 7 p.m., $5-10, BSU Special Events Center Simon Lovell 8 p.m., $12, Liquid, 21+ Spank! Harder 6 p.m. & 9:30 p.m., $30, The Egyptian Theatre St. Paul and the Broken Bones Doors 7 p.m./Show 8 p.m., $10, Neurolux, 21+ Kiss the Water 7 p.m., $10, The Flicks

Thursday, April 17

Yote Golf-CofI Invitational 8:00 am-12:00 pm, Off Campus Balinese Gamelan Music Workshop 6:00 pm-7:00 pm, Langroise

Monday, April 21

Yotes Track and Field: Outdoor NNU Invitational 10:00 am-1:00pm, Off Campus Derby Days Sorority Olympics 11:30 am-2:00 pm, Hayman Field Yote Lacrosse vs Whitman 1:00 pm-3:00 pm, Symms Field Yote Baseball vs Menlo 2:00 pm -4:00 pm, Off Campus Alumni Composition Concert 7:30 pm-10:00 pm, Langroise Spring Theatre Production A Lie of the Mind 7:30 pm-10:00 pm, Langroise Boise Farmers Market 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Free, Front & 10th St. Capital City Market 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Free, 8th St, Idaho St, Grove Plaza Circle takes the Square 8 p.m., $8 adv./$10 doors, The

Saturday, April 19

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Reoccurring Events

April 4, 5, 11, 12, 18, 19 at 6:15 p.m., April 3, 10, 17 at 7 p.m., Thursdays Students/Seniors/Military $15, General $18, Friday & Saturday $39 Dinner and Show, $20 Show only, Knock Em Dead Dinner Theatre

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Wicked

Preview Nights: April 2, 3, 4 at 8 p.m., $15 Opening Night April 5 at 8 p.m., $30, April 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26 at 8 p.m., April 12, 19, 26 at 2 p.m., General $25/Student $15, Boise Contemporary Theater

April 20, 27, May 4 at 1 p.m. April 17, 19, 26, May 3 at 2 p.m. April 20, 27, May 4 at 6:30 p.m. April 16, 22, 23, 24, 29, May 1, at 7:30 p.m. April 18, 19, 25, 26, May 2, 3 at 8 p.m. rices: $55-170, Tickets subject to demand pricing, may change Morrison Center

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Tales From the Nights Watch: Part 2

DARYL FLENNOY, CAMPUS SAFETY
be of some use, protect and serve, to be anything better than those asshole cops I grew up with in Sac-town. To us, they were gang members with a badge, but that's another story. Boise State was big and very intimidating, and the tour was somewhat long and boring. I met a lot of nice students and was told that I would love it here, the students would love me and I would get a real education at Boise State. Now, I know bullshit when I hear it, and these students had obviously been trained very well in recruiting potential students. While marinating on the thought of possibly becoming a Bronco, I received a call from TVCC recruiters, who told me they too wanted me to visit their campus. When I arrived at TVCC, I was greeted a few students. As we started to walk through campus, one of the female students asked, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" We all stopped and laughed. I told them that I was much older than I looked. They continued to ask, and couldn't believe how old I was when I told them. Then the other female student asked what would I be going to school for, and I told her that I would like to get a degree in criminal justice. She replied, "I knew it! We have a great criminal justice program here at TVCC." At first I thought to myself, what at joke, but then I thought that this might be the opportunity for me. Indeed it was. Not only was I a student at TVCC, but I was also hired as a campus safety officer. The job wasn't at all complicated. I worked mostly at night securing doors. No involvement with the community at all, but it was a job and I was getting paid. Now school on the other hand was a bit rough. I hadn't been to school in years. After graduating from high school, I never thought about going back to college, so for me it was all about learning, focusing, preparing both my mind and body for a two-year degree. The classes weren't too bad. I also had an internship with the Boise Police Department. We got to ride along with police officers during patrols, visit Boise Dispatch, and receive gun training from an ex-FBI officer, who was hired by BPD to be a background investigator. We finished our internships at the Boise Airport. I previously worked for the Sacramento Airport in California as a Pre-board Screener, but this was a little different. My duty was to shadow with Boise police officers who worked for the airport. There wasn't much to that job except making sure that people were following the rules. The first guy I shadowed with was pretty laid back. He was real big and loved eating sweets and was real funny; he cracked me up. The second and last guy seemed to take his job very serious. I will never forget the looks of this guy: Grey-ish-blonde hair, white mustache, about 5'7" and weighed probably about 175lbs. His name was

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Previously on Tales from the Nights Watch: Patience, understanding and well aware of my surroundings, both spiritually and mentally. But more of that later. Now, getting back to Idaho, and my job at Coors. The people that I worked with were really nice to me, but I didn't work at Coors Distributing for long, because I accepted a job at Micron Technology in Boise. I really didn't know much about computers, but after working at Micron for almost five years, I learned a lot. My job was scanning motherboards making sure all components were intact, soldering Dram correctly on memory sticks, etc. It was a very demanding, but fun job. I even learned how to build my own computer from scratch. As I continue to think back, my first day working at Micron was a little intense. All eyes on me. Some smiles, some smirks, and a few, WTFs. I thought to myself, Damn! This is where I'm going to be working. Actually, it wasn't all that bad. After a short while I started meeting a lot of cool people. Again, like everyone else I meet, they all wanted to know about California. To tell the truth, I got tired of telling Cali stories. Here I was trying to rid my mind of such craziness, and there they were bringing them back in. To them, my stories were like motion pictures, ghetto-ass movies. A bit scary, but very entertaining. They had a lot of crazy stories too. Stories involving a lot of beer, smoke until you choke cigars and the sand dunes. They claimed to have nothing but fun, and judging from their stories, I would agree. In 2003, my job at Micron came to an end. I was laid off. It was a big deal for a lot of people, but for me, it was the start of a new beginning. Not only did they give me a nice severance package, they also paid for me to go back to school. I was told that Boise State was one of the top colleges in Idaho, and I'd always wanted to work as a police officer or a probation officer, or even a counselor. I wanted to go where anywhere I could

Allan Laird. I have to admit, this was the type of guy you would want to be approached by if you were caught leaving your vehicle unattended at the airport. If he caught you, he would give you two choices, a lecture or a ticket. Of course, everyone wanted the lecture. After a short while we started talking. He talked a little bit about himself and told me that he also worked for the College of Idaho as the Director of Campus Safety. I wasn't at all familiar with C of I, but judging from what he told me, it sounded like a great place to work. He also told me that there was training coming up and asked if I would be interested in attending. Quickly, I said yes. Then he looked at me and pretty much said, "Sell yourself. With no hesitation at all, I proceeded to tell my story. It must have been a good one too, because I received a call a week later with instructions on where to meet for officer training. I arrived at The College of Idaho to begin my training. The training consisted of self-defense, community policing, report writing, traffic and control, team building exercises with RA's, fire safety, and other training and preparation for the school year. By this point, I no longer worked for TVCC. I was now a full time Campus Safety Officer for the College of Idaho. My first crazy experience involved the Kappa Sigmas. Back then, the K-Sigs threw some crazy parties. Tons of people, tons of fun. Need I say more? To me, this was shocking. No fights, no drive-bys, just happy people trying to have a good time. Partying wasn't the only thing these students were interested in, education was also a priority. I couldn't understand it. Saturday night they would be partying like its 1999, then come Sunday they would be studying. Indeed these students had their priorities straight after all. There is so much I can say about the College of Idaho, more good than bad. Regardless, it's all good, and I am proud to be a part of the College of Idaho community.