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April 2012

The Graffiti

Building Leaders, For a Better Tomorrow

FINALS FEST 2012

INSIDE 4 11 14 15 20
GOLDEN JOES WINNERS SUMMER JOBS 4 SCHOOL LAST CHANCE As WHOS NEXT? SYDNEY R. SEACREST VS MARSH

WHATS

Editors Note Our Promise to you!

Mission Statement We at The Grafti hope to be able to make you aware of campus and residence hall events regularly. Our goal this year is to make The Grafti more main stream than the previous years. This will be done through our access in all forms of media. Facebook will be used to archive our weekly editions as well as shown in our Current Issue tab. Like our page. Our other goal this year, along with making The Grafti more main stream is to be able to interact better with other school publications, like the Argonaut, Blot, and Rawr, as well as organizations. We plan on working closely with these and other organization, while allowing them to utilize our FREE advertising page, which is featured at the end of every Grafti. Writers are welcome to submit articles to be featured in The Grafti. Send all articles and advertisement to samk@uidaho.edu

Staff

Sam Koester, RHA MCC Samantha Widner, Wallace Eastside Sean Heagerty, Oleson Hall Emily Fisher, LLCs Ben Fujjii, Tower Michelle Aoi, Wallace Eastside

The Grafti is an afliated group of the University of Idaho Residence Hall Association, as well as the University of Idaho. The content presented in this issue is written by the RHA Public Relations Committee, and ltered by the RHA MCC. All rights reserved.

GOLDEN JOES
Thank you all for coming to the event. It is a great honor to have so many people.

April 21

Below are the winners of each award...

First Year Student Achievement Awards

Max Cowan

Raymond T. Horton Distinguished Service Award

Jamie Lockie

Man and Woman of the Year

Michael Cordier and Sydney Richardson

Hall of the Year

Borah Hall

Individual Community Service Award

Richard Munn

Executive of the Year

Brett Kohring

Joe Vandal Spirit Award

Shevin Halvorson

Hall President of the Year

Kevin Melkonian

Hall GPA Award

Scholars Hall

Peoples Choice Outstanding RA of the Year

Marissa Moreschini

RHA Area Rep of the Year

Emily Fisher

Educational Program of the Year

ASUI Meet Your Senator Night

Hall Points Champion

Borah Hall

Community Service Program of the Year

Tower Trick Or Treat

Social Program of the Year.

Snow Halls Halo and COD 4 Life

Sharon Hanson Outstanding Staff Award

Kelsi Nagle

Building Block Hall of the Year Award

Gem Hall

Faculty Involvement Award

Dr. Erin Chapman

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Ideas for Summer Fun

Written by: Sean Heagerty There are lots of things to do over summer, everyone knows this. The problem is guring them out in time. I know that for me, it can be hard to gure out what to do because I cant even gure out what to try. However, there are tons of things to try. For example, simple camping trips are fun. Going out camping for a few days with a couple of friends can be a great idea with a little planning. Another idea is to try having simple gettogethers. As I have never been a fan of parties, smaller gettogethers involving games or movies are something I can appreciate. Some activities to try with a small group of friends might include campres, movies, and board games. I realize this might sound clichd, but that doesnt mean they dont work.

We are Tweeting? RHA on Twitter

@uirha Find yourself having a hard time nd info of events, or when important announcements are made? Well dont be afraid we now have a Twitter. Every day we promise to tweet something, whether it is an event announcement or applications are due, maybe even just a reminder of your halls hall meeting. Be sure to follow us!

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University of Idaho Residence Hall Association is now on OrgSync!

Have you guys heard about OrgSync? It is a website, very similar to Facebook. The purpose is for all of the University of Idaho Student Organizations to be registered, and use this site as another way to communicate to the students of the University of Idaho, as well as the individual group members. ASUI is trying to get every student to sign up. Sign up is really easy and will take a matter of seconds. After you have signed up, and registered, you can look up your favorite student organizations. I am sure, since you are reading The Grafti, that you will follow/join the University of Idaho Residence Hall page. We will use this page to keep our residents informed of all RHA matters. Like us? Follow us? OrgSync us!

National Residence Hall Month (NRHM) April 2012

Week 1: Spring into Service Week 2: Advocacy Week Week 3: Recognition Week Week 4: Programming Week

Be sure to participate in our RHA events!

The Baby-Jumping Festival of Calacho, Spain

Festivalto celebrate the 60th anniversary of the "Roswell Incident," when a UFO was said to have crashed into military grounds nearby. Including experts, authors, researchers, and lecturers dissecting the infamous incident. The celebration will also sport an alien parade, an alien costume contest , and an alien hot air balloon ride. I'm sure someone will be previewingClose Encounters. So get your costumes ready and head down to New Mexico.

Originally started in 1620 in celebration of the Catholic festival ofCorpus Christi, the BabyJumping Festival involves grown men dressed in scary Devil like outts leaping over a row of newborns lying in the street. The men even have whips and batons to attempt to cleanse the babies of evil. They even pull any onlookers into the event if they seem to need to be cleansed as well. This lovely event is free and goes on the rst week of June. So, if you are able to get to Spain this summer, this sounds like a sure re event to attend.

The Testicle Festival

In Clinton, Montana they have the Testicle Festival. For 25 years now, Clinton has be holding this 21and-up-only event featuring lots of beer, likeBull Snort Brew and all the bull balls you can eat. People dine onthe yummy Rocky Mountain Oysters-- known as bull's testicles -- usually serveddeep-fried. They also have fun inBullsh*t Bingo, where the crowd bets on when a bull will poop. This is going on in the rst week of August, so get yourselves ready.

Cooper Hill Cheese Rolling

This popular festival held in Coopers Hill, Gloucestershire UK, involves hundreds of contestants chasing a roll of cheese down the hill. People end up running full-tilt downbehind the madly spinning 7-pound wheel of cheese. In fact, police have attempted tobanthe event due to how dangerous it is, but participants have refused. The cheese can reach speeds of up to70 mph, so its rare that someone actually catches the cheese. First to the bottom wins the cheese. If you happen to be here in on the rst Monday of June, it takes place each yearat 12:00 midday on the Late Spring Bank Holiday Monday.

La Tomatina

In Valencia, Spain on the last Wednesday of August, thousands of people ock to the city to start a huge food ght. Men and women alike get together and throw tomatoes and have a good time. La Tomatina is apart of a week long festival with food, music, non-hostile fun and even reworks. Not many people know why this festival exists, but there are a few theories that rise about from anti-Franco protests in 1945. If you plan on attending, try to wear old clothes and don't be afraid to get dirty.

The Amazing Roswell UFO Festival

In Roswell, New Mexico there is an out-ofthis-world time experience that goes on. Occuring in July, is the the Roswell UFO

RHA Executive Board Jamie Lockie

Executive President

2011-2012

Katie Wisdom
Vice President

Sam Koester
Marketing and Communications Coordinator

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Jamie Lockie JamieL@uidaho.edu Katie Wisdom KWisdom@uidaho.edu Sam Koester SamK@uidaho.edu

Brett Kohring BKohring@uidaho.edu Keilah McInaney Keilah@uidaho.edu Shevin Halvorson SHalvorson@uidaho.edu Amanda Eagle AmandaE@uidaho.edu Amanda Mollet AMollet@uidaho.edu

RHA Executive Board Brett Kohring

National Communications Coordinator

Keilah McInaney
Community Service Coordinator

Shevin Halvorson
Events Coordinator

Amanda Eagle
NRHH Executive President

Amanda Mollet
RHA Advisor

PARTYSHOP
PARTY HARD, PARTY SAFE
Thursday May 3rd @6:30pm in the LLC Classrooms

Come to this Party Shop session to learn about safe ways to PARTY! Free Prizes and much much more!

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Summer Jobs That Can Help Pay For School

By: Sam Widner Its now the time of the year where its time to consider what kind of summer job you will want so you can continue your education in the fall. Below are a few jobs you might consider applying for. 1. Lifeguard: Along with making alright pay you can also offer swimming lessons and train other lifeguards in rst aid to supplement your pay. 2. Cashier: Having this job experience will help with applying to jobs pertaining to retail, also this job provides a chance to meet new people and build connections. 3. Waiter: You have to be able to remember tiny things without getting stressed out or panicking, however if you get the hang of this job you get great tips, and your multitasking skills will increase tenfold. 4. Camp Counselor: If youd rather spend your summer away from home, being a camp counselor is the perfect job for you. Plus you meet other counselors your own age and get free food and a place to stay. 5. Baseball Umpire: If you love baseball, this is a perfect way to get paid for watching a game. Travel and tournament teams will play the whole summer and will pay up to $25 a game or more. 6. Babysitting: If you like little kids and dont mind cleaning up the occasional mess then babysitting may be the job for you. Your meals are usually free and you can name your price as long as its reasonable.

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Enjoying Your Summer: Fun In The Sun

Written By: Benjamin Fujii

Summer, a time of relaxation and blissful freedom from school; in theory its a time where one would rarely be bored. However, looking back on my summer breaks, I realized most of my time was wasted indoors doing absolutely nothing. My countless daydreams about everything that I would accomplish during summer breaks never came to fruition. So, this summer, I decided to change that. Instead of writing a things-to-do list, write a things I did list and from this list find one thing you were passionate about as a kid. Then, when you find yourself lounging in front of the TV, just go back to your list and relive your childhood passion. I for instance loved learning about the Hubble Space telescope. I have no idea what happened to it, or if it

has been replaced, and with what. For all I know some asteroid crashed into it, exploding my childhood passion. I can tell you if the astronauts who worked on it are dead, alive, or in some embarrassing sex scandal. Everyone had something that they were passionate about, even if it was something embarrassing like really cheesy romance novels. Take the wasted time this summer, and put it to use re-living your best childhood moments. Who knows, maybe you will find something still interests you.

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Last Chance
By: Samantha Widner

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In just a matter of weeks, school will be over and nal grades will be nearly if not entirely complete. With that comes last minute work to be turned in and for nals to be done before you can enjoy the summer, assuming bad grades arent going to ruin most of it for you. Dont worry, that doesnt have to be the case. If all of you overachievers arent satised with that B you got in your biology class, there may be time for you to bump it up to an A. The rest of you dont have to settle for less either. The trick is nding out how to do it. But before you can gure out ways to improve your grades, you have to know what not to do. Dont: Dos: Check your syllabus to see what assignments are left for the semester and then work hard on them to get good grades. Now is also the time to do all those assignments that you choose not to do. Put time aside to study for your tests and quizzes. Dont ask for extra credit and then not do it. Youre just wasting everyones time. Dont get mad when your professor says theres no extra credit its not going to change your grade. Dont wait till the last minute to try and change your grade.

Finals Study Tips

Written by: Sean Heagerty

Summer is approaching quickly, but before it arrives we all must survive nals. Finals are a stressful time for many. So much information must be recovered from throughout the semester for the nals. There are, however, a few tricks to studying back all of that information. The rst thing is to take it slow and take breaks. It might sound clichd, but it works. The other thing to try is to break your studying material

into sections. This helps to make the material easier to remember as rather than seeing everything at once, you have specic areas to look at. The third thing you might try is studying with friends. Sometimes material makes more sense when you can ask your friends or classmates for clarication, whether you even ask or not.

Deciding the Right Major

Written by: Samantha Widner Deciding on the right major is one of the most important decisions of your life, and if you dont have an answer when faced with that question, it will drive you up a wall. That feeling is normal. When deciding on a major, always remember that your happiness is most important. Even with a six gure salary, you can hate your job. That being said, here are some of the best majors that will more likely get you a job out of college to help you begin your search: 1. Education: According to a New York Times blog, 71 percent of those who majored in education got a job before the age of 25. Education is a great major for your future because there are so many options you can go toward and things you can do with it. 2. Engineering: In that same New York Times blog, engineering was not far behind, with 69 percent of recent grads landing a full time job. You can also pick from electrical, mechanical, environmental, biomedical, and so many other types of engineering. 3. Computer Science: This degree was number four on CNBCs Highest Paid Bachelors Degrees, with a starting salary of about $60,000. Yes, an entry level position pays that much. Just think you could be the next Bill Gates. 4. Finance: The nance industry is huge and the possibilities are endless. Most people who graduate with a nance degree have a job lined up for themselves at a nancial rm. Remember all companies need nance people.

Who is next?

Hello, people of RHA! Im Sydney Richardson, the Residence Hall Associations Marketing and Sydney Richardson, MTC Technologies Coordinator (MTC) for 2012-2013. Im a Pre-Veterinary Science Major, and this will be my third The Graffiti Editor In Chief year at the university. Im an ber nerd. If I could sing, 2012-2013 Id break into a Julie Andrews medley for you right now, but alas, I cannot. Nonetheless, these are a few of my favorite things: animals, The Beatles, education, humor, books, Spongebob Squarepants, time with friends, and sleep. Ive enjoyed living on campus for two years now and look forward to recruiting more people and making the RHA experience the best it can be for residents. As MTC, Im in charge of marketing, obviously, but I also have other responsibilities such as running the RHA Movie Channel, the website, and this wonderful publication, The Graffiti. Continued on pg 18

My favorite April fools jokes for this year:

1. a. A version of Google that pretends to be a phishing site. 2. Google really advanced search which basically asked for nonsensical information such as its odor and embarrassing grammatical fax pas. 3. The Google Maps 8-bit Quest:

a. 4. And Finally, Fidel Castos article titled The Wonderful World of Capitalism a. With sections such as Let us suppose that we have left our mansion and we are already tired of hanging around with our yacht, limousine, helicopter or jet," reads a quote he says he lifted from a Western news agency. "We still have the choice to buy an individual submarine or a submarine for two persons." It was pretty hilarious.

Parking Tickets
Written by: Ben Fujii Parking tickets, everyone hates them, and a lot of us have been handed one of them before. Sure, its a simple fine, one that is nowhere near committing a crime such as murder or aggravated assault. Yet, thanks to a handy dandy Supreme Court decision passed recently, forgetting to pay your parking ticket (which will land you in a police station and possibly jail time) can equal a strip search, just like the aforementioned felony charges would. Police officers do not even need to suspect you to have anything on your person in order to strip you down. The mere act of landing yourself in jail is enough cause for such a dehumanizing act. So, I suggest to all you occupy Wall St. protestors, you forgetful ticket holders, you stumbling drunks; when you get arrested, and brought down to the station, show some etiquette. Be polite and respectful to all of the police and workers, even if they are being rude to you. Remember why you love Miranda, and dont say anything that you dont have to say. Dont claim that you are sick, or need medical attention, lest they examine you. Make friends with your cell buddies, for there is power in numbers. And lastly, dress in layers. So, the next time you end up in custody, I hope you follow these simple rules, and I wish you good luck.

The Woes of Undergrads

By: Samantha Widner

From waiting on nancial aid to dropping a class, there are some tough problems students have. With the help of College Facts and College Problems, I looked into common problems most undergraduate students face. With that said, here are some of the most popular college problems. 1. The only thing lower than your GPA is your bank account balance: Weve all been there, closing our eyes as the online banking summary is loading. A similar action is practiced when the screen shows nal semester grades. Why we think this will change the declining balance is beyond me. 2. Depending on a curve to pass the class: Although theyve wasted half the semester, the looming end of spring has many students calculating how they can still pass. Whether its a general education credit or a major-specic course, many of us are clinging on to the hope that there will be a curve on the nal exam. Good luck! 3. Need class to graduate. Its only offered at 8 a.m.: If this isnt a sick joke, I dont know what is. Dont stress too much it happens to the best of us. 4. Easy Mac and Top Ramen become key players in your diet: Its no surprise students gain the Freshman 15, as they look to these high carb food for nutrition. That being said they are yummy, cheap and easy meals to make.

Who is next?

Have you ever wanted to be a journalist? Heres your chance; get your very own articles published each month! Need to get your halls event advertised? The Sydney Richardson, MTC Graffiti can do that! Transparency has been a big talking point throughout campus this year, and in The Graffiti Editor In Chief RHA, were no different. We will get you the 2012-2013 information you need and the other information that you might not necessarily need but want. Its going to be an utterly fantastic year! Dont miss next years first issue where well be showcasing the others from the Executive Board! Live long, and prosper, Friends. ~ Sydney R.

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Whats Better than Ryan Seacrest Coverage? J Jacob March Coverage!

This years Golden Joes Ceremony was not different, other than well thought out, organized, and overall much better, but one thing that was new was the exclusive social media coverage. At this years GJs, Dr. Ray Gasser, as well as J Jacob Marsh began tweeting there comments. Their excitement for the GJs was impressive, and made for some good entertainment. Correspondent Marsh reported to have jumped into the future and back a number of times. Marsh used his secret time travel device to travel to the 104th Annual Golden Joes, where apparently Sam Koester has one all of the awards again. Similar winning had happened in previous years as well. Koester now hold the record for more GJs won, all 2,744 Joes. ASUI Senator Matt Cook, quickly noticed the amazing tweets and said...

Clearly Correspondent Marsh has a calling for media coverage.

@JJacobMarsh

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