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Lucky ‘13s graduate — Seniors look back at college, forward to future

05.02.2013 – 9:53 pm |

Stacia Mattson – Psychology
After spending four years at the University of Idaho studying psychology, Stacia Mattson said  her college experience has equipped her with much more than a degree.

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The Blot Radio Hour — Friday May 3, 2013

05.02.2013 – 11:42 pm |

 

 A special presentation from your student magazine, Blot. On today’s broadcast Vicky Hart gets serenaded by the men of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Lindsey Treffry finds students who not only  talk the busy student talk but walk the walk,  Andrew Deskins investigates the secret lives of professors outside the classroom, Katy Sword investigates how UI Media Communication copes with catastrophe continues to evolve, and I talk to one of the men behind the curtain here at UI. Music for the show from Dan Deacon, John Lennon, Public Enemy, Curtis Mayfield, Bonobo, Delta G, and Cat Power.

In brief 05.03.13

05.02.2013 – 9:59 pm |

Finals Fest tickets still available
Finals Fest, featuring Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, begins at 8 p.m. tonight with doors opening at 7 p.m.

Lucky ‘13s graduate — Numbers behind grad day

05.02.2013 – 9:57 pm |

To most people 13 is considered an unlucky number — but not to the 1,774 students statewide who make up University of Idaho’ s class of 2013. UI’s annual spring commencement will begin at 9:30 …

Second-year struggles — University of Idaho law school’s move to Boise hits funding road blocks

05.02.2013 – 9:50 pm |

The vision for a law program in Boise started in 2005 at the University of Idaho with a strategic planning committee. In 2010, that goal came to fruition as the UI College of Law set …

‘Real Beauty Sketches’ a real beauty bummer

05.02.2013 – 9:49 pm |

Body image. It’s something most of us struggle with in one way or another.

Religion of peace? — Islam as peaceful as its followers

05.02.2013 – 9:48 pm | One Comment

It was long before the Tsarnaev brothers detonated explosives in Boston that condemnation of Islam received derision as “islamophobia,” and the more ridiculous term “racism.” In the weeks following the Boston attack, just as in …

Off the Cuff — Quick takes on life from our Editors

05.02.2013 – 9:47 pm |

Outgoing editors
This weekend
It’s the one we’ve all been waiting for this year. Here’s to a lot of fun with great friends, new and old — and by old I don’t mean Groff.
—Madison

Vandals finish 5th— Senior Webb notches fifth-place finish, Cockerill earns All-WAC Second Team honors

05.02.2013 – 9:46 pm |

The Vandal men’s golf team was able to bounce back after a poor second round to finish in fifth at the WAC Championship tournament Wednesday in Las Vegas.

Athletes of the year

05.02.2013 – 9:44 pm |

Hannah Kiser — women’s cross country/indoor & outdoor track and field
It didn’t take Idaho’s distance specialist long to engrain her name into the school’s all-time books. Now after excelling on both the course and track …

What a season

05.02.2013 – 9:41 pm |

Record breakers
The season isn’t over yet but the Vandals have already claimed three school records and are close to grabbing several more.

Idaho climbing struggles to compete — Team finishes season with disappointing fifth-place finish during 2013 NC3 circuit

05.02.2013 – 9:27 pm |

While the academic year is coming to an end, bringing with it finals and the end to the sports seasons, another less conventional Idaho team has also finished its season of competition. The Idaho climbing …

Elevation revamp – UI Teaching and Advising Committee offers recommendations for evaluation improvements

05.02.2013 – 9:25 pm |

In an effort to improve student teaching evaluations, the University of Idaho Teaching and Advising Committee is reviewing the process and compiling recommendations.

Sports briefs — 5.4.13

05.02.2013 – 9:21 pm |

 Idaho takes lead in WAC Commissioner’s Cup race
The University of Idaho took the lead in the annual Western Athletic Conference Commissioner’s Cup standings. The Vandals, with conference titles in women’s basketball and women’s cross country, …

Understanding suicide prevention

05.02.2013 – 9:15 pm |

In 2003, a Spokane-area 13-year-old leaped off a busy freeway overpass to her death. Later that year, another Spokane student planned to commit suicide by being shot by police after bringing a gun to school.

Ad Team takes gold

05.02.2013 – 9:01 pm |

The University of Idaho can take pride in the quality of advertising students produced by the School of Journalism and Mass Media.

Funding to fix it

05.02.2013 – 8:58 pm |

University of Idaho Dean at the College of Natural Resources, Kurt Pregitzer, spent a year and a half catching rainwater with buckets on his office floor while he waited for the roof to be fixed.

Legislating immorality leads to more immorality

05.02.2013 – 8:49 pm | 2 Comments

Michael Reagan, son of former President Ronald Reagan, wrote in an op-ed piece from the Ironton Tribune, “This fight over Proposition 8 (the California initiative of 2008 to recognize marriage as being solely between a …

Loan literacy — Loan options discussed in repayment workshops

05.02.2013 – 8:47 pm |

The Student Union Building Gold Room hosted the first of five student loan repayment workshops Tuesday evening, hoping to give seniors with student loans a break on repayment stress.

Renting reality — Being a thorough tenant pays off for one Moscow man, but students may not be as lucky

05.02.2013 – 8:39 pm |

In college towns like Moscow, students move in, graduate and move on. Eventually, everybody has to move out and everybody is supposed to clean up before they do. 

Perspective change – Current Safety, Violence Prevention director lays down foundation for culture change, new director

05.02.2013 – 8:32 pm |

As Nick DiMico finishes his term and prepares to hand the reins to the new Director of Safety and Violence Prevention for ASUI, he believes he has set a solid foundation for the position to …

The show must go on

05.02.2013 – 1:29 pm |

A new club has started on campus. Comedy Lab is a group of amateur comedians who get together and perform at open mic events and put on their own shows as well.  

mix-tape – a ca-mazing vocals

05.02.2013 – 1:28 pm |

There is something amazing about great singing voices coming together to make one unified song. Intertwining melody and harmony with a beat and other sound effects simply by the collaboration of voices is the heart …

horoscopes

05.02.2013 – 1:26 pm |

Taurus 4/20 – 5/20
You finished your finals before dead week was even over. Do your best not to distract the friends who do still have hell week ahead.
Gemini
5/21 – 6/20
The Moscow grind has made it …

KUOI News — Wednesday May 1, 2013

05.01.2013 – 8:13 am |

Part two of a two part series about the role of faith in relationships, a bona-fide classified for the now for-sale Vandal Tailgating ambulance, the administration’s decision to allocation of space in the Commons for a student …

Despite losses, women’s golf headed in right direction—Vandals bounce back in 2013, finish strong in WAC Tournament despite the losses of 2012 leaders Mortellaro and Poplawski

04.29.2013 – 10:07 pm |

A year after losing two of the most talented golfers to come through the University of Idaho, the Vandal women’s golf team is still going strong, shown by the young team’s fifth-place finish at the …

Double-duty weekend—Three Vandals compete at Payton Jordan in Palo Alto, others make short trip to Spokane for Friday’s Duane Hartman Invitational

04.29.2013 – 10:05 pm |

For the second straight week, an Idaho track and field record has fallen. This time, it was Ugis Svazs’ javelin toss of 240 feet, 7 inches that broke the school record Saturday at the Duane …