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Legend says a girl hanged herself in one of the rooms of the Communication Building and her spirit still haunts the place.
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As Halloween draws nearer, it comes as no surprise that spooky tales of chainsaw-wielding madmen and axe murderers are on the minds of Boise State students and faculty members. Boise, a curiously eerie city, has many ghostly locales, most of which are unbeknownst to those who don’t closely follow the path to the paranormal. Fortunately for the Ouija board lovers and ghost hunters in need of a scare this Hallow’s Eve, there lives an elusive spec-
ter named Dinah who has taken refuge in the Communication Building to the horror and delight of those who frequent its hallways. As the story goes, Dinah was a costume designer for the Theater Department in the ‘70s. At the time, the Communication Building was the standing Student Union and the costume shop she worked in was located upstairs. After an invitation to a school dance resulted in a rejection by her schoolyard crush, Dinah allegedly ended her own life in room 226. As the years passed, the mys-
tery continued to rise like a fog around her death. Accounts of goosebump-inducing sights and sounds began to spill from the lips of students. Instances of flickering lights, peculiar chalkboard writings and mysterious giggling seemed to confirm Dinah’s presence in the building, but like any good ghost story, there’s still much refutation and skepticism. Communication Professor Marty Most denied having any experiences corroborating the haunting, but immediately saw holes in the claims that have been made. “I’d just spoil a good story
with facts like: no one has ever established that there ever was a person named Dinah who died anywhere near this building,” Most said. “However, some of my colleagues have a different take.” One of these colleagues is Professor Peter Wollheim, P.h.D., a believer and admirer of Dinah and her exploits. “For the record, the ghost Dinah and myself have been conducting a passionate but onagain/off-again romantic relationship since 1989,” Wollheim said. “Our poltergeist offspring continue to haunt the building and are responsible for the
photocopy machines breaking down immediately before each semester begins, the need for constant computer upgrades and video equipment failing just when student projects fall due.” As for administrative assistant Christine Peterson, the hysteria comes with the human desire to scare and be scared and the allencompassing Halloween spirit. “Is it true that we enjoy getting all squeemy inside when we indulge ourselves with tales of ghosts and goblins and things that go bump in the night?” Peterson asked. “Yup, I think we do.”
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WALL STREET —- After an announcement Tuesday morning that the company had lost more than 800,000 subscribers, Netflix’s stock fell 30 percent. Over the course of the day, stock prices fell another 35 percent. The past four months have seen Netflix stock drop 75 percent overall and analysts claim the company has not yet seen rock bottom, according to Reuters. This plunge was expected as Netflix has been reported to have extremely overvalued stocks for months, but hype about the company caused many investors to
ignore warning signs. Management decisions made by CEO Reed Hastings, mostly the split in the DVD mail business and the internet streaming, infuriated customers. Their company message board was filled with messages regarding the hike in fees for mailorder service with no additional services offered, but there was no response to the customers’ demands. The 60 percent price increase is unlikely to be rolled back—costs have jumped from $2.4 billion to $3.5 billion, making any subscription reduction impossible.
Occupy Oakland continues after arrests OAKLAND, CALIF. —- A scheduled march went on after many Occupy protestors were arrested as police raided the Occupy Oakland camp outside the town’s city hall, firing tear gas and beanbags into the encampment. Soon after, 170 people were removed from the camp. It had been in a plaza outside the city hall for more than two weeks. According
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PARIS —- A European Union (EU) summit meeting Tuesday made no significant decisions regarding solving the two-year euro crisis. The overall deal being discussed involves restructuring the large Greek debt, expansion of a bailout fund to keep Italy and Spain from following Greece into huge amounts of debt and injection of new capital into banks. Solutions have been promised many times over the past two years, but the only results
of these summit meetings have been make-shift answers that only put off the eventual collapse of the euro system, according to the New York Times. A meeting of the economics ministers of the EU was scheduled for Wednesday, but was canceled—mostly due to continuing negotiations with banks to reduce Greece’s debt situation. The focus of another Wednesday meeting is intended to be the Italian debt crisis. Prime Minister Silvio Berlus-
coni spent most of Tuesday locked up with members of both sides of the coalition government to write a statement of intent to present to the EU. The EU is demanding multiple reforms of the Italian government, including a higher retirement age for some fields and a cohesive plan on how to lessen the country’s 1.8 trillion euro debt. That is equivalent to $2.5 trillion and is among the highest public debt in the developed world according to Reuters.
Gaddafi buried in secret location LIBYA —- According to the National Transitional Council, Libya’s former dictator, Colonel Moammar Gaddafi, was buried in the desert before dawn on Tuesday at an undisclosed location. His son, Mutassim and his former defense minister Abu Bakr Younis were also buried Tuesday. All three were killed in the recent seige of Sirta. The funeral was attended by three family members, members of the National Transitional Council (NCT) and Muslim clerics who were loyal to the dictator’s regime. They were ordered to pray over the shroudwrapped bodies. The NTC is under severe international pressure to investi-
gate Gaddafi’s death and made a public announcement that they disapprove of any prisoners being hurt or killed. In a statement made to the Associated Press, they said “regardless of the hatred Libyans held for Gaddafi ... we did not want to end this tyrant’s life before he was brought to court.” This was the first time they had publicly denounced Gadaffi’s death. For the past four days Gadaffi’s corpse was on public display in a commercial freezer in Musrata, Libya. People were lined up out the door to see the former dictator’s corpse and confirm for themselves the man was actually dead. The rather gruesome display fea-
tured Gaddafi’s corpse stripped to the waist and thrown on a mattress. Bullet wounds in his chest, abdomen and head were clearly visible from the photographs. The unknown location of the burial was a decision made in hopes that it would prevent vandalism. Another concern was whether the grave site, if publicly known, would become a shrine and gathering place for people still loyal to the dead man. The idea of an undisclosed burial site is not a new one. There are other examples of this procedure for the disposal of potentially controversial corpses. Osama bin Laden, for example, was buried at sea.
BOISE —- Researchers in the biology department of BoiseState have developed a promising vaccine for staph infection. Testing was done on mice. Inhalation of the vaccine through the nose resulted in an increased immunity to staph infection in the mice. The proteins used in the vaccine were centered around a cholera toxin molecule. According to the study’s coauthor and assistant professor,
Juliette Tinker, “Staph is a very complex bacteria that has a lot of proteins on the surface that change frequently, so we picked one that seemed to be present in many of the strains of staph. We knew only incorporating one or two proteins into a vaccine wasn’t enough, we needed many.” The research team now plans to do a much larger study with mice in order to continue to observe the effects of the vaccine.
BOISE --- The 28th Frank Church conference will focus on the Arab Spring today in the Simplot Ballroom in the SUB. This is a phrase used to describe the uprisings, revolts and protests that have been taking place this yearacross the Middle East and Africa in places such as Egypt, Libya and Syria. Lecturers include diplomats, activists and scholars. The executive director of the Frank Church Institute is Garry Wenske, Ph.D. and professor at Boise State. The conference is free and open to the public.
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Police here! Signs say you have heroin for sale? PORTLAND, ORE. —- Neighbors, frustrated by the lack of response to complaints about local drug dealers, went pro-active. Posters advertising “Heroin for Sale” with the house’s address were posted and police saw them. The advertising was just the prompt police needed to raid the place. They found a meth lab, heroin, marijuana and prescription meds. The six residents were arrested. The police didn’t know the neighbors had made the posters when they got the warrant, so the evidence gathered is admissable in court.
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Drunk driving is not only dangerous but can drastically affect your life for years afterward by providing obstacles for getting a job and by draining your bank account.
A good time gone bad DUIs are more than a costly ticket—they can end up costing more than a semester of college and decrease chances of getting a job after graduation. Amy Merrill Journalist Alcohol can impair good decision-making when it’s time to head home after a night of drinking. “The only thing that I considered when I left the bar was that my house wasn’t that far away. I had considered getting a ride from a friend, but I had work the next day and needed my car to get to work,” recent Boise State graduate Gary Doe* said. Doe was arrested for driving under the influence last April. This pattern of thought may sound familiar but there are viable and affordable alternatives worth considering such as calling a friend, walking or getting a cab. If you need your car in the morning, before risking arrest, you can call Buddies Designated driver. This company will take
you home and a second driver will take your car home so you can avoid being stranded in the morning. These options start looking attractive when compared to the potential alternative. Four people listed as students on BroncoWeb were arrested for DUIs last weekend alone, according to Ada County Sheriff ’s arrest report. Marten’s Law Office of Boise lists the following consequences commonly associated with a DUI: loss or suspension of license, large fines, substanceabuse treatment, jail or prison time, community service, restitution, criminal record and restrictive probationary license programs, including ignition interlock devices and Cinderella licenses, which are provisional licenses that make it illegal to be behind the wheel after midnight. “I spent in total about $5,000 with fees, legal advice and alco-
hol classes. I spent about a month and a half having to do Sheriff Inmate Labor Detail (SILD) work. I had to ask my friends for rides because you are not allowed to drive at all,” Doe said. Doe also had to attend a victim’s panel. Attendees were lectured on the bad choice they made to drive drunk and reminded they could have killed someone. They were also shown a slide show of babies whose deaths were caused by DUI drivers. In addition to the victims panel, Doe also attended two weekends of drug and alcohol classes. Judge-sanctioned consequences are just the beginning of the DUI aftermath. “My DUI ruined everything,” Doe said. Doe pointed out that the fees he paid cost more than one semester at Boise State. He said he graduated early because he was unable to afford another semester
of school. “I guess in reality I had to change my education plans because of my DUI,” Doe said. In addition to cutting his time short at college, Doe said he hasn’t been able to get a job after graduating from Boise State be-
cause he has to report his DUI on job applications. “No employer wants to hire you if you have any kind of criminal record,” Doe said. “In this economy you have to take what you can get.” Doe can attest that a DUI can
harm more than just the size of your bank account. To avoid being caught in a post-graduation jobless situation like Doe, just remember there are alternatives to driving drunk. *Source preferred to remain anonymous.
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People can meet their soul mate in many different places: the bar, the internet, the supermarket and often in college. Not only are there thousands of students to choose from at Boise State, there are also numerous professors potentially on the market. Many may say students shouldn’t enter into a romantic relationship with a professor, but I say why not? Just because a student-teacher relationship went wrong at the University of Idaho doesn’t mean every student-teacher relationship will end the same way. As long as the student is a consenting adult, there should be no problem with him or her carrying on a relationship with a professor. Kayla Hixson, a junior in political science, sees nothing wrong with these types of relationships. “I think it’s appropriate,” Hixson said. “College is a great way to meet someone special. Why limit it to only students especially when they (student and teacher) are both are adults?” If the professor and student take the responsibility to make the administration aware of the relationship and find someone else to do the grading for the students, there is no harm done. Prohibiting consenting adults from choosing who they can and cannot date isn’t right. You can’t tell someone who they can be attracted to—it’s ridiculous to expect teachers and students not to pursue a relationship if they fall for each other. Heidi Reeder, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the communication department with an expertise in gender studies and relationships. She doesn’t believe these relationships should be prohibited so long as there are guidelines and rules. “When we prohibit things it becomes taboo and more exciting to some people so we’re setting them up for failure,” Reeder said. “Personally, I would feel uncomfortable if it became a norm but I can accept that there may be rare circumstances that this is where they happen to meet the love of their life.” It’s agreeable that students and teachers should have certain guidelines to follow in case they do decide to date but outlawing these types of relationships is taking away the rights of both parties to make their own decisions. As long as they keep their relationship outside of the classroom and don’t make other students uncomfortable, it shouldn’t present any problems. A tragedy that happened at U of I shouldn’t change the policies at Boise State. There will always be pitfalls in relationships no matter who is involved. So trying to make the point that a student dating a teacher has too many downfalls doesn’t make sense because all relationships have downfalls. It seems easy to judge these people but no one can judge how one person feels about another or the type of situation they are in. A great part of freedom is having the right to fall in love with or date whoever you choose. When both parties are consenting adults then all that should be said is, “Congratulations on the new relationship!”
Boise State has a procedure in place which regulates but does not preclude romantic relationships between students and professors, which is a level-headed, realist approach to the topic. However, this policy could be simplified with a universal understanding of forbidding these relationships. This simplification is in the better interest of the university. Banning student-professor relationships would encourage a professional relationship rather than one that could be complicated with the issues sexual relations cause. But an ethical issue different from the practical issue may also arise. Elizabeth Morgan, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology stated that she felt “There is a power differential between a student and a professor that facilitates the exploitation of students and compromises the ability for the student to provide consent to and within the relationship.” “It is wrong for students to sleep with there professors,” said Kameryn Williams, a student majoring in computer science. Relationships need to be banned out right. When a person in an authority position enters into a romantic relationship with one of their subordinates, the potential for abuse of power is much higher than in other circumstances. In a study published on student professor relationships in 2005 by Marcia Bellas and Jennifer Gossett of the University of Cincinnati, it was found that students who had been involved in sexual relationships with their professors “almost uniformly favored prohibiting consensual relationships when a supervisory relationship exists” though they had “generally positive” views of their own relationships. Boise State University policy states: “These relationships give rise to the potential for conflict of interest, favoritism, and bias and therefore undermine the real or perceived integrity of the evaluation or supervision given.” But it goes on to allow such relationships if the proper authorities are notified and “evaluation” is handled by a different party. Though this is a pragmatic policy which recognizes that student-professor relationships might arise and puts a mechanism in place to deal with such issues, the policy is open to abuses that strict prohibition wouldn’t allow. For example, even if another professor handles the grading, a perceived bias might still have an adverse effect on classroom interaction. This situation would damage the learning experience of others in the class, a problem that is likely unavoidable other than through prohibition of the relationships entirely. The horrible incident earlier this year at the University of Idaho is a clear example of the dark potential of studentteacher relationships. A relationship between a graduate student and a (former at the time of the incident) psychology professor led to an apparent murder-suicide in August. Tragic events such as this one can arise form any relationship, but the effects of them happening are much more damaging in the case of student-professor relations. In this context, what would normally be a misfortune on a personal level is now something that the University of Idaho is forced to deal with as well. The public relation fallout would have been mitigated if the U of I had a policy in place that forbade student-professor relationships because insinuations of fault could be deflected by an appeal to the policy. It just isn’t a good idea to let the potential of unethical behavior, manipulation, awkward classroom interaction and potential human or public relations disasters occur. The best way to avoid this problem is simply to mandate that these relationships not be allowed.
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Prisons, pumpkins, mazes! Oh my! Jereme Curtiss Journalist Take advantage of all Halloween has to offer this year with attractions ranging from torture chambers at the Haunted World to a mechanical bull at Linder Farms. Whatever your interests, you’re sure to find something to your liking. Boise is a city very much steeped in Halloween spirit. Whether it be on the outskirts of Meridian or in the heart of the old prison, ghostly figures and fanataics gather together every Halloween to celebrate all things spooky and bizarre. Corn mazes, dance parties or the more family oriented hay ride and apple cider await those ready to brave the cold weather and malicious spirits on this year’s All Hallow’s Eve.
Farmstead Corn Maze & Pumkpin Festival Located at Eagle road and I-84, the festival features an 18-acre corn maze. There is a pumpkin patch with 30 varieties of pumpkins, gourds and Indian corn. Other attractions include pig races, hayrides and pony rides. The Farmstead also features the Field of Screams, which is open Fridays and Saturdays from dusk to 11 p.m. The Farmstead is open through Halloween. Their hours of operation can be found on the website. They are closed on Sundays. Admission without a Scream Pass is $10.95 and includes the corn maze and all other activities. Scream Passes are $15.95. For more information, call 922-LOST or email at maize@ farmsteadfestival.com.
The Haunted Woods Presented by the Eagle Volunteer Fire Fighter’s Association, the Haunted Woods is a mile-long path through a haunted forest filled with various frights. Hours are from dusk until 11:30 p.m. on Sunday and Monday. Admission is $10. The Haunted Woods is located in Merril Park in Eagle. For more information call 854-7536 or visit eaglefire.org. With the wide the variety of attractions to choose from, this Halloween can be a memorable one. Biology and secondary education major Sean Conner said he recommends that students don’t close themselves off this Halloween season. “Go out and try to enjoy the great activities and attractions that Boise has to offer instead of just going to a friends house and partying,” Conner said.
The Haunted World Patrons can navigate their way through a series of scary attractions at the Haunted World, such as Gristle’s Corn Field, Jigsaw’s Stanky Cellar, Cannibal Lecter’s Carnival of Pigs and much more. There are two additional areas at Haunted World. Skullvania is a haunted asylum where patrons must maneuver through each of the rooms successfully to advance. There is also a 15-acre corn maze. “If I can find time between all of my tests, I’ll be going to the Haunted World for sure,” sophomore general health sciences major Christa Carreras said. “It’s the scariest of the events and you get your money’s worth.” Admission is $18 and covers all three areas. Haunted World hours are Monday through Thursday from dusk to 10 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from dusk to midnight.
The Old Idaho Penitentiary Idaho’s Old Penitentiary is hosting Frightened Felons, Friday and Saturday from 7 to 11 p.m. Entertainment for the night will include the Boise-based comedy duo the Fool Squad, live music, actors portraying past inmates and an exclusive performance of the “Thriller” dance. Costumes are encouraged. Friday night is Family Night and is recommended for kids ages 8 and up. Saturday is reserved for those ages 16 and older. Identification is required for anyone who wants to participate in the beer garden. Admission is $15 at the door, and $12 in advance. Tickets are available online or at The Old Idaho Penitentiary. For more information call 334-2844.
Linder Farms Like the Farmstead, Linder Farms also features a large corn maze, as well a 20-acre pumpkin patch. Some of their attractions include hayrides, a petting zoo, a mechanical bull and laser tag. Adult admission is $3 for the farm only and $10 for both the farm and maze. Their hours are Monday through Thursday from 4 to 9 p.m., Fridays from 4 to 10 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and they are closed on Sundays. Their haunted corn maze, Trail of Terror, is open Monday through Thursday from dusk to 9 p.m. and Friday through Saturday from dusk to 10 p.m. Admission is $10. Linder Farms is located at 7165 S. Linder Rd. in Meridian. For more information, call 371-0222 or email at info@ linderfarms.com.
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Adam and Eve Trick-or-treating with your boo this Halloween? Adam and Eve are the perfect Halloween duo. Start by covering sacred areas of your body with a wrap or swimsuit then drape and wrap leaves around those areas. The easiest and most efficient way to make coverage of leaves is buying thick bendable wire and intertwining the leaves into the wire. Wrap the wire around your upper and lower body. The cost for both costumes is around $20.
stand Natalie Craig Journalist What’s not to love about Halloween? Dressing up, partying hard or for those still trick-or-treating, getting hyped up on sugar. This holiday gives everyone a chance to be something different from our every day lives. With an array of costumes to choose from, sometimes it is easier on your wallet to stick with classic ideas and do it yourself. Whether you will be sporting toilet paper or leaves and sticks, put a unique touch on your costume by designing your very own look. Dressing up as a pop culture icon is always popular and can be a perfect costume on a budget. Since it’s starting to get cold outside, swimsuits are on sale which makes the perfect Lady Gaga costume. Pair your interesting swimsuit with a blazer that has shoulder pads, add some blinged out shades and your GaGa couture. For the guys who want to save some cash: take your shirt off and get a spray tan, now that’s a “Situation.” In real life, the last thing anyone wants to be is a one night stand. But not this Halloween; dress up as a nightstand for the ultimate double take and double meaning. Start with a cardboard box, cut holes in the top and sides of the box for the arms and head. Take the bottom of the box and cut legs into them to achieve the nightstand look. Draw the drawers with a Sharpie on the front of the box. Tape some lotion and condoms on top and drape a bra or T-shirt on the nightstand, and literally, you’re a one night stand. This creative costume will only cost you $8, including the condoms. There is no excuse to get stuck in a rut this Halloween because you don’t have the time or the cash. Run to the store, pick up these supplies and you have pulled off a last minute Halloween costume that will turn heads. Happy Halloween!
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His &Hers between $15and $50 Who goes to college and doesn’t know how to make a toga? Well apparently, they can be a challenge to make. Start with five yards of fabric or a bed sheet; drape one side over your shoulder and the other end around your waist and legs. Wrap the fabric around
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your body until the toga is fitted. The two pieces of fabric can meet at the shoulder to be tied in a knot or they can come together in the back. Secure loose fabric with safety pins or fabric tape. Use safety pins to creat cool pleats and designs in your toga. Take gold wire and
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some faux leaves and branches and intertwine them to create the perfect Grecian headband. Depending on the fabric you choose, including the wire and headband, this Halloween costume can cost anywhere from $15 to $50, but this costume can also double as your ticket
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to a future toga party. Making a classic costume with your own twist can be the ultimate money saver this Halloween. Take the average mummy costume and make it sexy by covering your cleavage and pelvic area with toilet paper. Coverage underneath the toilet paper such
as a bikini or shorts will make this Halloween costume more functional. Add a smoky eye or black makeup streaks down your face to achieve a fierce mummy look. With the total cost of this costume at $8 you can look sexy and still have a wallet full of cash.
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Sophomore Cloei Bender performs a stunt as apart of the cheerleader advanced routines. The Broncos practice everyday in the Caven Williams indoor complex.
Behind the glitz and the glam Go beyond the sidelines to see the hard work that goes into the BSU cheerleading program John Garretson Online Sports Editor Monday mornings: synonymous with sluggish starts to the week and reluctance to anything work related. The football team is walking into a bye week after a 37-26 win over Air Force and the average Bronco student can barely keep an eye open during the early morning lectures. However, Monday mornings go a little bit differently for the Boise State cheerleaders, but the word lethargic doesn’t quite describe it. Just getting out of class, the cheerleaders rush to the Keith and Catherine Stein Band Hall
to get changed and ready for practice. Even with a victory on Saturday, the co-ed squad is not allowed a relaxing Monday. Mondays are columned for conditioning, but with the team holding a local stunt clinic at the Wings Gymnastic Center, consistent knowledge and practice of routines is the name of the game. And in this game, mistakes are not tolerated. That Monday morning practice is a microscopic example of what the team does for five days a week, three hours a day, all season long. With cheerleading comes the balancing act of schoolwork, traveling, appearances at local hospitals and nursing homes,
jobs and keeping the health and welfare of their bodies in check. “It’s very exhausting to be a cheerleader,” senior Shelby Stephens said. “We have practice everyday, games on the weekend; we’re gone for three days at a time. I’ll have graduated in four years, I’m double majoring, I work two jobs, I do a lot of stuff. Especially in the fall it’s the hardest.” The general who is calling the shots for the team is Head Coach Christine Moore, who presents herself on a personal level to her athletes with a charismatic charm, but when things need to become serious, the bubbly personality quickly shifts into a stonewall of professionalism, criticism and re-
spect. Her booming voice quickly turns the socializing cheerleaders at the beginning of practice into attentive athletes, adhering to her every word. A squadron of soldiers ready to follow their commander’s orders before stepping foot into battle. “These kids work really hard. They come from all walks of life, all over not just Boise. They work hard for me, they work hard for this university, they put in a lot of time and hours. Appearances, community service, stunt clinics. A lot of things besides just going to school,” Moore said. Moore’s designated team captains, or as sophomore Grady Carlton calls her “front line of
defense,” consists of Carlton, Stephens, seniors Kass Landry, Kali Oda and Chelsea Renk. These are the head coach’s eyes and ears. The captains are there for guidance and support as well as the critics and examples for the team to look to, which helps create a healthy balance of coach-athlete interaction. “As a captain you just want to keep the team as a whole as possible, keep it fun,” Landry said. “Not everyone gets to say they cheer for a nationally ranked football team. Just keeping it positive and looking to win nationals for a third time in a row.” The football team is not the only nationally recognized athlet-
ic team on campus, the cheerleaders themselves are two-time USA national champions. The cheerleading event is held in Anaheim, Calif. annually and because they compete against marquee schools such as USC, UCLA, Kentucky and ASU, there’s a reason for their backbreaking practices—losing just isn’t an option. “People underestimate cheerleaders. We’re more than just a pretty face. We definitely put in our time and blood, sweat and tears,” Oda said. So, the next time you look down on the blue turf at a football game, take a second thought on just who the Boise State cheerleaders really are.
A hazy day Only in Vegas
Women’s golf persists through dreary weather Nikki Hanson Assistant Sports Editor The Boise State women’s golf team concluded its fall season with a ninth-place finish after battling the elements. Junior Hayley Young and sophomore Jenna Leurquin each posted top-25 finishes to lead the Broncos in their venture. Young carded a 233 (+20) to finish tied for 19, her third top-25 finish in four fall season tournaments. She now boasts 10 career top-25 finishes, tied for ninth-
most in school history. Leurquin ascended the leader board following a final-round 76 (+5), finishing in a tie for 23. Her gallant effort marked her firstcareer top-25 finish. After missing the top 25 by a mere stroke at Price’s Give ‘Em Five Intercollegiate, Young was looking to return to the top 25 for the third time in four tournaments this fall season, an added incentive to finish the tournament with her name at the top of the leader board. The Broncos posted a team score of 947 (+30), once again
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saving their lowest round of the tournament for the last day (314). The women are clutch players and proved that in their final round. Finishing off the final round Bronco scorecards were junior Lori Harper (238 (+25), senior Maria Santisteban (243, +30) and redshirt junior Michelle Gooding (252, +39). The Memphis Fall Invitational was the final event of the fall season for the Boise State women’s golf team. Boise State will continue their 2011-12 season next spring, beginning March 12 to 13 at the Fresno State Lexus Classic.
Hume wins tourney, heads to national finals John Engel Journalist
For Bronco men’s tennis senior Damian Hume, what happened in Vegas, definitely isn’t staying in Vegas. Last weekend, Hume completed a miraculous run to win the ITA Mountain Region Championships single title, all while winning seven straight sets and outscoring opponents 85-30. Hume will now be sent to the USTA/ ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships Nov. 3 through 6 in Flushing, N.Y. Hume started the weekend as the second seeded player in the regional tournament and the 63rd ranked player in the country. He stayed atop the rankings by going undefeated in straight sets and toppling the 81st ranked singles player in the country, Jadon Phillips of the New Mexico Lobos (6-1, 6-3). Phillips defeated Hume in a tiebreaker in the third set last season, 7-5, 6-7, 10-5. “He had taken out two of my teammates, so I wasn’t too happy about that,” newly crowned champion Hume said. “I came
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in the midst of a budding rivalry in the Mountain West. Along with defeating Meredith in straight sets, Phillips, paired with Philip Anderson, defeated the Boise State doubles duo of sophomore Andy Bettles and junior Scott Sears, 9-7 in the quarterfinals of the doubles main draw. “The whole conference is going to be tough, but New Mexico and this thing with Phillips is big. It’s uncanny that his one guy has such a rivalry and connection to us; it’s kind of like the joker and batman,” Patton said. Now one of Boise State’s most prized men’s singles players, Hume wasn’t even recruited at the beginning of his college career by Boise State. Patton noted that the only reason the program caught wind of Hume was because their last regional champion, Joli, went to the national competition where Hume was also competing for the lower division’s “Super Bowl” of sorts with Collin College in Austin, Texas. “Because of that tournament, we found out about him and now to take him back in blue and orange, it’s like a gift from God,” Patton said.
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into the match knowing exactly what I wanted to do. Every single point I played like it was match point.” Hume defeated Enej Bonin of Denver University to reach the finals in what Head Coach Greg Patton called, “One of the most incredible games of the tournament.” Bonin tied Hume in the second set at 5-5, followed by a 15-minute battle to grab the 11th game. Hume eventually won both sets, 6-4, 7-5, to head to the championship. The Broncos nearly had a friendly championship match between Hume and Boise State junior James Meredith, before Meridith fell to New Mexico’s Phillips, 6-2, 6-2. Despite a magical run in Las Vegas, Hume isn’t the first Bronco to bring home a regional title. In fact, he is one of four men’s singles players for Boise State to capture the title in the last five years. Among him are fellow title holders Luke Shields (2007), Clancy Shields (2008) and Vincente Joli (2009). New Mexico and Phillips continued to give the Broncos problems throughout the tournament
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