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scene has the advantage of being more of a community. “All the local bands are going crazy about it,” Jones added. And the bands are pushing more and more people to come out to the festival to see them play. Other concert organizers have been surprised by how organized the Treefort project has become and are impressed these guys just “winged it.” “What started off as these meetings between one or two people kind of drinking and brainstorming, now we have these meetings and ... it’s pretty organized,” Lorona said. They meet late at night at peoples’ houses or coffee shops because, for now, Treefort is a project they are all working on part-time. They don’t have an office or a company cell phone plan. Their primary resource for planning the event is sticky notes. They aren’t doing any radio or television ads. And they certainly aren’t in it for the money. “This is definitely an event that is curated by people who love music,” Dalley said. They are motivated less by profit and more by the potential power they have to get more of their favorite bands to play in Boise. “The goal was to support the local music scene by helping the radio station (Radio Boise) and making cool bands want to come here,” Lorona said. “The motivation is a little bit more about the scene, and people embrace that message.” Despite the lack of advertising, Treefort is getting national bands, national attention and national press. “Local music has turned a lot of national eyes toward Boise,” Dalley said. People are beginning to see Boise as “an incubator for new, exciting art and local bands are at the forefront of making that happen.” Jacy Skeen, a senior majoring in communication with a public relations certificate, heard about the planning of Treefort through her job at The Record Exchange and her involvement in the Boise music scene. As soon as she knew the festival was happening she knew she wanted to be a part
of the innovative music event. “I feel that (Boise) has something to offer and as a community, we’ve felt like that for a long time and now, with Treefort, some national people are actually paying attention to us and I think that’s really important for the local bands and for Boise in general,” Skeen, who is now a public relations intern for Treefort, said. “Bands will come through and spend the night in Boise and not even play a show and now maybe that will change.” Treefort is inexpensive as far as music festivals go—only $79 for all four days. There are also options to purchase single-day passes or Main Stage tickets for each evening.
“If you compare our ticket prices to other music festivals, it’s silly,” Lorona said. “We really just want people to get excited about shows.” Treefortmusicfest.com has a complete schedule and lineup as well as artist bios and the ability to stream music from many artists on the bill. Concert goers can use the website to plan their days at Treefort. “We put a lot of work into setting the lineup … so if you did just park it (in one location) you’d have a great time,” Lorona said. “But we intentionally made it so it’s a tough decision whether to stay or to go.” The festival will get underway Thursday, March 22 at 6
p.m. Thursday will be a warmup day with acts like Finn Riggins, Grand Falconer and Grandma Kelsey. Headliners will perform on the Main Stage Friday, Saturday and Sunday. When members of Built to Spill take the stage Saturday, it will mark their first performance in their hometown of Boise in more than two years. Taking the Main Stage Sunday evening will be Of Montreal, a group known for crazy antics at their shows, from performing on horseback to wearing nothing but whip cream. “Don’t bring your grandparents,” Jones said.
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Fraternities and sororities are often viewed as exclusive groups of college students who party relentlessly and instigate outrageous initiations on wannabe members. This, however, is often not the case. There are many more important aspects of fraternities and sororities than what is perceived—including building lifetime bonds and
supporting philanthropic causes. Members of the sororities at Boise State aim to leave their mark on the community and around the world, and every fraternity and sorority supports a specific philanthropic cause. “Each sorority and fraternity nationally has a philanthropic cause that they raise money for throughout the year,” said Angela Baugher photo courtesy Alpha xi delta
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Students of all majors and disciplines: polish your essays and research papers. The President’s Writing Awards season is upon us. The awards are open to all Boise State students, no matter their field of study. “All majors are welcome. This is not a humanities contest. This is absolutely intended to beg writers from every discipline to enter,” Director Carrie
Seymour said. Categories include creative nonfiction, researchbased papers, critical analysis, writing in science, engineering and math, first-year writing and multilingual first-year writing. Science, math and engineering is a new category aimed at papers related to those specific fields. Critical analysis is a category for papers that focus on critique and evaluation. The first-year writing category is open to any stu-
dent who is or was enrolled in English 90, 101, 102 or 112 during summer or fall of 2011 or spring of 2012. Two winners will be chosen from each category. First place writers receive $150, second place $75. In addition to the prize money, winners attend a formal ceremony where they get to meet and receive a photograph with Boise State President Bob Kustra. “It’s a really lovely ceremony that celebrates these
writers,” Seymour said. Past winners have included students from the nursing, art history and engineering departments. “English majors do not overwhelmingly win these prizes—they’re won by people in completely different fields,” Seymour said. The annual tradition began more than 27 years ago by the First-Year Writing Program. It is now sponsored and funded by Kustra’s office.
“It’s a great literary tradition at Boise State,” Seymour said. The submission deadline is March 20. Manuscripts are accepted either electronically or in person. Detailed manuscript and submission requirements are listed on Kustra’s website at president.boisestate.edu. For more information about the President’s Writing Awards, contact Carrie Seymour at cseymour@ boisestate.edu or visit the president’s website. arbiteronline.com
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China outlines their own plan ‘Add the Words’ bill for response to Syria situation comes back for round BEIJING—China has added its voice to those calling for an end to the violence in Syria, but is still firmly against forced regime change or active military intervention like what happened in Libya. “China does not approve of armed interference or pushing for ‘regime change’ in Syria, and believes that use or threat of sanctions does not help to resolve this issue appropriately,” China’s statement said. The statement outlined the need for impartial ambassadors to meet with Syrian representatives from both sides
and work out a clearly defined plan on how to enact reform. A point repeated in the statement was the need to respect Syria’s independence and soveriegnity and support whichever solution is worked out between the two sides with the aid of an impartial referree. None of these recommendations have been acted on, but once word of China’s change of stance got out, graffitti saying “Thank you China” appeared on the embassy in Damascus, according to CNN. Russia and China vetoed a resolution in the United Nations’ Security
Council last month which called for President Bashar al-Assad to step down, insisting it was too active of an interference. As the struggle in Syria drags on and humanitarian aid is still not allowed within the borders, it appears this stance has been adjusted to accomodate getting help to the injured civilians in Syria, particularly in Homs. It is suspected that the trigger for this alteration in stance was the active block imposed on Red Cross relief workers from entering Homs by Assad’s forces late last week.
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in Kentucky suffered the most damage. The storms tore through on Friday, the second batch in the span of 48 hours to crash through the region according to The Associated Press. Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear declared a state of emergency and authorized the deployment of 50 National Guard troops to help the search-and-rescue teams. In Indiana roughly 250 members of the National Guard have been sent to the hardest hit towns.
The storm brought golfball-sized hail, strong wind and rain to some Alabama and Tennessee counties before developing into tornados. There were reports of tornados touching down in Tenessee as well, but casualties are unconfirmed, according to CNN. The previous tornado outbreak was on Tuesday and killed 13 across Missouri, Kansas, Tennessee, Illinois and Kentucky. This storm is expected to move northeast and lose strength as it goes.
two in the legislature BOISE, IDAHO— Idaho state representatives have submitted a reworded version of the original “Add the Words” bill for vote, the bill aiming to include “gender identity” and “sexual orientation” in the Idaho Human Rights Act. The Senate State Affairs Committee decided not to consider the original version of the bill three weeks ago, but the House State of Affairs Committee will be considering this new version soon, starting the process again.
The representatives submitting this new version for approval include State Representative Leon Smith, according to the Idaho Press-Tribune. If passed, the bill will make it illegal to discriminate against someone regarding housing, employment, education and public accommodation based on that person’s gender identity or sexual orientation. Last time the bill came around, it was thrown out based on a voiced vote from the legislative committee.
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a hotel for the semester, according to NBC. The roommate apparently had sex in a bed just feet away from where Blankmeyer was trying to sleep. She also held long, “sexually inappropriate” video chats when Blankmeyer was there. Spokesman for the Roman Catholic college, Kristen Magda, said she was offered other housing options, including a private room. Blankmeyer described the offered room as "cubicle-like."
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Arbiter: What’s your favorite memory from Boise State?
Heathcock: A couple of years ago, the students voted me the English Department’s Teacher of the Year. I don’t think people knew just how much that meant to me. Otherwise, though, every October I have what’s called Spooky Week in class. Everyone has to share something spooky. It’s kind of evolved over the years, but that may be my favorite day of the year because I love to see what the students bring in and it’s a fun night, and different, of course, from the regular grind. Arbiter: How did you come to the decision not to teach at
Boise State this semester?
Heathcock: The last two semesters I was traveling a lot, promoting the book and having a lot of opportunities come to me and trying to make it work with teaching. The fall was really difficult, so I looked at the next several months and I saw it would be next to impossible to teach and I took a semester off. It was very difficult for me. I didn’t want to lose that connection—teaching has always meant a great deal to me and I miss it.
Arbiter: What do you miss most about teaching? Arbiter: Who do you Heathcock: Two things. One of them is the interac- write for?
tion with the students. You get to feel like you’re making a difference in somebody’s life and I’ve always liked that interaction, especially when it comes to teaching people how to express themselves and tell their own stories. The way I teach is, I try to get students to come to an understanding of what their own preoccupations are as human beings—what are the things that make them happy and sad and angry? This is vitally important because being educated in the arts makes you a better human being. I feel that is a responsibility and also a privilege. Otherwise, it’s just the academic part of it, where I get to have weekly conversations about stories and fiction writing and words and I love all of those things.
Arbiter: Do you plan to come back to Boise State? Heathcock: I think I’m on the slate for the fall, but my
schedule will dictate. It’s kind of bittersweet. If I can’t come back to teach, that means that things are going really well. I’m looking at it as a win-win scenario now. If things start to die down with the book, then I can come back to teach and do what I love there. But if I can’t come back to teach, then things are going exceptionally well with my writing. I feel like I’ve put myself in the position I’ve been trying to be in my entire adult life.
Heathcock: If there’s one thing my trials of the past year have reinforced, it’s that I have no idea who will like the book. The people who like my work oftentimes are the people that I would not have guessed ... would pick up my book, let alone buy and enjoy it. I had a professor ... teach me that the moment you start thinking about a reader is the moment you damage your ability to connect with the truths you’re trying to tell in an intimate way. So first you write for yourself, trusting that if you do the work well and you have high enough standards, there are other people just like you out there who will ... connect with it.
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Treefort music festival in Boise [Local page 01] Also at the Main Stage, Brewforia will be pouring beer and local breweries are working on special Treefort brews. “For people that want to say out and rage,” Lorona said there will be after parties on Friday and Saturday night. Areas in and around the Linen building will be open to the public, for those who want to be around the scene but, for whatever reason, don’t want to buy tickets to the shows. Anyone will be able to come down, sample beers, listen to music and check out Treefort merchandise. They can even buy tickets there if they change their minds. Also, just outside of the four-blocks between 11th and 15th Street that Treefort will dominate, a few shows on the Treefort bill will take place at the Reef. This will be an opportunity to catch the attention of the clubbers in the area. “We wanted to put some
Treefort shows on that Sixth and Main block in case we could convert some nonbelievers,” Lorona said. The planners hope Treefort will motive young music lovers to work hard to accomplish their musical goals. “Five years ago you were in a band but you were also a cashier at the Co-Op and also a barista,” Lorona said. “A band was what you did with your friends, but now it’s becoming this legitimate thing that you can actually take a stab at and you’ll get noticed.” Jones described Treefort as a “gateway;” an incentive for local bands to work harder to put out good stuff to make the cut for next year. “There are tons of emerging artists on this. I mean, you have the main headliners but this festival does focus on the emerging acts,” Jones said. “Some of these bands are in the process of really blowing
up right now and it’s always such a cool experience to see a band right as they’re hitting their stride in a cool, intimate space,” Dalley said. Shandro’s goal is to get people in front of every band that plays. Treefort planners estimate that it will take about 2,000 active festival goers per day to make this a reality. “You are really going to get to see some really good bands with not very many people in the room and at the stage,” Lorona said. If all goes well, the Treefort crew will continue to produce shows throughout the year as well as plan next year’s festival. “At this point, if the event pays for itself and we have a little bit of money to donate to Radio Boise, we’ll consider it a success,” Lorona said. Also Check Out the Treefort Music Fest Preview Concert Thursday 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Brava Stage, SUB
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It’s been more than a decade since IBM released Simon, the first-ever smartphone. Now, whether on the iPhone or iPad, an Android, BlackBerry or Palm, portable technology is finding its way into the pockets of students, and the battle between distraction and diligence spills over into the classroom. Aside from the ongoing debate between professor and pupil over what is permitted in class, a more important question remains: What’s hot and what’s not? Here’s a list of our favorite ways to produce or procrastinate.
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Words with Friends: Zynga really brought it with WWF and their other “with friends” applications, including Chess, Hanging and Scramble. Words can be yours for $2.99 but a free version, cluttered with ads, is available for ballers on a budget.
Angry Birds: Seems like everyone and their grandma has this on their iPhone, Android, Google Phone or desktop. For $4.99 users hurl wingless critters at green pigs with a predisposition to robbing the cradle. Rescue your unborn brethren today.
Twitter: Oh Twitter, sweet, sweet Twitter, where would society be without thee? Social networking apps such as this one, and the almighty Facebook, can arguably be productive, but the argument tends to fall flat when it comes to class time. With Ashton Kutcher, Mark Hoppus and Jimmy Fallon tweeting random nonsense throughout the day, it’s impossible not to log on and share a laugh, or maybe, a cringe. Lucky for you the vapid, social institution that is Twitter is available free of charge and on any platform under the sun.
Tap DJ: Recommended for lovers of house parties, sampling and scratching. This gem, available from the Apple App Store at a reasonable $1.99, puts a working DJ setup in your back pocket. With the ones and twos at your disposal at any time, this app is a real winner for those looking to spin some records without breaking the bank. “It is a crowd-pleaser,” senior marketing major Trevor Campbell said. “The party is not stalled, and you can continue to party rock until the sun comes up.”
Temple Run: This app has been blowing up in 2012 and for good reason. Gameplay is simple and highly addictive in this third-person romp through the jungle as users take control of Guy Dangerous, treasure hunter extraordinaire. However entertaining, a free app such as this, restricted to iPhone and Android users, is the epitome of distracting, according to senior English major Christine Ritchie. “Absolutely nothing about it could increase personal efficiency unless you count the efficiency of finger swiping techniques,” Ritchie said about this classic timewaster.
Apps that give back: Fooducate: For all you foodies and health freaks out there: this one’s for you. At the grocery store looking for a healthy option? Simply scan the barcode with your iPhone or Android device and find out what really lurks inside that bag of pork rinds. “In a lot of ways it increases efficiency when deciding between two food products,” senior business major Chad Maxey said. “However, I spend a little too much time scanning every single item I’d even consider buying. So I’m sure it extends the overall time I’m spending getting groceries.” The Weather Channel: Anyone who has used the weather app on their iPhone knows that it’s a poor excuse for meteorological consistency. Fortunately, the all-powerful Weather Channel has issued an alternative for those who don’t necessarily like being caught in the rain. The highs, the lows, snow and beach conditions and customizable weather maps provided by the app will certainly keep those storms at bay, or at least slightly more avoidable.
Yelp: No, this isn’t one of those obnoxious talking dog apps and thank goodness for that. Yelp is a traveler’s dream; directions to and from eateries and opera houses are easily accessible. Users can check-in and review their sought-after destinations and nearby hot spots can be located with a single tap. For people constantly on the go, this free app is a must-have and is available for iPhone, Android, Blackberry, Windows and Palm Pre.
Pulse News: This free app, available exclusively for Android and iPhone users, channels all your news and mass media consumption into one easily navigable and colorful interface. Everything from the Skateboard Mag to the New York Times can be dialed and organized into this app, giving those eager to stay informed a one-stop shop for their informational needs.
Flixster: Whether it’s a hot date or an intimate outing with yourself, having a box office at your fingertips is likely to both impress that tall glass of water from your office and streamline your movie experience. For nothing more than diddly squat, cell phone users everywhere can buy tickets, read and write reviews, check local listings and even watch trailers. Bryan Talbot/THE ARBITER
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Since 2010, when Microsoft and Facebook announced a partnership to build social search in Bing, Microsoft has added Facebook features to Bing such as indicating when websites that come up in search results are “liked” by Facebook friends. Now, Microsoft has added another such feature
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called Linked Pages, which allows users to link websites related to them in Bing search results. Here’s how it works, according to an official Bing blog post: Users log in with their Facebook ID, grant Bing permission to post to Facebook, and then start linking. The scary thing? You can link pages for friends too. Although—
OK, this makes it not so scary—Bing will ask the friend for permission first and the friend has to grant it. And you can remove links you or your friends have added about you. It’s all part of a move being made by companies such as Microsoft, Facebook and Google toward incorporating more social media content and context into online searches.
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For several years now, millions of us have been announcing new jobs, engagements, breakups (Larry King is single!) and other milestones on Facebook. Now you can tell friends that you have died—after the fact. A free new Facebook app called If I Die allows users to
pass along a written post, a video or both after their physical bodies have slipped the bonds of Earth. The posts are not immediate—Facebook isn’t that plugged in to us (yet)—but hit your wall after three designated Facebook friends have confirmed that you have indeed gone on. The app’s website says the
posthumous communiques might include “your life story, a secret you haven’t shared before or even a will.” The app is the brainchild of an Israeli company, Willook, which summarizes its mission as “ ‘time capsule’ services and products.” What’s next? An app that lets future users post announcements of their births?
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coordinator of fraternities and sororities at Boise State. “They tie whatever service they do throughout the year to that project.” Stephanie Pyles, junior elementary education major, is a member of the Alpha Xi Delta sorority. Alpha Xi Delta supports the organization Autism Speaks. “We sold wristbands in the fall. We also have a Football Frenzy which is a football tournament where all the proceeds go to Autism Speaks,” Pyles said. Members of fraternities and sororities have lent a helping hand far beyond the Boise area. In January, a team embarked on a trip to Jamaica aptly called Project Jamaica Trip. The team worked on rebuilding and repainting a primary school, kindergarten and playground. “It was very rewarding to see the reaction on the kids’
faces,” Pyles said. Not only did the Jamaican community reap the benefits of the team’s labor, but members of the team benefited as well. “Team members realized how much we really have back home. It really makes you think, ‘Now that I’m back here, I don’t spend as much money as I did before I went on the trip,’ ” she said. This trip was exclusively for members of fraternities or sororities and team members were able to get to know each other and form good relationships with one another. “It was a great community building experience,” Baugher said. “We hope to be a part of more trips in the future.” In addition to getting the opportunity to support local and international causes, being a part of a fraternity or sorority can lead to strong
friendships during college. “I transferred here my sophomore year from Michigan and didn’t know anyone. ( Joining a sorority) was the first thing I thought of to meet people,” Pyles said. “Now I have so many amazing close friends and to meet them within the first month of school was awesome.” Pyles encourages other students to become involved in a fraternity or sorority. “It is an amazing opportunity. Being part of this organization is an amazing experience you almost have to experience for yourself. The sisterhood is awesome,” Pyles said. For information about fraternities and sororities, visit the Student Involvement and Leadership Center inside the Student Union Building or email Angela Baugher at angelabaugher@ boisestate.edu.
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Regarding sustainability practices at Boise State Dr. Rebecca Mirksy, Ph.D., PE, LEED AP, is an associate professor in the construction management department & Remington Buyer is the president of the Boise State Green Building Club. While we applaud the intent of The Arbiter’s recent article on clean energy development in Idaho and sustainability practices on campus at Boise State (“Boise State Students Strive for Sustainability,” February 23, 2012), the notion that sustainability practices are only recently increasing in popularity in Idaho and that the BSU Campus Master Plan is proposing to incorporate sustainability into its vision, are somewhat misleading and deserve clarification. Clean energy generation from renewable resources, sustainable economic development practices and innovation in green building technologies are three distinctly different issues. The three share common ground on lowering greenhouse gas emissions through the implementation of more intelligent building and infrastructure design, increased efficiencies in energy usage practices, and greater sustainability of human development and consumption patterns.
The Arbiter article implied clean energy and sustainability issues are new to Idaho and BSU. While it is heartening that wind and solar energy generation capacity is increasing, clean, renewable hydroelectric power has been generated in Idaho for more than a century (the Swan Falls Dam in Ada County was built in 1901) and local conservation and sustainability groups such as the Idaho Conservation League and Snake River Alliance began their grassroots ecology work in the 1970’s, the same decade in which Earth Day, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Clean Water Act came into being. Following in these footsteps, BSU student groups like Net Impact, Sustainability, and Green Building Clubs, are bringing BSU students together to advance different sustainability goals. Current examples of sustainable practices include: green building technologies being incorporated into the new Environmental Research and College of Business and Economics buildings, as well as food being served in the Boise River Café that comes from the rooftop garden on the Student Union Building. Additionally, all the major
buildings on campus are part of a centrally controlled energy management system, which is used to lower energy usage at nights and on weekends. Future plans include connecting the campus to the Boise City geothermal district heating system, which will ultimately increase our use of renewable energy and reduce our dependence on natural gas. While these initiatives deserve applause, the university has not yet explicitly proposed incorporating sustainability into future iterations of the Campus Master Plan, however such inclusion would certainly benefit future campus planning efforts and we support such a notion. Sustainability is a broad term, meaning varying things to different groups and people. Current faculty, staff and student groups on campus are seeking to advance improved business, infrastructure development and consumption practices through the lens of sustainability. We applaud the Arbiter for running a story on this multifaceted topic and look forward to future articles examining more closely the sustainability initiatives currently unfolding on campus at Boise State University.
Responses to Feb. 27 letter
Joe Brian is a double major in sociology and psychology. In response to Phil Teichert’s letter to the editor in the February 27th Arbiter: I couldn’t disagree with you more Phil. I understand your position, but you need to consider some things. First, to be a parent you help your children understand what is right and what is wrong. If your child hits someone, you tell them that is wrong. If your child teases someone, you tell them that it is wrong and explain to them that it’s not nice to hurt other people, physically or emotionally. If your son wants to act like a girl, that hurts no one. That’s YOUR child doing what THEY want to do. No one should scold a child because of how they play. As you said, “the responsibility of parent is to parent their children.” Not to tell them whom the can and cannot be. Secondly, you said, “I can’t imagine what kind of psychological problems that boy (…) will have in his teenage years. Being a teenager is
hard enough without having to wonder about your gender. How many nights will he cry himself to sleep because of confusion, how will he interact with his peers, what kind of bullying will he face all because he wasn’t told no?” You are right, but you are completely wrong. Let’s assume this boy is gay and a parent using your techniques raised him. He would grow up being forced to be a boy and scolded for doing “girly” things. Then comes puberty and school, now it gets a lot more complicated than playing with guns or not. Now, this boy will be sexually attracted to other boys, but his parents have told him his whole life that things such as that are not okay. In fact, he was told “NO”. Now,“How many nights will he cry himself to sleep because of confusion, how will he interact with his peers, what kind of bullying will he face all because he (was) told no?” Have you been watching the news or staying up with
current events? Do you know how many gay/lesbian/ transgender kids have committed suicide because of being teased? High school is hard for everyone, especially kids who are confused about their gender/sexuality. I don’t know any of the kids who have committed suicide because of this, but I would bet more of their parents than not used your technique. How many lives could have been saved if these kids could have gone home to supporting parents; parents that let their kids choose who they want to be? At least home would have been safe. Everyone has their own right to believe and do what they want. However, do not give bad parenting advice to people. Here is some advice, let everyone (not just your kids) be who they want to be. It may be different than you want or like, but they aren’t you. I am also ashamed at The Arbiter for publishing something that fuels a fire of ignorance such as this.
Jason Barlow is a sophomore theatre major. I have to agree with Diane Donald about the fact that the letter that was published on February 27th is a scathing indictment of one of many things that is wrong with our society today. We have all been programmed with the idea that children should be told how to dress, how to speak, how to behave, and how to live life in general, instead of simply letting them find his or her own way like we should be doing. We all have the right to choose what we want to do. We all have the right to wear whatever we want to wear. We all have the right to choose which direction our own lives should go. The bottom line is that people should just mind their own business and first of all, let
the children of the world do what they feel is right, and secondly, let the parents raise their own children their own way. If by chance they don’t accept their children for who they feel they truly are, that’s their opinion. However, we must also realize that children have their own opinions as well, and we must give them the right to express their opinions without fear of ridicule from the masses. Since when is it the “end of the world” to let your boy dress up like a girl every once in a while? Since when is it a problem to let your girl dress up like a boy whenever she feels like it? The February 27th letter simply shows that there are people out there who are far too ignorant to understand that the opinions of children matter just
as much as ours. I mean, how would the writer of this February 27th letter feel if I told him that it was wrong to want to be a cowboy, or a Native American, or anything else that he wanted to be? The point is, you are who you are, and nobody has the right to tell anyone else that the identity that they want to pursue is wrong in any way, shape, or form, so instead of criticizing people for dressing up like the wrong gender, we should be embracing these people for having the bravery to truly express who they feel they are on the inside. We should be encouraging them to continue being who they feel they are, because they are the ones who actually have the guts to go out there and express themselves in their own way.
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Professors should trust students to use technology responsibly At any given moment in any lecture hall, you can hear buzzing from a silenced cell phone tucked in a student’s book bag or coat pocket. While this particular sound is audible, for most students whose lives are fully immersed in technology, it’s far from a distraction. That is, until the professor brings class to a halt to publicly shame the offender. Across campus, professors have different ways to deal with technology in the classroom. Some tolerate it to a point, some completely banish electronic devices from their classrooms and some fully embrace the changing role of technology in our lives and education. Professors who do not allow technology in the classroom cite reasons such as disrespect or distraction. Few professors even show students clips from the PBS Frontline report “Digital Nation” in which Stanford University Professor Clifford Nass conducts an experiment that uncovers students cannot multitask as well as they think they can. However, many students are less concerned with juggling multiple tasks, and more concerned with why they can’t use the technology that is an integral part of modern life to get more from their learning experience. Hannah Artis, junior mass communication major and gender studies minor, was a TA for criminal justice professor Michael Blankenship before he passed away last year. As a TA, Artis facilitated Facebook discussions for Blankenship’s Intro to Criminal Justice course, which allowed student to discuss the topic at hand while Blankenship lectured. “Raising your hand in a lecture hall is intimidating for a lot of people,” Artis said. Blankenship and his TAs posed questions in the form of a Facebook post and let the students discuss. Artis said this was a popular tool to keep students engaged in and outside of class. There were no points given to students who participated—they did so because they wanted to. Many posts had more than a dozen comments. “You really didn’t have a reason to surf the web in his classroom,” Artis said. If Artis found a post or an opinion on Facebook particularly interesting, she was permitted to interject during class to discuss it further which brought the forum back into the classroom. Another issue with technology in the classroom is staying connected to the other responsibilities that we have as students, employees or parents. Whether a student has a child in daycare, an employer who pays their tuition or a demanding role in a student organization, most students have more on their plates than just their credit load. Artis said she feels the responsibility to make good decisions when it comes to technology should be left up to the student. “It’s your education. You get to make certain decisions,” Artis said. “We have lives and we have other people depending on us as well, not just the teachers depending on us to learn what they’re saying.” However, classroom technology etiquette is still imsubmissions will make it to print due to time and space constraints. The content of the opinion does not affect its eligibility to be printed.
portant. There should be some limitations on the freedoms students have when it comes to technology, specifically when it comes to taking away from another student’s learning experience. If technology does become a distraction, there is an appropriate way to handle it and it’s not by creating a spectacle. “I don’t think you should bar students from using technology, I think (professors) should just gently let them know that you can see what they’re doing,” said Artis, who also believes students should hold themselves and each other accountable. “If you’re being a jerk in class, get out of there.” Another professor embracing technology is Clay Morgan, an English professor who primarily teaches creative writing and American literature. “I started out with a pencil and paper,” said Morgan, who has experienced the shift of technology. When he attended college, even calculators were banned because it was unfair advantage to those students who could not afford the $200 luxury. Morgan described what inspired him to encourage his students to use the technology available to them. “I was blown away by electronic books—just blown away by them,” Morgan said. “That the Gutenberg project makes so much literature available to so many people for free just touched my heart, so that got me excited about digital and electronic learning and teaching.” Morgan’s senior seminar students are “test driving” a program that all freshman in the foundational studies program will be required to participate in next fall. Their project will be to find a public domain story on Project Gutenberg, put it on their laptop and make it beautiful by adding artistic graphics from the period, author bios and student responses, then re-publish back onto the public domain. He uses technology to enhance the classroom and course experience for his students as well as classic literature for the world. “It’s going to be full-bore digital classroom,” Morgan said, describing the atmosphere of students begining to help each other build their books. Next year, he will be teaching a course called “Story.” “There are beautiful quotations about story,” Morgan said. He plans to use Twitter to post something for his students every morning “that just really rings their chimes about stories.” With hundreds of computers on campus and the recent addition of iPads for rent, technology is accessible to all students. Teaching students about technology will help students with future career paths. “We are expected to know this stuff going into a job so we should be expected to learn this in college,” Artis said. The Way We See It is based on the majority opinions of The Arbiter’s editorial board. Members of the board are Editor-in-Chief Rebecca De León; Managing Editor Haley Robinson; section editors Wyatt Martin, Lindsey Hileman, Suzanne Craig, Tasha Adams, Eva Hart, Tony Madonna; and multimedia editor Cody Finney.
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Jib Jammin’ Local riders beast-out behind Newt & Harold’s Saturday night Cody Finney Photo Editor
From one-footer tail slides to backflip face-plant stamps, local riders signed the insurance waiver to risk body, board and brains at the Red Bull Butter Cup held behind Newt & Harold’s and the RBar Saturday night. Deriving from the East Coast, Red Bull Butter Cup showed up in Boise for the first time
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to expose some local talent. The riders were split up into amateur, women’s and pro divisions. All divisions warmed up at 6 p.m. and then were split up after the first heat. Each division was allotted fifteen minutes to show they were worthy to go on to the finals. Amateur and women’s divisions started off with some furious jibs, bonks, slides and taps on the boxes provided. The competition got heated during the cold, clear night when the riders pounded some Red Bulls and the pros started. Not only did the riders showcase some of their technical skills on the boxes, they were able to add some of their own flair on the way out. From 360-out to flip -out, the pro-Boise riders committed. Junior Nick Sturmak made an impression on the judges and crowd by throwin’ some serious flips on one of the boxes. Unfor tunately, he
also made an impression in the snow with his face when he came up short on one of his backflips. “Oh it doesn’t really hurt,” Sturmak said. “Just feels like someone punched me in the face.” Though Sturmak didn’t make the finals, others took his idea of tricking off the boxes and rode with it. Logan Moyer (1st), Josh Dombi (2nd) and Rodney Zuber (3rd) placed in the amateur division winning a combination of Sun Valley lift tickets, wax and a pair of Von Zipper goggles. Britney Grainger won Sun Valley lift tickets, wax and a pair of Von Zipper goggles for winning best female in the women’s division. The pro division yielded Austin Hatch (3rd), Chris Fower (2nd) and AJ Ogden (1st) for superb manifestation of insanity. The prizes also included Sun Valley lift tickets, wax and Von Zipper goggles. But the catch for first place in the pro division was a year supply of Red Bull—of course. By the end of the night, the Red Bull coolers were empty and the riders were worn out. Boise showed once again that we are here to go hard.
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nament to advance in any sort of post-season play. The top-heavy MW tournament begins Thursday at the University of NevadaLas Vegas Thomas and Mack Center. The obvious favorites to capture the crown are UNLV, San Diego State and the University of New Mexico, who are all already NCAA tournament bound. Boise State (13-16, 3-11) ended the regular season tied for seventh with the Air Force Academy but will
be the eighth seed and face SDSU, with tip-off slated for 1 p.m. Thursday afternoon. The road will be tough, but the Broncos do have a legitimate shot at pulling off the first round upset. In their first meeting, the Broncos took the Aztecs to the wire at their place, eventually losing 58-56, almost stealing the road victory. The second meeting was a little more lop-sided. SDSU trounced the Broncos 66-53 on senior night at Taco Bell Arena.
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The fourth home meet of the season resulted in the fourth consecutive home win of the season for the Boise State gymnastics team. The No. 16 Bronco gymnastics team hosted Utah State Friday night, earning their second-best score of the season, with a 196.125 victory over the Aggie’s 192.750.
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It was all-around victory for the Broncos with a win in all four events as a team, as well as four individual event wins and the most important win, the match.
Vault: The ladies opened up on vault with junior Brittany Potvin-Green, setting the Bronco momentum in motion—a force that would not be contained. She tied her career-best of 9.90 to win the event. Potvin-Green’s win on vault marked her fourth this season, tying her for the No. 10 spot on the Broncos’ all-time total season wins. She led the team in a topfive sweep alongside sophomore Amanda Otuafi, who placed second with a 9.850.
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The ladies competed on the uneven bars in their second event of the night. Their first rotation had the positive energy flowing that only enhanced their performance. The Broncos earned a 49.150, their second-best team score on the event this season. Freshman Caitlin Mann set the Broncos in motion during this event, demolishing her career-best and earning a 9.875 to win her first title as a Bronco. Freshman Ciera Perkins placed second on bars, earning a 9.850, while senior Lindsay Kazandjian tied for third with a 9.825.
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Beam: During the third event of the night—the balance beam—the team totaled their third-best score of the season with 48.750. Sophomore Bekah Gher and Lindsey Kazandjian tied for first place with a 9.80. Gher earned her seasonbest score and her first win of the season on the event. Potvin-Green earned a 9.750, placing third, and
Mann tied her career-best of 9.725 to tie for fourth.
Floor exercise: The Broncos earned a 49.10 team total on floor exercise, with Potvin-Green again leading the way. She won her first career title on floor with a 9.925. Perkins placed second, also with a career-best, earning a 9.875. Black tied for third with a season-best score of 9.850, while Mann tied for sixth, tying her career-best of 9.80.
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Potvin-Green put on a perforDIV:show-stopping 9 SIZE: 65FC mance, earning a 39.375 to DATE: win the03.05.12 all-around title, the second all-around win in her career. MONDAY Her 39.375 tied for the 25th best all-around score in MKTS: school history. Mann competed in the allBSU around for the first time as a Bronco, tying for second with a 38.90. Morris competed in her second all-around of the season, placing fourth with a 38.875. The Aggies did not stand a chance against the Broncos, whose hard work and dedication continue to shine through in their performances. Another home meet will take place next week, Friday, March 9, at 7 p.m. in Taco Bell Arena. The ladies will take on California and hope to extend their home streak wins to five.
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The No. 33 Utah Utes proved to be too much for the Broncos to handle this past Saturday at the BOAS Tennis Center. Boise State managed two wins in the singles division and one in the doubles. Junior Marlena Pietzuch came up big for the Broncos, defeating Utah’s Sarah Pham in three sets. Marlena is 6-1 while playing in the No. 2 this season. In Boise’s No. 3 spot, Sophomore Sandy Vo defeated Utah’s CONTENT CHECKED BY DESIGNER Callie Craig in straight sets. The Broncos doubles teams were on the day, with their DESIGN1-2 APPROVED lone victory coming on the FINAL APPROVAL racquets of Vo and sophomore Morgan Basil. COPY EDITOR The team will be back in action on Saturday as they face BYU. ROP DIRECTOR
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