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Students Brave Cold to Take Back the Night I H E U N I V„'. INDEX r'r rir. re"'r 'i,e" D A H 0 FRIDAY r r Vol. 106, Na. 24 Nov. 12, 2004 2004 Sunny It' Arts&cuiture..... Hi: 48'o:32' Briefs .. Calendar.... Opinion.... SporfsB,Rec .. BY ALLIsoN OGKINGA Durrant broke his collarbone and AROONAUT 8TAFF Councilwoman Linda Pall said last "This just proves, as if we High sustained a tarn and strained week's accident was just a case of poor calf muscle. Both are recovering. driving, since the students were in a car hit two University of Idaho "We students while needed to, how dangerous were just running across the marked crosswalk when they were hit. they were cross- street and we hit," Durrant 'ng the Moscow-Pullman got said. However, it does bring attention to the the highway is. An "We were crossing the crosswalk when need Highway Saturday night, rekindling for a better system for crossing the lights started changing on the the highway, Pall said. .university concerns about the need for incident like this is kind other side." a safer student Hundreds of UI students cross the crossing. Duke acknowledged A white Ford Ranger struck of a call to arms." crossing the highway every day on the way to and highway could be dangerous for stu- from the university. Thomas "T.J."Durrant and Scott High, 'both UI dents, but could not estimate how ASUI has been trying to find a safe sophomores, while they were ISAAC MYHRUM many have 'using the crosswalk been injured. solution for students since a resolution at the intersection PRESIDENT, ASUI UI officials referred earlier this was i)f Line Street and the Moscow- passed in January. year to the dash students make across However, the Moscow-Pullman Pullman Highway around midnight. the "suicide run," Moscow Police highway as a and Highway belongs to the state and falls Capt. David Duke "We have it listed as a hit-and-run, the incident has renewed long-stand- under the legislation of the Idaho ;said the driver was a woman, but her there's but just not enough informa- ing concerns within ASUI and the Department of KIANNA HAIL / ARGONAUT identity is unknown. She left the scene Transportation, leaving tion to search and identify the driver," Moscow City Council about the'dan- A crosswalk at the intersection of Line Street and the 'before police arrived. Duke said. gers of the crossing. CROSSWALK, see Page 4 Moscow-Pullman Highway draws safety concerns. UI federation dis utes standing of UI at letics '( (i Federation leaders ask White to move athletics back to Big Sky > I'/~NIi BY SAM TAYLOR f. ASSISTANT NEWS EDJTDA ile students, faculty and staff spent the past month reflecting on the recommendations out- IiEI.EII( lined in the University Vision and Resources Task Force report, the University of Idaho Federation of Teachers saw the comment period as an opportunity to challenge the decision to move UI athletics into the Western Athletic Conference without the approval of UI faculty. Dale Graden, president of the UI Federation of Teachers and a UI history professor, and Nick Gier, UI emeritus professor and president of the statewide federa- tion, sent a letter to UI President Tim White as part ofthe public comment period of the task force report, which will come to a close Monday. "The faculty has gone (on) record to eliminate appropri- ated funds from UI athletics, and the UI moved to I-A without proper consultation and approval from the facul- ty," the letter states. "According to the UI Constitution, the 'immediate governance'f the 'universe.is in the hands of the facult'y'and 'we'demand that faculty self- detergiination be respected In the letter, Graden said the union believes the school should revert back to Division I-AA football and join the Big Sky Conference rather than move to the Western Athletic Conference and remain in I-A athletics. Schools like the University of Montana and Idaho State University play in the Big Sky Conference, the let- ter stated, which would allow UI teams to play closer schools and reduce travel costs. The move to the WAC in 2005, said Rob Spear, director of the UI Athletic Department, would help increase rev- enues and decrease some expenditure for the department. By moving from the Sun Belt conference, in which the football team currently plays, the university would reduce travel costs, he said. "What we'e stated is consistent with what we supplied to the state board when they approved our move into the ' KENTARO MURAI / ARGONAUT Western Athletic Conference," Spear said. Graden said the teachers'nion White did not Students march from the library.to the SUB as part of Take Sack the Night on Wednesday evening is upset consult the faculty before making statements that UI had no intention of changing its plan of moving to the WAC. "I understand the pressures that are on him," Graden said. "Some heavy hitter probably called him down in Students brave cold to take back the Boise and said, We don't want you talking about division night I-A football, there is no discussion,'nd he said, Ves, sir.'" Spear said moving back to I-AA athletics would reduce BY CYNTHIA REYNAUD co-chair of the UI chapter ofthe Women of Color numbers there," said Emily Sly, a 2002 UI grad- revenues of the department by 30 percent. AADDNAUT STAFF Alliance. "And it's by doing activities like this uate and former co-president of the feminist "The adver- i dollars we get from corporate sponsorship, that we bring that awareness." group. "It seemed like there was more represen- tising and the Vandal Scholarship Program would be he echoing shouts of more than 75 men ¹ick Fullwiler, a Delta Chi fraternity mem- tation from more living groups,,which was nice reduced dramatically," he said. "We received a large and women broke the stillness of ber and UI junior, marched along with about 16 to see." Dodge sponsorship and we believe we would lose that if, Wednesday night, as University of Idaho other men from his chapter. Before the march began, Sly and Herrera we went backwards." students from all over campus braved the fog "We thought it would be good to come support shouted words of encouragement through a Spear said UI would lose the ability to play larger and cold to raise awareness about violence the cause," Fullwiler said. megaphone to the crowd of students. schools for more money if it reverted to I-AA. against women at the annual Take Back the The rally was sponsored by the UI Women' "We'e here to take back the night," Sly said. "Game guarantees are a huge issue. Division I-A .Night rally. Center and organized by the Women of Color "We'e surrounded by a violent culture. We need schools can only play a double-A school once every four ! The march began at the UI Library, where Alliance, Lambda Theta Alpha and the to break the silence.... I know a woman means years and have it count towards their bowl eligibility, so students carried signs and candles, shouting Feminist Led Activist Movement to Empower. 'no'hen she says 'no.'" we wouldn't be able to play Oregon or Washington State kheers as they wound through campus, past the The event has been taking place on the campus The group marched through the streets, and have it count for them. They wouldn't play us any- residence halls and Greek housing, and ending for almort 20 years, said Women's Center direc- holding their brightly colored signs high and more," Spear said. "We average about $1 million a year at the Student Union Building. tor Jeannie Harvey, but it has only really taken shouting cheers telling those around them to from those games and that would drop to about $260,000." "I think it's very important that we bring off since FLAME became involved three years join in, get out of their houses, get into the In their letter, Graden and Gier said they disagreed awareness to campus that women are faced ago. with violence every day," said Noemi Herrera, "It's definitely grown. I was excited to see the NIGHT, see Page 4 ATHLETICS, see Page 4 LLC celebrates grand opening Task force aims to prevent BY LISA WAREHAM lounge and kitchenette for possible ARODNAUT STAFF socializing, but single-occupancy further student tragedies rooms for privacy. ince the beginning of the semes- Griffel said the LLC was designed Ie/aho State Police report conftrrns ter, the only noise surrounding for sophomores and juniors rather Sthe University of Idaho Living than freshmen, because single rooms d'eath Learning Community has been that could hold new students back from third linked to alcohol pf passing cars, bicycles and students becoming active on campus. walking to class. This can only mean "What freshmen need is to make BY CYNTHIA REYNAUD one thing: the construction of the connections ...and the traditional ARGONAUT STAFF LLC is over. halls really do a good job of that," After two years of construction, GrifFel said. "It's (the LLC is) for peo- ust days after authorities con. the residential community celebrat- ple who are already connected, peo- firmed the third alcohol-related ed its grand opening Wednesday. The ple who are already leaders ... a death of a University of Idaho stu- Jdent this semester, a newly formed complex was built to suit the needs of place where people have their only students better than older facdities refuge h'om the They can task force will continue evaluating group...
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