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Thursday, November 29, 2018
GREEK LIFE
UI Greek members danced naked, records show Ellamae Burnell, Kyle Pfannenstiel Argonaut
Members of the University of Idaho Delta Tau Delta Fraternity danced naked in front of guests at a social event in the basement “Rec Room” of their chapter house, according to an incident report on the Sept. 22 event. The report notes “it appeared to be only new members that were performing the dance.” The records also show the incident was partially caught on video. The Argonaut received the report and other documents through a public records request.
On Oct. 6, members of Delta Tau Delta and Alpha Phi Sorority also attending the social event received letters from the Dean of Student’s Office in response to the incident. It said a video was shared showing behavior, according to the letter, “not only concerning for the Fraternity and Sorority community but is also concerning for the individuals in the video.” Both the fraternity and sorority were on suspension following the events, preventing them from hosting events, but Alpha Phi’s suspension was lifted Monday, said Jodi Walker, UI Director of Communications. Delta Tau
Delta is still on suspension from activities. Walker said members of Alpha Phi underwent a three-hour session on how they will move forward and it was “very positive,” Walker said. Alpha Phi is hosting a formal event Friday that was approved by the UI Fraternity and Sorority Life Office, she said. The chapter also performed initiation of new members while it was on probation, but Walker said it was approved through all the proper channels. UI Director of Conduct and Community Standards Cari Fealy, said the investigation is ongoing and no other information that
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can be provided at this time. Delta Tau Delta President Devyn DeLeon said that the organization is completely cooperating with the investigation. He declined further comment. Alpha Phi President Hailey Uhlenkott declined to comment. National organization for the two Greek houses did not respond to requests for comment. Ellamae Burnell can be reached at arg-news@uidaho.edu or on Twitter @EllamaeBurnell
CAMPUS
(U)I gotcha Looks like there’s no backpedaling from a UI bike share program Andrew Ward Argonaut
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Kayla Crane, a University of Idaho second-year student, poses with her guard flag.
Just keep spinning UI welcomes first Vandal Winter Guard, focus on building program Brianna Finnegan Argonaut
Throughout the football season, the Vandal Color Guard can be seen spinning their flags and performing choreography alongside the Vandal Marching Band. This year, color guard will not just be available with the marching band but on their own as the Vandal Winter Guard. “A big thing with (winter guard) is creating emotion within your viewers based on the dances and the flag work that you’re doing,” said Allie Brown, one of the captains for the winter guard team. “With color guard it’s upbeat. You’re happy, you’re excited all the time, but with winter guard you can feel deeper emotions. You can feel happiness, you can feel sadness, you can feel excitement, you can feel fear based on song choice and choreography.” Brown is not new to first-year color guard experiences. After participating in color guard throughout high school, Brown came to UI knowing she would be in the Color Guard. “My mom was in color guard in high school, so she started teaching me how to spin since I could stand,” Brown said. “I’ve been spinning my whole life, so when I got to high school me and one of the girls who also enjoyed spinning, we created our color guard program.” Brown said she is excited for the new Vandal Winter Guard program. Brown noted they had been thinking about creating a winter guard for a couple years but were just now getting it off the ground. “Our winter guard is its own sport/club. We get to do our own songs, our own music, and anyone is invited,” said Courtney Bryant, vice president of Winter Guard. Since this year is the group’s first year, they are focusing on building the program and getting people involved. In the last
Kayla Crane, sophomore, practices throwing her guard flag. weeks of the fall semester, Vandal Winter Guard will be putting on several open houses to get students involved. “I think any team activity is really good for building communities and sense of self in a school,” Bryant said. “At a big entity like the U of I it’s really helpful to place yourself in that. (Color Guard) was something that really helped me in my first couple of years.” The first open house will be this Friday at the Physical Education Building. Those
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interested will meet at the entrance and are advised to bring active wear and a water bottle. Participants will be learning choreography and working with some of the flags to get a feel for what winter guard is. “We’re the band’s cheerleaders. We count to the band and we do our own choreography with our flags,” Bryant said. Brianna Finnegan can be reached at arg-news@uidaho.edu
The University of Idaho is still working toward having a bike share program on campus despite a previous deal earlier this year falling through. Rebecca Couch, the director of the Parking and Transportation Services at UI, said both the university and city have been exploring the usage of bike share programs for several years. However, the search has narrowed down to the company “Gotcha Bike.” Couch said the city could see Gotcha Bikes as soon as spring of 2019. “Our hope is to have a bike share launch for the upcoming spring semester,” Couch said. “We’re talking about probably 50 bikes right now, to start.” Couch said although nothing is concrete, many stakeholders including the Associated Students University of Idaho (ASUI) and Moscow City Council members are on board with the idea of a bike share program in the city. “We’re still in the discussion phase,” Couch said “We’re still learning and getting all stakeholders onboard to accept that this is how we want to move forward. We definitely have ASUI students ready to go. Now, it’s just working with the city. We want this to be a city-wide program, not just a campus-wide program, and to have that we’d need full City Council approval.” Couch said the university examined various alternative transportation companies including Spin Bike, Social Bicycles Inc and Lime (formerly known as LimeBike) as potential options. However, each company declined for different reasons. UI was on the cusp of launching a similar bike share system via Spin Bike at the beginning of the academic year. However, the company pulled out, saying they were abandoning their pedal bike system for electric scooters. Couch said an alternative source of transportation would be wellsuited for a finite area such as UI’s core campus. “So, most student’s who live off-campus live within one or two miles,” Couch said. “And, if this is a community program like we want it to be, they should be able to ride the bike from their apartment to campus very easily.” SEE GOTCHA PAGE 4
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