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The Arbiter’s Thanksgiving Photo Competition
Posted on November 19, 2009 by Arbiter Staff
Tags: • 11/19/09, Photo Competition, Thanksgiving BreakThe Arbiter will be hosting a photography contest beginning Friday, November 20th, and concludes on Saturday, November 28th. Participants may either submit a cell phone picture to be judged within the “Best Cell Phone Pic” category, or to the “Best Fall Photo” category. Participants should submit photos that are free of profanity or explicit images, as all [...]Posted in Arts • Culture • Multimedia
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Podcast: The Pulse endures powerful Portland downpour for ‘Garage Fest’
Posted on November 18, 2009 by Courtesy
Tags: • 11/18/09, Podcast, Scion Garage Fest, The PulseListen to The Pulse's Dustin Verburg weave you through the events of Scion Garage Fest, a free music festival filled with garage and punk bands from around the country.Posted in Culture • Podcast
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A trip through the Hajj: Islamic awareness week celebrated
Posted on November 18, 2009 by Tony Rogers
Tags: • 11/17/09, Islamic AwarenessIslam Awareness Week kicked off Monday, Nov. 16 in the SUB with a presentation and fair involving many aspects of Islam.Posted in Culture
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Art Department shines off best work for accreditation evaluation
Posted on November 18, 2009 by Evan Westerfield
Tags: • 11/18/09, accredidation, Art, NASADThe Art Department is getting evaluated for accreditation this week. Side effect: Better quality art on campus.Posted in Culture
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‘Shadows of Tehri’ details demolition of ‘drowned’ Indian city
Posted on November 18, 2009 by Zach Ganschow
Tags: • 11/18/09, Shadows of Tehri, VACOn Monday night, the Visual Arts Collective hosted the showing of the film "Shadows of Tehri." Anirban Dutta, a media educator, social activist and photographer based in Dehli, India, directed the film.Posted in Culture
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Lawyer, author promotes Native American culture change
Posted on November 18, 2009 by J. Freeman DeJongh
Tags: • 11/18/09, Activist, Gyasi Ross, Native American CultureTuesday evening in the Hatch room of the SUB, the Intertribal Native Council (INC), MLK Human Rights Committee and Political Science Association brought Gyasi Ross to speak in celebration of National American Indian Heritage Month.Posted in Culture
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‘Ignite Boise’ barbecues a rivalry, lights up design
Posted on November 15, 2009 by Andrew Ford
Tags: • 11/15/09, Boise Events, Ignite Boise, TechnologyWhat happens when artists, geeks and entrepreneurs are all put in the same room with just five minutes to spread their ideas on anything from barbecue sauce to attention deficit disorder?Posted in Culture
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Notes from ‘The Stratosphere’
Posted on November 15, 2009 by J. Freeman DeJongh
Tags: • 11/15/09, A Novel Adventure, poetry, Poetry ReadinsArbiter journalist Jacob Dejongh attended and performed at his first poetry reading Friday night at A Novel Adventure downtown. Here's his story.Posted in Culture
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English Majors’ Association readings showcase talent; promote community
Posted on November 15, 2009 by Jennifer Spencer
Tags: • 11/15/09, A Novel Adventure, Bookstore, EMA, English Majors AssociationEnglish Majors' Association readings provide the chance for writers of all backgrounds to the share their work.Posted in Culture
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10 anticipated movies: Mayhem, a musical and a bit of mirth
Posted on November 15, 2009 by Courtesy
Tags: • 11/15/09, MoviesHuman endurance has long been the movies' supreme subject. Already, with the release of the wrenching new feature "Precious," we have traveled to hell and back with a 16-year-old incest survivor.Posted in Culture