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Barry Bilderback of World Beat ensemble dances to the drums during Africa Night Saturday in the Bruce Pitman Center International Ballroom. student life
Experience Africa Tess Fox Argonaut
Upbeat, African dance music filled the International Ballroom of the Bruce Pitman Center Saturday for Africa Night. The night of food, drumming and dance is organized annually by the African Students Association (ASA). The theme for Saturday’s event was Litawhid, Africa. “Litawhid” is Arabic for unite. “We just want to emphasize the importance of unity,” emcee Dorothy Apie said. Apie’s fellow emcee, Adonay Berhe, said the goal of Africa Night is to always promote unity. “It’s always been celebrating diverse cultures for what they are,” he said. “That’s why we make sure each part of Africa is represented. As much as it’s important to recognize the individuality of each
country, it’s also important to understand we are all African.” Berhe said the ASA chose an Arabic word to show support for the Muslim community. The event officially began with a presentation of the flags of Africa. The flags came out a few minutes later than the event was supposed to begin. “We’re starting in a very African style,” Berhe said. While students entered in traditional dress, graduate student Paola Branco and non-degree student Brian Hanson went around the room to alter the decorations. Hanson laser-cut stand-up elephant decorations for each table. The two visited the tables during the event, ripping off the tusks and writing, “Don’t buy ivory,” on the elephants. Accompanying the decoration was a piece of paper with facts about
Students, community members pack Africa Night
and small children left their elephant poaching. ARG seats to dance in the aisles. According to the paper, 96 By 6 p.m., the event was elephants are killed for their For more news standing room only, while ASA ivory tusks every day — one content, visit uiargonaut.com members pulled out extra tables. every 15 minutes. Detour, a dance group from Branco completed research in Washington State University, Africa, tagging and tracking elephants. She is studying natural resources at performed an Afrobeat dance. Berhe went around the room and introthe University of Idaho. “They’re going to go extinct in the next duced audience members wearing tradi10 years if something’s not done,” Hanson tional African clothing. Junior Emily Botterbusch attended the said. “Right now, we’re just trying to raise awareness. This is only 42 tables, and event to support a friend. “My friend helped put it on and she’s there’s 96 killed a day. So we hope that everyone’s going to be sad that their cute little doing a dance,” she said. “I feel like I’m learning a lot already about all the different elephant is dead on their table.” Students performed Rawa, a tradition- countries and the dances are really cool.” al Nigerian dance, with beaming smiles at the event. SEE Africa, PAGE 5 The audience clapped along. Parents rotc
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Prepare for take off Time for turkey Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport plans to extend runway, expand passenger travel Hailey Stewart Argonaut
The Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport is soaring toward new growth with the planned expansion of its runway. Although the airport sits in Washington, Moscow Mayor Bill Lambert said it has been one of the most critical pieces of Moscow’s infrastructure since its development in 1939. That was the year Moscow and Pullman entered into an agreement to share both the costs and benefits the regional airport has to offer. “We need to be forward-looking with the airport,” Lambert said. “We started that hub in 1939 and with these plans we are looking to 2039, a hundred years later and even more.” The executive director of the PullmanMoscow Regional Airport, Tony Bean, said aircraft have become so large, they have essentially outgrown the airport. He said for the past 10 years the airport has been running under an exemption waiver provided by the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), because it has a runway that does not provide the needed room for larger 737 aircraft models. When larger planes land at the airport, Bean said the airport holds a different requirement than most. “This is currently our driver to expand — meeting the standard,” Bean said. Bean said the runway’s projected completion is set for 2018, but not every aspect of the planned expansion will be done until 2019. “All of the hangars and terminals have to be connected, the grading is going to be lifted higher — it’s a large project,” Bean said. “It is the highest priority project in the Northwest region.” Lambert said the airport is growing, and along with that growth is the amount of passengers passing through to the Palouse. “Every year, our passenger growth has been steadily moving upward by 20 percent,” Lambert said. Of those passengers, Lambert said it would be beneficial for sports teams and students in general to have direct access to larger transportation hubs. SEE prepare, PAGE 5
UI Army ROTC hosts annual Turkey Shoot Taylor Nadauld Argonaut
Before students take off for Thanksgiving Break, they may want to see if they can also take home a free turkey to roast. Thursday, the University of Idaho Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) will host their annual Turkey Shoot, and spots are filling up fast. Jared Clark, the officer in charge of this year’s event, said 83 of 90 available spots are already filled. The Turkey Shoot is a rifle-shooting contest open to all students, staff, faculty and family members who can compete in three categories — adult male, adult female and children ages 12-17. Winners in each category will receive a turkey. UI Army ROTC Public Affairs Officer Jesse Frantzich said he knows some people are not aware the ROTC exists on campus, and said he hopes to bring recognition to the program. Every year, the Turkey Shoot has been
completely booked, Frantzich said. Most of the time, university staff and faculty from different colleges fill a majority of the spots. Clark said the event will go from 1-7:30 p.m. Ten slots open every 30 minutes, which is why many people sign up in groups. Capt. Chris Greenleaf, executive officer for the program, said the event serves as a team-building exercise for faculty members who come in groups. “The event’s kind of gained a following, I guess,” Greenleaf said. He said participants should bring one non-perishable food item to enter. The food will be delivered to a local food bank. In the past, Greenleaf said they usually fill the bed of a pickup truck with donated food. The event may seem simple, but Clark said that is not the case. Event staff make sure participants know about gun safety and that the weapons are functional and easy to use. Volunteers will go through the event with all 90 participants, Clark said. SEE turkey, PAGE 5
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