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December 5, 2013 • Issue no. 29 Volume 27
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The Broncos received their first test of the season on Tuesday night when they hosted Pac 12 foe, Utah. A dramatic win in the closing seconds gave the
Broncos to their best start in school history. With the outcome hanging in the balance, junior guard and Bob Cousy award watch list member Derrick Marks did what he has done many times for the Broncos in the last couple of years. He came through in a late game situation to secure a win despite being in foul trouble for much of the second half. “Last year I was always in foul trouble so this year I know how to handle it,” Marks said. Marks led the Broncos in scoring on the night with 17 points, while going 3-4 from the free throw line and adding two assists. Early in the second half, Marks picked up his third a n d fourth f o u l with-
in three seconds of each other. His foul trouble would send him to the bench with 15:56 to play, and he would not return for nearly 12 minutes. “I should have got him out after the third foul,” head coach Leon Rice said. “He’s a junior now so I tried to give him a little leeway but I probably should have just taken him out and got his head right so he wouldn’t pick up a cheap one (foul) like he did there.” Rice alluded to Marks’ maturity in the preseason on how he had worked on not picking up unnecessary fouls, something that Marks had issues with during his freshman and sophomore seasons. Marks answered brilliantly for Rice after sitting more than 10 minutes, coming up with big plays for the Broncos on both the offensive and defensive ends of the floor. “All I can do is cheer on my teammates,” Marks said. “I tried to keep my-
self engaged in the game and I just stayed in the game and I was ready when my number was called.” Marks’ six points in the final two and half minutes of the game helped seal the win for the Broncos late and kept the Broncos unbeaten record in tact. “He’s just a baller. He makes those shots when we need them,” junior guard Anthony Drmic said. “He goes out there and he doesn’t care how much time is left, he’s going to make those shots.”
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Fresh from their performances at the Morrison Center, the Trey McIntyre Project (TMP) is offering up four intimate performances of their work. Taking place on Dec. 7 and 14, the Boise community will have the opportunity to experience the TMP up close and personal. In a small studio theater on Warm Springs Avenue, which seats roughly about 100 guests, a cozy spectacle of the group’s choreography will be on display. Highlighting their special style of ballet choreography, TMP will set their work to live music. With this type of performance, audiences will see a more raw side of the dancers as parts of their dances will have to be performed through feeding off the atmosphere and music in the theater. In experiencing their exclusive creative process on such a personal level, TMP will also be giving a brief glimpse into their new work that they are putting together for the Morrison Center’s spring program. This will include choreography based on the work of Edward Gorey, acclaimed surrealist author and artist who was most famous for his illustrated works, particularly his pen-to-ink works depicting Victorian and Edwardian settings throughout the course of his career. After the show, dancers will also do a meet and greet with the audience. For ticket information, check out treymcintyre. com/studiosessions. You can also contact Kc Driscoll at kc@treymcintyre.com or 908.304.4568.
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Sarah Pearce, convicted in 2003 of beating a motorist, and Christopher Tapp, convicted of rape and murder in 1998, are hoping for good news. Their appeals are being helped by the Idaho Innocence Project (IIP). Greg Hampikian, director of IIP, and his team are working to free both Pearce and Tapp. However the IIP will not be able to take on new cases for a while. In 2009 and 2011 the IIP received grants from the Department of Justice totaling nearly $450,000. This money was used to run the program and pay the needed employees. In November the IIP found out they would not receive a grant for 2014. Using reserve funds the IIP will continue to work on Pearce and Tapp’s cases, but they are
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unable to accept new cases until further notice. “I think most of the people who got grants are probably people I know in the Innocence Network,” Hampikian said. “They all do great work. It was competitive… I’m not totally discouraged. It’s not that we’re not up to snuff, it’s just gotten very competitive.” The lack of funding is a growing problem across the United States. While the demand for money continues to increase, the amount of grants being issued has not. “The government just isn’t investing in research the way it used to,” said Mark Rudin, vice president for research in an interview in April. “On the other hand, the demand for these grants is really higher than we’ve ever seen it before… That (research) is a real claim to fame for a university.”
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The majority of the IIP grant was used to pay the salary of an attorney who researched cases and represented clients in court. Without an attorney or paid staff, the IIP won’t be forced to shut its doors but the kind of work they are able to do will change dramatically. Hampikian, who is employed as a professor at Boise State, will continue to do DNA analysis and consult on cases around the world. However the IIP can only assist on cases that already have an attorney working on them. Many of the internship opportunities at the IIP will also be placed on hold. Most of the interns work under the staff attorney. When his or her position can no longer be funded, theirs will dry up as well. “I think it sucks,” said David Grantis, who graduated from Boise State in May and is now enrolled at Concordia
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Law School. “I was hoping to apply for an internship there next year. Their goal is noble and the experience would be simply invaluable.”
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The IIP will continue to look for alternate sources of funding. Donations are accepted, they continue to hold fundraisers and they may make another push to qualify for a grant from the Kirk Bloodsworth Post conviction DNA Testing Program. However to receive a Bloodworth grant, a state must certify that reasonable measures are taken to collect and preserve biological evidence—a standard Idaho has failed to meet. Idaho does not have a preservation statute and Attorney General Lawrence Wasden has refused to certify that Idaho meets the requirements. While Hampikian is willing
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Greg Hampikian helps IIP fight for funding. to do whatever it takes to keep the IIP up and running he admits it is frustrating. “We’ll get through it but it is hard. It’s like we’re back where we started in 2006… Every minute I spend out there (fundraising) is a minute I’m not working on cases,” Hampikian said. While Hampikian has no current plans to leave Boise State, he admits that at times he is tempted by offers from bigger programs, and, if forensic justice doesn’t receive
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funding in upcoming years it would be difficult to stay. There is a lot more the IIP could do with long term support. “I have to do what I was called to do. I can still do the out-of-state and international DNA work, and that’s very satisfying,” Hampikian said. “At first everyone is attracted to the narrative. It’s Jean Val Jean. It’s the Count of Monte Cristo. But these cases take a long time, often 10-12 years to resolve.”
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