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NEWS Justin Kirkham Managing Editor

Exercise science alumni Kristian Brown grew up with two ideologies facing gay Christians like himself: remain celibate, as many churches encouraged, or seek out a faith where entering into a partnership with another man was accepted. “I plan on remaining single until I come to a conclusion,” Brown said. While sorting through these feelings, Brown created Haven in Christ, a group that aims to offer LGBT Christians a safe space to explore their sexual identities and how

those intermingle with faith. “I wanted to create safe place for LGBT individuals who are also Christian,” Brown said. “Those two worlds don’t combine very easily. It’s a safe place to dialogue.” To further promote his group, Brown approached Campus Ministries during one of their Thursday meetings. After hearing an explanation of Haven in Christ, officers at the meeting were, according to Brown, reluctant to pass the information along to their members. Brown believes that these officers did not want to pro-

mote identity questioning amongst their participants. “They seemed hesitant to take the easy way out,” Brown said. Matt O’Brien, missional team leader of CRU, was present at the meeting where Brown spoke about Haven in Christ. He didn’t recall turning the group away during the meeting, but was not able to provide comment on Brown’s overall reception. However, O’Brien did claim CRU strives to maintain a line of communication between Christians and LGBT individuals. “I believe our CRU staff members are in the process

of gaining adequate training on how to care for students who are working through this issue,” O’Brien said. “While I understand the unique role Haven may have, we want to continue to grow in our ability to engage LGBT students.” O’Brien hopes to create a space aimed specifically at bringing members closer to God and Christ’s teachings. “CRU does not currently have a stated position on (LGBT) issues. We generally hold a historical, biblical perspective,” O’Brien said. “CRU is unapologetically Christian, and we are serious about knowing and following Jesus.” Haven in Christ aims to en-

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Students meet at biblical studies center. gage LGBT students in this conversation in a way that does not compromise their existing beliefs. The group meetings, comprised of Bible study and conversation time,

is not exclusive to any religious sect. “Religion is often stigmatized,” Brown said. “You can grow up in a church and hear some harmful things.”

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Coming back from spring break it might be tough to get motivated for the last five weeks of the semester, especially as the weather starts warming up. This is a great time to go over your class planner and review what you have already accomplished this semester, as well as look forward to the upcoming projects and assessments. As you look forward, start creating study plans and work schedules for accomplishing these tasks without having to rush them at the last minute. Remember your goals for the semester (getting straight As! Woohoo!) and how hard that you have

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worked for them so far. Use past failures as learning experiences and keep on chugging. This is a great time to review the motivations for your goals: you want your family to be proud of you; you want to get a good job after college; you need to

get a certain GPA to get into a program. Hopefully this will help you start feeling motivated and energized for the rest of the semester. As Eleanor Roosevelt said, “With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.”

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NEWS

Male students feel ostracized in gender studies program Chris Metzger Staff Writer

In order to graduate senior psychology major, Eric Bale, took a gender studies class to complete his coursework Upon enrolling in introduction to gender studies, he looked forward to an indepth look at contemporary research about gender and discussion about progress. He now regrets that decision. According to Bale his peers often expressed various nonverbal cues, suggesting they didn’t care to hear his opinion during class discussions.

“One specific incident happened when we broke up into groups to discuss potential ground rules for class discussions,” Bale said. “I was shut out by obvious body language—their bodies angled away from me and no one made eye contact with me before the instructor’s intervention.” Bale is not upset by the class itself or the instructor, but rather by his peers actions. “I’m seriously going through some emotional issues because of this class,” Bale said. “I am very much an outsider in there. I try to participate and I craft my

words when I try to speak them, and I still feel very much marginalized within the class.” The tension in the classroom is being addressed by instructor Melissa Wintrow. But, according to Bale, this has been met with limited success. “The class worked to find a way to bring more unity within the class (and) make it safe for people to talk and again, even in that conversation,” Bale said. “Every person who wasn’t making eye contact, no matter what their individual intent was, the impact for me was exclusion.”

Gender studies is an academic field of study which focuses on exploring identity and gender representation. Although these are main areas of analysis, the field comes from a background that incorporates many social science disciplines. According to Reshmi Mukherjee, interim director of gender studies, the issue of why men don’t choose gender studies is not new to the field. “The common perception about anything to do with gender (studies) is that it is about women. Most people do not consider gender as a

performance by both men and women,” Mukherjee said. “Hence, when (men) think of gender studies, they think of it being a study about women and everything related to them.” Bale said the concept of the patriarchy, a society in which men hold the majority of power and women are largely considered lesser because of it, weighs heavily on how men are seen and interpreted in the program. “In a patriarchal social structure with a highly misogynistic mindset, it is considered a huge taboo, bordering on emasculating oneself if you are a man

studying about women,” Mukherjee said. “Most male students in (gender studies) classes are either academically inclined or from the LGBTQ community and then there are some who enroll for fun but fall out very soon.” According to Bale, discussions relating to this issue are causing the class to react negatively toward him. “I don’t want to be the center of attention, I don’t want to be the one that’s right,” Bale said. “I can’t do anything but hypothesize why each person individually might be put off by me.”

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NEWS

Bill could change Idaho concealed weapons code Patrick Adcock Staff Writer

The debate on concealed carry is still out in the open. Earlier this month, the Idaho State Affairs Committee introduced House Bill 243, which seeks to make changes to Idaho’s concealed weapons code. The bill changes the procedure for issuing a license to carry a concealed weapon and the issuing of enhanced licenses. The bill would also prevent county commissioners from collecting taxes or fees for concealed carry licenses. According to the bill’s statement of purpose, it seeks to “recodify existing law in a manner

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that provides Idaho residents and law-enforcement officials with clear guidance on the rights and restrictions.” The greatest change the bill would bring is allowing citizens to conceal weapons outside of city limits without a permit. This is a major concern for many, including a group called Everytown for Gun Safety. The organization released a letter on March 14 that opposed HB243. They stated that “less than 1 percent of the total area of the state (is) within the limits of incorporated cities,” leaving many places for individuals to conceal and carry without a permit. According to Greg Hahn,

the associated vice president of communications and marketing at Boise State, the bill will not affect Boise State’s policies on concealed weapons. “Regular concealed weapons permits are and will remain restricted from carrying oncampus however the permits are given,” Hahn said. “Only those with enhanced concealed weapons permits, which must be renewed every five years and have training requirements, are allowed to carry concealed weapons on parts of Idaho campuses.” As of March 31 no decision has been made by the Idaho Legislature. It was last referred to State Affairs.

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NEWS

Loophole keeps licenses in compliance Eryn Shay Johnson Asst. News Editor

Idaho citizens will need to plan ahead if they plan on flying within the United States. The January 2016 deadline for the REAL ID act of 2005 which set forth requirements for state ID’s to be accepted by the federal government is coming up, but Idaho has elected to write in a loophole rather than immediately conform to the law. “The legislature hereby declares that the state of Idaho shall not participate in the implementation of the REAL ID act of 2005, except to submit compliance extension requests and status reports to the Unit-

ed States Department of Homeland Security,” reads House Bill no. 96. The loophole gives Idahoans a few options; the biggest one is time. The extension allows federal agencies to continue to accept Idaho Driver’s licenses while Idaho scrambles to get in compliance with the Department of Homeland Security. Certain agencies, such as Idaho National Laboratory, have been able to deny an Idaho driver’s license since July 2014 as a viable form of ID. Aircrafts will be able to refuse Idaho identification no sooner than 2016, meaning to fly a secondary approved ID will be needed. According to Laurie Dankers, Idaho spokes-

woman for TSA, all licenses are currently being accepted by the TSA. “If there was any change there would be ample advanced notice and direction to the public on what they need to do,” she said in an article with KMVT. According to the Department of Homeland Security, aircrafts will allow individuals to use a noncompliant identification card or drivers license in conjunction with a second approved form of ID. Idahoans could slip around the REAL ID act and apply for a passport instead. A passport is being considered as a viable form of ID for all areas, including federal agencies, military bases and airports.

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Service-learning promotes student engagement Leslie Boston-Hyde Copy Editor

According to Kara Brascia, director of service-learning, Boise State is a strong overall supporter of service-learning. “A lot of higher education is moving towards active learning rather than passive lecture,” Brascia said. The Service-Learning program at Boise State has grown since it was implemented in 2000, with over 25,000 students participating in servicelearning courses since the program started. For Matt Hansen, associate professor of English, servicelearning has allowed his stu-

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dents to become engaged with the content of his Shakespeare course as well as improving professional skills. “I think (service-learning) has a lot of other elements to it that are really useful for students no matter where they’re going with their future academic or professional careers. They have to do a lot of teamwork and collaborative work that doesn’t always necessarily happen a lot in literature courses in particular,” Hansen said. Hansen started the servicelearning component as optional. After a few semesters, he began requiring students to participate in the Shake it Up program.

“I did so in large measure because I was convinced that the learning really was significant,” Hansen said. “I was convinced that the learning was rich enough that it warranted requiring the course.” According to Hansen, two of his colleagues teach Shakespeare courses that do not require service-learning, which allows students to opt out of the service-learning component and still take the course. Chad Spangler, sophomore social work major, sees his required service-learning project as an opportunity to address an issue he is passionate about. After working with Strive for College, Spangler wanted to

apply the mentorship concept to target foster youth. Spangler is currently coordinating an event to introduce junior high students in foster care to former foster youth who are currently in college. He is hoping the event will act as an “icebreaker” to permanent mentorships for foster youth. “If this mentorship program works, we could see an increase in numbers (for this demographic),” Spangler said. “That’s my biggest dream in the whole wide world is to see kids who grow up without parents to be able to, despite all odds, get here and succeed.” Other professors have ser-

vice-learning as an optional component to the course that they teach. Isaac Castellano, adjunct professor in political science, started incorporating an optional service-learning project into his statistics course last year. “Stats is already overwhelming to students, so to add them to another project is a little bit too much,” Castellano said. While he believes students should build their resume with projects and professional experiences outside the classroom, Castellano does not want to require students to do servicelearning. “That’s the problem is that if

you force students into servicelearning then you’re sending them out into the community. If they’re not interested in doing it then they’re going to make the university look bad,” Castellano said. According to Hansen, some students have expressed an interest to go above the bare minimum, however. He believes this is attributed to the desire for a challenge in their academic career. “One student made a comment that really stuck with me. She said, ‘I heard that you give more homework than anyone else in the English department and so I wanted to take this course,’” Hansen said.

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Idaho should learn from Indiana Emily Pehrson Editor-in-Chief

Indiana is doing Idaho a favor right now. An important object lesson is happening in the Midwest and—if Idaho legislators are paying attention—maybe we can avoid the embarrassing glare of the national spotlight, for once. Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act last week against many protests that the loose language of the bill would allow for-profit businesses to use religious freedom as an excuse to discriminate against members of the LGBT community. Nearly overnight a veritable firestorm of criticism and controversy descended on Indiana. The Indianapolis Star published a gigantic front page editorial entitled “Fix This Now,” businesses across Indiana began hanging signs in their windows saying “We serve everyone,” and the mayors of San Francisco and Seattle and the governors of Connecticut and Washington have barred any spending on travel to Indiana. And, most timely and damning of them all, there has been an outcry to move the location of the Final Four games. The NCAA, which is headquartered in Indianapo-

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lis, issued a statement saying that law could encourage them to do so in the future— a decision which could leave a gaping hole in the city’s revenue stream. “As long as anti-gay legislation exists in any state, I strongly believe big events such as the Final Four and Super Bowl should not be held in those states’ cities,” Charles Barkley, former NBA star and commentator for the NCAA Championship, said in a statement. All of this caused by a law that was already on the books in 19 other states—including Idaho. The law is modeled after the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act which was signed into law by Bill Clinton with bi-partisan support. So what made this law blow up in the face of Pence and the other legislators in Indiana? For one, that federal act was passed before gay rights and marriage equality became one of the premiere hot-button issues of our time. Further, some would argue the language in the this bill is far more broad than the 19 state laws preceding it. “Calling them similar in this way risks being misleading. Indiana is the broadest and most dangerous law of its kind in the country,” said Adam Talbot, spokesman

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for the Human Rights Campaign. The law was also passed at a time when an unusually large amount of national attention was focused on Indiana due to the NCAA tournament. This allowed LGBT advocates and those opposed to the bill to quickly force it into the spotlight. In short: it was the perfect storm. This should be very concerning for a state with Idaho’s track record on this very issue. Idaho has made a few minor appearances on the national stage for its continual failure to add the words “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” to its anti-discrimination bill. Gov. Butch Otter was involved in a kerfuffle with longtime political reporter Dan Popkey in Feb. 2014 when Popkey asked Otter about whether Idaho has an “anti-gay reputation.” And, most recently, Idaho once again broke onto the national stage when representatives called for the impeachment of federal judges in favor of gay marriage. So learn the lesson now, Idaho. No matter what your politics, you don’t want to learn the lesson Indiana is currently facing. “No matter its original intent (the law) already has done enormous harm to our state and potentially our economic future,” the staff of the Indianapolis Star wrote. “Only bold action—action that sends an unmistakable message to the world that our state will not tolerate discrimination against any of its citizens—will be enough to reverse the damage.”

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No government funding for education Benjamin Chafetz Gabrielle Boliou Staff Writers

Discussing key ideas such as morality versus legality and other touchy subjects is the object of this column. The opinions are those of the authors only and do not represent the viewpoint of The Arbiter. James Madison said, “I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents.” We believe that this great man was trying to warn us against becoming subservient to our own government. We propose that the government stop—yes, stop— funding education. It would be best if government were out of education completely. Everyone talks about wanting more funding for education. And what’s wrong with more money for education? It sounds great. But what if we told you this is a step down a path to our government enslaving us? That sounds incredibly harsh, but bear with us. According to the Merriam-

Webster dictionary, one definition of a slave is “a person who is strongly influenced or controlled by something.” If you rely consistently more on a governing/parental body, that body can essentially control you and certainly influence you by providing what you supposedly cannot obtain yourself. This means the student is completely “subservient to the dominating influence,” in this case, the government. Similarly, if we rely on the government for education, we have no choice but to accept whatever programs the federal government deems appropriate. We are restricted. We are controlled. We are influenced. When you rely on government to provide anything, you effectively say, “I cannot pay for this—please take care of me!” Currently, you as a taxpayer are indebted to the government and dependent on it for something you need: education. This debt comes from taxes and citizens pay for it. Eventually you will be one of them. Say you receive a grant from Uncle Sam, and you get free education. Assum-

ing you earned a degree and were able to get a job, you now have a source of income. But you’re still paying off your loans and now you’re paying taxes for everyone else. If we don’t rely on the government for our education, who pays for it? Well, we do. Privatization of college and students paying for themselves will allow for healthy competition among colleges and drive the price of tuition down. You might say, “Wait a minute, private education is more expensive than public!” Sure it is, but only because the limited number of private colleges and universities on the market means that those institutions don’t have to compete with as many other, high-quality institutions. If we stop relying on the federal government to clumsily prop up our public school system, we make room in the market for more private schools. The result is easy to anticipate, thanks to basic supply and demand logic. Demand for education is already sky high, so let’s increase the supply by making room for privatized education.

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Culture

Scientists find out why pot gives you the munchies Deborah Netburn Los Angeles Times Tribune News Service

Why does smoking marijuana give people the munchies? Researchers at Yale University got dozens of lab mice stoned in order to find out. Previous scientific studies (and anecdotal evidence) show that when people and animals are exposed to the active ingredients in marijuana they are driven to eat long after they should feel full. “Everyone knows that if you smoke dope after Thanksgiving dinner you

will still go back and eat more—sometimes much more,” said Tamas Horvath, a professor of neurobiology at Yale. “We were interested to find out why.” Horvath’s group studies brain circuits that control hunger and satiety. In 2011, German researcher Marco Koch joined the lab to study how marijuana interferes with the body’s ability to feel satiated. Koch hypothesized that the active ingredients in pot turn off a set of neurons in the hypothalamus that play a central role in inhibiting hunger. Those neurons are known as POMCs.

But when Koch went to prove this in the brains of stoned lab mice he found that the exact opposite seemed to be true. (If you are imagining researchers holding joints in a cage filled with mice, think again. The mice were injected with a chemical that binds to the same receptors in the brain as marijuana. Still the researchers believe the mice probably did get high.) Koch was surprised to find that instead of the POMCs being turned off in the mice, the neurons appeared to be turned on even more. “It made no sense,” Hor-

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vath said. At first Horvath wasn’t sure Koch had collected the data correctly, but after further analysis he concluded that the initial findings were right. “And then we started to get excited,” he said. To see what was going on, the researchers used a technique that allowed them to artificially turn off the POMCs in the brains of the mice. When they gave the mice the chemical marijuana after turning off the POMCs, the mice ate less. Next they artificially boosted the action of the POMCs, and the mice ate much more. “The question became, how can it be that the same neuron that promotes satiety starts to promote hunger when it is exposed to cannibinoids?” Horvath said. Further study revealed that cannibinoids, the ac-

tive agent in marijuana, can change what kind of chemical the POMC neurons release. When a mouse is drug-free, its POMCs release MSH, a chemical that suppresses appetite. But when you give the same mouse marijuana, its POMCs start to release the opioid beta-endorphin, which promotes hunger. “The whole circuitry turns upside down,” Horvath said. The results of the study were published Wednesday in the journal Nature. In a News and Views article accompanying the study, researchers Sachin Patel and Roger D. Cone of Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville write that the most notable part of the findings is that marijuana can change a brain circuit from being one that tells the body it’s full to one that tells the body to keep eating. “The emerging picture of

the arcuate POMC system is that of a circuit that can sense a wide array of signals and can then produce highly discriminatory responses through a differentiated set of circuits and molecular signaling mechanisms,” they write. In other words, it seems the POMC system may be more complicated than researchers originally thought. Horvath said the study posed almost as many questions as it answered. For example, what physiological purpose is served by the POMC neurons’ ability to switch from repressing hunger to amplifying it? They also wonder whether the POMCs of people who are obese or who have diabetes may have altered functionality. And finally, they want to know what all this has to do with being high.

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Khan Academy implemented in Physics 101 classroom August McKernan Asst. Culture Editor

After hearing Salman Kahn speak, physics professor Tiffany Watkins knew she could be speaking more effectively. Kahn, creator of the free online learning platform Kahn Academy, visited Idaho in 2012 as part of the Ed Sessions speaker series sponsored by the Albertson Foundation. Tiffany Watkins believes that Khan Academy allows students to fill in the gaps of their knowledge in a way that the current educational model does not allow. “I teach Physics 101, a class that has no prerequisites but should,” she said. “And so in an effort to help students that didn’t have any background or haven’t used math in a really long time, I wanted to use this Khan Academy site to give them sort of exposure or sort of a refresher on certain things that I deemed critical for success.” After attending the presentation, Watkins incorpo-

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rated Khan Academy into her teaching method and hasn’t looked back since.

Khan Academy

The website is known as a place where elementary, middle, high school and college students can go for help with learning a concept they did not initially understand when their instructor explained it. “Khan Academy provides free online materials and resources to support personalized education for learners of all ages,” said Naomi Davidson, education partnerships associate at Khan Academy. “Our platform contains practice exercises, instructional videos and dashboard analytics that empower learners to study at their own pace.” Students, or anyone interested enough to surf by, can watch over 2,400 videos in which the site’s founder discusses key concepts in a variety of fields. They focus on providing a personalized learning experience for all students which covers subjects from algebra

basics to physics, biology, economics, art history, computer science, health and medicine, and more. Watkins uses the service to make sure all her students have the necessary math skills to succeed in her course. “The idea behind Khan Academy is to spend the time to master a topic, which we don’t allow in our educational system,” Watkins said. “I mean we’re covering this topic and then we’re moving on to the next one, and it doesn’t even matter if you understood this topic. We’re moving on. You know, we have a syllabus and we have a timeline.”

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Watkins believes that if a student uses Khan Academy correctly, they will fill in the gap in their education and allow topics that were previously skimmed over to be fully understood. “The goal of Khan Academy isn’t to replace physical classrooms—it’s to support self-paced, mastery-based learning,” Davidson said.

“When learners use tools like Khan Academy to master basic skills and build their foundational knowledge, they can spend more of their time with mentors and peers on higherlevel discussions and interactions.” This model lends itself to flipping the classroom model of education. Essentially, this means that students gain first exposure to new material outside of class and then use class time to do the harder work of assimilating that knowledge, through problem-solving, discussion and debates. “I don’t want to spend time covering two digit multiplication when 90 percent of the class understands the concept,” Watkins said. “We could be moving on and talking about something that lots of people really struggle with.”

Critiques

While some students struggle with basic math concepts, others struggle to see what value Khan Academy really has. In the Febuary 2013 article

“Khan Academy: The Hype and the Reality,” Karim Kai Ani claims that there is nothing special about the website. “Khan’s style of instruction is identical to what students have seen for generations: a do this, then do this approach to teaching that presents mathematics as a meaningless series of steps,” Ani said. In his article, Ani points out that mistakes in Khan’s numerous videos have been found. “Take Khan’s explanation of slope, which he defines as ‘rise over run,’” Ani writes. “An effective math teacher will point out that rise over run isn’t the definition of slope but merely a way to calculate it. In fact, slope is a rate that describes how two variables change in relation to one another: how a car’s distance changes over time.” In response to criticisms like these, the organization has fixed errors in its videos, including the video about slope, expanded its faculty and built a network of content

specialists. Emmie Smith, sophomore elementary education major, was first introduced to Khan Academy in her freshman year of college. She found this the website was easy to navigate and very user friendly. “It made sure that I really understood what the question was,” she said. “I did it multiple times and if I didn’t understand something, I could watch how-to videos.” A year later, Smith used the website once again in Watkins class. Regardless of possible drawbacks to the service, Watkins would love to see more students entering her classroom having already used Khan Academy. At the beginning of each semester, she takes an informal hand raise survey. She reports that approximately 20 to 30 percent of her most recent Physics 101 already had experience with the website. Based on growth in recent years, she anticipates that the number will only continue to grow.

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Boise State has options with conference realignment Sports & Rec Editor

The new autonomy ruling allowing Power 5 conferences to create their own rules and increase their revenue has created a growing rift in college athletics. Boise State—like all of the Power 5 conference members—has committed to providing full cost-of-attendance scholarships to their studentathletes. This budgetary need, along with the new College Football Playoff system pushing mid-major conferences out of national title contention, could see Boise State fall behind on the national level. “We just have to continue what we’re doing and the university has to continue to grow and continue to expand,” athletic director Mark Coyle told The Arbiter in July. “We’re very happy with the MWC. We just need to keep on doing what we’re doing.” President Bob Kustra reiterated that there are no plans at the moment for Boise State to move to the Big 12 or Pac-12, but there is still a possibility for the Broncos to do so in the future. Seven MW schools are also situated at a substantially higher elevation than Boise State, offering a competitive disadvantage for sports such as cross country and track and field. The average campus elevation of the MW is 3,596 feet. Boise is situated at 2,697 feet. The Pac-12 in comparison has an average campus elevation of 1,205. Boise State has become a more broad-based program. Under new cross country and track and field coach Corey Ihmels, the Broncos have seen

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substantial growth. The national dominance of the swimming and diving, gymnastics and men’s tennis programs would also keep the Broncos competitive in a new conference.

The Case for the MW

As part of Boise State’s deal to return to the MW after the collapse of the Big East, the Broncos received a lucrative contract from the MW. The Broncos received $3.7 million in TV bonuses from the MW last season. Fresno State is the next highest at $2.4 million. UNLV made $0 in TV bonuses last season. “We have a very good relationship with the MW colleagues,” Kustra said. “We have a very lucrative contract with ESPN and CBS sports. What we gain annually in the millions of dollars from that package. That helps pay for some of that athletic budget.” The Broncos also have athletic dominance in the MW. The football and men’s and women’s basketball programs all won MW titles this season. The soccer program finished as conference runner-ups last season and the swimming and diving program has made an impact on the national level.

The Case for the Big 12

After having both TCU and Baylor left out of the College Football Playoff, the Big 12 is expected to expand to 12 teams in order to host a conference championship. Currently, the conference has 10 teams. Being in a Power 5 conference such as the Big 12 would offer the Broncos a better chance of getting a spot in the College Football Playoff. As a midmajor conference power, the Broncos are unlikely to

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The football team celebrates a MW title. receive a bid into the playoff, regardless of an undefeated season. TCU, a former member of the MW, struggled in their first two seasons in the Big 12 but were the league’s co-champions in football this past season. Boise State would likely not have as lucrative of a deal in the Big 12, however. Kustra said he would also need to be convinced to join a different geographic region due to travel concerns.

The Case for the Pac-12

In the eyes of many, the Pac12 offers the best destination for Boise State. “There’s been loose talk over the years that the (Power 5) will go up to 16 in number,” Kustra said. “If that happens, sure, we would be in the mix. Especially with the Pac-12, because they’re on the west coast.” Pac-12 commissioner Larry

Scott has long said he has kept his eye on Boise State if the Pac-12 were to expand again. The Pac-12’s media deal with ESPN and FOX would offer financial backing to Boise State that the Big 12 could not offer. In the 2013-2014 Fiscal Year—the first year of the new media deal—the Pac-12 netted $334 million in revenue. Of that, $228,242,350 was distributed the 12 member schools. Stanford led the way with 19.8 million in payouts. Utah finished at the bottom with a payout of $10.1 million. Boise State’s competitive history with the Pac-12 would also make the conference a viable option for the Broncos. For now, it does not appear that Boise State will move to a new conference. The next time conference realignment sweeps the nation, however don’t be surprised to see the Broncos move up.

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Final Four produces NCAA coaching giants The Kansas City Star Tribune News Service

Who has the coaching advantage at this year’s Final Four? There’s a coach who has been enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame, Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski. Two others, Kentucky’s John Calipari and Wisconsin’s Bo Ryan, are Hall of Fame finalists. The outlier is Michigan State’s Tom Izzo, who will be a Hall of Fame slam dunk, as he leads the Spartans to a Final Four for the seventh time. “They’re really the best of the

the Final Four for the first time since 2010. Each of the coaches has won an NCAA championship. Krzyzewski has four titles in his previous 11 Final Four appearances. If Duke wins the tournament, Coach K will stand behind only UCLA’s John Wooden with the most titles at five. Wooden has 10.

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Izzo’s Spartans won the 2000 championship, and Calipari’s Wildcats defeated Kansas for the 2012 title. Although this is Ryan’s second Final Four appearance, he owns four NCAA Division III championships coaching Wisconsin-Platteville in the 1990s. Two of those teams went undefeated, which gives Ryan

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best,” Krzyzewski said Monday. “It’s really an honor for me to be in a Final Four with those three programs and those three coaches because they’ve all understood the commitment to excellence that a program needs to make.” The national semifinal battles match Duke and Michigan State in Saturday’s opener in Indianapolis at 5:09 p.m. Kentucky meets Wisconsin around 7:49 p.m. No Final Four newbie coaches here. The Badgers and Wildcats will meet in the semifinals for a second straight year. Duke and Michigan State are back in

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a bit of insight into what Kentucky, 38-0, is attempting to accomplish. “I know what it’s like to be 10-0, 15-0, 25-0 and what that does to a team,” Ryan said. “It actually makes our practices better. I just thought it made us better while we were undefeated because of how you learned to deal with outside pressures.” Last year, Kentucky won a nail-biter 74-73 on Aaron Harrison’s three-pointer with 6 seconds remaining. Ten seconds earlier, the Badgers had missed a chance to take a three-point lead when Traevon Jackson missed a free throw, Wisconsin’s only miss in 20 attempts,

leaving the lead at two points. “This will be a really hard game for our team,” said Calipari, whose Wildcats are coming off a two-point victory over Notre Dame in the Midwest Region final. “We know that.” Krzyewski and Izzo say the same thing about their game, but Izzo isn’t buying any suggestion that the Blue Devils and Spartans have a rivalry during the current coaches’ tenures. Duke leads series 8-1. “Somebody said, ‘You guys have a good rivalry,’ “ Izzo said. “I said you can’t have a rivalry when it’s 8-1. It will be fun to see if we can change that around.”

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shy of the all-time record at Boise State. “It’s going to be pretty hard to take off the jersey for the last time,” Marks said following Boise State’s loss to Dayton in the opening round of the NCAA tournament. “These past four years have been the best experience of my life. I won’t ever forget it now, (and will) carry it throughout the rest of my life.”

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Word List april easter hunt

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Da riddles 1. What can be seen in the middle of the months ‘April’ and ‘March’, that cannot be seen in the beginning or end of either month?

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2. What number gives the same result when it is added to five as when it is multiplied by five? 3. I stand on one leg, with my heart in my head, who am I? Yet it still must fear the sun.

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