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Try the South Hill’s hidden ice cream gem, The Scoop By Emma Sheldon other tables too, perfect for sell Brain Freeze Creamery cream shop.” Photo Editor an outing with some friends ice cream, also local to Spo- The staff takes service to or even just studying for fi- kane. The Scoop changes another level, remembering Spokane is full of locally- nals. out its ice cream flavors at what their regular custom- owned businesses, all very “I can think of so many least once a month. You can ers order. All the staff unique. The Scoop is a cozy things unique about The find crazy flavors like members are super nice and little corner shop worth Scoop,” said Sacajawea stu- Muddy Cups and Dirty really love working there. searching out. They have dent Sophie Carter. “They Dishes (chocolate ice cream They talk to you as if they everything from cookies and have more than 31 flavors with mini Reese’s Peanut have known you all your cake pops, to ice cream and and it’s way more delicious.” Butter Cups), Cakey Dough, life. coffee. There is a lovely lit- The Scoop (1001 West and Strawberry with Basil During the summer The tle table looking out onto 25th Avenue) is located in their flavor rotation. The Scoop becomes a community the patio, with five glisten- right next to Wilson Ele- selections are different and gathering place. Local art- ing golden swivel stools for mentary School, on the interesting. ists are invited to play mu- seating. They have many South Hill. It’s a favorite The Scoop is also a great sic, while customers enjoy stop for stu- choice to find wonderful their ice cream. This dents either drinks and sandwiches. neighborhood shop is a before or af- Their cake pops are melt-in- meeting place for many on ter school. your-mouth delicious. The the South Hill. It’s a great They love all Scoop is definitely one of a place to see friends or just the different kind. go and study. options and “Well, it reminds me of If you are looking for a the people when you look at a room in fun place to spend an hour who work a magazine,” said Carter. or two with friends, or just there. “You know there are one want to try a unique ice The Scoop million other magazines like cream experience, take a has a lot of that and one million other drive to The Scoop. You’ll Photo by Emma Sheldon variety in rooms like that. But at The find yourself adding in a The Scoop is a great choice for a sweet treat regardless their prod- Scoop, it’s your individual new local treasure to your of the season. ucts. They aesthetic neighborhood Ice weekend plans. The Vow an extreme test of love

By Hannah Williamson the couple comes home from the love of his Staff Writer a simple night out, they get life has no rec- in a brutal car accident in- ollection of If you’re the hopeless volving a semi-truck that him at all, romantic type, then the Feb- sends their whole world into he’ll have to ruary-released The Vow is a downward spiral. Leo face his big- definitely one to keep in (Channing Tatum) encoun- gest challenge mind. Directed by Michael ters no major damage, but yet—making Sucsy, a pure, emotional, Paige (Rachel McAdams) his wife fall in and true love story is comes out of a coma with love with him brought to the big screen. severe amnesia; she can’t again. The Vow is based on the remember the last five Through- novel of the same title, rec- years of her life. She had out Paige and ollecting the real-life jour- met Leo four years before Leo’s journey, Photo Courtesy of thevow-movie.com ney of Kim and Krickitt the accident. Paige thinks they’ll learn Leo tries to help Paige remember their life together. Carpenter, a couple whose she is still going to Law things they lives were changed by a School, living with her par- never knew, and they’ll fig- matter when needed, with- 1993 car accident. ents, and engaged to her ure out just how far a per- out hesitation. The two are The Vow opens with Leo former fiancé, Jeremy (Scott son is willing to go for a fantastic actors, and did an and Paige, a husband and Speedman). As Leo comes once-in-a-lifetime love. Leo, amazing job working to- wife who are madly in love. to grips with the fact that facing ridicule from Paige’s gether in this film. On a day like any other as parents (and almost every- If you’re looking for an one else for that matter), example of determined love, will have to make a deci- then this movie is a must- sion. Will he keep his vow see. The Vow is a truly to love Paige forever or will heartwarming story, and he be forced to give up? has a way of making you In this movie, McAdam’s laugh and cry—all at the spunkiness and Tatum’s same time. So, whether this sincerity perfectly balance movie draws happiness, or a out to create good chemistry tear, there is something between the two. Both ac- that everyone can take from tors, each with their own it. The Vow is definitely a style, bring all their skills movie to add to your collec- together in order to give this tion, so make sure to buy it movie its key components. when it is released on DVD! Romance, emotion, and hu- Photo Courtesy of thevow-movie.com mor are each delivered from Will Leo and Paige find a way back to each other and their marriage? Tatum and McAdams, no page 10

Ghost Protocol, thrilling until the end

By Grady Arnzen qvist), who has gained ac- Hendricks to Dubai, where “I thought the plot was Sports Editor cess to nuclear launch codes there is an excellent scene really compelling,” said and is planning an attack in which Hunt climbs the freshman Jake Phipps. “It Mission Impossible: on the United States. Burj Khalifa, the tallest was a good show! I would Ghost Protocol is one of Hunt’s team consists of building in the world (at see it again anytime.” those high intensity, action- three other members. The 2,723 ft). Hendricks man- The acting in Ghost Pro- packed movies that keeps leader of the Impossible ages to barely escape. The tocol was somewhat cheesy, you entertained throughout. Mission Force (IMF) team ending leaves you hanging with the actors saying ex- Ghost Protocol is the 4th Hunt joins is Jane Carter when Hendricks travels to actly what was happening, movie in the Mission Impos- (Paula Patton). The second Mumbai, leaving the dis- adding no depth to the char- sible series that started in member is Wil- avowed IMF won- acters. The best acting job 1996. The series had differ- liam Brandt dering if they can was done by Nyqvist as ent directors every time; (Jeremy catch Hendricks in Hendricks. His thick Rus- Ghost Protocol is directed Renner), the time before it’s too sian accent and steely look by Brad Bird. Secretary’s late. made him a very good ter- There were many chief analyst All in all, Ghost rorist. changes from Mission Im- and former Protocol was a very “I thought Tom Cruise possible 3 to Mission Impos- IMF field intense movie, but was the best for the job as sible: Ghost Protocol, such agent. The last there was not much Ethan Hunt,” Phipps said. as plot changes and a differ- member of plot behind the ac- The way Ghost Protocol ent directing style. MI3 Hunt’s team is tion. Anyone who was filmed also made a dif- (directed by J.J Abrams) Benji Dunn has seen the previ- ference. Different from the had a darker take on the (Simon Pegg), a ous movies in the other movies in the series, series, with an awful tor- technical field Photo courtesy of IMDB.com series can also see Bird focused on filming ture scene and it also gave agent. there is not much small cuts from many dif- the main character, Ethan Hunt and his team track that changes between each ferent angles to simulate Hunt (Tom Cruise), a wife. Hendricks to the Kremlin. plot. However, the intense intense action. Ghost Proto- In Ghost Protocol, Brad The IMF comes close to action makes up for the col also took advantage of Bird decided to make some catching him, but an explo- shallow plot. Viewers tend using aerial shots through- changes to what Abrams sion in the Kremlin causes not to notice the light plot, out the movie, which gave a had done with the series. Hendricks to escape. The as they get caught up in the good visual to the settings. He decided to kill off Hunt’s White House then invokes quick-paced action. Ghost Mission Impossible: wife, and turned the series Ghost Protocol, where the Protocol fits nicely into the Ghost Protocol is rated PG back into the lively, action- IMF is disavowed. This action mold set by the previ- 13 for violence and some packed movie it should be. means that they will receive ous movies. In every movie language. It is recom- Ghost Protocol centers no aid in capturing in the series, there is a cer- mended for people over the around how Hunt and his Hendricks, and are essen- tain task that the IMF must age of 12 because of the team are racing against tially forgotten. take on, always being a ter- never-ending action, and time to track down a dan- However, this doesn’t rorist behind some large because Ghost Protocol con- gerous terrorist named Kurt seem to daunt Hunt. He scale scheme. tains some mild language Hendricks (Michael Ny- and his team chase throughout. Paisley makes the color “Camouflage” stand out By Hope Mathews the main event, but they were pretty a half hours. Not only did he play well, Staff Writer amazing performers. The crowd but he kept the crowd entertained. Not warmed up quickly when the launched like that was hard with the different “MARRY ME”, and “SCOTTY into some of their hits like “All I want virtual pictures playing in the back- MCHOTTIE,” were amongst signs fans is Love.” When Kimberly Perry ground, such as ones of Carrie Under- raised at the concert on started singing “If I Die Young,” the wood. Paisley entertained the crowd February 9. The Arena was packed crowd went wild. was with funny jokes between songs. full with crazy fans, and screaming very thoughtful when all three siblings He didn’t disappoint when he girls that love Scotty McCreery and signed a t-shirt, than threw it off into played some of his big hits like Brad Paisley, not to mention the the crowd. Over all, their performance “Camouflage,” as well as singing some screaming men cheering for Kimberly was incredible and there was no way selections from his new album This is Perry of The Band Perry. Many people you couldn’t enjoy it. . Paisley capped off the in Spokane and half the Freeman com- Brad Paisley passed fans expecta- night when he gave away a brand new, munity showed up for the concert. tions when he played for about two and signed guitar to a young girl in the When the lights go down and you front row. Paisley thrilled the audience hear that low voice, who do you think when he had Scotty McCreery join him of? on stage to sing “Famous Now.” “The love of my life, also known as Over all, the Brad Paisley concert Scotty McCreery!” freshman Matea was a hit. Over 1000 people enjoyed Ped gasped. the concert and the two opening act, Newcomer McCreery played for al- Scotty McCreery, and The Band Perry. most a half hour to kick off the show. This concert was well worth the Many girls in the stands went crazy money, and I would strongly advise screaming and shouting, “I love you people to see Paisley, McCreery, or The Scotty!” McCreery warmed up the Band Perry anytime they came to the crowd with some of his hit songs from Spokane-area. his album . The Band Perry was the second act Photo courtesy of Felicia Jackson of the night. They may not have been Fans were not disappointed by McCreery’s opening act. page 11

Bethesda amazes again with new Skyrim game

By Isaac Stokoe travel the map before completing the first Staff Writer two main quests, you will not encounter any dragons. Imagine you are walking through a While the side quests options are infi- dense forest when all of a sudden, you nitely generated, they are limited to action hear the mighty roar of a dragon and the from the first part of the game. clang of steel from a group of bandits. You The game play consists of a view between reach into your inventory and equip your- first- and third-person while playing. There Photo courtesy of www.skyrim.in.rs self with healing potions and a steel is a large range of enemies and weapons that sword. You are ready. You show no mercy get progressively better with the level of your character. towards the bandits and quickly slay and loot the lot of “I like the way the games has a large diversity of weap- them. Then, the dragon lands and beckons you to dance the ons and clothing in the game,” said freshman Kyle Miller. “I dance of death. You use your sword to hack and slash at the also like how the software they used makes the customiza- beast while it circles, breathing fire. You finally lay the smit- tion for each character unique.” ing blow and absorb the dragon’s spirit. You are a true Although the game can be played on two consoles, they Dragonborn. still have the same software to run the game. The PS3 Skyrim, the new game by Bethesda, is an open world, though is more prone to faults and lag time then the first-person video game with versions for the PC, Xbox 360, Xbox360 version. The solution to any problems is updating and the PS3. your system online as much as possible. Patches that are The story begins with your character traveling to Helgen created by Bethesda are automatically included in the up- for execution. Once there, the character customization be- date. One aspect to the Xbox that is better is that the gins. There are ten races in Skyrim consisting of human, downloadable content (DLCs) arrives on Xbox Live before it Elvin, and beast. After customizing and naming your charac- hits the Playstation Network. Another part to the game that ter, it is attacked by the first dragon in the game. As the is better is that in the last game, Oblivion (the previous Be- first level progresses, you follow a knight into the Helgen thesda videogame), the loading screens took a considerable where he fights soldiers. Then your character traverses into amount of time. the cave under- “The map and content is now loading faster than ever in neath Helgen to Skyrim, and there is a considerable difference in this and fight spiders and game play than in Oblivion,” added Miller. a bear. Once in In Skyrim the map is much larger and yet the loading the open, the first- process has been increasingly shortened. person component All in all, the game is revolutionary in the way that the comes into play software can load a 16 square-mile map, but the difference and you can from any other big map is that there is almost three times choose to follow the content (cave, dungeons, castle, houses, cities, and ran- Photo courtesy of www.skyrim.in.rs the main quest or domly generated items and camps). If you haven’t played A character in Skyrim takes on a dragon during travel the map. If Skyrim yet, give it a try. The game is versatile enough that his quest. you decide to any level gamer can handle it. The Woman in Black leaves audiences glued to their seats By Madi Groves ing to sell to create the creepy atmos- not found in his previous Staff writer is Alice. phere needed in the movie. movies, showing that he’ll Alice is For instance, he set the be able to handle new chal- The Woman the sister house in a marshy area. lenges in the future. in Black: sus- of the Around the house, they I recommend this for penseful, myste- woman in placed old, plant-covered ages 13. While it was kind rious, and eerie black, gravestones everywhere. of scary, it wasn’t enough to in a way that Jennet Also, the house is in the make you have nightmares. will creep you (Liz middle of nowhere, so when The movie will make you out, but you still Photo courtesy of womaninblack.com White), the tide comes up, there is jump at some parts, espe- want to watch it. Jennet is restrained by Alice and her who lived, no road, trapping the char- cially when the Woman in In the mid- brother-in-law. and even- acters at the house with no Black pops up when you are 1900’s, London, tually died, in the house way to escape. Even the not expecting it. Also, peo- Arthur Kipps (Daniel Rad- with Alice. Jennet had a sound effects added to the ple who like horror movies cliffe) goes to a little village, son, but her sister Alice took mood. Characters con- will enjoy this because it to try to sell a house that him away from Jennet. As stantly heard things moving was eerie, and it made you was uninhabited for years. revenge, Jennet is the around and in the house. scared for the people in the The townsmen want Kipps Woman in Black, and is The director of the town and for Mr. Kipps. If to leave to protect him from forcing little kids to kill movie was James Watkins, you like movies that will the spirit residing in the themselves. Arthur and Mr. he did a great job with the make you jump and keep mysterious house on an is- Daily (Ciaran Hinds) try to movie because the movie you in suspense, then this is land in the middle of no- stop the woman from killing was suspenseful, a mystery, the movie to see. where. Instead of leaving, anyone else. and it made you he goes to the large, aban- “Whenever The Woman jump at some parts. doned house where there in Black has been seen, a Radcliffe did a are a lot of gravestones and child has died,” explained great job as Arthur. creepy things. When he gets Mrs. Daily He was able to break there, he sees this woman in The costumes in the away from his Harry black near the gravestones. movie were very eerie be- Potter role. He really Kipps goes to find her, but cause they went with the didn’t act like he did she’s not there anymore. time era, and with the set- in the Harry Potter The woman who owned ting. The director paid spe- movies. His charac- Photo courtesy of womaninblack.com the house that Arthur is try- cial attention to the setting ter had a maturity Arthur Kipps explores the house he’s to sell. page 12

Terrier a step back into Pierce’s literary world By Mason Mackleit take on the shadow snake and Crook- me to be a dog.) My eyes are light blue Staff Writer shanks, two of the most despicable -grey in color. Some like them. Others characters the lower city cesspools hold them to be unsettling. I like In Tamora Pierce’s 2009 book, Ter- have to offer. The only problem with them, because they work for me. My rier, Pierce presents a new quality that her plan is that she needs facts and teeth are good. My hair is a dark is not within some of her other books. evidence. Luckily, Beka is not alone blond. Folk can see my brows and This quality is timeliness as her series for she has a mage gift that allows her lashes without my troubling to darken takes place 200 years before any of her to hear the voices them, not that I other books. This makes it impossible of the dead that would. I wear my for her to incorporate any of her other still have business hair long as my one characters and most of the landmarks within the world vanity. I know it of- that she uses throughout her other se- and she can hear fers an opponent a ries. This makes the book great for snippets of conver- grip but I have those who have read any of her other sations trapped in learned to tight braid series because it presents new back- dust spinners. it from the crown of ground and plot development for those With her talents my head. I also have who have read them. For those who and her partners’ a spiked strap to have not read her other books, this is a experience, she braid into it, so that perfect starting point in her series be- sets out to catch a any who seize my cause it is the earliest series to take child-killer known raid will regret it.” place. as the shadow Another trait that Terrier is presented as a journal snake and Crook- she writes well is of Provost Guard Puppy, Beka Copper. shanks, a major hiding the ending; Puppy is the term used to refer to a criminal killing she ties items and trainee guardsperson. An official ten to twelve folk people together guardsperson is called a Dog. A a week as he digs throughout the book. guardsperson does much the same as a for fire opals, a Even knowing all of police officer except they use batons very pricey pearl. this, she manages to instead of guns and torture is legal. The book was a keep the ending hid- Beka was once a street child until the well-planned mys- Photo courtesy of bn.com den and vague until Lord Provost brought her into his tery book. Pierce that point in the home after she helped in the capture of kept adrenalin high as she created al- story. the Bold Brass Gang. most two different plots that tied into This new series does not tie into As is done with all Puppies, they each other near the end. The best any of her other books except for a few get a pair of Dogs to train them after parts of this book are the descriptions. landmarks. The Terrier series in- completeing their five-year academy Pierce does a great job at describing cludes two other books, Bloodhound, training. Beka gets lucky enough to be settings and characters, such as in her and Mastiff. Surprisingly enough, the put with one of the most senior and description of Beka. title of her books corresponds to names greatest teams in the lower city, Tun- “I am told I am pretty in my face, that criminals and fellow dogs awarded stall and Goodwin. With their teach- though my sister Diona says when my her alike, for example people call her ing and the help of her Cat, who is in fine nose and cheekbones have been terrier because of her tendency to sink reality a constellation that has access broken flat several times that will no her teeth into a case/rat and not let go. to the realm of the gods, she tries to longer be so. (My sisters do not want South Hill’s newest gem perfect destination for a pizza fix By Preston Primmer is a spacious waiting area where On a second visit, I tried the Staff Writer you can sit comfortably and watch Cajun chicken alfredo. This was TV while waiting. There is a family spicy pasta, which added lots of fla- Are you looking for an inviting, dining area without televisions, but vors. It was delicious. It came with delicious, and friendly restaurant. great interior design. All over the a bread stick and had sausage in it. Somewhere to stop when you want walls are pictures of famous moun- It was not too spicy, just enough for to get a quick bite to eat, but aren’t tains, rivers, and lakes in Bozeman. flavor. I really liked it and would looking for fast food? Then, check Also, there is a canoe hanging from recommend this to anyone. out MacKenzie River, it may just fit the ceiling and the lights are cov- When I first tried it, I thought the bill. ered by buffalo skulls which give it Mackenzie River was going to be The atmosphere and customer a western feeling. very expensive. Not at all service are exceptional at Their menu has a though. The average meal Mackenzie River. When you walk in wide selection of costs between $9-15, with the door, the first thing you smell is fresh foods. Along drinks. a tantalizing odor, a mix of pizza with over two dozen I would recommend and pasta. You hear people talking pizzas on the menu, Mackenzie River to any fam- and laughing, having a great time. they have salads, ily, group, or just some Photo by Preston Primmer You are greeted by a host who takes pastas, and breads. friends. With so many selec- you to your seat and is very Hard to go wrong with a The food was pizza from MacKenzie River. tions on their menu, there is friendly. When ordering, there is a amazing. When I got something everyone will like. large selection of food and drinks. my BLT pizza, the cheese was siz- It is very reasonably priced, excep- MacKenzie River has great food, zling, but it was not too hot to eat. tional food, and a great place to along with great service. The pizza was very large; a small share with friends, so go here and The restaurant had a great at- pizza was big enough to easily have a great time! mosphere. When you walk in there share with another person.