MemorialDayweekendisaroundthecorner,whichkicksoff Idaho’scampingsea-

son.Mild, sunnyspringweatherhasbeenfriendlytothosewithtentsandtrailersand

backpackssofar,butwegiveyoulotsof informationyouneedbeforeheadingfor the

hillsor the lakes.

OutdoorswriterPeteZimowskyhasreturnedtosharehis favoritecampingplaces,

andwegiveyouinformationaboutmanymorecampgroundsandcabins,andwhat’s

openandclosedforMemorialDayweekend.

Youalsowill finddetailsoncampinggear,andRogerPhillips tellsyouwheretofish.

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Thenit’swestover theoldrailroadbridgeonthe“bikecon-nector”anduphill towardtheBench,wheretheseold legshavetopumpabit, ziggingover toIrvingandzaggingtothebrinkofCurtisRoadandtheIdahoStates-man.Fivemilesandchange.

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ThoughI thought theywereslightlyoffbecauseof thisdailydedication, Iadmiredtheir tenac-ityandorganizationalskills.Eachhadawardrobeof“work”clothesstashedat theSacramentoBee.Theynevermissedamorningmeetingandnevercomplainedabout longridesamidraindrops. Ilivedabout25milesawayfromtheBeeandnever triedtoride in,except foroneexperimentwhenIdidacombobike/lightrail traintrip.

Itwasn’tuntil ImovedtoIdahoin2013 that Iacceptedmyland-lord’s invitationtouseoneofhisbikesandcycle in fromHydeParkonBiketoWorkDaythatyear. Ilovedit, eventhoughI tookawrongturn intoKathrynAlbert-sonParkanddid loopsuntil Ifoundmywaybackoutof thatmagicalcinnamonrollmaze.

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WASHINGTON — The dayswhen a former president and hiswife could step off theworld stageandretreatintoprivatelifearelonggone. Like their recent predeces-sors, Barack and Michelle Obamaare quietly devoting some of theirfinalmonthsintheWhiteHousetolaying the groundwork for a verybusy lifeafter it.

On Tuesday, the president’sfoundation announcedChicago asthe location of the Barack ObamaPresidentialLibrary.Andthepresi-dentandfirst ladyhavestartedgiv-ing some hints of their plans fol-

lowingthenextpresident’sinaugu-rationonJan.20,2017.

“I’ll go back to doing the kinds ofwork that Iwasdoingbefore—justtrying to find ways to help people,help young people get educations,help people get jobs, help bringbusinesses intoneighborhoodsthatdon’t have enough businesses,”Obamarecentlytoldagroupofmid-dleschoolstudents.“That’sthekindofworkthat I really lovetodo.”

Chicago, where Michelle Oba-magrewupandherhusbandbeganhis political career, is where hispresidential foundation is alreadybased.ButunlikeHarryS.Trumanreturning to Independence, Mo.,theObamashavesaid theymayre-main in Washington until theiryounger daughter, Sasha, com-pleteshighschool.Associateshavesuggestedthat the firstcouplemaymake a more permanent home in

NewYork.The president recently an-

nouncedthatMyBrother’sKeeper,the White House program he es-tablishedtohelpyoungmenofcol-or, will form an independent non-profit organization that will raisemoney from corporations. Mi-chelle Obama’s Let’s Move cam-paign is already affiliated with anonprofit independent of theWhite House. The president andfirst lady also recently launched aprogram to boost girls’ educationaround the world, in partnershipwith the StateDepartment and thegovernmentof Japan.Anyof thoseprograms could be part of theirpost-WhiteHousework.

While taping an interview withDavidLettermanlastweek,Obamatold the talk-show host that he

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President Barack Obama, shown here departing after speaking atGeorgetown University on May 12, has said he does not plan to takemuch of a break after leaving office.

What kind of ex-president will Barack Obama be?His coming free-form careeris expected to be very public,very active and—due to hisrelative youth— very long.

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The home page of Yik Yak, anapp named after the ’50s noveltysong“YaketyYak,”featuresacutecartoonyakandasamplingofwit-tyobservations fromuniversitiesacross thecountry.

FromPrinceton:“It’sbeen ‘oneof those days,’ for like, 3 yearsnow.”

From Georgia State: “I had adreamthatIoversleptandmissedmy 8 a.m. Sometimes dreams docometrue.”

From New York University:“Thebaristajustservedmecoffeeandcalledme ‘my love.’Tookmefour4monthstocallmygirlfriendthat ... it only took you 2minutesand$2.26.”

But in practice, say studentsandofficialsatTheCollegeofIda-ho in Caldwell, Yik Yak is any-thing but cute and witty. Its ano-nymous comments are crass andabusive, theysay.

YikYak, a free app launched in2013, uses GPS to determine aposter’s location, then groupsposts together based on geogra-phytocreateananonymous,hyp-er-localchatroom.Anyoneinsidethat virtual room can post andread others’ posts. The app pre-

sumesthatusersare18orolder,orat least 17 with parental permis-sion. Yik Yak’s terms of use statethat users will not use the app to“abuse, harass, stalk, threaten”andmore.Theappalsohasaself-policing feature that lets readersvotepostsdown.

Those safeguards have notstemmed negative commentary.Over the past school year, thecampussafetyofficeatCollegeofIdahohas received seven reportsfromstudentswhofeltpersonallythreatened by posts on Yik Yak,leaderssay.

Amid those and other poststhat President Marv Henbergcalled racist, misogynistic or“profane attacks on individuals,”theStudentSenatepassedareso-lution this spring to make theschoolaYikYak-freezone.

Henberg said the app under-mines the college’s sense of com-munityandgoesagainst itshonorcode.

“If someone puts a racist epi-thet on a Latino’s door, or a blackperson’sdoor,there’satleastapo-tential evidence thread that can

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College of Idaho seeksban of social app Yik Yak

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Matt Vraspir, left, a College of Idaho student senator, brought the anti-Yik Yak resolution to the Student Senate, which is chaired by PresidentMiguel Robles Tapia, center. Vraspir was concerned by the slurs some students were posting, as well as people off campus using the site tofind out about parties and other student-centric events. They’re joined here by student Marina Rossman.

The anonymous chat site is a font ofracist, sexist comments that damagemorale, student and school leaders say

Yik Yak pro-motes itself as aplace wherepeople sharecute and funnyobservations,but student anduniversity offi-cials at Collegeof Idaho say it’sa venue forposters who useits anonymity tomake hatefuland hurtfulcomments.

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Other colleges have raised concerns over Yik Yak oncampus:

➤ UticaCollege inNewYork blocked the app from itswireless networks last year.

➤ Bomb threats and racist posts prompted students atSan Jose State and theUniversity ofNorthCarolina to askfor a ban.

➤ AtKenyonCollege inOhio, anonymous posters usedYik Yak to threatenwomenwho lived andworked at thecampuswomen’s center.

➤ ColgateUniversity inNewYork took another tack tofight Yik Yak. After a flood of hatemessages, professorslaunched an initiative to fill the local Yik Yak feedwithpositive, anti-bigotrymessages.

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beinvestigated,”hesaid.“NotwithYikYak.”

Collegeof Idahoisn’talone in itsanti-Yakstance. IfyouGoogle“YikYak”and“controversy,”you’ll turnup scores of articles around thecountry. A recent article in TheWashingtonPost noted the case ofastudentat theUniversityofMaryWashington in Virginia who wasmurderedby a roommate. Shehadbeen threatened with rape on YikYak before her death, thoughthere’s no clear linkbetween thosethreatsandherdeath.

InMarch,Collegeof Idaho lead-ers asked theappmaker to install a“geo-fence” to disable the app oncampus.YikYakoffers that serviceonitswebsitewiththiscaveat:“Asknicely and we’ll build it for you.”Theappmakershaveinstalledgeo-fences around high schools andmiddle schools in response to bul-lying.

Yik Yak, which has 1 milliondownloads and recently won theFastestRisingStartupAwardatthe8th Annual TechCrunch Crun-chies event, joining the likes ofSnapchatandUpworthy,hasyet torespond to the Caldwell college’srequest, saidHenberg. The States-manwas not able to reachYik Yakofficials forcomment.

MAKINGASTATEMENT

Student Sen. Matt Vraspir pro-posed the anti-Yik Yak resolutionafter speaking with campus coun-selors and learning of the studentreports tothecampussafetyoffice.

“Thereareafewpeopleineverycommunitywhowill dowhat theycantoharmotherstudents,evenatTheCollegeofIdaho”saidVraspir,a political economics major fromBoise. “So we did what many col-legeshavedone:WegottogethertomakeastatementagainstYikYak.”

Vraspir has been the brunt ofpersonal insults through the app.While people posting “yaks” canpostanonymously,theycanuseini-tials toidentifythesubjectsoftheirposts. Posters have been critical ofVraspir’s actions in student gov-ernment, comparing him unfavor-ably to the duplicitous characterknown as the Governor on “TheWalkingDead.”

“Idon’t letmyselfgetbothered,”saidVraspir, “but I know that if it’shappening tome, it’s happening tootherstudents.”

Student President Miguel Ro-bles Tapia, a Caldwell native ma-joring in art and theater, has notbeen personally attacked on YikYak, but he’s read ugly posts. Hevotedfor theresolution.

Some Yik Yak posts have beenpositive,hesaid, like thoseencour-aging school spirit. The app’s cre-ators, two former students at Fur-manUniversity in SouthCarolina,and fans of the app have said thatYik Yak has been a force for good,raising donations during blooddrivesorputtingouttherequestforaid during emergencies. In one in-

stance at the University of Michi-gan, an anonymous suicide noteposted on Yik Yak caused a cam-puswide discussion on mentalhealth.

“But the negativity tends toovershadow things,” said Tapia,whodoesacknowledgethatpeopleintentonspreadingcriticismanon-ymously can always find a way todoit.

A couple years ago, an anony-mous “Yotes Confessional” Face-book page had some similar con-tent, said Tapia. College stafferswere able to have the page re-movedbecauseofitsunauthorizeduseofthecollegename.YikYakhasproved more elusive. And, in anycase, a request for a geo-fencewould be largely symbolic sincestudents and anyone else in thecommunity would be free to usetheappoutsidethefence.

“It’s not a solution, because wecan’t police the community ofCaldwell,” said Henberg, “but atleastwewant tomake this gesturefor thecampus.”

IfYikYakcontinuestoignorethecollege’s request for a geo-fence,the college’s IT department willban the app on the college’s wire-less network, said college spokes-manJordanRodriguez.

Besides the Statesman, report-ers for other newspapers and TVnetworks have reported not beingsuccessful in reaching Yik Yak forcomment.

CAMPUSCENSORSHIP

TheCollege of Idaho’s attemptsto rid its campus of Yik Yak hasraised questions from studentswhodefended anonymity and freespeech. After the Student Senatepassed the resolution against YikYak, students took to the app tosharetheirdispleasure, saidTapia.

“They asked why everyoneshouldlosetheservicebecauseofafewbadcases,”hesaid.

Tapia, Vraspir and Henberg areunited in their belief that crackingdown on Yik Yak doesn’t impingeonfreespeech.

“If you’rewilling to harass, libeland spread rumors, then youshould be on a soap box so every-onecanseeyoudoit,” saidVraspir.

Henberg said he thought “longand hard” before making the casefor the anti-Yik Yak resolution tothecollegeboardof trustees.

“Free speech, at least in the aca-demiccontext, requires fulldebateand the ownership of one’s opin-ions. You have to know the sourcebefore you can have free and opendebate,”hesaid.

The only instance on campus inwhichanonymityisacceptableisincases of whistleblowing wheresomeone fears retaliation for re-porting bad behavior, Henbergsaid.

“This is anything but an attackon free speech,” he said. “It’s a de-fenseof freespeech.”

Leo Morales, acting executivedirectoroftheACLUofIdaho,saidhe’s not taking a position on YikYak, but he’s keeping an eye onquestionsthatarise fromitsuse.

“What’s at stake here is thebroader principle of expression.Even if it’s at a private institutionlikeTheCollegeof Idaho, themes-sagethebanonYikYaksendscouldbeconcerning,particularlyatauni-versity where expression shouldbe protected and supported,” saidMorales.

Rather than banning an app, hesaid,theremaybewaystodealwiththecausesofharassmentandbully-ingatcollegesanduniversities“atadeeper level.”

Yik Yak has not become aproblem at Boise State, a spokes-woman said, though a 2014 articlein the campus paper The Arbiternotedanincrease inYikYakuse.

Theappalsohasnotcausedcon-cerns atCollege ofWestern Idaho,said a spokesman. Officials at theUniversityofIdahoandNorthwestNazarene University were notavailable forcomment.

The College of Idaho might be“the canary in the coal mine,” saidHenberg, “because we’re a close-knitcommunity.”

AnnaWebb:377-6431;

Twitter:@IDS_AnnaWebb

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KYLE GREEN / Idaho Statesman

Student President Miguel Robles Tapia, right, backed Student SenatorMatt Vraspir’s move to rid the campus of Yik Yak. Here they walk withfreshman. Other colleges across the U.S. have taken similar action. ANNAWEBB

Anna, a Boise native, is theBoise communi-ties reporter. Sheand other States-man reportershonor the tradi-tion of puttingtheir names on

thematerial theywrite.