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October 14, 2013 • Issue no. 01 Volume 28
Boise, Idaho
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Students roll out creativity Students use woodblocks, ink, steam roller to create Dia de Los Muertos art
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Throughout the day on Oct. 12, Boise State student printmakers with the fine arts department partnered alongside Wingtip Press and the Idaho Historical Museum in order to celebrate Dia de Los Muertos (day of the dead). These printmakers are working in accordance with their integrated service learning requirement in their upper-division printmaking courses, which entails providing service hours with students from three local schools in the Treasure Valley;
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Foothills school of arts and science, Fairmont Jr. High and Nampa High School. The student printmakers were assigned responsibility of designing 4-by-4 to 4-by-8 foot blocks, and then with their service hours, were put in charge of helping students from the three partner schools to construct the print blocks. The printing of artwork itself was on bed sheets donated from hotels around the Treasure Valley, as well as a variety of Boise State campus dormitories. The sheets will be used as banners for the upcoming Nov. 2 Dia de Los
Muertos procession. Kam Kelley, senior fine arts major, described his admiration for the event and for the purpose it served. “I think that this event being a printmaking event is an exciting way to get the public involved in this type of art form,” Kelley said, “We get to demo, talk with people and inform them of what we do and hopefully inspire new printmaking artists.” Jill Fitterer, associate professor for the art department and head of the printmaking program, described the benefits for her students combining their projects with service-learning.
“I think the students are really gaining an awareness of what it means to be working as an artist in the community and learning ways they can actually connect with the community,” Fitterer said. Fitterer went on to describe the goal behind having her students work in accordance with service learning. “The purpose is to emphasize civic engagement and expanding their reach in the community,” Fitterer described. Kelley echoed Fitterer’s earlier comments. “I think that getting our practice out there into the public and getting people involved
with the holiday and the process of the work we produce is a major goal not just for us or Boise state, but for the holiday and art as a whole,” Kelley said. With a staff of well over 20 people, food, art, education and music was driving the heartbeat of the event. Boise State printmakers sought to bring a community together with their craft. The steam-rolling event began 10 years ago by print maker James Bailey from the University of Montana who was initially invited to Boise State to teach a workshop on printmaking.
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The Planned Parenthood Project visited Boise State spreading its message against Planned Parenthood on Friday Oct. 11. The group displayed banners with statistical information about Planned Parenthood, and spread 915 crosses on the lawn, symbolizing the 915 abortions performed by Planned Parenthood every day. The statistical information displayed in the quad was gathered from Planned Parenthood’s 2011-2012 Annual Report. The project is headed by the national organization, Students for Life of America (SFLA). The Boise State sanctioned pro-life club, Abolitionists4Life, is affiliated with SFLA and hosted the project. Members of the organization distributed pamphlets throughout the quad about Planned Parenthood. Overall, students responded civilly to the organization either taking the materials or refusing politely. Rebekah Barnes, SFLA northwest regional coordinator commented on how the message has been received at Boise State and other universities. “Actually I have been really impressed with the amount of dialogue this display has brought about. I think that no matter what side of the fence you are on as far as being pro-abortion or anti-abortion, we are able to dialogue about Planned Parenthood and their ethics,” Barnes said. According to the SFLA website, 79 percent of all Planned Parenthood facilities are located within five miles of a college campus. Check back in Thursday’s edition of The Arbiter for full length coverage.
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Imagine a bus is zooming through the streets of Barcelona late at night. Two Americans immediately identify each other. The obvious question is posed. “Where are you from?” The first responds, “New York.” The second, “Boise,” followed by silence. The New Yorker replies, “You’re going to have to remind of where that one is again.” Boise lies at the bottom of the foothills and is a stage for various outdoor activities while still providing an urban lifestyle with its downtown area. People may not know where Boise is but, once they come, they often stay. Julie Lane works in the communication department at Boise State. She has studied and worked in a range of cities such as Dallas, Washington D.C. and Chicago before coming to Boise where she has
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been living and working for the past four years. “It’s definitely smaller than those places I’d been before, but there is lots to do still,” Lane said. According to Lane, despite its small size there is still a true downtown area. The traffic isn’t bad and there are a lot of opportunities to get out and be active. “There are such great restaurants here which, having lived in Chicago, is saying a lot,” Lane said. Boise offers varying cuisines including Indian, Thai, Afghani, Argentinian and Mediterranean. Professor Alex Punnoose from the physics department has been at Boise State for 11 years. Punnoose is originally from Kochi, India. Throughout his 11 years of being at Boise State he has witnessed a significant growth in the research department. “For me to be a part of this growth process, to contribute
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to this, was very exciting,” Punnoose said. Punnoose has also found Boise to be a very family friendly city, so for him this a great city to raise his three children. Just last year Forbes Magazine voted Boise the second “Best City to Raise a Family” in the nation. However, Punnoose would like to see a bigger contribution towards education from the government and the community. “I would like to see students able to spend their time for preparation for their classes,” Punnoose said. Associate professor of French, Jason Herbeck had never been to Boise before accepting the job at Boise State nine years ago. Herbeck finds that at Boise State he can be very flexible in his research. When expanding his research he was greeted with encouragement from his colleagues as
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opposed to discontent, something that he did not experience at other universities. Herbeck has many good things to say about the city as well. Having previously lived in New York City, he finds Boise a
good change of pace. “I think it’s the perfect size,” Herbeck said. Herbeck appreciates the range of cultures that can be found in Boise. From the art museum and galler-
ies to the theatre houses and dance troops, Boise is filled up to the brim with cultural possibilities. “I’d like to see even more diversity in the population,” Herbeck said.
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Boise State employs many professors from across the globe.
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