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NEWS

ASBSU President and VP candidates campaign

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Hailey weatherby left, angel Hernandez right

Angel Hernandez & Hailey Weatherby Asst. News Editor

Unless you’ve been living under the Lincoln Garage for the last week, you’ve likely seen the campaign posters spring up around campus.

Like the birds returning from the south, the warm weather brings out hopeful students ready to campaign for ASBSU positions. The president and vice president positions are the two top positions to vie for. This year, there is some competition.

Angel Hernandez and Hailey Weatherby Hernandez and Weatherby bring 10 years of combined student government experience to the table. Hernandez is ASBSU’s current secretary of external affairs and a junior majoring in political science/

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social science secondary education.

“I am running for President because I believe that my five years in student government, my passion, and my determination to fight for the issues that matter most to my fellow students make me the best candidate,” said Hernandez in an email. “I believe that during my time as secretary of external affairs I have championed countless issues that impact all Boise State students.”

Hernandez has served with ASBSU for the last year, prior to that he was a senator and vice president with the Associated Students of the College of Southern Idaho. His goal if elected is to be an advocate for students, end sexual violence on campus and bring diversity and inclusion to Boise State.

According to Hernandez,

his running mate, Weatherby, brings passion and support that cannot be overlooked.

“I am in awe of (Weatherby’s) passion and her willingness to make a difference in the most selfless way possible,” Hernandez said. “She is very supportive and I know that when the going gets tough I will be able to lean on her for support.”

and communication major studying to obtain his public relations and leadership certifications.

“I feel that Nick and myself can bring intention, consistency, experience, and above all else, a listening ear that (our opponents) cannot,” Garretson said. “Nick and I don’t believe that that leadership is positional, thus facilitating change on this campus is possible for anyone. So, whether elected or not, this is something we know to be true through our individual experiences and something we will continue to do.”

Garretson and Propp want to change how students perceive ASBSU and focus on improving the existing issues that give students a hard time instead of adding more to students’ plates.

“Wherever I go my first

thought is always, ‘how can I make this place even better?’” Through my involvement with Dance Marathon, I have realized that if I put my mind to something, I can help change people’s lives,” said Propp, a junior Biology and dental studies major. “With this position, I hope to advocate for all students and help their dreams become a reality.”

Garretson and Propp’s different leadership backgrounds are as different as their majors. The pair have worked on Partnership Jamaica and Boise State Dance Marathon together and have held offices in different organizations.

“Student government isn’t about actual politics, sending emails or being in an office,” Garretson said. “It’s about being in the mud with your fellow students and truly fighting for what we all believe in.”

Don’t forget to cast your vote!

Voting will be held online March 17-18. Watch your student email for updates.

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The other option for ASBSU president and vice president are Brian Garretson and Nick Propp. These self-proclaimed “game changers” are looking to give Bronco’s equal chance to experience something unique.

“I am running for (president) because I have had nothing short of an extraordinary experience at Boise State and I want to give back to this incredible community that has made me the man I am today,” Garretson said in an email.

“Moreover, I want progress; I want to assure students that we are here and we are being heard, I want them to know that not only does your opinion matter, but you, as an individual matter.”

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NEWS

Students provide tax filing assistance Shelly Bohorquez Staff Writer

Filing taxes can be confusing, but, with the help of VITA and the Accountancy Department, students can be sure to receive their awaited refund cash.

Boise State accountancy students have the opportunity to take Accountancy 497, otherwise known as VITA, or volunteer income tax assistance. VITA serves as a service-learning class in which students meet from 1-4 p.m. on Wednesdays in the Hayes Auditorium of the Boise Public Library to assist the public with their tax needs.

“We’re getting more and more people in, talking to the librarians—they are always just ecstatic that we’re here. It’s proving to be an excellent community service activity,” said Kathy Hurley, accountancy lec-

turer.

Students can receive information about tax help from the IRS website and the Boise parks and recreation community activity guide. The number of people wanting help stacks up come March and April.

“They are very, very pleased with the program.

This year we have people coming back for the third time,” Hurley said.

On average, it takes an individual between 30 minutes and an hour to get all of their information in and throughout this process a volunteer sits next to them answering their questions.

Wilson explained the demographics of people that come in tend to be mostly young students and recent graduates that aren’t making much money yet, as well as senior citizens that are calculating their social security income and retire-

ment funds.

The volunteers help the public by reviewing their work and answering any questions they have, but the responsibility of entering in the numbers is 100 percent on the filer. The accountancy students are not allowed to do the typing for them.

“The students are phenomenal. When I say, ‘You guys, this would be wonderful to have, who would do it?’ Somebody steps up and does it. The students are amazing about helping with whatever needs to be done,” Hurley said.

Hurley picked up the program three years ago after it had been abandoned for a decade due to the time demands. According to Hurley, this class allows for students to gain valuable hands-on practice in taxation.

“It’s a great exposure to

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Naomi Larsen receives help filling out her taxes. doing tax; I think many of them are doing it because they want to see what it’s all about,” Hurley said.

Students wanting to volunteer are required to take Accountancy 302, survey of federal income taxation, as well as the IRS certification

ASBSU funds legal services Patrick Adcock Staff Writer

Good advice is hard to come by, but ASBSU has made it easy for students by means of free legal services.

This service gives students free access to advice in legal matters such as DUIs, landlord and tenant issues, divorce and adoption. The service is currently available to anyone enrolled at Boise State, in-

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cluding part-time students.

Student Legal Services is provided by ASBSU through the Office of the Dean of Students. ASBSU is attempting to make sure this service remains available to students.

The way that elected student officials plan to use the ASBSU budget is one the most important issues facing the candidates.

“It falls on the student government, and there has

been some places where they try to cut that (funding),” Bryan Vlok, president of ASBSU said.

He explained that there is nothing keeping the ASBSU staff from cutting funding or the service all together.

This year ASBSU spent around $33,500 on the service. This pays for two attorneys, Margaret Lezamiz and John Schroeder, to meet and discuss legal issues with

students twice a week. ASBSU also provides an international lawyer to better aid international students.

The funding from ASBSU directly correlates with the amount of days that the attorneys are available to advise students. If cuts are made to the service it would mean less days for students to make appointments to meet with the attorneys.

According to Vlok, it is

exam which is thorough in making sure students know the ins and outs of taxation.

This preparation allows these accountancy students to be competent to help out their community members.

“It’s a team effort,” said Savanna Tryon, an accoun-

tancy graduate student who is volunteering for her first year.

Sabrina Wilson, an accountancy and taxation graduate student, is volunteering for her second year.

“I just wanted to practice,” Wilson said.

important to students to have access to this advice.

“Legal things come up all the time in our lives,” Vlok said. “As a student in college those (times) can be pretty expensive to have a lawyer and attorney to help you.”

Last year 739 students took advantage of the service. According to Vlok, ASBSU is on track to aid slightly more students than last year.

Vlok, currently a senior, will not be leaving office without doing his best to preserve the service. Vlok will present his sugges-

tions for the budget to the new members of ASBSU. Among his suggestions Vlok wants to continue funding this free legal service. Vlok says he is “trying to find a way to protect the service,” but ultimately the decision is made by the new student government.

The potential loss or cuts to Student Legal Services creates damaging situations for the students in need of legal advice. While the funding could be put toward other areas, the current ASBSU staff feels it is vital provision that they will fight to protect.

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opinion

Why I’ve decided to become a stripper Leslie Boston-Hyde Copy Editor

To my beloved Free Application for Federal Student Aid: It’s like we just saw each other. I remember the hours we spent together last year where I answered your broad questions about my financial situation in hopes of being able to “pursue my educational dream.”

As I’m preparing to sit down for our annual coffee date, I would like to inform you of some of my concerns and an exciting decision I’ve made in my life regarding paying for college.

Boise State’s estimated cost of attendance for one full year is $20,742 after tuition, books, room and board, transportation and personal fees are accounted for. As of Jan. 1, 2015, Idaho’s minimum wage is still $7.25. After taxes, a full-time employee who gets paid minimum wage makes approximately $15,080.

This leaves a difference of $5,662. Maybe scholarships will pay for it. But the only scholarship I’ve ever received was the $450 Robert R. Lee Promise Scholarship for graduating from an Idaho high school and attending an in-state institution.

“Well, take out unsubsidized loans then,” you say.

“It’ll be worth it in the end.”

At the end of four years that’s a $22,648 loan not including interest rates that will build even while I’m en-

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rolled in school.

You seem interested in whether or not I depend on my parents to pay that lovely, fat bill called tuition every semester. You don’t ask how much my parents are actually helping financially.

Rather, you focused on how much they made last year.

Currently, I work three jobs to pay for nursing school. After watching my grades start to falter due to the amount of hours I spend working, and knowing I wont receive the help I need once again from federal aid, I am pleased to announce that I am becoming a stripper to pay for college.

According to the

ABC article, “Making ends meet as a stripper,” dancers can go home with upwards of $3,000-$6,000 a week.

That takes care of tuition in one week.

After a month or two as a stripper, I could make just as much as the full-time minimum wage employee makes in one year. Imagine how much I would make in one year.

Now, I know the work environment may be questionable. Strutting what my mother gave me in front of strangers might seem degrading. On the contrary­­—I’m quite enthusiastic. This will give me the chance to earn dollar bills to put towards my $1,000 textbook fee.

Between dances, I can study for classes and maybe work on a few flashcards.

I can continue to refresh my knowledge of anatomy because I will be working around other dancers dressed in work-appropriate attire.

My major concern is that gentlemen’s clubs don’t often offer benefits, such as worker’s compensation or health insurance. With the amount I’ll be making, though, I’m confident that I can afford a SHIP plan.

On second thought, maybe I won’t need to fill you out because I have my financial plans fleshed out for this next year.

Sincerely, The soon to be “Wild Rose”

No, you never know the life behind a student. One of my friend’s father happens to be really wealthy but his mother is not and his father cut him off. Because of that, FAFSA will not allow him to have any financial aid.

Raven Machie

freshman biomedical engineering major

Not really. It can in some cases but parental situations can be really complicated... if your parents are in the process of getting divorced, it doesn’t really cover that.

Javier Colton

freshman geophysics major

Do you think the FAFSA is a fair way to access eligibility for federal aid?

I think so because it allows you to get a little bit of money if you’re doing well in school, and it’s just a safe way to be able to pay for college.

Tanner Brodt

sophomore computer science major

No, it doesn’t take into account extenuating factors within familial income. Our family owns a business but it looks like we make all this money because of the income from the business but we don’t because it’s business money, so I don’t really get anything.

Taylor Kelly sophomore nursing major

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opinion

Letter to the editor: Higher education in Idaho The “Right” Brandon Gordy Senior

Currently, I am an intern at the Idaho Center for Fiscal Policy, and many fiscal issues have been brought to my attention during these past couple of months of internship.

While reading up on the recent reports that have been released by the center, one which caught my attention is a report released in October of last year titled, “The Big Squeeze: College Students Dig Deeper as Idaho Higher Education Funding Falls.”

What this report essentially discusses is the fact that the state of Idaho is severely lagging behind when it comes to funding higher education and preparing the state’s younger citizens to become members of the future workforce.

One of the first main problems highlighted in the ICFP’s report is the fact that

68 percent of Idaho jobs will require some postsecondary credential by 2018. Currently, only 35 percent of the state’s 25-34-year olds have achieved a degree.

The rising cost of receiving a college education has been a difficult issue for the vast majority of students, but the ones coming from low-income backgrounds are suffering the most. Students who come from low-income households face the hard choice of either attending college and taking on student loan debt or just not attending college at all.

The completion rates for the state’s college students at a four-year public institution is a measly 41 percent; meanwhile the national average is at 63 percent.

Tuition and fees now take up 47 percent of college and university funding, up from just 7 percent in 1980. The state funding dropped down

to 53 percent from 93 percent during the same period of time.

How can these problems be resolved in the state’s legislature session this year?

These are issues that are critical for the state’s workforce preparation and chances at achieving economic prosperity. Higher education encouragement and funding should be brought to the forefront during this spring’s legislative session at the state’s capitol, alongside other current important issues relating to public education and healthcare. The Great Recession has passed, and it is time for the continued cuts towards college education to be seriously questioned.

For further information, check out the ICFP’s report, “The Big Squeeze: College Students Dig Deeper as Idaho Higher Education Funding Falls,” at www.idahocfp.org.

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Government and morality Gabrielle Boliou Benjamin Chafetz Staff Writers

Discussing key ideas such as morality versus legality and other touchy subjects is the object of this column.

In recent years, American citizens have bought into the idea that government mandates, such as Obamacare, promoting equality and common responsibility at the expense of our freedoms, are the right thing to do.

The government forcing anyone to sacrifice personal freedoms is wrong, especially when they do not infringe upon another’s rights in the name of social justice.

For example, you and your friend are in class and they ask to borrow your only pencil. Consider three outcomes: 1. You say, “Of course!

Here, have it.”

2. You say, “Nah, sorry. I need it.”

3. You say, “Nah, sorry. I need it.”

However, your teacher

overhears the exchange and mandates, “Give your friend the pencil.”

You, feeling intimidated, relinquish your pencil.

In each scenario, you are presented a choice regarding morality.

For scenario one, your own morals inspire you to share your property with your friend.

In scenario two, your friend did not come prepared and hoped you would help them out.

When you say, “No,” your friend may be disappointed, but as a reasonable person, they understand and respect this response. Your friend does not own the pencil and therefore has no right to it.

Finally, in scenario three, you say “No.” However, the third party member, your teacher, intervenes, deciding for you what is the “right” thing to do.

The problem is that the teacher, the authority, is claiming that their morality is right and should be enforced despite your freedom to do whatever you

wish with your own pencil.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul though compassionate in the eyes of the robber is still theft.

As Peter, you are considered selfish by the authority figure. Therefore, the authority believes it must act on behalf of the less fortunate. But imposed morality is not morality at all. It is, in fact, intolerant of Peter’s morality.

Imposed morality on a government scale is the vision of a fascist state and needs to be fought at all costs. This is not as scary as it sounds. For a start, stay informed, consider the consequences of political decisions and start conversations.

This analysis is based on a model of social justice by Dinesh D’souza, a political commentator and documentarian. It has been modified and presented through the thought explorations of Gabrielle and Benjmain, who will continue to dissect such puzzles and apply them to today’s political climate.

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Culture

Asexual individuals fight disorder stigma August McKernan Asst. Culture Editor

Scrolling through the Asexual Visibility and Education Network website made Boise State student Emma Donovan, whose name has been changed for her protection, feel very lucky.

She saw post after post about other asexuals who were pressured into treatment.

“You can mess with the hormones all you want—if you don’t want to (have sex), you don’t want to (have sex),” Donovan said. “So I feel really lucky that I wasn’t pushed into doing that.”

AVEN’s website describes an asexual individual as someone “who does not experience sexual attraction.”

There is a debate among scholars and scientists as to whether treatments for asexuality should exist and, in turn, whether asexuality is a disorder or an orientation.

The Disorder

Asexuals are commonly diagnosed with hypoactive sexual desire disorder which is characterized by a lack or absence of sexual fantasies and desire for sexual activity.

The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, published May 2013, now allows self-identification as a lifelong asexual to preclude diagnosis. “(HSDD) has traditionally been included in the DSM,” said psychology professor Roberto Refinetti. “Some people would like it to be removed. Of course, those who would like it removed feel that it is not fair to call them sick.”

He believes that those

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in the medical community could have ulterior motives for classifying asexuality as a disorder.

“If you assume that (asexuality) is something in your genes, then nobody can do anything about it,” Refinetti said. “So nobody goes for that because they can’t charge you if they can’t treat you.”

However, he also thinks removing it from the DSM entirely could cause more problems than solutions.

“If it is removed, people who want treatment for (asexuality) won’t be able to use their health insurance,” Refinetti said. “Health insurance won’t cover a condition that is not a health issue. So this matter would have to be discussed at length, so that we don’t end up hurting some people while trying to help others.”

The Orientation

Dane Snow, president of Boise State’s Pride Alliance, paints a picture as to what life as an asexual might look like.

“Consider the idea of someone telling you that there is something wrong with an immutable characteristic that you are born with, whether it is your race, gender, etc., and that it qualifies as a disorder in need of correction,” he said.

“I imagine that anyone’s first reaction would be something along the lines of, ‘That’s crazy.

Who is this person telling me that there’s something wrong with me?’”

Although many researchers classify asexuality as a disorder, he believes that does not necessarily mean the majority of them do.

“I believe that, among reputable and peer-reviewed researchers in the field of sexu-

ality, most will tell you that asexuality is a sexual orientation and definitely not a disorder,” he said.

Snow said that what fuels research claiming it is a disorder stems from not understanding what asexuality is and the incorrect assumption that people experience sexual attraction only in specific ways.

“It’s not a disorder,” Donovan said. “It’s not hurting anyone. It just kind of sucks.”

The discussion of asexuality as a disorder seems to be affecting asexuals’ sense of selfesteem.

“When you repeatedly hear people saying that there is something wrong with you, it will quickly eat away at your sense of self-worth,” Snow said.

“You know that there is nothing wrong with you and that person is obviously wrong, but that doesn’t matter to the people judging you.

Something doesn’t need to be true to be used as a weapon.”

Donovan has felt this sort of judgement even in her own house.

Her own mother has asked her not to bring up her selfidentified asexual orientation around her 13-year-old brother, for fear that he might start exploring whether or not he is asexual like his 24-year-old sister.

“There’s a lot of us that feel like we’ve been kind of dehumanized,” she said.

“Like, we’ve been made to feel like we’re not quite human—like we’re subhuman or something. It hurts. And there’s just all this stuff everywhere, and people act like it’s wrong that we don’t (want to have sex).”

Although the debate over whether asexuality should be classified as a disorder or as an orientation has not yet been settled, there seems to be a higher likelihood asexuality will be considered a sexual orientation in the future.

“The issue of what is mental illness and what is not has been debated for many decades,” Refinetti said.

“Reasonable arguments can be made for both sides,” he continued. “The change in wording in the last edition of the DSM suggests that we are moving towards eventual removal of lack of sexual desire from the DSM.”

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Culture

University Pulse does radio takeover Patty Bowen Culture Editor

Michael Prentice, Promotions director of the University Pulse and senior entrepreneurial management major, has often experienced students walking past the University Pulse recording booth in the SUB and inquiring how to get involved.

“I was walking out of the SUB the other day and this girl was on her bike,” Prentice said. “She was looking in there and said ‘I want to work for the University Pulse.’ I turned to her and said, ‘I can help you with that.’”

For Prentice and his fellow members of the University Pulse, getting the word out about what the independent campus radio can be a struggle.

For the first time the University Pulse will have its station aired on campus for the Radio Takeover, a 12-hour event hosted by the Games Center with free and discount bowling.

“It’s something we’ve never

attempted before,” said general manager of the University Pulse Alisha Graefe, senior history major. “By doing this radio takeover we’re able to show people, ‘This is the radio station, this is what you’re going to hear.’”

Currently the University Pulse has roughly 40 consistent producers who produce a variety of shows including sports, music and talk. According to Graefe, the University Pulse gives student producers the ability to branch out and discover different passions and then explore them on air.

“We have all creative control over the station,” Graefe said.

“Our student volunteers can create and develop any show that they would like. (Producers) really get that opportunity to dive deeper and maybe develop a part of themselves that they thought they didn’t have.”

Prentice feels the University Pulse challenges students to be a greater version of themselves by presenting them with the opportunity and freedom to create.

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“We provide opportunities for students to get real life experience in the radio field using real equipment providing them with the freedom to express their creative abilities,” Prentice said. “We challenge the producers in ways they’ve probably never been challenged.

Where school has a lot of very strict rules and answers ,we give people the opportunity to bring their own personality and build that part of themselves.”

History

According to University News, the University Pulse was started in 1935 has an unofficial radio club on campus.

“We started as an actual underground radio station where students would prerecord their shows in the basement of the Communication Department. We’ve grown to an online only radio station,” Graefe said. “We’ve steadily grown producer by producer and student by student.”

Online Radio

Unlike most other radio stations, the University Pulse

is only accessible through online means. Students can listen through the University Pulse’s official website or download the Bronco Mobile app and listen on the go.

According to Prentice, the online platform is more suitable to college radio because it removes some of the restrictions put on FM radio. “(The Pulse Radio) is able to be accessed anywhere at any time with the advent of mobile technology,” Prentice said. “With online there’s going to be less regulation so after about 3 p.m. there can be explicit music, where as if we were an FM we would never be able. We’re able to allow people to make a more personalized show and bring their tastes to life.”

The University Pulse Radio Takeover will be taking place Friday, March 13 at the Game Center from 12 p.m. to 12 a.m. Bowling will be free from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. and will be discounted from 6 p.m. to 12 a.m.

“Double C Sports,” 9 a.m.- 11a.m., Tuesdays & Thursdays “Double C Sports” is a sports talk show that comments on major sports issues of the day. “(Both my co-host Clint Leech and I) have philosophical differences and that leads to a lot of interesting debate and fun between the two of us,” said producer of “Double C Sports,” and

“Raised on Rock,” 5 p.m.-6 p.m., Tuesdays “Raised on Rock” is a music focused radio program that puts its emphasis on showcasing a variety of classic rock from AC/DC and Journey to Bachman–Turner Overdrive and Blue Öyster Cult. “(Listening to ‘Raised

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senior social science major Chad Helgeson.

One of “Double C Sports” most popular segments is ‘Dead or Alive,’ where Helgeson and Leech discuss if a move, decision or game result will leave a team “dead or alive” in their respective division or field.

Helgeson plans to cover the start of the 2015 Major League Soccer season on March 6 and “be part of the growth of the coverage of soccer in America.” on Rock’) is a good way to hear stuff on the radio that you don’t hear all the time,” said producer of “Raised on Rock”, junior graphic design major Meagan Hermanfen.

Hermanfen posts updates on the “Raised on Rock” Facebook page that include music videos, information about individual songs and playlists from each show.

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Broncos ready for QB race Nate Lowery

Sports & Rec Editor

Displayed in the Bleymaier Football Complex is a mosaic of Kellen Moore, one of the most prolific quarterbacks in college football history.

The mosaic serves as a reminder to any Boise State quarterback of the golden standard expected by the leader of one of the nation’s top offenses year in and year out.

In the beginning of spring practices, the Broncos find themselves in an arms race to see who will follow in Moore’s footsteps.

Redshirt sophomores Ryan Finley and Tommy Stuart, redshirt freshmen Alex Ogle and Anthony Upshaw and true freshman Brett Rypien will battle for the starting quarterback job at Boise State.

The coaching staff has promised an open competition—Finley began spring practices with the first team offense but has since cycled out with the other four—and expect the competition to last until fall camp in August.

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New offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, Eliah Drinkwitz, says any of the five quarterbacks can earn the job, they just have to be willing to fight for it.

“Never settle for second while first is still out there,” Drinkwitz said.

Hype has been building around Rypien since he committed the Broncos last April.

When he decided to enroll in classes a semester early to go through spring ball, those expectations doubled.

“He does have a lot of hype from the outside, which he earned from his stats and the way he played,” head coach Bryan Harsin said. “You have to keep in mind that he’s a senior in high school right now.

For us and him, keep it in perspective. You have to compete; you have to earn it; you have to take advantage of your reps.”

Harsin expects to be involved with quarterbacks because of his background with the position.

Finley is the only quarterback on roster that has seen the field for Boise State. He

threw two touchdowns in mop-up duty last year and led the Broncos on a failed late game comeback against Air Force.

Following the Air Force game, Finley only saw the field in four other games. He did not complete another pass for the rest of the year.

Despite Finley’s experience, Drinkwitz believes Boise State’s offense can be altered to the strengths of anyone— even a freshman like Rypien.

“Our job as coaches is to make sure the offense is functional for whoever is using it,” Drinkwitz said. “There are certain things those guys are going to have to do but this offense can be directed any direction it needs to go.”

The coaching staff won’t rush the decision on who will become the starter. When it is obvious who has earned the position, they will make it.

The Broncos open the season on Sept. 4 against Washington.

Prediction: Brett Rypien

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Brittney Liggins Staff Writer

In golf, the backswing is the movement of the club away from the eventual target of force: the ball.

This season, the Boise State women’s golf team is undergoing a backswing of their own; in order to achieve success as a team they’ll focus more on the process and less on the target.

Over the winter break and off-season, the Broncos added extra workouts and team-building activities to their schedule. Head coach Nicole Bird also required the team to each read a motivational book from a list of options.

All of this is a part of the new philosophy the team has adopted for the season: burn the goals and focus on the process instead.

“It’s a whole philosophy that we’re going along with this year,” Bird said. “They were recommended by a sports psychologist we are working with. He gave a list of books that he recommended.”

Sophomore Dana Clary found the reading to be very helpful for her game.

“For us, it’s like 90 percent mental, 10 percent physical,” Clary said. “The physical part is important, but they say you win the game of golf five inches between your ears. Being able to stay mentally stable on the golf course is really helpful.”

While the team has stopped goal setting, Bird emphasized that there is still a result to strive for.

The team no longer limits their abilities with constricting goals that Bird believes

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Women’s golf changes team philosophy

Junior samantha martin follows through on her drive. sets a ceiling, not a floor.

“If we continue to do what we are doing and not worry about it—and just let everything else take care of

itself—then we have a great chance (of advancing),” Bird said. “We’re just taking it one day at a time and focusing on the process.”

The new philosophy has helped the team not only focus on their golf game, but what they’re doing after they graduate from

Boise State. Their goals have turned into dreams for life.

“We have all changed as a person and as a golfer,” sophomore Genevieve Ling

Short Winter leaves snowboarders disappointed Kyle Moeller Staff Writer

As the thermometer pushes past 60 degrees and spring arrives, the short and mild winter season has left snowboarders and skiers all around disappointed.

This winter started off with high hopes for outdoor enthusiasts. In November, Boise was hit by 7.6 inches of snow.

What they did not realize, was that was about all the snow Boise—and most of the northwest­—would get.

“I have been living in

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Boise all my life and this is probably the worst season I have had here in a long time,” Boise native and senior Alex Christensen said.

As a result of the warm and dry winter, the resorts around Boise did not have the best conditions to ride in.

In January there was a total of 3 inches of snow, the lowest total since 2010.

“There was not one single powder day the whole year,” Christensen said.

“It was icy or spring conditions all year long, and there was numerous times

when we were jumping on dirt spots.”

These conditions did not only affect Boise, they were felt all across the north west and surrounding resorts including Brundage and Tamarack resorts near McCall, Heavenly Mountain Resort in Lake Tahoe, the entirety of Sun Valley and Grand Targhee Resort across the border in Wyoming.

For others, the season came and went before they had a chance to even ride.

Buying a season pass and not being able to get their

moneys worth was not what they had in mind.

Senior Taylor Brady bought a season pass to Tamarack Resort this year, but quickly found it useless.

“I did not get as many uses out of my pass as I should have to make my pass worthwhile,” Brady said. “I only got 3-4 runs in while I needed 5 in order to get my passes worth.”

Brady is hopeful for next season despite the dismal conditions he found this year.

“This season was a short one and I got no where

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near as many runs in as I would have liked to,” Brady said. “Two years ago was by far my favorite season I have ever had as Tamarack Resort got great snow that

year. But this year has been one of the worst seasons I have ever skied as every resort I went to had some of the worst conditions they have had in years.”

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3. Does your dorm smell bad? Tape a dryer sheet over the AC unit and turn it on.

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