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|august.28.01

news1.Get Friendly with your Neighbors Stoney Vance expected to share a room with one other person in the Wallace Complex when he got to Moscow last week. Instead, Vance has nine roommates and he lives in a residence hall lounge. "When I got here and found out I would be rooming with nine other guys, I thought, 'This sucks,' " says Vance, a freshman from Kalispell, Mont. "One of the worst parts is worrying about someone getting sticky fingers. We just have an 'I don't touch your stuff, you don't touch mine' policy unless they ask to borrow whatever." Vance lives in Room 134 in Gault Hall, previously the hall's lounge. The windows were painted to offer the residents a little privacy. Rooms across campus are packed this fall. Many new students in the dorms are living in converted rooms or staying at hotels. But University Residences officials say the problem is temporary. "Things are just temporarily tight. Every student will be provided a place to live," said Michael Griffith, director of University Residences. However, for some students, a place to live means a lounge, office, kitchen or hotel room. "These were once resident rooms, but were converted to whatever we needed when there were no longer enough students to fill them. We have just changed them back to livable rooms. Some students are also being housed in the Palouse Inn," Griffith said. Eighteen students are staying at the hotel and the rooms are reserved until Oct. 31, according to a Palouse Inn employee. news1

news2.Its all Greek to me Recruitment is not just something that the Armed Forces and sports teams do. Recruitment, also referred to as RUSH, is an institution for both fraternities and sororities. The process is not entirely the same for men as it is for women, but the basic wants are the same: Single male/female seeks place to live with like-minded individuals, structured living environment, active social atmosphere and opportunity to make lasting friendships. For Becky Turner, a transfer student from Boise State University, the recruitment process was more nerve-wracking than the first day of classes. Any Rho Chi, which is a sorority member who lives with the women going through recruitment in the residence halls, can tell stories about staying up well into the night with nervous and sometimes sobbing women. news2

news3.I Love Brain Freeze No spoons were allowed in the ice cream eating contest at the 24th annual Latah County Historical SocietyÕs Ice Cream Social at the McConnell Mansion Sunday. Young and old tried their hand at eating ice cream without utensils to win prizes and the title of fastest ice cream eater in their age division. It was a messy job and cold headaches were an occupational hazard. Proceeds from the ice cream sales benefited the historical society. Community members gathered at the McConnell Mansion at the intersection of Second Street and Adams Street Sunday to listen to music, cowboy poetry, and tales of the West. The event also featured tours of the 1912 Center, and the McConnell Mansion, an Elvis impersonator and hay rides. The Moscow Fire Department displayed two vintage hose carts as well as the fire engines they use to fight fires in Moscow today. Children had the opportunity to put on the firefighters protective clothing and sit in the fire engines at the event Sunday. Latah County Commissioner Paul Kimmell, who served ice cream at the event, said that the ice cream Social represented the community spirit that makes Moscow unique. "Moscow has a community spirit that is evident in events like this today," Kimmell said. Perhaps one-year-old Genevieve Meldrum Wiktor, the youngest contestant in the ice cream eating contest was too young to understand much about community spirit, but she had no problem understanding the spirit of the ice cream eating contest.

news4.Gone to the Dogs A new park opened this summer in Moscow, but don't expect to find swings or slides on the acre of grass. This one's for the dogs, literally. A dog park opened in July after a two-year effort by a committee of Moscow citizens. The committee organized and raised $2,500 in the first year along with a petition that was submitted to the city. The next year the group raised almost half of the estimated $10,000 needed to build the park, and the city covered the rest. The park, located east on Mt. View Road across from the animal shelter, is surrounded by chain link fence, and dogs are allowed to run without a leash. A wading pool and tractor tires are in place for the pooches' amusement. "And of course there's the obligatory fire hydrant," Parks and Facilities manager Roger Blanchard said. The only rule at the park is that owners must clean up after their dogs, but sanitary bags and garbage cans are provided. "It's a good place to let dogs socialize with other dogs and people with other people," Blanchard said.

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