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Marching with Vandal pride Thousands of students and alumni took to the streets to celebrate homecoming this weekend Kali Nelson Argonaut
Despite high winds, thousands of students and alumni marched the streets on University of Idaho’s campus for Serpentine, embracing their Vandal pride Friday night. The radiant gleam from glow sticks swung from band members and their instruments as they marched through campus at the event, which began at 8 p.m. at the top of new Greek Row. The line of people in Serpentine grew as the band passed each of the Greek houses and Residence Halls, eventually making their way to the parking lot behind the Kibbie Dome for the bonfire. Students homemade noise makers echoed the streets as they waved flags from their respective
fraternity or sorority through the air. Students marched to their own chants and sang along to the Idaho Fight Song. “It’s a really great experience to see what serpentine is like from a fraternities’ side, instead of living in the residence halls for three years — It’s a big difference,” said Zach Farman, UI senior and member of Lambda Chi Alpha. Farman said his favorite part before serpentine is when all the members of the house hang out together. As the crowd reached the gravel parking lot behind the Kibbie Dome, the march stopped, and the bonfire began. The marching band played one last song before the Homecoming Committee took the stage and announced homecoming
royalty finalists. As the flames set the parking lot ablaze, Saturday’s Vandal football opponents, Louisiana-Lafayette, had their flag thrown into the fire while the Homecoming Committee led the students in chants. “The tradition of the bonfire and fireworks — it’s great — it’s been a tradition since I was in college,” said UI alumni Jim Briggs, who graduated in 1987. Briggs said he has been visiting UI’s homecoming celebrations for the last seven to eight years, and his kids now attend the university. He started his night with his wife at the bonfire and said he was disappointed about the fireworks. Fireworks were set to illuminate the sky following the bonfire, but were postponed due to high winds.
According to the UI webpage, the fireworks are now set for Oct. 27, during Dad’s Weekend. Friday’s Vandal festivities ended at the Theophilus Tower, as LED lights illuminated the windows of the residence hall. A tradition since 2010, the Tower Lights display, put together by the Association of Computing Machinery, gave off a laid-back atmosphere, different from Serpentine and the bonfire, while students and community members quietly watched the show. The night came to a close following the Tower Lights show as people gathered their blankets from the Tower Lawn, ending their night with the Vandal Fight Song. Kali Nelson can be reached at arg-news@uidaho.edu
The University of Idaho’s archive was started by UI Librarian Belle Sweet, who began collecting books sometime shortly after the 1906 fire in the Admin building, said UI archivist Ashlyn Velte. “Archives have the power to impact people today,” Velte said. “It’s powerful how much you can learn from the past.” On Wednesday, from about 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., UI archivists Velte and Erin Stoddart joined archivists around the country in Ask an Archivist Day, answering questions about what the special collections can do for students and professors and about the archivists who keep them. This is the first time UI has participated in Ask an Archivist Day, Velte said. “We are the repository for records we consider to have permanent historical value,” Velte said. She said the archive has records for university history, including presidents, committees and clubs, as well as photos and records of campus. She said they also house records of Idaho history, particularly of northern Idaho and the mining, lumber and railroad industries that shaped it. “We have a photograph collection called Barnard Stockbridge collection of photographs into the 20th century of mining towns along the Silver Valley and it’s an excellent record of mining history in the area with pictures of workers and people in the community,” Velte said.
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COMMUNITY
CITY
Ahlquist policy run-down Victory for a new beginning Tommy Ahlquist speaks on issues Friday at 1912 Center Kyle Pfannenstiel Argonaut
Tommy Ahlquist, a Republican gubernatorial candidate, said he hopes to find $100 million inefficiently used in the budget in his first days in office at a speech Friday in the 1912 Center. He discussed taxes and control of federal land and education, among other issues. Ahlquist’s speech in Moscow is part of his tour of all 44 counties in 44 days. He began Sept. 21. He is a property developer in Boise and a former emergency room doctor and is running for governor of Idaho against U.S.
Rep. Raúl Labrador, Lt. Gov. Brad Little and Lisa Marie. He said Idaho needs to look at taxes as a “threelegged school,” stressing the importance of balancing sales, property and income tax. Ahlquist has owned several small businesses and has served on multiple boards and committees in Boise. “I will argue with anyone that 7.4 percent personal income tax is too high,” Ahlquist said. “We compete with other states around us that are five percent and zero and we’re losing businesses.” Ahlquist said he wants to reform taxes to create one that is flat and fair for all, and one that is balanced such that government spending should not exceed income. SEE Ahlquist, PAGE 4
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Monday marked a milestone for the City of Moscow — one especially important to the Native American, or Indigenous Peoples, in Latah County. The former name, Columbus Day, is now recognized as Indigenous People’s Day following a 5-1 vote from Moscow City Council Oct. 2. Indigenous people, and many others, gathered in celebration of this change in the University of Idaho Admin Auditorium Monday afternoon by bringing in a guest speaker, Pete Putra, who presented his speech “Indigenous Ideals and
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Pete Putra gives a presentation in celebration of Indigenous People’s Day Monday afternoon in the Administration Building auditorium. Beliefs for Peace.” Sydel Samuels, a director at the Native American Student Center on campus and UI President Chuck Staben introduced Pete
Putra to the stage. “Today is a good opportunity for us to reflect on our history and what we now call Indigenous People’s Day here in Moscow,”
Staben said. “Diversity shouldn’t be a slogan, it should be a goal that we try to achieve.” SEE victory, PAGE 4
IN THIS ISSUE
Idaho football falls short in the homecoming game.
sports, 5
News, 1
Sports, 5
Arts, 9
Opinion, 11
Moscow should be proud of Indigenous People’s Day. Read Our View.
Opinion, 11 University of Idaho
Celebrating the ‘brightest and roundest’ moon together
ARts, 9
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