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WEEKLY EVENTS Gender Studies Brownbag: Esther Enright Wednesday, February 8
Interactive Learning Center, Room 315, 12:00 PM, FREE In a talk titled “How Educators Can Give Wise Feedback Across Identity Difference,” Esther Enright will discuss factors related to giving students feedback in an equitable way.
Biomolecular Seminar Series: Baker Haven Wednesday, February 8
Multipurpose Classroom Building, Room 106, 3:00 PM, FREE The Boise State Physics Department will host Baker Haven of Simplot Plant Sciences. He will be speaking on “Biotechnology in Agriculture: Creating a More Sustainable Potato”.
Shaun Nichols Lecture Thursday, February 9
Student Union Building, Lookout Room, 12:00 - 1:15 PM, FREE Harvard University College Fellow in History Shaun Nichols will present “Confronting Things Forgotten: Labor, Inequality, and Public History.” This lecture will explore a historical perspective of industry and its effects.
MSE Seminar: John McDonald Friday, February 10
Engineering Building, Room 110, 10:30 AM, FREE John McDonald, assistant director of Institutional Compliance and Ethics at Boise State, will be presenting “Control Regulations and University Researchers”. This seminar will explore how U.S. Export Control laws affect university research.
Flappers and Dappers Friday, February 10
Student Union Building, Simplot Ballroom, 9:00 PM - 12:00 AM, FREE w/ Student I.D. Sponsored by the Student Involvement and Leadership Center, this event is some free fun for students. The $0.00 admission includes a costume contest, photo booth and “ a swanky Jazz Age casino scene where you can get a wiggle on to live big band music.”
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NEWS CTL launches pilot certificate program fostering diversity in leadership Patty Bowen Editor-in-Chief Editor@stumedia.boisestate. edu This semester the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) is piloting the Boise State Uniting for Inclusion and Leadership in Diversity (BUILD) certificate program. The BUILD certificate program gives faculty and staff the opportunity to gain a certificate for attending workshops that expand their knowledge and skills regarding issues of diversity and inclusion. The workshops will teach participants how to foster diversity in leadership at Boise State. “The primary reason (we’re piloting this program) is to develop awareness, knowledge and skills around making Boise State more inclusive whether that be in the classroom or be in advising sessions or in a student club for admissions,” said Tasha Souza, associate director for the CTL and professor in the Department of Communication. Participants in the certificate program will choose from a variety of workshops hosted by organizations across campus including the Gender Equity Center, the Multicultural Student Services and the CTL. “Most of the things in the BUILD certificate, by design, already exist,” said Donna Llewellyn, executive director of STEM and Diversity Initiatives, and a Professor in the College of Innovation and Design. “We didn’t want to create lots and lots of new things, but people are already doing a host of things on campus in this area. And this is to give it an umbrella so people can find things easily and have a goal to
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work towards.” Llewellyn is a member of the Commission on Diversity Inclusion, a recently established commission that will find ways to ensure Boise State is “better serving our campus community and maintaining our competitive edge and reputation,” according to its page on the Boise State website. Although the CTL is currently piloting the BUILD program, Souza is working with several faculty in the Comission on Diversity and Inclusion to find a place on campus to house the program after the Spring 2017 semester. “The Center for Teaching and Learning is really focused on the teaching and learning
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BUILD program. She believes the certificate allows participants to connect all the topics addressed in workshops through core principles like universal design work—a teaching style that takes students’ disabilities into account during the planning process of a class to create a curriculum that is inclusive to all students. “For (faculty and staff) to be able to see we have shared commitments and principles— once they can attend any of the workshops involved in the BUILD certificate—they start to see overlap and it becomes much easier to internalize this as just the way they should do things,” Shuck said. Currently there are 52 peo-
(The BUILD certificate program) will be held up as an example of how we are coming together so that people know what to do, the skill set they need and the professional development they need to grow in this area,.” — Donna Llewellyn, executive director of STEM and Diversity Initiatives
of instructors,” Souza said. “It doesn’t make sense for us to keep hold of it but we’re happy to get it started.” Although the BUILD certificate program is already in the midst of its first year, Llewellyn believes it will serve as an example of what the Commission on Diversity Inclusion will do. “(The BUILD certificate program) will be held up as an example of how we are coming together so that people know what to do, the skill set they need and the professional development they need to grow in this area,” Llewellyn said. Gail Shuck, professor in the English Department, is part of the committee planning the
ple enrolled in the program. The number of workshops participants will need to attend to get the certificate is still being decided but Souza estimates it will be between eight and 10. Faculty and staff who sign up can complete the certificate program at whatever pace they’d like—according to Souza—and there will be flexibility in the options of workshops. “We want to ask the people who have signed up what is reasonable, but probably around 10 kind of learning opportunities, but it will be flexible and negotiable between the people who are enrolled,” Souza said. One of the workshops that participants will be able to attend is the Conference on Lan-
guage, Identity and Culture— which is also open to students and community members— held on April 12 in the SUB. During the Conference on Language, Identity and Culture, students from English 101M—the beginner English course for non-native speakers—will testify and give presentations about their experiences in the classroom. Souza hopes that faculty and staff who receive the BUILD certificate seek out other learning opportunities after its completion. “(The BUILD certificate) is a great example of how different departments of campus can collaborate and come up with structure to help support moving this campus forward,” said Llewellyn.
Tasha Souza, associate director for the CTL and professor in the Department of Communication, is part of a board that is piloting the BUILD certificate program. (Photo by Patty Bowen / The Arbiter)
Students, faculty and staff gather over concerns regarding Trump’s travel ban Taylor Munson News Reporter Taylormunson@u.boisestate. edu More than 60 people gathered for a teach-in organized by Boise State on Friday, Feb. 3, to speak with a panel of local refugee experts to answer questions and concerns regarding Trump’s recent executive order on immigration. During President Donald Trump’s first week in office, he signed an executive order temporarily barring the entry of immigrants and nonimmigrants from seven Muslimmajority countries for 90 days. According to NPR’s annotation of the executive order, it also suspends the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program for 120 days, meaning no refugees will be resettled in the United States from any country during that time. The order is officially titled, “Protecting the nation from foreign terrorists’ entry into the United States”. While the intention of the order is to improve the United States’ safety from terrorists, some people do not believe it will. “The people who make it through this extraordinarily thorough and long vetting process are the ones who are fleeing the violence. Frankly, if you wanted to get into the U.S. and do something bad, there are so many easier ways to do so,” said Julianne Donnelly Tzul, director of the International Rescue Committee’s Boise office and panel member at the teach-in. The countries banned include Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Iran, Somalia, Libya and Yemen. Syrian refugees are banned indefinitely. Following the signing of this executive order,
individuals impacted by the ban were detained and rejected access to U.S. airports. According to Greg Hahn, associate vice president of the Office of Communication and Marketing, there are more than 40 students on record from the seven countries listed in the executive order. Most of these students are either permanent residents or refugees, and others are on student visas. A few students were directly affected by the executive order, while others are left unsure of their future. “Nearly all of the students are currently here in the United States,” Hahn said in an email. “But we know of a very small number who either are abroad and in jeopardy of returning, or who may not be able to finish their study abroad as it is unclear whether they will be able to return when (the executive order) ends.” According to Hahn, details about these specific students and their situations cannot be disclosed due to the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act. One of the attendees of the executive order teach-in was Refik Sadikovic, a doctoral student who teaches University Foundations, Bosnian 101 and other courses about refugees. Sadikovic arrived in Idaho 17 years ago as a refugee fleeing war in Bosnia. “I am Bosnian-American. I succeeded in my life, and I am happy,” Sadikovic said. “But should I stop caring about other people in the world who are still experiencing similar things that I experienced? I can’t. I can’t stop caring, I can’t let them suffer more.” Sadikovic is an involved member of the refugee community in Boise. He co-found-
Panelists at the teach-in answered questions about the recent executive order reguarding immigration on Friday, Feb. 3. (Photo by Corina Deiters/ The Arbiter).
ed the Boise State Refugee Alliance and serves on a number of boards and committees in Boise related to refugee resettlement. “I know many refugees from Iraq and Somalia. It’s pretty hard for them to think about this country stopping them from going to see their families, or even leaving the U.S. It’s almost like being in prison,” Sadikovic said. The executive order address-
es the current procedures for visa-issuance and admittance of refugees, stating that these processes have not been successful in preventing terrorist attacks. According to a report by the Cato Institute in September, the chances of an American being murdered in a terrorist attack caused by a refugee is one in 3.64 billion per year, and one in 10.9 billion per year for illegal immigrants.
“To me, I don’t see a safety issue because there are not facts that point that direction—real facts. If I saw a safety issue, I would think the 120 days is reasonable, but I don’t see any safety issues,” Sadikovic said. All students, faculty and staff received a letter from President Kustra addressing the recent executive order and what it means for Boise State. At the teach-in, Tzul addressed some questions regarding the poten-
tial weakness of his letter and how Boise State should move forward. “You’ve got an incredibly powerful voice with President Kustra. Any advocacy to make him more forward with direct statements would be awesome,” Tzul said. The ban was blocked by a federal judge Friday, Feb. 3. A legal battle is continuing to be fought over the executive order and its constitutionality.
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NEWS Boise State researchers aid in the exoneration of the wrongfully convicted Maxwell Peterson Copy Editor News@stumedia.boisestate. edu According to the Sentencing Project’s website, incarcerated populations in the United States have increased 500 percent in the last 40 years. What’s the end of result of that increase? A nation with 2.2 million incarcerated peoples. With new breakthroughs in forensic science, it has been discovered that many of these inmates have been wrongly convicted. CBS’s “48 Hours” aired a program Saturday, Feb. 4 discussing the exoneration of Daryl Pinkins and Roosevelt Glen, two men wrongly convicted in a multiple-assailant rape case in 1989 who walked free last year with the help of Dr. Greg Hampikian, professor in the Department of Biological Science and Department of Criminal Justice. Dr. Hampikian is the founder of The Idaho Innocence Project. Their mission is, “to correct and prevent wrongful convictions through research, education and litigation,” according to The Idaho Innocence Project’s website. The project has worked inexhaustibly in cases like Pinkins and Glen, who were arrested in 1989 and sentenced to 65 and 36 years in prison, respectively, after a misinterpreted blood-type match surfaced in a crime lab associated with the case. “I dreamt of a professor in law school coming to my rescue,” Glen said in the 48 hours episode. “I used to see it on TV all the time. Then one day I said ‘I got my dream team.’” That team included Dr.
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Hampikian and his team at Idaho Innocence Project. “They thought these guys were guilty. They got tunnel vision,” Hampikian said. “They had alibis, but the courts just discounted that.” In 1999, Pinkins wrote to the Idaho Innocence Project, pleading for assistance. “This car is bumped, five guys rape (the victim), they leave a pair of overalls from a particular mill in Gary Indiana. Well, they’re a particular guy’s overalls,” said Hampikian. The clothing had been stolen from a car the men were in that had broken down on the highway the night of the rapes. The car window had been smashed and items stolen, including the overalls which were found at the crime scene and collected, along with clothing from the victim that had semen from her attackers. The state performed blood typing on the semen mixture and got a very general result that included, as potential contributors, nearly all caucasian individuals and about 70 percent of African American individuals. According to Boise State Forensic DNA Analyst Gianluca Peri, DNA transfer to clothing in common. “It’s very simple. There can be different kinds of contacts. Two objects can come into contact directly, like me touching this bench. Also, in a more indirect way, if I touch the bench and you touch it after me, you can potentially carry with you some of my DNA. That’s called a secondary transfer.” Sometimes it isn’t a matter of transfer, but boils down to a court’s choice to include the
Dr. Greg Hampikian (left) speaks with Forensic DNA Analyst Gianluca Peri in the Hampikian Laboratory. (Photo by Taylor Lippman/ The Arbiter).
evidence. “When Pinkins and Glenn heard that the police would be DNA testing the semen mixture, they said ‘Great! What do you need?’ And when the DNA tests, which are far more specific than blood typing, excluded them from the semen, they thought they would be going home.” said Hampikian. “25 years later, Daryl Pinkins did.” Prosecutors involved in the case were 100% sure that Daryl Pinkins was a joint-perpetrator of the crime due to the blood type “match” that linked him to the semen evidence, but the better DNA analysis excluded him. Still, the prosecutor used the blood-type
evidence at trial. During their 10 years on the case, Hampikian’s team requested other evidence to be DNA tested including a hair recovered from the victim, which also excluded all the suspects. Still the prosecutors and the courts did not budge. Finally, Hampikian teamed with Mark Perlin, the inventor of new software based on probabilistic genotyping, which can sense acute differentiations in DNA data to help more accurately link a piece of DNA evidence to its potential owners. That analysis was going to be the substance of a court hearing asking for a new trial, but the results convinced the prosecutor that no hear-
ing was needed, and Darryl Pinkins was finally freed. As a result, his alleged co-conspirator who also was excluded from all DNA evidence in the case. Roosevelt Glenn was cleared of his conviction just last week. “No one’s used probabilistic genotyping to free someone, we’re the first ones to do it.” Unfortunately, freedom is often step one in the process towards rehabilitating the lives devastated by these wrongful convictions. “Roosevelt Glen gets out after 15 years for time served, good behavior and he’s listed as a sex offender--then last week he’s cleared officially, but sex offender websites still
list him. Pinkins spent 25 years in prison” said Hampikian. “Then there’s the question of just trying to get them some compensation. There’s no compensation in (Indiana). (Pinkins) gets out, and he has no job training--but he’s strong and wants to work.” Hampikian and his team are working to advocate for people like Glen and Pinkins. More information about their organization can be found on the Idaho Innocence Project’s Facebook page.
Political involvement continues after Women’s March “10 actions for the first 100 days” campaign launch offers tangible steps for progress Ximena Bustillo Staff Writer News@stumedia.boisestate. edu After rallies took place Saturday, Jan. 21, the Women’s March on Washington website released a campaign titled, “10 Actions for the first 100 Days”. Every ten days following the campaign’s launch, the site will release instructions for becoming politically involved in the upcoming months. With two actions released, this new campaign has become the
focus of political activism. It directly calls for specific actions within the first one hundred days of Donald Trump’s presidency. Political Science Professor Jaclyn Kettler said, “This new campaign was meant to harness the energy that remained from the march. It is very easy to follow and can keep the momentum going.” Kettler said the hardest part about a social movements is keeping momentum, because there is often no immediate change. The first action, which can be viewed on the
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There is strength in unity, in numbers and in finding solidarity with others. Finding others to act with you may make all of the actions and foreseeable results tangible.” — Allison Termath, freshman psychology major
Women’s March on Washington’s web page, is to write or print a postcard to send to local Senators about a social issue the person feels strongly about, with suggestions for what should be done to solve or improve it. “What seems to be the goal of this action is to
demonstrate to those of political influence that a lot of people care about specific issues and that they are paying attention. It demonstrates numbers,” Kettler said. The second action is to create a “huddle”. Between Wednesday, Feb. 1 and Saturday, Feb. 11, individuals
have been instructed to meet with at least 15 others to discuss their next steps. The campaign offers a list of possible routes to increase political mobilization including tweeting, attending a town hall meeting and continuing to contact local legislators. “There is strength in unity, in numbers and in finding solidarity with others,” said freshman psychology major Allison Termath. “Finding others to act with you may make all of the actions and foreseeable results tangible.” Kettler discussed pos-
sibilities for the next few actions and said although it is hard to predict the next steps, it’s fair to assume there will be a call for women to get involved in politics through campaigning for others or themselves. “In order for the movement to succeed, it must continue to develop through involvement. These movements change the dialogues happening on campus, and highlight conversations that were already taking place,” Kettler said.
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OPINION Trump’s so called “Muslim Ban,” why people need to relax
The rationale behind the executive order that the majority of voters might actually approve of Jacob Palmer Investigative and Enterprise Reporter JacobPalmer@u.boisesttate. edu If you’ve been on social media at all lately, you’ve no doubt heard various reporters, political pundits and celebrities lose their collective minds over the recent executive order enacted by President Trump regarding foreign entry into the U.S. Many in the media, such as the New York Times editorial board, have used the term “Muslim Ban” to describe the executive order-- so much so that it’s become a trending hashtag on Facebook and Twitter. Many have flooded airports and public streets in protest and Seattle judge James Robart recently put a halt to the order. With the future of the executive order uncertain, all these people in outrage should instead calm down, take a few deep breaths, disregard what their favorite celebrities such as George Takei say and look into what this executive order actually entails. I feel the need to make a disclaimer here and say that I am sympathetic to the majority of refugees and immigrants coming into this country. Many are fleeing persecution and genuinely want to have a better life here in the United States. Those who say this law could have been implemented better are not wrong and the stories of refugees being halted in airports is sad. That being said, I want to make sure admission is done in an effective way that avoids
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some of the pitfalls that can occur in this complex and difficult process. The debate about refugees is complex, intricate and much more than simply “love vs hate.” The executive order in question, “Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States”, is a temporary measure, recently put in place, to limit movement of people from a selection of high-risk countries while vetting processes are reviewed. The order restricts travel from seven specific countries for 90 days and refugee travel for 120 days. The countries in question are Syria, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Sudan, Yemen and Somalia. To put it bluntly, this is not a “Muslim Ban,” not anything close. Anyone saying so is contributing to alleged epidemic of “fake news” that has been proliferating recently. Roughly 85 percent of Muslims in the world are not affected by this measure. According to the Pew Research Center, out of the top ten countries with the biggest population of Muslims, only one out of that top ten is listed in the executive order, Iran. The rest—Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Egypt, Turkey, Algeria and Morocco—are nowhere to be found in the executive order. If Trump really wanted to ban all Muslims, then this order fell quite short by only affecting potentially roughly 12 percent of the Muslim Population. But there is no question that the countries listed in this travel ban are majority Muslim countries, so many would still argue that this order is still
a “Muslim Ban”. But this line of thought is also factually incorrect. The countries listed were not randomly chosen by Trump or his cabinet for being Muslim. In fact, these countries were listed as “countries of concern” for terrorist activity under the Obama administration. A 2016 report by the Department of Homeland Security listed, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Yemen, Somalia, Sudan and Libya as countries that posted
as refugees are reviewed. Once changes are made, up to 50 thousand refugees can be allowed into the U.S. in the fiscal year 2017 which is not an unspeakably low number when compared to refugee admissions in the mid 2000’s. Beyond the scope of terrorist threat, vetting of refugees should not only include terrorist threats, but also check for views that are contrary to basic human rights. While the ma-
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“@** @$#% &#@*” “s@#$ *&T@#$ @#$!” the highest risk to U.S. in terms of terrorists coming from those countries. Regardless of any attempt to tie this order to the recent terrorist attack in Canada via guilt by association, or any “he said, she said” you might hear in the media, the only thing that matters legally is the actual wording of the executive order; and the wording of which is formed based on terrorist threat, not religion. Finally, this executive order is not a permanent ban on refugees. It’s a temporary measure while current vetting procedures for foreigners such
jority of refugees fleeing from persecution are peaceful, some come to western countries with views that are contrary to the basic human rights we take for granted. One needs to look no further than how the European Union has handled refugees. On New Years Eve 2016, mass reports of rape and sexual assault on women were reported in multiple German cities, such as Cologne. Officials estimated that more than 1,200 women were assaulted by approximately 2,000 male suspects. According to the Washington Post articl,
“Leaked document says 2,000 men allegedly assaulted 1,200 German women on New Year’s Eve, “, German officials such as Germany’s president of the Federal Crime Police office, Holger Münch, have since linked to the attacks to abnormally high numbers of refugees recently admitted into the country. “There is a connection between the emergence of this phenomenon and the rapid migration in 2015,” Münch said. Unfortunately, due to events such as the ones in Germany, a slew of laws restricting religious freedom have been passed in Europe. Countries such as France, Austria, Belgium, The Netherlands and various local cities have passed laws banning various Muslim headdresses including the niqab and burka. Not only were the rights of the women in various German cities violated due to lax vetting, but the rights of the peaceful refugees in Europe are now also being violated in response to the attacks. We in the United States must provide more rigorous vetting to prevent humans rights violations such as these, for citizens and refugees. My point isn’t that this law is absolutely perfect. But I and a lot of Americans would argue that regulation of entry into this country is a small price to pay for security and freedom. The ideas behind it aren’t extreme. The idea of holding back the flow of people into our country from dangerous areas of the world for a few months is not extreme. The idea of reviewing vetting policies for refugees to make sure
they’re effective is not extreme. The idea of wanting to keep America safe from foreign terrorist threats is not extreme. Despite all the security measures put in place, the U.S. is still at threat from terrorist attacks like the ones in San Bernardino, Orlando, Fort Hood, Ohio State, Boston and others. As long as terrorism exists in the world, regardless of the ideology behind it, it is in the United States’ best interest to protect all its citizens, including law abiding Muslims, from attacks. The entire controversy around the order shows why a bunch of Americans don’t trust the mainstream media anymore. The real scandal here is not the executive order itself, but how the media blew up the issue into something it wasn’t. Indeed, despite all the outrage the media has tried to push, you probably haven’t even heard the fact that the majority of Americans--57 percent of likely voters--support this executive order, according to a poll from Rasmussen Reports. Furthermore, an additional poll done by Reuters/ Ipsos also found more support than opposition for Trumps move, with 49 percent of Americans approving and 41 percent disapproving. The mainstream media would rather be fearmongers than simply give both sides a fair hearing. When the other side could in fact be the majority, yet you twist your message to dismiss them outright, then you’ve got a real problem of accurately covering a complex debate.
Trump’s executive order isn’t backed by any cognitive reasoning
Assuming Trump’s executive order will keep America safe from terrorism is like assuming someone is a Chinese food expert
Patty Bowen Editor-in-Chief Editor@stumedia.boisestate. edu The American public has always averted its gaze and kept its arms folded when faced with refugee resettlement. In ‘58, it shook its head—55 percent disapproval rate—at a plan to house 65 thousand Hungarian refugees fleeing the Communist regime in Hungary, according to the Pew Research Center. In ‘79 it scoffed—62 percent disapproval rate—at a plan to double the number of refugees from Indochina, also according to the Pew Research Center. And in 2015, a Bloomberg poll found that 53 percent of Americans didn’t want to let any Syrian refugees resettle in the U.S. and 11 percent more would only accept Christian refugees from Syria. So it shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone that, according to a CBS poll, only 51 percent of Americans disapprove with Trump’s executive order banning the entry of immigrants and visa holders from Iran, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Libya, Sudan and Somalia for 90 days and halting all refugee admissions for 120 days. This executive order takes an unrealistic, slapdash approach to supposedly improving the vetting process for refugees,
one that mirrors the lack of planning or thought a 12-year-old puts into their science fair project. It also once again proves that Trump hasn’t learned how to pull out his phone and do a 10 minute Google search prior to making a decision. The White House announced after the federal judge’s order to block President Trump’s ban on Friday, Feb. 3 that it would continue to try to get a court to “file an emergency stay of this outrageous order and defend the executive order of the President, which we believe is lawful and appropriate.” “The president’s order is intended to protect the homeland and he has the constitutional authority and responsibility to protect the American people,” the statement said. But this executive order, regardless of its intention, will not result in a safer nation. It will, if reenacted, force the small percentage of refugees allotted to enter this country to lose their clearances while waiting the 120 days, effectively forcing them to start the long, drawn-out vetting process again. “Because our security clearances are so stringent, the most stringent in the world, all the clearances (refugees gain) expire, and they are only good for a certain period of time,” said
Melanie Nezer, vice president for policy and advocacy for HIAS, a global Jewish nonprofit that protects refugees, in an interview with Vox. The average wait time for refugee resettlement is 18 to 24 months, while “Iraqis and Syrians typically wait several years,” according to a Washington Post article written by Natasha Hall. But a huge portion of the refugees resettled in the U.S. are children—in 2016, 60 percent of the Syrians
Washington Post. “We have to have tough, we’re going to have tough standards. And if a person can’t prove that they’re from an area, and if a person can’t prove what they have to be able to prove, they’re not coming into this country.” However, the U.S. has one of the most “extreme”—or rather, stringent—refugee screening processes on the planet. Before being settled into the U.S., refugees undergo years of interviews, reference checks and bio-
“notForcing these refugees to wait would only be taking away years of their
childhood they could spend in safety, it will also, in some cases, force them back to their country of origin, essentially delivering them a death sentence.”
resettled in the U.S. were under the age of 18, Hall said. Forcing these refugees to wait would not only be taking away years of their childhood they could spend in safety, it will also, in some cases, force them back to their country of origin, essentially delivering them a death sentence. And for what? Trump has repeated that the executive order will allow the U.S. to put in place “extreme vetting” of refugees. “Tough word—extreme vetting,” Trump said to the
logical screenings by the United Nations’ refugee agency, the Department of Homeland Security, and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services headquarters. According to a New York Times article titled “Refugees Entering the U.S. Already Face a Rigorous Vetting Process,” because of the length of time “between the initial screening and departure, officials have to conduct a final check before the refugee leaves for the United States.” And ironically, because
of the military presence the U.S. has had in their countries, Iraqis, Syrians and Iranians—who are all currently barred from entering the United States—are by far the most well-documented refugees interviewed by the above organizations, according to Hall. Also, in case anyone in the crowd couldn’t hear, refugees are not dangerous. A 2015 study conducted by Alex Nowrasteh, an immigration researcher for Cato Institute, concludes that “of the 859,629 refugees admitted from 2001 onwards, only three have been convicted of planning terrorist attacks, and none was successfully carried out.” That is a .0003 percent chance that a refugee will plan a terrorist attack, and a 0 percent chance that it will be successfully carried out. Rumors that refugee resettlement will increase crime are largely misreported. In response to this, two women from Germany—the country where the majority of the reports are stemming because of the large number of refugees invited in—have created Hoaxmap, a website dedicated to cataloging crimes reported against refugees that were proven false. Despite this, the ban would also cut in the half the projected number of refugees the Obama administration had allotted the U.S. to resettle in
2017—from 110,000 to 50,000. Both numbers are embarrassingly low when compared to the number of refugees other developed countries, like Germany, are letting in. Out of the 65 million refugees documented in 2016, the U.S. resettled 85 thousand— according to the Pew Research Center—which is roughly .1 percent. Lastly, to quote Washington Solicitor General Noah Purcell, there is an “overwhelming amount of evidence” proving that Trump’s ban was targeting the religion of Islam. If it wasn’t fishy enough that this ban was enacted a month after Trump added to his website that he planned to enact “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States,” he allegedly even told Former New York mayor Rudy W. Giuliani that he wanted to create a “Muslim Ban” and that Guiliani needed to “put a commission together” and “show (Trump) the right way to do it legally.” So write a letter to your congressman, attend a protest or volunteer at a local refugee organization—the Idaho Office for Refugees is a good one to consider. The block on this executive order could be ruled against any day now.
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BEAUTY AND
On Feb. 3 both Boise State gymnastics and wrestling competed in Beauty and the Beast Evan Werner Sports & Rec Editor
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The No. 11 Boise State Broncos Gymnastics team came to play Friday night at Beauty and The Beast at Taco Bell Arena and beat No. 11 Southern Utah 197.025 to 194.325. The teams entered the evening tied in the national rankings. “It’s almost statistically impossible to have three meets, average those three scores and tie somebody, but somehow that happened and it’s awesome.” said co-head coach Neil Resnick. The Broncos have secured the victory over their conference rivals, for their second Mountain Rim Gymnastics Conference win of the season. Senior Co-Captain Paige Urquhart was ready for her final Beauty and the Beast competition. “This is by far my favorite competition and it is a great way to go out my senior year,” said Urquhart. Urquhart, sophomore Sarah Means, redshirt junior Sandra Collantes and sophomore Shani Remme tied for the win on floor with 9.85’s. Remme also led the way by winning the all-around title with a 39.450. Ann Stockwell claimed the vault title with a season-high 9.875, Diana Mejia and Collantes won on the uneven bars with 9.9s, Remme was also tops on balance beam with a 9.9. “The dedication the girls put in year around, the number of hours and attention to detail
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that they put in during the summer when they are not required to be here,” said Co-Head Coach Tina Bird. “That put us ahead and has given us a great start to the season.” The Broncos began on vault and scored a season-best 49.150. Collantes led off with a 9.775, and both Remme and Mary Frances Bir posted 9.825s. Stockwell ended the vault at home with her event-winning 9.875. Stockwell picked up right where she left off on vault and opened the event with a 9.875. Courtney McGregor scored a 9.85 and Remme scored a 9.875. Collantes scored a 9.9 in the No. 3 spot and Mejia ended in the sixth and final position, giving the senior her third uneven bars score of 9.9 or better of the year. Urquhart scored a 9.8 on beam and Remme, Collantes and Mejia were able to score 9.85s. In total, the 49.250 is the secondhighest beam score in the last two seasons, coming up just shy of the 49.375 that came against Michigan State last season. The Broncos excelled on the floor posting a score of 49.225. Mackenzie Bennion came up big with a 9.825, and Collantes, Remme, Urquhart and Means came away with 9.85s to secure the victory. “How close we are as a team and always staying positive, as well as our team dynamic is really helping us succeed early on this season,” said Co-Captain Means. Boise State will head back out on the road next weekend and take on No. 8 Denver in Denver, on Saturday, Feb. 11 at 6 p.m.
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The win ended a four-match losing streak, and puts him a win shy of a 20win season in his first campaign with the Broncos. “The losses have been tough because we know we are such a tough team,” said Dewey, “but you really have to look at the matches and see how tough we are competing with these top 20 athletes.” Dewey used a takedown and turned his opponent, Bob Coleman, over for four nearfall points to take an 11-5 lead. Later winning the match 17-7 major decision. It was also alumni night for the Boise State Wrestling team. “It’s special that we have alumni come and meet with the team before the dual and have them watch, especially as we go up against our biggest rival in Oregon State,” said Mendoza. With the score tied, Kadyn Del Toro trailed 3-2 with a minute left in the third period after getting an escape. The red-shirt sophomore would give up the takedown to lose his first Pac-12 match this season. Although the wrestling team fell to Oregon State, Dewey showed his appreciation for Beauty and the Beast. “I love it! We get our biggest crowd ever because of both sports and we get the entire Bronco Family rooting for us in Taco Bell Arena,” said Dewey. Oregon State won their second conference dual this week, with their win at Taco Bell Arena. “The guys just have to stick with the process and the wins are on the horizon,” said Mendoza. Boise State will end the regular season, Feb. 12 with a double-header against Cal Poly and Arizona State. The dual against Cal Poly will begin 2 p.m. at Bronco Gym, followed by the dual against Arizona State at 4 p.m.
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In the 50th edition of the Border War — an annual rivalry matchup against Oregon State — as well as the 15th Beauty and the Beast — a competition involving both women’s gymnastics and men’s wrestling — the Boise State wrestling team came up short after tying the score at 13 after six matches. They fell 31-13 in 10 matches on Friday at Taco Bell Arena. “For me personally it’s a wrestling match, but it is definitely more fan friendly having both sports compete side by side,” said head coach Mike Mendoza. This is Mendoza’s first Border War as a Bronco and he believes that it is a very important matchup. “As I am here longer, it will become more meaningful,-- but for a lot of the guys here, there is already a history there.” The dual meet was held side-byside with the women’s gymnastics team for the annual Boise State Beauty and the Beast competition, in front of a crowd of 2,987, the fourth highest attendance in the event’s history, according to Bronco Athletics’ Nate Lowery. “There is a kinship between Women’s Gymanstics and (Men’s Wrestling). I believe that gymnastics, wrestling and swimming are the toughest sports. So to be able to do two of those on the same stage is awesome,” red-shirt senior Austin Dewey said. Fred Green, Demetrius Romero and Dewey won three straight and tied the meet at 13. Green pinned the Beavers’ Abraham Rodriguez in 2:16. The pin gave him his team-leading ninth of the season and ended his two match losing streak. Romero won in a 5-0 decision against Oregon State’s Weston Dobler.
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Bucking around
Sudoku:
Each of the nine blocks has to contain all the numbers 1-9 within its squares. Each number can only
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New weekly interview series featuring local musicians
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CULTURE Basque in excitement for Treefort
Boise students and community members gather in anticipation of Treefort 2017 at Boise’s Basque Center.
Dim lighting, loud music and the constant boil of conversation compressed the air at the Boise Basque Center, as music lovers trickled into the Treefort 2017 Launch Party on Saturday, Feb. 4. The venue was quickly filled, giving the reception room and bar a feeling of claustrophobic electricity. As its name suggests, this event served as a precursor to Treefort Music Fest, Boise’s annual music festival that engulfs downtown during Boise State’s spring break. Throughout the last six years of its existence, the festival has proven to be popular with students and community members alike. This was reflected at Saturday’s Launch Party, where everyone gathered in shared excitement around the night’s performing bands: The Shivas, Tyevk, Hillfolk Noir and Foul Weather. “It’s a bit of a drunken mess,” said Boise community member Heather Prichard, pausing briefly to try to describe Treefort. “But this is probably the best year I’ve seen so far. It’s nice to see that after six years, Treefort’s really getting traction.” Prichard is a Treefort veteran, having been introduced to the festival four years ago as a volunteer. For those who haven’t yet been, Prichard and other experienced festival-goers shared a few pieces of advice. “It’s important to know the locations downtown,”
said Prichard. “Boise’s small, but it can be kind of tricky to get around during Treefort. Make sure you get everywhere with enough time to get into the venue.” Community members Jordan Price and Kristin Fitzpatrick also advised knowing your way around, and emphasized the importance of engaging with other people during the festival. “Definitely hang out on the street,” said Fitzpatrick. “Treefort brings 236 bands to Boise, so almost anyone you meet on the street is going to be in a band.” This sentiment appears to be accurate, as members of local bands were in no short supply at the launch party. Boise-native musicians could easily be found anywhere from the ATM machine to the main stage. According to Taylor Hawkins, lead vocalist of local band Western Daughter, Treefort offers a unique experience for those performing in it as well. “Boise’s all-ages music scene can be lacking,” said Hawkins. “But they open up all these spaces at Treefort, so as a band you can be way more involved in the community, and specifically the younger community. It’s really encouraging and everyone is supportive of each other.” Rider Soran, senior music business major and member of local band Marshall Poole, emphasized being in a band only made him more excited to see other groups. “When you’re performing at Treefort, even your own set ends up being kind of
secondary to seeing what all your friends are doing,” said Soran. “I also love seeing all the different people they bring in that usually don’t come here.” Though many Boiseans go to Treefort for the music, the festival also contains several other branches, such as Yogafort, Filmfort, Hackfort and Alefort. When going through the list of events and activities, Fitzpatrick joked the Treefort family would benefit from one more addition—Napfort. In fact, nearly all the Treefort veterans who spoke with The Arbiter made sure to advise newcomers to drink plenty of water and take care of themselves. Despite the festival’s hectic nature, it continues to grow every year. With such a wide range of opportunities for unique experiences, Wade Ronsse, senior entrepreneurship major and drummer of local band Lounge on Fire advised simply going in with eyes wide-open. “It’s definitely something everyone finds out for themselves,” Ronsse said. “You don’t know what Treefort is to you until it’s not Treefort anymore.” Treefort will take place this year from March 22 to March 26. For further information about bands or scheduling, students can visit the Treefort website at treefortmusicfest.com.
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CULTURE Philosophy Club prepares for a busy spring
Boise State’s Philosophy Club invites students to participate in guest speaker events and philosophical discussion. Jordan Erb Staff Writer Culture@stumedia.boisestate. edu
Senior Philosophy Major McAlister Mallory mans the Philosophy Club table at Boise State’s Involvement Fair. (Photo by Darby Ebeling / The Arbiter)
The chirps of scattered conversation begin to dissipate as the club meeting is called to order. The six or seven students huddled around the table sit comfortably, surrounded by a collection of bread, cheese, pasta sauce and binders. This week’s subject: Marshall McLuhan and the effects of technology on patterns of human life. Held every other Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Papa Joe’s restaurant, the Philosophy Club discusses philosophical writings in a relaxed, informal setting. The club considers this atmosphere to be the most condusive to pressure-free discussion.
McAlister Mallory, senior philosophy major and club vice president, sees value in conversations rooted in deep thought. “(Philosophy is) one of the most rigorous studies to sharpen critical thinking, analysis skills, argumentation and criticism of dogmatic things,” Mallory said. In addition to their bimonthly meetings, the club often hosts guest speakers in the field of philosphy. On Friday, Feb. 24 and Saturday, Feb. 25, the club will be hosting Brie Gertler, a professor from the University of Virginia, who will discuss the philosophical question, “Does your mind extend beyond your body?” Gertler will debate the relationship between the human brain and smartphone technology and question the
Don’t Watch “The OA!”
popular argument that smartphones are no longer just daily conveniences, but rather, they have become a part of the human mind. According to Mallory, these types of discussions prove useful for students with an interest in philosophy. Members are able to interact with visiting professors on a personal level, giving them an opportunity to ask questions about applying to graduate school programs. Aubrey Balfour, a senior philosophy major, joined the Philosophy Club after seeing all the doors a philosophy degree could open. “As I got into the major more, and I became more aware of what your options are with philosophy—and the wide diversity of things that philosophers do and talk
about—it was just like, ‘Yes, this is what I should be doing,’” Balfour said. The club also attends philosophy conferences. Currently, five members are preparing for a conference in April at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon. The Philosophy Club is always welcoming new members, and encourages anyone—philosophy major or not—to stop by and experience one of their meetings. “You come out with a nice, useful metaphysical tool kit,” Mallory said.
Is getting your homework done and taking pesky showers a priority? Don’t watch “The OA.” Maxwell Peterson Copy Editor Culture@stumedia.boisestate. edu It’s a millennial motif: 4:00 a.m. Dorito crumbs in your navel—unless you’re wearing a shirt—we know you’re not. Dawn is steaming towards you, but nothing is as pressing at the rapid-fire succession of episodic ecstasy streaming from whatever modem gets you your Netflix high. If any of this sounds familiar, if you have plans for the next 72 hours or if you’re trying to focus on your relationship and
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not frivolous TV, don’t start “The OA.” The Netflix series, released in December 2016, is sure to elicit a strong reaction from viewers. The ridiculously intriguing story is centered on Prairie Johnson. After being adopted, the blind child disappears from her new home for seven years. When she returns, her sight has been restored and her back is covered in curious scars. After refusing to divulge the circumstances surrounding her time missing-in-action to her parents or the FBI, she shares the story with a group
of townspeople, whom she enlists to help her rescue other people still in her previous situation. Without spoilers, here’s what to expect from watching “The OA.” The first episode will leave you scratching your head and feeling like you are definitely missing something. The second will plant the tiniest seed of suspicion about your own sanity. The third will leave you screaming at your partner, “sanity be damned, I have to know what happens!” whilst sobbing uncontrollably and batting away paternal attempts to get you to sleep.
And, in terms of any obligations you have to anything other than Netflix, it’s basically all downhill from there. If you don’t want something that will make you question what it means to belong to your current dimension, don’t watch it. If you don’t want to examine what it means to trust your own perception of events, don’t watch it. If you do end up watching it—don’t—and like it, don’t tell anyone about it. Netflix has yet to confirm that it will be making a second season, so don’t give them any more viewers to justify more seasons. I can’t handle that.
Brothers in arms
PAVE chapter at Boise State offers resources for student veterans. Michael Paquin Culture Reporter Culture@stumedia.boisestate. edu
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Alex Hatfield, political science major, sinks a pushpin into the island of Sicily. The glossy, laminated map, pinned to the wall of the Veteran Services rec room has many, each indicating where Boise State student-veterans have been stationed. The U.S., middle east and southeast Asia are riddled with small, plastic bulbs—each color indicating what branch the individual served in. Lori Sprague, coordinator for the campus Veteran Services estimates that Boise State has as many as 1,200 students that are veterans. The VA gives disheartening statistics. In a study conducted from 2001 to 2009, veterans were reporting having “some college level education” at higher rate than the civilian population, but underperforming the civilian population in graduation rates—for every year recorded. In spite
of the G.I. bill, veterans are failing to attain their bachelor’s degrees. Whether the cause is an inability to acclimate to civilian life, PTSD, or the complications that accompany being a non-traditional student, a statistical gap exists between civilians and veterans in graduation rates. The Peer Advisors for Veteran Education hope to close this. Based out of the University of Michigan, PAVE functions as an outreach program that allows veterans in college to form internal communities of support. It has a presence on 42 campuses across the country, and in 2016 Boise State was chosen to be a participating partner with the program, which includes instruction on how to run the program to be as effective as it can. “They bring us out to Michigan for their training every year, and they pay for that, so that was pretty invaluable I think,” Sprague said. Sprague went on to say that it was also beneficial to talk with representatives
from other schools already participating in the program to find out what works to serve campus veterans best. “The goals of PAVE are to increase the retention of student veterans and increase the success rate of student veterans,” Hatfield said. The program offers solutions for an array of issues that can interfere with a veteran’s ability to complete college. The VA also provides alarming statistics about the increasing rates of veteran suicide. Between 2001 and 2014, the suicide rate among veterans grew by 32.2 percent. For this reason, PAVE works on making its support of members more personal than typically found in college assistance programs. “Think of us as academic advising, without the word academic. We take a holistic approach to your experience at Boise State or as a student. We go over things like ‘How’s your family doing?’ When’s the last time you sat down with an academic advisor who’s asking that?” Hatfield said. In addition to the support that comes with being part of a community, PAVE seeks to assist veterans in everything from finding childcare solutions to fit around class schedules to rectifying problems with financial aid. If the program can’t solve the issue itself, it puts its members in-touch with people that can. Nicholas Carter, material science major, runs PAVE
with Hatfield and Sprague. To him, there are very specific reasons why veterans are graduating at lower rates. “You find a lot that when veterans come to college out of the military, they don’t feel connected to the campus. You have an age gap, you have an experience gap and you have an interest gap, so you go from being in a tight-knit community to being in a community where you don’t really feel like you belong sometimes,” Carter said. The relationship that PAVE has with campus veterans is relaxed and informal. The program largely relies on networking and word of mouth to encourage students to reach out. Some students contact the group through their advisors, some through email and some in person. Carter said that, although face-toface interaction is the preferred method of advising, any form of interaction with the group can be helpful. To stress the importance of community and comradery, the members of PAVE have hosted events as well, including a parents’ night out to alleviate stress during finals and a holiday pot luck last year. The group intends to have more events this year. Anyone interested in learning more about PAVE can visit their office in the Veteran Services Center or can inquire about it with their academic advisor.
Win or lose, you’ve still got some tunes
Darby Ebeling Copy Editor DarbyEbeling@u.boisestate.edu Whether you’re brokenhearted or ecstatic following Sunday’s Super Bowl 51, the feelings are surely running deep. The fourth quarter and overtime were enough to turn the stomachs of the most neutral observer, so presumably die-hard fans of both the New England Patriots and Atlanta Falcons are in need of some emotional support. And what is a better companion to joy or grief than music? Below are some playlists—curated by a Falcons fan who can attest to the adequateness of the sad playlist—that will hopefully provide both some accompaniment and inspiration. Both playlists contain some Lady Gaga, because everyone can probably agree it was impressive to see her jump from the stadium roof during the Halftime Show. For Patriots fans: 1. I’m Shipping Up To Boston - Dropkick Murphys 2. Do The Rump - The Black Keys 3. Something To Believe In - Young the Giant 4. Smooth Sailin’ - Leon Bridges 5. Bamboo - Hinds 6. Ya Ya - Naked Giants 7. John Wayne - Lady Gaga 8. Summer Salt - Summer Salt 9. Don’t Hold Me Now - New Madrid 10. Young Americans - David Bowie For Falcons fans: 1. Empty- Ray LaMontagne 2. Comfortable Love - Keaton Henson 3. Dramamine - Modest Mouse 4. Out Of Tune - Real Estate 5. The Less I Know The Better - Tame Impala 6. All Your Favorite Bands - Dawes 7. 2100 (feat. BOOTS) - Run the Jewels, BOOTS 8. Angel Down - Lady Gaga 9. To Die in L.A. - Lower Dens 10. Fade Into You - Mazzy Star
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Boise State Hockey Club ends season early Patty Bowen Editor-in-Chief Editor@stumedia.boisestate. edu
was having trouble making games, which were interfering with Ingraham’s desire to pay more attention to the hockey career his son—who will be entering High School soon—is pursuing. The Boise State Hockey Club is revamping their staff to create a coaching staff made up of one head coach and three assistant coaches that each specialize in either offense, defense or goaltending. “There are people we’re looking at, but we’re not really at liberty to throw names out,” Wallingford said. “We do have some pretty strong candidates.” Wallingford, who will graduate in May, plans to serve as the goaltending coach after gradua-
tion. According to Wallingford, the team has been increasing their recruiting and after recruiting at the Western States Hockey Leagues in Vegas, there “are a couple of players who had some interest, so they will be hopefully coming
down to play with us.” Students who are interested in joining the team can contact the club at their email, Broncohockeyboosters2015@gmail. com.
“It was a big struggle along the whole season,” Wallingford said. “There were a few internal issues, but it is definitely a push to move forward with the new season.”
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The Boise State Hockey Club is off the ice early this year. The team decided to cancel their last matches against BYU on Friday, Feb. 10 and Saturday, Feb. 11, and not attend the Mountain West Hockey Championships because of some problems with the team and coach. “There are a lot of changes being made with the team and it was just in the best interest of the team to walk away and prepare for the next season,” said Michael Wallingford, President of the Boise State Hockey Club. The club will end the season
with 13 wins, 13 loses and one tie. According to Wallingford, the majority of the Boise State Hockey Club’s members are freshmen which made the season tougher than normal. “We had some tough games this season,” Wallingford said. “Our lineup for teams was definitely higher than we’ve ever had. But with a young team, it kind of hurt us a little bit. It’s a good thing to start out with a team of mostly freshmen playing against more experienced teams. That way in the growing years forward they know who they’re up against. There’s only getting better from here.” According to Wallingford, the Boise State Hockey Club’s Heach Coach, Cal Ingraham,
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Boise State football’s growth is shown in Super Bowl participants Sawyer Beddoes Staff Writer Sports@stumedia.boisestate. edu As the Boise State football program grows, we see more Broncos in the Super Bowl. Super Bowl 51, hosted in Houston, Texas, featured Shea McClellin, a Boise State alumnus who plays for the New England Patriots. In the past three years, four players have represented Boise State in the big game. Boasting 18 NFL players, Boise State’s success has spread beyond the Blue. In comparison, ESPN lists that Oregon has 30 current NFL players and has only been represented by five Super Bowl players in the same three-year span. Shea McClellin From Marsing, Idaho, Shea McClellin represents more than just Boise State. After signing onto the Patriots as a free agent this summer, McClellin has fit right into the Patriots complex linebacker scheme. Shifting between defensive end, outside and inside linebacker, McClellin’s versatility has been perfect for defensive coordinator Matt Patricia’s read heavy defense. McClellin has 41 tackles and a sack on the season, starting four games. He also blocked a field goal against the Ravens by jumping over the offensive line in a must-see high-
light. In an interview with the Idaho Statesman, McClellin said “It’s kind of funny, they’ve used me like they did at Boise State, and it’s really fit me in so many ways. It was obviously the right decision.” Matt Paradis A walk-on at Boise State and drafted in the 6th round, Matt Paradis has
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Clady was a wall early in his career. In a promising career that has been plagued by injury, Clady has been on two Super Bowl teams in 2014 and 2016 but has yet to be able to play in the big game. Spending last season with the New York Jets, Clady finished the year with a rotator cuff injury. “It’s definitely bittersweet. I’ve played in this league eight years now,
It’s kind of funny, they’ve used me like they did at Boise State, and it’s really fit me in so many ways. It was obviously the right decision.”—Shea McClellin repeatedly exceeded all expectations. Taking over the starting center position before his rookie season for the Denver Broncos, Paradis has been a solid piece in the Denver offensive line. Paradis played the entire season, including playoff games, and won a Super Bowl protecting Peyton Manning with the Broncos last year. Young and already an elite center, Paradis has a long future ahead of him. “Matt is off to a great start in his career,” Manning told the Denver Post. “Matt is a tough guy. He is a guy you like having in front of you. You know he is going to fight for you.”
and the the two times we go to the Super Bowl, I’m not out there.” Clady said in an interview with USA TODAY Sports. Jeron Johnson Competing in Super Bowl 48, Jeron Johnson was on the roster of the Seahawks team that obliterated the Broncos 43-8. Unfortunately, like Clady, Johnson was also injured during the big game and was not able to play. Undrafted out of Boise State, Johnson has bounced around the league but is currently back on the Seahawks roster.
Ryan Clady Voted the top offensive lineman in 2009, Ryan
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SPORTS & REc Gymnasts compete at Gem State Invitational
Locker Room Talk created to help recruits choose schools Evan Werner Sports & Rec Editor Sports@stumedia.boisestate. edu
Broncos dominated in all aspects of the meet, floor, beam, uneven bars and vault to beat Southern Utah University at Beauty and the Beast. (Photo by Chloe Pampush / The Arbiter)
Addison Dehaven Staff Writer Sports@stumedia.boisestate. edu The Boise State gymnastics team competed against the BYU Cougars to take the team title at the Gem State Invitational Friday, Jan. 27 in Boise. Boise State posted a total team score of 196.400 to the Cougars’ 193.525, as the Bronco’s also managed to win all four individual events. Sandra Collantes posted a score of 9.900 to take the floor routine, Collantes also posted a 39.200 to take the all-around title. Shani Remme had the high score on the beam with a score of 9.925, as teammate Sarah Means posted an exceptionally good score of 9.900.
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Remme and teammate Diana Mejia shared the uneven bars title, both posting scores of 9.925. Rounding out the individual titles, Means won the vault with a score of 9.875. Bronco co-head coach Neil Resnick was pleased with the performance, but saw there was room for improvement. “We knocked it out of the park with the first three events, but we missed an opportunity to really post a great team score,” said cohead coach Neil Resnick in a press release. The Broncos had a couple tough falls in the floor routine, but still managed to take a convincing win over their Mountain Rim Gymnastics Conference foe. The meet, held at CenturyLink Arena in downtown Boise, was the first time that the Broncos have competed
in the Treasure Valley this year. With the victory Friday, the Broncos remained at No. 11 in the national rankings, according to Bronco Athletics. Boise State shares the ranking with Missouri of the SEC and Southern Utah, a fellow MRGC member. Boise State returned to action with their first home meet of the year on Feb. 3 at 7 p.m., when the Broncos faced off against Southern Utah. The meet was part of the Beauty and Beast event at Taco Bell Arena where both the gymnastics and wrestling team competed.
Sitting in a junior year entrepreneurship class, Skidmore college athletes Nick Petrella and Keirsten Sires, were given the project to come up with a business idea that, if chosen, would be set in motion as an actual business. Their idea, Locker Room Talk, a rate-my-professor type of website used for NCAA coaches; allows high-school athletes to look at coaches, and current NCAA players can review their coaches. Petrella played baseball at Skidmore college where he was a pitcher and two-time team captain. Sires, played both women’s tennis and soccer, and made appearances on the club ice hockey team, intramural soccer team and intramural softball team. Both graduated in 2015, Petrella with a bachelor’s in
management & business and economics and Sires with a bachelor’s degree in management and business and a minor in economics. “Both being atheletes and remembering the recruiting process, we thought a ratemy-professor application for coaches in the NCAA would be of great benefit to both highschool and college atheletes,” said Petrella. Since beginning November 2015, Petrella said they have received over 5,000 coach ratings. “Every athelete we have talked to thinks it’s a great idea,” said Petrella who is now reaching out to high school atheletes to see if Locker Room Talk helps with the recruiting process. Petrella and Sires believe that the benefits are mostly for players being recruited into college, but it also allows college athletes to have an outlet and provide feedback for others. Cameron Lutz, a former scouted high-school athlete,
believes this is a great thing for recruited players. “Although I didn’t end up playing basketball, during my recruiting it would have definitely helped to see what other guys thought about the coaches before hand,” said Lutz. Locker Room Talk has been spreading across the country and is still trying to make a bigger name for itself. Petrella implores all Boise State atheletes to use Locker Room Talk to help players that are looking to coming to a school, as well as allowing specific coaches to shine by being recognized by their own players. Currently, no Boise State coaches have been reviewed on Locker Room Talk. Locker Room Talk also has a blog that gives high-school players tips for when being recruited, what to expect as a college athlete and current news and events going on in the college recruiting world.
BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY NOTICE OF STUDENT TUITION/FEE HEARING A HEARING OF THE PROPOSED INCREASES WILL BE HELD TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2017 BEGINNING AT 10:00 A.M. IN THE HATCH ROOM OF THE STUDENT UNION BUILDING. PROPOSALS WILL BE PRESENTED IN THE ORDER LISTED BELOW. Detailed information about the proposed tuition and fee increases is available for inspection during regular business hours from the Office of Budget and Planning, Suite 210 of the Administration Building. All interested Boise State University students, faculty and staff may submit oral testimony at the hearing or send written testimony to kennethkline@boisestate.edu before February 17. BSU students, faculty and staff wishing to testify in person may sign up at the hearing or in advance at the Office of Budget and Planning and are asked to provide a written copy of their testimony. Persons not currently affiliated with Boise State University are allowed to testify at the Student Fee Hearing under the following conditions: 1 They must sign up to testify and in doing so, indicate they are not a student, faculty or staff. 2 They must submit a written copy of their testimony prior to testifying. 3 They will be allowed to testify only at the discretion of the hearing officer. 4 If allowed to testify, they must identify themselves as a non student at the onset of their verbal testimony.
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Summer
Full Time
Part Time
Proposed Fee/Semester
Summer
Full Time
Part Time
Summer
2,436.13
199.52
199.65
121.80
9.98
9.98
2,557.93
209.50
209.63
CAPITAL PROJECTS AND FACILITIES FEE
598.30
52.19
52.19
40.00
3.44
3.44
638.30
55.63
55.63
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FEE
115.30
9.61
9.61
9.70
0.81
0.81
125.00
10.42
10.42
INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS & SPIRIT SQUAD
114.96
9.58
9.58
2.50
0.52
0.48
117.46
10.10
10.06
UNIVERSITY HEALTH SERVICES
37.50
4.10
4.10
25.00
1.10
1.10
62.50
5.20
5.20
CAMPUS RECREATION
60.19
6.49
6.49
10.00
0.84
0.84
70.19
7.33
7.33
STUDENT ACTIVITY FEE
82.62
7.46
6.83
-2.00
-0.17
-0.17
80.62
7.29
6.66
SUMMARY INFORMATION GENERAL EDUCATION TUITION FACILITY FEES TECHNOLOGY FEES ACTIVITY FEES TOTAL TUITION and FEES
Boise State University Office of Budget and Planning 1910 University Drive Admin. Bldg., Suite 210 Boise, ID 83725
Current Fee/Semester
Proposed Increase
Proposed Fee/Semester
Full Time
Part Time
Summer
Full Time
Part Time
Summer
12+ credits
1-11 credits
per credit
12+ credits
1-11 credits
per credit
Full Time
Part Time
Summer
2,436.13
199.52
199.65
121.80
9.98
9.98
2,557.93
209.50
603.30
52.19
52.19
40.00
3.44
3.44
643.30
55.63
209.63 55.63
115.30
9.61
9.61
9.70
0.81
0.81
125.00
10.42
10.42
385.27
35.68
35.55
35.50
2.29
2.25
420.77
37.97
37.80
3,540.00
297.00
297.00
207.00
16.52
16.48
3,747.00
313.52
313.48
Proposed Percent Increase
5.8%
5.6%
5.5%
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