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events ‘Riveting’ An exhibition of Student-made Jewelry
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MFA Reading series Presents:
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Boise State Men’s Rugby
APril 4th - May 8th All Day Student Union Building Second Floor pop-up gallery (Near the trublood room)
Friday, April 8th 7:30Pm - 9;00pm student union building berquist lounge
Saturday, april 9th 2:00 pm Kick Off lincoln field
The Boise State Art Metals Club will be showing a selection of their handmade art and jewelry during the 'Riveting.'
University of Arizona Creative Writing Associate Professor Briante is author of “Pioneers in the Study of Motion” and “Utopia Minus.” Matuk has written “This Isa Nice Neighborhood" and “My Daughter La Chola.”
Boise State Men's Rugby will be playing off against University of Idaho for the last game of the season.
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NEWS
Research shows it’s possible to self-motivate News Editor
Whether it’s studying, work or something as simple as laundry, there are a lot of tasks people aren’t motivated to do. Luckily, Dr. Alison Adcock at Duke University has research showing self-motivation is possible with training and has some exciting future applications. “The project evolved from the idea that we know people motivate themselves all the time to do things like study for that chemistry test or just get stuff done,” said Kathryn Dickerson, who worked with Adcock on her research. “Sometimes we have an external thing to help us get stuff done like ‘if I do well on this test my parents will give $100.’ Other times, we just do things because we know we have to get them done or we might be interested in them.” Dickerson said this research was particularly interesting for her because it focused on understanding how motivation works in order to help people achieve their goals. Adcock’s research is unique because it focuses on self-motivation rather than relying on external factors. “When we started looking at the literature, it really seemed like almost everyone studied motivation only in this context of using an external enforcer like paying people money,” Dickerson said. “We were curious as to how people could leverage their own motivation to do things, whether that was curiosity or think-
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ing motivating thoughts or rewarding thoughts.”
Motivation Tips
According to Dickerson, when trying to motivate oneself, it’s best to be in a relaxed state and focus on motivating thoughts. “(I recommend) taking a step back and thinking about your long-term goals,” Dickerson said. “Will taking this one tiny quiz—that you don’t want to take—help you achieve your longer term goal of graduating and getting a degree which will let you take the next step in your life? Thinking about every little thing is getting me one step closer to achieving my goal.”
Method
In order to accomplish this goal, the team used an MRI that showed brain activity in real time. This real time data was shown to subjects inside the MRI in the form of a thermometer. The thermometer measured the activity in the dopaminergic midbrain—the area associated with dopamine and motivation. The subjects were then asked to try and move the thermometer and motivate themselves. “We took a pretty open approach. Motivation is so varied across individuals. It can be very unique,” Dickerson said. “What motivates you could be different from what motivates me. Rather than tell people ‘think about your coach cheering you on, or your parents yelling at you or your best friend hugging you,’ we really encouraged people to explore
strategies and try different things out and let them see how it activated their response and let them figure it out on their own.” Dickerson said the participants thought about achieving a goal or a dream they had like graduating from school, thinking of positive memories, traveling somewhere beautiful, being with loved ones, being cheered on by teammates or a coach and even saving someone’s life in a zombie apocalypse. “One of my favorites was someone imagined running down a line of thousands of people giving him a high five,” Dickerson said. After allowing participants to see their brain activity in the MRI, they removed the feedback thermometer and had them attempt to motivate themselves again.
Results
The results showed, even with the feedback thermometer removed, the subjects were still able to activate their brains through motivational thoughts. “We demonstrated a link between peoples’ internally generated thoughts and the ability to drive the dopaminergic midbrain,” Dickerson said. “Basically, we showed people, if they’re given the chance to do some training, can learn to self activate this part of the brain which we think is involved in learning, memory and motivation.” According to Dickerson, this research actually raised more questions than it answered. She said the MRI only measured changes in blood oxygenation—not actual
neural activity. This means the next step is to link the motivational thoughts to dopamine directly. “We know dopamine is very important for learning, memory and motivation. It really helps long term potentiation—consolidating memories to last a long time,” Dickerson said. “Our thought was if you have more dopamine response in this region, theoretically, you should learn something better and remember it better.”
diction, some people can kick it and some people can’t.” Dickerson said clinical intervention is the most exciting part about this research for her. She hopes to use this research as a potential alternative to drugs. It essentially trains patients to treat themselves.
The research also holds great promise for educational settings. Dickerson believes the more individuals are able to tap into their dopamine system during learning, the more effective they will be. She hopes the research will impact how teachers teach and how students learn in the future.
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Dickerson said what is exciting about this study are the potential applications it paves the way for. “There are so many patient populations that have abnormal dopamine and it’s hard to cure a lot of these disorders,” Dickerson said. “Some people respond very well to depression medication, but some people don’t. Same thing with ADHD and the same thing with ad-
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Global Scholars travel to Puerto Rico for market research Samantha Harting Asst. News Editor
The Boise State Global Scholars, now in their third year, traveled to Puerto Rico over spring break in order to learn more about the culture and potential for a viable bean market in order to gather information for the Idaho Bean Commission. The Global Scholars Program is not only open to students within the College of Business and Economics— students from all majors are welcome to apply. Eight students went on the trip this year. This program allows students to have a hands-on learning exerpience abroad. Director of the International Business Program and professor for the Global Scholars Program, Mark Buchanan, as well as retired Ernst & Young partner Gary Dunn, accompanied the students. “(Buchanan) is an orchestra leader,” Dunn said. “There are some sharp people in this room.” Dunn was impressed by Buchanan’s leadership of the program, and commented on his ability to select intellectual students, especially because six of the eight spoke Spanish. “I never expected this (kind of program) at Boise State,” Dunn said.
Making Connections
Before leaving, the Global Scholars worked with the Idaho Bean Commission to find contacts in Puerto Rico to meet up with while visiting. Executive Director of the Idaho Bean Commission, Andi Woolf-Weibye, accompanied the group. “It’s really a win-win for both Idaho to grow our marketing and for them to be able to be more self-sustaining,” WoolfWeibye said.
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Scholars met with many professionals, such as Tim Porch, Jim Beaver, Ed Baumgartner, John Hart and Juan Osorno. “(Various companies and contacts in Puerto Rico) were very giving in terms of their time and their expertise, and so there was a lot to be gained from those meetings,” Buchanan said.
Labor and Land Law Issues
Although Puerto Rico is a U.S. territory, many labor and land laws differ from the states. “A Puerto Rican can work 91 days, and then they can quit and file for unemployment and they can receive benefits for two years,” said junior international business and Spanish major Kelsea Malloy. Due to these stipulations, many farmers, such as Owner and Operator of 3rd Millennium Genetics Ed Baumgartner, find it hard to keep workers around, according to Malloy. Protecting fields is also a common issue for farmers and landowners. “If you want to keep your crop safe, you have to build a fence and you need to arm guards, because a huge percentage is stolen,” Malloy said. Horses in the area also pose a problem, because they have learned to stomp on water pipes in order to drink the fresh water. Baumgartner said it may take an hour to even realize there was a leak.
comed with open arms.” Although many Puerto Ricans speak English, there was a sense of gratitude toward the students being bilingual. “Everybody that I spoke to, I spoke to in Spanish, and they said, ‘Wow, we appreciate you coming here and speaking Spanish. We appreciate that you’re trying to help us,’” Malloy said. In addition to getting to know local residents, the group also was able to explore other aspects of Puerto Rican culture. “Several of us were able to
witness a Good Friday activity (in Old San Juan) at the oldest Catholic Church in the Americas,” Buchanan said. Students were also able to see unique geographic areas. “We went to the only rainforest in the U.S., including territories, and that was fascinating,” Buchanan said.
Making Progress
The Global Scholars intended to help the economy and the agricultural industry for Puerto Rico, by way of connecting them to the Idaho Bean Commission. “There’s a big—hopefully
down the road—benefit to Puerto Rico of helping them in their new push to redevelop agriculture,” Buchanan said. The current state of the territory is not ideal for the citizens. “(Puerto Ricans) are caught between being a country and being a state,” Buchanan said. “There are some advantages to that territorial status, but there are also disadvantages in that historically the United States has kind of ignored Puerto Rico.” Malloy also commented on this issue. “It’s nerve-wracking for the
Puerto Ricans to think that if they were on their own, they wouldn’t be able to have the United States to fall back on,” Malloy said. Overall, the trip is thought to have been very impactful, because students got first-hand experience. “What’s fascinating to me is to not just be dealing with very good students, but to see them do all the background work, and go down there and be exposed to so much more of the depth that they are not going to get in reading,” Buchanan said.
Exploring the Culture
Although many of the students were able to communicate with Puerto Ricans in Spanish, there was still a cultural boundary, but most experiences were positive. “Although there’s a little bit of tension (between Puerto Rico and the U.S.), a lot of people were really nice and looking forward to working with us,” Malloy said. “We were wel-
Global Scholars at the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.(Courtesy of Kelsea Malloy’s Facebook).
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NEWS
Bridge to Career: an innovative learning experience Zoey Nguyen Staff Writer
Bridge to Career, or B2C, is a program at the Boise State College of Innovation and Design that is designed to teach students practical skills to improve their professional performance as future employers. B2C courses help students find their edge and enhance their marketability to employers. “Our department recognizes that your major may not be the only thing you need to get a job or to move to your next employment after graduation,” said Gordon
Jones, dean of College of Innovation and Design. “Our belief is, by offering electives, B2C students can add a professional skill or get more awareness for an industry to both get hired and make a difference once they have started a job.”
Current courses
B2C’s current courses include five special topics that complement any major, with no pre-requisites required. One course, “Science of Happiness” teaches the concepts and the meaning of happiness, basis of mental health, as well as the power of social connections. “Hacking your Learning”
explores secrets behind illusions of learning, effective techniques into helping students master tough subjects and dealing with procrastination. “Negotiations” teaches the art of talking and compromises, which are essential skills not just in a professional but also a personal sense. “From Creativity to Innovation” shows students ways of thinking outside of the box and creative ways of problem solving. “Computer Programming” focuses on creating a mobile app without any professional knowledge in coding and actual programming.
All these classes are aimed to highlight the resumes of a future employee. They emphasize the practical side of professional performance, as opposed to textbook knowledge that is mostly theoretical. “You aren’t just sitting listening to lectures. You are involved in projects, role playing and experiential learning. My class’ students have been out identifying innovations that could create products and services. They’re developing skills and ideas; they’re going to embody and create,” said Jones, who teaches “From Creativity to Innovation.” “So you aren’t
just sitting around, you’re leaning by doing. We’re all about relevant education. We are a student centered program and our goal is to offer you our commitment so you walk away with real skills and awareness of an industry, jobs and life.” Not only are these courses run differently, but what students take away is also unique. “These two B2C courses have been different than any I’ve taken in college, because they’ve given me tangible, applicable skills and problem solving methods,” said B2C student Sienna George. “They also have taught me
that knowing yourself and having an understanding of others matter greatly right now.” B2C has had great success so far and the program is looking to expand.
Department expansion
The future plans of the College of Innovation and Design include maintaining the current courses and adding a few more, but not expanding drastically. “We’re going to have a set of classes that will always be evolving,” Jones said. “We aren’t going to grow to 100 76130 courses. We’ll keep it at a core 12 classes, but I think they’re the most important
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classes that students can learn from.” He believes early adopters of this program will be great beneficiaries, who can pass on the message and attract more students to sign up for them. Jones said the classes are a good use of tuition money and time, since they are focused on being a good investment for students’ degrees and building their capabilities toward employment. “We’ve asked and encouraged a lot of feedback from the faculty and the Career Center. We also talk to students, so that we have a better idea from all those groups what things are most needed,”
Our department recognizes that your major may not be the only thing you need to get a job or to move to your next employment after graduation
Jones said. B2C will launch a set of new courses this fall semester. Those courses are focused on practical skills and an innovative learning experience. Bridge to Career will add “Work U: Employer Academy” to the list of its existing class; it is a partnership with St. Luke’s Hospital, where students have an opportunity to observe the real workplace
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for academic credit. Another class introduced this fall is “The Innovation Mission,” which focuses on how and where entrepreneurial ideas come from. While a regular Finance class teaches financial concept from a business perspective, “Applied Personal Finance” will offer knowledge on being financially savvy with personal issues like
mortgage, leases, taxes and such. “Career Skills” is a course with a purpose to enhance professional behavior at a workplace, which includes teaching real life skills, useful to the future employment and professional career. “(The College of Innovation and Design) is focused on learning experiences that create skills for merging workplace for students,” Jones said. “We are passionate about what we do, so we will continue to tell about it to those who listen and I think students are going to help us build a better college experience.”
Gordon Jones, Dean of the College of Innovation and Design teaching a B2C class(Photo courtesy Gordon Jones)
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Opinion
There’s no need for conceal and carry permits Patrick Adcock News Editor
Carrying a concealed firearm isn’t a massive responsibility. I should be able to carry as many guns as I want under my coat because of a little thing called the constitution. People should be allowed to carry guns whenever they want, however they want, without any sort of training, just like the Wild West. When the Constitution describes “A well regulated Militia” it clearly means the militia should be regulated, not an individual citizen like myself. This is all possible now thanks to Governor “Butch” Otter, as he signed Senate Bill 1389, effectively eliminating the need for a conceal and carry permit in Idaho. This decision was intentionally made by Otter, despite his stated concern over the matter. “I am concerned about its lack of any provision for education and training of individuals who choose to exercise the right to concealed carry,” Butch stated in a letter to Obama concerning the bill. “Such a safeguard would seem to be part of the Second Amendment’s “well-regulated” standard. What’s more, the addition of a simple training requirement in this bill could have addressed the concerns of our valued law enforce-
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Governor “Butch” Otter signed Senate Bill 1389 eliminating the need for a concealed carry permit.(Photo courtesy Tribune Content Agency) ment leaders and others who cherish both shooting culture, and the safety of shooters and non-shooters alike.” Otter took these concerns about the bill’s relationship to the highest law of the land very seriously and solved them by encouraging those considering a concealed carry permit to take advantage of
gun safety opportunities. I’m sure this will be just as effective as requiring people to take those courses. If these incidents of recent gun violence have shown us anything, it is that we need less restrictions on firearms so we can stop those maniacs with one bullet. We can’t believe these
liberal media reporters telling us gun regulation reduces gun-related deaths, no matter how much “data” they claim to have or how many of them there are. Did we learn nothing from the climate change hoax? It’s hard to even understand why they are so upset about this new bill.
Anyone who could get a permit before can get one, they just don’t need to do any of the safety training or background checks, and it won’t even effect their liberal university gun policies. Governor Otter’s decision to allow Idahoans to carry concealed weapons is a milestone for Second Amendment rights. Can
you imagine how much safer we would be if places like New York and Washington D.C. allowed anyone to carry a gun? I want to say thank you to “Butch” for allowing me to sleep safely at night knowing anyone at any time could be carrying a gun without any training or education weighing them down.
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Feature
ACL tears becoming all too common Rylan Kobre
Asst. Sports & Rec Editor
Boise State student and sophomore art major, Camille Poynter, was looking forward to the start of her senior high school lacrosse season at local Centennial High School. That is, until she was one of the 200,000 annually who tore the vital knee ligament. “It was one of the first games of the season. I basically planted my foot, turned quickly and my foot didn’t turn with me,” said Poynter. The senior immediately knew it was an ACL tear because she heard the loud popping sound most injury victims hear at the point of devastation. According to the University of California San Francisco’s Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, athletes tear their ACLs over 200,000 times a year, and 100,000 ACL reconstructions occur every year. The ACL is one of four major ligaments in the knee, connecting bone to bone, that coordinates function and helps with stability. Currently, there are a variety of surgery options. But two of the most common options include taking autografts—bone or tissue from the person’s own body—from either the hamstring or patellar tendon. The third common procedure is an allograft— using another person’s bone or tissue— otherwise known as the cadaver. “It just depends on what each person wants and what each surgeon is used to doing. Most surgeons have a technique they prefer that they’re better at doing,” said Sherry Hutto, head athletic trainer for Boise State recreation. “One of our doctors prefers the patellar tendon autograft, but she’ll talk to the patients about their options and do differently if they want to.”
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The results for Poynter were a torn ACL and miniscus, and having to think about those surgery options we’re not something she planned on thinking about. “We hadn’t even started real games yet. It was really hard on me because I knew it was an ACL and I wasn’t going to finish my senior season,” Poynter said. “The end of your senior year is a really big time in your life and I basically had this crippling injury.” She reviewed her options from her doctor and decided on the hamstring autograft. “At first, I wanted the cadaver because there would be nothing else done to my body,” Poynter said. “My doctor determined, because I was younger, my hamstring was the best bet with my body adapting to it.” Poynter began physical therapy a week after the surgery was conducted—a slow and arduous process. Because she got the hamstring autograft, this also meant she needed rehab on the key back of the knee tendon as well. According to her, she has seen minimal problems with it since, just a smaller difference in her leg strength. About ten months from when the injury occurred, she could run at full speed again, but not without some resistance. “My knee feels stronger now, but sometimes I can still feel it shift in a way that is not right,” Poynter said. “I’m always conscious about how my knee feels. It’s been two years and this is my first season back on skis.” The hamstring and patellar tendon autografts are used more frequently than the cadaver because of the lessened likelihood for complications. “It is very individualized what you are going to choose for your treatment options. In general, it is better to use your own tissue because there is a lower risk of failure,”
Hutto said. The cadaver is one of the least frequent operations because of the high chance of re-tearing the ACL. Although the recovery time can be quicker and there is no need for rehab on any other part of the body, the long-term effects are much higher. Either way, one of the biggest challenges is keeping people on track during the postsurgery rehab process. “People see professional football players returning in six months and they think ‘I can do that’. The hard thing is educating people on their tissue,” Hutto said. “It needs this much time to heal; you can’t speed that up. We can make it the best environment for that to happen perfectly, but we can’t make that time go by any quicker. A lot of people don’t want to sit out that whole year.” Riley Wynne knows everything Poynter went through during her senior year because she went through it too. Ironically, the two are roommates now. The standout soccer player from Whitney High School in Sacramento, and current sophomore at Boise State, had the first of her two ACL surgeries happen in the summer entering her junior year. “We we’re scrimmaging the boys team. I was running across the field to slide tackle this guy and I stuck my foot out too far,” Wynne said. “My foot got stuck in the grass and he kept running. My knee just snapped.” Just like Poynter, Wynne felt the uncomfortable feeling in her knee as the ACL tore in half. “I didn’t hear it pop but you can feel cracking. Almost like pop rocks that are clumped up in your leg and then they just break,” Wynne said. “There’s just this shock that goes through your knee.” A common side effect that occurs after the injury is the ability to get up and walk
off the field. Wynne was able to get off on her own power and didn’t think the injury was to severe. “I overreacted at first, I was screaming after how bad it hurt but then I was like ‘oh why did I react like that, it doesn’t even hurt anymore,’” Wynne said. The diagnosis rang true to the initial pain—another torn ACL. Wynne would receive the cadaver method from her doctor because she was told it would be the fastest way to get her back on the field. She began her return about ten months later, but not without a changed style of play. “The way I would go into people was a little more cautious—or the way I’d position myself,” Wynne said. “Usually, I could just go out with my leg straight out and stop the ball. But after it happened, I would start to turn my leg inward so it was not as exposed.” About a month into resuming play, it happened all over again in the summer preparation for her senior season. “I went to go slide tackle this girl and my foot got caught,” Wynne said. “She fell and when I was getting up my leg twisted weird while she was still on my foot.” As Wynne looked at surgery options, she again went with the cadaver, but would not make it back on the field for games, ending her soccer career. But she wasn’t the only one on her team to make frequent trips to an orthopedic surgeon. After Wynne tore her ACL, seven other girls on her team did the same. The injury still limits her on a daily basis, and she plans to have another surgery sometime in the future. “My knee hurts all the time,” Wynne said. “I don’t feel like it went back to what it was at all.”
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70% of ACL injuries occur without contact 46% of surgeries on athlete related injuries were on the knee *Injury Prevention Journal 2010
200,000 ACL cases per year 100,000 ACL surgeries per year *University of California San Francisco Department of Orthopedic Surgery
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Culture
Seniors showcase their artwork at BFA Exhibition Jane Oring
Asst. Culture Editor
Over 20 graduate students will feature their capstone artwork in the upcoming Spring Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition. Art 490 senior exhibition students have been planning and promoting the event. Through this process, BFA students are introduced to coordinating an exhibition and showcasing their artwork. Before art 490 students are familiar with creating work, but not with presenting it to others in a gallery, according to photography major and featured artist Brian Angers. “Up to this point, we have always just processed our own work,” Angers said. “We never really worried about how we would deal with the aftermath of trying to hang it up in the gallery and organizing it.” After promoting the exhibition on social media and creating postcards and posters, the time has finally come for students to display their own artwork. For some, it is difficult to determine the value of their artwork. “We have to learn how to value ourselves, but also learn how to value the exhibition process,” said Kay Smith, senior illustration major and featured artist. Smith said the process of organizing an exhibition involves many different components, including promotion and other expenses people may not be aware of, like material quality. This semester has provided students with insight into how all these components can impact the exhibition process. There is no set theme, but the
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exhibition features a collaboration of various student pieces. Smith wants her artwork to convey how society plays a role into the way people mature within a culture. She used hairless felines to display her idea. “It will be interesting to see people’s reactions,” Smith said. “I want people to come and discuss the piece.” Other students use photography to tell a story. Angers was inspired from the “Dirty Jobs” television show where viewers get an insight into the worklife of others. His photojournalism series “Another Day in the Office” will be featured at the exhibition.
“I wanted to document people in their nontraditional office,” Angers said. For “Another Day in the Office,” Angers has documented the Meridian Police Department, Boise Firefighters, EMTs and various other people who have a unique work setting. Another featured artist, illustration major Andrew Watkins, was inspired from his own career in the military. His artwork features different day-to-day routine aspects of the military by creating motivational posters. “I created a piece that showcased the more mundane things that people have to do in the military and put a spotlight on
those,” Watkins said. “I made them look as though they were glamorous.” The show opened April 2 and runs through April 22 in the Liberal Arts Building and Hemingway Center. All featured artists will be attending the exhibition’s reception on April 8 from 6 to 8 p.m. where people can meet and discuss with the artists. Visual Arts Center Gallery Director Kirsten Furlong anticipates around 300 guests will attend the reception. “We have a story we want to tell and we tell our stories visually,” Smith said. “This gives us an outlet to share that story with a large group of people.”
BFA Exhibition runs from April 2 through April 22 Opening Reception: April 8 6 to 8 p.m.
(Left to right) Brian Angers, Kay Smith and Andrew Watkins will feature their artwork in the BFA Exhibition. (Photo by Devin Ferrell / The Arbiter)
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Culture
Boise State Microgravity Team accepts NASA challenge Karina Guadarrama Staff Writer
The Undergraduate Microgravity Research Team at Boise State has once again been selected to compete in NASA’s Micro-g Neutral Buoyancy Experiment Design Team, Micro-g NExT. The challenge is to create a tool NASA astronauts can use to collect three different samples from loosely adhered surface rocks, called float samples, in microgravity without cross contamination. The team has been working intensively to come up with a design since they were selected in December. Members had to apply and be interviewed to be on this year’s microgravity team. The team leaders Christopher Ruby, electrical engineer major, and Zachary Chastaine, astrophysics major, wanted the team to be composed of diverse educational backgrounds. The team took on more members this year in hopes of conditioning them to take over once others graduate. “We had to find a team of diverse backgrounds so that we have different ways of looking at things,” Ruby said. “We have five or six different majors on our team, and we all have different thought processes.” NASA challenged undergraduates across the coun-
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try to become innovators. This has caused the team to look at things from different perspectives. “As an electrical engineer major, I don’t know much about mechanical stuff. I had very little mechanical experience just from the the military. I learned things I would have never thought about thanks to the phenomenal mechanical engineers on our team,” Ruby said. According to Ruby, learning to work with a diverse group is an important skill to have because students don’t know what kind of job they’ll end up with. The microgravity team’s tool is currently in a fabrication stage. It is called Zero-g Operable Interplanetary Delivery Based ERgonomic Grabber 2.0, or ZOIDBERG 2.0. The name was inspired by a character from the show Futurama because of the way it collects samples. “The name for the tool was picked by the 2015 Micro-G team because it had a clamping motion which reminded the team of lobster claws,” Chastaine said. “This reminded the team of Futurama and Dr. Zoidberg. The 2015 team were all fans of the show and they decided to call it ZOIDBERG.” According to Ruby, six members of the team will take the design to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in
Houston the last week of April to have it tested in NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory. Along with their current project, the team has made a commitment to community outreach. They’ve facilitated STEM nights at local elementary schools where they presented the tool they built last year, and gave the students a similar elementary challenge to get them thinking like an engineer. “The name has actually been a big help because young students in K-12 programs we work with recognize the name and instantly get a sense of what the tool is doing,” Chastaine said. “They know Dr. Zoidberg and so it’s easier to explain what our tool is doing. We get a lot of kids making the ‘clack clack’ motion when we teach them about the tool.” Currently, the team is partnered up with Garfield Elementary School and Whitney Elementary School. The children are currently working on a Mars rover challenge through Idaho Tech, a competition sponsored by NASA Idaho Space Grant Consortium, ISGC. The team is helping them build their Mars rover to test it in a month in Twin Falls at an Engineering Design Competition, EDC, a competition for local elementary schools.
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Canine Companions for Independence help Boise State students Staff Writer
In the beginning of her freshman year, senior theater arts major Emily Goss dropped everything to fly to Santa Rosa, California for a two week on-site training to be paired with her canine skilled companion, Rapunzel, also known as Punz. Goss, 22, has occasional troubles with fine motor skills and keeping her balance due to mild cerebral palsy. “Punz is basically my extra hand when I need her,” Goss said. “She can hit the automatic door panels and she loves doing that.” Canine Companions for Independence, or CCI, is a nonprofit organization that specializes in placing “skilled (canine) companions” with those in need of some extra assistance.
Getting Punz
CCI is a high-demand organization. If Goss hadn’t headed to Santa Rosa when she got the call, she would have been placed on a waiting list which could take a few months to two years to get through. “When you get the call, you have to go,” Goss said. Goss had barely begun her college career, and was just getting settling into Boise State when she heard from CCI. Making a special trip in the middle of the semester to train with Punz and learn her commands was a challenge. “I was juggling her homework and mine at the same time,” Goss said. This was a unique opportunity for Goss because CCI typically requires a recipient
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of a companion be 18 years old to be paired. Goss was only 17 at the time. “My case was very rare,” Goss said. “They took me because they knew I was attending college and needed help quickly.” To assist Goss, Punz was taught more than 40 commands. “As the caretaker, you have to learn all of those within the two week period,” Goss said.
Having a CCI Dog
If Goss drops her keys, Punz can pick them up for her. Punz is good at working light switches and is helpful at getting doors opened and closed with “push” and “tug” commands. “She’s ridiculously strong,” Goss said. Punz works hard during the day, but in the evening she’s allowed some play time. Goss keeps a huge toy basket for Punz in the corner of her apartment. “When I take off her vest and gentle leader, she knows it’s play time,” Goss said. “Then she’s a totally different dog.” Though Punz came with a complete binder of information as an owner’s manual, she’s much more than just a helping paw. “Punz is a friend,” Goss said.
Raising CCI Dogs
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canines, CCI outsources help from citizens who become volunteer puppy raisers. Denise Kimpson, business major, is a volunteer puppy raiser for CCI. Kimpson initially became involved with the organization while her daughter attended Eagle High School and was assigned a service project in Spring 2013. Together they decided to become volunteer puppy raisers for CCI to complete the project. “We’ve been hooked ever since,” Kimpson said. Puppy raisers are responsible for socializing the puppies to all sorts of environments, sounds and smells. This helps condition the animal to be able to adapt to almost any situation when placed with a recipient. “They’re (CCI) always looking for volunteer puppy raisers,” Kimpson said. After 20 months of training, the now grown dogs are sent back to Santa Rosa to complete an additional six months of advanced training where they are evaluated on a monthly basis. During the first six weeks of advanced training, the dogs go through health and temperament evaluations to determine if they’ll become a skilled companion. “The current graduation and placement rate is about fifty percent,” Kimpson said. Dogs that don’t quite make
the cut to become a skilled companion are still capable of doing valuable work and are offered to other organizations for other types of service. Kimpson is also involved with puppy therapy. In the past, she’s participated in getting several of the CCI puppies to come to campus during finals week so students can take a break and breathe in between final exams. “Having the puppies visit relieves student stress and helps them relax,” Kimpson said. Kimpson and her daughter are presently raising their third puppy. Amy Moll, professor and dean in The College of Engineering, is also a volunteer puppy raiser. She has raised three puppies so far. Moll raised her first puppy eight years ago. She said after she raises a puppy and turns it in, she has a period of swearing she’ll never do it again because it’s hard to let the puppies go. “I always have to take a little break in between puppies because it always breaks my heart when I turn them in,” Moll said. “About a year and a half later I think maybe it’s time for another puppy.” Moll noted how having a puppy around, even in formal settings like a meeting can lighten the air and automatically bring stress levels down in the room. Moll has had students come by her office just to pet the dog because they are stressed. “You get to take a little lab puppy with you everywhere and that’s pretty dang cool,” Moll said. ”These dogs make a tremendous difference in people’s lives.”
Senior theater arts major Emily Goss sits with her CCI dog Punz. (Photo by Jeff Jackson/ The Arbiter)
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working with other people,” Tebo said. “You do learn about shooting and editing when you’re working on a project, but I think to (accomplish those tasks) you have to learn how to work together.” Currently Dead 8 has fivemembers and welcomes new ones. This tight-knit group has come to know each oth-
er and now considers each other friends. They help each other on projects outside of the club. “When you work in a group, you become friends after a short while. Then you all want to work together on projects outside of the club,” Tebo said. “They’re probably going to be at a much smaller scale because you’re going to be using limited resources, but you’ll have people who want to help you out on your projects.” Boise State’s resources have had a great impact on Dead 8 Production’s work. “The projects we do in film club can have a high produc-
tion value, which is really nice. We have access to a lot of equipment from the communication department,” Tebo said. “While you’re in college, you have access to all of these great resources.” Any media production student can pick up a camera and start shooting rather easily, but Tebo believes equipment and other resources should be taken advantage of. Once students are outside of academia and in the workforce, they won’t have access to these resources anymore. The Dead 8 Film Production Club meets every Friday at 12 p.m. in room 125 of the Communication Building.
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In the 1980s, eight film production students were members of a film club at Boise State. As the legend tells, they went out to the mountains to film their next big project. But, before they could, they died and never came back. This is how Boise State’s film production club, Dead 8 Production, got their name. There is speculation about whether this story is just urban legend. Regardless, for the last few decades, Dead 8 Production has served as Boise State’s film production
club. Will Tebo, vice president of Dead 8 Production, has been a member of the club for about three and a half years. He believes Dead 8 Production allows access to tools that wouldn’t be available in a classroom environment. “The short film that we are working on right now is a short horror movie,” Tebo said. “It’s going to be shot on film rather than digital cameras because we have the financial resources.” Tebo said the club allows for greater opportunities, like shooting on film, which is something not explored in
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LDS students gain perspective through missions
Caroline Campana Staff Writer
Sperling’s Best Places, a website which provides information on cost of living, schools, crime rates, house prices and religion, reports that 40.03 percent of Boise residents are considered religious and 15.8 percent consider themselves Latter Day Saints, commonly known as LDS. It is common for younger LDS members, like freshman communication major Navy Baker, to take time off school and volunteer for a mission. Their missions may be national or international. What is a Mission? According to Boise LDS Institute Director Craig Spjute, a mission involves working with local congregations all over the world. Missionaries aim to find, teach and baptize new members. Missionaries also try to strengthen new converts and local members by teaching them things they may have not known before. These missionaries also spend a lot of time engaged in community service. Cody Spjute, freshman general business major, served as a missionary for two years. According to him, missionaries are up every day by 6:30 a.m. and in
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bed by 10:30 p.m. They study the gospel individually for one hour and with their companion for another hour each day. “To me, it means you are willing to give up your time and talents to serve Jesus Christ. I loved my mission to Sweden in 1981. My ancestors are Swedish, and my father served his mission in Sweden,” Craig Spjute said. However, it’s not all work and no play. Missionaries are allowed one day off per week to take care of personal tasks like washing clothes, writing letters or sightseeing. Mission Preparation “Preparation includes a personal testimony of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, personal and family savings and a willingness to serve others,” Craig Spjute said. Baker is currently preparing to go on a mission. He will be serving in the Trinidad Port of Spain Mission. The mission is located in the Caribbean and Baker will be gone for a total of 18 months. “To prepare for my mission, I have been studying the Book of Mormon as well as the Bible,” Baker said. “I really tried to learn as much as I can about the doctrine I will be teaching to the people of Suriname.
I’ve also started learning basic Dutch.” Returning Home Cody Spjute served his mission in California at the San Diego Mission for two years. Being a basketball player, he made the decision to put going on a mission first and basketball second. “I had to put off schooling for two years, and since I am a basketball player, I had to give up on some schools who wanted me to come play for them,” Spjute said. Having returned from his two year mission, Spjute doesn’t regret anything. He said taking off school and going on his mission was rewarding. “It was hard and a lot of work, but it was so worth it—helping others and being able to share something that has blessed you and your family’s life,” Spjute said. Effect on College As missions generally begin after one has graduated high school, they can delay the start of higher education. “I will have to take time off of school,” Baker said. “It’s all a part of the sacrifice a missionary makes when leaving for his/her mission. History Professor Jill Gill said the young men and women who serve on missions feel that taking off school is not a
Freshman Cody Spjute served as a missionary for two years in California at the San Diego Mission. (Photo courtesy of Cody Spjute’s Facebook page)
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Sports & rec
Softball looks toward second half of season
Ali Roberts
Sports & Rec Editor
With the Boise State softball team currently holding a record of 10-27 in the middle of the season, one could see how the outlook for the season might be slightly bleak. But their recent victory against Colorado State on their home turf may point to a comeback according to Coach Cindy Ball. “Obviously, your expectations are to win. That’s different than what I expected. But I would say that we are a young group and there is still a lot of season left, and we could turn it around,” said head coach Ball. “We are really just one game away from really breaking this season open.” The campus team has kept a positive mentality, so far, refusing to let the rough season break their spirit, according to freshman criminal justice major, Rebekah Cervantes. “I think it helps us see how we are losing and what we need to improve on to win it,” Cervantes said. “Those last innings just get us. Those
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tough losses help us by gaining improvement for us so we use that, take it to practice, work on it and show it in the next series.” In their season so far, the Broncos have lost several games by a very slim margin. In these games the crutial scores came down to the final few innings. “We are really focusing on every inning and every pitch, and so where I want to see us is better than last year. I know we are better than last year, and I know we should finish somewhere at least in the middle,” Cervantes said. “Once we get over this hump we can start winning and start showing that we are better than they think we are.” The softball team may finally be getting over their streak of bad games after they went two for three against Colorado State on their own home field after losing three in a row to Fresno State on the Bronco’s home field. “We want to be competitive and play our game, we want to win the little things and we will get the big win once we’ve won those little
things,” said Ball. “We’ve just got to keep playing our game. We have so many highlights that we can’t look past.” As a freshman, Cervantes knows this is a sport where she and the team will grow as they continue to play together as a team. “It’s a learning experience, so it’s good to know how I can always improve and get better, because I’m not the greatest player but it shows me I can be the greatest player,” Cervantes said. Ball also expects the team to continue to improve throughout this season and into the next by taking one thing at a time and winning the smaller things in order to win entire games. “Next season I just think we really need to focus on winning innings instead of winning the whole game, and take it piece by piece so then we can win at the start instead of starting very low and trying to peak, then plateau,” Cervantes said. “So I think next year will be a year for improvements, because there’s nowhere to go but up.”
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Beach volleyball enters its third season with a bang
The 2016 Beach Volleyball team poses for their team photo at one of their first practices for the season. (Photo by Ali Roberts / The Arbiter)
Ali Roberts
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The Boise State beach volleyball team has entered its third year as an official team on campus and even though it is new, the team will be facing some of the top schools in the country and some tough competition away from home. “Some of the locations will be really tough. Like university of Hawaii is number two in the country right now; Stanford has great teams at their tournaments, so we are going to see some of the best programs in the country,” said head coach Shawn Garus. “Yeah, it may be a little intimidating at
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first, but we are actually going to work on some goal setting and making sure that we are ready going into this season.” For freshman kinesiology major Sabryn Roberts, after competition in the sport in her home state of California, she feels more than ready for the upcoming season. “I’m just excited to get out there and compete. I train at home every summer. I just like training because it helps my indoor training as well,” said Roberts. “I’m just excited to get out there and see what college beach volleyball is about.” Currently, the beach volleyball team is one hundred
percent identical to the indoor court volleyball team, allowing for both teams to train and compete year round. Even though there has yet to be any specialized students on the beach volleyball team by itself, Garus states he believes with how quickly the sport is growing, a specialized player will begin to come to Boise State. For senior general business major Sarah Baugh, who has been with the beach volleyball team since it’s introduction on campus, she is excited for the sport’s future at Boise State. “It’s been awesome, I’ve seen it from when I very first
got here my freshman year and not even having a beach program. Just the talent level and the girls that we have is just a whole new level of competitiveness, and drive that I think will get better as the years go on,” said Baugh. Baugh also states there are clear differences in the mentality and physicality between the indoor court and the sand ones. “I think the differences are that indoor are more position specific, where sand is you have to be good at everything, so it’s tougher. Outdoor is always a little harder conditioning-wise, indoor maybe not so much. I think it’s more mentally tough.”
This sentiment is echoed by Garus, who can see from an outside perspective what will be hard for players as they transition from being with a full team around them down to a single partner. “For some positions it’s very difficult, like if the player is a middle blocker that only plays in the front during indoors then the beach game can be really hard,” said Garus. “Also if you’re a setter that is not doing any attacking or passing that can be really hard, but then for other positions like our outside hitters and those that play all the way around, they usually transition quite well to beach. So it’s a little dif-
ferent for everybody.” The team has already taken off with a running start into their season beating Portland, Oregon and Stanford Universities respectively in their first meet of the season. The team will continue to face some of the highest ranked teams in the country as their season continues. “I’m excited to just put our team in a competitive situation against other great athletes to see how we respond,” said Baugh. “I think a great way to grow is to challenge yourself, and we are going to challenge ourselves week after week in the sand and see if we can get better.”
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