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Participants such as Travis Kail, a junior philosophy major, held a cardboard sign that read “Ethics not profits.”

Occupy Wall Street is a leaderless effort that appeared on Wall Street in New York City, Sept. 17.

The movement’s goal is to protest corporate greed in today’s democratic republic; more specifically constituency-based lobbying, according to the Occupy Wall Street Movement website.

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Distinguished lecturer captivated Boise State Thursday evening.

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It may be difficult to ignore construction when it is affecting traffic flow, but what students may not know is the recent lane closure by the Brady Parking Garage, the road work on Boise Ave. and the interchange at Capital Blvd. is assisting in bringing geothermal energy to six major buildings on campus.

Boise is home to the largest direct-use geothermal heating system in the U.S. and supplies energy-efficient heat to more than 55 businesses in the downtown core area. There are four geothermal heating district systems in Boise: the city’s, the state’s, the Veterans’ Administration’s and the Boise Warm Springs Water District.

The state of Idaho operates the system that heats the Idaho State Capitol and several other buildings within the Capitol Mall area.

The Veterans’ Administration (VA) provides service to its campus and the Boise Warm Springs Water District provides service to the residential properties in the vicinity of Warm Springs Ave. The pipeline being laid underneath the asphalt around campus will be connected to the existing system using the same natural geothermal water that reaches temperatures upward of 170 degrees pumped from the ground near St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center.

The project will be completed in three phas-

es: the first phase of the project, announced in 2009, will bring geothermal pipeline across the Capital Boulevard bridge and will connect the Morrison Center, the Multi-Purpose Building, the Interactive Learning Center and the Math and Geosciences Building.

The second phase of the project will connect the Administration Building, the Student Union Building and the Center for Environmental Sciences and Economics in summer 2012.

The third and final phase will lay the return pipeline in a yet-to-be determined route back across Broadway Ave. The entire project isn’t scheduled to be completed until 2015.

The city system, previously an open system, discarded wastewater in the Boise River. “(This caused) a significant drop in the (water) levels in the geothermal aquifer, which was a big issue in the mid-1980s and has been reversed with the city injecting some or all of our geothermal water since 1999,” said Kent Johnson, geothermal coordinator for the Public Works Department.

Johnson is referring to a recent upgrade that was completed in January 2006 to the geothermal system in Boise that resulted in a closed system, meaning that 100 percent of the water used is re-injected back into the underground aquifer near Julia Davis Park.

There are major benefits associated with the switch from natural gas to geothermal water. Natural gas, as a fossil fuel, is not a re-

newable resource meaning eventually we will run out.

“The environmental impact of extracting natural gas is causing increasing concern,” said John Gardner, director of the CAES Energy Efficiency Research Institute and professor of mechanical engineering. “The combustion of natural gas releases carbon dioxide and nitrous oxides.”

By utilizing geothermal energy on campus, the university will be reducing its carbon footprint. Utilities on campus are the second largest contributor to the university’s carbon footprint. Daily commuting by students, faculty and staff is the largest contributor, according to Jared Everett, the executive director of Finance, Planning and Real Estate.

In addition, by harnessing natural energy to heat buildings on campus, the university is projected to save 33 percent on heating bills as opposed to natural gas, according to Everett.

Boise State has maintained an ongoing commitment to limit environmental impacts.

“Even though we as humans can still do a lot to reduce our energy use, we’ll always need reliable and preferably clean, sources of energy,” said Kasper Vanwijk, associate professor of geosciences at Boise State.

Geothermal heat is exactly the kind of energy Vanwijk is referring to and it will help to ensure Boise State is doing its part to maintain a responsible relationship with the environment.

‘Moore’ of the same old game Wyatt Martin Sports Editor

Broncos throttle Bulldogs, 57-7 in their fifth victory of the season.

Senior quarterback Kellen Moore and the Boise State offense did what they’ve struggled to do all season Friday night—score on their opening drive.

Moore hooked up with freshman wide receiver Matt Miller on a third down touchdown pass moments after the two had connected on a 48yard screen pass, which moved the Broncos into scoring position.

The Bronco defense was able to

shut out the Bulldogs in the first half by making Fresno State punt on their first five possessions. Boise forced two turnovers off fumbles in the first half, which each led to touchdowns by the Broncos. The first coming off senior safety Cedric Febis’ fumble recovery, which led to an immediate touchdown by junior wide receiver Mitch Burroughs on a reverse.

The second touchdown came from the Broncos after they recovered their second fumble of the half and drove down the field to finish with a Kellen Moore touchdown to sophomore wide receiver Geraldo Bouldewijn, their second TD hookup of the night.

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Patel brings passion to podium Jenn Haskin Journalist

Economist and food activist Raj Patel spoke passionately Thursday night in the Student Union Jordan Ballroom about global food insecurity and why it needs to change.

“I was exposed to extreme poverty in India when I was fairly young and it’s an image that I’ve carried with me,” Patel said.

Patel’s passion resonated with audience members when he spoke of the deep-seeded complexities of world hunger. Presented by the Honors College, Patel drew an estimated 1,100 attendees.

Patel, with his animated presentation style and humorous anecdotes, engaged every person in the room.

“The audience response seemed to be very strong … you could tell the crowd was listening intently to his words,” said Andrew Finstuen, Ph.D., director of the Honors College.

“I enjoyed him immensely because rather than just shooting off a bunch of statistics, numbers and case studies, he used a great deal of humor as well as very up-to-date, prevalent information both in our city, our country and the world,” Ruth Ann Cary, freshman with an undeclared major, said.

Patel, a British-born American academic, received a bachelor’s degree in philosophy, politics and economics from Oxford, his master’s from The London School of Economics and his doctorate in developmental sociology from Cornell University. Patel has worked and lived in South Africa, Zimbabwe and the United States.

His latest book, “The Value of Nothing,” was on the New York Times Best Seller List for February 2010, but Patel is best known for his 2008 book, “Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System.”

“I don’t just care about things happening in Africa, I care about hunger and food insecurity right here in the United States,” Patel said. “I wanted to be able to add my voice to the growing movement of people in this country who are fed up with the fact that there are 50 million Americans who are food insecure.”

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Three women awarded Nobel Peace Prize Two former OSLO, NORWAY —- Three women from Africa and the Middle East were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for “their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights,” according to the Nobel Prize website.

President of Liberia Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, her countrywoman Leymah Gbowee, and

Yemeni human rights leader Tawakul Karman, share the Peace Prize.

“My work is for survival for myself and for other women.

With or without a Nobel, I will still do what I do because I am a symbol of hope in my community on the continent, in a place where there is little to be hopeful for,” Karman said, according

to Reuter’s news agency.

President Johnson-Sirleaf ’s political opponents are not pleased with her receiving the award because her re-election campaign starts soon.

Her main presidential rival, Winston Tubman, called her a warmonger and the award a blatant interference in Liberian internal affairs.

Flooding worst Thailand’s had in decades THAILAND --- Yingluck Shinawatra, prime minister of Thailand, recently announced floodwaters are threatening to swamp the capital city of Bangkok within the next few days as dams are filling to their capacity.

At least 253 people have been killed due to the seasonal monsoon

rains which started July 25 this year, according to the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation.

“The government is just a little more than a month old and it is difficult to cope with this situation because the volume of water is exceptionally high,” Yingluck said to

Bloomberg News Services.

Damages are estimated to already be more than $700 million, as crops are damaged and factories shut down due to supply shortages. Sony, Inc. and Honda are two of many major corporations which have facilities threatened by the flooding.

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undocumented students who have graduated from a state high school and prove that they are working to legalize their immigration status qualify for resident tuition rates. The new bill allows them to apply for state aid as well.

The second half of the bill requires that students meet the same requirements as all other

BOISE —- Liliana Mellor, a Boise State graduate student, has received a fellowship from the National Space Biomedical Research Institute in order to research astronauts and osteoarthritis.

This is the first time a Boise State student has received a research fellowship from National Space Biomedical Research Institute.

“As NASA is planning prolonged space missions such as going to Mars, which is expected to take nine months to reach as opposed to the three-day space flight to the moon, it is important to understand if the human body can withstand such a long exposure to zero-gravity environment,” Mellor said.

Previous research, some of which was conducted at Boise State, suggests that bones suffer from density loss after long exposure to microgravity, but no data or results specific to the degenerative condition, osteoarthritis, has been published.

Professor Julia Oxford, Ph.D., director of Boise State’s Biomolecular Research Center, will be overseeing Mellor’s research. The research center has the equipment necessary for the research Mellor will be conducting.

To find out more about Boise State’s bone density research, conducted by Oxford, see last year’s article “Boise researchers examine bones in microgravity” on The Arbiter’s website.

BOISE —- Pending approval today, construction on the River Recreation Park should begin next week.

This project will revamp the Thurman Mill Diversion with the intention of making it safe for inriver activities.

The site is located near 3400 West Pleasanton Ave., west of downtown Boise between Main

Street and Veteran’s Memorial Park.

Construction is expected to take five months and will close the Greenbelt on the north side of the river from Main St. to the Pleasonton spur and the 36th St. pedestrian bridge.

Signs indicating a pedestrian detour around the construction zone will be posted.

Keep an eye on the Greenbelt may close due to construction by Main St. Jobs Act

Students at Fresno State hold a pro-Dream Act rally in California last year. The Dream Act gives children of undocumented immigrants rights to education.

CALIFORNIA --- The second half of the Dream Act was signed

by Calif. Governor Jerry Brown on Saturday.

The first half of the bill was signed into law in July and approved private scholarships and loans for undocumented applicants.

Currently, the law states that

TIBET --- Two ex-monks set themselves on fire around noon on Friday in protest of the Chinese occupation of Tibet, according to Free Tibet, a London-based organization.

There are conflicting reports as to the men’s identities. According to Free Tibet, they were Choepel and Khayang, 19 and 18 years old, respectively. The Chinese state-run news agency, Xinhua, identifed them as Tenzin, 20, and Thongan, 19.

Xinhua reports they were slightly injured and were being treated.

The two teenagers are former monks at the Kirti Monastery, which has been the site of many protests against the Chinese occupation of Tibet.

applicants for financial aid at state universities. However, it qualifies that they will only receive financial aid consideration after all documented residents’ applications have been processed.

This bill is different from the federal Dream Act, which includes assistance in becoming full citizens.

WASHINGTON, D.C. —The Senate will probably open the floor for voting on the American Jobs Act sometime this week.

After repeated demands by President Obama and unlikely temporary allies in the Republican party, the Jobs Act is expected to be put up for discussion, amendment and vote early this week.

The Jobs Act proposes $447 billion to be spent generating new jobs for the American people. The act was proposed nearly a month ago, but has yet to be voted on.

Recently Republican Senators have demanded that the bill get voted on. This is not a sign of good will toward the president nor is it a sign of their support for the bill.

Instead, the senators wanted to expose divisions in the Democratic party regarding this bill.

As Senator Reid blocked voting on the bill just last week and is now proposing that the bill be voted on immediately, this division has probably changed.

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Plot threatens to blow IKEA’s sales up, literally POLAND —- Police arrested a duo on charges of planting at least eight bombs in IKEA stores throughout Europe in a scheme to hold the stores for ransom.

There had been eight bombs discovered since May in stores located in France, Belgium, Germany, Holland and the Czech Republic. Initially police thought that they were isolated incidents, but it was recently discovered that all the attacks were orchestrated

from Poland. This discovery led to the two men being arrested.

One of the men, identified as “Adam K,” used to work as a manager for several large corporations so he was able to provide inside knowledge. The other man, identified as “Nicholas G,” had a history of drug offenses.

They were planning to demand 6 million Euro, or $8 million, from IKEA corporate with the threat of setting off the bombs.

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One weird way to escape any dreaded feeling Therese Schwenkler Columnist

How do you escape that dreaded feeling—that soul-crushing, heartbreaking, life-ending feeling? What do you do when you’re so sad you can’t speak or so scared you can’t breathe or when you’re hit so hard your head just won’t stop spinning?

People tell you to keep busy. Do this. Do that. Do anything to keep yourself out of that pit. So, you run far and you run hard. You distract yourself with whatever’s at hand and you keep looking outward with all your might. TV, work, food, company, alcohol, the “rebound”— whatever it takes to keep yourself from being alone and from actually feeling that feeling that you’re sure will destroy you.

But after all that work, have you really escaped at all? Are you really any further from that thing you’ve been running from—or is it still staring you straight in the eye, as close to you as your own breath?

Truth be told, there’s only one thing you haven’t yet tried—only one weird way to escape the pain: stop trying to escape it at all.

The irony and the beauty and the tragedy is this: sometimes you can’t escape by running. Sometimes the only way to freedom is in doing what every inch of your screaming body tells you not to do—in letting yourself fall into that gaping void of feeling, if only for a moment.

Sometimes the only way out is also the way in. Sometimes the best way out is through.

And so you sit with that feeling; you let it in. As much as you can bear it, you let it be. For a moment it encompasses you like you feared it would—but still you let it stay, even when every fiber of your being wants to run like hell. You let it sit; you let it marinate within you. You get to know it like an old familiar friend.

And you begin to realize that this feeling is not the only thing that’s here—it’s not the sky and the stars and the blanket of a universe that holds you. No. This feeling is something much smaller than that, it’s just a small house you’ve been living in, one you mistook for the whole world; just a small reality within the reality.

You begin to see that right here, in the very same space as your pain, is something deeper than any sadness and something deeper than any happiness—something much bigger that’s holding it all.

And although the feeling is still there, it becomes smaller, less encompassing, less real. Maybe you even start to realize that it’s not so life-ending, after all.

Irony. Paradox. Call it what you will. Maybe the escape is found in not needing to escape. Maybe freedom isn’t found by running, but by staying right here in the midst of it all. Maybe the moment you realize this, you’ve ironically escaped.

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to representatives than actual voters ever could donate.

To emphasize this, the Occupy Boise participants chanted on the capitol steps, “We are the 99 percent, our voice shall be heard.”

One main idea of the Occupy Wall Street movement is the richest 1 percent of the nation should not influence politics the way the other 99 percent could never afford.

Gelsomino said he disagrees, supporting more laissez faire economics.

“The donators make their own limit; it’s their money and it’s their choice. That is true economic freedom and liberty,” Gelsomino said.

Owners of corporations have the right to support democratic or republican representatives who best align with the companies’ ability to make profits, according to Gelsomino.

Corporate lobbying of congressional representatives doesn’t just happen in Washington, D.C. Constituency-based lobbying has its place in Idaho too, according to Voss who is a senior political science major.

“Even wind and geothermal energy in Idaho is basically being avoided as a policy option, because the amount of money and influence Idaho Power has,” Voss said. “They (Idaho Power) have worked with a number of organizations in Idaho to lobby the legislature to make sure there is no way to incentivize wind or geothermal energy. This way they (Idaho Power) can stay in coalescence with coal and their very lucrative power regime.”

Occupy Wall Street plans on addressing constituency-based lobbying and the movement is growing to more and more cities. For more information about the movement in Boise, visit their page on Facebook.

protests as part of his activism, joked with the audience about becoming a U.S. citizen so he wouldn’t get arrested for protesting.

“We can write to the editor, we can organize our food groups, we can join co-ops, but sometimes you need to put your body on the line,” Patel said.

“People around the country are protesting against a system in which the poorest Americans aren’t getting enough to eat and that seems, to me, absurd! In a country where protest is allowed, although it’s increasingly frowned upon, it’s still something that is possible here and that’s one of the reasons why

I am very happy to be here to share ideas … with you.”

Patel began his speech with the history of the food crises we’re facing and elaborated on a concept introduced by former Director of the United States Agency for International Development William Gaud in 1968: “The Long Green Revolution: A Century of Ideas to Feed the World.”

There are many factors that make up the Green Revolution, but a large part of it focuses on supporting farmers, taking care of the land, distributing hybridized seeds and expanding irrigation structures. Patel is also studying the pesticide and

fertilizer industry.

In Northern Malawi, Africa, there is a project consisting of 5,000 farmers experimenting with sustainable farming, including cross pollination to create variety and year-round ability to grow crops. Patel explained that as a results, farmers have seen a 20 percent increase from fertilizer yields. Patel urged people to talk with one another and rediscover politics.

“Democracy is more than just every four years putting an “X” in the box,” Patel said. “The one thing that we can do to feed the world is to drop the idea that there’s one thing we can do to feed the world.”

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One popular phrasing of our group is ‘We are the 99 percent’ which obviously puts us in opposition to the top 1 percent. (It is) not that we think that the 1 percent does not have a right to participate in politics, but rather they (the 1 percent) do not have a right to dominate politics.

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Constituency-based lobbying is legal in the United States, as defined by the U.S. Supreme Court case Citizen United v.

Federal Election Commission.

On Jan. 10, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled corporations, unions and political action committees (PACS) have no limitations on monies donated toward political causes.

“They (political representatives) are helping themselves out because the banks fund them. It happens all through the government, not just with banks but with the auto and energy industries as well,” Kail said.

Proponents such as Boise State College Republican chairman Domenic Gelsomino believe the Occupy Boise assembly was part of a more socialist movement.

“The majority of things, such as class warfare, economic redistribution, overtaxing people who have worked their entire lives to be successful, I do not believe in that, I do not agree with that,” Gelsomino said.

Democracy Matters President and Occupy Boise protester Guss Voss said it is nothing of the sort.

“One popular phrasing of our group is ‘We are the 99 percent’ which obviously puts us in opposition to the top one percent. (It is) not that we think that the 1 percent does not have a right to participate in politics, but rather they (the 1 percent) do not have a right to dominate politics,” Voss said.

According to Voss, the Occupy Wall Street movement is about ending the 1 percent’s profit gain from lobbying representatives at the detriment of the public.

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Evidence points to Knox’s guilt Ben Mack

Opinion Editor She was painted as a siren who could apparently entice a virtual stranger to commit murder with her hypnotic sexual charms.

Over the past four years, the Italian legal system has served up a steady diet of obscene sensational claims about the American’s “demonic” sex life. A life that allegedly held the key to the brutal 2007 murder of her flatmate, British citizen Meredith Kercher.

It has made Amanda Knox, 24, the most infamous woman on the continent (possibly, the world) and the subject of books, a feature film, television debates and newspaper articles.

But on Oct. 3 the jury decided that the portrayal of “Foxy Knoxy” as a manipulative, malevolent killer was nothing more than a myth—invented and then perpetuated, to distract attention from a seriously flawed police investigation.

Having cleared her of any part in Kercher’s murder, the jury cast Knox and her ex-boyfriend, Italian national Raffaele Sollecito, in the role of victims in a case that destroyed lives on both sides of the Atlantic.

But Knox’s acquittal represents a tragedy of the justice system, eerily reminiscent of the Orlando, Fla. trial that found Casey Anthony not guilty of murdering her daughter Caylee in July.

The acquittal of Amanda Knox is a serious miscarriage of justice.

Closure will be denied for the family of Kercher, and Knox is due for a big payday: according to NPR, she’d already been offered thousands for TV interviews. And, adult film company Vivid Entertainment executive Steve Hirsch offered Knox a position as a “spokesperson” for the company.

But perhaps more disturbing is the precedent this case may set.

Should some people be let off simply because they are “good looking” and the subject of a highprofile, televised trial that morphs into a media frenzy? Of course not.

Simply put, the evidence points to Knox and Sollecito’s guilt. Here’s why: 1. The confession.

Knox confessed that she was in the house on the night of the murder and that she heard Kercher scream, identifying a Congolese bar owner, Patrick Lumumba, as the assailant. She told the court during the trial that the confession was made under duress but then repeated the entire account in a five page memorandum the next morning.

2. The false accusation.

The prosecution said the fact that Knox falsely accused Lumumba of being the killer was a sign of her own guilt and an attempt to throw them off her trail. He was arrested in a dawn raid by armed police and spent two weeks in jail. It was only by chance that a Swiss businessman read about the case and came forward to say he had been talking to Lumumba in his bar on the night of the murder—offering him a rock-solid alibi. Lumumba says Knox nearly ruined his life and is suing her for defamation, according to ABC News.

3. The alibi.

Sollecito could not back up Knox’s alibi for the night of the murder.

She claimed she spent the evening with him, smoking marijuana, watching the French film “Amelie” and having sex. But Sollecito told police he could not remember if Knox was with him that evening.

Even assuming his memory was hazy because of the drugs, it seemed odd that a man who had just embarked on a new relationship could not recall whether or not he had spent the night with his girlfriend.

4. Computer and telephone records.

Sollecito claimed he used his computer to download and watch cartoons and “Amelie.” But computer experts told the court that there was no activity on his laptop between 9:10 p.m. on Nov. 1, and 5:32 a.m. the next morning — the time frame in which the murder took place.

Knox and Sollecito turned off their mobile phones on the night of the murder beginning at around 8:40 p.m. and turned them back on at around 6 a.m., inviting further suspicion from prosecutors.

5. The staged break-in.

A bedroom belonging to one of Kercher’s Italian flatmates was ransacked on the night of the murder, with a window smashed by a rock.

But police said the break-in was staged — broken glass from the window was found on top of clothes scattered on the floor, suggesting the window was broken after the room was messed up. Prosecutors accused Knox and Sollecito of staging the break-in to make the killing look like a burglary that had turned into rape and murder. ___ Knox’s acquittal also does great harm to the image of Americans studying abroad. The stereotype of the “ugly American” exists for a reason: students from the U.S. abroad are sometimes

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Amanda Knox reacts after her conviction is overturned in Perugia, Italy. seen as lazy, self-absorbed, condescending, and more inclined to party than study. Was Knox these things? Not necessarily, but being accused of murder doesn’t help foreign relations.

A dangerous precedent has been set by the Knox case, one that could have lasting repercussions. What will happen the next time an attractive young woman commits a heinous crime?

Perhaps she’ll be acquitted because of the intense media hoopla surrounding her trial portraying

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book, Twitter and websites. The depth of personal feeling for this man, whose personal life was intensely private, is amazing, and the hyperbole about his accomplishments knows no bounds. Historians will need to filter it carefully to capture Jobs’ true genius for posterity.

Many fans, such as film director Albert Brooks, are calling him the Edison of our time. Tech historians would instead bestow that title on perhaps William Shockley or Bob Noyce, inventors of the technology that made what Jobs did possible. Jobs himself was less Thomas Edison than Henry Ford: Looking at the technology, he was able to see its potential for Everyman.

He made complex devices easy and fun to use -- and more and more of them, each more elegant and cool than the last.

Making money is not what drove Jobs. Producing devices that boggled our minds is. His death touched so many because he knew us so well. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do,” he told Stanford University graduates in 2005. Could anyone have loved a job more? Even now it’s hard to recall what a game-changer Jobs’ and his tech wizard pal Steve Wozniak’s original Apple II was when it hit stores in 1977. Before then, only the geekiest of geeks made practical personal use of computers. Time magazine called it the “machine that made the revolution.” Suddenly, the power of computing was accessible to small business owners, teachers and students, moms and dads. It was one of the most life-changing U.S. products since Ford introduced the Model T in 1908.

By 1980, at age 25, Jobs was worth $239 million. He could have quit and enjoyed a life of leisure. But Apple II was just an opening act. He introduced the Mac before being forced out of Apple. Then he went on to Pixar, the creator of the first fully computer-animated film, “Toy Story,” and founded the innovative but less successful NeXT. Returning to Apple, he introduced the iPod, iTunes, iPhone and iPad. Each product on its own would have been an impressive lifetime achievement for a CEO. But Jobs’ quest for more kept pushing him forward. He explained where he found his inspiration as he closed that Stanford address: “When I was young, there was an amazing publication called The Whole Earth Catalog, which was one of the bibles of my generation. When it had run its course, they put out a final issue. It was the mid-1970s, and I was your age. On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous. Beneath it were the words: ‘Stay Hungry.

Stay Foolish.’ It was their farewell message as they signed off. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. And I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you. “Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.”

R.I.P., Steve Jobs, 1955-2011.

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her as simply the victim of bad circumstances.

Rather than celebrate Amanda Knox’s acquittal, people should mourn the condemnation of justice.

Before all the books are written, before the films and made-for-TV specials are produced, and the case is debated for generations from tea houses in Nepal to diners in Iowa, we should remember that the worldwide justice system is the true victim.

In response to your article “Idaho 1 of 3 Campaign Asks Voters to Raise Their Paws for Animal Rights” (6 Oct. 2011), I would like to answer an important question: Why should animals have rights? It has been scientifically proved that all animals feel pain, just as we do. Yet most people are horrified to learn that chickens have their beaks barbarically cut off when they’re only days old, piglets are castrated and have their teeth cut off, and cows are skinned and dismembered, often while still conscious—just so that we can eat their flesh. Cows are also forced to walk miles in all weather conditions without food or water, only to be horrifically slaughtered and skinned so that we can wear expensive jackets. And heartbreakingly, baby elephants are beaten until they’re crippled and bleeding, just so that we can pay to see them stand on their heads. Those are just a few of the standard practices used in today’s industries.

It is no coincidence that actions that will help animals will also, in turn, help humans and our environment. For example, as vegans, we advocate a nonviolent diet that, if followed by every human, would not only save billions of animals from torture and slaughter each year but also save many humans from such meat-related illnesses as heart disease, cancer, and strokes, among others. Furthermore, the elimination of intensive factory farming would save vast amounts of precious fresh water and top soil, resources that we are losing at an alarming rate to nonrenewable activities such as breeding and raising animals for food.

Together, we must reject all oppression, disrespect, violence, and cruelty in order to build a better, more peaceful world. Let us remember that it is the same philosophies and lines of reasoning used to justify human oppression—such as race, money, weakness— that are used to justify cruelty to animals. Whips, chains, bullhooks, cages, and shock prods have no place in the present, just as they had no place in the past. In the words of Martin Luther King Jr., “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” For more information, visit peta2.com, where you can also request a free vegetarian/vegan starter kit.

Amelia Jensen is a College Campaigns Assistant for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).

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ACROSS 1 Cheryl of “Charlie’s Angels” 5 Screwdriver liquor 10 “Logically, then ...”

14 The “height” part of a height phobia 15 Have __ to pick 16 Red Army leader Trotsky 17 Terrified Detroit baseball player?

19 Vietnam neighbor 20 Cuts off 21 Architect I.M. 22 Advantage 23 Very long time 24 Indy 500 entrant 26 Tippler 27 Memo-directing abbr.

29 Actress Sorvino 30 Voice below soprano 32 “Don’t make me laugh!”

33 Embarrassed Carolina football player?

36 Boeing competitor 38 Strolls down to the saloon 39 Depressed Miami football player?

43 Gun, as a V6 44 Ran a tab 45 Mine products 46 Talk like Daffy 47 __ Lanka 48 Went off course, nautically 50 “Little Red Book” writer 51 Prefix with directional 53 “Community” network 54 Sealy alternatives 57 Arp’s art movement 58 Jealous San Francisco baseball player?

60 Take too much of, briefly 61 Me-tooer’s phrase 62 Teen outbreak 63 Noises from ittybitty kitties

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64 Online status update limited to 140 characters 65 ’Vette roof option DOWN 1 Cops enforce them 2 Yen 3 Fast food pickup site 4 Pamper 5 Chocolate factory vessels 6 __-Wan Kenobi 7 Where boxers and pugs play 8 Leg joint protector 9 Cliffside nest 10 Cosmo rival 11 Reprimands 12 Looks that lovers make 13 Beginning 18 Bird by the beach 24 __ Tin Tin 25 Yakked and yakked 27 Starbuck’s captain 28 Like a custom suit 29 Soup with sushi 31 Capt.’s subordinates

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The Boise State chapter of International Justice Mission is presenting “Sex+Money: A National Search for Human Worth.”

This documentary about child trafficking and the ongoing fight to end it, is being shown for free in the Special Events Center at 7 p.m. followed by a panel discussion. For information, call 426.1004.

Joseph Flora, Professor of Southern Culture at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, will be conducting a lecture titled “Surveying Idaho’s Literary Landscape: Seeking the Permanent,” with a special emphasis on Ernest Hemingway’s claim to Idaho and western identity. This free event is taking place at Yanke Family Research Park, 220 E. Parkcenter Blvd Room 207, from 1 p.m.-3 p.m.

Call 426.3041 or email tpenry@boisestate.edu for information.

Psychology Professor David Myers from Hope College in Holland, Mich. will speak as part of the Treasure Valley Psychology Lecture Series. Myers lecture, “A Quiet World: The Psychology of Hearing Loss,” is free and will be held in the Student Union Simplot Ballroom at 6 p.m.

Email elandru@boisestate. edu for information.

Today’s Birthday (10/09/11) .

All you need is love, now and always. Not only in your relationships, but your career as well.

Look with your heart, and go for it. You’re becoming more desirable, and, yes, beauty goes much farther than skin deep.

Aries (March 21-April 19) -Today is an 8 -- Review recent mistakes to learn from them. Find a positive outlet for your desire for justice. A new phase of loving, beautiful purpose rouses your creativity.

33 “I tawt I taw a __ tat!”

34 French friends 35 Letters on reply cards 37 Drone or worker 40 Unsophisticated 41 Come before 42 “If __ only listened!”

46 Rope at a rodeo 47 City destroyed by fire and brimstone

Taurus (April 20-May 20) -Today is a 6 -- Your mind is full of ideas for the future, but you’re also easily distractible. Schedule everything you need to handle, and then give yourself permission to play.

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49 Common teen emotion 50 Ryan of “When Harry Met Sally...”

52 Actors McKellen and Holm 54 Agitated state 55 A.D. part 56 Armstrong’s “small” stride 59 Fair-hiring inits.

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Gemini (May 21-June 21) -Today is a 9 -- Now, and for the next month, focus on having fun at work. Not only does this positively impact your well-being, but your charisma and reputation increase. Why not?

Contact Nick Rolison (President) nickrolison@u.boisestate.edu Davy Karkason (Instructor) davykarkason@u.boisestate.edu

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Cancer ( June 22-July 22) -- Today is a 7 -- You’re entering a new period of indulgence. Be willing to receive love and give it away for an amazing experience that could inspire a page-turner. Give it up so you deserve it in return.

Leo ( July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- You may find it difficult to concentrate on repetitive tasks.

Focus on what excites you. Take care of your nest and make it so that it supports your dreams.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Your capacities to learn and concentrate are keen.

Sign up for a class or a workshop, or get into online research. Write down what you discover and share it.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- New ideas for profit flit around like butterflies. Net the best ones. There’s money coming in for the next month, and your satisfaction increases. Stash some away.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -Today is a 9 -- You’re getting more

charming every day. Love, beauty and creativity abound and inspire your work. Let your artistic juices flow, and create something that delights.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -Today is an 8 -- Beginning workshop tasks and simply cleaning up could lead to new discoveries (and even a hidden treasure). Let your passion power your broom.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -Today is an 8 -- Suddenly, everything starts to make sense. Take advantage of your heightened ability to solve puzzles. A new phase of social fun begins around midnight, when Venus enters Scorpio.

Aquarius ( Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -Today is a 9 -- For the next month, new career possibilities arise. You may need to learn new skills, but you can manage that. Your social network proves very useful.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -Today is an 8 -- A new phase of strong passions begins. Don’t let them walk away with your wallet.

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Freshman Shannon Shueren (13) delivers a header during Saturday’s home game against the Air Force. The Broncos fell to the Falcons with a final score of 1-0 at the BOAS Soccer and Tennis Complex. The women’s soccer team is 5-8-1 this season.

The sun was bright, with not a cloud in the sky, and there was a slight chill in the air as the dew dried. On the freshly cut grass players warmed up, waiting in anticipation for the game to start. The Boise State women’s soccer team took to the pitch in their Mountain West Conference home opener against the United States Air Force Academy on Saturday afternoon losing one nil, dropping (5-8-1) overall and (0-2) in conference play.

The first half belonged to the Air Force Academy.

Senior forward Bridgett Murphy scored the only goal of the game at the 33:29 mark, assisted by sophomore forward Leah Bratt. However, the Broncos turned it around in the second half coming out with heightened intensity and a sense of urgency that could be seen and heard.

“We tried to get forward more often in the second half and kind of go at their back line as much as we could,” junior defender Lauren Hickok said. “We

just needed to keep doing what we were doing. We needed to get more offensive minded. You got to do whatever you can do to put the ball in the goal.”

Freshmen defender Mikhaila Bowden played the entire game and was pleased with her team’s performance.

“On a scale of 1 to 10 (ranking her team’s effort) I would say an eight sometimes, maybe a seven. But pretty high up most of the time,” Bowden said. “When we work, we don’t work for ourselves, we work all together as one so we know we have to work hard for other people as well as ourselves so it pushes us to work harder to get to that 10.”

The Broncos had several shots on goal, but the ball never found its way to the back of the net. Giving credit to the Air Force defense and goal keeper the Broncos showed class, but were ultimately frustrated with the outcome.

“We have to focus on getting the ball in the goal. We did everything we wanted to do but we just got to finish our chances,” Murphy said. “Sometimes you just hit the ball the wrong way, you know? Sometimes you

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“I would say they did a good job keeping us in front of them,” Bowden said. “I think that’s another obstacle we can beat, we just have to work a lot harder.”

Boise State Women’s Soccer Head Coach Steve Lucas sits at 99 career wins and will get his next shot at reaching 100 career victories Friday when the soccer team travels to Las Vegas, Nev. to take on UNLV at 8 p.m.

Quick note: The women’s soccer team raised more than $12,000 for former player Amy Dunn during their exhibition game against Arizona State.

Dunn was diagnosed with stage IV melanoma and is currently undergoing treatment in Arizona. Another fundraiser for Dunn will be held at the Lucky 13 restaurant in Hyde Park on Wednesday, Oct. 19. A silent auction will be held and the public is encouraged to come and join. Anyone interested in helping may contact Libby Johnson at libbyjohnson@ boisestate.edu.

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Playing arguably the best football they’ve played all season, the No. 5 Broncos (5-0, 0-0 in Mountain West Conference) caged the Fresno State Bulldogs (2-4, 1-0 in Western Athletic Conference) 57-7 in their own backyard Friday night. It was evident that the Broncos have cleaned up the little mistakes from last week’s home win against Nevada in their game against Fresno, where the name of the game was consistency (aside from the kicking game). Here are some of the key Broncos who made a heavy impact in the Bronco blowout.

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he 142-yard, two-interception game against the Wolfpack? Completely erased by the senior quarterback against Fresno State, as Moore completed 23 of 31 for 254 yards, throwing three touchdowns and a clean slate on the interceptions mark. The difference: Moore looked more in-sync with his receivers and wasn’t making quick throws out of the pocket. The Boise State offensive line wall allowed Moore to dance in and out of pressurizing situations and tip-toe around the pocket, a key attribute to the Bronco attack. Even though Moore was pulled in the third quarter, No. 11 earned his 43 career win, passing Georgia’s David Greene on the NCAA all-time list, leaving five games needed to pass the University of Texas’ Colt McCoy’s 47 win mark to take the all-time win crown.

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reating commotion from the beginning of the week at the announcement of his reinstatement, the Netherlands native was bound to break through in his first game back as Bronco for the season. And with two touchdown catches in this game Boldewijn has Moore and company excited for the endless possibilities he can bring to the passing game. Boldewijn’s first opportunity was a perfectly thrown endzone ball, but the pass came up short with a dropped ball. However, Boldewijn instantly responded with an impressive red zone, over the shoulder grab for six in the second quarter. Another four yard touchdown grab for Boldewijn later in the second quarter foreshadowed the capabilities the Dutchman has to offer for the rest of the season.

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amed a pre-season starter for nickel on the Boise State defense, White hasn’t seen as much time on the defensive side of the ball since the Bronco defense has been using a five lineman or three corner-back scheme. This scheme eliminates the need for the position, and also means sharing time with sophomore nickel Jonathan Brown. The lack of playing time hasn’t blind-sighted the senior, who is also special teams phenom, in production value. A blocked punt, aided by senior linebacker Byron Hout and a forced fumble by White set up the Broncos in prime field position and proved that the senior nickel is a valuable asset on all ends of the ball.

‘Moore of the same old game [Sports page 1] Bouldewijn, the second member of “The Lost Dutchmen” crew returned Friday night with a stellar performance in his first impression of the 2011 season. He became eligible yesterday after settling an infraction fine and suspension regarding a 1990 Toyota Camry he’d been driving.

Moore was able to shake off a subpar performance against Nevada by completing 23 of 31 passes for 254 yards and three touchdowns. Great

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blocking by Boise’s offensive line gave Moore a comfortable pocket throughout the evening, allowing him to step into throws which turned into completions down field.

The defense flexed their muscles once again, shutting out Fresno through three quarters until a late punt return touchdown in the fourth quarter. Junior cornerback Jamar Taylor showed his shutdown ability for the second game in a row and came up with a turnover of his own, intercepting a third quarter

pass by the Bulldogs’ quaterback, Derek Carr.

Senior running back Doug Martin added another great effort gaining 96 yards on the ground with a touchdown. Senior running back D.J. Harper ran for two touchdowns in his role as backup in the Bronco backfield.

The Broncos will travel to Colorado State next week to face their first Mountain West opponent of the season.

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