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WEEKLY EVENTS Benefit Show for Joe Clemens Thursday, November 15
Olympic Venue, 1009 Main St., 7:00 PM - 2:00 AM, $5 cover Performers will include comedians Philly Flippen, Olek Szewczyk, Resse Samuels, Jacob Dalton, August Pollio, Stephanie Anne Mason and Mikey Pullman and bands Splattered Throat, Jimmy Sinn and Andy Agenbroad, Spacecar and Ben Westover. There will be a silent auction in between sets and most of the night’s proceeds will support community member Joe Clemens’ medical recovery fund.
Prescription Drug Take-Back Wednesday, November 16
Student Union Building Jordan Ballroom, 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM, FREE Members of the Boise Police Department will be on campus to help students safely dispose of any unused prescription drugs. This event is sponsored by University Health Services and will help keep drugs out of the natural environment.
Crimes of the Heart Performance Wednesday, November 16
Danny Peterson Theatre, FREE in advance w/ Student ID, 7:30 PM, $12 at the door w/ Student ID, $15 otherwise If you haven’t yet caught a performance of the Theatre Arts Department’s production of Crimes of the Heart, there are a few more opportunities. The play will show at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 16 through 19, and at 2 p.m. on Nov 19.
BackCountry Film Festival Boise Premiere Thursday, November 17
Basque Center, 601 W Grove St., 6:30 - 10:00 PM, $10, Festival Pass (Film Fest and SnowBall) $40 Winter Wildlands Alliance will be hosting its BackCountry Film Festival in its hometown, Boise, on Nov. No 17. The festival will include films focussed on many facets of the country’s wildlands. If you’re looking to celebrate your love of winter and/or the wildlands, this is probably the event for you. There is a SnowBall concert and dance benefitting Bogus Basin and SnowSchool Nov. 18, also hosted by Winter Wildlands Alliance.
Metallica Listening Party Friday, November 18
The Record Exchange, 1105 W Idaho St., 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM, FREE To celebrate the release of Metallica’s newest album, “Hardwired...To Self-Destruct,” The Record Exchange will be hosting an all-day listening party, complete with free Guru Donuts and various Metallica-related giveaways and contests. If you’re looking for something to celebrate, why not make it Metallica’s new album?
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NEWS
In solidarity or anti-Trump; the protests continue Students react to the election of Trump by rising up, standing united
ers and community activists make their presence known as a “support group for people that are often marginalized.” “(We need) a unifying statement between the other cities that are protesting,” Tuzzolino said.
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Sitting on the front steps of the Boise Capitol Building on the morning of Saturday, Nov. 12, senior anthropology major Delaney Glass looked around at the small gathering of antiTrump protesters surrounding her before turning back to her phone. “We should not take (Trump’s) words for granted,” Delaney Glass said. “We should believe what he says because I believe he will do those things. And we just have to keep pushing back every step of the way.” Although the steps only held 30 community members like Delaney Glass that Saturday morning, they had been the rallying point for hundreds of angry protesters on Thursday and Friday night during March the Capitol, an antiTrump protest. The chants of “racist, sexist, anti-gay, Donald Trump go away,” which had been the rallying cry both nights, were long gone now, as the sun peered down on the tired, but determined faces of protests now chatting amongst themselves. Within moments, the white steps began to fill with community members gathering for the People for Unity rally—a peaceful rally in support of the community and its minorities. The rallies held Thursday and Friday night, and Saturday morning were part of the nationwide reaction to the election of Donald Trump on
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Unifying the Community
Community members congregated in support of minority groups at the People for Unity Rally on Saturday, Nov. 12. In the center, a women holds a safety pin sign as a way of showing support for all minority groups in our community. Photo by Patty Bowen / The Arbiter
Tuesday night. At the People for Unity rally, the two groups—some holding anti-Trump signs, others holding pro-community signs—stood together, sharing stories and support before Marci Glass, a Nampa community member began speaking. “When we say black lives matter, we don’t mean that only black lives matter,” Marci Glass said. “We mean that black lives matter too. It is up to all of us to listen to those whose lives are embedded differently than our own.” Marci Glass’ sentiment represented one side of the reaction non-Trump protesters had to his election: support in the face of adversity. Delaney Glass’ sentiment represents
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(We’re trying to) make the public image less of a reactionary movement for being against Trump. A lot of people look at it objectively. They see a lot of kids protesting something that just happened
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-Nik Tuzzolino, March the Capitol attendee like I’m represented by hate.” the other. According to Kitnikone, Trump could usher in an era of The Anti-Trump Rallies “islamophobia and misogyny Sitting next to Delaney and racism.” She explained Glass, Boise State student that being at the rally was her Monique Kitnikone held up a way of trying to ensure everyone in her nation was supplied Black Lives Matter sign. “I feel our president-elect with their “human rights.” Several individuals like Nik does not represent me and who I am as an individual, Tuzzolino felt sceptical about especially with his openness the long-term effect the Antiagainst diminishing minority Trump rallies on Thursday groups and people as a whole,” and Friday had. Tuzzolino atKitnikone said. “I don’t feel tended March the Capitol on
Thursday night and noticed it wasn’t well managed—protesters had confusing walking paths and little direction. After that night, Tuzzolino wrote a press release about the upcoming rallies and got together a small group of people to talk about organizing the protests. “(We’re trying to) make the public image less of a reactionary movement for being against Trump,” Tuzzolino said. “A lot of people look at it objectively. They see a lot of kids protesting something that just happened and they don’t see it as the movement that everyone is hoping for—specifically, people are just calling us Bernie Sanders supports.” Tuzzolino said it was important that during the early stages of these rallies, protest-
During Marci Glass’ speech, she emphasized the importance of coming together as a community to change policies rather than protest against our president-elect. “Some of us are excited about the outcome of this election and, yet, I’ve heard other people say, ‘He’ll never be my president,’” Marci Glass said. “If he’s not our president, he doesn’t have to listen to you and he doesn’t have to care about you. I encourage us to claim him as our presidentelect and he then has to listen to us and claim us and respond to us.” Both Tuzzolino and Marci Glass suggested students become part of the Safety Pin Campaign as a way to show support for the safety of everyone in their community. To do so, students can wear a safety pin on their collar to show solidarity with minority groups. “In the days to come, be kind. Be kind to the people who celebrate, and be kind to the people who mourn, be kind for the people who worry about their safety,” Marci Glass said. “Be firm on the side of love and welcome in the face of fear and exclusion.”
Social Media: campaign tool or echo chamber?
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The problem with a lot of social media is that you have these echo chambers—it shows you what you want to see. You’re not going to get to see the other side. ” -Matt Arnold, a junior biology major dia presence of politicians involved. Social media has become an expected part of the campaign season. According to the Pew Research Center, six out of 10 Americans get their news from social media. The internet was used by the presidential candidates to inform voters about their stances on issues like terrorism and Obamacare. The reach of social media was also utilized for local elections. Idaho organizations used social media to their advantage, campaigning for their own elections and encouraging voters to get out and vote locally as early as possible. Some politicians even took to the streets to get more
outlets—mediums such as blogs and Twitter— are not held to strict standards of journalism,” Chew said. Matt Arnold, a junior biology major, agreed with Chew. He believes a large majority of voters get their information from the Internet and social media, but it doesn’t always give you the whole argument. “The Internet is a pretty big place now, but there’s a pretty large portion of the United States that does not have social media right now,” Arnold said. “The problem with a lot of social media is that you have these echo chambers—it shows you what you want to see. You’re not going to get to see the other side.” In past elections, young people have been stereo-
typically less involved in politics, but the social media influence in the 2016 election has changed that. According to sophomore psychology major Crystin Baker, young people are more involved with this election than earlier elections because of the heavy social media presence of politicians. “(The last election) wasn’t in front of me,” Baker said. “Now it’s so much more in my face than it ever was before—it’s there.” Looking forward to the gubernatorial election in Idaho, Chew encourages people to continue to be involved in the political process, but suggests voters be more cautious of where they consume their information. She suggests researching the candidates as well as fact checking statements, and to be cautious at taking information at face value.
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Voters cast their ballots in record-breaking numbers across Idaho and across the nation. This year in Ada County alone, more than 200,000 people turned out to vote on Election Day, according to Ada County Elections. More people were involved in this election than ever before, in part due to the heavy social me-
people involved. “The newest Elections operation in Ada County! ‘Food Truck’ Voting: Welcome to the Era of Mobile Polling Places,” Ada County Elections tweeted out Nov. 1 to encourage early voting. According to Democrative Idaho State Representative Sue Chew, because the idea of social media as a source of information is new, it is less likely to be a reliable place to get information about the election. “Non-traditional news
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New Washington climate doesn’t leave room for climate change Natasha Williams News Reporter
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President-Elect Donald Trump has stated that he wants to pull America from the Paris Climate Change Conference that starts Wednesday, Nov. 16. After a year and a half of campaigning,Trump has succeeded in securing the Oval Office for the next four years. According to his campaign, within the first 100 days of his presidency, Trump has stated he wishes to pull funding from climate change prevention efforts. He also plans to pull the United States out of the Paris Climate Treaty made with 200 other countries as an effort to take steps toward preventing climate change in Paris last year. There is argument over whether or not Trump has the power to do so since he is not in office yet, and many climate change activists are
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concerned as to what this means for climate preservation. According to Trump’s twitter, climate change isn’t real, and is an expensive hoax created by China. “The concept of climate change was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non competitive,” Trump said in a Tweet. Scientists from all over the world have gone into depth on Trump’s comments, explaining the significant evidence that climate change is occurring. According to a study released by NASA, evidence for climate change is present in rising surface temperatures, melting glaciers and severe changes in weather across the globe. “Climate change is real.
There will always be uncertainty in understanding a system as complex as the world’s climate. However there is now strong evidence that significant global warming is occurring,” the study from NASA reads. Dr. Jaap Vos, professor of bioregional planning and community planning at University of Idaho, said in a speech to Boise State students on Nov. 10 that the topic of climate change has become a battleground in politics, but that isn’t the way to fix the issue. “Environmental policy should be about finding common ground,” Vos said. “We need to start climate discussions with the things we agree about and move from there.” Vos said that the new president elect’s competitive nature is going to make it difficult for climate change progress as we move forward
the next few years. “We see environmental policy in the U.S. like a boxing match,” Vos said. “We have winners and we have losers.” Voices at Boise State are conflicted on the election’s effect on climate preservation. Many Trump supporters believe the focus on industrialization will create jobs and boost the economy. Other students in support of Hillary disagree. Some students, like sophomore psychology major Crystin Baker, believe climate change is important and needs to be a priority. Baker said she doesn’t understand the logic behind Trump’s disbelief, because the proof is all laid out. “I can’t even fathom how he thinks (climate change) is fake,” Baker said. “You can tell that it’s real. Growing up in McCall there was snow, and now there’s not. It just blows my mind.”
Aunt Sam wants you to know... Samantha Harting News Editor News@stumedia.boisestate.edu In the wake of Election Day, I feel I need to address a few topics. Firstly, I want consumers of The Arbiter to know I will maintain an unbiased news section moving forward. Please take into account this is a difficult task and I will do my best to write pieces devoid of any opinions I hold. I believe the purpose of the media is to present the facts and inform the public in order for the readership to craft their own opinions and thoughts. My job is not, and has not previously been, to impose my views on our readership.
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President-elect Donald Trump brings unansweredon questions ‘Adsdsdsd the Words’ refuses to compromise human rights As the country watched intently on Nov. 8 to see who became the 45th president-elect, many were shocked when Donald Trump came out on top. With many unanswered questions about what will happen next, America seemingly stands divided on Trump becoming the president-elect. Though most polls predicted Hillary Clinton to win—and she did win the popular vote— she did not receive the 270 necessary electoral votes to become president. Many voters are wondering how this happened, as well as what a Trump Administration will entail. In Clinton’s concession speech on Nov. 9, she expressed her gratitude for those who supported her and also discussed the nation’s future. “Donald Trump is going to be our president. We owe him an open mind and the chance to lead,” Clinton said. President Barack Obama also addressed Trump’s presidency in his speech on Nov. 9. “It is no secret that the president-elect and I have some pretty significant differences,” Obama said. “But remember, eight years ago President Bush and I had some pretty significant differences, but President Bush’s team could not have been more professional or more gracious in making sure we had a smooth transition so that we could hit the ground running.” Obama stated he plans on using the example set by President Bush during the upcoming presidential transition.
America’s response
As Americans continue to process Trump being the president-elect, Assistant Political Science Professor Jaclyn Kettler said she’s seen students in her classes visibly distraught about the results. “Some people were just truly shocked and more than anything they’re just trying to understand what happened,” Kettler said. “It’s hard to deal with that shock and anger at the same time.” Local News Editor for the Idaho Statesman Bill Manny
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Kettler said these factors contributed to a shift in party preference. Democrats didn’t have the turnout among some populations they expected, according to Kettler. Trump also got a lot of support from some populations who don’t usually vote Republican, while still getting votes from traditional Republican voters. Clinton received about five million fewer votes than Obama did in 2012, according to an article on NPR’s website. The same article reported 8 percent of 18 to 29-year-olds
“I’m worried that we have half the country feeling like their concerns and their voices were not legitimate and that’s a recipe for chaos, violence and potential anarchy.” -Local News Editor for the Idaho Statesman Bill Manny said the disparity between parties is an issue. “I’m worried that we have half the country feeling like their concerns and their voices were not legitimate and that’s a recipe for chaos, violence and potential anarchy,” Manny said. Many students are worried about what Trump will enact or repeal when he takes office. “One thing to keep in mind for strong Clinton supporters, or Democrats that are disappointed, is there are a lot of checks and balances in our system,” Kettler said. “The institutions make it really hard to dramatically change policy quickly.” Analyzing results After eight years of Democratic leadership, as well as having a struggling economy,
voted for third-party candidates this year, up from 3 percent in 2012. Due to the lack of approval for Trump and Clinton, some Americans looked to third-party options, though Kettler said these votes didn’t necessarily take away from Trump or Hillary when you get into the data. “We have two parties; that’s not going to appeal to everyone,” Kettler said. “Heavily criticising those who vote for something that better aligns with their interests is probably not the best approach. Instead, the parties may want to think about, “OK, what did that third-party do that was so good, and how can we appeal to those voters?” Kettler also discussed how voter’s financial situations may have played into their votes. “Some people voted for
Trump because they’re really struggling economically,” Kettler said. “Their jobs aren’t there anymore, or they don’t have the opportunities they need.” However, the president has limits and can’t immediately help those populations, Kettler said. News outlets The media has also been considered a factor in Trump’s election. Kettler said though he received a lot of free media, it may not be uncommon for the typical frontrunner. “While Trump was receiving more media coverage, if you calculate it in relation to his polling figures, it wasn’t that unreasonable,” Kettler said. Manny said he thinks the various forms of media need to evaluate their role in
Trump’s election. “I think Trump was a media creation—largely electronic media,” Manny said. Manny explained the big news networks are disconnected from “flyover states,” which led them to be shocked Americans were voting for Trump. “(Trump’s) supporters got dismissed along with Trump, and I think that was a fatal mistake the
media made,” Manny said. “I don’t think you can attribute all that to misogyny, or racism or xenophobia. I think the fear and uncertainty expressed by Trump’s supporters are legitimate, heartfelt emotions that people who would consider themselves good people feel.”
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OPINION
You don’t need a president to be political
Dump the democratic establishment; embrace grassroots activism
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“It’s time to stop outsourcing our political agency to elected officials. Solutions shouldn’t be handed down from on high; we have to build them.”
it doesn’t matter which party happens to be in power because students and minimum wage workers will never be part of the ruling class. Grassroots Activism Starts at Boise State Students and faculty can’t influence federal politics or change the results of the election, but we do have influence over what happens on this campus and in this community. We have the ability to impact the cultural and political terrain of the university. Student-activists can work together to make Boise State safe for students of color and the LGBT community by:
organizations to join United, Boise State’s newly formed Diversity Council. United is a coalition of student groups working to make Boise State safe for students of every race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and country of origin.
-Convincing Boise State to participate in self-assessment surveys like the Campus Pride Index to get a better understanding of what Boise State can do to become a safer and more inclusive place for LGBTQ students. -Expanding the scope of the sexual harassment survey currently being conducted by Boise State’s Office of Title IX Compliance by encouraging students to participate. This could be a way for ASBSU to resuscitate the virtually defunct “Add the Words” campaign. -Unionizing higher education. Politicians either can’t or won’t protect vulnerable workers, so graduate students, adjunct faculty and campus employees must take it upon themselves to improve their
own economic situation via collective bargaining. Asking the university and ASBSU to invest more resources in affordable on-campus childcare for students, staff and faculty who are raising dependents. This could help offset low wages and the rising cost of living. It would also make higher education more accessible for women and single parents. This isn’t an exhaustive list. It might not even be a very good list. It certainly doesn’t address the needs of everyone negatively impacted by Trump’s presidency. But it’s a place to start. The important thing is to remember that the presidency is only one part of the political landscape. Not only that, but it’s the part you have the least amount of control over. The good news is you do have the ability to influence what happens here at Boise State—all it takes is a little bit of effort.
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The results of the election sent waves of shock and fear across the Boise State campus. The night after the election, I went to the post-election “Real Talk” hosted by Students Honoring Active Demarginalization Efforts (SHADE). People there described feeling frightened to leave their homes for fear they’d be targeted by racists emboldened by Trump’s victory. Others expressed anger, depression and disappointment. Many said the election was a referendum of their identity; people of a certain skin color or sexual orientation or religion or country of origin aren’t welcome in America anymore. And they’re right: the danger facing people of color and the LGBTQ community is very real. CNN reported a spike in hate crimes and racist graffiti immediately following
It doesn’t make sense for progressive liberals in Idaho to waste time on petty partisan politics. We can’t count on the federal government to pursue a progressive agenda and we will never build a Democratic majority in Idaho. It’s time to stop outsourcing our political agency to elected officials. Solutions shouldn’t be handed down from on high; we have to build them from the ground up. If this election has taught us anything, it’s that we can’t depend on the political establishment to protect us. If want to dismantle racism, sexism and economic inequality in our communities, we’re going to have to do it ourselves— through direct action and grassroots activism. Trump’s victory should propel progressives in Idaho to abandon the Democratic establishment. Party affiliations are divisive and distracting. In fact, for liberal progressives in Idaho, party affiliations are downright counter-productive. Liberals waste time and money trying to get Democrats elected instead of pressuring 15-year incumbents to address issues that don’t have anything to do with party affiliation—like the increasing cost of college
-Forming study groups to educate ourselves about sexism, racism and economic inequality in the United States. The university should abandon the generic “character building” campus read in favor of texts that explicitly focus on discrimination and systemic violence. -Encouraging clubs and
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The Political Landscape Has Changed.
Our Politics Must Change Too
tuition, or the lack of pre-kindergarten education in Idaho. I might be a progressive liberal, but I have more in common with Republican students earning minimum wage and struggling with student debt than I do the white collar Democrats in the state legislature. Our political strategies should be issueoriented and recognize that
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On Nov. 8, Hillary Clinton snatched defeat from the jaws of victory, losing the presidential election in a humiliating upset and irrevocably altering the American political landscape. The pollsters, pundits and mainstream media outlets who’d gleefully anticipated Clinton’s victory were painfully surprised by the final results. The Democratic party lost more than the presidency: they lost the House, the Senate and an opportunity to tip the ideological balance of the Supreme Court for the first time since 1970.
the election. As if that weren’t bad enough, North Carolina’s Ku Klux Klan announced its hosting a Trump victory parade. When the country’s most outspoken hate group openly celebrates the election of an American president, something is terribly wrong.
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A Trump presidency is proof of rape culture Elise Adams Culture Reporter EliseAdams@u.boisestate.edu At least one in five American women will be sexually assaulted in her lifetime. Ask a rape victim, and they’ll tell you that number is a gross understatement. Rape is the single most underreported crime in the United States, and one that’s severely unlikely to result in arrest, let alone jail time—and that’s to say nothing of justice. America suffers from a cultural sickness that’s largely ignored by the asymptomatic. The American people know Trump is a rapist. We know fifteen women have come forward with their stories of being assaulted by him. We know that up until Nov. 4, Trump was in the middle of a lawsuit wherein he’d been accused of raping a 13-year-old girl, until the case was dropped under disconcerting circumstances. Many believe the accuser was threatened, coerced or bribed into silence. We know that he has laughingly admitted to being a sexual predator in an interview with Howard Stern. We know that Trump’s first wife, Ivana, testified under oath that in 1989, he raped her so brutally that he ripped hair from her scalp. The American people have heard the audio recording of Trump saying that he feels at liberty to grab any woman “by the pussy,” and to kiss and grope them regardless of whether he has consent, followed by a video of Billy Bush uncomfortably pushing himself on actress Arianne Zucker. Trump’s dismissal of the tape as
Fifteen women so far have accused Donald Trump, the president-elect, of sexual assault. Photo courtesy of Donald Trump Facebook
“locker room talk,” and its subsequent dismissal by his supporters under the same premise, is a disturbing indication of the way this country perceives sexual assault—as well as the way we treat survivors of sexual assault. Regardless of the women who tried bravely to work against him, coming forward with similar experiences regarding being mistreated by violent, entitled men, the American people found it prudent to elect a serial sex offender into the highest possible office. Statistically, you know someone who has been sexually assaulted. A vote for Trump spits in the face of anyone who has suffered at the hands of a person like him. Classically the upholders of systemic misogyny, white men came through in this election; they made up 34 percent of voters, and 63 percent of them cast their lot for Trump. The fact that Trump has historically exhibited such grotesque displays of violent
misogyny hasn’t been enough to upset the public opinion. Trump, a racist reality television star with zero years of political experience, a popcorn string of lawsuits trailing behind him, thousands of bankruptcies tucked into his hat, is worth more than someone who has been fighting for women, children and families for nearly fifty years. This, America, is embarrassing and dangerous. We live in a culture where being accused of sexual assault into the double digits is still a lesser moral crime than being a woman. We, the American people, live in a rape culture. Hillary Clinton may have won the popular vote, and Trump’s election may be largely due to a failure of the electoral college, but the fact that voters throughout the country are split nearly down the middle shows that the problem is even worse than we imagined.
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Students reactions to the new presidential-elect shows a division between fear and support Patty Bowen Editor-in-Chief Editor@stumedia.boisestate.edu The hallways of Boise State have buzzed with discourse since Trump won the presidency on Wednesday, Nov. 9. Nationwide, anti-Trump protests continued over the weekend in several major cities including New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. According to the Washington Post, college educated voters were slightly less likely to vote for Trump, while white college educated voters were slightly more likely to vote for Trump. According to a survey conducted by The Arbiter, Boise State students were much less likely to vote for Trump than national polls would have suggested. In the anonymous survey of 136 students, only 13.2 percent of all students said they voted for Trump. According Jeffrey Lyons, assistant professor in the Department of Political Science, this low percentage could have been caused by the uneasy feelings students might have disclosing their support for Trump. Lyons said the negative stigmas attached to the Trump Campaign might make student feel unable to show support for his policy without being considered a racist or misogynistic. “Donald Trump said things throughout the campaign that offended a variety of groups, and so I think the narrative became anyone who supported Donald Trump was those things—whether it was a racist or whatever,” Lyons said. “So when you start labeling people like that, nobody wants to self identify and run around saying ‘I’m a racist.’” This “broad brush painting of a lot of people” resulted in a larger disconnect between Clinton supporters and Trump supporters, said Lyons. According to Lyons, many Trump supporters voted for Trump because they supported his trade or economic policies. He said it was likely that the majority of Trump supporters in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan—the three states that the election boiled down to, according to Lyons—all voted for Trump because they were hoping changes in trade policies would heal their desolate economies. Lyons also stated that conservative students might feel uncomfortable talking about their political beliefs or engaging in discourse in academic settings because of how common it is for academic settings to lean to
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the left. “It’s important in a classroom setting that people are able to respectfully express their opinions,” Lyons said. “There’s a lot of ways to respectfully reflect opinions and I think we need to work on creating a community where people feel comfortable doing that.” According to Lyons, in order to get out of our social echo chambers—the bubbles of homogenous political and social values that naturally form when students hang out with like-minded individuals—Boise State needs to create spaces where students can engage with students of differing political opinion. According to Department of Political Science Lecturer Julie VanDusky-Allen, a huge part of creating a respectful environment is allowing students to grieve
Without the voting records, the only confirmation of Trump’s stances have been through public statements where he has, according to VanDusky-Allen, “flip flopped” on which political party he aligns with. VanDusky-Allen said students can gain a better idea of how Trump will likely act from who he fills the Presidential Cabinet with. On Sunday, Nov. 13, Trump announced he had chosen the current Chairman of the Republican National Committee Reince Priebus to be his chief of staff. Priebus told Fox News on Monday, Nov. 14 he would be “in charge of the day-to-day operations” of the West Wing of the White House. According to Lyons, the presidential cabinet, as well as the House and Senate, will serve as checks and balances for Trump. “If students are worried that Donald Trump will be Donald Trump said things throughout the campaign able to do whatever they’re worried about, they can that offended a variety of groups, and so the narrative take some level of comfort in knowing that our govbecame anyone who supported Donald Trump was those ernment is one that has very diffuse checks and balances,” Lyons said. “A president is not able to show up things—whether it was a racist or whatever. When you in office and snap his or her fingers and make everystart labeling people like that, nobody wants to self thing the way they like it.” Currently there is a Republican majority in the identify and run around saying ‘I’m a racist.” House and Senate. Lyons said that students who are -Jeffrey Lyons, assistant professor in the Department part of the democratic party shouldn’t worry because of Political Science “politics are cyclical.” “History is full of these years where things go badly over the election results if they need to. for a party, and the party regroups and figures out what According to the same poll done by The Arbiter, the plan forward is,” Lyons said. “If we know one thing 51.4 percent of students don’t feel comfortable having about politics it is that you shouldn’t get too down Trump as their president. about an election and don’t celebrate an election beThis number is relatively low in comparison to the cause the odds are, in the next four or eight years it’s numbers that came out of a poll conducted by the Pew probably going to go the other way.” Research Center in June that suggested that less than According to VanDusky-Allen, the switch in parties 10 percent of the populations of several European in power is just another example of this switch. countries including France, Germany, the Nether“From the liberal perspective, if you remember lands and Spain have confidence in Trump’s abilities. what happened after Obama was elected the first time, VanDusky-Allen explained that it might also be Democrats controlled the house, senate and the presihard for students to feel confidently towards Trump’s dency,” VanDusky-Allen said. “That’s when we got the policies on issues like trade because, unlike former Tea Party. That’s when the right conservatives start orpresidential-elects, Trump has no voting records that ganizing—that was a good time because conservatives confirm his stances. didn’t have a voice.” “Part of the problem is that in the past, the people VanDusky-Allen encouraged students who felt marwe have elected have voting records,” VanDusky-Allen ginalized or not represented by their government to said. “And so we can look in the past. For example Hill- organize and protest. She said that speaking out acts ary Clinton’s voting records are actually very similar to “as a safety valve” when politics stop representing their Obama’s. Their record was almost exactly the same.” people.
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It’s On Us struggles to gain funding on campus Brandon Rasmussen Culture Editor Culture@stumedia.boisestate.edu
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Jacob Palmer Staff Writer Culture@stumedia.boisestate.edu On a crisp fall evening, a memorial service was recently held at Veterans Memorial Park, where full military honors and a flag folding ceremony were held to honor the work of a veteran. The veteran, Taran, was a German shepherd-Malinois mix who served alongside his handler John Mras in Afghanistan. Mras joined the National Guard when he was a junior in high school. Mras had always wanted to be a member. Right after graduating in 2007, he was deployed to Afganistan. His relationship with Taran began while in training. “I went to the dog handlers’ course in San Antonio. They pair you up with two or three dogs. You take these dogs and you learn how to be han-
dler and trainer. At the end of the course— my other two dogs washed out— Taran made it all the way through. I was his first handler,” said Mras. The two formed a close bond as they trained together in a variety of combat scenarios. “We were a specialized search dog team. Our focus was searching for explosives off-leash. Anything from C4, TNT, to dynamite and homemade explosives. Our specialty— when were in combat— was to be dismounted in front of a convoy searching for IEDs (improvised explosive devices) along the roadway,” said Mras. The areas they searched could be as cramped as a small building, or as large as an open farm field. Taran would search the area for the scent of an explosive, and Mras would monitor his progress while keeping him from wandering off in a wrong direction.
Taran and Mras’ work didn’t stop after their deployment. They continued to work with law enforcement domestically at locations such as Fort Knox and Fort Riley. They even worked with the Secret Service. “If the president was going to Louisville, Kentucky, we would help the secret service in that mission searching for explosives. It was definitely a close bond especially after that deployment,” said Mras. After Mras got out of K9 duty to pursue other career goals, Taran was sent back to the training facility to be paired up with another trainer. However, Taran didn’t do well with anyone other than Mras. As a result, Taran was retired for service and adopted by Mras. Mras recounted a few aspects of his unique personality. “He was very calm when he wasn’t working. He
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never barked, I’ve heard him bark 10 to 15 times in the nine years that I’ve had him,” said Mras. “When it was time to work, he was sometimes bull headed. He would at times ignore what I was wanting to do because he wanted to investigate. Which came to be a good thing, you just have to control that.” Taran passed away on Oct. 29, and a funeral service was held for him Nov. 2. Mras said that the ceremony for Taran was to honor and remember the sacrifice that he, and other military dogs provide in the armed forces. “We do a full ceremony for them, military honors and everything, and I just wanted to do the same for him,” Mras said. “Our working dogs put in as much work and sacrifice as the rest of us and they definitely deserve the same honors and respect that any other service member gets.”
It’s On Us is an initiative put in place by the Obama administration in 2014 to combat sexual violence, particularly on college campuses. Following its creation, universities around the U.S. created their own chapters of the movement, including Boise State. However, following the end of the Spring 2016 semester, It’s On Us was left entirely without student representation on Boise State campus. In response to this, ASBSU appointed Payton Wicklas as their official It’s On Us representative. The announcement was made at a student assembly meeting on Sept. 21. Since then Wicklas has gathered several students to help make It’s On Us a staple in the Boise State community. “It’s basically a group of anyone who is willing to stand up against (sexual violence) and stand with Boise State in supporting victims of these crimes,” said Wicklas. Though general support for It’s On Us has been present in the student assembly since the program’s resurgence in September, organizing has not been a simple task. For example, It’s On Us faced yet another roadblock during last week’s student assembly meeting on Nov. 9. “ASBSU has pledged its support to It’s On Us, which will create a coalition between the student body and the outlying community against sexual violence,” Wicklas read from the proposed bill being passed around the room. “Therefore, we resolve that ASBSU will spend $5,000 in support of It’s On Us.”
Following the bill’s conclusion, the assembly voted. The results: two in favor and 30 against. Funding for It’s On Us was denied. The assembly’s reason for rejecting funding for It’s On Us mostly centered around questions of clarity and necessity. Wicklas’ proposed bill included briefly that much of the requested $5,000 would be spent on “It’s On Us” t-shirts and hats, as well as pizza to entice students to come to their events. For some assembly
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members, these items aren’t quite critical to accomplish the organization’s goal. “It sounds like you are all for the cause, but you are looking for more details in terms of numbers,” said Vice President of ASBSU Jade Donnelly to the assembly just after voting took place. “I think this is something we could easily collaborate on and move forward with.” In the meantime, Wicklas said he will continue to work on behalf of It’s On Us by revising his proposal and planning several events in an attempt to engage the community. “They’ll be a fun way to get people involved— to get them to think about our message,” said Wicklas. According to Wicklas and the other students involved with It’s On Us, these events will include guest speakers such as Dean of Students Christian Wuthrich, President Bob Kustra and Idaho senator Mike Crapo.
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CULTURE Kerri Webster’s “Trailhead” receives Idaho Commission on the Arts Fellowship of Literature
Boise Philharmonic searches for new conductor as concerts continue Elizabeth Finley Staff Writer Culture@stumedia.boisestate.edu
Kerri Webster’s two previous works, ““We Do Not Eat Our Hearts Alone” and “Grand & Arsenal” are both available for purchase on Amazon.com. Photo by Patty Bowen / The Arbiter
Chloe Nolan Staff Writer Culture@stumedia.boisestate.edu Kerri Webster is a nationally known poet and adjunct professor at Boise State in the English Department. In June she received the Idaho Commission on the Arts Fellowship of Literature, after previously receiving the Iowa Poetry Prize and Whiting Foundation Fellowship for “Grand & Arsenal,” a book of poetry interviewing the internal and the external woes of life. Webster received the award for the manuscript she wrote, titled “The Trailhead.” “There is one theme through The Trailhead. It’s about women, spirituality and the environment,” Webster said. The ICA Fellowship is a grant given to artists to allow them more time to focus on their creative careers. The grant is state funded and it is presented to a new artist every year.
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However, each year focuses on a different artist. These include craft, design and visual arts; performing and media arts; and literature. Every three years, the Commission focuses on literature, with a total of five winners. Webster used her grant to take the summer off to devote time to her writing. In this time, she was able to finish her manuscript. Since she completed her project, she has decided to take a break from working on her poetry. “I’m doing a lot of reading, waiting and thinking to what comes next,” said Webster. She takes times to generate ideas after every manuscript is published to figure out what she will work on next. A couple weeks ago Webster attended “Death Rattle Writers Festival,” where Webster was invited to share her recent work with the community. Along with Death Rattle, Webster works closely with the MFA program and its reading
series, as well as The Cabin. “Boise has become a great literary town. It is a close-knit literary community,” Webster said. According to Webster, literature is important for the community and students for multiple reasons, which is where her passion of teaching poetry has come from. “During election season, when our national discourse has been less than civil, it is really heartening and fulfilling to teach creative writing in a space where people are using empathy and respect with each other,” Webster said. As a creative writing teacher, her focus is on poetry. Her classes include Intermediate Poetry Writing and Senior Portfolio in Creative Writing. Webster has known since she was young that poetry is what she wanted to do. For now, Webster is unsure of what exactly her poems will look like in the future.
Boise Philharmonic’s current season is now underway, following the exit of Robert Franz, who directed the orchestra for eight years before announcing his retirement in January. After narrowing the list of candidates down from 200 to 16, the final seven will each get a chance with the baton during a real concert. Each of their concerts will take place on a Saturday night on campus at the Morrison Center. Each program has a concerto and soloist already picked by the search committee— a concerto is a competition that features a primary soloist throughout the work. Part of the conductor’s task is to build a program around the chosen concerto. These auditions are required so the orchestra and search committee can see what the conductor can bring to the table in terms of setting a program. The search committee is made up of six musicians chosen by the orchestra, and six board members from the community. They also consider the audience’s preference, as they are allowed to vote at the end. “Franz will be missed, but a new change is always exciting,” said Phyllis Saunders, a member of the first violin section, and a member on the conductor
search board. “We’re hoping to find someone who can be a face to the community for the orchestra. The director helps draw the audience in.” Each conductor has a different way of communicating their ideas to the orchestra. Some are more formal and others are more easy going. “We really enjoyed working with this last conductor Keitaro Harada,” Saunders said. “He rearranged the orchestra in a completely different way. He put the
linkage between the classical and modern pieces in each program. “Audience members should have some say but the most important voices in the decision-making process are members of the orchestra, “ Lovelace said. The orchestra and conductor work like a team. Lovelace said as an audience member you can almost anticipate what will happen with a really good conductor. As the season moves forward, one thing Lovelace
“to theWe’recommunity hoping to find someone who can be a face for the orchestra. The director helps draw the audience in.”
-Phyllis Saunders, first violin basses behind the first violins, the tubas and horns by the back wall, and the violas and second violins across from the first violins. This created a warm musical hug.” Though a new conductor can bring unique possibilities, some audience members expressed fondness for Franz and the qualities he had as a director they hope to see continued. “I was a big fan of Robert Franz, the old conductor,” said season ticket holder Sue Lovelace. “He was really good about explaining the programming to the audience.” According to Lovelace, Franz would provide context and history for each piece as well as show the
would like to see is younger people coming to the performances. She expressed her interest in holding a cocktail and social hour before each performance. “You rarely see children or college age students at this event, “Lovelace said. “ I wonder if the conductors they’re auditioning have any plans to reach out to the younger audience.” Students can catch their next concert featuring Boise Philharmonic’s brass quintet on Saturday, Nov. 19 at the Boise First Presbyterian Church. The performance will begin at 11 a.m. and tickets cost $15 in advance and $20 at the door. Tickets can be found on Boise Philharmonic’s website.
Boise State professor remembered for her impact on campus and the community Anthropology professor Cynthia Bradbury passed away on Saturday, Oct. 22, ending her fight with cancer. Bradbury will be remembered by many students and faculty at Boise State, as well as members of the community. Bradbury worked as an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Anthropology, pursued many different research projects and was very involved with Zoo Boise. Mark Plew, an archaeologist and professor in the Department of Anthropology, worked closely with Bradbury for a decade on many different research projects. They were in the middle of working on a two-year project in South America when Bradbury passed. “Her thesis, which dealt with the isotopic analysis of remains from an Egyptian context, sort of led me around to collaborating with her, working on a couple of projects,” Plew said. According to Plew, Bradbury had a variety of interests she was constantly pursuing, which were all interconnected in some way. “Cynthia was one of the more engaged people that I’ve ever worked with,” Plew said. “Someone who is rare as they are to encounter, and someone who was just inherently inquisitive.” Christopher Hill, a professor in the anthropology department, worked with Bradbury on her masters thesis. “My most lasting memory of
Cynthia will be the breadth of her curiosity and her mixture of being practical and idealistic at the same time,” Hill said. According to Hill, the Claude C. Albritton Award was given to Bradbury in 2011 from the Archaeological Geology Division of the Geological Society of America. “The award was created to honor the ideals, scholarship and character of a scientist who was devoted to the application of earth sciences to archaeology, and to perpetuate high standards of research,” Hill said. In addition to her dedication to research, Bradbury also had an apparent love for her job as a teacher. “I think students will miss her in terms of the making time for one on one,” Plew said. “She was one of those people that always found a way.” Senior anthropology major and president of the Anthropology Club, Katie Taylor, was able to work closely with Bradbury the past couple of years. “I”ve never had anyone tell me that they didn’t enjoy her classes,” Taylor said. “She just loved teaching, and she was so passionate about it.” Taylor also teaches some labs in the Department of Anthropology, which is how she and Bradbury met. “She was very positive, very upbeat,” Taylor said. “I want to be able to have a career that I absolutely love, just like she did. I would absolutely consider her a role model.” According to Taylor, one of Bradbury’s classes, which dealt with primate enrichment, was popular with students. The course often involved Brad-
bury taking students to the primate section of Zoo Boise. “She created a sort of hands on experience for students,” Plew said. Melissa Williams is the former primary keeper in the primate section of Zoo Boise. She helped Bradbury coordinate the primate course for students. “She was able to take her passion for primates and combine that with an anthropology class and created a symbiotic relationship between the Boise State students and Zoo Boise,” Williams said. Williams also noted the relationship Bradbury created between the primate section and her class formed after Bradbury had already spent a considerable amount of time with a few of the zoo’s other programs. “First she was a volunteer who came in on her free time to help clean, feed and observe animals,” Williams said. “Cynthia was also instrumental in the startup of Zoo Boise’s Volunteer Enrichment Committee.” According to Williams, Bradbury put together this committee with a keeper by organizing volunteers who came to the zoo to create enrichment activities for the animals. “There are so many memories of Cynthia that stick out to me. She was just that type of person that always had you smiling,” Williams said. “Cynthia was a valued member of Zoo Boise and she is going to be missed greatly.” Bradbury has requested that any memorial contributions be donated to gorilladoctors. org.
Cynthia Bradbury is shown above helping out at Zoo Boise’s Volunteer Enrichment Committee Build Day, as she often did. Photo courtesy of Lindsay Ruffner
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SPORTS & REc Boise State Football has a day in Paradise Women’s Soccer Team season recap
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Evan Werner Sports & Rec Editor Sports@stumedia. boisestate.edu Boise State Football traveled to Hawaii for their matchup Saturday, Nov. 12. The Broncos controlled the entire game, winning 52-16. Both Jermey McNichols and Brett Rypien had outstanding games, and put this game away early. Only playing one drive in the second half, McNichols ran for 153 yards and two touchdowns on 16 carries Saturday, scoring a touchdown in his 22nd straight game, tying Montee Ball (Wisconsin) for the longest such streak in FBS over last 10 years. “Teams are going to try to stop him. They know we’re going to run the ball, and our job is to put him in a position to be successful, but he certainly makes things happen, too,” Boise
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State coach Bryan Harsin said. “You get him in space, you can’t coach all those things up. He’s a special player. He did it again tonight.” Rypien passed for 338 yards and four touchdowns while completing 18 of 22 passes. Rypien leads the Mountain West in passing yards (2,578), passing touchdowns (18) and total offense (282.4 yards per game). “I think we’re clicking a lot better than we have all year and you want to be playing your best football coming into the end of the year and I think we’re doing that,’’ said Rypien. In addition to its offensive success, Boise State managed two defensive takeaways for the first time this season. According to Boise State Athletics, Boise State’s win, combined with Wyoming’s 69-66, triple overtime loss at UNLV pulls
the Broncos into a tie with the Cowboys atop the Mountain Division at 5-1. Boise State can win the Mountain Division by winning its final two games combined with one more loss from Wyoming. The Rainbow Warriors’ chances of a bowl game are bleak, but not completely dead. They needed to win their final three games to finish above .500, but there is still a possibility they could be invited to the Hawaii Bowl with a 6-7 record. ‘’ We’ve had about a month here where we haven’t had a lot of positives and we better figure it out heading into the last two games,’’ Hawaii coach Nick Rolovich said. The Boise State Broncos come home this week to play UNLV in their final regular season home game on Friday, Nov. 18.
The Boise State women’s soccer team just got back from their trip to San Diego to compete in the Mountain West Championship. The top six out of the 12 teams in the conference get to compete in the championship and Boise was in that top 50 percent. Although University of Nevada Las Vegas took the championship in a penalty kick shootout to San Diego State University, the Broncos came back with nothing but excitement and motivation for their next season to start. Before taking off to the championships, the team played its last home game of the season in which their two graduating seniors played their last Boise State conference game ever. Head Coach Jim Thomas is sad to see his seniors leave the team but says he has “an entire returning team to build on.” “We had a tremendously tough season, with unfor-
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-Head Coach Jim Thomas tunate games, but great performances,” Thomas said about the 2016 season. “Although we didn’t attain our ultimate goal to win the Mountain West championships, we still have pride. The team was left with an angst and a need to go back out and do it again.” It was “a tale of two halves” as Thomas described their season. “We had higher standards than we achieved and the girls were tremendous in the second half of the season,” Thomas said. The team’s next season starts in July and will go all the way until November if they make it to the championship. The team’s conference play may be over, but they still have big plans for the upcoming 2017 year. As soon as the school year is over in May, the
team will take a trip to play at a tournament in Spain. “Were trying to address areas that are important to our young athletes. Taking this trip will give them a great understanding and cultural expansion,” said Thomas. It will be a great experience for them since Barcelona is the top in the world for soccer, but it can be costly. The team is able to make this cultural experience trip through its fundraising network. “The team has 10 events a year to fund the program,” Thomas said. Donations help with the cost of the trip, but each team player will also be paying out of pocket. “They will get more out of it,” Thomas said, by making some of their own payments towards it. After their trip to Spain, the Broncos will go home for about a six week resting period until they start back up in July. “We have a ton of young players and we’re moving up and we can’t wait to get going for next season,” said Thomas.
After their trip to San Diego for the Mountain West Championship, the Boise State Women’s Soccer Team came back to Boise with nothing but motivation to keep improving. Photo by Abe Copeland / The Arbiter
Boise State Wrestling starts season Riston Ramirez Sports & Rec Reporter RistonRamirez@u.boisestate.edu Boise State Wrestling had its season opener last weekend in Laramie, Wyoming on Saturday. Nov. 5. Led by first year coach Mike Mendoza, wrestlers Demetrius Romero, Austin Dewey and Fred Green found themselves finishing in the top three in their respected weight classes. Head Coach Mike Mendoza New head coaches for Boise State Wrestling do not
come easy. Mendoza will be the third head coach for the Broncos in 44 years. The past six seasons Mendoza was the head coach at California State University, Bakersfield. There, Mendoza lead the Roadrunners from a 3-7 record in his first year to a top 25 team in the nation in his last. “Boise State is capable of great things on the mat,” Mendoza said. He stated he is excited to help wrestlers achieve what they came to Boise State for. Demetrius Romero As a redshirt freshman, Demetrius Romero earned a spot in the finals in his
Bronco debut. Romero got three straight victories which put him in the championship match. Here he forced the match to go into overtime, but eventually was pinned in 8 minutes, 25 seconds. Austin Dewey Redshirt senior Austin Dewey was knocked out of the tournament in the semifinals after picking up a pair of wins. In the opening round Dewey pinned Northern Colorado’s Thomas Chisholm in 5 minutes 29 seconds. He then earned an 11-4 decision and then lost a 3-2 decision, which dropped him to third place. Dewey picked up another fall in the
consolation bracke and went on to win his third-place match 6-4. Fred Green Before getting pinned in the semi-finals in 3 minutes, Green won back-to-back decisions. Green advanced all the way to the third-place match, but was forced to forfeit. In the consolation semifinals, Green pinned Utah Valley’s Raider Lofthouse. Boise State Wrestling is looking forward to the rest of the season. Mendoza as well as his team believe big things can come from hard work in practice. The wrestling team takes on Purdue next Friday on Nov. 18.
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Broncos Women’s Volleyball continues dominance Saturday, Nov. 12, Boise State defeated San Jose State in Mountain West volleyball. The Broncos hit 43 percent as a team, tying for seventh best percentage in program history. “I thought it was a real solid performance all around,” said Head Coach Shawn Garus. “I thought Jaymee Bulda distributed the ball well today getting all the hitters involved, I think we hit over 40 percent in all three sets which is great. It was just a good consistent effort from the entire team.” Boise State’s win streak is now at 11 straight, 10 by sweep, and its record is 22-6 overall, and 13-2 in MW play. The Broncos are tied for first with Colorado State whom they will be playing this Wednesday, Nov. 16. Sierra Nobley led the team and recorded her league-high 15th doubledouble of the year on 16 kills to go with 21 digs. Maddy O’Donnell was hitting a team-second- best, 55 percent for 13 kills. In the first set, the Broncos had it with a 10-0 run. Boise State lead by 11 points before finishing the set when Kaitlyn Oliver had a smash through the defense to win 25-17. Boise State continued their lead in the second set as they won by 13 points. Nobley finished the run with a kill, making the score 16-4.
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SJSU came out firing in the third set by taking the lead over the Broncos at 6-5. The Broncos however, turned it around rattling off a 9-1 run, changing the score to 15-7. Boise State won by 11 points. “When a team hits over .400 it’s not about one player, it’s about the setter, Bulda who moved the ball around and got everybody involved,” Garus said. “We did a good job passing as well which usually starts with Maddi Osburn. Overall we were clicking today, our offense is really hard to stop when we’re on.” Boise State recorded 50 kills as a team off 44 assists. The Broncos also had five service aces, 46 digs and five blocks in the victory.
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Our Music Director has you covered this week with some R&B hits, take a listen and follow us on Spotify @universitypulse! Telephone Ft. Tyler, The Creator, Playboi Carti, & Young Geesh - A$AP Mob Five Minutes - Her Kids... - A Tribe Called Quest Me and Your Mama - Childish Gambino Night Witch - Wolf People Something Else To Drink - Shantih Shantih Telescope - Vanishing Twin Atlantis Ft. APigeon - Beat Market
Our College Season Pass includes a bonus day ticket so you can bring a friend. Purchase by December 1 and receive a FREE Smoky’s Pint Pass!* Price goes up to $249 after Dec 1, 2016
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*To receive Pint Pass, must be 21 years of age. To qualify for College Season Pass, must show ID with proof of full time enrollment via class schedule, transcripts or receipt of payment for current academic term.
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