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NEWS

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Coming Spring 2015, students will have more time to withdraw from classes before having to fill out official paperwork: the withdrawal deadline has been extended from six weeks to 10 weeks.

“The Faculty Senate felt it was a really good idea and a better outcome for students because they would have more information in the semester, more of an understanding of their faculty member’s expectations and it really gives students more independence in their decision making,” said policy manager Sunny Wallace. “It was one of those proposals that everyone understood made a lot of sense.”

Tony Roark, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, posed this idea to

the Faculty Senate in July to give faculty time to consider the implications of extending the withdrawal deadline. The Faculty Senate approved this policy change in September and the president’s office approved it in October.

According to Wallace, Roark saw the need to extend the withdrawal deadline to better align with other colleges. University of Idaho, Idaho State and Eastern Idaho Technical College have 10 week withdraw dates; College of Western Idaho, North Idaho College and College of Southern Idaho are at 12 weeks. Wallace also said this would overall be better for students.

“Extending (the policy) to 10 weeks means that for a student that has experienced hardships or extenuating circumstances later in the semester, we’re

still allowing them to drop those courses on their own without having to go through the appeal process,” said Kimber Shaw, associate registrar of Records and Registration.

Shaw said as far as academic implications, she feels there won’t be much of an impact.

Maureen Sigler, associate director of client services for the Financial Aid Office, said every class a student takes factors into their cumulative credits which impacts how much financial aid they qualify for. Students have to pass 75 percent of their courses per semester to keep financial aid.

If a student goes from full-time to part-time in a semester by withdrawing from a class (for example, 12 to nine credits), the student now has to

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Faculty Senate meets to discuss university issues. pass those three classes to maintain satisfactory academic practices.

Sigler asks students to contact the Financial Aid Office when they’re considering withdrawing from a class to find out how it

would impact their short and long-term financial aid eligibility.

“It will be interesting to see how the student patterns change. If some students forgot to appeal within the deadline when

it was the six week deadline, I don’t know if most of those students submitted an appeal to withdraw if most of them just took an F,” Sigler said. “I don’t know if we’ll end up with more W’s or not.”

Salman Rushdie lecture combines literature, politics

the human condition and showing what is going on in the world.

“It is through stories that we understand ourselves,” Rushdie said.

“The desire for story is the root of who we are as human beings.”

Rushdie said one of the traditional roles of the novel was to bear news but this has changed due to modern media use.

Aaron Carpenter, technical communication graduate student, said this resonated with him because of the polarization of new media and how inaccuracy has led to a drop in media consumption.

“I liked his comments in the beginning about how traditional media is going away and how its strengths haven’t really been replaced by the new media,” Carpenter said.

Rushdie explained that while the novel does not bear news in the traditional sense now, it describes conditions or events in the world relevant to where the author has visited or lived during a particular time.

“It can bring the lived experience of the world. Literature still performs the old function of telling you what’s going on,” Rushdie said.

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As 7 p.m. approached, the Morrison Center filled to capacity. A lack of sufficient seating meant students and community members were turned away before Sir Salman Rushdie began his talk.

Rushdie’s speech “Literature and Politics in the Modern World” addressed how he has seen politics and novel writing become “hopelessly intertwined.”

This leads to most novel writing exploring and con-

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fronting politics through character development.

Some individuals in power suppress political discourse to maintain control over what the public consumes in terms of news and literature.

This has put politically vocal and active writers in danger.

“In this time, many of the finest writers have felt the need to confront power,” Rushdie said. “Writers are physically more in danger than they’ve ever been. Art is strong; artists are less so.

Art can take care itself; art-

ists need defenders.”

Rushdie experienced this danger when he wrote “The Satanic Verses.” He was accused of desecrating Islam and was forced into hiding, then sought protection from the British government in the late 1980s.

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According to Rushdie, writers are aware of the risk of political commenting, but the importance of novel writing outweighs this risk.

One important element of the novel is it connects with the reader on a variety of levels—addressing

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A new brand of bystanders won’t stand by Patty Bowen

Asst. Culture Editor

Students stacked into the SUB Nov. 19 to attend bystander training.

The trainings are put together by the Women’s Center to teach students when and how to intervene with possible scenarios involving domestic or sexual abuse.

“Bystander intervention is one of the most important things we can do to create a campus with less sexual assault,” said Kate Steven, program coordinator at the Women’s Center. “The mes-

sages I got in college and high school like, ‘Don’t do this, don’t wear that, don’t rape people’ is not effective.”

Due to ASBSU’s It’s On Us pledge campaign, bystander education has become even more pertinent to students.

The It’s On Us pledge promises Boise State will work to cut down on the amount of sexual violence that takes place on campus.

The training went through several steps to explain that students can become a healthy bystander by being vigilant of their surroundings and by taking mental notes on things

that don’t seem right to them.

“Some people say that when they think of a bystander, they think of someone being noisy: recognizing that wherever you are, you need to take responsibility for the people around you,” said Kara Stefani, senior psychology major and healthy relationships peer educator at the Women’s Center.

The training also focused on training for a broad range of scenarios. According to Adriane Bang, associate director of the Women’s Center, bystander trainings vary in their content.

“We tailor the training depending on who we’re offering it to,” Bang said.

Despite It’s On Us’ emphasis on college campus, Bang feels that broadening the range of scenarios to off-campus experiences will allow commuter students to better relate.

“We don’t have a giant population of folks who are living on campus,” Bang said.

“So when we know we’re speaking to students who probably aren’t first years and aren’t in housing, our scenarios aren’t going to be in that situation.”

Bystander trainings given

in dorms often focus on scenarios that could happen in the dorms, like overhearing predatory speech or “overhearing a domestic violence situation.”

On the other hand, trainings given to ROTC cadets use gender neutral pronouns so students can focus on using the training to connect with whatever gender of victim is most relevant in their experience.

“We just did a training with ROTC. We know that rates for sexual violence are higher for men, recognizing that men make up most of the ROTC or most of the

military branches,” Bang said. “So while the ratio is higher for women there are more men in there and so our scenario with them involved a male victim.”

Additional Info Bringing in the Bystander workshops are offered throughout the year. Call 208-4264259 for more information on how to get involved.

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Local soup kitchens stockpile food, volunteers to serve holiday meals Sean Bunce

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Boise Rescue Mission Ministries, which manages four shelters throughout the Treasure Valley, serves an average of 1,100 people per day and more than 6,400 people during each of their four holiday banquets.

According to Jason Billester, vice president of development for the Boise Rescue Mission, this number includes more than just the homeless. Anyone is welcome.

“If a family is just really on the verge—barely one paycheck away from being homeless or can barely afford their bills and are just scraping by, if they can come in and get a hot meal with their family ... they may be able to save 20 or 30 bucks and put that towards a power bill,” Billester said.

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According to Billester, over 4,000 volunteers help the Boise Rescue Mission each year, 1,500 of which participate during the holiday season alone.

For Jake Nydegger, Boise State student and event coordinator for the Boise Rescue Mission, preparing for this Thanksgiving wasn’t quite what he expected. Many more things went into the process than he originally thought.

“I think when I got hired I didn’t realize the full scale of the work we do here,” Nydegger said. “With the four shelters being run and all of the major events that we do, it’s pretty amazing to me all the work that goes into just doing a simple food drive ... It’s all the little details and there’s a whole lot of them.”

After 5,000 turkeys and more than 15 tons of

canned food have been collected, volunteers begin sorting food into donation boxes.

The mission donates over 3,000 boxes of food and 3,000 turkeys to those who wish to stay home and cook for themselves.

As the holiday banquets get closer, the mission works alongside a team from Centennial Job Corps, a federally funded program which helps troubled youth develop job skills, to cook 1,000 turkeys at the mission for those in need.

“So those hardworking cooks out there are literally going to start cooking close to 1,000 turkeys. It’s enough for us to cook a turkey in our home oven, let alone a thousand of them,” Billester said. “These guys are working around the clock just cooking our turkeys ahead of time.”

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Boise State fights gender stereotypes POPULATION OF Leslie Boston-Hyde Staff Writer

For Boise State students, what major they choose may not be as completely in their control as they may think.

Sometimes gender stereotypes play a role in which major students pursue.

According to Sarah Mawhirter, sociology professor at Boise State, pressures from society play the largest role in which major a student should chooses.

“People come to Boise State, but they don’t come from a vacuum. They come from this larger culture that, from birth, has been socializing them in the ways of masculinity and femininity,” Mawhirter said.

Due to gender inequality, both men and women struggle to fight gender stereotypes in degrees and programs.

Though Boise State’s nursing program has seen an increase in male students, there is still a gender divide.

According to John Dyer, junior nursing student, there are currently six to eight male nurses out of 58 students.

To Dyer, the largest barrier for men entering the nontraditional field is a lack of awareness.

“There are probably misconceptions and that might lead to more people not participating,” Dyer said. “If you take the time to investigate and find out, talk to male and female nurses in the field, you

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would see that it’s a great profession.”

Although men in nursing may face the “male nurse” stereotype, Dyer has not.

“I haven’t felt that nor encountered that here at the school and during clinicals. It’s been very professional,” Dyer said.

In 2009, the U.S. Census Bureau found that more males have bachelors degrees in engineering, physical sciences and mathematics. Fields such as education and psychology are pursued more by women.

According to Mawhirter, the Pipeline Thesis influences this phenomenon.

The thesis argues that a field requires a specific number of men or women in order for a people of a given gender to feel comfortable.

“There are relationships between the kinds of occupations we encourage (people) into so that when these (students) get to college, that socialization is already impacting their decisions,” Mawhirter said.

“We have a lot of efforts to try to challenge that: efforts to get men into nursing and efforts to get women into engineering, but culture is very resistant to change.”

In order for a man to enter a nontraditional career, he might need to juggle qualities viewed as both feminine and masculine.

“How am I independent and dependent? How am I a leader but cooperative?

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lematic,” Mawhirter said.

“It’s very challenging, very difficult to break out of those stereotypes that we reproduce generation after

generation.”

While change is slow, there has been an increase in the ratio of male nurses from 3 to 10 percent since

1970. Mawhirter believes gender stereotypes can change.

“I think we have seen and will continue to see

(change). I think there are lots of smart, thoughtful men and women who push back against patriarchy,” Mawhirter said.

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phones to make prank calls, which is what Litrell sees most often; people pushing the call button and running away. In these instances, campus police or security is still sent out to see who pushed the button.

“If it’s just where someone has pushed it, we may not do it in as much (time) as an emergency, but I mean you have the security officer leaving the (Boise City Police) Substation they’re just not speeding across campus,” Littrell said.

In circumstances in which there is an emergency, response times average two to four minutes.

Littrell also encourages students to use campus security’s 24/7 response number 4266911 in any case where they feel the safety of themselves or others is an issue.

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They stand and wait, going unnoticed most days as students pass by. When their buttons are pushed, however, someone always answers the call.

Blue light emergency phones on campus are more than just a resource, they are a sign of security.

“When I first got (to Boise State), I was thinking the blue lights were kind of a waste and a pain, but the longer I’ve been here, (I see) there is some service to the blue light phones,” said Rob Littrell, emergency management and continuity of operations planner for Campus Security.

To Littrell, they act as a symbol of safety for students as they walk home late at night.

“It shows that we are committed to a safe and secure campus,” Littrell said. “It’s a mitigation counter measure that increases the feeling of security and the more I talk to students that live on campus (the more I hear) they want them.”

There are currently 74 blue light emergency phones on Boise State’s campus. They are spaced approximately 300 feet apart from each other. Litrell said the idea behind this layout is that they are always visible to students; if a person stands at one blue light, they should be able to see another.

For Erika Boettger, junior health science studies major, the emergency phones on campus have been beneficial.

After reported prowler incidents this year, she felt secure

knowing the lights were there and Boise State security services were only a call away.

She doesn’t believe, however, that running to the blue light phones would be her first reaction in an emergency situation.

“I probably wouldn’t think to go to the blue light emergency phone over my cellphone just because it’s convenient and right there in my pocket,” Boettger said.

According to Littrell, the blue light emergency phones aren’t used very often.

When they are used, it’s for one of a few reasons according to Littrell: to report suspicious activity, medical emergencies, request a security escort and call in river rescue.

Unfortunately, people also use the blue light emergency

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Holiday

What is the most creative holiday gift you have ever received?

Gift Ideas For the sweet tooth: Cookies in a tube

”A lot. I think my parents really pay attention to the things that I’m interested in at the time, such as, I was getting really big into snowboarding and my dad bought me a bunch of snowboarding gear. I was interested in becoming a pilot, so my dad got me a chance to go fly an airplane, like a certificatetype thing...just stuff that relates to what I’m interested in, I guess.”

- Brendon Smith, senior, kinesiology

Make a conveniently mail-able and deliciously snack-able gift using a mailing tube and a little gift wrap. Wrap the tube in a sheet of colorful wrapping paper. Make a batch of cookies (we recommend chewy ginger spice snaps—view this article online for the full recipe). Let the cookies cool completely. Then, wrap in bright tissue paper and insert inside the tube.

This is a great gift for foodie friends and family, near or far; postmark the tube itself for easy mailing or gift as is.

For the boozie: Mulled wine sachet

“My parents got me a stand for a keyboard instead of getting me an actual keyboard that I asked for. I was super disappointed, but I got the keyboard for my birthday so it was okay.”

- Lauren Chaffey, sophomore, health science studies

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Be the toast of the party with this libation: Take a square piece of cheesecloth (find this at any grocery store) and wrap up a cinnamon stick, 1 tbsp of whole cloves, 2 star anise, 1 tbsp allspice berries, 2 tbsp turbinado sugar (just brown sugar with large crystals), and the peel of one orange (sliced thin). You can find most of these items in the spice aisle of a grocery store. Tie the sachet with kitchen twine. Gift the sachet with a bottle of red wine and a decorated note for instructions. For full instructions on how to prepare the mulled wine, visit this article online at arbiteronline.com

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How do you decorate for the holidays?

Use wrapping paper Any college student worth their salt knows the old “wrap your door” trick.

However, beyond that, wrapping paper is largely underused as a decorating item. Literal yards of the stuff can be acquired for a few dollars in prints that range from upscale holiday to Labrador puppies in hats.

Wrap up whatever you can find and pile them in a corner. (Or you could just get all that shopping and wrapping done early. Make all those presents you have to haul home work for you. Two birds, one stone, all that.)

For a twist on wrapping your door, make individual “presents” for all your roommates and label them with a gift tag. Or with just a few sheets of construction paper turn your door into a reindeer, snowman or Santa as appropriate.

“My roommates and I got a Christmas tree that’s about yea (two feet) big and that’s about the extent of holiday decorations around my house.”

- Connor Jones, junior, general business administration and human resource management

Ornament Garland While this project will cost you more than a bundle of wrapping paper it is worth it. It provides a statement piece that, if stored properly, can be used again next year. All you need is some sturdy ribbon or string and a bunch of traditional ball ornaments. Ornaments are available at nearly every dollar store. Or, if it will break the bank this year, wait until after Christmas. Stores will clearance unpurchased ornaments and they can be picked up for spare change.

“My house is kind of exploding with Christmas stuff. So we have the Christmas tree of course, and then my mom has a bunch of those ceramic houses that are Christmasy so we have a whole little town set up. And Christmas lights inside and pretty much just spewing Christmas everywhere.”

- Samantha Cheney, junior, marketing and finance

Once you have the necessary items, all you have to do is assemble. Tie a loop at the end of your ribbon so you’ll have some way to hang your garland. Then string and knot the first ornament. After that it’s just a matter of adding ornaments until you’ve reached the desired length. Be sure to knot the last ornament and tie another loop at the end.

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Culture

Hands up, don’t shoot Patty Bowen

Asst. Culture Editor

“We Shall Overcome” filled Capitol Boulevard sidewalks Nov. 29 as protesters in the Boise Ferguson Solidarity Protest carried picket signs reading “Black Lives Matter!”, “Hands up, don’t shoot” and “We are all Mike Brown.”

The protest brought issues of police brutality and race discrimination from across the county into the hands and voices of Boise residents.

The protest was in response to the shooting of Michael Brown and the recent failure to indict the police officer, Darren Wilson, who shot him.

“I don’t live in Ferguson, but there is something deep-

er going on in there. This case is not about Michael Brown,” said Louis Sheppard, participant in the protest. “There is a deep-rooted issue going on in this country and a lot of it has to do with people that are different.”

Sheppard and several other protesters commented on brutality against AfricanAmericans by police officers.

In a recent report, MSNBC stated that from 2006 to 2012, Caucasian police officers have killed an unarmed African-American at least twice a week.

“Here within (Boise), even though we have a very small African-American population, African-Americans are arrested at three times the rates of any other group,” said Jasmine Herrick, senior

English major. “It still happens to people (in Boise) even if it doesn’t happen in the same numbers.”

The number Herrick cited becomes more believable when compared to the nation’s roughly 1 million African-Americans incarcerated out of the total 2.3 million inmates.

Statistics like these can become personal for students like Herrick, who hopes to one day have a family.

“There is a chance that one day I will have a son and I will lose him,” Herrick said.

“I may never be told why, given an apology or know if he actually did something wrong first.”

According to protester Christina McNeil, the issue of police brutality extends to

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Boise Ferguson Solidarity Protest confronts police brutality against minorities in America

protesters confront race issues through song. all minorities, and has been a big problem recently for Boise’s Hispanic population.

“The (police) brutality is happening against the Latino community,” McNeil said.

“This is an issue that needs to be addressed on a more

Recipes to pumpkin spice up your kitchen Zoey Nguyen Staff Writer

When Americans think of pumpkin-themed treats, they often imagine graphic images of a beige pie slice with a scoop of whipped cream on the side or a warm delicious latte with spice sprinkled whipped cream.

Very few students are aware of the astonishingly different takes on pumpkin seen in everyday meals of other cultures.

Pumpkin soup

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Though American cuisine also has pumpkin soup, although it is very different from traditional Vietnamese version.

Vietnamese pumpkin soup does not have a cream base and is very healthy and light, consisting of diced pumpkin and cooked with herbs of your choice.

Traditional herbs for the soup are cilantro, mint and ginger. Some people prefer to add mushrooms or beans into the recipe, but those alterations depend on the region where

the soup is being cooked. The meat utilized for the dish is usually either pork short ribs, ground pork and shrimp, or ham hock.

Vietnamese pumpkin soups are a great for cold or stressful days. The sweetness and richness from the pumpkin and the savory flavor from the herbs fills one up inside, leaving a warm and delicious aftertaste.

Pumpkin samosa

Pumpkin samosas originated in Uzbekistan but they have become very popular in Russia

and adjacent countries. They can be served as appetizers and as a main dish, depending on their serving size.

Pumpkin samosas are triangularly shaped pastries filled with pumpkin mash, onions or garlic, seasoning and meat.

They are usually baked until the outside is golden brown.

The recipe for the pastry sometimes varies as some people like to use puff pastry for their samosa, while others make it from scratch.

Flavor wise, pumpkin samo-

regular basis.”

According to the Sentencing-Project website, it is 2.5 times more likely for a Hispanic in Idaho to be incarcerated than a Caucasian.

“We’ve got to create a better society for our children,”

protester Emilio Pena said.

“Starting with a protest and gathering information together and sharing it, we can create a better society that we can live in and no longer live in fear from the same people we assigned to protect us.”

sas resemble thicker pumpkin pot pies which can be easily transported. The texture of the filling should be soft but not runny, perfect with the slightly crispy and buttery pastry wrapped outside.

with sugar to give it a sweeter taste. Sometimes pumpkins are replaced with squash and sugar with salt to give the dish a more savory flavor to contrast the natural sweetness of pumpkins.

Fritters are perfect for those who like pumpkin flavored pastries like pumpkin bread or pumpkin cupcakes, but are also fond of deep fried foods like doughnuts. Fritters are like warm, pumpkin-flavored doughnuts with sprinkles of sugar and cinnamon on the outside, guaranteed to keep students warm and happy when the snow is raging outside their windows.

Spanish pumpkin fritters

On the outside, Spanish pumpkin fritters look like deep fried doughnuts; however, they are actually filled with pumpkin. Pumpkins are smashed and pureed into a smooth consistency, added to the dough and fried like ordinary doughnuts.

The fritters are also sprinkled

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Unpacking Republican Party’s dominance in local elections Bri Cornwall Copy Editor

As voters reflect on this season’s local elections, it’s hard not to wonder if a healthy competition between Democratic and Republican candidates (and their issues) will ever be struck.

Many Idahoans are upset their governor continues to spend tax money on fighting gay marriage; others are mocking superintendent Sherri Ybarra for self-identifying as “Chief of Schools,” as reported by the Boise Weekly.

Idaho’s persistently red elected local officers this year may be the result of a combination of constituents’ emotional attachments and the Republican party’s national grip on the United States.

“As we’ve seen with the polarization growing everywhere in the U.S., (party identification) has become a stronger psychological or emotional attachment,” said Jaclyn Kettler, political science assistant professor.

The Democratic Party is up against a lot when com-

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bating Republican Idahoans’ emotional attachments.

According to Kettler, when voters don’t have the time or motivation to research candidates, party identification can be a shortcut for decision-making in the polls.

However, the success of Republican candidates in Idaho can’t be solely attributed to Republican voters’ lack of information, according to Dean Ferguson, communications director for the Idaho Democratic Party.

“Just because you’re a party-line voter doesn’t mean you don’t know the issues,” Ferguson said.

Instead, local elections are influenced by national interests or “waves,” and partyline voting is strategic. “(Republican candidates) haven’t had to campaign on local issues,” Ferguson explained. “If you’re not paying close attention to these issues and you’re just looking at the national issues, you’re more likely to vote for whatever the mood of the country is.”

The Democratic Party takes this into account when advocating for their candi-

dates and positions on political issues.

“Our challenge is to communicate to people about local and state issues,” Ferguson said. “Our challenge is to do a better job I think of getting out to our communities in Idaho and to let them know we are in fact focused on the families, the businesses, the communities here in Idaho, these local issues, these state issues that affect you directly.”

A major contemporary problem any political party runs up against is the random and individualized way voters acquire their information, according to Ferguson.

“I don’t think we understand yet how to penetrate the various different fractured ways that people get their information … You’re sent stuff you’re predisposed to agreeing with,” Ferguson said, citing algorithms Facebook uses to filter what users see in their feeds.

Despite all this, the Democratic Party in Idaho is optimistic.

“We gained a legislative seat,” Ferguson insisted.

“That means the Democratic Party extended in Idaho.”

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Students literally use slang like online and stuff Justin Kirkham Culture Editor

For international student and sophomore in business Eric Makabe, colloquial slang makes it hard for him to communicate with some American students. Words like “basic” and “YOLO” occasionally impede his understanding of the English language; he literally can’t even.

From obscure hashtags to abbreviations of words with too many syllables to handle, students attuned to pop culture and mainstream trends utilize trending slang on a daily basis. Some words

become more popular than others, while existing words may be reshaped to have new meaning.

Sometimes, this style of language can interfere with understanding, especially for non-native English speakers.

“I try to avoid people who use that sort of slang because I find it fairly annoying,” Makabe said.

The format of slang

In a University of Oxford article entitled “Whassup?

Slang and swearing among school children,” author Jean Aitchison explores the

origins of multiple forms of colloquialisms within the English language. She wrote that slang generally starts as “language of an exclusive group” or subculture.

“Then one of two things happens,” Aitchison wrote.

“Either the novel usage fades, like a raindrop that has sunk into the soil and disappeared. Or it gradually gets taken up by a wider set of users, and becomes an established part of the language.”

But, according to Aitchison, this slang is often used in a way that alienates other subcultures, there-

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fore interrupting the flow of understanding between individuals from different backgrounds. Makabe has experienced this from time to time.

“But I think it’s a fad that’ll die out,” Makabe said. “Just like people used to say ‘swag’ a lot.”

The growth of language & technology

Mechanical Engineering sophomore at University of Idaho, Jeff Bishop, found that most of the slang that he encounters comes from social media and online discussion. He isn’t bothered by it in most instances; he rather embraces it as an example of language’s growth alongside technology.

“I honestly find it a little weird how annoyed people are by (colloquialisms),” Bishop said. “I hear people say stuff like, ‘It’s not a hashtag. It’s a pound sign, goddamnit.’”

Bishop explained that this

sort of frustration is unmerited. He believes that slang is a normal part of culture that illustrates the communication style of those within it.

Instead of condemning those that utilize slang, Bishop said that students should use it as a way of understanding social change.

“Personally, I think that the belief that using colloquialisms is an indication of low intelligence is an indication of low intelligence,” Bishop said.

He continued to say that language is not any sort of cemented, ever-solid pinnacle of exactness. Bishop found that language, in its flexible essence, isn’t necessarily corrupted by slang, as many colloquialisms’ opponents argue.

“Language is just a bunch of words and their definitions are plastic,” Bishop said.

Reshaping words’ definitions

According to Bishop, this plastic can’t bend or contort

into a completely new object: words are flexible, but slang that completely debases a word’s original meaning is confusing.

The word “literally” and its new usage in a non-literal sense is a prime example of this.

“Both intentions of the word are now less effective because they contradict each other,” Bishop said.

In Aitchison’s article, she discusses the evolution of words like “wicked” or “sick” from negative to positive connotations in popular colloquial phrases. These words may now be used to describe something rather than ill or evil or cool.

Makabe hopes that more slang does not follow the route of “sick” and hold strong to new connotations, as it can be confusing to those participating in a conversation with said slang. He also found that slang usage can ultimately make mainstream speakers seem less intelligent.

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Trans-Siberian Orchestra rocks Taco Bell Arena Kate White Staff Writer

The Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s performance of “The Christmas Attic” makes “Rocking Around the Christmas Tree” sound like the church choir.

These rockers filled Santa’s sleigh with an overflowing bag of pyrotechnics and special effects and drove it straight into the Taco Bell Arena. Equipped with fireworks, falling snow, a dazzling light and laser show, fog machines and an electronic Christmas trunk big enough to hold the entire Boise State football team, the Trans-Siberian Orches-

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tra gave Boise a rocking Christmas performance that not even Santa’s elves could outdo.

Each Trans-Siberian musician was suited in a sleek black jacket with formal coattail. The dark attire made it difficult to tell if the performers were naughty nutcrackers or evil vampires—but with the talent they possessed, the audience’s attention was theirs.

The progressive rock band is the creation of producer, composer and lyricist Paul O’Neill who also produced Aerosmith.

This spectacular show can warm your heart and make you want to bang your head

at the same time. The festive holiday storyline of “The Christmas Attic” follows a little girl on a walk from her bed to a dusty attic where Christmas Eve comes alive through old photographs, letters and artifacts, restoring her desire to “believe.”

Each portion of the story starts with a smooth narration accompanied by soft instrumental music followed by a stirring vocal and instrumental Christmas rock song extravaganza. There is a perfectly timed barrage of flashing lights, steady pulse of guitars and soaring vocalists which combined to create a festive rock spectacular.

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the show might slow down, it literally heats up as bursts of flames light up every part of the stage and the band’s guitarists and violinist, harnessed to a platform, are raised and rotated high above the crowd. As they move across the arena, they continue to vividly strum their instruments, never skipping a beat.

The band plays original songs including “The Ghosts of Christmas Eve” and “The World that He Sees” in addition to traditional holiday favorites: “Deck the Halls” and “Angels We Have Heard on High” with a less-thantraditional Trans-Siberian makeover.

Each song begins with the same quiet reverence, but before long, musicians break in with electric guitars and a massive drum set that turns peaceful holiday favorites into rock masterpieces.

Needless to say, no one in that audience will ever hear “Deck the Halls” the same again The rock band, orchestra and vocalists of the TransSiberian orchestra may be on Santa’s naughty list with their rocking renditions of holiday favorites, but not even a stocking full of coal could slow down these musical masters. The Orchestra left a packed Taco Bell Arena to a standing ova-

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Darian Thompson helps Boise State pick apart the Aggies in victory Brandon Walton

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The Boise State defense had another tremendous showing in their 50-19 win over Utah State on Saturday and a big reason was the play of junior safety Darian Thompson.

“He’s a huge part of the success that we have had on the defensive side, there is no doubt about it,” head coach Bryan Harsin said.

Thompson made it nearly impossible for the Aggie receivers to get open as he anchored the secondary, which only allowed 159 yards through the air.

“We were able to play like we know we can play,” Thompson said. “It was great to see everyone play as one unit and accomplishing our goal of being a great defense.”

He finished the game with two tackles and an interception. His interception led to a Broncos score which gave Boise State the early momentum.

“He is my best friend and to see him constantly producing and making big plays for us makes me so happy for him,” junior running back Jay Ajayi said.

Thompson has been having great games all season long for the Broncos. He leads the team with seven interceptions and is second on the team in solo tackles with 40.

“I am right next to him in the locker room and I really get to see how this guy goes to work every day,” senior

defensive end Beau Martin said. “When I think about accountable guys on the team I think about Darian Thompson.”

Over the last few seasons Thompson has been a valuable part of the Broncos secondary, with this season being his best season yet. He already has more picks this year than he did his first two.

“I couldn’t put a number on how many (interceptions) I would get,” Thompson said. “I knew if I trusted my coaches that they would put me in the right positions to make plays.”

Despite all the success he has had this season Thompson’s priority is on the team first and foremost.

“I am here to mentor the other guys and make sure they are doing everything correct and up to coach’s standards,” Thompson said.

The win puts Boise State in the MW Championship game next week on The Blue against arch rival Fresno State.

“It means everything, it is for all the marbles,” Thompson said. “We have to go 1-0 every week and this is a big 1-0.”

More importantly it keeps Boise State’s dream alive of playing in yet another big time bowl game.

“We feel extremely blessed knowing how hard we worked in the offseason,” Thompson said. “We kept on grinding and we put ourselves in a great position to accomplish our goal.”

Despite naysayers Boise State thrives Nate Lowery

Sports & Rec Editor

Sitting with a 3-2 record following a putrid loss to Air Force, no one believed in the Boise State football team— except for everyone within the football program.

Many called for redshirt senior quarterback Grant Hedrick to be benched.

Boise State stuck with Hedrick.

Many said the running back Jay Ajayi was being overworked. Boise State kept riding Ajayi.

Many placed head coach Bryan Harsin on the hot seat. Harsin didn’t even flinch.

What the Broncos did was respond to a loss the only way they knew how: sticking to their guns and buckling down.

I’d say the results were successful. Boise State rattled off seven straight wins behind a bend-don’t-break defense and an offense

that averaged 50.5 points per game.

The Broncos made their return to the national rankings this past week for the first time since the 2013 preseason.

Following Saturday night’s 50-19 win over Utah State, the Broncos clinched the MW Mountain division title and will host the MW Championship this Saturday at Albertsons Stadium.

With a win, Boise State is all but guaranteed a spot in a New Year’s Six bowl games (Cotton, Peach, Fiesta), the very thing that drove the city of Boise onto the national radar.

While programs across the country go through a cycle of changing and reinventing their programs, Boise State has been the constant. The Broncos have stuck to their philosophy and put trust in their process.

In the end, they were the ones to achieve glory.

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Rafla has solid showing in debut at nationals Staff Writer

Freshman Andrew Rafla left his mark at the NCAA D1 National Championships on Nov. 22.

As the 20th male to compete at nationals for the Broncos, Rafla was not expecting his trip to Terra Haute, Indiana.

“I was surprised. I was hoping we would make it as a team, but I definitely wasn’t expecting to make it as an individual,” Rafla said.

Head coach Corey Ihmels saw Rafla’s achievement it as an opportunity.

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“It’s a chance for him to see where he’s at on a national level,” Ihmels said.

“Next year, he’ll be there with the team.”

Ihmels hoped Rafla could finish in the top 40 at the NCAA nationals, which would earn him an All-American title.

“I think he just needs to get there and battle it out with that top group. Cross country is whatever happens on that day,” Ihmels said.

With fair weather at the LaVern Gibson Championship Course, the men’s ten kilometer race started at a slow pace. No major lead-

ers emerged for quite some time, forming a large pack.

After the 3,000 meter mark, two runners broke away from the group. Rafla stayed within the tight pack.

The pack started to separate by 8,000 meters, with Oregon’s Edward Cheserek pulling ahead to place first at 30:19.

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Although he didn’t quite meet Ihmel’s goal, Rafla finished 83rd with a time of 31:26.2, barely beating Virginia’s Connor Rog by 0.2 seconds. He was the sixth freshman to finish the race and his time is the fourth best in Bronco history.

The women’s cross country team also had a successful race, with senior Emma

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Bates finishing her six kilometers with 19:44.5 in third place. Senior Marisa Howard came in at 28th with a time of 20:35.8.

Both athletes earned AllAmerican awards.

This greatly contributed to the women’s team placing 11th overall at the meet with 392 points.

Rafla leaves this season as a decorated athlete, earning All-Region honors, second team All-MW honors and named the MW Men’s Freshman of the Year.

Next season, Rafla anticipates having more members of the men’s team join him at nationals and quali-

fying as a team.

“We obviously lack experience; there’s a lot of building. In the coming years, it’ll be a lot better,” Rafla said.

1st Place Results Men’s Team: Colorado State Men’s Individual: Lawi Lalang, Arizona State Women’s Team: Michigan State Women’s Individual: Sheila Reid, Villanova

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Nate Lowery

Sports & Rec Editor

This wasn’t the season that Matt Miller was expecting for his final season as a Bronco.

Instead of preparing for game day with his teammates, the Boise State wide receiver spends his days preparing his teammates in practice for their upcoming games.

“My role has changed,” Miller said. “I’ve gone from a guy who contributes on the field to a guy who contributes off the field, in the film room and in the preparation.”

Miller—the school record holder in a slew of receiving categories—injured his ankle in week four

against Louisiana-Lafayette and further aggravated the injury the following week against Air Force.

An MRI revealed the bad news: Miller had a high ankle sprain with torn ligaments.

After spending several weeks of rest to try and see if he could finish the season, Miller elected to undergo surgery on Oct. 13— putting him on the sideline for three to six months.

Despite being the Broncos’ leading receiver by 199 yards at the time of his injury, Miller has been impressed by the way Thomas Sperbeck and Chaz Anderson have stepped up in his absence.

“There’s nobody prouder of those guys than me,” Miller said. “Their best is

yet to come and that’s really scary.”

Miller, at the convincing of head coach Bryan Harsin, elected to sit out the season in order to preserve his chance for a shot at the NFL. “I think every kid who plays football has wanted to play in the NFL someday,” Miller said. “My goal right now is to get as healthy as I can be and get my foot in the door somewhere.”

Miller hopes to gain an invite to the NFL Combine in March but he is unlikely to participate in on-field drills. The goal instead is to be in as great of shape as possible for Boise State’s Pro Day. According to NFL Draft Stock website, Miller is pro-

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Miller makes the most out of injury

miller suffered an ankle injury in Week four. jected as a sixth- or seventhround pick.

If a career in the NFL doesn’t work out, Miller sees himself either going into coaching or becoming

a rancher.

Harsin, however, feels Miller has a long football career in front of him.

“He’s not going to be a coach for a long time,” Har-

sin said. “He’s going to play (in the NFL). If coaching doesn’t get in the way of ranching, it might be a possibility for him down the road.”

Brandon Walton

Asst. Sports & Rec Editor

Last Tuesday night’s game not only marked the end of the season for the Boise State women’s volleyball team but it also marked the end of three great Broncos’ careers.

The Broncos said goodbye to three of their best players in program history as senior outside hitter Alyssa Gammel, senior outside hitter Taylor Murphey and senior middle blocker Brittany Reardon exited the court for the very last time following the heartbreaking five set loss to Utah State.

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What makes this year’s class unique and standout among many in recent memory is the numbers they each put up during their respective time here.

Gammel ranks seventh in school history in total number of kills. Murphey is eighth all-time in block assists and blocks per set, while Reardon’s 348 hitting percentage is the alltime school record.

“We want to leave our mark as a senior class and hope in the years coming that we left a good enough impression to keep the hard work and drive going for the younger girls,” Murphey said.

This year’s senior class is extremely close with one another even though they all didn’t expect that when they first met.

“We are definitely three different people with three different personalities, but we still get along really well,” Reardon said.

Their team play has set them apart even more than their talent on the court.

“We are very tight-knit,” Gammel said. “Throughout those years we have all stayed really close both on and off the court.”

Throughout everything they have always been there for each other both on and especially off the

court.

“We’ve gotten so close that we know each other so well,” Murphey said. “In tough times we all know what to say to one another to get us through anything.”

The seniors have not only been there for each other but for the rest of the team as well.

“In years past, there hasn’t been so much emotional support,” Reardon said. “This season we have made it a goal to provide that not only with each other but our other teammates as well.”

The seniors feel their closeness with each other

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Volleyball senior class unlike any other

Reardon, Murphey & Gammel had a very positive effect on the team this year.

“I think the great bond that we have on our team shows because of the great relationship that we seniors have with one another,” Gammel said.

The legacy that this class leaves behind will be hard to match for quite

some time. “ As a class this one would be as good as any during my time here,” head coach Shawn Garus said. “Not just good on the court but in the classroom as well and I am really proud of everything that they have done here as student-athletes.”

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