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WEEKLY EVENTS Women Veterans Lecture Tuesday, November 8

Student Union Building Lookout Room, 11:00 - 1:00 PM, FREE This lecture is titled “Women Veterans: Contributing Value in the Classroom” and will be presented by Lieutenant Colonel (ret.), U.S. Army Reserve Maureen O’Toole.

Election Day & Election Night Watch Party Tuesday, November 8

Party at Student Union Building Jordan Ballroom, 5:00 - 10:00 PM, FREE After exercising your right to vote or abstain, the Center for Idaho History and Politics will provide some free light snacks and big screens so you can find out the end result while mingling with fellow community members.

MFA Reading Series Robin Coste-Lewis Friday, November 11

Ming Studios, 420 S. 6th Street, 7:30 PM, FREE National Book Award winner Robin Coste-Lewis will be giving a free reading at Ming Studios as part of the MFA Reading Series. She will be reading from her “Voyage of the Sable Venus.” If you’re at all interested in poetry or discussions of identity, you will not want to miss this.

Beer Night with Payette at Rediscovered Books Saturday, November 12

Rediscovered Books, 108 N 8th Street, 7:00 - 9:00 PM, $30, 21+ Did you know Rediscovered Books has a “Book & Booze” series? This month, $30 will get you a night of Payette Brewing Co. beer tasting at the bookstore, a copy of a staff-picked book, and some beer to take home. If you’re interested in books, booze or want to meet others who are, check out this event.

Black and Blue Rivalry Game Saturday, November 12

ECenturyLink Arena, 233 Capitol Blvd., 12:30 PM, $10 Benefitting Meals on Wheels, Boise State Club Hockey will take on University of Idaho in a rivalry club hockey game. Attending this event will support both charity and your school of choice.

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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Patty Bowen

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OPINION EDITOR Andy Ridgeway

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NEWS EDITOR

Samantha Harting

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NEWS REPORTER

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CULTURE EDITOR

Brandon Rasmussen

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CULTURE REPORTER Elise Adams

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Boise State honey buzzes with benefits : pg. 5

SPORTS EDITOR Evan Werner

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SPORTS REPORTER Riston Ramirez

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DIGITAL CONTENT MANAGER Jared Lewis

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COPY EDITORS Darby Ebeling Tori Ward

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NEWS Russia and the United States experience continued tension As tension between Russia and the United States has continued to rise, one Boise State student is anxious for what’s to come.

Artsiom Charnou, a sophomore information technology management major, moved from Belarus—a country which neighbors Russia—to the U.S. with his mom when he was nine years old. They visit Belarus to see relatives each summer, but current military draft regulations are putting tension on his return.

“I would be arrested at the airport, right as they see that I’m a citizen of Belarus, and take me to the military,” Charnou said.

Russia and the U.S. both have troops on the ground in Syria, oil prices have dropped and the targeted smart sanctions placed on Russia are failing. All of these factors contribute to the current poor relations between the two countries, making it a difficult relationship to mend.

Though Charnou’s family is far away, he still worries for their safety.

“I’m hoping everything else plays out well for my family, because I can’t really do much,” Charnou said. “I’ve thought about sending money, but they said no, because it most likely will not make it to them.”

Syria “It certainly is a time in which we should be concerned about the way U.S.-Russian relations are evolving,” said Assistant Political Science Professor

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Samantha Harting News Editor News@stumedia.boisestate.edu

Michael Allen.

Syrian President, Bashar alAssad, is playing an important role in the international rivalry between the U.S. and Russia. “(The U.S. and Russia) have competing agendas for how Syria should look—with Russia backing Assad and (the U.S.) backing the free Syrian Army and basically anti-Assad regimes—which has led to some difficulties on the ground in Syria with having some different competing groups, that we are backing, who do not like each other,” Allen said.

Violence ensues in these areas as a result, with over 450,000 deaths in Syria since the conflict started in 2011, according to the I am Syria website.

“The Russians’ understanding of Syria is that the antiIslamic State path to peace is basically ensuring Assad’s re-

gime in Syria,” Allen said. “If you want the U.S. and Russia to agree on it, it’s more likely that the U.S. would have to be one to accept a post-Islamic State Assad regime—basically the Assad regime as it presently exists.”

Allen said mending Russian relations will require agreements both about what is happening in the Middle East and in Eastern European countries.

“Syria is one of two places that’s most likely to erupt in violence that would drag the U.S. and Russia into a larger conflict, and it’s because we have active presence of military personnel and assets there presently,” Allen said. “Having crossfire where Americans fire on Russians, and Russians fire on Americans, would not be good.”

Decreased oil prices

Allen said Russia’s economy is currently not doing well. “(Russia’s) economy is heavily reliant on oil and the oil price has dropped dramatically from where it was two years ago,” Allen said.

A country’s oil production and pricing has global effects, which leads to the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) getting involved. “(The drop in price of oil) is potentially a strategic play, because how we know the oil price works is usually when the oil price drops low, OPEC— the organization that basically tries to put a limit on how much oil countries produce— usually will say people need to cut down on production so our price doesn’t drop too low.”

Allen also said Putin may want to maintain hostile rela-

tions with the U.S. in order to solidify their popularity and avoid appearing weak to their domestic audience.

“This might be a reason for the tensions, it’s not just because of the price of oil, but because Russian people are hurting economically,” Allen said. “When you can’t fix an economic problem, it becomes more attractive to have people focus on other things to make you popular. One of them is bellicose rhetoric towards traditional adversaries, like the U.S.” Targeted smart sanctions Allen explained the U.S. tries to use economic pressure on other countries to convince them to change, or cause them to change, a particular policy.

Generally, these sanctions don’t work for a multitude of

reasons.

“Generally if sanctions are to work, they should work when you threaten sanctions,” Allen said.

The traditional sanctions usually hurt the economy of a country as a whole, which can serve as a rallying point for the country’s leader against the countries or groups who placed the sanctions on them, according to Allen.

“Often the people (the sanctions) are intended to hurt, don’t get hurt because they’re able to redirect resources to keep themselves in power and then other people—usually minority groups or the poor— get oppressed as a result of that,” Allen said.

The U.S., among other countries like Europe, have tried to place smart sanctions on Russia which limited trading opportunities with the Russian elite in hopes of making them face economic pressure. With this pressure, the U.S. hoped the elite would pressure Putin to change his policies, according to Allen.

“Just like other sanctions, though, you expect them—if they’re going to be effective— hopefully they will work before you have to apply them,” Allen said. “We’ve applied them for a while now and we haven’t really seen a change in Russian posturing. In fact, it’s gotten worse since then.”

Though things are rough now, Allen said these moments could be learning points.

“Hopefully, over time, these moments of crises can be situations in which we can learn to build, or repair, institutions between the countries who make future conflict less likely,” Allen said.

Natasha Williams News Reporter Natashawilliams@u.boisestate.edu Boise State students are continuing to buy university produced honey in order to reap various health benefits.

The health benefits of honey are drawing students like Sue Finney, a junior social work major, to the Boise State Bookstore to enjoy the honey the Bee Team

issues.

According to Jeff Anderson, associate professor of respiratory care and director of clinical education, the first time someone comes into contact with an allergen—such as consuming royal jelly or honey—it might help them create a defense against the allergen without causing a serious reaction.

“Some people become sensitized to it,” Anderson said. “Let’s say you get stung

“Because bees are becoming endangered, they’re getting more attention.”

-Austin Kobernuss, Boise State Bee Team President

produces. Finney said that she found it helps her with her insomnia—especially with finals week rapidly approaching.

“It’s local honey. I have asthma and I’ve been reading about the benefits with sleep and the antibacterial effects of honey,” Finney said. “I’ve always suffered from insomnia, especially when I’m stressing out over finals and stuff. I did some research and a tablespoon of honey and lemon before bed helps produce seratonin and melatonin—helps you sleep.”

Historically, honey has been used for its health benefits for a long time. According to the US National Institutes of Health, the use of bee honey has been traced as far back as 8,000 years and has been used for everything from wound dressing to helping with digestive

by a bee and you’ve never gotten stung before. The second time you get stung by a bee you might be sensitized to it and you might develop more of a reaction.

You’ve developed an antibody to that antigen, and so you can fight it better.”

There are still studies being conducted on the effectiveness of bee products and preventing allergic reactions. Austin Kobernuss, president of the Bee Team, said researchers are running out of time and it’s important to focus on bees now more than ever.

“Because bees are becoming endangered, they’re getting more attention. More studies now are being done,” Kobernuss said. “There are a lot of these studies that are just coming out now because it takes so long to do, to have a peer reviewed study—so stay tuned!”

The team is famous across campus for its quality honey production. Soon the team plans to expand its business by producing chapsticks from hives tended to by Boise State students. Their business isn’t the only thing expanding this semester— the team has seen a growth of more than 70 members.

Kobernuss, president of the Boise State Bee Team, said the reason for the team’s success is their flexible and inclusive atmosphere.

“It’s gotten to this point where people are wanting to intern more and more,” Kobernuss said. “I actually really like the club setting because it allows people to get involved without a commitment.”

The team wasn’t always as big as it is now. Originally, the club started as an internship program for the environmental studies majors.

Over time, due to lack of involvement, the program transitioned into a club. Kobernuss said the club status helps people from different majors get involved.

“We’ve been a club for only about one and a half to two years,” Kobernuss said.

“We’ve been trying to open and expand it so we’re not just getting environmental studies students, which is so cool. There are people that are focusing on other fields that still care that we want to incorporate.”

To get involved with the Boise State Bee Team, students can visit the Bee Team website, which can be found in the Boise State Directory. The team also meets every Tuesday in the Student Union Building.

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Boise State Bee Team makes a buzz on campus

Honey was harvested over the summer by the Boise State Bee Team, as seen above.

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NEWS Community combats homeless through housing-first programs As the winter months catch up with us, there is an increasing likelihood of Boise’s chronically homeless being part of the estimated 700 homeless citizens that die from hypothermia per year nationally, according to National Health Care for the Homeless Council.

Currently in Boise, there are 339 people who identify as chronically homeless, according to the Idaho 2016 Point-InTime Count Report. This is a 36 percent increase since 2014.

How to combat homeless in Ada County will be the main topic of the Impact: Homelessness Forum taking place on Thursday, Nov. 17 at 6:30 p.m. in the Jordan Ballroom. The forum will focus on how local businesses and community members can create collaborations to build more housingfirst programs.

Housing-first programs According to Wyatt Schroeder, executive director of Charitable Assistance to Community’s Homeless (CATCH), housing-first models—like those CATCH uses—prioritize housing as the most important aspect of aiding a homeless individual and then work to provide them with other benefits.

“CATCH uses a model called ‘housing-first’ which primarily believes that every family, every person, deserves a home and that the home is the center of stability and health,” Schroeder said. “If home is the center of stability, we believe

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people shouldn’t have to go through centers; they shouldn’t have to go through transitional housing. They should be housed as quickly as possible.”

The City of Boise, Ada County, Saint Alphonsus, St. Luke’s, Boise City Ada County Housing Authority, CATCH and Terry Reilly Health Services are partnering to break ground on a new building for housing-first homes, according to Schroeder. The building is being funded through a federally allocated tax credit.

“2016 was the first year Idaho Housing and Finance Association administering the tax credits as a set aside: a specific amount of tax credits in order to build a housing-first project,” Schroeder said.

Developers were able to apply for these tax credits. According to Schroeder, applicants are being looked through right now; when one is chosen, a timeline will be established for for finishing the building.

Nationwide, housing-first programs have proven a successful method for improving the mental and physical health of their beneficiaries. According to Schroeder, 75 percent of people who enter into a housing-first program successfully remain housed.

working hard enough to end homelessness,” Schroeder said.

“CATCH currently has 50 families that are just waiting on our waiting list. These are families staying in Mercy Shelter, staying on the street, kids that are currently going in and out of

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According to Mike Journee, communication director for the Office of the Mayor, part of combating homeless is creating affordable housing options.

“Housing the homeless and affordable housing are very close cousins,” Journee said.

We need to have this conversation of how can we come together to create housing first solutions for our entire community because, unfortunately, we have a very vulnerable population in our shelters and streets, and no permanent housing to put them.”

-Wyatt Schroeder, executive director of CATCH our school and we are not able to help them.”

Schroeder explained that the panel will be a good time to figure out how to “stop using our scarce resources as an excuse to not be intentional” when combatting homelessness.

“Because of the low vacancy rates and the exceedingly high real estate rates, it is an astounding market for those who might not have disposable income, or who put more of their income towards housing than is typically advised.”

According to Journee, if an individual is paying more than 30 percent of their income, their housing is not considered affordable by the federal government.

Student Involvement Over the past several years, numerous student groups have popped up around Boise State who made a habit of taking trips out to areas with large populations of homeless and feeding them. According to Journee, it is better if students donate their time or funds to a business or program professionally set up to aid the homeless.

“It is really a matter of helping people make the choice to get off the street,” Journee said.

“If they have an option of going

to one of the service providers, then they’re more likely to start counselling or get a hot meal rather than a meal on the sidewalk.”

According to Schroeder, students can participate in Hunger Homeless Student Awareness Week from Nov. 12 to Nov. 20, which been a popular way that students have shown support in ending homelessness.

“Everything starts with having a conversation,” Schroeder said. “I would challenge the university to really have a more vibrant presence with Hunger Homeless Student Awareness Week.”

The Impact: Homelessness panel is free to attend. For more information about the panel, student can visit its Facebook page.

Fixing the problem CATCH helps 200 families in the Treasure Valley annually by giving them a six month lease which provides them with “stable housing, financial independence and resilience,” said Schroeder. After that, if the family can keep up with payment, they can stay in the rental.

“We as a community aren’t

In 2016 there were 339 persons who identified as chronically homeless as compared to 249 in 2015. This is a 36% increase from last year and a 39% increase from 2014.

The number of homeless veterans within the general homeless population (adults only) increased from 249 in 2015 to 267 which is an increase of 7%.

In 2016, the unsheltered homeless accounted for 32% of all homeless persons, which is an increase from 2015 when only 24% of the total homeless were unsheltered. On the whole the unsheltered population across the state increased by 57% while the sheltered count only increased by .8%. *According to 2016 Point-In-Time Counter report

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OPINION

Protesting protest votes

Why you shouldn’t stay quiet this election Tori Ward Copy Editor Victoriaward@boisestate. edu

In the 1968 Election, the two presidential candidates, Richard Nixon and Hubert Humphrey, were neck in neck for the popular vote by a margin less than 500,000. The deciding issue at the time was the Vietnam War. Humphrey, the previous president, had initially spearheaded the movement.

Nixon proclaimed he would get America out of the war, but he wouldn’t reveal how he planned to do so. In the wake of Robert Kennedy’s assassination, the popular candidate for the democratic nominee, those 500,000 people who made up the margin between Humphrey and Nixon were disgusted. In their eyes Humphrey was a corrupt politician who’d been in office too long, and Nixon was a challenger candidate who didn’t have enough experience in politics. So, those 500,000 people, made up mostly of college students, made a decision; they weren’t going to vote.

They didn’t see the difference between Humphrey or Nixon so why did it matter who got elected?

“I decide that Nixon and Humphrey are indistinguishable, and I refuse to vote. I encourage others to do the same It’s a mistake I regret to this day.” said Vox Columnist Michael Ansara.

Ansara was part of the generation that abstained in 1968.

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would’ve tipped the vote, are the reason Nixon won the presidency, and they bare the consequences of his reign.

“Looking back, we young idealists and activists were not so much wrong in our assessments of Humphrey as we were totally wrong in our assessment of whether it matters if a corporate center liberal is elected over an insecure, unstable, right-wing candidate who does not respect the Constitution,” said Ansara.

Ansara’s generation was on the hinge of history. They were locked in a battle of old versus new; they were disgusted by their choices, and the globe watched as they launched themselves toward what felt like sure oblivion. Any of this sounding familiar yet?

There’s an old proverb that says if we do not study history, we are doomed to repeat it.

That repetition is happening before our very eyes, and it is nothing short of terrifying.

Let’s all collectively imagine a world in which you don’t vote; in which you feel like you don’t want to choose between the lesser of two evils, or your candidate didn’t get chosen as the party nominee, or there’s no difference between Trump and Clinton, or you’re too busy and on and on and on the list goes. Think about all these reasons not to vote, all these things standing in your way. Then think about all the other hundreds of thousands of people who have things standing in their way, making voting hard, making voting something they don’t want to do. Imagine they were all so

discouraged by the system that they were convinced abstaining from the ballot was the right choice. Imagine that Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X all decided the right to speak in this country doesn’t really mean anything in the long run, so they shouldn’t fight for the right to vote at all. Imagine that the brave women in the 1920s never stood at the gates of the White House with picket signs, or went to prison for their rights. Instead, they protested by talking among their friends and family about how base and inhumane the system was.

“Not voting in protest, to the system, looks exactly the same as not voting out of apathy,” Author John Green said in a video about the coming election.

Not voting out of apathy was the very same offense that got Nixon elected president, and that inspired an entire generation’s worth of shame.

You cannot change things you dislike by concealing what you want to happen. By throwing your lot in with the “protest voters” you don’t make a statement; you erase yourself from the narrative. Your vote is the only thing that marks your existence in the political world; if you don’t use it, you are trampled over like so much dirt on the bottom of the Republic’s shoe.

“If you sit it out, the candidate who feels really strongly on the very far extremes are going to make the decision.

They’re probably older than you, and they might have very

different interest and priorities from you. Sometimes it is the lesser of the two evils, but history can turn on that,” Dr. Gill, head of the Patriotic Choices movement here on campus said when asked about the importance of voting. “If you abstain that choice (of the presidency) other people are going to make that decision for you.”

That, in essence, is what the importance of voting boils down to. The United States is

a democratic republic, and to keep it that way, you have to participate. That’s why elections are held in the first place; why go to all that trouble and spend all that money on something that doesn’t matter?

In every election, you have a choice. A choice that centuries of people died and suffered and killed for. That people are still suffering for. If you throw away your vote in protest, you are personally telling the world

that you don’t care. That they can walk all over you without any repercussions. That message is poisoning the American way of life, and it’s completely cheating yourself out of a chance to matter in this country. So I encourage you, as a citizen of eligible age in these United States, to vote. Even if it’s hard—vote because it’s hard. And make it known that no one is going to rob you of your voice.

Uninformed voters should stay home on Election Day Samuel Wonacott Staff Writer Editor@stumedia.boisestate.edu Today is Election Day, and I want you to take your vote seriously. If you cannot cast an informed vote, please do not impose your ignorance on the rest of us. Voting is not a game.

When we participate in activities that affect other people, we all have a duty to, at the very least, “do no harm.”

This is why I oppose reckless

driving. There are many reasons to oppose reckless driving and to discourage your friends from engaging in such a rash and foolhardy activity.

When you drive recklessly, you exhibit a wanton disregard for the lives and property of others. Nearly 1.3 million Americans die in road crashes each year, making vehicles deadlier—by far—than guns.

Driving is not a game.

Americans who step into the voting booth while under the influence of ignorance commit the political equiva-

lent of reckless driving. Call it reckless voting.

When we vote, we participate in a decision-making process that, depending on the election in question, affects anywhere from thousands to hundreds of millions of lives. Good policies and sound leadership can lower poverty, clean up the environment, spur innovation, decrease inequality, and stop impetuous wars. Bad policies and incompetent or malevolent leadership can do just the opposite. For this reason,

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well-informed voting is a civic virtue. If you have a duty to take driving seriously, given the stakes, do you not have an even greater moral obligation to take voting seriously? Drivers who refuse to learn the rules of the road have a moral obligation to not drive in the same way that voters who refuse to educate themselves on the issues have a moral obligation to stay home on Election Day. If you’re driving down Broadway and you plough into a vehicle coming the opposite direction because you’re grooving to Taylor Swift’s new single, you might severely harm or kill a handful of people, at most. If you cast a misinformed vote, your action could impact millions.

The lamentable reality is that too many Americans don’t take voting seriously, for they vote despite being deeply ignorant of even the most basic facts of U.S. politics. Political Scientist Larry Bartels remarks that “the political ignorance of the American voter is one of the best-documented features of contemporary politics.” A few examples will suffice to demonstrate his observation: A recent poll by the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania found that only a quarter of Americans can name all three branches of our federal government.

A nationwide Columbia University poll in 2002 discovered that 35 percent of Americans believe Karl Marx’s maxim, “from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs” is in the Constitution.

In 2010, a poll by the Pew

Research Center found that only 34 percent of Americans knew that the bank bailout, the Trouble Asset Relief Program (TARP), was passed under the administration of Republican George W. Bush.

Almost half said it was passed under Obama, a Democrat.

In 2013 the Kaiser Family Foundation found that three years after Congress passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”), 80 percent of Americans had heard almost “nothing at all” about one of the most important aspects of the law — the health insurance exchanges.

I could keep going, but you get the point—political ignorance is widespread in this country. Many people who are profoundly uninformed about politics often abstain from voting altogether. When those people do vote, however, they become what political scientists call low-information voters. These voters swarm to the polls out of a sense of civic duty, impelled by perennial get-out-the-vote campaigns and clipboardwielding canvassers who tell them that it doesn’t matter how they vote, so long as they vote.

But low-information voters contaminate politics by imposing their cluelessness on everyone else. For democracy to work, politicians need to be held accountable for their actions. If voters don’t even know which party was in power when a particular policy was passed, how will they correctly give credit or assign blame? Government cannot further the public good if voters are wildly ignorant of what

government does.

My point here isn’t to tell you how to vote. But does anyone truly believe it doesn’t matter how you vote, just so long as you vote? Of course not, because voting impacts other people. You wouldn’t encourage a racist to vote for David Duke, the former Imperial Wizard of the KKK currently campaigning for the United States Senate seat in Louisiana, out of a sense of civic duty, because we know that David Duke would be detrimental to many people in this country. Shouldn’t we encourage the racist to stay home on Election Day? If you vote, vote well. Educate yourself on the issues.

And don’t be afraid to skip the sections of the ballot you don’t know much about.

There’s nothing honorable about blindly casting a vote on the basis of party affiliation or random selection. If you don’t vote, you can still complain, because your vote will not decide the election.

According to economist Steven Landsburg, you’re more likely to win the Powerball multiple times in a row than affect the outcome of a federal election (your chances are only slightly improved at the local level). If you’re civically engaged in other ways, such as through volunteering or direct action, you’re doing far more to advance the public good than someone who shows up to vote once every few years.

For the sake of American democracy, please do not vote while under the influence of ignorance. Educate yourself, or do your civic duty and stay home.

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New public art is constructed at Boise State as administration pushes for more art on campus Brandon Rasmussen Culture Editor Culture@stumedia.boisestate.edu

The chilly November air was filled with the sounds of drilling and clanking metal as Boise artists Leslie Dixon and Ken McCall assembled their artwork. The sculpture, titled “Transference,” was put into place behind Boise State’s Environmental Research Building on Friday, Nov. 4. Over the course of a handful of hours, hunks of metal and pipes linked together, eventually taking the form of a colorful metallic arch. It now stands at a height of approximately 15 feet over a section of sidewalk.

A week previous to the sculpture’s construction, Fonda Portales, Boise State’s University Art Curator and Collections Manager, stood where the piece of public art was planned to be. She noted this sculpture is one of the projects the university has taken on to prove its commitment to the arts.

“This piece exemplifies a concerted effort on the part of the campus administration and faculty to create relationships between the visual arts and the hard sciences,” Portales said.

“This is part of the direction President Kustra has invited the campus to participate in.”

Designing the arch “Transference” is an homage to Boise’s geothermal energy system, which has played an important part in the city’s history and architecture. Miles of

pipes run underground below Boise, providing a renewable source of heat for the buildings that can take advantage of it.

As a way of celebrating this, Boise State and the City of Boise created a partnership and put out a call for artists to create a piece of public art to visually represent the city’s natural source of heat and energy.

“I really wanted to use pipe in it somehow— because that’s how the geothermal system is,” McCall said. “The panels at the bottom were cut specifically to look like a pipe clench.”

According to McCall, the sculpture’s inside ring is made entirely of a 5-inch pipe, much like the kind that runs under the city.

Another major design choice made by McCall and Dixon was the sculpture’s circular shape. During the beginning stages of the project, the two artists were invited on a tour designed to give them a better understanding of Boise’s geothermal energy system. “(McCall) and I were standing in the parking lot after the tour and we were immediately struck by the circular nature of how the geothermal system works for the city,” said Dixon.

“It never touches any open air, really. You don’t see it or hear it—it’s extremely quiet. The process of the water running through the ground, up into the city and back in the ground more or less informed our design choices.”

This jolt of inspiration lead not only to the piece’s circular design, but also to the choice of color in the panels that pro-

trude from the arch. According to Dixon, the panels’ colors transfer from warmer to cooler, and then back again, similar to the way water is heated and cooled under Boise’s surface.

“Plus, it doesn’t hurt that it happens to be blue and orange,” Dixon added.

The Campus Curator

Although public art has been a consistent presence on Boise State’s campus for quite some time, Portales’ job title of cam-

“Transference” is one of the many projects Portales has taken on to achieve Boise State’s goal. While she works on filling the campus with more art, the University’s administration has made the planning and construction of a new fine arts building a top priority.

“Our focus is very much on the arts,” Portales said. “That building is going to be a landmark within the City of Boise.

People coming down Capitol will see the Fine Arts Building of Boise State that leads into

“Public art draws us out of our ordinary space and makes us creative thinkers.”

-Fonda Portales, University Art Curator pus curator has only been an official position since August.

Previously, Portales worked at Boise State as an art history professor, and is currently teaching five classes in this subject as she transitions into her new job.

According to Portales, this new position was created in order to help facilitate Boise State’s current directive to give special support and attention to the visual arts. Portales noted that her job contrasted with the curator of the fine arts department, as her position is about focusing on the campus as a whole.

“My vision is much more broad,” said Portales. “It’s about getting the community and researchers interested in our collection.”

the rest of campus and the city.

It will be Boise State that introduces them to the visual arts in Boise. It’s a huge responsibility.”

The nature of public artwork While speaking about “Transference,” both McCall and Dixon mentioned a difference between the process of creating public and personal artwork. According to the artists, while more personal projects emphasize the expression of an idea, public art is more about engaging with the community.

While designing the arch, McCall came to the decision that being able to interact with the sculpture by walking under

it would best serve this purpose.

“There was talk of just having it out in the grass, and I thought that would just make it look like a spaceship had landed,” McCall said. “It would be much more interactive if people could walk through it on a daily basis. People can interact with the mosaics its panels cast on either side of the sidewalk.”

For Portales, this interactivity helps to form a creative environment, a crucial element in a place of learning.

“We need public art because it creates opportunities for us to be involved with intention,” said Portales. “Architecture is a part of art, but it can become very mundane. Public art draws us out of our ordinary space and makes us creative thinkers.”

The goal of “Transference” as a piece of public artwork is to inspire and intrigue students on a daily basis. Its theme rests in Boise’s geothermal heritage, but it also sits as a herald of more to come in terms of art on campus.

According to Dixon, like any successful piece of public art, “Transference” taps into experiences and ideas that are shared among the people in the Boise State community.

“It gives a common experience for everybody,” said Dixon. “It’s all about what’s already there. For example, we have these big foothills in Boise, and they’re a beautiful thing we all share. If you think about it, public art is just a smaller version of that.”

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CULTURE

Elise Adams Culture Reporte Eliseadams@u.boisestate.edu George Watsky, more commonly known as simply “Watsky,” is a hip-hop artist from San Francisco, CA. He’ll be playing a show in Boise on Thursday, Nov. 10 with guests Witt Lowry and Daye Jack.

Watsky is known for being an interdisciplinary artist; where most tend to stick to one or two mediums, Watsky is sort of a jack of all trades. Aside from being a musician, he’s also known for his spoken word poetry, published collection of essays, and even his role in an episode of “Arrested Development.”

“I definitely think it sets me apart a little bit,” he said. “It’s something I’ve set out to do since I started spoken word.

The people I really admired were those who were working in different disciplines, so having this cross-media career has

been something I’ve always dreamed of.”

Watsky’s collection of essays published earlier this year, titled “How to Ruin Everything: Essays,” earned a place on the New York Times bestseller list.

It covers aspects of the author’s life ranging from success in rap battles to struggling with epilepsy. Though many now note

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a hobby alongside it for years, and it wasn’t until I’d been doing spoken word professionally at college campuses for some time that I was finally able to get some traction with my music.”

When asked which art form he prefers, Watsky replied that he can’t decide between the two.

“I really love poetry, and I’ll always consider myself a poet,” he said. “But playing shows is one of the greatest feelings—I love playing concerts. It’s hard for me to pick one over the other, especially since there’s a lot of bleed between the two in my work.”

Through the years and across albums, Watsky’s style has evolved to be increasingly topical and relevant to social issues. “x Infinity,” the album to which this tour is dedicated, contains highly politicized tracks such as “Brave New World” featuring Chaos Chaos—the music video for which includes Watsky in a variety of costumes, such as Hillary Clinton, the Pope and a police officer. ““x Infinity” is definitely my most political album, especially

Artists have a responsibility to lay their cards on the table right now, given this polarizing political environment, and I want my fans to know where I stand on these issues.”

-George Watsky that Watsky is a talented author, it seems that his true loves will always be hip-hop and spoken word.

“I got involved with hip-hop and spoken word at almost the same time, when I was about 15,” Watsky said. “My spoken word was what I got attention for first. I was doing music as

since it’s coming out right in the height of an election cycle, but a lot of my spoken word has been political, too, so it’s not like that just sprang out of the blue,” he said.

“Artists have a responsibility to lay their cards on the table right now, given this polarizing political environment, and I want my fans to know where I

stand on these issues. There’s so much at stake right now in our country, I don’t want to seem like I’m hedging my bets or hiding my beliefs.”

When asked whether there was a thesis to his work, Watsky said that the purpose of “x Infinity” can be summed up by the first lines of the album: “Nothing matters, so it doesn’t matter if nothing matters.” In this line, Watsky demonstrates a worldview he lives by, and uses to describe the album— one he likes to call “joyful nihilism.”

A self-identified “heavily atheist leaning agnostic,” Watsky is unfettered by the idea that there’s no afterlife or rhythm to the universe, and he doesn’t want his fans to be discouraged, either.

“Not believing in that stuff doesn’t mean you can’t be a joyful person, and find beauty in the world, and meaning in life,” he said. “I was raised in an atheist household, and I don’t necessarily believe that anything happens after we’re gone, but I still love being alive. Optimism is something you can hold on to even if you’re a bit of a fatalist.”

At the show, fans can expect a mix of old and new material—“About 3/5 new and 2/5 old.” Look forward to classics such as “Sarajevo” and “Moral of the Story.”

“I won’t say how I start and end the set,” said Watsky. “I like to keep that a bit of a surprise.

This will be a really full musical show; I work with talented musicians, and we put a lot of work into what we do.”

The show, happening at the Knitting Factory Concert House, is all ages. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the music starts at 8 p.m.

Brandon Rasmussen Culture Editor Culture@stumedia.boisestate.edu As Boise State makes its way closer to Thanksgiving break, students have an opportunity to engage with veteran students and community members.

The Boise State Veteran Services Center has laid out a variety of events for “Veteran Celebration 2016,” a week of activities set aside every year to recognize members of the Boise State community who have served or are serving in the U.S. armed forces.

The celebration kicked off on Friday, Nov. 4, when students were invited to wear red in recognition of those in active duty. Friday evening was also designated “Veteran’s Night” at the Boise State football game, where five Boise State veterans were recognized during half time for maintaining a 4.0 GPA after returning from active military duty.

One of these students was third-year construction management major John Dyck, who served 26 years in the Air Force before coming to Boise State.

“I don’t see it as just being something to recognize people like me,” Dyck said. “It’s also about showing the public what the military is really about. It’s just different from a regular job.”

As the week continues, students will have the opportunity to meet soldiers from various branches of the U.S. military during a flag placement ceremony, in the quad from Monday, Nov. 7 to Thursday, Nov. 10.

“Each branch will be given their own day,” said Lori Sprague, coordinator with Veterans Services.

“That way each branch can have an opportunity to interact with students in their own way.”

Veteran Celebration 2016 will conclude on Friday, Nov. 11 with an art exhibit, featuring the work of veterans from the Boise area. The event will take place in the Stueckle Sky Center from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

“We’re hoping to show the population of veterans on campus,” Sprague said. “There are so many of them and they’re giving back in a huge way.

That’s the whole point of all of this— to show everyone that we (veterans) are just people.”

Sgt Casey Harris, Sgt Adam Janot and SSgt James Ansell pin the locations of where they’ve served on a map in the quad.

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Boise State veterans recognized for military services during Veterans Week

CULTURE “The Handmaiden” is coming to the Flicks

As Scott Dikkers, founding editor of The Onion, stepped out onto the Special Events Center stage, he used humor and anecdotes to tell his story of success, which began by winning first place in his high school journalism contest for his comic strip.

This past Thursday, Dikkers used comedy to discuss the presidential election, and delved into some unconventional words of wisdom for the audience. He also detailed his journey of turning a small newspaper into an internationally recognized humor website.

“I think good satire, when it works really well, encourages people to think more critically, and not to believe everything you read,” Dikkers said. “That is the goal of The Onion I think, at least when I was there.”

Kenny Werth, a senior history major, was one of the many students who attended the speech.

“I never really thought about (The Onion) being a fresh idea, especially now. It feels very saturated. The humor political stuff is insane,” Werth said.

Dikkers is especially proud of the legacy left by The Onion in terms of swear words.

“Swear words are now printed in more major mainstream publications,” Dikkers said.

“The Onion started doing that really early. We’re gonna print the damn word. It just drove me crazy.”

According to Dikkers, The

“The Handmaiden,” or “Ah-ga-ssi” is a Korean crime drama from director Park Chan-wook, who is behind films such as “Oldboy” and “Lady Vengeance.”

The film, released originally in South Korea in early June, was shown in select American cities throughout October. Though Boise was initially passed over, it will be screened at The Flicks beginning on Nov. 11.

“The Handmaiden” is set in 1930s colonial Korea, and follows the story of a young woman, played by Kim Taeri, who is hired to serve the mistress of a wealthy house—but has other plans

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Onion’s title brings to life its initial goal of peeling away the layers until the facts are revealed. Its name also derived from one of the writers’ eating habits.

“This name The Onion was something that had been bounced around,” Dikkers said. “Another reason we came up with that name was because one of the guys, Chris, would have raw onion on a piece of toast every morning for breakfast. So there was this waft of onion in the air.”

In his youth, Dikkers discovered the importance of humor, and became what he considered to be the class clown.

“I learned that if you make the bullies laugh, they won’t beat you up. So, I became the funny guy,” Dikkers said.

The primary reason Dikkers and his college friends decided to make it a newspaper was due to it being the cheapest paper option.

“We asked the printers what the cheapest paper was to print on, and they said newsprint, so we decided it would be a humor newspaper,” Dikkers said.

Once a few of the first issues were published, Dikkers made the decision to appoint himself as editor. A few other volunteers and himself were solely in charge of creating The Onion each week.

“I’m telling you, working at The Onion then was kind of like being in production on a very poorly planned low budget independent film, continuously,” Dikkers said.

Presently, Dikkers is not working for The Onion.

“Toward the end I had some bullshit title like general manager or something like that,” Dikkers said. “It was a worth-

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in mind, including a plot to seduce the mistress out of her inheritance.

The film is loosely based on the 2002 novel “Fingersmith” by British author Sarah Waters, a Victorian crime novel set in 19th-century London, following a family of petty thieves. Though there already exists a TV adaptation of the book, Park was inspired by its themes of lesbian Victoriana, suspense and stolen fortunes.

Punctuated by graphic, visually stunning “bed scenes”—as the director puts it—between the two female leads, the film has received overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics and audiences alike, even earning a 93 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.

Scott Dikkers founded The Onion in 1988 at University of Winsconsin.

less position because I really didn’t get to do anything, and I left. It’s become a very corporate environment, and not really my thing.”

Dikkers spent some time in his speech discussing the election and presidential candidates.

Seventh year nursing major Rosemary Gold enjoyed this aspect of the speech.

“I liked how he talked about the politics, just because that’s what is really going on right now— talking about things like when Hillary or Trump take office,” Gold said.

Dikkers’ experiences with humor, writing and The Onion has led him to believe in five primary “nuggets of wisdom”.

These include living your

mission, investing time instead of money, being prepared to scrap everything, trusting your people and instead of working hard or smart, working right.

“His little nuggets of wisdom were really great. Especially when he talked about managers, basically leaving your employees alone. I was like, ‘yes,’” Gold said.

Dikkers hopes this insight into his success as a comic writer will ring true to Boise State students as they pursue their passions.

“I’ve done a lot of things that didn’t work. When I look back, if I threw money at something but didn’t put my heart into it, I failed,” Dikkers said. “But when I put my heart into it, with no money, I succeeded.”

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Park Chan-wook is known for his stunning visual style.

Theatre Arts Department performs “Crimes of the Heart” Mustard light trickles over the faces of three brown haired girls—Lenny Magrath, Meg Magrath and Babe Botrelle— pouring over an old photo album laid flat on the top of a vintage table.

This scene is one of many from the Boise State Theatre Art Department’s next production, “Crimes of the Heart,” a tragicomedy by American Playwright Beth Henley opening on Thursday, Nov. 10 and running through Sunday, Nov. 19.

Winner of the 1981 Pulitzer prize for drama, “Crimes of the Heart” is about the three Magrath sisters who are drawn back together after Babe, the youngest, shoots her abusive husband.

According to director Ann Price, “Crimes of the Heart” mixes comedy and tragedy together to illustrate how the characters work through the “trappings of life.”

“It’s a type of play that has some laugh out loud moments, some really sweet moments and some sad moments,” Price said. “Anyone can relate to the notion of a real bad day like these three sisters are having and finding inside of us what it takes to get through that day.”

According to Noel Nelson, junior theatre arts major who plays Chick Boyle, “Crimes of the Heart” helped balance out the large number of male roles offered in the other Boise State Theatre Arts Department production of the season, “Romeo & Juliet”. Nelson stated that “Crimes of the Heart” is one of the few plays that passes the bechdel test—a test show-

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Rachel Holliday, sophomore theatre arts and criminal justice major and actor who plays Babe Botrelle.

Holliday spent several years in Germany, where she was in performances including “Into the Woods” and “Le Miserable,” and directed “High School Musical.” While taking a year and a half off from theater, Holliday started college at Boise State and got settled into her life here in the U.S. “I hated being around people and talking in front of people growing up—most kids are that way I guess. I remember the first musical, my mom made me be a part of was Wizard of Oz and I cried at my auction, but somehow I still got in. It was after I did that musical that something clicked and I’ve been doing theatre ever since.”

ing whether a work of fiction depicts two female characters talking to each other about anything other than a male character.

“Last semester, we had some girls do a report about the lack of female representation in our department and about how we needed more female playwrights and women on stage who passed the bechdel test,” Nelson said. “(‘Crimes of the Heart’) was a beautiful choice, because all these women are strong and want something more than a romantic connection.”

When choosing the play, Price was drawn to “Crimes of the Heart” because of the “amazingly strong female roles.”

“It can be challenging to find

plays that have such strong women in them, so I was specifically looking for something like that,” Price said. “I was also looking for something that celebrated that spirit of survival, just being able to get up in the morning and make it through the day.”

“Crimes of the Heart” is set in 1974, which, according to Price, readers would only know if they looked up the story’s juxtaposition to Hurricane Camille: another way in which the playwright illustrates the spirit of survival.

“It starts five years after Hurricane Camille, so even in the way (Henley) dates the play, it is about survival,” Price said.

“In a catastrophe we can either reach out to other people to

Kelly Barker, sophomore theatre arts major and actor who plays Lenny Magrath.

Barker has been in four plays and is currently on the board of the Boise Contemporary Theater.

“I always loved going to theatre; my husband used to be on the board of Boise Contemporary Theater. Then I took Theatre 101 and learned about the behind the scenes stuff and read some plays. I kind of fell in love with it and changed my major a year and a half ago.”

help us or we can let go. The sisters at the end of this play learn to reach out and hang on together--that they’re not going to survive on their own.”

According to Rachel Holliday, sophomore theatre performance and criminal justice major and actor who plays Babe, the tragedic moments in “Crimes of the Heart” gives students who have dealt with mental illness or grief an opportunity to connect with the characters.

“Students could resonate with one of the characters, more specifically one of the sisters, because each of them embody a different type of person and how they respond to pain and hardship,” Holliday said.

“People can connect because

Annie Bulow, senior theatre arts major and actor who plays Meg Magrath.

Bulow came back to school at Boise State when she was 26-years-old.

Beforehand, she lived and acted in New York and Los Angeles.

“I’ve been acting since I could walk and talk, just putting on little skits for my parents.”

someone’s been there and been through something akin to what we’re going through.”

“Crimes of the Heart” will be showing Nov. 10 to 12 and Nov. 16 to 19 at 7:30 p.m., and Nov. 13 and Nov. 19 at 2 p.m. in the Danny Peterson Theatre. Student tickets are $5 at the door and free if purchased before 1 p.m. on the day of the performance.

“Our lives aren’t suppose to be happy all the time, but we live for the moments when they are,” Holliday said. “It’s a constant theme throughout the play; there’s all this crap happening, and there are these small moments when that crap just seems to have gone away.”

“Crimes of the Heart” will be showing Nov. 10- 12 and Nov. 16- 19 at 7: 30 p.m., and Nov. 13 and Nov. 19 at 2 p.m. in the Danny Peterson Theatre.

Student tickets are $5 at the door and free if purchased before 1 p.m. on the day of the performance.

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Boise State wins against San Jose State following loss to Wyoming

Cedrick Wilson, Boise State wide reciever, makes a touch down on Friday, Nov. 4. The Broncos beat the Spartans 45 - 31.

Rylan Kobre Pulse General Manager Sports@stumedia.boisestate.edu In a game that featured San Jose State as 30-point underdogs against the Broncos on Friday night, the Spartans made things close before falling 45-31 at Albertsons Stadium.

Following a loss to Wyoming on the road, Boise State fans and players wore all black to mourn the loss of Boise State’s possible undefeated season.

Coincidental? Yes. But the Broncos were able to come back with a strong win to keep pace with Wyoming at the top of the Mountain West.

“I’m very proud of them after last week’s loss. To come out here and play well at home and at the same time challenge them in areas we need to keep improving,” Harsin

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said. “That’s just the nature of the football team and what we are trying to get done each and every week. I thought they did a great job of avoiding distractions.”

Boise State forced an interception on the third play of the game, as San Jose State senior quarterback threw it to Boise State’s cornerback Dylan Sumner-Gardner.

Four plays and 49 yards later, Jeremy McNichols was in the end zone for the 19th time of the season to put Boise State up 7-0 just three minutes into the contest.

But the quick score from Boise State did not foreshadow the rest of the first half. The Spartans responded with three points, forced a Boise State three and out, and added three more points to make it 7-6 at the end of the first quarter.

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That’s just the nature of the football team and what we are trying to get done each and every week. I thought they did a great job of avoiding distractions.”

-Head Coach Bryan Harisn down followed a fake punt from punter Sean Wale on 4th and 12, a 29-yard run to keep the drive alive and give Wale the feeling of actually getting hit in a game.

“I did say before the play, it’s my one chance to shine, I’m definitely not sliding,” Wale said. “I’m going to get laid out or something, but I’m not sliding. To be honest I had no idea what to do when I got in the open field.”

It was that play that may have changed the momentum of the game.

Instead of San Jose State receiving the ball back with the game at 7-6, the Broncos drove down the field to go up 14-6.

“The fake punt, that was talked about pre-game,” Harsin said. “We were going to call it no matter what. We have had that dialed for a while.”

Wale sarcastically answered questions about his athleticism postgame.

“Finally after four years I get my chance to do something so I had to make the best of it,” showed the bruise he received on his arm.

The second quarter included touchdowns from freshman Alexander Mattison and a second from McNichols along with a Tyler Rausa field goal.

But it was only enough to give the Broncos a 24-16 lead.

The Spartans weren’t playing

like 30 point underdogs.

“I thought our guys competed really hard,” San Jose State head coach Ron Caragher said.

“I thought we did a good job of guys making plays.”

Boise State received the ball to start the second half for the first time all season and it may be something Bryan Harsin will want to do more often.

Eight plays and 75 yards later, Cedric Wilson snagged a pass and went 15-yards for the score, giving Boise State a 3116 lead.

The score stayed that way through the third quarter and the two teams would trade scores in the fourth quarter for a 45-31 final.

McNichols finished with 28 carries for 158 yards and two touchdowns. Alexander Mattison also added 18 carries for 100 yards and a touchdown while Brett Rypien turned in

a 16-21, 219 yards and three touchdown performance.

Despite the win, the Bronco defense gave up over 500 yards for the game. A trip to Hawaii awaits next Saturday.

The last time Boise State made the trip to the island was in 2013 for the Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl following the departure of head coach Chris Petersen.

The Broncos lost that bowl game to Oregon State 38-23.

Next week features another chance to keep the pressure on Wyoming, who is now in the driver’s seat to win the Mountain West Conference - Mountain division.

“It’s all good when you are winning, but who’s all in when things didn’t go well?” Harsin said. “And I thought every player, and every coach, they were ready to go back to work.”

Boise State Men’s Basketball ready with new faces

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What’s nice about our team this year is we’re so versatile. Yeah we lost a lot of guys from last year, but it adds to our repertoire for our guys this year playing different positions.”

-Forward Chandler Hutchinson

A community event to help provide educational resources to the Boise State Community Come join us to learn about healthy habits and behaviors, and collect resources to help you become your healthiest self! Resources offered will include, but are not limited to:

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Flu shots Mammogram Fitness testing Skin screening

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Boise State Men’s Basketball Team held their first scrimmage against Lewis-Clark State on Nov. 5 at Taco Bell Arena before the start of the 2016-17 season.

The Broncos won the game 85-53, behind Nick Duncan’s 14 points. Paris Austin and Alex Hobbs also scored in double digits. By the end of the game there were 12 Broncos who had played in the game and they all scored.

On the other side of the ball Chandler Hutchinson pulled down 13 rebounds to help the Broncos out-rebound Lewis-Clark State 49-35.

“What’s nice about our team this year is we’re so versatile. Yeah we lost a lot of guys from last year, but it adds to our repertoire for our guys this year playing different positions,” Hutchinson said.

Boise State held another scrimmage on Saturday against Northwest Christian. Something special about this game is Head Coach Leon Rice’s son, Brock Rice, is a freshman guard for the Beacons.

The Broncos went on to win with both Austin and Justinian Jessup scoring 15 points.

Boise State was able to start strong in the half, at one point building a 19 point lead.

“We learned a ton. I can’t even start with all of the different things we learned and all the different things we have to get better at,” said Coach Rice. “We’ll break this film down and that’s the nice thing about having these spread out once a week is we get some time to peruse this film and really go through what we need to do.

They got a lot of film time and a lot of different looks at it, I think we are making progress, and that was terrific to have that second half that we did where it was tight and we had to deal with some adversity.”

Boise State Men’s Basketball Team is opening their 2016-17 regular season against Northwest University next Saturday, Nov. 12, at 1 p.m. at Taco Bell Arena.

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SPORTS & REc

Abraxans win Tree City Tournament

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Kalvyn Herring Staff Writer Sports@stumedia.boisestate.edu The Boise State Abraxans, the university’s varsity quidditch team, held their annual Tree City Tournament on Oct. 22. The tournament was one day. 10 teams attended with two games played every hour. The Abraxans won the tournament.

“The first two years Tree City was a two day tournament, the first day was official games and the second fantasy,” said Morgan Johnson, sophomore physical education major. “A fantasy tournament is where players form new teams play with other players they may not normally play with.”

Teams that attended included the Crimson Elite from Utah State, and the Moscow Manticores from the University of Idaho.

“Last year Tree City was only one day, but with ten teams in attendance, we split teams into Class A and Class B. This allowed teams to play against other teams with similar skill level and better game play overall,” said Johnson.

There were two injuries that occurred at the Tree City Tournament along with a few cards against the Abraxans.

“One of my teammates was kicked in the eye, it did not look like it felt good,” said Jessie Gibson, senior math major.

“Teams have increasingly gotten more competitive and the game itself has evolved into more of a sport than anyone would have imagined,” said Johnson.

Since the Abraxans have grown in size over the past years, they make an effort to create unity through team bonding for better performance on the field.

“We have had our ups and downs,” said Gibson.“We have created a completely new team this year, which is great! We had team bonding before the tourney on Tuesday by playing water basketball in the REC.” The Abraxans will not have another tournament until next semester. However, they are still practicing every week.

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Mountain West honors three players on Boise State Women’s Soccer Team Riston Ramirez Sports & Rec Reporter Ristonramirez@u.boisestate.edu Before finishing with six wins, 11 losses and four ties, three women from Boise State Women’s Soccer were honored with All-Mountain West recognition. Mikayla Schachtell, Raimee Sherle and Janelle Flores all had outstanding seasons, earning this high honor.

Mikayla Schachtell Freshman Mikayla Schachtell, from Corona, Calif., started all 11 conference matches. Her presence did not go unnoticed on the field, where she helped the Broncos record a league-best five shutouts.

Schachtell played 875 minutes primarily at defensive midfield. Her contribution to the team and defensive play earned her a nomination for the first-team Mountain West All-Newcomer Team.

Raimee Sherle Freshman Midfielder Raimee Sherle was named to the All-Mountain West first team and the Mountain West All-Newcomer Team.

Sherle was also named the Mountain West Newcomer of the Year. This all came with hard work and dedication. Sherle was the lead the league in game-winning goals and shots attempted.

The Freshman midfielder ranked second in goals and fifth in points. Sherle led the Mountain West newcomers with 14 points, six goals, four game-winning goals and 39 shot attempts in conference play, averaging just over three and a half shots per game. Sherle also recorded the first hat trick of her career when Boise State took on Colorado College on Sept. 30.

Sherle is the third Boise State player that has won the Newcomer of the Year award, along with Brooke Heidemann and Shannon Saxton.

Janelle Flores Junior goalie Janelle Flores made Boise State history when she earned the first-team all-conference honors; she is the first Bronco goalie to do so. In conference play, Flores had the most shots against her than any goalkeeper. The junior also recorded five shutouts, which tied for the league high. She ranked third in the league with 0.88 goals-against, but best among goalkeepers with at least 1000 minutes played.

Twice, Flores was named MW Defensive Player of the Week.

The Boise State Women’s soccer season ended on Tuesday, Nov. 1. The Broncos lost a tough battle to San Diego State a 2-0 in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Championship.

Bucking around Sudoku:

Each of the nine blocks has to contain all the numbers 1-9 within its squares. Each number can only appear once in a row, column or box.

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