The University of Idaho was founded before the state of Idaho was.
Joe Vandal used to have a lady friend named Josie. Men used to not be
able to bring dates to athletic events. Freshmen and sophomores used to
hate each other. There used to be a dress code for all of campus.
Times have changed and so have the traditions.
The
evolution of the UI campus and its students has somehow left behind the
importance of participating in traditions, those that were once so
important to the student bodies of the past.
Angela Whyte’s Olympic career has been defined by .44 of a second.
The
time discrepancy is just double that of a blink of a human’s eye. The
less than half a second difference cost her an Olympic gold medal.
But numbers define everything an athlete is in track and field and
everything he or she leaves behind. Times, down to the millisecond, can
lead to the ultimate victory or the most devastating of defeats. The
12.81 seconds it took Whyte to fly over 10 hurdles in 100 meters in the
2004 Athens Olympic Games is one of the most gratifying experiences in
her life.
Incoming freshmen will have more to talk about with each other than
just their arrival on the University of Idaho campus this August.
A
newly integrated summer reading program has been designed by members of
the Dean of Students Office, the Student and Academic Affairs Office
and Core Curriculum to give students a common academic experience
before arriving on campus. The program aims to help students develop
different perspectives on a common read.
Beer and barbeques may not be the only thing future and veteran
Vandal fans will have to look forward to come game day this football
season.
The student section of the parking lot reserved for
tailgating at the University of Idaho Kibbie Dome will see some changes
from last year, said ASUI President Garrett Holbrook.
By now, every incoming freshman has been asked what seems like a
million and one times, where they’re planning to attend college. By
now, they’ve gotten the response of “the University of Idaho? Isn’t
that a big party school?”
The answer that student should be searching for is “yes.”
But
students, and parents of students, should know that drinking will
happen on virtually every college campus — and UI is hardly an
exception.
New students should also know they can come here and
let the party “scene” outline all that they do and define all that they
are.
If you’re an incoming freshman or transfer student, or if you’ve never
lived away from the relative financial security of your parents, you
have a lot of life lessons ahead of you. I’m a senior this year, but
last year was my first at the University of Idaho. These are just some
of the things I’ve learned in the last 365 days that didn’t come out of
an $80 textbook.
Felt pretty much rocks my face off. It’s cheap, it comes in more colors than the rainbow and the craft possibilities are practically endless. Felt is great for making patches and pins to add a little flair to your favorite clothing or accessories, as well as making pouches and cases for smaller electronic items – like iPods and cameras. With a little bit of the magic material and an embroidery stitch called the “blanket stitch,” you’ll find you can make just about anything.
Director Christopher Nolan is not here to play the monster of the
week game. He isn’t here to play nice, either. He is playing for real
and for keeps.
In “The Dark Knight,” keeps is exactly what Nolan
demands and receives. It is a gamble to play a superhero movie so real,
so not Joel Schumacher or even Tim Burton. The combination of a
risk-taking director, an honest script and a fearless cast places “The
Dark Knight” among the pantheon of comic-to-screen successes.
New students coming to the University of Idaho have more opportunities than just those offered on campus. Main Street is two blocks from the Student Union Building and can fill a day with fun.
