March 11, 2010

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The Independent Student Voice of Boise State Since 1933

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After excelling in Portland, debate team moves on to national championship Benjamin Mack News Editor

In convincing fashion, the Boise State speech and debate team won the 2010 Division I Regional Championship at the Pi Kappa Delta Tournament of the Great West at Mt. Hood Community College in Portland, Ore., Feb. 26-28. The team now moves on to compete in the National Comprehensive Tournament in Minneapolis March 19-21, for a shot at the national championship. The “Talking Broncos” blew away the competition, sweeping all major categories. The team captured first place honors in individual events sweepstakes, debate sweepstakes, combined sweepstakes and novice combined sweepstakes. “This tournament was the season’s final competition in the Northwest and the last one prior to the national tournament in March,” said Forensics Director David Bailey. “This tournament was a good experience in both of those respects. It was great to end our regional season on such a strong note, yet the tournament was competitive enough that it showed us that we have several

areas to firm up prior to nationals in Minneapolis.” Several Talking Broncos took home awards. Monica Cutler received the top Superior award in novice dramatic interpretation, the top Superior award in novice duo interpretation with partner Josh Watkins, and Excellent awards in novice program of oral interpretation and experimental interpretation. In addition to the award shared with Cutler for duo interpretation, Watkins won the Superior award in novice communication analysis and an Excellent in novice after dinner speaking. He also received an Excellent in novice public debate. Devon Madsen earned the top Superior award in novice after dinner speaking, an Excellent in novice prose interpretation, and an Honorable Mention in novice public debate. Reggie Holmquist received Excellent awards in open persuasion and open extemporaneous speaking, while Regan Charlton earned Superior awards in both communication analysis and informative speaking and Excellent awards in persuasion and extemporaneous speaking. She also earned an Excellent award

in duo interpretation with partner Ben Larsen. Larsen also won a Superior award in prose interpretation. Also, James Ickes received three Excellent awards in novice informative, novice poetry and novice program of oral interpretation, and Sam Pagano received Superior awards in open program of oral interpretation and extemporaneous speaking. He earned Excellent awards in poetry interpretation and duo interpretation with partner Kate Henry. Other team members also performed well, earning both Superior and Excellent awards. The tournament served as the regional championship for Pi Kappa Delta’s Province of the Great West – a region spanning much of the western United States. Pi Kappa Delta is a forensics (public speech and debate) honor society for undergraduate university students and a professional organization for graduates, typically university speech and debate coaches. The Talking Broncos are known as one of the strongest speech and debate teams in the country, and are the 2005 National Champions.

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Junior Robert Arnold defies gravity for an electrifying dunk March 6 against San Jose State at Taco Bell Arena. The Broncos will face the top-seeded Utah State Aggies today at 1 p.m. at the Western Athletic Conference Tournament in Reno, Nev.

Idaho universities to lose $32.1 million Benjamin Mack News Editor

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After winning the Division I Regional Championship, the Boise State speech and debate team will now compete for a national championship in Minneapolis March 19-21.

State lawmakers plan to give Idaho’s four-year public universities about $32.1 million less in total funding during the next fiscal year, according to an Associated Press report. The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee (JFAC) agreed Tuesday on a budget that proposes spending roughly $377.7 million on the University of Idaho, Idaho State University, Boise State University and Lewis-Clark State College. The budget represents a loss of nearly

Visit arbiteronline.com to see more financial coverage. 8 percent compared to the current fiscal year. The committee agreed to cut 12.6 percent in total spending on community colleges and approved a budget that spends $25 million on the schools during the next fiscal year, or about $3.6 million less compared to this year. More details will be published as they become available.

Applications for China study tour now available Benjamin Mack News Editor

Looking for something fun and exciting to do this summer? Tired of mowing lawns or working at fast food restaurants to fund your social habits? Take a vacation. Better yet, take a vacation and earn credit. In China. The International Economic Summit Institute at Boise State is currently accepting applications from high school and college students to participate in a study tour to ChinaJune 10-20. The Institute will lead up to 60 students from the United States on the China International Economic Study Tour, taking students to Shanghai, Hangzhou, Beijing and the Great Wall of China. They will participate in the International Economic Summit, the Shanghai World Expo and discover firsthand the world’s fastest growing economy. During the summit, student teams representing different nations will compete for scarce resources, form strategic alliances, debate global issues, invest

in development projects, interact with global economic institutions and seek to stabilize and advance the global economy in simulations. This is Boise State’s second International Economic Summit event in China and will be expanded to include schools from Japan, Korea and Vietnam. For an additional fee, students may apply for up to three credits after completing the study tour. For more information, contact the International Economic Summit Institute at 426-1193, or chinastudytour@boisestate.edu. With over 1.3 billion people, China is the world’s largest exporter; manufacturing everything from sporting goods and auto parts to foodstuffs and toys. Overall, China has the world’s second largest economy. Chinese culture dates back more than 6,000 years, and today the country is one of the most popular international tourist destinations, attracting millions of visitors annually. It is also one of only four communist nations in the world.

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Boise State’s International Economic Summit Institute will lead up to 60 students in a study tour of China, home of the panda bear, June 10-20.

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