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1/19/2015 The Argonaut – Concealed distractions

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Concealed distractionsLess than a week after shooting fatalities occurred on the campuses of South Carolina State

University and Purdue University, a bill is being reintroduced to the Idaho State Legislature that would make Idaho the seventh state to allow gunsonto college campuses. The bill, proposed to the Senate Affairs Committee Monday in Boise, would permit retired law enforcement officers and

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adults 21 years of age or older with an Idaho enhanced concealed carry license to possess a firearm on campus.

In 21 states, concealed carry on college campuses is banned. In 23 states, including Idaho, the institutions decide whether or not to allow it.

Allowing such a motion wouldn’t necessarily lead to an increase in campus shootings or violence, however allowing firearms on campus would bean unnecessary and dangerous distraction to the general student body.

Some students have grown up around guns and such a bill would be an afterthought to those who are around them on a daily basis. Yet for many,it’s a foreign concept — and for that matter, a dangerous one.

There appears to be a hint of logic within an otherwise preposterous suggestion. Concealed carry would be banned in “high-capacityfacilities.” What exactly is deemed a high-capacity facility has yet to be determined, though entertainment venues such as athletic facilities orconcert halls would count under the current proposal.

Those who possess the required license have gone through intensive training and, more than likely, have developed a level of responsibility.

That being said, it only takes a single mistake to spur national news — something the nation has become accustomed to in the wake of last week’sshootings.

It has yet to be determined whether or not the bill would apply to Greek houses, where the combination of “beer culture” and guns could wreakhavoc.

“All I see is bullets zinging around. I would certainly hate to get a phone call that there had been a party, and there had been a shooting,” Rep.Shirley Ringo, D-Moscow said Monday.

Granted, that’d be the worst-case scenario.

The state must acknowledge that this bill will make a large amount of students uncomfortable, students who shouldn’t have to have concerns overtheir safety while pursuing an education.

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1/19/2015 The Argonaut – Abiding administrator bids farewell – Pitman’s commitment to UI will be missed

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Abiding administrator bids farewell – Pitman’s commitment to UI will be missedLongevity is not often a term associated with University of Idaho administrators, faculty

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In an era when such people are often caught fleeing UI for greener pastures, there is a lack of continuity at this university. This has not alwaysbeen the case and last week, it was announced that one of UI’s most tenured administrators will step down from his post in the fall.

UI Dean of Students Bruce Pitman has certainly been the exception to the trend of disappearing staff and administrators. Forty years after he beganhis career at UI, Pitman made the inevitable decision that the entire campus community, both past and present, hoped would never come.

Pitman, without doubt, has been a model administrator at this university for a number of reasons — primarily his dedication to the institutionitself, and more importantly, the student body.

While one cannot blame those who have departed UI for better opportunities — whether that be financially or to take the next step in their career— there’s something to be said for longevity.

Pitman told The Argonaut Monday that, “it’s better to leave when people are encouraging you to stay, rather than wait until they are wishing you’dgo.”

Pitman accepted the Greek adviser position at UI in 1973. Throughout the years, he’s done everything from help the university through times ofcrisis, to greeting UI’s graduating seniors on Commencement Day.

The Dean of Students is also responsible for helping students through tragedy and loss. With the dedication and kind demeanor Pitman brought tohis position, such things aren’t necessarily responsibilities, rather opportunities to share his compassion and provide students with genuine care.

Pitman has a genuine love for all students and the university community in general. He is leaving behind a set of shoes that will be impossible tofill.

As Pitman departs, he leaves a legacy of inclusion, communication and dedication. That legacy will live in the halls of UI and in the memories ofstudents, faculty and alumni for years to come.

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1/19/2015 The Argonaut – Tuition paradox – Tuition increases necessary for UI to function, state should fund higher education

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Tuition paradox – Tuition increases necessary for UI to function, state should fund highereducation

Steep tuition increases have become the modus operandi for higher education. That themehas held true at the University of Idaho for the past decade, where students have seen year after year tuition increases that exceed 5 percent.


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UI administration announced Wednesday they will ask for a 4.7 percent increase in tuition and fees from the State Board of Education in April, thelowest tuition and fee increase request in a decade.

Though this kind of increase would up the ante for undergraduate students paying to attend UI — a $308 raise for in-state students and $714 raisefor out-of-state undergrads — the raise is a necessary one.

The 4.7 percent proposed increase is lower than previous years, which comes as a slight relief to in-debt students after years of rising educationcosts.

“Over the past 10 years (tuition and fees) almost doubled, and that’s an unfortunate reality of higher education across the nation,” ASUI PresidentMax Cowan said.

We can hope this lower percentage will serve as a precedent in years to come and does not end up as an anomaly. But the harsh reality is that anyincrease is an unwelcome one for students.

UI is in desperate need of these tuition and fee raises every bit as much as the next university. Sure, the additional dollars will be spent well, butit’s unfortunate that students are responsible for picking up the tab.

The state has failed to fund UI appropriately and only provides 50 percent of our general education budget. Compare that to 2001, when 71 percentof the funding came from the state.

The student body is left to fork over the difference, forcing many students to take out loans at higher rates than ever before.

The university’s undergraduate population has good reason to weep at the sight of another increase, though it can also sigh in relief knowing thecurrent quality of education at UI will continue and that these proposals are the result of thorough studies conducted by student leadership andadministrators who recognize where UI needs financial support.

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