‘i’m a little bit’a country, i’m a little bit’a rock ‘n roll’

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Aquarius 1/20 - 2/18Lately, your dreams have been vivid and full of colors with new people and distant lands. It takes dedication and determined decision-making to make these dreams reality. Get your head out of the clouds and make it happen. It won’t be easy but the pay-off will be huge.

Pisces 2/19 - 3/20You like to take it easy and float downstream, but this summer has been filled with projects for mom and babysitting nephews. Take a deep breath and remem-ber a little hard work never killed anyone. The time is fast approaching when you can spend your days diving to the bottoms of lakes, drenched in sunlight.

Aries 3/21 - 4/19Your sign may be the ram, but seriously, you need to stop ram-ming everybody. This message may seem forward, but people are starting to notice … and gossip.

Taurus 4/20 - 5/20You are the quintessential bull in a china shop. Life could not be better and it seems every desire you have has been fulfilled. Just remember, life is in constant fluctuation and this state of bliss may not always be so.

horoscopesLibra 9/23 - 10/22Balancing everything is impor-tant when it comes to money and schoolwork. But with people, things are not always black and white. There is a person in your life that needs to be forgiven. All it takes from you is to realize they are only human after all.

Scorpio 10/23 - 11/21You need to put the stinger away. There have been moments where you have been quite snarky. Fig-ure out when this happened and make the proper apologies. You may have already forgotten but your boyfriend/girlfriend is still smarting over your “I’m With Stupid” T-shirt.

Sagittarius 11/22 - 12/21You have your target in sight, now take aim and fire your love arrows. This has been the summer of love for you so don’t let him/her get snatched up by that smart girl/guy in “History of Pirates.”

Capricorn 12/22 - 1/19Your tenacity will aid you in the upcoming school year and beyond. It is important to also take time to relax and have fun. You don’t have to spend Friday night holed up in the dorm with your computer. Your go-get-‘em attitude is also useful at Vandal games.

Gemini 5/21 - 6/20Your personality is often split; one side of you wants what is right, while the other side wants what is fun. Lately, your evil twin has been rearing its ugly head. Sticking your drunken friend’s hand into warm water while camping may be hilarious, but thumbtacks on your professor’s chair won’t be. Cool it.

Cancer 6/21 -7/22You often like to hide in your shell and stay in your sanctuary, but you need to be more adven-turous. If you stay inside all the time, how will you ever meet that guy with a million stories about his world travels, or have a mind-expanding conversation about gardening with that girl at the coffee shop?

Leo 7/23 - 8/22You may know that you are king of the jungle but remember, ev-eryone else may not agree. If you are willing to share the spotlight, you will revel in the joy of your friends when they get their turn. You will find basking in their glow can be just as rewarding.

Virgo 8/23 - 9/22You are a perfectionist in an imperfect world. Try to remember that all people may not see things exactly as you see them. It is important to understand balance, when to be precise and when to let go and give in to chaos.

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I’m a senior majoring in history with a minor in art. I am the current station man-ager for KUOI 89.3 FM and enjoy creating and sharing art with the world.

“When girls telephone boys”

Summer is a time when everyone’s playlist for life is different. But once again summer has ended and school is beginning, which means it’s time for new students to be introduced and old ones reunited with some classic Vandal songs.

“Here We Have Idaho”It’s your alma mater, and it’s important to

know — at least the melody. The music plays every hour on the hour from the clock tower in the Administration Building and it’s truly pretty, especially at night. Knowing the words is a little difficult, but at least give the chorus a shot.

“Vandal Fight Song”OK, words here are so much more important

than with the alma mater. You should immedi-ately start memorizing these words, and then sing them at every game, event, activity, or even just in class. You do get points for knowing the I-D-A-H-O part from the start.

“Beer Song”This German drinking song will take a little

longer to become familiar with, but it is definitely popular with the band and is always a hit when tailgating before football games.

“Black and Yellow” – Wiz KhalifaBlack is not actually one of our colors — it’s

technically silver and gold — but we chose to

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This year however, instead of booking one musical act, Vandal Entertainment chose to split their budget in half and book two bands instead of one.

Held on the tower lawn every year, Palousafest will give students the opportunity to see We Are Scientists and Ra Ra Riot for free.

We Are Scientists

Some may remember We Are Scientists from their 2006 minor hit album “With Love and Squalor.” Since then, they have toured with Kings of Leon, had an MTV comedy mini-series and came out with their newest

record, “Barbara,” last June.When WAS aren’t telling

jokes, their music is solid, even if they are known for trying to encourage audience participa-tion via the tambourine.

As long as the band doesn’t try too hard to impress the crowd, their show should be solid. The band is pulling from a five record discography at this point so fans and specta-tors should expect to hear some variety within their set.

Let’s just hope they don’t try too hard to please.

Ra Ra Riot

While Ra Ra Riot’s discogra-

phy isn’t that deep, their musical pallet is a little more refined than others of their indie rock genre.

Known for taking the stage in colorful outfits and generally having a good time performing, Wes Miles and crew are likely to put on a show.

Perhaps it is Ra Ra Riot’s style that makes them so different from others.

Unlike some indie rock out-fits, Ra Ra Riot has a permanent electric cellist and violinist.

While some bands and artists try to make up for the lack of live strings with a prerecorded track for a song, Ra Ra Riot maintains the integrity of their music by having these members along with them.

As label mates to indie artists like David Bazan and Death Cab For Cutie, the band must be do-ing something right.

Maybe fans will also hear some of bassist Mathieu San-

tos’s solo project since he just released his solo debut “Mas-sachusetts 2010” in July.

Both bands will be bring-ing that preeminent east coast indie flavor to the

University of Idaho and their music should be mellow and ideal for students to chill and relax before returning to the monotony each new semester brings.

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The first year of college is a crucial one and there are some things that every University of Idaho student must make an effort to do during their first year.

During your first year, especially if you are a freshman, you’ll walk from the Kibbie Dome to the Administration building with the president. This is a traditional first-year walk and a reverse walk will happen during graduation. It’s easy to overlook this tradition but it would be fun to participate in it.

There is also the President’s Bar-beque that usually takes place the day before classes start for the fall semester. Make an attempt to attend this event because it’s a great opportunity to meet and interact with people from different social and cultural backgrounds.

It’s important to develop your Vandal spirit during the first semester and your presence at football home games might just be what you need to achieve this. The energy in the Kibbie Dome during these games is dominant and contagious.

Homecoming is also a very im-portant event to attend to boost your Vandal pride.

As a result of stress during the course of the semester, you might need a place to relax and have contact with nature and the Arboretum is a good place to go. It’s better to go to the Arboretum before winter sets in so you can enjoy the wonderful view nature has to offer.

The water fountain at Friendship Square is a great place to visit when you want to relax. Visit the fountain

before it’s shut down when the cold sets in.

In the spring there is the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival, which UI is well known for. Students should take advan-tage of this by attending at least one event during this renowned festival.

Another event that students need to make an effort to be involved in is the Sustainability Symposium, which is organized by the Sustainability Center on campus.

Your first year is a time for you to survey different clubs on campus and decide which one piques your interest the most. Make use of this time wisely and try to be active in as many things as you can manage so you will have a wide range of options to choose from.

Most of all, your first year is a time for you to make high grades and achieve a high grade point average that you can build on for the rest of your time in college.

Freshman year is an exciting time in your life and it will be over before you know it, so take advantage of these op-portunities and make it count.

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Two is always better than onePalousafest has always been host to diverse

musical acts. Most of the time, students have seen one band and maybe a comedian.

!"#$%&'#()&#*+#,-&'#./0- make freshman year memorable

file photo by nick gro! | rawrUniversity of Idaho students Angelica Coleman, left, Elise Pineda, center and Teara Lyons sing and dance during the song “Think Twice,” by Eve 6 on the lawn outside Theophilus Tower. Eve 6 played a free show for UI students and Moscow residents as a part of Palousafest 2010.

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Who you gonna call?Some students still enjoy the luxury of being

on their parents’ cell phone plans, but not every student has that option. With several providers to choose from in Moscow, it can be difficult to narrow down the choices and figure out which

company best fits your needs. Between best cover-age, insurance, phone quality and customer service, many factors influence choosing a provider. Here are some quick guidelines for individual plans to help make that process a bit easier.

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Average monthly payment: $70 (for smartphones)Minutes packages: 450 minutes for $70, 900 min-utes for $90, unlimited for $100Local tech center: YesMonthly phone insurance: $8

Sprint boasts an unlimited data package, so overage fees that customers might face with AT&T or Verizon aren’t a problem. They also say they have the best coverage in the area, and ac-cording to their online maps, it is good coverage for most of the local area. Don’t expect spectacu-lar coverage in the woods or in the middle of nowhere on a road trip, but it should be reliable service on the Palouse.

Ross Odenborg, a wireless consultant at Sprint’s store in the Palouse Empire Mall, said one of the best things about having Sprint in this area is the fact that they have a technical support center, which a lot of providers around here don’t offer. So if a problem crops up with a phone or it is damaged, the customer can take it directly to an expert in Pullman rather than sending it somewhere.

Though Sprint does not have an iPhone model, they do have the HTC Evo 3D, which was just released and rated 7 out of 10 by Engadget and 4.5 out of 5 by PC World. They also have the Motorola Photon, which has also been well reviewed. Both phones have dual-core processors, making them faster than the iPhone.

“It’s really just a preference thing,” Odenborg said of their phones versus iPhones. “Most people who like Apple stay with Apple, but if you’re look-ing to change it up (these are good options).”

Average monthly payment: $70Minutes packages: 450 minutes for $60, 900 min-utes for $80, unlimited for $90Local tech center: NoMonthly phone insurance: $7 for all phones ex-cept iPhone, which is $11

Verizon is the largest provider in the U.S., and often brags about its “network” of coverage. It invests $1 billion yearly into its network, which is the most blanket coverage in this area ac-cording to the website’s map. And while they do have overage fees of 40 cents per minute, they also have mobile-to-mobile minutes, which helps preserve them.

DJ Postle, Verizon store manager at the Palouse Mall, said mobile cell sites are also sent to large events to help with extra calls and provide more coverage. Influxes of people in one area, such as a football game or graduation, can sometimes overload cell towers and limit service. The cell sites help to mitigate those problems.

While Verizon doesn’t have a technical center, Postle said customers often come in with issues and are able to find assistance within the store.

“We’re excellent problem solvers,” Postle said. “... It’s a lot easier to deal with us than it is to call.”

Postle said the Droid phones are their most popular, partly because it offers more free applica-tions, but also because of its processor, built-in Flash and one-year full warranty.

Average monthly payment: $50Minutes packages: 450 minutes for $40, 800 min-utes for $60, unlimited for $100Local tech center: YesMonthly phone insurance: $4.99 per month for regular phones, $7.99 per month for smartphones

For those who are active outdoors in the area, Inland Cellular might be the best option. With its headquarters in Lewiston, this provider is about as local as it gets. And if that appeals to you, knowing that they sponsor and host many local events might help too. They recently sponsored Hog Fest and Dash for Cash, both popular Mos-cow community events.

In addition, the first three months of data are free on Inland Cellular’s smartphones, and their data packages average $20 extra per month. Their two most popular smartphones are the Samsung Galaxy and Motorola Milestone X. The Galaxy isn’t as highly reviewed as some others, but the Mile-stone has a generally positive reputation.

Will Gillespie, a wireless consultant at the Mos-cow store near JAMMS frozen yogurt, said they also have military grade phones, which might ap-peal to outdoor types who will likely be rough on their phones. But the bottom line, he said, is that they are a local company.

“If you don’t want to deal with the hassles of a national carrier, we’re really small and very customer oriented,” Gillespie said.

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AT&T doesn’t have the best reputation for coverage, but they are comparable to Verizon in price and options. A representative from the store could not be interviewed in time, but of course one of their largest selling points is the Apple iPhone. AT&T also has rollover minutes, which can come in handy at the end of the month.

As far as data goes, 3GB of data will run an extra $35 per month, plus overage fees. They also have a wide selection of smartphones besides the iPhone, including Palm and HTC. And the store in the mall is large with plenty of associates avail-able, so it should be easy to go in with phone issues and get them solved right there.

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Welcome to Dreamland Melanee RourkeMajor: EnglishYear: Junior Age: 20Dream Date: June 2011

Melanee Rourke said the craziest dream she remem-bers was probably induced by eating too much candy before falling asleep, and it all started with a, “picnic in a nice big field.”

“My friends and I were relaxing, having a great time, when out of nowhere a sea of zombies comes at us,” Rourke said. “The zombies had the same blue polo shirt, khaki pants and shoes on. Some had

blood on their mouths and others had injuries.”

She said they all had black hair that combed over identi-cally, and identified themselves as telemarketers from India.

“They all had those ‘Hello my name is ... ’ stickers on their chests and the names filled in were generic ones like Bob, Jim, Larry and Bill,” Rourke said. “This dream was a mix of a good dream and a nightmare. They weren’t really scary zombies, though I woke up before they started running at us.”

Rourke interpreted the dream as the telemarketers’ attempt to “sell me items I don’t need.”

“I think that this dream is

a reflection of the stress I was under to get in touch with the Apple people to get a new charger so I could use my laptop,” Rourke said.

Rourke said this was the dream she remembered most vividly and “who doesn’t want to dream about telemarketer zombies crashing a picnic.”

“I think that my subconscious assumes that we are a badass superhero,” Rourke said. “That we are a force to be reck-oned with, and that no matter what we survive everything.”

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Danielle WolfMajor: Music EducationYear: Senior Age: 21Dream Date: July 2011

North Dakota native Danielle Wolf’s dream took a twist on reality that she couldn’t completely under-stand.

“I was fishing with my dad in a little creek that ran through the end of a town we were in,” Wolf said. “We were just fishing for fun and all the sudden one of our rods started going crazy.”

Wolf said they had caught an alligator and while they were trying to reel her in, she got away.

“My dad decided that he wanted to keep the al-ligator, so somehow we got a shopping cart that he was pushing me in so we could catch up with this alligator,” Wolf said.

In her dream, Wolf told her dad that they should start heading back, “because we were in a part of the town that had flooded.”

“As we started walking back a 20 foot alligator was creeping its way out of a flooded parking lot and was not happy at all,” Wolf said. “All the sudden this alligator started kicking its front leg like it was a bull being ready to charge. So my dad took off running with me in the cart and the alligator started chasing us. She caught up to us but we just kept running and somehow the alligator got in front of us but we just ran it over with the cart.”

She woke up at 3 a.m. “I have no clue why I had this dream other then

my hometown was flooding at the time, but I’m from North Dakota so the closest alligators to me are in our zoo,” Wolf said.

Students share quirky, memorable dreams

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Ryan WagnerMajor: MicrobiologyYear: Sophomore in degree, 6th year in collegeAge: 23Dream Date: July 5, 2011

Ryan Wagner keeps a dream/déjà vu log and this particular dream had the necessary criteria to be written down.

“I was suddenly on campus around Greek Row at the University of Idaho when I met this girl... ,” said Wagner, a member of Lambda Chi Alpha. “As I came up to her to introduce myself I felt a sudden connection to her, and to my assumption, she did too.”

After what Wagner described as a “blissful” kiss, a storm rolled in.

“We got on our bikes and with a mysteriously shared notion of our destination headed out. At the top of a hill we paused to survey the sudden chaos,” Wagner said. “Everyone was running around looking for family, friends and possessions.”

It was then that Wagner’s dream girl-friend’s ex-boyfriend showed up causing them to take off.

“The storm took on a new nature as we arrived sending bolts of lightning into the Earth all around at random. We stopped at her house,” he said. “Teleki-netic in nature, I knew I was to depart when we had arrived … I rode off.”

A block later Wagner’s friend Tyler stopped him and they talked, he said.

“ … I went a block further when the ex-boyfriend yelled out my name. I turned and as so, he cursed

and hurled a full-length fire axe my way,” Wagner said. “Barely dodging I hopped on my bike and rode with all my might. I awoke at LXA in Moscow, Idaho on the couch.”

Wagner said he went on a few dream sites to see how it could be interpreted, but decided he was the best person to do that. He decided the dream was tell-ing him that he’s missing something in life — a woman.

“I believe dreams are where my mind can truly be itself in full creativi-ty. Alternatively I believe my conscious and mortal vessel inhibits my mind and creativity while awake,” Wagner said. “I think that my subconscious thinks me to be what I truly am and it tries to show me things that I can’t see while awake.”

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Music is a major part of Navin Chettri’s life, and not just the trendy songs of Katy Perry and Lady Gaga that fill the airwaves.

Chettri was born in India but said he calls Kathmandu, Nepal, home. He is working toward a master’s degree in music performance, but traces of his love for music and percussion go back to his childhood.

“When you first start listening to music it’s for the thrill of it and you should always keep that thrill,” Chettri said. “But as you get older you start to learn the complexity of it all. As I learn more, I feel like I need to learn more still.”

Chettri said he listens to music more often than not. In the earliest hours of the morning, on his walk to campus each day, in between classes and at home each evening while cooking, Chettri is listening to music.

“It makes me feel good,” he said. “I could give a longer, more detailed answer but the bottom line is it makes me feel good. That’s why I do music, because it makes me feel good.”

James Reid, University of Idaho professor of music, said the reasons and the ways students listen to music has changed dramatically.

“Music has less impact today,” Reid said. “In the 1940s you had to put on a record, go to a live performance or listen to the radio to listen to music and so it was more special. Now, we take it for granted because it’s become portable.”

Because music is portable it gives Chettri and other students the ability to listen to as much music as they can handle, Reid said. For most people, that equates to a lot of music.

“It used to be that people only listened to music for recreation,” said Kevin Woelfel, direc-tor of the Lionel Hampton School of Music. “Now I can’t imagine going to the gym, driving down the road or lots of other things without some sort of music playing in the background.”

Technology has come a long way from the vinyl records and record players of the 1940s that Reid discusses in his History of Rock ‘n’ Roll classes. The class covers the history of rock ‘n’ roll from the early 1940s through the early years of the new millennium, Reid said.

Reid said while new forms of technology even-tually replaced record players, 8-track players, tape decks, CDs and most recently digital down-loads, music styles are also continuously evolving.

“A lot of popular music now is dominated by rap, which started appearing around 30 years ago,” Reid said. “Also, today’s artists are influ-enced by music from around the world and the past. You see a lot of styles from the ‘70s and ‘80s being recycled in music today.”

Woelfel said that not only is the way stu-dents listen to music more advanced, but they’re also listening to music in more places and more often than ever before.

“It’s been said men think about sex every three seconds,” Woelfel said. “And I’d say they think about music every 10 seconds and food about every seven seconds.”

Woelfel said today’s students listen to music on the go more often because they are better at multitasking and are more involved than previous generations. Department stores use specific types and styles of music to help customers feel more motivated and like they need to continue shopping which increases revenue for the stores, Woelfel said.

“The timber–the tone–of music has gotten brighter over time,” Woelfel said. “Especially since the advent of the digital recording system.”

With more than 33 years of experience as a music professor at UI, Reid said the type of music a person listens to definitely affects their mood and differ-ent people listen to different music for a multitude of reasons.

“There are as many dif-ferent reasons to listen to music as there are people,” Reid said. “You can use music to uplift your spir-its, for entertainment pur-poses, to help you relax or whatever it is you need.”

Chettri uses music for both academic purposes and personal pleasure.

“It might be cliché to say that music is my life, but it really is my life,” Chettri said. “It’s with me all the time. If I’m not listening to music I’m thinking about it.”

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A hero is often imagined as a man with incredible strength who wears a cape or a glamor-ous celebrity with the perfect life, but Blake Harris has a dif-ferent definition.

“People seem to want to have heroes that they see on TV, but a hero is someone you know and can talk to face to face … The people that change your lives are heroes,” he said.

Harris, a junior at the Uni-versity of Idaho, said his dad is his personal hero. Although he didn’t have any brothers, his dad fulfilled the role of both father and brother, Harris said.

“He’s always been really personal, understanding … we’ve had the same strug-gles,” Harris said. “Basically our relationship has been me trying to find out what it is to be a man.”

On their farm, Harris said

his father generally works 13-14 hours a day and he still makes time for his family, and they always come first. If he is ever struggling with something in his life, his dad is the person he turns to. Harris also said his father’s appreciation for other cultures influenced him to choose a double major in soci-ology/criminology and Spanish.

His father is the person he models his own behavior after and Harris said a positive role model is necessary for anyone to succeed.

“Whether it’s making money or being a caring man or being a leader, you have to have a role model,” he said.

UI student David Gonzalez said the person who has made a difference in his life is his mother. His freshman year in college was their first time apart, and Gonzalez said his mom would call to make sure he was doing his homework and to offer encouragement.

“She taught me that we should always do everything for ourselves and not what other people want us to do,” he said.

The qualities he admires in his mother are her under-standing, compassion, honesty and determination, Gonzalez said. These are values that he incorporates into his own life and he also tries to imitate her willingness to help people.

“She’s always willing to help out others even when she doesn’t have enough for herself,” he said.

As the first child in his fam-ily to go to college, Gonzalez said his mother tells him how proud she is every time he calls her. Gonzalez is majoring in mechanical engineering and biology and plans to go into prosthetics. He said he hopes to have the means to take care of his family someday.

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Heather Bingman is a lover of theater, old British novels, Zelda, gardening, Coca-Cola collectibles, classic films, yoga, Celtic music, organics, the outdoors and all things Harry Potter.

The secondary education major said she can’t be defined as just a student, a wife or a member of one specific clique because she’s a member of so many different groups.

“I don’t believe that I belong to just one group or clique,” Bingman said. “I believe no-body fits into one specific area. I just don’t fit any stereotypes people might have and I’m proud of that.”

Bingman said she is a equal rights activist, animal lover, agnostic, poet, home décor en-thusiast, collector of costume jewelry and coffee mugs, fash-ionista, health nut and soon to be mother.

Although many students share Bingman’s feelings, Ken

Locke, University of Idaho psychology professor, said stu-dents tend to form cliques for two different reasons.

“Two of the strongest needs people anywhere in the world experience are the need for sta-tus and solidarity,” Locke said. “Cliques fulfill both of these needs.”

A cliques’ status within a school or community and a student’s status within the clique can provide the student with confidence and a sense of place. A person experiences

solidarity when he or she feels a sense of closeness to oth-ers and when called upon can count on being stood up for and have someone to turn to, Locke said.

Sometimes, he said, the pressure to fit in with a group can have negative effects and that it’s almost always healthi-er for students to expose them-selves to diverse groups of people with different interests to find out who they are and who they can become.

“If a person is involved in just one clique there’s a good chance they’ll feel pressure to conform,” Locke said. “If somebody defines themselves along the lines of a clique, they’re defining themselves too narrowly and constricting their identities.”

Karlee Cysewski, a self-proclaimed band geek, said cliques don’t just exist in high school, but also in college and throughout life.

“I think it’s human nature to want to hang out with and be around others similar to yourself,” Cysewski said. “We’re generally most comfortable around those who share simi-lar backgrounds and personali-ties as us.”

Cysewski, a 2003 graduate from Lake City High School in Coeur d’Alene, said while cliques existed, not everybody belonged to just one and people weren’t afraid to hang out with others who might not share all of the same interests or viewpoints.

“There are people who are comfortable around different people with different person-alities, some of them very colorful,” Cysewski said. “You might call them social but-terflies because they can fly from group to group and blend in perfectly. They’re more like social chameleons.”

PhD candidate Brenda Kotewa said while cliques don’t go away in college they do open up and are welcom-ing to a more diverse popula-tion of students.

“College is a second chance for some,” Kotewa said. “I think a lot of people try to figure out where they want to be and who they want to associate themselves with and fit themselves in with a different group of people than they may have been friends with in the past.”

Locke said while cliques are often displayed as having only negative effects, they do also provide positive benefits to students.

“It comes back to status, solidarity and wanting a pur-pose in life,” Locke said. “It’s rewarding to belong to a group and have a sense of place, somewhere you can go.”

Some people are known for doing good in their communi-ties by promoting and support-ing issues, such as environmen-talism, animal rights and giving back to the less fortunate, Cysewski said.

And sometimes when a stu-dent becomes part of a wider, larger group outside of school they automatically become family to their classmates, Bingman said.

As far as family is con-cerned, Bingman said, the “air force kids” from Mead High School were as good as any family and better than most.

“People, especially teenag-ers, relate best to those who understand them,” Bingman said. “And the air force kids at Mead were probably the largest clique because base was so close by, but they treated each other like family and welcomed every new kid like a pesky younger sibling, albeit with open arms.”

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Cliques not about stereotypes but comfort zones

‘SOCIAL CHAMELEONS’

black out the Kibbie Dome and a lot of our shirts are black with gold writing, so this song is just a natural. Natural if you ignore the fact that they’re actually talking about a car … oh well, it’s still fun.

“The Vengabus is coming” — Vengaboys

Really you just need to know the beat of the chorus, and then realize that when you’re in the stands at any game, you will be jumping and dancing on the bleachers to this song. It’s an en-ergy song for any crowd.

“We Are The Champions” — Queen

OK, so this one isn’t really that specific to Idaho, but let’s be honest, it’s a great game song. So if you don’t know it, YouTube it. If you do, just nod your head and agree.

“Eye of the Tiger” — SurvivorIt is almost guaranteed that

while you attend the University of Idaho this song will start off a

game or two … or all. The crowd will sing and dance, and then be ready to cheer like crazy in hopes that our team thoroughly defeats the opposition.

“The Hey Song”It’s fairly popular at quite a few

different sporting events, so you might already recognize it, but it’s a classic game song. Just don’t get confused if the band decides to throw in its own little remix flair.

“Louie Louie” — The KingsmenThis is a popular one on its

own for several reasons, but it’s also a big hit on a timeout in the middle of a game. It keeps the crowd alive and moving, so no at-tention is lost.

“INSERT A POPULAR POP SONG HERE” — Any popular artist

Every year the marching band has a special treat for fans and it’s always catchy and entertain-ing. Two years ago it was Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” and last year it was Lady Gaga. After the first game, we’ll know this year’s theme —!any guesses?

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His mother’s encourage-ment inspires him to con-tinue working hard to meet his goals and he appreciates her role in his life.

“It’s important to have that, especially if someone has meaning in your life, because with that you have someone you can always rely and reflect on if you need help,” Gonzalez said.

For UI senior Ashley Al-

sterlund, a hero is someone who always roots for you, catches you when you fall and helps you back on your feet.

“That’s my dad,” Alster-lund said. “He’s determined, he’s smart and when my mom left he raised both my sister and I, instilled wonderful values.”

Alsterlund said her father taught her the importance of honesty and persistence, and has always pushed her to reach for her dreams. She described her father as kind, caring and

compassionate and said he is the perfect role model.

From her father, Alster-lund said she learned that mistakes are learning expe-riences and if you do make mistakes, it’s OK.

A hero is someone you can depend on and Alster-lund said she doesn’t know where she would be with-out her father.

“I honestly would be lost without my dad … my personal hero,” Alsterlund said. “He gives me direction, he’s someone that I want to be like.”

Jenifer Von BargenMajor: Child Development/Family RelationsYear: SeniorAge: 21Dream Date: Sometime in middle school

Jenifer Von Bargen said she can’t swim and doesn’t like frogs, so her craziest

dream was a nightmare starring Kermit the Frog.

“I was standing at the top of a 100 foot cliff, with a rushing river at the bot-tom. I noticed Kermit the Frog was coming down the river, and he was drown-ing,” Von Bargen said. “So I jumped off this cliff to save him. I got him to a rock where he was safe. At this time, I remembered that, ‘Oh hell, I can’t swim.’ So, I

got swept down the river and drowned.“

She said the dream was a reminder that having a swimming buddy is a good idea as long as it’s not a frog.

“I was trying to teach myself how to swim at the time,” Von Bargen said. “I think my subconscious is trying to say that I have many fears and need to get over them if I can.”

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