Sports: Vandals diving team seeks new members UNIVERSITY OI'DAHO THE Volume 109,Po. 5 ~ ~ ~ ~ a ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ I ~ ~ ~ ~ GOP VP pick has Idaho ties Rebecca Boone Associated Press BOISE —John McCain's running-mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, was born in the small northern Idaho city of Sandpoint in 1964 and graduated from the University of Idaho with a journalism degree in 1987. But she didn't spend much time in the state during the Greg Connolly ask the MPD to feel differently three years in between. Argonaut hours on Saturday," Holbrook said. Palin became the first woman named to a spot on a "You reach a point where you'e risking Republican ticket on Friday, when McCain made the an- Football season is starting, which lives and that doesn't have a place at a nouncement at a rally in Dayton, Ohio. means that tailgating is back. tailgate." Shortly after Palin's birth, her parents While the Moscow Police Department Holbrook said his biggest priority is moved to Skagway, Alaska, where her has always maintained a presence there, that people remain safe during tailgat- father taught school. She didn't return this year they plan on placing a greater ing and don't engage in dangerous be- to Idaho until her college years, and her emphasis on Lot 57. Lot 57 is where the havior. time in the state seems to have largely majority of UI students tailgate, Lehmitz also stressed that if dn MPD faded from residents'emory. "The MPD and University of Idaho officer asks someone to leave during the Kenton Bird, director of UI's School want to promote a safe and enjoyable tailgate, they should or risk being ar- of Journalism and Mass Media, said environment for all participants," said rested. Palin didn't write for the independent Lt. Dave Lehmitz of the MPD. Glass bottles and kegs are not allowed college newspaper, The Argonaut, and Last year, a student was intoxicated in Lot 57. Glass bottles in parflcular pose didn t do any work for the university while riding on top of a vehicle and was a hazard to car tires, Lehmitz said. television station KIUI while she was severely injured after falling off. Vehicles planning to enter Lot 57 for Palin there. Lehmitz and UI want to make sure tailgating this year can't enter on Perim- "Iwish I could say that I knew some- similar incidents are avoided. eter Drive. To get in, vehicles must go thing about her, but I just don'," said Roy Atwood, the The MPD plans to make sure that un- up West Sixth St. onto Stadium Drive, former director of the journalism program and the fac- derage students aren't drinking during, past the Har tung Theatre. ulty member who signed her application for graduation. tailgating. Limited numbers of vehicles are al- Atwood was teaching large classes at the time, so Palin 'f you show up to Lot 57 intoxicat- lowed into Lot 57 for tailgating. Anyone would have been one of roughly 120 students in his class. ed and underage, you will have a high who wants to bring their vehicle in must Don Coombs also taught Paiin while she was at UI, but probability of being arrested," Lehmitz contact the ASUI office to get a permit. doesn't remember her, either. said. Those who want to get in without a car UI was her longest stop as she worked toward a col- He has spoken with the Interfrater- can freely enter on foot. lege degree. She started at Hawaii Pacific College in 1982, nity CounciiPand all resident advisers in ASUI also plans on bringing in live said Bird, and transferred to North Idaho CoOege for the the dorms to make sure the word gets music for four of the games. They will 1983-1984school year. She transferred again to UI in fall of out about underage drinking. have a local band at the first game, Dad's 1984, and spent her final semester working as an intern for "We respect student's wishes to have Weekend in October, Homecoming and a good time before the game starts," the Boise State University game in said Garrett Holbrook, ASUI President. vember. ¹ See PALIN page 5 "But high risk behavior has no place "It's only cost effective to have live at UI." music at four games," Holbrook said. ASUI and UI support the increased "We'e creating something new, so we emphasis on Lot 57. have to manage our resources. We can' 'The law is the law and we can' bring on more people, so we'e asking UI welcomes more of the staff we already have." Lot 57 opens at 10 a.m, for tailgating on Saturdays for h'ome games, new facul Wright ulty lost. Argonaut ''We always have attrition in the university," Christians- The University of Idaho en said.'We will always have has hired 80 new faculty new faculty coming in." and administrators for the The College of Letters, fall semester. Arts and Social Sciences as ''We'e had a great hiring well as the College of Ag- year," Doug Baker, provost ricultural and Life Sciences for academic affairs said. "Re- hired the most faculty. 'eldally an impressive group." Aside from the new hir- "Abunch of those are re- ing's, 11 current faculty are placements, but it looks like taking on new positions in the total ntimber of faculty the administration. went up from 749 to 764," The new faculty under- Baker said. went orientation on Aug. 17 Of the new hirings, four through Aug. 19,Christiansen are administrative positions said. and 68 are full-time faculty. "Our goal was to pro- The ratio of tenured to non- vide faculty with goals and tenured faculty remains working with them to be about the same, Baker said. welcome within the univer- Fifteen of the hires are for sity family," she said. newly created positions. The orientation pro- Jeanne Christiansen, vice cess included dinner with rovost for academic af- Interm President Steven airs, said the hirings come Daley-Laursen and presen- au% after a period of low faculty tations from current admin- t< tbetet/i inflow to make up for fac- istrators as well as faculty, ~; „bY ;«ust"'boto See FACULTY, page 5 ravein a roa aran e uCa ion Christine Lords to 2 p.m. in front of the Idaho things and diffe~t people," she dent wants to study, Kellogg-Ser- Argonaut Commons. said, "and it's important to see na said. The fair will feature represen- how people live." Some students may know ex- "You can When Meladi Mottern got to tatives from the UI International Students may study abroad by actly where they want to go, but The Hague, Netherlands, she Programs Office and represen- utilizing programs that are direct- others may not know the best read any didn't know what a grocery store tatives from program providers ly affiliated through UI or they places to study a certain field, she was called or where one was for that work with the university may work with study abroad pro- said. information three days. to send students abroad. A $500 gram providers that the univer- Trips to Spanish-speaking "We'e talking, I was eating scholarship for a student looking sity has a membership with. countries have been the most you want, but crackers or anything else I could to study abroad will be raffled at Jill Kellogg-Serna, a study opular among students the last find for three days," she said, the event. abroad coordinator Inter- until "I in the ew y,years, Kellogg-Serna11 said. A you get "You can read any information would absolutely enco'urage national Programs Office, said the good program is in place for ar- you, want, but until you get there, anyone to try to (study abroad)," fair is a good environment for stu- chitecture and landscape architec- there, you you don't know about the place." Mottern said. dents to talk to someone face to ture students in Italy, she said. don't Mottem is one of many Univer- Motte m, who went to the face about their options to study Newer programs for study know sity of Idaho students who decide Study Abroad Fair a year before abroad. abroad trips are available in Japan, to study abroad every semester. she studied in the Netherlands, "We'l be on hand to answer New Zealand, Nepal, .Thailand, about the She said sh'e wanted to travel as said the event is a good way to get questions students might have," Taiwan and Finland, she said. much as possible and decided to basic information about studying she said. "Even students just Programs are available in more place. participate in a direct student ex- abroad. thinking about studying abroad than 60 countries worldwide. change through UI's International Going on an exchange can ran come talk tous. They can ask Faculty led programs are also Meladi am's person's Pro Office last year. widen a perspective and uestions and find out what all of available in some countries. MOTTERN tudents can learn more about is a good way to meet a diverse eir opportunities are." "Many students say studying their options for studying abroad group of people, she said. UI representatives can help abroad is their best experience Study abroad student at the Study Abroad Fair Thurs- "I think it's important for students determine the most ap- day. The fair will be from 10 a.m. people to travel and see different propriate place for what the stu- See ABROAD, page 5 8 ~ ~ ~ c ~ ~ ~ ~ 8 I ~ ~ ~ ~ sst ~ ~ I e ~ g ~ ~ ~ ~ 8 g ~ ~ ~ ~ 8 8 ~ ' ~ ' ~ I ~ 8 c ~ ~ i ~ ~ ' ~ ~ ~ ~ 4 ~ 4 g g ~ I ~ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 8 4 8 ~ 15 16 1 Yucatan native 14 5 Jaunts 17 .