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Council member Elaine Clegg, right, shook hands with attendees after the ordinance passed. “It’s an advocacy issue, on as she spoke of her decision ing to Brenna Brumfield, treabehalf of myself, the clients, to vote in approval of the surer of BGLAD, the queerstraight alliance on campus, all the people I work with ev- measure. Council Member Ben approximately 10 percent of ery day, it’s imperative,” Seider said. “This is what it has to look Quintana’s thoughts mirrored people on campus would be like within our state, in our de- many thoughts shared by the affected by the ordinance, especially since the ordinance mographic through the city council members. “I think this ordinance is a extended to include transgenunfortunately. I mean, we can’t even get out of committee. It statement that we get to make der individuals. “Why would you ever jusas a community to say this is doesn’t go anywhere.” tify taking away Once the someone’s right a u d i to r i u m to a home and the was full the I think in a state like this, where right to feed their meeting bewe’re at, this has to happen city by city. family just because gan and everythey have a differone stood for —Joe Seiders ent sexual identity the opening or gender. That’s prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. The the way we do business here, inhumane. Finally someone council started by honoring this is the way we treat every- realized people have the right local restaurants for their sus- one here, and I’m glad that to a home and a job, basic funtainability efforts and quickly we’re a part of this movement damental rights,” Brumfield went through other ordinanc- and I think it’s a great thing not said. Mayor Dave Bieter adonly for our community but es. dressed the audience and the When the non-discrimina- our state,” Quintana said. Once the ordinance passed, council before the vote. tion ordinance was brought up “I have to say I was a little to the floor the council mem- the crowd gave a standing ovabers gave some final thoughts tion and cheered. Loved ones skeptical at first about whether hugged and many cried out of this was really necessary, so I on the issue. can’t thank you all enough that The council members spoke excitement. It is a big deal for the LG- came to testify,” Bieter said. about how proud they were of people stepping up and tak- BTQ community on campus “They’re so hard on all of you ing a lead in their community. as it makes up a considerable to give your personal stories, Maryanne Jordan fought tears number of students. Accord- but that’s what matters to us
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and that’s where we see that policy is not a sterile thing that we do in a room like this, it’s something that matters in our community, so I can’t say enough for those of you who were willing to do that, we just owe you so much because that’s what really makes a difference,” Bieter said. Jessica McCafferty stood in the hallway of the Capitol building’s west wing shortly after the ordinance was voted on. “I’m very excited,” McCafferty said. “I’m not a resident of Idaho. I moved here for school. But I was appalled at the thought that there wasn’t an equality ordinance in the city or in the state for that matter. So I’m really glad that it happened now.” She continued, “I’m a master’s student in public administration so looking at policy is especially important to me and this is really interesting. (Council member) Lauren McLean actually graduated from our program so it’s a big honor to have her be a part of this moment.”
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Last week welcomed the birth of the Drawing and Painting Guild, a club dedicated to students and alumni interested in the visual arts. Starting with about ten members, the club is already becoming active on campus and in the community by debuting their art for First Thursday and in The Zone Gallery this Friday. “You don’t have to be an art major to join but we would like people who are interested in the art community to join because that’s what we’re here to do: promote and educate in the visual arts,” said Miles Schlagel, club president and Bachelor of fine arts graduate student. “We have a diverse group but we’re all interested in the visual arts. We tell each other about connections and help each other out, so that’s what it’s all about, moving all this forward.” Members of the club want students to know this Thursday from 5 to 9 p.m. at Flying M Coffee House they will sell
holiday art from drawings and watercolor paintings to illustrations and painted ornaments. Proceeds will fund future workshops, a visiting artist program, museum visits and potential exhibitions. “(I enjoy) working as a team on different ideas and projects to get a larger opportunities to explore our creating of art,” Luma Jasmin, senior visual art major with drawing and painting emphasis, Luma said. Angela Henson, junior BFA emphasis interdisciplinary studio arts, said she joined the club with a need to meet new people with a similar interest in art. Henson said she is looking forward to the First Thursday event and promises students will see more from this organization. “As an artist it is good to have a group of peers to help critique and inspired your own work,” Henson said. “We will have tons of great activities coming up. The sale has great 8x10 artworks and hand painted ornaments for a great price for a unique and easy gift.”
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Club info provided by Miles Schlagel: The Drawing and Painting Guild became official in November 2012. Open to all students and alumni this club hopes to provide learning opportunities to students who are interested in the visual arts, preparing them for the professional world after graduation. With this goal in mind, our club is fundraising for future workshops, a visiting artist program, museum visits, and potential exhibitions.
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Tuesday, Dec. 4, was a huge victory for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community in Boise as the City Council unanimously passed an ordinance to prohibit discrimination of employees, tenants or customers based on sexual orientation or gender identity. People filed into the temporary City Council meeting room located in the State Capitol from the rain-soaked streets and took their seats. The 6 p.m. meeting saw the reading on a number of ordinances, but the main event was the non-discrimination ordinance. Before the meeting began, faces were somber and broke into smiles only as people reunited with friends and associates. Joe Seiders is a Boise State master’s student studying social work. As the auditorium began to fill, he offered his thoughts on the ordinance. “I think in a state like this, where we’re at, this has to happen city by city. It’s not going to happen in the legislature, so I really hope there is a great turnout from students today. I know that there has been in the previous two sessions but it’s just incredibly important at all different levels, from the different issues that the LGBTQ community from the housing and discrimination and everything that exists, even as far as on the Boise State campus and their faculty and what they endure as professors, this is something that needs to happen,” Seider said. The only other city in Idaho with such an ordinance is Sandpoint. According to the Idaho Press Tribune, Sandpoint is among 125 cities and 21 states to pass such an ordinance. “Add the Words,” a statewide campaign to pass a similar law in the Idaho legislature, had been met with opposition earlier this year. A Senate committee refused to hear the bill, and it died in March after struggling to become state law for six years.
President: Miles Schlagel, graduate student, received a BFA in Visual Arts from Boise State in 2012 specializing in Drawing, painting and Printmaking. Vice President: Kim Owens: candidate for a BFA in Visual Arts specializing in Photography. Secretary: Adam Atkinson: candidate for a BFA in Visual Arts, specializing in Drawing, Painting and Sculpture. Treasurer: Everette Hoffman: candidate for a BFA in Visual Arts, specializing in Art Metals.
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Celebrating Holiday chemistry show can participate in static electricity, service learning ClubThewillChemistry host the hands-on demon- creating gak, bakThere are more than 100 service learning courses at Boise State every year, offered in more than 30 departments, with 100 community partners. Service-Learning courses offer students the chance to participate in civic, social and environmental activities in their communities. Additionally, these students have the opportunity to display some of their work through the use of posters at the end of the semester. Roughly 50 different posters will be on display on the third floor of
the Interactive Learning Center from Dec. 11 to 14 for community members, staff, faculty and students to look at. Some of the most successful semester projects will be highlighted and a public celebration will be held on Monday, Dec. 10, in the Student Union Building Hatch Ballroom where refreshments will be served. The event is open to the public and people are encouraged to come discuss with the students and leaders of non-profit agencies the projects and impacts of service-learning.
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5th Annual Holiday Chemistry Demo Show from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 14, in the Student Union Jordan Ballroom. Free parking is available in the Lincoln Avenue Garage at the corner of University Drive and Lincoln Avenue. The free event brings families together to watch Boise State professors perform unique science demonstrations. Children also
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qualities, it fetches a high price and is an important part of the local economy. But the skills needed to harvest this precious commodity are at risk of dying out. Several former honeygathering communities were moved away from the forests in an attempt to create national parks, and those that remain (thanks to special rights from the government to live in the forest and collect nontimber products) are now sending children to school during the day, drastically affecting how, or even if, they learn necessary honey-gathering skills. Prior to construction of the local school in the 1970s, children rarely received a formal, western education. While the average level of education is still low, most children are spending at least a few critical years learning new skills at the expense of traditional, indigenous knowledge. “Kids need to learn how to climb trees and how to make big, smoky torches from sticks wrapped in green leaves,” Demps said. “They have to learn to climb onto the branches
A well-known proverb states, “It takes a village to raise a child.” According to Kathryn Demps, it also takes a village to preserve ecological knowledge in upcoming generations. Demps, a Boise State visiting assistant professor in anthropology, studies behavioral and evolutionary ecology in small-scale societies. Her latest project looks at the honey-gathering Jenu Kuruba tribe in South India and how its cultural knowledge is being preserved, or lost, in our modern world. “What we learn from others—our culture, skills, values, beliefs and knowledge—is passed through the generations,” she said. “How it is passed down can change the body of knowledge.” Demps noted that in today’s race toward homogePhoto Courtesy Campus Update nous societies, indigenous Visiting assistant professor in anthropology Kathryn Demps studies different cultures in South India. knowledge is being lost even faster than languages. climbing game called mara sting. how to collect forest foods research and is working One example is meDemps and fellow re- for better nutrition as they on another based on tracothi, which means “tree dicinal specialists. In the monkey” and is similar to searchers are evaluating are out hunting and gath- ditional knowledge and 1980s, the first hospital in an arboreal version of tag. data collected from almost ering, as well as medici- schooling. the area populated by the She hopes to eventually Because the climb can be 200 local residents ages nal knowledge and how to Jenu Kuruba opened; 1985 so dan- 6-65 in order to under- manage the environment write a book examining was the last g e r o u s , stand what residents know so that they are less likely the tribe’s traditional life year for a reways that draws on various If we know what people are learning, and y o u n g at various ages, and who to deforest the area.” corded mediciDemps has published firsthand accounts over nal ceremony. how they are learning it, we can make rec- men of- they learned it from. “If we know what peo- two papers based on her the past two centuries. Gurus didn’t ommendations that may remove conflicts af- ten leave offerings ple are learning, and how train more at the they are learning it, we a p p r e n t i c e s fecting traditional knowledge —Kathryn Demps base of a can make recommendabecause no tree, ask- tions that may remove one wanted ing for a conflicts affecting tradito learn, and as a result, and cut off the honeycomb. tional knowledge,” Demps the knowledge has been There also are ritual things blessing for a safe climb. More skilled gatherers said. “For instance, giving completely lost in just one like the honey-collecting generation. song that is supposed to also need to know how to children just five or six The Jenu Kuruba com- appease the bees and show work with the bees, coax- days a month off of school ing the queen into a new can make a big difference. prise a band of small com- brotherhood.” CWI is hiring part time faculty in the following munities located in the forLocals learn at an early hive, gathering the honey That has been shown to be disciplines: Agriculture, Biology, Business, Chemistry, ested Kodagu District. For age to scale trees by shim- or calming a troubled enough time for children CISA, Communication, English, French, Geography, to learn the skills they generations, young men mying 100 feet up the colony. Math, Philosophy, Physical Ed., Physics, Political This is especially impor- need to collect honey but from the tribe have collect- trunk, pressing their feet Science, Psychology, Sign Language, Sociology and ed wild honey by nimbly flat into the bark and using tant given that the largest still learn western knowlSpanish, Apply at www.cwidaho.cc! scaling massive trees. their arms to pull them- honeybees in the region edge. They also can learn are massive compared to Because honey is in such selves ever higher. high demand in the cities Young boys pick this up the average Idaho varietfor its purported medicinal by playing a traditional ies, and pack a powerful
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A student confronted Ken Fleck in front of the library this fall when he took issue with Fleck’s method of preaching.
The controversy of preaching on campus
Although legally within their rights, are visiting preachers tasteful or harsh? Martin Sondermann Staff Writer
Jesus is not just a person’s “homeboy or best friend” according to Shawn Holes a.k.a. Shawn the Baptist, an open-air preacher who has been known to preach in the quad. “He is God and the savior of the world,” Holes declared in a recent interview. On Halloween of this year another open-air preacher, Ken Fleck, was tackled on campus during one of his sermons. It caused quite the stir and it brought up questions of safety, legality and the motivations of those who choose to preach their seemingly controversial message in the middle of a busy college campus. When asked about the incident, Holes simply said, “I was not there. I am not sure I know enough about what happened to be able to comment.” When asked if he feared for his own safety, Holes said, “No, my trust is in the Lord. I am safe
in Christ.” Campus policy does allow preachers and others to speak their mind on campus, as long as they don’t use amplification devices or create a safety issue. University Policy number 1100 states in part, “The purpose of this policy is to assure that Boise State University remains a forum for the broadest expression of views not in conflict with the normal uses of the campus, the rights of others, and the limitations of lawful conduct.” Because the quad is an open public area which allows people to come and go as they please, preaching or any other kind of legal speech is protected by campus policy and the first amendment of the Constitution. However, legal and tasteful are two different issues. Holes was asked about both of those. “We live in a great country... men have fought wars so we have liberties that aren’t so available else-
where,” Holes said. “God tells us (Christians) to go tell the world about Jesus.” When asked why he chooses to bring his message to a university campus Holes said, “I believe it is a great opportunity to share the Good News of the Gospel in an environment that thrives on thinking, life preparation, and education in general.” But, what about those who are offended by his message or his methods? Matt, a freshman computer science student who asked that his last name not be used, has heard some of the preaching on campus. He said, “I think it is fine to speak their message, but sometimes they say it in a way that is too harsh.” However, Holes downplays that his message might be perceived as harsh. “Some people say they love my message. Some people call me and thank me, email me, text me,” Holes said. “Jesus is worthy to be praised and mighty to save. That sounds pretty loving to
me. The message is that we are sinners in need of a savior and his name is Jesus.” Holes’ website, shawnthebaptist.com, contains statements that could be perceived as harsh. One of those reads, “We really believe in a place called hell. We believe that it is our responsibility to warn people of our deserved wrath in the fire and inferno.” Niko Lostra, a senior communication major, said, “That kind of statement sounds harsh to me.” However, Holes doesn’t see it that way. He views it as truth and he believes he has an obligation to share that truth with people no matter
how it is perceived. To him, the message is loving even if it sounds like it’s not on the surface. “The bad news is that if we die without Christ we will be tormented in Hell forever,” Holes said. When asked how his endeavors were funded, the campus preacher replied, “Well, I have churches that support me, some individuals, and of course I have my window cleaning business. We live simply and often times we do without.” On his website, Holes also has a link for people to make online monthly donations. He was asked about how much of his support comes
from online donations. “Very little comes from online donations. Most of what we get donated comes from people we know who support what we do,” Holes said. The last question asked of Holes was if he wanted people to know anything about himself. “I’m just a regular guy that loves people and loves Jesus. I am married to a wonderful wife, we are blessed with children, we have 13 chickens and a dog,” Holes said. Holes said he would be back on campus sometime in January, and he looked forward to preaching at Boise State once again.
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Santa sits with senior Yhindi Struthers and freshman Andie Kelly in the Student Union Building on Wednesday to take pictures and raise awareness about the Giving Tree. The Giving Tree helps the Women’s and Children’s Alliance of Boise obtain toys, clothes and household items for women and children escaping the trauma of domestic violence.
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Students from Boise State and University of Applied Arts and Sciences in Hildesheim, Germany (HAWK) have created representations of architecture from each location and will present this art at First Thursday. “The exhibit is basically this international collaboration between BSU and HAWK in Hildesheim, Germany, with the focus being architecture as a source for two-dimensional and three-dimensional type
design,” John Francis, associate graphic design professor, said. Francis’ graphic design students created typefaces from photos of Hildesheim’s buildings then gave those typefaces to assistant sculptor professor Ryan Mandell’s students for 3-D art productions. HAWK students have provided videos and banners of their creations of Boise’s architecture. “I thought it would be a really good cultural exchange kind of project to contact this university in Germany and see if there might be a couple of professors that would be
interested in doing a project,” Francis said. “It turned out there were and they wanted to not only include graphic design but sculpture and lighting design.” The opening of this exhibition will take place from 6 to 9 p.m. in the Boise City National Bank Building under the Fork restaurant Thursday. In the words of assistant sculpting professor Ryan Mandell, students are giving two and three-dimensional identity to four not-for-profit local businesses. Students will open “Cross Creative” representing real
Where’s the snow? It’s the beginning of December, and the time of year when many people are ready to indulge in all things snow-related, be it skiing, snowboarding or making the perfect snow angel. With the lack of snow thus far this season, Arbiter staffer Ryan Hoffman went out to see what students had to say about the absence of white flakes falling from the sky.
world experience for graphic design and sculpture students Thursday. Mandell said the goal for his students was to get experience with creating fine art with a functional purpose, in this case for a client. “I thought it was interesting to get them involved with graphic designers and to be working for clients and to be making these things that would be going out into the real world and serve some kind of functional purpose for a client which is a really uncommon thing in a fine arts context,” Mandell said.
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“That was what I thought was valuable about the project for my students. For the clients it ends up providing them with a service they couldn’t otherwise afford since they are an up-and-coming not-for-profit business.” Students of Mandell and adjunct graphic design professor Glenn Rummler will display professional creations including business cards, letterheads, portable stages and a 3-D business mascot appropriate for their particular client. The exhibition is from 6 to 9 p.m. on the second floor of The Press on Ninth Street.
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“You remember that, Johnson” is Katie Johnson’s survival guide to Boise State detailing her experiences last year as a first-year freshman from out of state. Break is around the corner. A few hefty papers, maybe a few multiple choice tests, throw a presentation in there are we are home free. A full month at home. What could be better? No class, no assignments. Some of you might even get out of having to work. But, heed my advice my dorm-living Broncos. You have become awkwardly close to the people on your floor. You study with them, you eat with them, you see them every day. And I know you’re thinking you’ve been close to people before. But living with people puts you on a completely different level of friendship than, say, what would have been your standard high school friendships. I know I made some of the best friends I have ever had in Chaffee. And then break comes. And if you’re anything like me you are stoked to be going home. You are more than ready. And being home will be nice. You’ll get some homecooked meals. Maybe your mom will do your laundry. And then a week or two in... Not seeing your friends will start to bother you. And suddenly a month turns into something close to an eternity. It’s probably not going to be all that fun missing your friends, or all your freedoms and sometimes I even find myself just missing Boise. But you’ll get through it. And you’ll probably be better fed.
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This clock, like many at Boise State, is supposed to be a staple of our classrooms but sometimes we don’t realize they are absent.
We don’t need clocks in classrooms …But we did pay for them Zachary Chastaine Opinion Editor
Time is precious and it's something we like to keep track of. In classrooms it is important for the professor to know what time it is so they can start and end class on time and track other timed activities. So it is always a little funny when you hear the professor or other students comment on how there is no clock on the wall. After a while you may run into more than one classroom without a clock and suddenly you may notice a trend. The ever-important timepiece just isn’t in every room. Shouldn’t we have clocks on the wall all the time? As it turns out, there is a whole department at the university whose job includes keeping clocks on the walls. Kevin Bennett, maintenance craftsman with Boise State’s Facilities Operations & Maintenance, sheds light on the
issue. “All classrooms should have clocks, the students paid for them,” Bennett said. So the easy answer to the question of whether or not each room should have a clock is yes. But this is 2012, and there is a twist to this deceptive question. Most seem to be tolerant about the absence of clocks in their classroom because of smartphones. Why turn your head to look at the wall when you can just whip out your phone? There is also this nifty thing called a watch. Good, old-fashion wall clocks may be antiquated with the onset of cellphones and classroom computers and have accurate time instantly available without needing to worry about it being off at all. The reality is we just don’t need wall clocks anymore. Then again, considering how much students fork up just to attend college there really had better be clocks in every classroom.
Clocks are paid for just the same as the desks we sit on. Just because we typically have another means of telling time without a clock pasted to the wall doesn’t mean it’s not still supposed to be there. Bennett added, “If you find a classroom without a clock you should let us know.” There are arguments against clocks in classrooms. Ian Clayton is a linguistics professor, and one of his classes is Linguistics 305—hosted in Business Building room 204, which ironically lacks a clock—is a required class for many students. Clayton starts and stops his class impeccably on time every day without anything on the wall. “My view is that the only person in the room who needs to know the time is the instructor, thus, any clock should be prominently positioned in the middle of the back wall where I can see it, but it won't distract students. I can use the clock on the classroom computer when I have to, but that's inconve-
nient when I'm using a .pdf slide that fills the whole computer screen,” Clayton said. However, not all instructors are as practiced as Clayton. “As far as spacing my material, I've been discussing points X, Y and Z for many years, and have a pretty good sense by now of how long I need to cover that material,” Clayton added. Obviously, there are reasons why someone may have to leave class early, but in this day and age the odds are they already have their own way of telling time. So really, clocks in classrooms are mostly a convenience since there is so much technology making it easy to just glance down at your phone or look at your wrist. But being a public university, clocks in your classroom are paid for and are supposed to be there even if you’re not using it. To get a clock in your classroom, just contact Boise State Facilities Operations & Maintenance.
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Boise State’s largest first-year residence hall houses many students in suite style rooms with two to four people per room, some with a shared bathroom. Chaffee is literally across the street from Bronco Stadium and you need only walk outside to enjoy a tailgate barbeque.
While significantly more geometric than Chaffee, the Barnes Towers is a little bit more condensed with four students to a shared bathroom. Located in close proximity to Ann Morrison park for Frisbee.
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“Oh, I’m sorry,” was the top response I got from anyone I talked to about living in Towers. I can kind of see what they mean—it’s around a 15 minute walk to the SUB and most days I just starve because 15 minutes is just too long. I have short legs, and they get tired easily. Like a corgi’s. But aside from the distance, I’m not really sure why anyone would be sorry for me. Towers is honestly a pretty good place to live. Sure, it’s all freshmen, but being a freshman myself, there’s really no room for me to complain. People can be obnoxious, but it’s not like Towers is any more obnoxious than any other freshman hall and the atmosphere of living in a small, circular group is fairly familial. And yeah, like a family, there have been days where I’ve absolutely wanted to scream my head off at my floormates for being loud at 2 a.m. or for any number of reasons, but I also feel like I’ve at least forged some kind of bond with them. Besides, there’s no way Towers is as bad as I’ve been told Chaffee is. When freshman Kristina West, who lives in Chaffee BWing, talked about her housing with anyone, she didn’t get any positive remarks. The difference between her and I is her experience has been legitimately terrible. “Once a girl threw up (in the bathroom) and it took a week to clean it. And she didn’t even make it in the toilet,” West said. Naturally she gets more expected annoyances, such as loud floormates, but it seems more often she gets the unexpected, like people wandering into her room late at night in drunken confusion. West did admit to some positives, “The RD (resident director) and all the staff are really nice and my roommate is really awesome. I don’t think there have been many roommate complaints.” So, at least that’s something. But I guess I’m wondering why all I heard about Towers before I moved in was that it sucked and wasn’t a good place to live. Maybe it’s just because I have nothing else to compare it to, but my experience so far hasn’t been one of disconnect, or even of grand annoyance. It’s been one where I’ve met people who I honestly wouldn’t get to know if we didn’t live together, but I’m glad we do because they’ve all been genuinely cool. Maybe in two years I’ll look back on this and laugh at my own naiveté, and maybe some of you are laughing at me for enjoying my stay in Towers, but despite being woken up at odd hours (which, honestly, has been the most annoying thing to happen to me all semester), and despite the fact that I may have spent the first three months of the semester in my room, it’s been pretty chill.
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Maaco Bowl Act III Broncos will square off against UW in Las Vegas Maaco Bowl
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or the third straight season, following a 10-2 campaign capped off with a share of the Mountain West Title, Boise State is once again headed for the Maaco Bowl Las Vegas on Dec. 22. The Broncos will face off against the University of Washington Huskies, who are coming off a 7-5 season that included wins over Rose Bowl bound No. 6 ranked Stanford and No. 13 ranked Oregon State. The Broncos will look to cap off the season with a third consecutive Maaco Bowl victory over a Washington squad that has seen the highest of highs, and the lowest of lows in their 2012 season. “We have a tremendous amount of respect for Washington,” said Head Coach Chris Petersen. “We have got a really good opponent.” The Broncos are in a unique situation with this matchup as they will open up the 2013 season at the University of Washington, and therefore play the Huskies in back-to-back contests. “It’s a little awkward,” said Petersen. “But it is what it is.” Washington’s season hasn’t gone as planned, following a win over then-No. 9 ranked Stanford and being in the Pac-12 title mix, the Huskies went on a roller coaster for the remainder of the season, leading up to an embarrassing 31-28 loss at the hands of their bitter rivals Washington State. Redshirt junior quarterback Joe Southwick has improved week in and week out and realizes the Broncos have a chance to end the season with a statement to lead into 2013. “We’re excited to face a quality Pac-12 opponent”, said Southwick. “It’s going to be a good game to end the year on.” Southwick will be going up against the Broncos former defensive coordinator, Justin Wilcox, now the defensive coordinator at Washington, and he will have some type of familiarity with the scheme as he ran the scout team against the defense last year. In one last opportunity to shine, the Boise State defense will be the talk of the town as it has been all season. “It will be another good challenge for us”, said freshman defensive end Samuel Ukwuachu, “It is definitely going to be a war.” A bowl victory at Las Vegas would move the Broncos to a 5-2 postseason record under Petersen.
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Fresno State (9-3, 7-1), shared the Mountain West Championship, finished the regular season in the top 20 statistically on both offense and defense. Senior Safety No. 16 Phillip Thomas is the 15th first-team All-American for the Bulldogs, and comes in with a nation-leading eight interceptions. Thomas has been selected as one of three finalists for the 2012 Jim Thorpe Award.
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The Blue Devils (6-6, 3-5), won six of their first eight games including a 33-30 win over rival North Carolina to become bowl eligible but lost their final four games. Head coach David Cutcliffe was named the 2012 ACC Coach of the Year. This is the first bowl appearance for Duke football since 1994. Cincinnati (9-3, 5-2), earned a share of the Big East title, winning
program, expected a better year. After a devastating 17-14 loss to No. 1 Notre Dame, they never got back on track. Four of the five BYU losses were by six points or less including a 7-6 loss in Boise to the Broncos back in early September. Expect Rocky Long to get the best of Bronco Mendenhall’s Cougars, 2814 Aztecs.
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four of the their last five games. This is the Bearcats’ 14th bowl game and sixth in the past seven seasons, going 7-6 all time in post-season play. The Bearcats beat Vanderbilt in the 2011 AutoZone Liberty Bowl and are looking to showcase that they deserve to be considered to be a part of the Elite conferences in college football. Expect the Big East champ to bring it against the Blue Devils 35-14. Bryan Talbot/THE ARBITER
USU and Toledo bowl for potatoes Corey Morgan Staff Writer
Football will be played for the last time this year on the Blue Turf at Bronco Stadium. But it won’t be the Boise State Broncos playing. Utah State, representing the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) and the University of Toledo, representing the Mid-American Conference (MAC), will face-off in the 15th annual Famous Idaho Potato Bowl held at Bronco Stadium on Saturday Dec. 15 at 2:30 p.m. This year’s game looks to be a very competitive one as the Aggies play the Rockets. “Between the two teams we have a combined 19-5 record,” said Bowl Executive Director Kevin McDonald. “Which provides what we
believe will be a well-balanced entertaining game. The average score of our bowl game over the years has been 31-24.” Utah State is coming off a two-game winning streak where one of the wins came against then-ranked, No.19 Louisiana Tech where the Aggies won 48-41. The second came from a win over University of Idaho to seal up the conference victory. The Aggies finished 10-2. “Utah State becomes the 4th ranked team to play in our game along with Boise State, Virginia and Boston College,” McDonald said. Utah State ended the season at No. 18 in the AP Poll, No. 20 in US Today Poll and No. 22 in BCS. The Aggies also had eight players finish in the WAC All-Conference team, as well as six on the
second team. The Toledo Rockets finished with a 9-3 record and shared the runner-up for the MAC this year. A couple of highlights this year for the Rockets were beating then-ranked No. 18 Cincinnati 29-23 and then breaking into the BCS for the first time in school history, peaking at No. 25. Toledo also put six players on the MAC all-conference team and one on the second team. History shows that the Idaho Potato Bowl has been a very competitive and balanced bowl; six of the last games played have been won on the last drive of the game. “We’ve heard so many great things about this bowl and with our experience having played Boise State here recently,” said Toledo Head Coach Matt Campbell. “We
know the great fan bases and great excitement for college football in general.” One thing is for sure, this looks to be a great match-up from both teams, so tune in on Dec. 15. The game will be broadcasted on ESPN and ESPN radio.
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