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UNIVERSITY OF IDAIIO Tlze Vazzd'al l~oice Sz'zzce 1898 Friday, Nov. 30, 2007 Uolume 108 No 30 e 8c IOAS eA 0 cl One candidate ing stations in the Commons and the Stu- of positive alternatives. If re-elected, I will has dent Recreation Center. continue to make for- dropped Out of race ward strides until the Candidate Q and A issue is resolved. A second issue that students Christina Lords Each candidate was asked, "What are Argonaut have continued to raise the two most important issues facing'he concern about is the student body right now and how would university's sys- Today is the last day students can cast dining you plan to address them? tem. Concern has been their vote for 12 candidates vying for the expressed about meal seven available ASUI Senate positions. Leah Schwisow, sophomore with cost Current Sen. Garrett Holbrook has decid plans along An important issue with students is efficiency and ed not to seek re-election and out quality dropped the changes made and the changes need- of food. I would like of the race. Senior'im Wolf is running as ing to be made with parking. As a current SChWISow to directly address tMs a write-in candidate. Voting will conclude senator, I have been working closely with issue and alterna- at 5 p.m. today. The winning candidates get some of my fellow senators to examine tive options and plans set, so when our will be announced at 6 p.m. in the Idaho exactly what can be done.'e have cre- )ake.Barber/Argonaut contract is up we have some alternative . Commons. Students can vote from home ated two parking resolutions designed to ASUI senator Dean Throop asks a question at the at the ASUI elections at www.asui,uidaho.edu/vote or at poll- make parking aware of our concerns and See VOTE, page 5 open forum in the Idaho Commons Food Court Tuesday morning. Ul scraps 'Open Space. Min See page six for Open a look at unplanned s'ew pregnancy from a,::-.::,:.::j:.,,:."-">@i~4': 'i'Si>::,'ij"*;-:!a'e..';''m'"::f'.„~!i." slogan focuses on father's point of view .;:.:"':, '-',:. ':~,;::,".,:,":..~=.'':-:,',":;;j.,„" student, university leadership Lianna Shepherd Argonaut Barely out of the box, the University of Idaho's "No marketing theme of Fences" and tagline "Open s Space. Open Minds," has been given the boot in favor of a new tagline, "ALegacy of Leading." In fall 2006, UI launched the new marketing campaign with the tagline "Open Space. Open Minds." But the shelf life of the $900,000 campaign was lim- ited. In October, a focus group "We didn't of seven to 12 members of s~ 'he university's target audi- ence gave their response to Christina Lords based ijrla the old slogan and, Argonaut upg,<riyal on'their 'feedback the new mote.'e theme was chosen. Wendy Shattuck, as- It can be the worst nightmare for most college Said, 'Can yOu sistant vice president for students. But an unplanned pregnancy is a risk for rePeat the tf",e communications, said every sexually active couple, and if it becomes a ypgtmgiif2 old theme was preferred by out-of-state students in- realIty , a decision must be made. Ifendy stead of in-state residenis. "People live 1 ShattuCk who here wondered why we were Her choice: Having an abortion Her choice: Keeping the baby AssistantVPofMarketing, ShOWing them imageS Of strategic Communications their own state, the message wasn't coming across clear- Before Meredith Hall entered the door, she already knew her Rylan Azariah Hanson was born at 4:25p.m. Oct. 17at North ly," Shattuck said. "It did give people out-of-state an decision if she had.to make it. Valley Hospital in Whitefish, Mont. —306 miles away from the impression of what it's like to be here, but it was too Hall'as two weeks late for her period, and had started beautiful fall and busy schedules students were experiencing at broad to effectively communicate what we wanted." feeling symptoms of nausea and headaches. She drove to the , the University of Idaho. Also, although the previous theme tested well Planned Parenthood in Pullman to suppress her fears. Rylan's mother, Brittani Hanson, 20, was an animal science with prospective students, it was poorly received by Instead, she found out she was six weeks pregnant. major and attended UI,until last spring, when she found out she alumni and parents. The new theme of leading was Hall, 20, is a junior at the University of Idaho and wished to had an unplanned pregnancy in February. b'e given high marks by a range of demographics. have her name changed so her identity could kept anony- Hanson was taking birth control regularly, and her partner The goal was to find something connecting UI's mous. usually wore a condom, she said. established past with the possibilities of the future. "Before I even went in, I had my decision made," Hall said. "Ihave no idea how I got preg- The new campaign will focus on the campus instead "Ialready knew about my options." nant," she said. "Iwas late for my of the surrounding area and the people involved in A doctor at Planned Parenthood explained all of the options period and I didn't really think the university. Advertisements bearing the image of to her, she said, including keeping the baby, adoption and ter- anything of it until (the father) y mination of the pregnancy. keptsaying'I wantyouto take the students, alumni and faculty have already appeared "I tp rgig my in Boise newspapers. "I just thought a lot about it, but I test, I'want you to take the test.' "At a time when enrollment is kind of flat, the kneW my knewmylifestylewasnotconducive guess it was just some kind of life....I campaign becomes even more important," Shattuck lifestyle to a healthy regnancy," she said. freak thing." said. "It's good to appeal to perspective students out Hall maZe the decision to have Hanson said the first few days of state, but not if it ignores our Idaho residents." was npt finish what I According to Shattuck, the move from "Open She had been sexually active with th h d to h Eh - Space" to "Legacy of Leading" should be seen as an gpiidgfiyg herboyfriendfor threemonths when lationship Hanson found out she Wag dpigg" evolution instead of a change. she found out she was pregnant. Al- was pregnant Feb. 6; and by Feb. "We try to listen.to the feedback we'e given and tp a healthy, though she was not onbirth control, 13, her relationship with the father Brittani make necessary changes," Shattuck said. "We'e been ,sr the couple had been using condoms had ended. phasing in the leadership theme for some time now and the Plan B pill, she said. Plan B After she initially told the father, and the response, we got just helped us make the final is a series of two emergency contra- he was upset but the couple was push," Meredith ceptive pills that can prevent the re- "going to do this; it was going to be lease a woman's OK," To Shattuck, the frustrating part of the shift is the HALL of egg, prevent the Hanson said. that the money spent in the transition fertilization of the egg or prevent it His parents visited Moscow and pressured him into getting implication Ul junior exclusively to the slogan, from attaching to the woman's uter- married or to.not have anything to dpo with the baby, she said. goes "He "It gets to me when I see people who are saying us. It will not affect an already exist- came over that day after he had talked to his parents and erroneously," Shattuck said. "They don't take ing pregnancy. said, 'Do you want to get married?'" she said. "I didn't want things, "From into consideration all that the money goes to." what I can figure out, I got pregnant when we used that. We were so up ancI down at that point, and he said, 'Well, Plan B," "I think tlte late." In reality, $900,000 was budgeted every year for Hall said. I took second pill too I guess that's it then.'" the markettng and communicabons department, less Hall said sire was angry for "letting herself get pregnant." "(The father) was kind of pressuring me into an abortion or to "I idiot," "I than half of which goes to advertising the university. kind of just felt like an she said. know that I could give it up for adoption," she said. "Isaid I didn't want to do that The funding is also used to support the updated Web. have been on birth control and I knew of my other options, and and he was upset; He didn't want to be responsible for it and we 'Why " site and recruitment. The new slogan is taken out of I had to think to myself, did I let this happen7 broke up after a weekend." Hall didn't be- the department's operating budget for next year. said she consider continuing the pregnancy The father's name is not on Rylan's birth certificate, and she "We didn't say, 'Can you give us more?'e said, cause she did not feel like she could financially afford to raise a has opted not to seek child support, she said. child. She did not feel like adoption was the right choice for her said.

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