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on the blue with one interception and three tackles. Linebacker Tommy Smith lead all Broncos with seven total tackles. “The coaches put together a good game plan,” Smith said. “Everyone was playing fundamentally sound defense. Overall we just played a heck of a game.” Despite finishing the home schedule strong on the blue, the season is far from over for the Broncos. Next week, Boise State will challenge Nevada for the rights to the Mountain West Conference crown. Head Coach Chris Pe-
teresen anticipates a difficult challenge in Reno and believes his team is making necessary strides to defeat the Wolf Pack. “We’ll find out in two weeks if we’re where we want to be. We’ll have a good test over there. We’re making progress,” Petersen said. Boise State has become reliant on their defense, as well as a dependable running game, to defeat opponents in the 2012-13 season. Despite the deficiencies in Southwick’s skill set, however, Petersen believes the quarterback is more than ready to lead the
Broncos to a conference title. “It always starts with the pass protection. I think Joe’s been doing a good job and he sees things out there really well. He can sniff out blitzes and he can see those things. He’s making strides,” Petersen said. Anything less than undefeated is normally considered a disappointment in Boise, but the Broncos are focused on winning this year’s Mountain West title. With continued improvements this coming week in practice, it will be difficult to stop Boise State from obtaining their goal.
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After six years as a member of the Boise State football team, senior running back D.J. Harper knows a thing, or two, about senior day. On the Broncos’ first play from scrimmage, Harper weaved through Colorado State defenders on his way to an 80-yard touchdown run. Harper finished with 107 yards and two touchdowns on the ground in Boise State’s 42-14 win over Colorado State. Redshirt junior quarter-
back Joe Southwick completed 17 of 20 passes for 216 yards and two touchdowns through the air. “That’s exactly what I was hoping for. I told myself, ‘All right let’s make something happen on your last game on the blue,” Harper said following the win. The Broncos dominated in every facet from the kickoff, taking a 35-0 lead over the Rams in the first half. Boise State’s defense, one of the only consistencies this season, limited Colorado State to 229 total yards of offense in the win. Senior cornerback Jamar Taylor finished his career
After nearly 30 years of planning, environmentally-friendly geothermal heat is now flowing on the Boise State campus. Extending geothermal service across the river to Boise State has been a primary goal since the city’s system began operating in 1983. Boise Mayor David Bieter, along with Boise State President Bob Kustra and officials from Congressman Mike Simpson’s and Senator Mike Crapo’s offices, took part in a ceremony to “turn on” the system Friday, Nov. 16, in front of the Micron Business and Economics Building. For the ceremony, heated water, turned down to about 110 degrees from a natural 170 degrees, was piped through the fountain in front of the building. The geothermal water is piped across the river underneath the Capitol Street Bridge and is used in several buildings on campus. “Powering our campus with geothermal energy reflects the university’s commitment to innovative solutions, environmental
stewardship and economic judiciousness,” Kustra said. “We are excited to be part of the expanded service network across the Boise River. The presence of geothermal will reduce our energy costs as well as provide hands-on research opportunities for our students and faculty in cleanenergy development.” Approximately 600,000 square feet of building space on campus are now heated by geothermal energy. The Administration Building, the Student Union Building, the Environmental Research Building, the Morrison Center, the Multipurpose Classroom Building, the Interactive Learning Center, the Math and Geosciences Building and the Micron Business and Economics Building are all connected to the system. “It’s wonderful to see the expansion of Boise’s geothermal system, one of our city’s greatest natural assets,” Bieter said. “By extending this clean and efficient form of energy across the river, we are helping
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A display shows how geothermal energy is used to heat campus buildings. Boise State become more sustainable, lowering its energy costs and making this rare amenity available to more private businesses. This project could not have been done without the partnership between the city, Boise State and our congressional delegation, and it demonstrates the kind of success that can be achieved by working together toward a common goal.” A majority of the funding for the project came from federal appropriations won through the efforts of Crapo and Simpson. Funds from both the Department of Energy and the Department of Housing and Urban Development were
used in the project. Thursday’s ceremony concludes the first phase of the Boise State geothermal extension project. Next summer crews will extend the pipeline further down University Drive. The final phase of the project will be completed in 2015 when the geothermal pipeline is brought over the Broadway Bridge and connected to the existing pipeline on University. The connection will close the loop on the Boise State system. The City of Boise has operated a geothermal district heating system since 1983. Natural geothermal water around 170 degrees is pumped from the ground
near St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center, distributed through the downtown area and re-injected into the geothermal aquifer near Julia Davis Park. The system now serves 81 buildings, heating approximately 3.8 million square feet of building space. Several buildings benefiting from this lowcost, environmentally friendly heating source are publicly owned, including the Federal Courthouse, City Hall, Boise High School and the Ada County Courthouse. In the course of a year, the system circulates more than 190 million gallons of water through approximately 13 miles of pipeline. arbiteronline.com
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Try Us On For Size TRiO rakes up Journalist, author to present Anrus Lecture High school students participating in Boise State’s TRiO Pre-College Programs will pick up leaf bags and yard tools for Rake Up Boise. “The students volunteer to help senior citizens and the elderly in our community, and they really enjoy it and look forward to it every year,” said Sue B. Huizinga, project director for TRiO. “The goal of the TRiO programs is to help high school students enroll in and graduate from college,” Huizinga said. “Students in the program earn leadership
and service-learning hours, and learn to be active in their community.” TRiO students have participated in Rake Up Boise for 10 years and this year, students from 20 area-high schools are participating. TRiO’s programs at Boise State serve individuals who either have a limited income or whose parents have not completed a college degree, or both. The TRiO programs are housed in the Center for Multicultural and Educational Opportunities in the College of Education.
‘Love Etc.’ examines stages of relationships The Boise State Women’s Center will present a film screening and discussion from at 6 p.m. Dec. 6, in the Student Union Hatch B Ballroom. Admission is free. “Love Etc.: Five Real Stories, One Big City” is a witty, poignant and humorous exploration of the universal stages of love, depicted through five real stories over the course of one year in New York City. Young, old, gay, straight--everyone has
experienced love and the joy and frustration that come with it. From teen romance to a decades-long marriage, newlyweds to a recent divorcee, and even a bachelor so frustrated in his search he chooses to have children without a partner, “Love Etc.” documents the intimate journeys of engaging characters who reflect the city’s diversity and takes an honest look at life’s most challenging pursuit.
Prize-winning journalist and author Timothy Egan will present the Cecil D. Andrus Lecture at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Student Union Jordan Ballroom. The lecture is free and open to the public. Egan will talk about the state of American politics in the wake of the 2012 elections. He also will discuss his latest book, “Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis.” The book focuses on one of the largest individual anthropological enterprises ever undertaken. When Curtis began his great undertaking in 1896,
Native Americans were at their low ebb, with a total population that had dwindled to less than 250,000. Curtis set out to document lifestyle, creation myths and language. He recorded more than 10,000 songs on a primitive wax cylinder and wrote down vocabularies and pronunciation guides for 75 languages. The result was his magnum opus, “The North American Indian,” a 20-volume text-andimage extravaganza published between 1907 and 1930 that was praised and then forgotten in short order. Curtis died alone, a pauper, in a small Southern California
apartment. Egan worked for The New York Times for 18 years as Pacific Northwest correspondent and a national enterprise reporter. In 2001, he was part of the Pulitzer Prize-winning team that wrote the series “How Race is Lived in America.” He has written seven books, including the National Book Award-winning “The Worst Hard Time,” a history of the Dust Bowl era in the 1930s, and “The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America,” a fascinating history of the devastating forest fires that swept across northern Idaho in 1910.
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Education + graduation = job Courtesy Cher Wada Koenig
Bronco Abroad: Embrace your inner tourist Last year’s Breaking News Editor Suzanne Craig chronicles her adventures while studying abroad in Sweden. The stereotypical tourist, clicking away on a camera while wearing a Hawaiian print shirt and sandals with socks, can be found anywhere. Maybe the Hawaiian shirt is traded in for an obnoxiously Swedish sweater, and the sandals are garishly colored rubber boots, but the principle is the same: Becoming a classic tourist, being willing to have yourself branded as an outsider from the moment you set foot off the train, takes a certain kind of courage. Thanks to some new friends, on a recent trip to Russia I was able to unleash my inner tourist. Pictures of utterly ordinary things, like a James Bond poster in the Cyrillic alphabet? Check. Paying a truly awful amount of money for a patch for my backpack? Check. Wearing plaid and stripes because I ran out of clean clothes? No. I was, thankfully, able to avoid that particularly ignominious fate. Fellow American Courtney Robinson, from Colorado, put the inner-tourist matter most poetically. “It’s going to be cheesy and awful, and I’m going to love it,” she said. The bags of “Love from Russia” type merchandise she carried only added to the proud declaration of her inner stereotypical tourist. Another outing, headed by Amber Russo, SwedishAmerican, presented an aspect of classic tourism I hadn’t realized. People’s reactions when presented with tourists are hilarious. Under Amber’s fearless leadership, we headed into the St. Petersburg metro network. The look on the face of the ticket attendant as she tried to explain how to buy metro tokens in broken English clearly stated, “In no way am I paid enough for this.” As a horde of exchange students descended the ridiculously long escalator, their inner tourists all started manifesting simultaneously. Locals watched in disbelief or ignored us, as we took pictures of the escalator, the advertisements, the students going up the opposite escalator and the janitorial staff. A theory developed; when faced with a tourist, locals avert their eyes pretending tourists don’t exist. In the last days of our stay in St. Petersburg, I asked fellow students to help me test this theory. We went to the store as if we were locals. No one stared at us or tried to speak English, so we counted it a success.
While working as an adjunct professor, Bailey Ross worked about 80 hours a week between several colleges, including Boise State. The numerous hours lasted about a year after receiving her master’s degree, until she was finally hired by Boise State to work as Assistant Director of Developmental Mathematics. Graduates can be hired to teach math immediately upon earning a bachelor’s degree in mathematics, since a lot of schools don’t require a master’s degree. Boise State is among those schools but since Ross had graduated from Boise State in 2010 with her master’s degree and had previously worked here, she was a preferred candidate for the position. “Most people don’t graduate from BSU and then get hired here (in the math department). For the higher jobs, like professors, professors usually graduate from
somewhere else, because there aren’t any doctorate programs at BSU,” said Ross who wrote her 80 page master’s thesis on Virtual Knot Theory. Before Boise State, Ross attended schools in California, Florida and then Kentucky. “It wasn’t just the academics that were different, it was the whole atmosphere,” Ross said. “When I came to Boise I was very pleasantly surprised at how much I fell in love with Boise.” Boise State had a large impact on Ross, and her students also experienced her love of teaching in the classroom. “All through high school I really struggled with math. I thought that I was one of those people who sucked at math and that was just how it was. It really kept me from pursuing a college education; I just thought I can’t do it,” said Allyson Crane a former math 124 student. “Coming back into college I was really intimidated. And then we had that 025 professor
that was really hard and so I was really nervous going into Bailey’s class.” Crane continuing to discuss Ross’s teaching style said, “I really appreciated her being able to present the information in a different way and relate to me and teach me in a way that would make sense. She worked with me for hours until I got it and that really impacted me and I realized that I can do it.” Ross, who advocates the advantages of taking math classes, went on to explain the perks of graduating from Boise State. “Part of the awesome aspect of being an alumna at BSU is that you get to be connected to what they call Bronco Nation. I still work here, but even if I didn’t work here, you have this special connection to everybody who’s gone to BSU and to everybody in Boise who loves BSU. It’s a nice hub for people,” Ross said. “BSU isn’t just a school for academics it’s also a place where people can come and develop relationships.”
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Shift on taxes masks divided Republicans Courtesy MCT Campus
When Republicans in Congress say they are willing to put tax revenues on the table in budget talks with President Barack Obama, that offer obscures a divide within their ranks that could thwart a yearend fiscal compromise. Most Republicans are willing to limit popular income tax deductions as part of a tax overhaul that also lowers rates a combination they believe will spur economic growth and eventually produce more revenue. But some are less enthusiastic about simply capping those deductions alone, even on upper-income households as Obama prefers, which would create immediate revenue that can be applied to a broad deficit-reduction package. Without explicitly drawing lines, House Speaker John A. Boehner, R-Ohio, has acknowledged that some revenues must be part of any deal if his party expects Democrats
to compromise on the other end of the ledger with cuts to Medicare and other entitlement programs. “To show our seriousness, we’ve put revenue on the table, as long as it’s accompanied by significant spending cuts,” Boehner said last week, as he and other congressional leaders emerged from their first post-election meeting with the White House. The talks are aimed at averting an economically destabilizing $500 billion in tax increases and spending cuts that would kick in at year’s end without a deal. The definition of “revenues” will prove key in the weeks ahead. “Traditional revenues to me means economic growth,” said Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., the incoming chairman of the House’s influential Republican Study Committee. “If you take away deductions, but you don’t couple that with lower rates, that would be a tax increase.” And that would be a deal the Republican congressman, and probably many other conser-
Suspect at large Amy Merrill News Editor
A suspect wanted by police investigating a report of a sexual assault which occurred on Sunday, Nov. 18 is still at large. The suspect was described at a light skinned male in his early 20s, with short dark hair and “scruffy” facial hair. On Monday, Nov. 19, a woman reported the assault to police saying she was walking near Manitou Street, south of University Drive when she was attacked and sexually assaulted by an unknown male between the hours of 11 p.m. and 12 a.m. Boise Police detectives believe the suspect may have been startled and ran off during the attack. At this time the detectives have not divulged any further information and re-
quest if anyone saw anything which may have been suspicious in the area where S. Manitou Ave and Belmont Street intersect on Sunday evening between 11 to 12 a.m. to call Crime Stoppers at 343-COPS, or text CRIMES, subject: Tip236. Individuals can remain anonymous and a reward of up to $1,000 is offered by Crime Stoppers for information leading to the arrest of the suspect. University Security and Police Department are also encouraging individuals to report any possible information associated with this or any crime near campus. Students can report suspicious activity on campus anytime through the University Security/Police Police Department Substation at (208) 426-6911.
vatives, would oppose. Obama has warned against the Republican preference for relying on economic growth alone so-called “dynamic scoring” in Washington-speak to generate more money. “What I will not do is to have a process that is vague, that says we’re going to sort of, kind of, raise revenue through dynamic scoring or closing loopholes that have not been identified,” Obama said at his own post-election news conference. “And the reason I won’t do that is because I don’t want to find ourselves in a position six months from now or a year from now where, lo and behold, the only way to close the deficit is to sock it to middle-class families.” For Republicans to even consider new revenue signifies a post-election shift for the party, whose leaders and rank-and-file lawmakers still maintain that Washington’s budget imbalances are a result of excessive spending, not its historically low levels of taxation. Revenues have been
mentioned in past budget battles, but they gained new prominence after Obama was re-elected promising a “balanced approach” of tax increases and spending cuts. As budget talks head toward the year-end showdown, the revenue debate is drawing scrutiny from anti-tax stalwarts on and off Capitol Hill. Grover Norquist, the president of Americans for Tax Reform, sparked a war of words last year as Congress considered whether closing a tax break for ethanol manufacturers constituted a tax hike if the new revenue was not used to lower other tax liabilities. Norquist said yes then, and he says so now, as lawmakers consider changes that could cap itemized deductions for popular write-offs, including mortgage interest and/or charitable giving. “It would be problematic,” said Norquist, the keeper of the “pledge” most Republican lawmakers have taken not to raise taxes. “If it’s a tax increase, it’s a violation of the pledge.”
Tax policy experts have skirmished for years over the best way to measure the economic impact of changes in the tax code. Many conservative economists, including some who backed Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s proposal to cap loopholes and also lower rates, suggest economic growth would be sizable. Others say the result would be difficult to predict and warn that the projected economic growth would be too small to offset the revenues lost from the tax cuts. Democratic Sen. Charles E. Schumer of New York calls the GOP’s desire to count on growth from lower tax rates “Rumpelstiltskin economics” akin to spinning straw into gold. But it is clear that capping deductions would provide immediate revenue and could be engineered to target the wealthy, as Obama prefers, hewing to his insistence that families with incomes above $250,000 should contribute more.
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Try it with Tabby Ice skating from wall to win in 35 minutes
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“Try it with Tabby” is a weekly article chronicling the adventures of Tabitha Bower as she searches for out-of-the-ordinary and budgetfriendly activities for Boise State students. With winter quickly approaching, it seems only natural to start trying out winter activities. I have never been very good friends with the cold weather elements, namely snow and ice. As a person who can manage to trip up the stairs and slide on a hardwood floor, adding the extra slip element to any activity usually proves to be dangerous, bordering on fatal. So this week for “Try it with Tabby” I decided to take to the ice and give skating a try, partially for the fun element, but mainly to prove if I can do it, so can anyone. After many failed attempts to hit the rink, including holiday sched-
ules blunders and illness, I finally found my way to Idaho Ice World. Walking in I felt a sense of excitement, until I saw the ice and skates. All at once I was thrown back into childhood memories of falls on the cold, hard ice. My hands shook and I contemplated quitting while lacing my skates, but after some necessary pep talks I decided to follow through. Point one: walking in ice skates is not an easy task—in fact it is downright awkward. Point two: once the skates hit the ice, it is ten times worse than the floor skate walking. My initial reaction was to freeze. I grabbed the wall as my skates met the frozen floor and refused to either release my death grip or move my feet. Children who looked too young to even walk skated by me with ease and grace, as I stood paralyzed by my own fear. Eventually though, I came to the conclusion it was time to re-
move myself from the wall and graduated to using the arms of anyone around me to hold myself up. At one point I event tried to steal a child’s skate assist mechanism. He was not impressed. As I began moving, or more or less being pulled by others, my helpful coach insisted I loosen up, bend my knees and, well, actually move. Once I took this advice I was somewhat able to maneuver my way around the ice with only a few hiccups, which included inability to steer or stop. After about ten loops around the rink I began feeling like a pro, and even tried my hand at some tricks (and by tricks I simply mean lifting one foot an impressive four inches off of the ice while singing, “I’m an Olympic Gold medalist, I win!”). While my figure skating tricks developed quickly, my attempts at backwards skating fell
flat, literally. In the end I walked out feeling accomplished, excited to go back again without the debilitating anxiety, and proud of myself for actually letting go of the wall. Lesson for the week—let go of the wall, and never be afraid to fall.
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Crowds jam at Winter Jam Eva Hart
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Over 9,000 people jammed out to Christian music at the Taco Bell Arena on Nov. 15 for Winter Jam. The headlined performer was GRAMMY® winning, multi-platinum recording artist TobyMac. The tour also featured nine other Christian bands with a diversity of music from hip-hop to screamo.
Capital Kings opened in the middle of the arena on a small stage with a DJ set up and had the whole crowd fist pumping to their song “I Feel So Alive.” Next on stage was Dara Maclean. She sang three songs including hit “Thank You for Finding Me.” Following Maclean was American Idol contestant Jason Castro who sang “Good Love” and “Another Day Another Mile.”
Alya Johnson, sophomore marketing major, said she was surprised by Castro’s appearance at the Christian concert. “I didn’t even know Jason Castro was going to be there,” Johnson said. “I had no clue he was even Christian but when they announced his name I got so excited because I rooted for him on American Idol and I thought he was so hot. It made my night seeing
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him live.” After Castro left the stage, Group One Crew came out in glow in the dark suits and danced to “Everyday I’m Shuffling.” The two main singers of the group had crazy Afro’s and a funky style of dancing. They had the crowd jumping up and down as they sang “His Kind of Love.” New Song was on next. They sang worship songs and displayed lyrics on the screen so the crowd could join in. After New Song, Jamie Grace entered the stage and sang “The Way You Love Jesus.” Grace was similar to a Christian mix between Nikki Minaj and Taylor Swift. She sang self-written love songs and admitted to being single since birth and all of her love songs were written for Jesus. Next on stage was Chris August. August played the keyboard and sang songs including “Center of It” and “I Will Sing About Your Love.” “The funny thing about faith, it’s about believing in what you don’t see,” August said right before he sang his song “I Believe.” After August left stage there was a 20-minute sermon by evangelist Nick Hall. “People say I go to church, I’m a Christian. Well, just because you go to Burger King doesn’t make you a whopper,” Hall said. He then invited those who were interested to say a prayer with him, inviting Christ into their lives.
After the prayer was finished Red entered the stage and sang “Be Glorified.” Red was different from all the other bands. They had pyrotechnics and sang screamo songs. People in the crowd were head banging and playing the air guitar as Red sang “I Will Carry You.” Following Red, The Side Walk Profits got everyone pumped for Toby Mac and sang “Love Love Love” and “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us.” Finally TobyMac entered the stage and had the crowd going wild. They threw their hands in the air as he opened with hit song “To Be Loved by You.” TobyMac had a marching band on stage as he sang “This Ain’t no Boy Band” and the crowd sang along to “Gone.” Jenny Tills, freshman undecided major ,said she went to Winter Jam specifically to see TobyMac. “I’ve been listening to TobyMac since I was ten and was major stoked when I heard he would be on campus,” Tills said. “My favorite song was “Funky Jesus Music” because Jamie Grace sang with him and she was my second favorite artist there.” The majority of the crowd was on their feet and had their hands in the air for TobyMac’s entire performance. The lights went low and the crowd pulled out their phones and waved them in the air as Mac sang “City on Our Knees.” He closed with “Me Without You.”
One, two, 30,000. No. For the month of November, Lauren Hooker will participate in a writing challenge like none other. Every Monday, you have the chance to read about every moment of this quest. 50 pages. 30,273 words. Nine chapters. By turkey day, Nexus Winds, my pathetic over-halfway done novel, met its dismal end: also known as the end of my motivation. How could I quit when I was so close to the end? Let me tell you. 20,000 more is not close to the end. And when you haven’t slept more than six hours a night, sporadically shower when you happen to remember and show up to work using words like “mercurial”, “ataraxia” and “indubitably,” you know you’re a writer. At this point you should probably pump the breaks before burning out. That doesn’t mean that I’m not suffering from the after effects of constructing a storyline; the book began as a science fiction story, but turned into a sappy romance novel (this resulted in a love note to my significant other, who had no idea I was such a sap). I also recently had a dream about cryopreservation, a controlled society and being placed in a fake utopia, which made me wake in a sweat, wondering why my story was haunting my dreams. But I’m not giving up forever on this project. Hell, I may find some remaining scraps of motivation and whip this sucker out by Friday (riiiight). If anything, I’m still in love with my plot and characters, and will continue to finish the damn thing in due time. Not to mention, 30,000 words is a lot to write; the average person types 900-1,000 consistent words an hour, and putting in a solid 30ish hours over the past month to this book has been no small feat. Though I won’t be winning this year, I’ve definitely learned a lot about myself, writing and time management. So here’s to next year, NaNoWriMo finish line. Next year.
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Students promote academic excellence Genny Nutting Staff Writer
This past Oct. 11 communication students were recognized for their academic contribution to the university and given the opportunity to make an impact on a national level. These students were the first to be inducted into the Boise State chapter of Lambda Pi Eta, a nationally recognized organization which honors communication students with high academic achievements. Lamba Pi Eta allows these students to serve their university and communities and encourage professional development in the process. Students are also provided with opportunities and resources to engage in research and professional interests outside of the classroom. The Lambda Pi Eta’s advisors, Laurel Traynowicz, Ph.D., and Marty Most, sent out emails to teachers in the Communication Department last spring with the names of 200 students who met the requirements for the consideration of admission. These students had to be undergraduates majoring in
communication who had completed 60 semester credit-hours with a minimum of 12 credit-hours in communication studies, must have a minimum 3.2 cumulative GPA and 3.5 GPA in communication studies courses and exhibit high standards of professional and personal character with discipline and commitment. Those students who met these requirements and were nominated by their teachers were invited to join. “With much of that groundwork now laid, we hope to move on to fulfilling the organization’s primary aims of rewarding outstanding academic achievement and service,” Most said. “We value members who are willing to make good things happen, not just sit back and hope for the best. So those who proactively seek Lambda Pi Eta membership are the ones most likely to attain it.” During the first meeting, future goals, plans and community service projects were discussed as well as the selection of officials. Senior Josh Watkins, who is a double major in communication and political science, was
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Communication students recognized for academic excellence at Lamba Pi Eta induction ceremony. selected as president of the organization. Junior communication major, Robin Jensen, was chosen as vice president during the first meeting. “I wanted to be a part of Lambda Pi Eta because I knew that it would be academically stimulating, I would be able to spend time with my peers, and I knew
Bethany Sigurdson nails it Danielle Davidson Staff Writer
Feeling the emotion in a piece of music is a key component in any performance, and senior piano performance and pre-med major Bethany Sigurdson showed this passion in her recital on Monday, Nov. 12. Sigurdson had a variety of pieces in her concert with composers like Debussy, Albeniz, Beethoven and Grieg. She began with a Prelude by Debussy leading into Klavierstucke, Op. 118 by Brahms.
But, everyone’s favorite piece seemed to be the last. For her closing piece Sigurdson performed Edvard Grieg’s Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 III. Allegro Marcato. “I loved her program,” said Anna Mullinaux, senior piano major. “Her pieces were a really nice collection; they have a lot of character and personality to them. She did really well playing them. I kind of like the quirky pieces. I loved the Grieg, well when I mean quirky I mean different. I like Grieg’s sound
anyhow and the chords he uses and the style he plays, so for me that was exciting and plus it’s a concerto so it’s big and shows off her skills.” She wasn’t alone on stage, however, during the Grieg piece as well as the previous one. She was joined by her piano professor, Del Parkinson, Ph.D., who praised her performance after the recital. “This is the best I’ve ever heard her perform, Bethany just outdid herself this evening and I’m thrilled for her and she’s got to feel very
that our leadership would make sure that we got things done,” Jensen said. Upon graduation, Jensen aspires to become a high school teacher for English, communication, speech and debate. The organization will continue to meet monthly and is currently in the process of expanding, inviting new
members, making a name for themselves in the Boise State community as well as looking for ways to contribute to the surrounding community. They recently served as registration volunteers for the National Hemophilia Foundation’s first Idaho Hemophilia Walk. “There’s kind of a stigma sometimes against com-
munication majors. Sometimes people maybe don’t think it’s the most academic,” Watkins said. “By putting ourselves in these settings it helps remove that stigma. The best thing that we can get out from this club is showing that communication majors can contribute academically to the university.”
good inside, very happy,” Parkinson said. “Her growth between then (junior recital) and now has just been astonishing, and I think that she gained a lot of confidence by playing her junior recital and having it turn out so well and that it made this evening easier as a result and she was able to play, I think, with greater confidence than she would have otherwise.” Sigurdson played all the pieces from memory. According to her, memorizing the hard compositions was difficult, but the end result paid off. “I was really happy with the performance,” Sigurdson said. “It was really great
to end on a piece with Dr. Parkinson. I would have changed a couple things if I could go back and redo it, but overall I was very happy. The Intermezzo in A, the second Brahms that I played, normally I have a lot of memory trouble, but tonight for some reason it seemed to just click … Yeah, the memory is definitely the most difficult part in piano performance and it’s just one of those things that it’s part of the deal.” After the recital a reception was held upstairs for the performer, her friends and family. Everyone gathered around Sigurdson and congratulated her on her most
recent achievement. “We used to be roommates together, (I’m here for) moral support and we’re really close,” said Suzanne Elkoton, junior pre-nursing major. “I really liked it for the most part, like I’d give it a nine out of ten. It was really good. (I liked) the last one, because it had the most going on. It was, I think, the most appealing and modern sounding.” Senior recitals like Sigurdson’s provide an opportunity for relatives and friends to support students and recognize the reaching of their goals. More senior recitals information can be found on the Boise State Music Department website calendar.
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One more month Zachary Chastaine Opinion Editor
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Hurricane Sandy caused major destruction in states all along the East Coast and left millions without power for days.
Destructive lesson Frankenstorm is a wake-up call MCT Campus
It was the day the ocean came ashore. As Hurricane Sandy lurched into the East Coast, we watched in horror as floodwaters crippled Manhattan and inundated more than 70 percent of Atlantic City. This Frankenstorm has given us a hair-raising look at the power of nature—and the harm and heartbreak it can inflict. But as a scientist, I think it’s critical to understand these disasters are becoming more unnatural. The terrifying truth is that we face a future full of Frankenstorms because of manmade climate change. We’ve always had hurricanes, of course. But powerful scientific evidence shows that superstorms are being fed by a climate change triple whammy. Global warming, it turns out, is cranking up three key factors that increase America’s risk of superstorms and the damage they cause. First, global warming loads storms with more energy and
more rainfall. A new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that Katrina-magnitude Atlantic hurricanes have been twice as likely in warm years compared with cold years. That’s because hotter ocean temperatures add energy to storms and warmer air holds more moisture, causing storms to dump more rainfall. And global ocean temperatures hit their second-highest level on record in September, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Second, melting sea ice and accelerating Arctic warming are causing changes in the jet stream that have been connected to more extreme weather in the United States. Essentially, climate change in the Arctic is altering the jet stream, causing bursts of colder air to drop down farther into the United States. In Sandy’s case, a collision with a cold front acted to turn the hurricane into a superstorm. Recent research, includ-
ing studies by experts at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Rutgers University, has linked Arctic warming to increased risk of a variety of extreme weather events. Arctic sea ice, by the way, hit a record low this summer. Finally—and most urgently—storm surges are rising on top of higher sea levels, so more coastline floods during storms. That’s critical because storm surge is often far more damaging than high winds— and because more than half of all Americans live within 50 miles of the coast. Why are seas rising? Climate change is the driving force. In the northeastern United States, sea levels are rising three to four times faster than the global average, putting major U.S. cities at increased risk of flooding, according to a recent study in Nature Climate Change. The West Coast isn’t immune: Most of California could experience three or more feet of sea-level rise this century. What can we do? The bottom line: We have to reduce
carbon emissions—and quickly. We already have a law—the Clean Air Act—that could be a powerful weapon in that battle. The Environmental Protection Agency has begun using the law to fight greenhouse gas pollution, but progress has been painfully slow. When it comes to climate change, we’ve been acting like the proverbial man with the leaky roof. When it’s raining, we’re too focused on the weather to fix the problem. And when the storm moves on, so does our attention. But kicking this problem down the road is no longer an option. A recent report from the highly respected International Energy Agency made it clear that we are running out of time to cut carbon pollution and avert climate change’s worst impacts. Hurricane Sandy underscores the risks we face. This problem can be solved — but only if we treat global warming like the emergency it truly is.
Thanksgiving break came to an end just a little too soon. Now the Tryptophan is finally making its way out of everyone’s systems and we all have to get back to class. Making the grade is the name of the game for just a few more weeks and then we get a real break where we can actually enjoy ourselves without having to dedicate time toward some essay. Instead of just moaning and groaning back into the classroom this week, why not start thinking of the return to class as your last month to make a real impact on your grades. With only a few weeks left until the end of the semester this is a last chance to take those Cs and bump them up to Bs. Most juniors and seniors are already used to the stress everyone seems to feel around the end of fall semester, but a lot of freshmen and sophomores may not be aware that the weeks right before the end of the semester is usually considered to be the most stressful. It’s cold, class is still in full swing and everyone is eager to leave when it is all done. Plus you have the reminder there is another whole semester waiting for you even when you finish this one up. On the other hand, spring semester only gets warmer as the weeks go by and at the end you get summer break. It also marks the end of another whole year. But think about it on less pessemistic terms; it’s just one more month of hard work and then it’s over for the semester. Sure, a lot of people had homework over the break and it is not something we want to deal with when we consider ourselves to be taking some down time. But hey, at least nobody had to show up for class. Anything is more stimulating than sitting in the frozen cinderblock rooms of the Liberal Arts Building. So don’t let the fall stress bring you down this year. Go into the last few weeks of class with your A-game and make the last few weeks count. If college was easy we wouldn’t be dependent on coffee and Red Bull. On the bright side, fall semester is just about over and we’re all going to be fine.
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The power of one Ending genocide one bone at a time
Tabitha Bower
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Worldwide, it is estimated nearly 419,000,000 people have died by the hands of genocide. While mass genocide is usually attributed to localized instances of war and political or religious upheaval, currently it is approximated one human life is taken every 5.6 seconds due to their nationality, ethnicity or religion. Daily, 14,000 individuals fall victim to genocide. Michele Czosnowski, junior marketing major, became involved in One Million Bones, a nationwide organization working to raise awareness on the international crisis of genocide, when looking for an alternative form of service learning. “I watched the video about One Million Bones prior to signing up for it, and one of them that really touched me was one with a young adult, late teenage man out of the Republic of Congo,” Czosnowski said. “He was just emotionally talking about how he lost his father, his two brothers, his uncle and his pastor. I thought about it in my own shoes. What if I had lost my dad? I have three sisters. What if I lost my sisters?” One Million Bones has created a national fundraising and awareness campaign which pairs art with a cause and will have a visually and emotionally powerful end result. Each state is crafting a set number of ceramic bones, which will travel to Washington D.C. this spring as a monument to be displayed in a three-day bone laying event between the National Mall and the Capitol Building. The one million bones each represent a donation of, at minimum, one dollar. “When you see something like that it is almost hard to believe because we do live in America,” Czosnowski said. “We have so much freedom and things like that don’t really happen around here.” According to Czosnowski, the ceramic bones are representative of the unifying link between all human beings. “We all are the same,” Czosnowski said. “Every human being on this earth is the same and the bones represent something that we all share. On the outside we may all look different, but on the inside we are all put together the same way.” Jamie Lish, graduate student and Idaho Coordinator for One Million Bones, has been working on campus and in the community to reach the bone-making goal for Idaho. For Lish, passion is what drives her to continue working to end genocide. Breaking the silence, Lish said, is the first step toward awareness. “I feel like if we are not saying anything we are saying its okay,” Lish said. “That’s how it was with World War II and the Jewish community. The whole world kind of sat by silently and this was happening, and afterwards we were so upset and we were like, ‘we will never let this happen again’—but we are.” Idaho was originally slated into the fundraising network nearly last of all the states, with a designated contribution of 7,000 bones. After a partnership with HP Idaho, this number jumped to an impressive 40,000 bones, making Idaho one of the top contributors to the cause and raising at least $40,000 to fund the end of genocide. “Really this is a once in a lifetime opportunity,” Lish said. “I was really passionate about this cause. In this day and age this should not even be an issue, people should not be fighting for their lives, and I think by not doing anything and not saying anything that is just a silent way of condoning what is happening.” While many people believe they are only one person, and have no power to change worldwide atrocities such as genocide, Lish and Czosnowski exemplify how one person can in fact have an impact. “I would say that one person really can start a fire and make a difference and I think that is the biggest thing,” Lish said. Since Lish and Czosnowski both became involved with One Million Bones through involvement with Boise State, they encourage students to explore alternative service learning opportunities and find a meaningful cause to dedicate their time to. Czosnowski said just knowing someone will be laying a bone she has personally made at the national monument will be a once in a lifetime opportunity she will never forget. “Go outside your comfort zone,” Czosnowski said. “Step away from the typical service learning opportunities Boise State has. Something like this is going to stick with you forever.” Bryan Talbot/THE ARBITER
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No break for Bronco sports Corey Morgan Staff Writer
While students were on break, Boise State athletics had their hands full of comptetion. On Thursday Nov. 15, Boise State women’s basketball beat Weber State 70-56. Senior forward Lauren Lenhardt scored 13 points with 10 rebounds to give Lenhardt her 2nd double-double of the season. Later in the week Boise State would go on to lose against Idaho State on Nov. 20, 55-64 and to San Francisco on Nov. 24, 61-75. The women's team now sits at 4-2 on the year. On Nov 15, the volleyball team faced Wyoming and were able to defeat the Cowgirls, 3-1. Liz Harden finished the night with 16 kills while Alyssa Gammel had 12 kills and 13 digs, giving
Gammel her 14th doubledouble of the season. The women lost later that weekend to Colorado State 0-3 on Senior Night as Harden, Kersti Whitney and Fiona Jones were recognized for their achievements to the program. Still on a short week, the Broncos went on to defeat UNLV 3-0 and lose to Fresno State 2-3. The Boise State swimming and diving team had a total of two events On Nov. 16 and 17 (one each day) at the Wildcat Diving Invitational in Arizona. On Friday, junior Ciera Cortney took 3rd place in the final 3-meter, which gave her a total final score of 269.40; giving her 11th overall at the event. Last Saturday, Boise State swimming and diving couldn’t come up with the win over No. 13 Arizona, as
they lost 166-108. With the loss to Arizona, the Broncos have only lost a total of four dual-meets in the last three years. The Boise State wrestling team took on North Dakota State on Nov 16 for their third meet of the year. The Broncos would go on to lose in a close one, 16-25. Two days later on Sunday, the men went up against the powerhouse and No. 1 team in the country, Minnesota. Jason Chamberlain and George Ivanov both picked up wins for the Broncos. Unfortunately, it was too much for the Broncos to handle as they lost 6-30. On Nov. 18, the Boise State men’s basketball team defeated Louisiana-Lafayette at home 63-57. Both sophomore guard Derrick Marks (14 points) and redshirt freshman Guard Mikey Thompson (13 points) went
The breakdown on Bogus Basin Nikki Hanson Staff Writer
Soft powder ideal for making solid tracks, good times with friends and steaming hot chocolate define a day at Bogus Basin. That ideal scene is coming
up, hopefully sooner than later. Bogus Basin has used multiple formats (especially social media) to alert the public when opening day will arrive as well as discounts and deals for students and the general public alike. “In the past we have adver-
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The women’s volleyball team closed out its season with a loss to Fresno State. over 10 points each for the 15 Michigan St. on Nov. 20. Wednesday away. 3rd straight game. With a tough-fought game, It won’t be until Dec. 9 Anthony Drmic also the Broncos lost to the Spar- that there will be a home chipped in with 11 points; tans, 70-74. Marks had a sporting event, as women’s all scored in the 2nd half of season-high of 24 points. basketball takes on Carroll the game. The men currently stand College that Sunday then The team would play in a at 4-1 on the season and men’s basketball squares off very impressive game vs. No. face No. 14 Creighton this against LSU that Friday. days of operation, similar to last years turnout. Bogus Basin just completed an event, the Snow Ball, with the primary purpose of telling the story of Bogus Basin as a 501(c)(3), an IRS distinction that allows the mountain to accept tax-deductible contributions. Bogus Basin is unique because it is a non-profit and relies upon the community to keep the mountain up and running. Moore kept it simple in why Bogus Basin is not only a premier skiing destination in the Gem State, but an affordable one as well. “With three high-speed detachable quads, 2,600 acres of really diverse terrain, and 350,000 skier visits in a typical year, we’re one of the best and largest areas in the northwest. Then, you throw in the pricing and you can’t beat us.”
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