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Editor’s note

Evolving with social meda: Our new digital voice Justin Kirkham Editor-in-Chief

As we refocus and reassert our presence online, it is important for The Arbiter’s editorial staff to be as intrinsically involved in the paper’s various discussion platforms as possible. With a pretty evident and heavy hand in print and web content, we decided it was important for the editorial staff to be a stronger force in another interaction and engagement platform: social media.

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are connecting with The Arbiter’s content in their daily web life than ever before, and with this heightened interaction, it’s time for our social media platforms to channel an editorial voice.

This week, The Arbiter will shift the responsibilities of social media management from our marketing team to our copy editing staff.

As editors who are familiar with every piece of content that populates the print edition of the paper and the website, they are well-equipped to post consistent content and highlight what the staff members at The Arbiter are work-

ing on.

This is a three-way win of sorts. Our marketing team will now have more time to devote to analytics and event planning, further helping us engage with our campus audience and encourage you readers to stay involved with Student Media in general. In addition, our copy editors will be able to better focus our social media posts to facilitate that engagement.

Lastly, this change is ultimately benefitting our readership. If you follow The Arbiter on social media—like our Facebook page, follow us on Twitter, follow us on Insta-

gram and eventually add us on our new Snapchat account— you will have access to breaking news updates, consistent updates for every piece of content highlighted in our print issue each week and a better look at what Student Media and The Arbiter are all about.

Social media is a huge part of our changing communication and technology culture.

By better tapping into it and finding new ways to connect with all of you, we will be able to formulate a strong, entertaining and authoritative personality for everyone to stay connected and up to date with.

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NEWS Shelly Bohorquez Asst. News Editor

It’s been almost a month since the nation faced another mass campus shooting.

Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon suffered a mass murder on Oct. 1 that left 10 dead and seven injured, making it the third largest campus shooting after Virginia Tech and University of Texas.

Oregon is one of eight states who permit concealed weapons on campus. Idaho became one of these eight states last April, after the state legislature passed a bill allowing concealed carry on college campuses.

On Wednesday, Oct. 28, the Martin Luther King Jr. Living Legacy Committee at Boise State will be hosting a round table discussion in the Bishop Barnwell Room of the Student Union Building, to provide a place for students to talk about what happened. They plan to ask a series of questions that will provoke thoughts and an exchange of ideas.

“How would you feel if a mass shooting happened on our campus—how would you react?” said Milaun Danclar, chair of the MLK Living Legacy Committee. “That (question) is just to put it in perspective. This could happen to us.”

Gun culture and the prospect of gun control tend to go hand in hand in media discussions of gun-related violence and tragedies.

However, the MLK Living Legacy Committee is hoping to aim the conversation more specifically toward gun culture and the representation of guns in popular media “I’m sure things like gun control will come up in a dis-

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cussion like that, which is okay.

That’s not necessarily the direction we’re throwing it,” Danclar said. “More so gun violence and how do we stop that as being the first defense instead of trying to mediate. Violence shouldn’t be the answer period, but guns shouldn’t be the first answer.”

Danclar said she has never felt safe around guns. However, people like Phillip Harding, regional director of Students for Concealed Carry, never go anywhere without their gun due to the prospect of danger.

“Humans are inherently violent,” Harding said. “It’s really unfortunate about our character as people.”

According to Harding, guns are not the problem, rather people are. Harding explained gun owners have a responsibility to not let their firearms end up in the wrong hands.

“There’s a large proportion of the gun community who is very intolerant of negligence regarding firearms, and I think that’s actually very important to support,” Harding said.

“When we allow people to leave guns unlocked and we get situations where children can get to them, or folks who are inept can get to them, and they cause a tragedy, that’s something that is my responsibility as a gun owner.”

Harding explained while gun distributors should not be held accountable for tragedies in which they provided the guns used, distributors should use their intuition when selling weapons and avoid selling to questionable people.

“Just because someone has the right to own a firearm doesn’t mean I have to sell it to them. It’s important for

distributors to recognize that,” Harding said.

Harding believes there are ways to decrease campus violence that don’t include prohibiting guns.

“I’ve always been a fan of dry campus,” Harding said. “A learning institution is no place for parties or binge drinking.

A learning institution is for learning. (Alcohol) is one of the main causes for accidental violence.”

The silence at Boise State and lack of address to the shooting prompted the MLK Living Legacy Committee to host this discussion.

“I noticed a lot of my teachers hadn’t said anything about it. The university hadn’t said anything,” Danclar said.

With the proximity of the shooting, Danclar felt the shooting should have been addressed.

“I was a little upset no one had said anything. A lot of our students were personally affected by this. Something should have been said,” Danclar said. “We wanted to show we are in solidarity with (Umpqua), so we plan to wear their school colors and take a large photo to send to them as our condolences.”

Danclar explained when a calamity occurs, it is necessary for people to come together to explore the results of the event, prospective ways to decrease harm and to allow the sentiments of those who were directly affected to resonate among others.

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere,” Danclar said, reciting one of Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous quotes. “We want to touch on that to foster that we should care even more.”

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NEWS

Tri Delta Sorority promotes body positivity Staff Writer

Imagine walking along the streets of the Capital City Public Market and seeing a woman standing in a black bikini, blindfold on and arms held out with pens in hand.

She has a sign at her feet that reads, “I’m standing for anyone who has struggled with a self-esteem issue like me, because all bodies are valuable.

To support self-acceptance, draw a heart on my body.”

After shedding her clothes at the Capital City Public Market to help spread body positivity, Amy Pence-Brown, performing artist and fat activist, was invited to speak as part of Tri Delta’s first annual Tri Love Week.

“I feel super proud of this project and I could never have anticipated that it would have such an impact,” Pence-Brown said.

On Oct. 21, music played in the background as the Simplot Ballroom filled with sorority sisters, students, community members and a few fraternity brothers waiting to hear Pence-Brown speak.

A banner hung on stage, covered in painted handprints that had been made by people who pledged to love themselves.

The audience quieted as Olivia DeGiulio, body image coordinator for Tri Delta and junior nursing major, began to explain the concept of Tri Love Week and showed a video Tri Delta had made about self-love.

“Tri Love Week is basically a week of self-acceptance. The whole week represents just us doing a movement,” DeGiulio said. “It’s all about awareness.

We aren’t funding for anything. It’s just getting the word

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out there that it’s important to love yourself.”

DeGiulio then introduced Pence-Brown, who took the stage and started her speech by showing the video of her original street performance, from Aug. 29.

“In a society that profits from your self-doubt, liking yourself is a rebellious act,” said the video as it closed, bringing tears from the audience.

This type of ideology is what Idaho native PenceBrown is out to change. Having struggled with weight fluctuations from a young age, Pence-Brown is determined to improve the way people see themselves and others.

“You cannot fully love others until you love yourself,” Pence-Brown said.

Pence-Brown has been part of the body positive movement for six years, and started the Boise Rad Fat Collective in 2013.

The BRFC began as a Facebook group for people whose goal was to promote body positivity, and to share thoughts on how people can be happy and healthy at any size. This group now makes an effort to meet in person and host body positive events.

As a mother of two daughters who are seven and eleven years-old, and a one and a half year-old son, it is important to Pence-Brown to raise them in an accepting environment. “(My kids) are super proud and super excited for the message because it’s nothing but positivity and they’ve gotten nothing but great feedback.

They’re like little mini-celebrities at their school,” PenceBrown said.

Megan Felter, Tri Delta sister and sophomore sociology major, agrees that children should be introduced to the

idea of self-love.

“I have a lot of younger cousins that are girls and they look at the magazines, and I know one of them just started dieting,” Felter said. “That’s kind of when it hit me and that’s when I was like, ‘Oh, my gosh! You don’t need to change!’ because she’s like eight (years old).”

Felter said that she herself started dieting at 12 years old, but has since gained more selfconfidence.

“I just decided that I should love myself instead of trying to change myself, because I’m always going to have just one body,” Felter said.

Pence-Brown’s project was developed with people like Felter in mind. It was not a last-minute decision for Pence-Brown to perform, but rather years as an activist and being inspired by others, such as The Liberators International in Australia.

The woman who performed in a similar manner in Australia, Jae West, has a body type that is “socially acceptable,” which made Pence-Brown wonder how the performance would be received if done by a mom, someone who was fat and in a less progressive city.

The morning Pence-Brown scheduled to make her appearance, she was very nervous, but knew that she would go through with the performance.

Pence-Brown often thinks back to that morning and the goal she had set.

“If five people draw a heart (on me), then this has been a success. I’ve touched five people’s lives and made them think about self-love,” PenceBrown said.

Within the first 10 seconds of Pence-Brown’s project, a woman came up and told her how brave and powerful she was, then proceeded to draw a

heart and write positive words on Pence-Brown’s body.

Many other people came up to Pence-Brown within the 50-minute period, to tell her how amazing her performance was and how they could relate to her message of struggling with accepting their bodies.

“This is what a beautiful woman looks like,” said a father, who came up to PenceBrown with his two sons and explained the message to them Another came up to her and said, “The power of this moment will go on in ways you never thought possible.”

After the washable markers started to run out of ink, and Pence-Brown was completely covered in writing, she took off her blindfold and took in the crowd surrounding her.

She then went home, where she had her husband read off all of the lovely messages on her body, leaving them both in tears.

Since the event, which took place at the end of August, Pence-Brown has received millions of views on the video of her performance, as well as countless interviews and appearance invitiations. “(Her stardom) happened so quickly. But, again, it couldn’t be for a better cause.

Like if I had to be famous for anything, I could never have picked a more perfect, beautiful thing to be famous for,” Pence-Brown said.

As for future projects, Pence-Brown is scheduled to present at TedxBoise on Jan. 23. She was also appointed the celebrity bell ringer at the Capital City Public Market on Sat, Oct. 24. This woman isn’t stopping her self-love movement any time soon.

“There’s no wrong way to have a body,” Pence-Brown said.

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NEWS

Boise State students run in local Nov. elections Staff Writer

Junior Seth Holden, a technical communication major, and senior Adriel Martinez, a political science major, are both running for office in the municipal elections on Nov. 3.

Holden is running for mayor, while Martinez is running for city council.

Both candidates are passionate about the issues of homelessness, addressing the lack of representation in city legislatures and having young people active in government.

They feel students can make a big difference even without having experience in politics.

“A lot of people don’t vote in the city election, so I’m trying to change that. More people should vote, because the city of Boise, as good as it is, it’s not getting any better than it was,” Martinez said.

Youth in office

Both candidates feel their youth would be an advantage in office, rather than a disadvantage.

“I can offer a lot for the city of Boise. (I am) part of a more progressive generation,” Martinez said. “I can represent a large number of people who are underrepresented.”

Holden believes he can make a difference by offering the city of Boise a new set of ideas. He thinks representing all the demographics in the city will offer more diversity in programs the city passes through legislation.

“New blood is always a good thing,” Holden said.

In regards to each candidate’s individual campaign, Martinez is very passionate on veterans’ issues, restruc-

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turing the city council and affordable housing in Boise.

Homelessness in Boise

“(City council) is not handling (the homeless population) well. They keep sweeping it to the side,” Martinez said. “And this is a problem because homeless people are still United States citizens and they are owed the same respect as anybody else under the Constitution.”

Martinez said the Boise ‘Anti-Camping’ Ordinance of 2009 is a discriminatory act because the homeless populations have nowhere to go and need a place to sleep.

According to Holden, the city’s plan for a homeless shelter is a good short-term solution but will not solve the problem long term.

“I think there is a better way of approaching the situation. (There is a) better way of helping the people in that situation become contributing members of society again,” Holden said.

Holden noted the increasing consequences of the homeless population in Boise—a tent city near River Street and Americana Boulevard.

Martinez’s viewpoint

Martinez, who served in the U.S. Army from 2009-2013, which included a one-year deployment in Afghanistan, felt the city’s legislature has not done enough to keep veterans going financially.

“Veterans are suffering more than anybody else,” Martinez said. “As a veteran, I know I would represent them on city council and heed their issues. They shouldn’t be just pushed aside.”

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Jonathan Reff

Voting is on Nov. 3. of the city council, Martinez feels the legislature needs more representatives on it due to Boise’s increasing population.

As part of the rising issue for housing availability, Martinez wants to have corporations come to Boise to build more houses and apartments while decreasing the number of hotels being built in the downtown areas, because he feels tourism will not keep people in Boise for a longterm plan.

Martinez contacted numerous people such as Stacy Clark, a classmate who he met in 2014. Clark is the informal campaign manager for her former classmate. She and many

others within her husband’s veteran group are supporting him in his run for office.

“I think he can offer a lot.

He joined an elite outfit (the 173rd Airborne Brigade).

Based on that indication, he can lead and go above and beyond,” Clark said. “I am excited to be a part of his team.”

Martinez’s political experience stems from volunteering for former Idaho Congressman Walt Minnick’s run for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2008. He also volunteered for A.J. Balukoff’s gubernatorial campaign in 2014, as well as for various campaigns in Tacoma, Washington.

Holden’s viewpoint

Holden’s campaign rallies on issues of agency-to-agency cooperation as well as civil participation.

Holden started his campaign for office when he received an email about the upcoming city elections while working at the Ada County Highway District (ACHD).

“I thought that’d be pretty interesting, just to apply to be mayor,” Holden said, “At first, it was kind of just an experiment, but then as it got closer to the deadline for candidacy, I started thinking about it more seriously.”

As a student intern for the ACHD, Holden works exten-

sively with the public. Holden expressed there is no political gain for the ACHD while he is a mayoral candidate.

During his time at Boise State, Holden studied first as a civil engineering major for two years but recently changed to technical communication because he enrolled in more classes for that area of study. He thinks working on technical documents is a “pretty good qualification for just helping the public understand certain situations (regulations) the city passes.”

“It’s a really good way to help the public get more involved with the goings-on in the city,” Holden said.

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Opinion

Drones use should be reconsidered in military use The editorial column is agreed upon by a panel of Arbiter staff members and reflects the stance The Arbiter is taking on different pressing issues. Follow up is encouraged; our desire is to start the conversation on campus, not dictate a campus opinion.

Earlier this month, The Intercept released a package of articles entitled “The Drone Papers.” The articles included research was pulled from “secret documents detailing the inner workings of the U.S. military’s assassination program in Afghanistan, Yemen and Somalia.”

Due to this new information—in light of the Oct. 3 Doctors Without Borders hospital bombing in Kunduz, Afghanistan—the U.S. relationship with drones should be addressed, and citizens should be involved in this conversation—and this includes students here on campus.

The Pentagon should seek alternative solutions to end conflict in the the Middle East. The methods and technology of drone strikes are not accurate enough, and due to the overwhelming number of casualties caused by drone strikes.

There is currently a disconnect between drone killings and the U.S. population. The distance between pulling the trigger and the explosions in the desert cause a general level of apathy and lack of understanding when a disaster takes place.

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The reality is the large majority of deaths caused by drone strikes were unintentional. Several sources, including The Bureau Investigates and The Common Dream, put the estimated number of civilian casualties caused by drone strikes at approximately 2,500 people.

According to “The Drone Papers,” “nine out of the 10 people killed in these strikes were not the intended targets.”

There is rarely any coverage paid to the individuals killed in drone strikes.

The expections were the accidental killing of American CNN hostage Warren Wienstein and Italian CNN hostage Giovanni Lo Porto, who were given media coverage in several different media outlets and a personal apology by Obama. If we were to treat the deaths of the other 2,500 people as we did the journalists, our mentality would be completely different.

This is an unacceptable amount of innocent death for some form of “justice.”

Despite these drone strikes starting in 2002, there is little evidence their use evolving to a more peaceful solution.

Drones are limited by how long they can perform surveillance due to their need to refuel at their main U.S. base in Djibouti. This leaves large gaps in video surveillance and has created a system where the U.S. is heavily relying on signals from cellphones and computers.

That being said, we shouldn’t be putting our trust in drones. If we cannot—without a shadow of a doubt—trust that the desired target is in the locked on location, then we shouldn’t be executing the attack.

For students who aren’t aware, drones are piloted by 65 members of the airforce who, unlike their colleagues in action, get to live fairly normal lives. They drive to and from work, interact with their families and work at desks at large screens.

This paints an accurate picture of the disconnect formed between those killing and those being killed.

Still, even those who are separated from the fighting by a continent are still affected by drone strikes.

According to an article written in Salon magazine, there have been several reports of drone pilots having claimed “the horrors of war, seen up close on video screens, day in, day out, are inducing an unprecedented, long-distance version of post-traumatic stress syndrome.”

With this in mind, drone use should be reconsidered because they lack the accuracy and care needed to be a tool fully trusted to take a human life.

This is not to say that the U.S. participating in conflict in the Middle East is either good or bad— simply that drones are not advanced and developed enough to be entrusted with foreign lives.

Hailey Hagler, sophomore marketing and ads

Skylar Simposon, freshman computer science

"If it helps the safety of a human, I completely agree; however, if it is in an area that cannot be seen then no. It's so back and forth."

"I feel like drones are just another weapon of war and can really be used for good or evil depending on who is using them."

Student Voices

Jake Blakeslee, kinesiology freshman "Yes, if we were to. They are safer in general. I don't agree that we should completely get rid of human operatives."

Nick Forman, junior computer science "If it prevents our soldiers from dying it makes sense; however things that have a tendency from keeping our soldiers from dying have a tendency to cause problems on our shores."

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opinion Patrick Adcock News Editor

On Oct. 3, tragedy struck when a hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan was bombed. This atrocity was not carried out by a terrorist organization or a facist dictator. It was carried out by the United States of America. Boise State students, as citizens of said democracy, cannot idly stand by and allow the government to end innocent lives.

As new information about the attack surfaces—the latest being a report from the Associate Press detailing U.S. awareness that the target was a hospital—the credibility of the attack and the Department of Defense has all but disappeared.

Despite this new information and Médecins Sans Frontières’ push for an independent investigation through the International Fact-Finding Commission, the parties involved in the attack will be the only ones to investigate.

That is the equivalent of asking suspects of a murder to solve their case.

“The main hospital building, which housed the intensive care unit, emergency rooms and physiotherapy ward, was hit with precision, repeatedly, during each aerial raid, while surrounding buildings were left mostly untouched,” MSF reported in a press release on Oct. 7.

The stories from the attack are devastating.

“I cannot describe what was inside. There are no

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words for how terrible it was.

In the intensive care unit, six patients were burning in their beds,” said Lajos Zoltan Jecs, MSF nurse at Kunduz. “We did an urgent surgery for one of our doctors. Unfortunately, he died there on the office table. We did our best but it wasn’t enough.”

The bombing lasted over an hour, despite the U.S. having received the coordinates of the hospital and MSF alerting Afghanistan and coalition military leaders of the situation.

President Obama apologized for the attack to Joanne Liu, international president of MSF, and gave his condolences to the doctors and patients affected.

General John Campbell, Afghanistan operations commander, stated the United States would never intentionally target a protected medical facility, but he also stated this mistake was made within the U.S. chain of command.

“If errors were committed, we will acknowledge them. We will hold those responsible accountable and we will take steps to ensure mistakes are not repeated,” Campbell said.

The Department of Defense stated they will be providing condolence payments to those affected by the attack.

While these efforts are noted and important, they are not enough.

The White House said its investigation of the attack will be “transparent,

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Speak against injustice. objective and thorough,” but if this is really the goal they seek, an independent investigation should be pursued.

According to Isaac Castellano, political science adjunct professor at Boise State, due to the fact that the MSF hospital cares for patients on both sides of the conflict, it is very possible the Afghanistan government could have requested the coordinates to be bombed.

Castellano said the bombing was most likely a mistake or breakdown of communication somewhere, and he would be shocked if the U.S. knowingly bombed the hospital.

“There would have to have been some major VIPS at this hospital in order for the CIA or the Defense Department to take it out,” Castellano said. “It would have to be such a great catch that they felt they could keep it a secret. I could see them doing that, but that would be a low probability in my mind.”

Civilian casualties in the “War on Terror” are nothing new, and that is what is really fucked up.

“I think half of what we do in Afghanistan is probably illegal. In most of our operations, I would question the legality of it, and certainly the spirit of it,” Castellano said.

These deaths cannot just be written off as casualties of war. Long overdue change needs to come to our process and execution of military force.

Castellano said the premise behind attacks like this are they draw the conclusion there is a direct threat to the United States. The problem is 99 out of 100 times this is not the case.

We are gambling with human lives and the odds are against us.

A democracy is only as strong as its citizens, meaning the responsibility to act falls on each and every individual. No change will come unless people push for it.

Students at Boise State need to fill their duty as citizens and push for a third party investigation and policy reform.

MSF has started a petition to ask President Obama to hold an independent investigation of the bombing in Kunduz.

The goal is for 500,000 individuals to sign the petition to show the American people who want answers as to why we bombed a fucking hospital.

The petition can be signed online at change.org.

It’s time students speak out against the injustices occurring within our government.

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Feature

Local craft brew economy may c Patty Bowen Managing Editor

The announcement of a possible merger between Anheuser-Bisch InBev and SABMiller, the largest and second largest beer companies in the United States, put the beer economy at a turning point. If these two companies were to merge, 70 percent of the beer in the United States would be sold by one entity.

Although Boise is almost completely made up of small, local craftbrewers—craft brewers being a brewer that brews 6 million barrels of beer or less—this change in the U.S. beer economy could have large effects on the brewery down the street.

“We’re in such a microenvironment it will be interesting to see how (the merger) affects Boise,” said Hannah Barnett, 2015 Boise State graduate and marketing and event coordinator at Boise Brewing.

What this merger could mean for craft beer

Barnett explained the merger represents a shift in the desired market location of SABMiller and InBev, and might not be worth all the worry.

“What’s kind of interesting is oftentimes with these big mergers, they’re a deal on distribution,” Barnett said. “A lot of the reason AB Inbev and SABMiller are doing this is so they can expand globally.

It’s not necessarily a regional approach.”

According to Barnett, this merger will help InBev

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and SABmiller move and expand in Africa and Asia, which is indicative of their need to produce more revenue.

She explained their sale numbers are down due to the increased interest in craft beer in the U.S. “They’re expanding their distribution globally because they’re losing locally,” Barnett said. “I think it shows craft brewers are starting to take a bigger share of the market and these big companies are starting to have to do deals like this because they have no other option.”

According to Steve Koonce, director of sales and marketing at Edge Brewing, this merger represents a monopoly in the beer economy and could end up lowering the prices of macrobrewed beer— beer owned by a large business. This in turn would make it harder to sell craft beer to the quality ambiguous consumer.

Koonce explained businesses like InBev and SABMiller are able to sell their IPAs for roughly half the price of Edge Brewing.

This cripples Edge Brewing’s ability to win over customers who have not yet been sold on craft beer.

Despite this fear, Barnett explained oftentimes mergers with the intention of moving companies onto a global playing field generally don’t translate into consumer savings.

“The interesting thing for us is if you start to see price increases on Budlight, Corona, Stella—all these beers based on cost

marketing—it might push more people to try craft,” Barnett said.

Craft beer versus big business

According to Barnett, despite the niche population all craft brewers are marketing to in Boise, there is a general consensus of comradery in the craft beer industry.

“Our mentality is it’s not us competing against them, it’s us competing with them,” Barnett said.

“We’re all making good beer and we want to make it on tap. We’re really good at supporting each other because there is the big beer out there in the world, and it’s kind of a David and Goliath scenario.”

According to Marvin Kinney, head brewer at Post Modern Brewers, this mentality is only amplified because craft brews are constantly competing to win over customers from macrobrewers.

“Our competition comes from anything involving beer, whether its macro beer, micro beer or craft beer,” Jinney said. “You’re all jockeying for space, whether it’s tap handles, or shelf space or whatever.”

Koonce explained winning over new customers can be hard when craft brewers have a harder time making the consistent tasting beer Budlight does.

“I always say Bud Light is the best brewed bad beer in the world because it’s the same no matter where you’re at,” Koonce said.

“As an up-and-coming craft brewery, we have to

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Feature make sure we’re brewing everything consistently to what our customers expect, and then we have to go above and beyond that with brands.”

Making a consistent product is important when you’re working on expanding to out of state consumers like Edge Brewing does.

According to Koonce, Edge Brewing has stayed away from using names that are indicative of Boise or regional landmarks so they can appeal to a wider audience.

Despite this mentality, Koonce explained the hyper localization of names and beer brands can help brewers who want to appeal to Boise audience specifically.

“We keep on finding all these micro markets to appeal to,” Barnett said.

“That’s the cool thing about craft beer. When you have someone that appeals to, that market that becomes their beer. That’s why you continue to expand, because there is a brewery for everyone.”

Barnett cited Bend, Oregon as an example of how Boise’s craft beer economy still has room to grow. She explained Bend has a similar number of breweries, but a population less than half the size of Boise.

“There’s a lot of interesting studies about the expansion of craft beer, and a lot of people are saying ‘Oh it will peter out’ but it just keeps growing,” Barnett said.

Koonce has noticed a general increase in the

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number of craft brewers both locally and nationally in the last decade.

“You go into more and more bars and see craft handles,” Koonce said.

“It’s a great time to be a craft beer drinker. In 2009, it was a struggle to find something that I wanted to drink. Now I can go pretty much anywhere and there’s something on tap I want.”

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Despite this continued growth, Boise has stayed relatively free of macrobeer or larger craft beer breweries moving into town.

According to Steve Wieland, attorney at law at Wieland Perdue PLLC, this can be largely attributed to the alcohol laws in Idaho being written in regards to Prohibition.

“When the laws were written, it was a different time when breweries were big business and they could do that sort of thing,” Wieland said.

“Now the inverse is true; most breweries are microbreweries. The largest breweries in the state are still pretty small businesses and they don’t have the market share to push people around.”

Wieland explained, unless a brewer makes less than 30,000 barrels a year, that brewer cannot own a brew pub or distribute their own product.

“If you go to the Payette tasting room, they’re acting as (distributor, brewer and retailer),” Wieland said. “We allow them to do that because it promotes local business.”

According to Wieland, these laws need to be reconsidered in order for the beer economy in Boise to continue to grow. He explained, if this doesn’t happen it will cause problems for the beer economy, as brewers like Payette get bigger and start to produce more than 30,000 barrels a year.

“We need to, as a state, decide whether or not we want bars and brew pubs in our state to be true craft breweries or if we want them to be brands owned by the mega breweries,” Wieland said. “Frankly, I don’t think there’s a huge problem with major breweries owning a craft beer brand and then opening a brewpub here.”

In 2012, 10 Barrel was bought out by AnheuserBusch, causing Boise residents to question whether or not 10 Barrel should be allowed to continue to act as a microbrewery in the eyes of the law.

Because AnheuserBusch is technically a holding company, 10 Barrel was able to keep their brew pub open.

These laws will be brought into question again as Mother Earth Brew Co., a large brewer from California, sets up shop in Nampa next year.

“I think what we’re going to see in the market over the next 10 years is some of our local breweries go out of business,” Wieland said. “A handful of them are going to become big businesses and the legislature needs to get out of the way.”

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The twangs and upbeat guitar riffs of Red Light Challenge, a two-piece alternative rock band from Hawaii, streamed from one of the practice rooms of Boise Hive earlier this month.

“We definitely needed a place to practice since we got out here,” said Sean Luster, guitarist and vocalist of Red Light Challenge and master’s student in marketing. “Then when we found out about The Hive, we got really excited there was a place in Boise that offered those services, so we checked it out.”

Boise Hive is a Boise nonprofit group that provides musicians like Luster with a place to record and practice, as well as providing artists with low cost mental health accommodations.

Earlier in the month, Boise Hive came close to shutting down after the building they’d been leasing while it was for sale got an offer. According to Juta Geurtsen, executive director of Boise Hive, Boise Hive will be signing a new lease with a new building owner—who would like to stay anonymous—on Wednesday, Oct. 28.

Before finding someone willing to buy and lease the building to Boise Hive, Geurtsen set up a GoFundMe page for the project.

“A lot of the donations were $20 or $30, which shows how many people want this to be here and gave what they could,”

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Geurtsen said. “They see the need and the importance of The Hive. By the time we figured out what we wanted to raise with the GoFundMe, I think we had about eight days.”

After the deal is signed, Boise Hive will undergo a remodel, turning the north side of their building into a coffee shop.

“It’s just going to serve another aspect of the artist—bringing in artists, bringing in writers. Letting that collaboration organically happen would be really cool,” Geurtsen said.

The remodel will also recreate parts of their lobby area, allowing Boise Hive to host more shows.

Geurtsen explained this is part of an initiative she is working on to create more music shows for underage members of the community.

“We’re working with a lot of people in the community on an under-21 initiative because there is such a lack of things for people under 21 to do,” Geurtsen said. “We’ve started doing shows here because of the lack of all-age venues (so people) have a chance to see new fresh music in an all-ages space.”

Geurtsen believes the artistic population has a higher rate of mental illness. Because of this, Boise Hive provides mental health accommodations for musicians and visual artists who wouldn’t otherwise be able to afford said treatment. Several of their programs include helping veterans manage PTSD through music and

meditation classes.

“It’s taking the mental health thing from a different angle. We can all use better mental health,” Geurtsen said. “It’s more about building community. We heal in a community. I think isolation and stigma are the real killers in mental health.”

According to Boise Hive volunteer Keith Moore, this is all part of what Boise Hive adds to the community. It lets “people who otherwise would not be as openly creative be openly creative.”

“It leads to some incredible music, artwork and sobriety for people. The mental health support is amazing. The connections build the well-being of the community,” Moore said.

Moore reconnected with his music because of Boise Hive. Moore stopped playing the drums in 2000 when he left for college but was inspired to start playing again when he began volunteering.

Peter Manning, lead vocalist of The Smites, said the space that Boise Hive provides allows for the inspiration to play and collaboration.

“Juta and the staff are great people,” Manning said.

“They support what we’re doing, we support what they’re doing. This is the only place like this in Boise and we can’t let it go.”

The Smites often practice at Boise Hive while getting ready for their live shows, like the

one they will be playing in at the Neurolux on Nov. 19. Manning explained Boise Hive is a sign the music scene in Boise is continuing to grow.

“Every city that is in the up and up and growing with a lively cultural and art scene has a place like this,” Manning said. “It’s really important we have a place like this for all musicians. If they want to get away from tough stuff and meet up with each other, this is a really good spot for that.”

Students interested in getting involved with Boise Hive can volunteer or intern for credit through the communication or music departments. Students can also easily book a room for practicing or recording.

“Everyone was super friendly to us and there were other musicians there,” Luster said. “Overall, it was really cool and we’re planning

on utilizing it a lot because it was so great.”

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Culture

MFA reading highlights writing, self-doubt Mckenna Schrader Staff Writer

This year marks the 16th anniversary of the Masters of Fine Arts Reading Series. Funded by the College of Arts and Sciences, this series invites and presents accomplished writers to Boise State and other locations in Boise. All readings are free and open to the public.

The latest reading was held on Oct. 15, in the Student Union Building and featured author Rajia Hassib. She presented her new book “In the Language of Miracles.”

Born in Alexandria, Egypt, Hassib moved to the United

States in her 20s. She earned her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in English from Marshall University, and she originally obtained an Master of Arts in architecture but later went back to school at age 32 for her English degree.

“I didn’t want to look back at my life when I was older and realize I never tried,” Hassib said.

“So I got my degree and wrote, and now I’m here.”

“The Language of Miracles” is Hassib’s first novel and focuses on the struggles of an Egyptian-American family affected by the demons of past tragedies.

During the event, Hassib

read aloud two sections of her book and answered questions from the audience—much of which were Boise State students. Audience questions focused on the book itself and Hassib’s writing process.

Sophomore communication major Ashley Abel was enriched by the experience.

“I liked it a lot. I like hearing about actual published writers who have self-doubt,” Abel said. “Having someone who is successful at what they do and being able to relate to it is really encouraging.”

Hassib also gave advice to prospective writers.

“Be persistent and know

there is a lot of hard work involved. You need to learn to silence the critical voice,” Hassib said.

She also advised students read as much as they can.

When asked about the MFA reading series as a whole, junior English education major Shanti Bagha expressed excitement.

“I don’t get to go to them very often, but I love to when I can,” Bagha said. “It’s cool that they have a very diverse group of authors. It gives students a better sense of different methods and styles of writing.”

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Twilight’s abusive relationship reimagines gender Brittany Lindstrom Culture Editor

Halloween week is the perfect opportunity for curling up with a spooky novel filled with monsters and magic. Few supernatural novels are as ingrained in our cultural consciousness—or as controversial—as Stephenie Meyer’s “Twilight” series.

In honor of the 10th anniversary of “Twilight,” Meyer decided to do something unique. When Meyer announced a special addition to the anniversary release, fans were hoping for a retelling of the famous romance story from Edward’s perspective.

Instead, fans received “Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined,” a retelling of the original book with almost every character gender-swapped.

In “Life and Death,” Bella is now Beau (short for Beaumont), Edward is Edythe and Rosalina is a lumbersexual with a man bun. Meyer’s decision to gender swap her worldfamous characters was, according to her introduction to the text, a way of dismissing allegations that Bella fits the “damsel in distress” trope.

“I’ve always maintained it would have made no difference if the human was male and the vampire female,” Meyer wrote in the introduction. “It’s still the same story... ‘Twilight’ has always been a story about the magic and obsession and frenzy of first love.”

But, Meyer’s text does

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not address the allegations that Bella is the victim of an abusive relationship.

Rachel Helen Kossow, healthy relationships peer educator at the Boise State Women’s Center warns against ignoring Edward’s controlling behaviors.

“Each character plays off these controlling tendencies as (Edward) being protective out of love, or being protective because of imminent danger from other vampires as well as this played out idea of ‘let me save you from myself ’ since Edward’s a vampire,” Kossow said. “There are a large amount of unhealthy themes we see throughout the book.”

These behaviors include Edward limiting Bella’s contact with friends and entering Bella’s home to go through her belongings or watch her without consent.

While changing the genders of the main cast of characters can create a new, refreshing way to engage in the text, the underlying themes of abuse are still there.

Edythe still attempts to limit Beau’s interactions with friends and demands to know where he is at all times. Edward and Edythe still share the same, strange obsession with breaking into houses to watch their beloved sleep. Edythe also has jealousy issues.

Vampires are dangerous in their own right, but the greatest danger found in “Twilight” is the potential glorification of emotional abuse.

“In glorifying unhealthy and abusive behaviors, it

normalizes these behaviors as being acceptable and ‘okay,’ which they aren’t,” Kossow said. “It sends the message that these destructive behaviors are the norm and accepted. People become misinformed about what is healthy and what is not and the lines between right and wrong—healthy and unhealthy—become blurred.”

Misinformation about potentially abusive relationships is incredibly harmful. According to Kossow, popular media has a tendency to show only heterosexual, physically abusive relationships. This portrayal “leads to the assumption this is the only type of abuse and these are the only types of people it happens to.”

The limited scope of the media can make it difficult to identify abuse when it happens, or may limit a victim’s ability to seek help.

“Abuse happens when a person attempts to have or exert power and control over another person,” Kossow said. “It can take many forms includin—but is not limited to—coercion and threats, emotional abuse, intimidation, isolation, minimizing, denying and blaming, using privilege of any form, economic abuse and the threat or actual act of physical or sexual violence.”

Abuse is not limited to one type of relationship, sexuality, gender identity or mythical species. There are plenty of other monstrous books for students to sink their teeth into this Halloween season.

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‘Attack on Titan’ movie disloyal to anime Zoey Nguyen Staff Writer

The announcement of the “Attack on Titan” live action movie, scheduled for release in summer 2015, was met with great skepticism. The adaptation of the extremely popular Japanese comic series, created by Hajime Isayama, was made and produced in Japan. The entire acting cast was Japanese, which conflicted with the story—in which the majority of characters are Caucasian.

Despite canonical criticism, the trailer appeared to

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be promising and captivating—so fans decided to see it.

The story revolves around a future dimension, where humans are under constant threat from Titans—humaneating giants. Over a century ago, Titans destroyed the developing human world, and survivors built gargantuan walls to protect themselves from them. Unfortunately, the Titans return and now, once again, humans need to brace themselves against the man-eating giants.

The live action movie depicted the backstory and its characters well.

However, as it was anticipated, the plot of the live action movie barely followed the comic’s canon. A great deal of occurrences and background events were rewritten, and things like the relationships between characters were also altered dramatically.

For example, scenes with Eren—one of the protagonists—and his parents were completely non-existent. As it was told in the original story, Eren’s father is essential to key plot points and story developments, which include the origins of the Titans and the original series of Titan

attacks. According to the live action’s plot, Eren’s parents died a long time ago. With Eren’s father erased, these revelations will be ignored or rewritten in subsequent films.

Other character changes are also peculiar. Many relevant characters—Levi and Annie, for example—were replaced with entirely new ones. Now known as Lily and Shikishima, these changes greatly affected the whole story, even canceling out major plot events.

Structure wise, though only 100 minutes in duration, the movie was slow

and not cohesive. Although the production provided enough background for viewers to understand the story, the scenes were not tied together well.

The cutaways were usually blunt and incomplete, causing slight confusion in story order. Some climax scenes tended to be more dramatic and theatrical than necessary, to the point where it was painfully cliché.

While the anime did an excellent job reflecting the manga’s intensity, the movie seemed to solely rely on horror and gory moments. The scenes that did not involve

the Titans and action were dull and random, although the bland acting may be to blame as well.

This movie is only recommended to those who seek meaningless entertainment and are not passionate about “Attack on Titan.” The live action movie is basically a separate piece from the canon—which may not be a negative thing—but it will definitely irritate loyal “Attack on Titan” followers.

For students feeling brave, the second installation in the “Attack on Titan” live adaptation hits theatres in a limited release on Oct. 27.

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Things to look for in the 2015 Men’s basketball season Asst. Sports Editor

Fans got their first look at the 2015 men’s basketball team in the annual open scrimmage before Bronco football rolled to a win over University of Wyoming on the blue turf.

The 2015 team has some familiar faces along with new members who will hope to contribute right away. Here are four things to look for as we get set for the 2015 season. who can replace derrick marks ?

This is a loaded question, and the answer is simple—Nobody. Derrick Marks is a scorer who contributed to his team just like James Harden does with the Houston Rockets.

The Broncos are trying to replace 19.4 points a game and, although preseason All Mountain West First team selection Anthony Drmic is returning, Marks and Drmic are two very different players.

To replace the scoring output, Boise State will need Drmic to pick up where he left off before he was hurt, sidelining him all of last year (15.0 ppg in just 7 GP).

They will also need James Webb III to have another strong year and score more off the dribble.

Lastly, to replace the scoring of Marks, the Broncos need better point guard play from seniors Montigo Alford and Mikey Thompson along with highly touted freshman recruit Paris Austin. Marks

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drew a lot of attention from defenses and helped free up a lot of other options—of fensively—for the Broncos. the point guard play

Boise State has three potential candidates to start the year at point guard. Last season Derrick Marks handled most point guard responsibilities but Thompson and Alford also got time. Thompson and Alford both have the chance to get the offense started this year, but Paris Austin will also vie for time in the backcourt.

Alford finished the season with a bang, becoming the third player in Boise State history to score double figures off the bench in an NCAA tournament game.

He finished that game with 11 points in just 23 minutes with three 3-pointers. Alford is a great guard to get the offense moving because of his quickness and ability to hit the three when it counts most.

Mikey Thompson started 20 games in 2015 and averaged 7.6 points a game. Thompson brings three-point shooting and great finishing at the rim with his ability to get to the foul line. Thompson is a different pace of play guard compared to Alford and the combination of both will be beneficial to the Broncos. The two veterans will be hoping to finish their careers in Boise with another Mountain West Championship.

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The X-factor of these point guards is going to be how well Paris Austin plays in the preseason.

Austin was a three-star recruit out of California State Champion Bishop O’ Dowd High School in Oakland, California and has all the tools to be the real deal. Austin can shoot the three ball, and, in Saturday’s scrimmage, showed great floor vision. If he can play well early on, don’t be surprised to see him in the starting lineup by conference play. watch nick duncan ’ s minutes — zach haney and robin jorch will help

Nick Duncan averaged 31.4 minutes a game, which was good for most on the team. Duncan’s minutes reflected how valuable he was on the floor. Don’t look at his 9.4 points a game as an indicator to how much the Broncos need him. The 6’ 8” big man is crucial to Boise State’s ability to spread the floor. There aren’t many centers who can step out and shoot the three at a 38.4 percent clip. With that advantage, Duncan spreads the floor, providing an open rim for his teammates. In 2015, Boise State is lucky to have a great replacement for Duncan with little drop off.

Redshirt freshman

Zach Haney will provide the floor space his fellow Broncos need when Nick Duncan takes a rest. After Saturday’s scrimmage, it appeared evident the 6’11” Haney can step out and knock down a three, forcing opponents to guard him out on the perimeter. Boise State also has 6’ 10” freshman from Berlin, Germany, Robin Jorch, who did not show bad form from behind the arc. More replacements for Nick Duncan will be key to keep him healthy and spry all season long. transfer lonnie jackson

The absence of Rob Heyer will be something the Broncos will miss off the bench. The guy who

did all the little things for Boise State has graduated, and they will try and fill his void. Lonnie Jackson might be able to help in one category.

We don’t know the starting lineup yet but new senior transfer from Boston College, Lonnie Jackson can help with 3-point shooting, whether it is off the bench or in the starting lineup. In Jackson’s three years at Boston College, he ranks ninth all time in school history with 175 three-pointers mde.

The Bronco’s first home game will be Nov. 6, versus Northwest University of Washington.

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The zombie apocalypse arrives at True Paintball Staff Writer

Over the past decade, zombies have taken over the media and became a worldwide phenomenon.

Along with this recent obsession with zombies, the theory of a zombie apocalypse has become just as popular.

A local paintball arena called True Paintball decided to give people a reallife experience at surviving the zombies while keeping it safe and fun.

True Paintball created a “zombie paintball” event.

Survivors are armed with paintball guns and face masks, are then given the task of making it through the obstacle course without getting attacked by the zombies.

Players are armed with paintball markers, helping them navigate through the field in order to escape from the zombie apocalypse. The zombies are all live actors that are unarmed and dressed in full makeup. The team of survivors are asked to wipe out all zombies and make it to the decontamination zone on the other side of the track to retrieve the antidote and save humanity.

“I have been to a couple of other places around Boise that do the same type of zombie experience,” said sophomore Andrew Clark.

“True Paintball’s is probably my favorite one to go to because the inside dark arena gives it a more real feeling.”

True Paintball has held this zombie apocalypse

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event the past two years.

Before that, they held a haunted house event which included no paintball action and was significantly different from the zombie hunts they are hosting now. The admission price includes the equipment— paint for the guns, face mask and one time through the field.

One time through takes roughly 25 minutes. True Paintball also suggests that participants comes fully clothed for safety and warmth through the field. The paintball guns are equipped with lights on them to help navigation since the entire arena is in the dark. This improves the realness effect of the game as well as maintaining the safety of the participants.

They also offers a game to play while waiting to enter the arena called bazooka ball. Bazooka ball is along the same idea of a normal paintball game but instead of paintballs they use foam balls the size of tennis balls. The guns don’t have as much power behind them, so it’s a fun activity for all ages to partake in.

“People like the idea of being up close and personal with the actors and having the ability to ‘defend’ themselves,” said owner of True Paintball, Lael Haile. “They think it’s like a movie or video game. This is perfect for people that want to ex-

perience paintball without being shot.”

Each weekend True Paintball has done the Zombie Apocalypse event this year, participants continue to grow in numbers.

With Halloween landing on a Saturday this year, True Paintball hopes this weekend will be the most exciting and successful yet.

The zombie hunt event is running on Friday and Saturday nights during October from 7-10 pm.

True Paintball is located off Gowen Road behind the Boise Airport.

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Outdoor program embarks on several winter trips this year Kyle Moeller Staff Writer

break as they take a weeklong backpacking trip to the Grand Canyon.

Each trip is different and there are day trips and weekend trips to choose from.

“All that we do require is that you come to our pre-trip meetings,” Youngblood said. “Prices include food, guide and equipment, or anything else that you could possibly need.”

Upon signing up for these trips, students will have access to an all-inclusive package with little to no experience needed.

“Come in with an open mind,” Knipping said. “It is really rewarding to see how stoked they are on backpacking or yoga or whatever it may be.”

Even if the outdoors are not your cup of tea, the Outdoor Program encourages students to get out there and experience something new.

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As the leaves are turning colors and days are becoming a little gloomier, it’s becoming clearer that summer has ended. Fall is in mid stride and winter is right around the corner.

With the seasons changing, Boise State’s Outdoor Program has several winter trips planned for the second half of the semester.

With five trips planned during the rest of the semester and two during winter break, the Outdoor Program, located behind The Rec Center, has Boise State students covered.

“We provide that opportunity to take and make a close group of fellow students that I don’t think you can find anywhere else,” said employee and Outdoor Program guide, Brad Knipping. “It really gives you an opportunity

to break out of your social shell and meet new people.”

While the Outdoor Program offers a wide variety of trips, it is the people who work and lead the expeditions that they believe sets them apart from other programs. They like to focus on the people as they want them to enjoy their experience.

“I think the Outdoor Program is really unique in that we provide a group experience that you would not get elsewhere,” said Trip Advisor for the Rec Peter Youngblood said.

“We’re more focused on the people, the group experience and enjoying each other’s company.”

Trips vary in all different types from rock climbing, to snowshoeing and camping under the stars next to some of Idaho’s hot springs. Their biggest trip coming up is this winter

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