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Libra 9/23 - 10/22 Take the fifth word from Sagittarius, the 10th word in the first sentence from Leo, the 12th word minus -ful from Virgo, the third word from Taurus, the first word of the second sentence from Aquarius and the 14th word plus -ed from Cancer to receive a secret, insignificant message.

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hor!cope"Scorpio10/23 – 11/21Ifyay ouyay owknay atwhay isthay ays-say, enthay ouyay illway indfay uriedbay easuretray onyay ouryay extnay iptray otay everlandnay. Sagittarius 11/22 – 12/21You may want to impress your signifi-cant other by cooking a fancy meal for them, but remember, you’re no Emeril or Rachel Ray, so don’t be too hard on yourself when the roast duck is charred.

Capricorn12/22 – 1/19Have a Halloween door decorating con-test with your hall, sorority, fraternity or roommates.

Aquarius1/20 – 2/18In pop culture, the Age of Aquarius refers to the New Age movement in the 1960s and ‘70s. Be a hippie for Halloween this year and let your true groove shine.

Pisces2/19 – 3/20Shimmy into that sequined leotard, snap on your neon headband and grab a friend because it’s time to sweat with Richard Simmons.

Aries3/21 – 4/19You know that thing you’ve always wanted to do, but have been too scared about what other people would think ... start a rousing game of capture the flag on campus.

Taurus4/20 – 5/20 A genie will come visit you in human form. You will not be granted the three wishes you are expecting, but the silver goblet he gives you will have magical powers.

Gemini5/21 – 6/20Instead of getting the usual for your coffee purchase, try something new this week that goes with the fall theme. Then buy the drink for the person behind you.

Cancer 6/21 – 7/22Learn the dance to PSY’s “Gangnum Style” with a group of friends and reveal your sweet moves as a flash mob in the courtyard.

Leo 7/23 – 8/22Whip up a batch of chocolate chip cookie dough and grab the biggest wooden spoon you can find to eat it with. Change things up with “The Shawshank Redemption.”

Virgo8/23 – 9-22You can avoid scurvy if you just eat an orange. This powerful bit of information may come in handy in the year 2019.

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m%-tap&For couples, the best way to express love is often through

song. But what do you do when you’ve run out of all the best love songs? Well, fear not, because these songs are here to remedy your quest for romance.

“Crack the Shutters” by Snow Patrol Best known for their hit “Chas-ing Cars,” Irish group Snow Patrol creates a beautiful ballad in “Crack the Shutters.” Capturing that lazy moment in the morning, the song also expresses the desire to love and care for some-one — guaranteed to appeal to

romantics.

“Look After You” by The Fray With groovy, swaying songs such as “Over My Head (Cable Car)” and “How to Save a Life,” The Fray have a lot of expecta-tions when it comes to their love songs. “Look After You,” with its grand violins, sooth-ing piano and romantic lyrics, makes a fine love song with relaxing undertones.

“Love Song for No One” By John Mayer As the title suggests, this song is for the true love you haven’t found yet. Perfect for the moment when you finally do find him or her. This song showcases John Mayer’s amazing musical talent as

well as being a catchy tune. “Something Beautiful” by Need-tobreathe Probably one of the most epic love songs out there, “Some-thing Beautiful” is a high wire balancing act between the amazing, raw vocals of Bear Rinehart, and the stellar guitar work, creating a song that never gets old to listen to.

“Overjoyed” by Matchbox Twenty When it comes to love songs, almost no one does it better then Matchbox Twenty. Their newest return to form, “Overjoyed,” takes you way back to the ‘90s and makes you feel good and in love. It’s almost like they never left.

“Truly Madly Deeply” by Savage Garden Savage Garden created several love songs including “I Knew I Loved You” and “I Want You.” “Truly Madly Deeply,” however, is the perfect slow dance song, with groovy vocals and sing along lyrics. This song is almost mandatory for a love song playl-ist.

“Happily Ever After” by He Is We This song takes the fairy tale ending and makes it a question: “Do I end up happy?” Rachael Taylor’s phenomenal vocals make the song the romantic anthem that it is, and if you’re looking for a great romantic song, you’d be a fool not to

include it.

“Right Thru Me” by Nicki Minaj Bizarre babbler Nicki Minaj may be unconventional, but darn it all if she can’t do a good love song. “Right Thru Me” is groovy, confessional and best of all, ro-mantic as ever. Well done, Nicki, well done.

“Punch Drunk Love” by The Summer Set We all need a good love song to rock along to. The Summer Set delivers on that need and makes “Punch Drunk Love” a fun anthem that will still appeal to your significant other.

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Alsace is in France, but much like other regions outside the netherworld of Paris, this French prov-ince located just a hop

over the Rhine from Germany, is a completely different world. The snobby, cold French stereotype — which I believe is just the lack of groveling in customer service and the very real annoyance of tour-ists in any city — is an errant one in Strasbourg.

However, especially here in the capital of Alsace, the stereo-type of wondrous, rich cuisine is as inescapable as carbohydrates.

The most famous offering of the Alsatian gastronomic tradition is an accessible dish right up the college student’s alley — bacon and pizza dough.

Tarte flambée — or Flammkuchen — is simply thin-

crust pizza with a white sauce. Rooted in the traditions of a

region that has maintained its dis-tinct identity despite the national-ity tug-of-war between France and Germany in previous centuries, tarte flambée is as unique as Alsace. The melding of influences produces a warm, personable dish. Tarte flambée is as Alsatian as the white-bearded, mountain of a

man who served me my pie and returned to stoking the wood fires in his shorts, despite the nip of autumn air.

While the aesthetic of grand-father Alsace serving you may be out of reach, Muscovites rejoice because the taste is just 30 min-utes away.

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An FBI agent, a slightly insane scientist and his roguish son team up to solve bizarre and unexplain-able crimes. That was the premise upon which “Fringe”

was based when it launched in 2008. The show’s first season pro-gressed nicely, presenting us with a new, crazy case each week, occasionally with a cool twist at the end.

In the season’s penultimate episode, the concept of an alternate reality in which several different choices make or break the world was introduced.

In this world, the Twin Tow-ers are still standing, pens have been sacrificed for smart tablets, and half-human, half-machine terrorists cross over to our uni-verse to assume the identities of figures of power.

The second season took turns between the procedural show that it was and a grand mythol-ogy show like “Lost” with the oc-casional mind blowing twist. The two-part season finale introduced several alternate versions of the main characters and a relation-ship between the real main characters, Peter (Joshua Jackson) and Olivia (Anna Torv.)

This relationship dominated the third season, the crazy cases being secondary to the love story, making the show less like a sci-fi procedural and more like a CW drama, which is not a good thing. Peter would go on to sacrifice his life for Olivia’s survival in the season finale, watched by strange beings called Observers that have been seen in every episode.

Season four deals in an alter-nate timeline where not only is Peter gone, he never existed.

Eventually, he is resurrected by a rouge Observer called September that has been manipulating events since the series’ fourth episode. In the season’s nineteenth episode, we jump forward to the year 2036, where the Observ-ers have initiated a hostile takeover of the Earth and our heroes are frozen solid in time. Peter and Olivia’s future daughter resurrects them to help them save the Earth from Observer regime in the premiere of the fifth, final and most recent season.

While “Fringe” isn’t the worst show on air — the occasional twist revives the show and the characters are always fun — it is an unfo-cused show. Each season is its own animal and there are very few ties from one to the other. It dabbles between a Lost-style mythology, have-to-watch-every-episode-to-be-a-fan show, and a traditional cop show with an “X-Files” twist. With the final season more focused on wrapping up the story, maybe it’ll go out with a bang, but until then, “Fringe” will be judged as an ever-evolving series with too many different ideas to settle as a whole show.

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IngredientsTablespoon olive oilTablespoon butterLarge, sweet onion sliced lengthwise into long strips.4 slices of bacon — or a lot more depending on how American you are feeling.Cup of crème fraîche (Alternative: add some heavy cream to sour cream.)Teaspoon saltTeaspoon pepperTeaspoon nutmeg

The doughTry a traditional pizza dough recipe or, for those short on time, a pre-made crust. The only

key is to make sure you roll out the dough to a mere one-fourth of an inch.

PreparationPreheat oven to 450 degrees.Heat oil and butter in a large sauté pan on medium heat. Add onion and sauté until it is soft and translucent. In a separate bowl combine onion, crème fraîche and spices.Cook bacon until crisp.Spread mixture over crust. Crumble bacon over the top. Bake for 15 minutes or until edges are golden brown.

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Ben Haggerty, better known by his stage name Macklemore, performed at WaMu Theater in Seattle Friday, launching the world tour of his first full-length album “The Heist.”

The concert was by far Macklemore’s biggest headliner show, with a sold out crowd of 7,500 fans. Four days before his concert, Macklemore released “The Heist,” which took the number one spot on iTunes for four straight days — the first time in iTunes history an inde-pendent artist has reached the

number one album spot. “The Heist” covers a variety

of topics from drug addiction to same-sex marriage to mate-rialism. A song entitled “Jimmy Iovine” compares getting signed with a major record label to pulling off a heist. The song is named after Jimmy Iovine, the managing chairman of Interscope Records. As the song continues, Macklemore describes his experience with a major record label and comes to the conclusion that sign-ing with the label would have been a mistake for him and his production studio.

In his song “Wing$” he

discusses the effects of ma-terialism through buying a pair of Air Jordan basketball shoes. “Same Love” addresses same-sex marriage and “Start-ing Over” describes his recent drug relapse.

Macklemore fans are drawn to his relevant top-ics and openness with his personal struggles, accord-ing to Kawika Doughty, 18 of Bellevue, Wash. Otto Shih, 17, said Macklemore represents the Northwest and the values they uphold through rap.

Macklemore’s right hand man and best friend is Ryan Lewis. Lewis creates beats,

arranges all songs for the band, and produces music and music videos for the group. Macklemore and Lewis met in 2005 and have been working together since 2009. Their partnership has created mul-tiple successful singles, and now the full-length album.

Macklemore collaborated with several artists on this album, including Ray Dal-ton, Buffalo Madonna, Mary Lambert, Allen Stone, Ab Soul and many more. The variety of artists creates something new in each song, according to Dawson Henshaw.

Macklemore now hits the

road with shows in me-tropolises like Chicago and New York, but also in small towns like Lansing, Mich, and Carrboro, N.C., until Dec. 11, when he will return to Seattle. Macklemore’s talent is being recognized outside of the Northwest — out of the 47 shows scheduled from Oct. 13 to Dec. 10, all but three are sold out. Macklemore’s new album “The Heist” is connect-ing with audiences across the country and making waves in the music industry.

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“You are not going to give my mother a Rose of Death.”

“That’s exactly what I’m going to do.”

Overhearing this conversa-tion, you may think that you have wandered into a work of science fiction or fantasy. Which may be true, but odds are more likely you have wan-dered into a practice for the White Tie Improv Group at the University of Idaho.

White Tie Improv has been a club at UI for three years.

“Three years ago when we were getting together to start an improv group, we were deciding what to call it,” said Quinn Hatch, the director and founder of White Tie Improv. “There was a lot of names being thrown around and someone said White Tie and no one else had a problem with it. So right after we agreed on White Tie Improv, we started calling ourselves the classiest improv group on the Palouse.”

Improv Comedy is a spe-cific form of theater where actors use spontaneous acting techniques to perform skits that hone acting skills. Some-times, the games are played in front of audiences for a co-medic effect. Improvisational comedy was popularized by “Whose Line Is It Anyway?,” a TV show that performed comedic improve games for an audience that ran from 1988-1998 in Britain and from 1998-2004 in the U.S.

“The thing that makes you a good improviser is the thing that makes you a good friend,” Hatch said. “A good friend will sit down and look you in the eye, take in

what you are saying, process it and respond to what is being offered instead of wait-ing for their turn to talk. Usually, people that are good at improv realize that a scene or a conversation that you are build-ing together is teamwork and not a one-sided effort.”

An example of an improv game is called “start.” Two performers stand in front of the room and one perform-

er starts a scene by saying some spontaneous dialogue. Every time the director says

“start,” the per-formers must stop what they are doing and begin a new scene. The premise may seem simple, but the results are hilarious. After watching several different per-formers’ improv scenarios involving everything from licking cats to

turkey rodeos, the room was

filled with laughter. Those interested in join-

ing White Tie Improv are welcome to attend weekly workshops from 5-7 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays in the Arena Theater on the first floor of Shoup Hall. Beginners are welcome, and the group is not all theater majors.

“I’m a big fan of ‘Whose Line Is It Anyway’ and ‘Sat-urday Night Live’ and stuff,” dance major Katie Barnes said. “I saw a White Tie show about a year ago and loved it. I started going this year because of my friend Youseff.”

White Tie Improv pre-

formed a show on Oct. 13 at the Kiva Theater.

“My favorite moment in the show was when they made the best story ever,” Senior Jake Housley said. “Because watching their reac-tions made it even funnier.”

The game “best story ever” forces performers to fake dying if they mess up an im-prove story.

The next White Tie Improv show will be on Oct. 27 in the Kiva Theater and admission is $2.

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philip vukelich | rawrRob Gibson II, left, and Miles Hendrix, actors in the White Tie Improv comedy troupe on campus, fight during a practice scene Oct. 11 in the Arena Theater in Shoupe Hall. The group performed their second public show of the fall semester Saturday in the Kiva Theater.

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Internet memes — funny pho-tos with witty punch lines — have become a popular source for quick entertainment in the digital world. Memes now infiltrate Facebook feeds and Pinter-est boards, and it’d be hard to find a topic that hasn’t been “memed.”

The University of Idaho Memes Facebook page was started April 1 and has amassed nearly 3,000 likes since. The page was started by two UI stu-dents who wish to remain anonymous.

“The original admin tried to search for a memes page for the uni-versity and found none. Boise State had a memes page, and so did various other universities. Seeing as there was none, they decided to create one,” the page administrators said.

The administrators, a UI junior and senior, said by remaining anonymous they hope to create the feeling that the page belongs to the students.

“There are many divisions on campus and we do not want to put a label on the page, we want every-one to feel comfortable sending us

pictures and commenting. We see the page as an outlet for students to express likes, dislikes and concerns about the school and a place where they can find commonalties among the student body,” the administra-tors said.

The administrators said they don’t tell people they run the page, and maintaining anonymity allows the page to unite the entire student body.

The administrators said they would love to see the page continue for as long as possible. “We would love for it to be the most popu-lar memes page for a university. We want to expose and poke-fun of the stereotypes on campus. That is what a memes page is. We will continue this as long as we can. If we need to, we might just pass it on to the next generation,” the administrators said.

Jami Lea Riener, UI senior, has submitted

several memes to the page that she didn’t make but felt related to the college lifestyle. She said the page is a source of Vandal pride.

“I think it offers a way to show school pride as weird as that

sounds,” Riener said. “We may not have the best football team or the biggest university in the state, but I think that the page is a way to show people what makes the University of Idaho special.”

Riener said the memes provide something all students can relate to.

“It makes them feel like the place they go to college is special in its own way. Even if its making fun of certain aspects of the university it still kind of offers a type of unity,” she said.

While many of the memes are generated by the administrators, they said nearly 80 percent of the posted memes are student submissions.

“We have decided to allow submissions via Facebook message rather than users to directly post to the page. We found that it would have a higher reach and unify the school,” the administrators said. “If students wish to submit memes anonymously, they can most cer-tainly do that.”

The administrators said they post all memes that are submitted, re-gardless of content, but some memes do receive priority if the content is relevant to an event.

“If there is a meme for Dad’s Weekend, or a particular event on campus we will post that meme dur-ing that time — even if it’s submit-ted the same day. It is obvious that these would take precedence over a meme that had to do with grades or

a teacher.”The philosophy of “post all” has

led to angry page viewers in some cases, and recently led the page ad-ministrators to publicly clarify their approach to offensive content.

“There was a lot of negative feedback for a post — which over 470 people liked — so we decided to address the fact that some of our posts are offensive,” the administra-tors said. “Offensive content is what makes a meme a meme. They point out stereotypes and typically humor. This sometimes offends people. But we can’t try and please everyone, it won’t work.”

Many of the comments from offended viewers come from Boise State fans who see the page and the memes poking fun at BSU.

“Our most popular meme to date was the finger painting meme about BSU. It is an original meme made by an admin,” the administrators said.

The meme has received 795 likes and more than 250 shares since it was first posted on Sept. 3.

“Boise State memes are great,” the administrators said. “We encour-age the community to send more of them. And as with any meme, the group they are making fun of always get upset. We do think that they add to the rivalry. And for the upset BSU fans, grow up.”

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Moscow has an active ap-preciation for old things, Gary Peterson said.

This is shown by the five thrift stores and now three antique shops scattered across town.

Peterson opened his shop, Old Thing Antiques, on Sept. 15 to fulfill a lifelong dream. He said he will turn 60 on his next birthday.

“There are some things, if I want to do in life I better do them now,” he said.

When the Yarn Under-ground moved to Washington Street, Deadbeat Records took the basement and Peterson took the old record store.

“It had always kind of been a dream of mine, and when this place came open I said, ‘why not?’” he said.

Peterson invited fellow antique guru, Barbara Feil to join him in the shop. Feil said Peterson shares his space in exchange for her working two days a week.

“Works out great. I don’t have to pay rent, so anything I sell is gravy,” Feil said.

To Feil, working at the shop means Peterson can continue his career as a math teacher at the University of Idaho.

Peterson was a math teacher at Boise State Uni-versity for 13 years before he decided to come to Moscow for law school. He practiced in Lewiston and Moscow before taking a math teaching position at UI.

“It seems like I’ve always had aspirations beyond the junk business,” Peterson said.

Similarly, Feil taught art in Palouse and Garfield before the two school districts joined.

Feil said she first got the antique bug 15 or 20 years ago. She inherited some things and she bought other things.

“Somehow they just take on a life of their own,” she said. “They breed in the basement.”

Peterson’s obsession with antiques started in high school. His said his art teacher owned an antique store.

“It’s always been a part of my life,” Peterson said.

Both Feil and Peterson have had booths in other shops, Peterson in Moscow’s Main Street Antique Mall and Feil in the now-defunct Square One Antiques in Pullman.

When Feil started in the antiques business, she said sales were good because of the economy.

Antique stores across the country have been in a decline, according to Russ Wheelhouse, who owns the antique shop around the cor-ner from Old Thing.

“I don’t see it locally,” Pe-terson said. “I think Moscow has an active interest and ap-preciation for old things.”

The folks at Old Thing Antiques have a good rela-tionship with their neighbor around the corner.

Feil said Wheelhouse was her mentor.

“He continues to advise me and help me out,” she said. “They don’t make them like Russ anymore.”

Peterson said both shops encourage customers to visit other area antique stores.

“Russ has been very wel-

coming and gracious,” Peter-son said.

A tall rack of old Idaho li-cense plates sits in front of the desk. They belong to Peterson. He also carries light fixtures and Revere Ware pots and pans — which are made from steel with copper bottoms.

He also carries a supply of cowboy boots, though they aren’t antique. He said boots are hard to buy in Moscow,

and there are a lot of cow-boys around.

“Or wannabe cowboys,” he said.

Feil specializes in jewelry, Native American antiques and vintage holiday items, espe-cially Christmas, Halloween and Easter

“I’m getting older and don’t have much space, so I have to concentrate on things I can lift,” she said.

She said she looks every-

where she can for her items, from church rummage sales to estate sales to larger an-tiques shows in Spokane.

“I’m always scouring the area,” She said. “You develop an eye for what’s old and sellable.”

Feil said they need more young people to do antiques to keep the trade going.

Kasen Christensen can be reached at

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Antique appreciation

photos by amrah canul | rawrAntique items adorn shelves at Old Things Antiques store on Third Street in downtown Moscow. The store opened Sept. 15 after Deadbeat Records moved below to the basement, the previous loca-tion of Yarn Underground.

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Sweatpants and other per-formance attire don’t need to be stashed in the I-don’t-care-today drawer. While they may be inappropriate for some occasions, they don’t have to cheapen your image.

Peg Hamlett, fitness direc-tor at the Student Recreation Center, said she often wears professional sweat attire in her job, and the workout-ready garments aren’t cheaply made. Yoga pants, leggings and other pieces are crafted to endure with special cuts and styles, and are distributed by companies such as Under Armour, Hard Tail and Title Nine. Hamlett said they’re good for activi-ties in and out of the gym.

“I think there’s a huge difference between big, baggy sweatpants some students wear that suggest (they rolled) into class and they didn’t care that much, and the more professional sweats,” she said.

Butch Fealy, SRC intramu-ral director, said he tries to project a professional image to his students, and he dresses for whatever task he does — whether at-tending important meetings or mov-ing soccer goals in the mud. The attire always depends on the situation, he said, and sometimes the sweats need to be replaced with a nice shirt, slacks and a tie.

“That’s the image I want my students to see — that recreation is a profession,” he said. “With all my duties (and) interactions

I want to make sure that intramural sports is taken seriously (to show) that we don’t just roll balls out and play, but there’s a lot of learning and skill-development going on.”

Fealy said his own graduate school classes required him to wear business professional attire, and if he was a professor in a tra-

ditional classroom setting, he might not expect students in sweatpants and flip-flops to

be prepared to deeply engage with the course material.

Though he hasn’t observed campus life much beyond the SRC, he said he sees many students in sweats and performance wear, and for the most part they’re doing something active and sweats-appropriate.

Fealy said each genera-tion has its own styles and quirks. The proliferation of sweatpants and performance-wear may reflect the new era. He sees more flip-flops, moccasins, sweats and other comfortable clothing than he used to. When he was in high school, he said, the trend leaned more toward t-shirts

tucked into bicycle shorts, or ripped jeans and parachute pants. People in the late 1980s and early ‘90s indulged the grunge look and wore more zippers, he said.

Fealy also said far fewer students shower after their workouts than he did in school. Most of them leave still wearing their workout gear and probably shower someplace more comfortable. Many students today stuff their bags with high-priced technology, and he said he doesn’t blame them for not hauling spare clothes, soap and shampoo that take up room and can spill on such pricy investments. These

things could also reflect a cultural shift.

“There’s just not a commu-nal shower culture anymore, and maybe that’s playing a part,” he said.

Hamlett said the classroom doesn’t have to be out-of-bounds for sweats, and stu-dents can benefit from more casual clothing. It simply takes a bit of care.

“You can learn more when you’re comfortable, but you can still look professional,” she said. “You just have to put a little more thought into it.”

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Akello Barbra is from Gulu, an economic hub in North-ern Uganda — and the region where the Lord’s Resistance Army originated.

Barbra is now on a tour with Invisible Children, an organization working to bring justice to the region, but sat down to share her story dur-ing a visit to the University of Idaho.

“I come from northern Uganda where the war origi-nated from. This is a war that started when I was 6 years old. At the age of 10 — and this is something I don’t like talking about — I lost my dad,” Barbra said.

Barbra said the night her dad was killed, she and her family had traveled into the village to visit their grandpar-ents for the weekend.

“Unfortunately that was the night my village got an attack by the LRA and what-ever happened in the night, I cannot say it because there are certain things — like when you’re sleeping and something horrible starts happening — but what I remember is … I ended up in the bush near by our home. Everyone was scat-tered. That was a time where no one could even think ‘where is this person’ at that moment,” Barbra said.

Twenty years later, Barbra still struggles to tell the story.

“In the morning when people were coming back from wherever they slept … we found my dad lying in a compound. My two aunts and their children … all were lying in the compound,” she said.

Barbra said on the same night, four of her cousins

were abducted by the LRA, and since then only three have returned.

“Being in the jungle is something that no one would ever want because … once you’re in the jungle the life there is completely differ-ent. First you’re in a place you don’t want to be in, mov-ing from one place to another, seeing people being killed, or maybe even kill-ing people yourself,” Barbra said. “The ones who have re-turned they are not the same people. They are not the people we knew and my family does not want to ask them, but definitely life in the jungle is not for a human being.”

After the death of her father, Barbra’s family was displaced and separated just as many other families from the region were.

“There are so many rela-tives I grew up without know-ing. It feels really funny be-

cause these are relatives that in real life you should connect with and be close with. That’s how it is in my culture, but because of the war they were displaced and I didn’t know them that well,” Barbra said.

Barbra and her family left their village, but struggled as a sin-gle parent family living in northern Uganda.

“Still that was really hard because I’m from a family of five children and all of the sudden everything was left for my mom. Pay-ing us in school, feeding us, paying for shelter, medical — it was rough,” Barbra said.

Barbra attended Gulu high school, where she said she felt doing well was the only option.

“Seeing my mom struggle so hard … be-came a debt that I had to pay her back. I was like if I don’t work hard in school, I will frustrate her efforts and be-

cause of that I really had to do my best in school and utilize that opportunity,” Barbra said.

Barbra moved away from her family to attend Makerere University, the largest univer-sity in Uganda. There, Barbra graduated in three years with a degree in information and office management.

“After my three years of study I went back home … there I was lucky and Invis-ible Children advertised for a vacancy in their office for the position of administrative as-sistant,” Barbra said.

Barbra said two factors — seeing her mom struggle and accepting the death of her fa-ther — kept her strong during her time away from her home and her family.

“I had to accept whatever had happened. Because after some time I realized that it had happened and I can-not change whatever has happened but I have also a future,” Barbra said.

Returning home was dif-ficult, but Barbra said she is a stronger person for all that she has been through.

“As a human being, those situations come in life where

you’re like ‘I wish this person was alive … things wouldn’t be like this.’ But still I am grateful because it has really made me become more stron-ger and believe that there are certain times that you will not have people around you or someone who loves you may not be there,” Barbra said. “And if the person is not there that doesn’t mean you should also just ruin your future because the person is not there. Does it mean you should give up in life? No.”

Barbra got the job as an administrative assistant for Invisible Children as well as a position working the Legacy Scholarship program, a fund made possible by Invisible Children. Barbra has worked for the scholarship program since 2007. She said working with the scholarship program has been the greatest thing to happen to her because it gave her the opportunity to inter-act with the children who receive the scholarship.

“These are kids who — I would say 80 percent of them — have a similar story to mine and some of them don’t have a mom, don’t have a dad, they just live on their own,” Barbra said. “Working with them — using my life story as an example to them to encourage them … is one thing that I do a lot and they don’t feel any different from you.”

She said the greatest reward is seeing the children graduate who are supported by the scholarship.

“I’ve seen three different graduations … it really feels very good because when you look at them you just smile and end up shedding tears because you know who they are and where they’ve been,” Barbra said.

Barbra said she plans to work for Invisible Children for a few more years before resigning to focus on her own business — cake making.

“I bake cakes for weddings and other things. It depends what the customer wants, but majorly cakes for functions,” Barbra said.

Barbra began baking three years ago and now runs a small business in Gulu where she still lives.

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Against all oddsAkello Barbra, Ugandan native, makes most of early-life tragedy

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philip vukelich | rawrAkello Barbra is pictured after the showing of a film from Invisible Children, an organization at-tempting to raise awareness of the activities of the Lord’s Resistance Army and improve the lives of those a!ected by their activities in central Africa. The film was shown Oct. 9 in the Borah Theater in the Student Union Building.

... I ended up in the bush nearby our home. Everyone was scattered. That was the time where no one could even think ‘where is this person’ at that moment.

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“I like it because my cus-tomers really believe in me,” Barbra said.

Barbra will return to Gulu in December at the end of her three-month tour of the United States with Invisible Children.

Barbra said her first trip to the U.S. has been enjoyable aside from her first run-in with coffee.

“I was shaking, I thought I was falling ill,” Barbra said. “I don’t know how you all drink so much coffee. American’s they take one cup after the other and I just don’t know how.”

Barbra was assigned to the Pacific Northwest region

and said she believes she was assigned the most beautiful region of the U.S.

“I love it. When we were driving everything was so nice and green. I love the region, and I love the people. They are all so nice,” Barbra said. “I’m happy that I have gotten the opportunity to support my family.”

Kaitlyn Krasselt can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu

Friday, Oct. 19MightyDisco, Laser Mob

8 p.m. at the BellTower Con-cert House, Pullman, Wash.

WSU Ski Club will present the laser mob. Tickets are $10 for students and $12 general admission.

Acts of Chairs by Michael Hosaluk

10 a.m. - 8 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Sunday. The exhibit will run from Oct. 12 through Dec. 1.

Work from the current exhibit will include previous Acts with Chairs as well as examples of Hosaluk’s work as a woodturner.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show Experience

7 p.m., 9:30 p.m. and 12 a.m. Friday and Saturday at the Ken-worthy Performing Arts Centre.

Presented by Sirius Enter-tainment, this Halloween tradi-tion is an audience participa-tion show. Props are a part of the show and prop bags will be available upon theater entrance. No outside props are allowed. Admission is $10 and includes the prop bag.

Saturday, Oct. 20Make a Difference Day

7 a.m. - 2 p.m. at the Stu-dent Union Building ballroom.

Hundreds of UI students will commit a morning of community service around the Palouse. To sign up, visit org-sync.com/41099/forms/55531.

Sunday, Oct. 21University of Idaho Choirs

3 - 5 p.m. at the Lionel Hampton School of Music.

Listen to Men’s Chorus, University Chorus, Vandaleers and Women’s Chorus for $3 as a student or $5 for adults.

Monday, Oct. 22STRFKR and Onuinu

8 p.m. at the BellTower Con-cert House, Pullman, Wash.

These indie rock tickets are $12 advanced or $15 day of the show.

Tuesday, Oct. 23Rap the Vote Concert

7 p.m. at the Idaho Com-mons.

This voter-education con-cert will feature RA Scion and The Good Husbands. Admission is free.

Wednesday, Oct. 24GradFest

10 a.m. - 6 p.m. at the Stu-dent Union Building ballroom.

Graduating students can purchase caps, gowns, tassels and hoods as well as order an-nouncements and class rings. Graduates are eligible to have photos taken in graduation attire and honor students may pick up their honor cords.

Por el Flamenco7:30 p.m. at Kiva Theater.This night of Flamenco will

feature singer Jesus Montoya of Sevilla, guitarist Bobby de Sofia and dancers Savannah Fuentes and Ricardo Chavez. Tickets are available at brown-papertickets.com.

Thursday, Oct. 25Idaho Bach Festival

7:30 - 9 p.m. in the Adminis-tration Building auditorium.

Guest conductor Jeffrey Thomas will feature solo and chamber works of J.S. Bach. for free. Donations are accepted at the door.

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