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A haunting in Room 225
There’s more than offices and classrooms in UI’s Ridenbaugh Hall Lindsay Trombly Argonaut
season will last from Nov. 3 to March 2, spanning six Saturdays. “Moscow is so supportive and local restaurants are too, we just couldn’t dream of a better setup for everything we have,” Julye said. “This next market is a good way to get your fall crops and winter greens, and we’ve seen this continue to grow as well and become a staple on a winter Saturday.” Looking ahead to next year, Amanda Argona, community events manager for the City of Moscow said the best course of action is to check how the most recent season went and explore potential ways to improve the market. She added continuing to strike a good balance of market products is key. Argona’s Saturdays begin at 5 a.m. and eventually lead to about 15,000 steps. In addition to managing the market and recruiting and scheduling vendors, Argona said she conducts traffic control and surveys the footprint to make sure everything is in compliance with city code. “We’ll continue to make sure it’s in the best interest of the market, the vendors and the customers,” she said.
When Ridenbaugh Hall was paranormally investigated in 1992 by Ed and Lorrain Warren, they found hints the building was haunted. Upon entering Room 225, she encountered a force. “My initial impression was that of a young girl, student age, probably in her early 20s,” Warren said. She described the girl as wearing clothes from the 1930s, with her hair pulled back in a bun. A woman is rumored to have hung herself in Room 225 during the 1930s, Warren said. “Ridenbaugh is definitely haunted. Assuming to go off the story of the woman who hung herself in the room that’s the first door on the left, on the second floor. She doesn’t like guys, cause more guys have violent stories,” said Dan Butcher, a UI senior. Ridenbaugh Hall on the University of Idaho campus was originally built in 1902 as a woman’s dormitory. In World War I, Ridenbaugh was used for feeding troops and the building was turned into a men’s dormitory. Now, it is a place on campus for music students to practice and the first floor is used as an art gallery for the UI Art and Architecture Department. People around campus mostly recognize this building as a women’s dormitory and for its supposed haunting by the woman in Room 225. “I’ve definitely been practicing there late at night and always felt a presence of some sort, like someone is just kind of watching what I’m doing. The room spontaneously has gotten colder as well — that’s happened,” Butcher said. Lydia Byers, a member of The Palouse Paranormal Society in Moscow, said there is a chance the room got colder. She said if spirits want to manifest they take energy from the temperature of the room. There has not been any paranormal investigations since the 1992 investigation, but Byers said as far as she knew, no one died in the building.
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As the Moscow Farmers Market comes to a close, local vendors reflect on the past season Max Rothenberg Argonaut
Sisters Cookie Company started out as a children’s booth at the 2010 Moscow Farmers Market with one goal — giving Connie Rosendahl’s two daughters an opportunity to greet, count change and show off their homemade cookies. The cookies sold out within two hours, and despite baking twice as many the following week, they sold out in three. After arriving late to the third week’s setup, Rosendahl said she noticed a crowd gathered around her small card table. “I thought they had moved us to a different location, but it was people waiting just for us — we were too embarrassed to not keep coming back,” she said. “We finished out that season, switched to an adult booth with more types of cookies, now we have our very own bakery here in Moscow. We’re here when it’s raining, snowy, windy, cold — we’re going to stay at it.” The final market of the 2018 season will
be Saturday, and while Sisters does not depend on product availability like many produce and plant vendors, Rosendahl said she agrees with the end date. “We’ve gone six straight months, 26 consecutive weeks, even the farmers are done and ready to warm up for the season,” she said. “We supplement the farmers here, so for us to follow along with them really works, and we’ve already begun our switch to retail for the holidays.” The market typically winds down as vendors begin to run out of produce. Isaak Julye, co-owner of Moscow-based Deep Root Farms, said he and co-owner Greg Friestadt made the decision to pull out one week early. “We had our frosts already — we didn’t make that choice, the choice was made for us,” Julye said. “It feels right. We’re all tired, we’ve been working hard all season and it’s a good time to be done.” Deep Root Farms employees have attended the market for nearly a decade. Julye, and many arts and crafts vendors in attendance, said they plan to return for the Moscow Winter Market, hosted by the 1912 Center. The 2018-2019
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A panic at the polls Community members mull lack of campus polling location Gavin Green Argonaut
The removal of the ASUI Kibbie Activity Center as a polling location for the upcoming election caused a stir among Moscow students and community members. Citizens from all 18 precincts in Moscow will have to vote at the Latah County Fairgrounds. In previous years residents west of Main Street voted at the Kibbie Dome. Henrianne Westberg, the Latah County Clerk, said the polling location was removed because it was difficult for some older voters and voters with disabilities to make it from the parking lot to the Kibbie Dome. “It is my prime goal to make sure that everyone who wants to vote is able to vote,” Westberg said.
Nicole Skinner, ASUI president, said she understands the need for polling locations to be accessible, but she thinks it was wrong to remove on campus polling entirely. “I am frustrated that we don’t have a polling location, but I am also frustrated that an announcement was never made explaining why we won’t have a polling location on campus,” Skinner said. “An effort wasn’t made to connect with the campus and see if we can figure out how to get a polling location here.” Westberg said she has been looking for options for a new polling location that would be more accessible for voters but hasn’t decided on anything yet. She said the main issues have been locations not being accessible or having enough parking. “I am definitely putting a lot of thought into it and I am going to figure out what might work best for everybody,” Westberg said.
Skinner suggested the Bruce Pittman Center as an alternative polling location on campus. Westberg said the Pittman Center has been suggested to her, but she does not believe that location has enough parking to accommodate voters on Election Day. Skinner said she hopes the Department of Student Involvement’s Party to the Polls event, which will shuttle students to and from the fairgrounds, will help counteract the lack of an on-campus polling location for this election. “Moscow is a small town and it is fairly walkable, but I think a lot of people would be discouraged by having to walk to the fairgrounds,” Skinner said. Westberg said she is not concerned about college students being discouraged from voting. SEE PANIC PAGE 6
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Committee seeking presidential input Elizabeth Marshall Argonaut
Several members of the 12-person President Search Screening visited the University of Idaho campus this week and collected input from faculty, staff and students. Alberto Pimentel, a senior partner with the executive search firm Storbeck/Pimentel & Associates, conducted the three meetings, asking a series of questions regarding UI’s next president. The committee held a closed-door meeting Monday to collect faculty input on the search for the next president. Following the hour-long meeting, the group opened the doors to community members and media in order to collect more input from the Moscow area. Moscow City Mayor Bill Lambert gave input at the open-door community meeting. He said he would prefer a president who is visible in the Moscow community and is dedicated to enrollment efforts. Lambert also noted the quick
turnovers for recent UI presidents and said he hopes the next president will commit to staying at the university for a longer period of time. “Prior to President Staben being here, we went through about five presidents over a 10-year period and that really kills the university and that affects what we’re trying to achieve here in my view . . . I hope that the successful candidate will commit to being here for a long time and not treat this position as a stepping stone in his or her career,” Lambert said. Dan Davenport, the university’s director of financial aid, said he is looking for a president who understands the struggle of access to higher education — especially financial struggles. Caroline Nilsson Troy, who represents district five in the Idaho House, also attended. Troy spoke about the importance of the university, being the only land grant university established by the Idaho State Constitution. SEE COMMITTEE PAGE 6
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