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Fire Department will investigate size of drag show crowd at Beach

Friday's TabiKat Drag Show at The Beach was a successful draw, perhaps too successful. One woman was injured during the show, and the Moscow Fire Department, which has had complaints of overcrowding, intends to investigate. continue

Free fun at the Latah County Fair

It is Latah County Fair time in Moscow. For the next few days, University of Idaho students will get a chance to participate in the rich agricultural tradition, which paved the way for Idaho's statehood, and brought about UI as an institution. continue

Aryan leader fined $6.3 million

A Coeur d'Alene jury fined Aryan Nations leader Richard Butler $6.3 million Sept. 7, for a July 1, 1998, shooting and assault near the Aryan Nations compound north of Hayden Lake. Prosecuting attorneys will be forced to confiscate Butler's property and possessions in order to award their clients, Victoria Keenan and her son Jason Keenan, with their judgement, stated the Idaho Spokesman Review. continue

Alleging 'good-old-boyism' in Hottois hiring,
professor resigns from review committee

In a statement of protest to the hiring of former Lewis-Clark State College President James Hottois, Molly Stock, UI Professor, recently resigned as chair of the University of Idaho committee to study post-tenure review. continue

New vernacular for the millennium

Random House Webster's College Dictionary has added words such as "eye-candy," "dot-com," "my bad" and "edgy" to its 2001 edition. Many of the new words being added are related to computer systems and the Internet. "The words are a reflection of how dot-com our whole world is now," Brandi Holmes, a University of Idaho junior, said. continue

Involvement Fair includes Youth Vote advocates

Kerry Bowden and Ruth Anne Garry want 40 percent of students to vote in the November election. The two University of Idaho sophomores represented the UI chapter of Youth Vote 2000 at the annual Student Involvement Fair Tuesday. continue

UI holds honor ceremony for POWs and MIAs

The University of Idaho will honor and remember prisoners of war and those missing in action in a ceremony at 11 a.m. today on the Administration lawn. continue

Enrollment increases three percent at UI

It is growing.

Enrollment at the University of Idaho is going up in many aspects, according to the tenth-day enrollment survey required by the Idaho State Board of Education. continue

UI proposes new core discovery program

The U.S. Department of Education gave the University of Idaho $430,000 this fall, hoping to make the student question, "Why do I have to take these ridiculous core credit courses?" obsolete. continue