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Friday, March 15, at 3 p.m. Boise State Housing will host the second annual St. Baldrick’s event on the Taylor Quad located between Taylor and Driscoll halls. Aubrie Gribble, junior elementary special education major, is responsible for bringing the event to Boise State after hearing about it in 2011. “People receive pledges,” she explained. “They say, ‘hey, if you give me so much money, I’ll shave my head.’ And that’s basically how the
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fundraising works.” So far about 20 students have volunteered to shave their heads. Nick Cordell, sophomore mechanical engineering major, is one of them. His shoulder length locks will soon be sheared away in the name of charity. “I’m a little bit (nervous),” Cordell said. “It really is a commitment… I just can’t see where it won’t be worth it.” Cordell set a personal goal to raise $500. “I’m actually getting re-
solidarity with kids with cancer,” Clark said. “It’s a reminder and a support.” Ways to get involved Donations can be made to the event as a whole or specifically to one volunteer. If you want to make a donation to help with Boise State Housing reach their $5,000 goal there are several ways you can: Go to StBaldricks.org and search Boise State Housing Turn donations in at any residence hall front desk Donate at the event
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ally close to that so I wish I would have set it a little higher, I would have pushed a little more,” Cordell said. Betty Clark, a sophomore elementary education major, shaved her hair last year, which was previously down to her belly button. She encourages everyone to get involved through either donations, or shaving. “If you all bought one less coffee this week and donated that $4.25 to childhood cancer I don’t think people realize how far that would go,” Clark said. If students want to shave their heads, it’s not too late. Walk-up shavees are welcome. “The purpose of St. Baldrick’s is to stand in
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Worldwide nearly 175,000 children are diagnosed with cancer every year. In the United States, childhood cancer kills more children than AIDS, asthma, cystic fibrosis, congenital anomalies and diabetes combined. For those who do survive, twothirds will suffer long term effects, such as loss of sight or heart disease, as a result of the treatments. Despite all of this, less than four percent of the National Cancer Institute’s budget goes into research for childhood cancer. These statistics are from the St. Baldrick’s foundation, an organization dedicated to raising money for research on childhood cancer. On
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With 25 seconds remaining in the game and only up by three, it took just a span of five seconds for sophomore guard Derrick Marks to showcase his multifaceted basketball game. A block, rebound and a well-timed time out were not only a remarkable series of plays from the second-year player, but he highlighted the type of basketball Boise State put on display Saturday afternoon. Cue the eruption of the 10,455 members of Bronco Nation in attendance. “Of course I turned the ball over but it was a great play by them and Derrick just made a better play,” sophomore guard Anthony Drmic said. “That’s the kind of stuff Derrick does for us.” In a down-to-the-wire fashion, the Broncos (21-9, 9-7 in MW) defeated the San Diego State Aztecs (219, 9-7) 69-65 for their first win ever against the conference opponent in what was a must-win for the Broncos’ NCAA tournament chances. Judging from the first half alone, it had appeared the Broncos were going to walk away unscathed with a
31-19 lead heading into the locker room. However, the Aztecs’ abysmal 25.9 (7-27) percentage from the field transformed into a stellar 53.6 percent (15-28) for the second half, cutting the Broncos’ lead from 12 to three into the final minutes. Enter the “Blue Mamba”, —Marks’ new nickname, homage to Los Angeles Laker Kobe “Black Mamba” Bryant, with the heroics. Marks’ 22 of 27 total points were made in the second half, scoring 14 of the team’s final 21 points with under 10 minutes to play. Marks also dished out six assists and grabbed nine rebounds on the day. “This team has come a long way in defensively closing out games,” Marks said. “Last year, if we were up in the second, we probably would have lost.” The spotlight wasn’t just on Marks, as teammate and departing senior center Kenny Buckner notched 11 rebounds appropriately on Senior Day recognition at the arena. Buckner’s hustle and work ethic is something Head Coach Leon Rice consistently values in his players. “When we bring a kid here, our number one goal is
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Derrick Marks drives to the rim against an SDSU defender Saturday afternoon. that he leaves here better off than he got here,” Rice said. “That’s Kenny Buckner, that sums him up.” Another noteworthy showing came from Drmic’s 23-point performance, which gave him the Mountain West scoring title at 519 total points on the season. San Diego State was led by forward Xavier James and his 18 points and zero personal fouls, the only one on the team who held a clean slate in fouls. Junior Jamal Franklin came alive in the second half, scoring nine of his 15 points after halftime but fouled out with 20 seconds remaining. Initially picked to finish
eighth in the Mountain West in a poll by media members, the Broncos ended the season with a fifth place finish. As a testament to Rice’s continued success, Boise State has outperformed their predicted finish the last three seasons Rice has coached. “The bottom line is that they (San Diego State) know how to win games, but the great thing is so do our guys and they’re getting better at it,” Rice said. The Broncos are a fifth seed in the 2013 Mountain West tournament in Las Vegas and will square off again against the fourth-seeded Aztecs Wednesday night at 10 p.m. MT.
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Two men arrested for harrassment Police squad cars lit up the 1000 block of Lincoln Ave. Wednesday at 3:11 p.m. as authorities detained and charged two suspects with resisting or obstructing officers. According to Boise Police Department (BPD) spokesman Charles McClure, officers were contacted when two males, Antonio Jermaine Epps, age 32 and Lawrence Walter II Bady, age 30 appeared to be yelling obscenities and harassing pedestrians walking near the corner of University and Lincoln avenue. Police arrived
shortly after and made contact with the suspects and requested identification. Epps and Bady refused to provide identification and became argumentative with officers on the scene. After refusing to comply with the officers’ wishes regarding police protocol, both suspects were arrested and booked into Ada County Jail. BPD officials are unsure what caused the behavior on behalf of either suspects. Both individuals have posted bail and currently face misdemeanor charges.
Crews work near Capitol Blvd. Bridge on Monday
City workers will prune and remove several overhanging branches and trees beginning at 9 a.m. Monday, March 11, on the Greenbelt near the Capitol Boulevard bridge. Boise Community Forestry crews are working on the project in conjunction with an Ada County Highway District bridge improvement plan. Equipment will be stationed on the Capitol Boulevard bridge, with flaggers directing traf-
fic where necessary on the Greenbelt pathway. Pedestrians and bicyclists are urged to use caution. Boise Community Forestry manages more than 41,000 public trees in Boise. In 2012, Forestry crews and volunteers planted 436 new trees in parks and on public rights of way. A d d i t i o n a l l y, the construction on the east end of Cesar Chavez Lane is expected to continue through early July.
Geoscience student wins Keck Internship this summer Geosciences undergraduate Helena Mallonee has out-ofthis-world plans for her summer break— studying Martian lava flow. Mallonee is one of only a handful of students selected this year as a Keck Geology Consortium summer intern, and only the second student ever selected from Boise State. Benjamin Linhoff was a summer 2004 intern who currently is in a Ph.D. program at Woods Hole and Massachusetts Insti-
tute of Technology. The Keck Geology Consortium is a multi-college collaboration focused on enriching undergraduate education through development of high-quality research experiences. She will spend the following month at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Penn., with principal investigators Chris Hamilton and Jake Bleacher of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. While there, she
will learn to work with Martian remote sensing datasets, including Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter images, Context Camera at 6-12 m/ pixel, and the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment. Upon returning to Boise State, Mallonee will continue her work by producing a senior thesis over the 2013-2014 academic year under the advisement of Brittany Brand, a volcanologist in the Department of Geosciences.
Math club celebrates Pi with free pie The Boise State Math Club will present “A Celebration of Pi” from 6 to 7:45 p.m. Thursday, March 14, in the Student Union Jordan Ballroom. The event will include speakers
Mary Smith on “The History of Pi,” Tim Murdock on “The Slowest Method for Computing Pi” and Uwe Kaiser on “Pi and the Riemann Zeta Function.” Jesse Holmes will present a piano performance
of “Pi” and the event will include a Pi contest titled “How many digits do you know?” The event is free and open to the public. Doors open 5:30 p.m. and free pie will be served.
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Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is an 8 — Not everything is perfect, but you can ride out the bumps with grace. There’s room Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) for romance, when you — Today is a 9 — Choose think about it. your battles well. Accept a challenge, or an excellent Taurus (April 20-May opportunity. Keep track of 20) — Today is a 6 — New what you’re learning. opportunities to complete upsets emerge this coming Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. week, especially in terms of romance. Use your emo- 21) — Today is an 8 — Push past old barriers and gain tional powers. career stature with a surge of energy. Don’t give up. Gemini (May 21-June 20) You’ve got the right stuff. — Today is a 9 — Your treasure is at home. Share feelings with your partner and Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. be rewarded. You bring out 19) — Today is a 9 — You have the power to succeed. the best in each other. Review your budget. Send out feelers. The New Moon Cancer (June 21-July 22) — in Pisces could inspire new Today is a 9 — Your fears income. are not necessarily real. Have someone listen, then step beyond your comfort Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 9 — The more, zone to discover somethe merrier. Intimidate thing surprising. the competition with your great attitude. Compromise Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — to make sure. Go the extra Today is a 9 — A change mile for your friends. Run of procedures may be in reality checks. Buy love. order, but that’s no problem. You’re brilliant. The Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) money’s there, but don’t — Today is a 7 — Arguing get pushy. Do the math, doesn’t work so well in the and stick to the rules. heat of the game. Debate could actually be fun, if you Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) keep it light. Let a common — Today is a 7 — You can vision inspire. Pursue perdo it, with their help. Even sonal goals. Keep the faith.
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Center on Main will move to BoDo Elizabeth Orcutt Staff Writer
The Center on Main is moving and getting a name change in the next few months. Students will still have a direct lifeline to the heart of downtown at the Center’s new location on in BoDo. “We will continue to offer classroom and event space. We are in the process of deciding how to best use the new location,” wrote Melissa Lavitt, dean of the College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs, about the new space. “Ultimately, the BoDo space will serve similar outreach goals as the Center on Main.” The Center on Main is a classroom and community event space currently located on Main Street in downtown Boise, between 10th and 11th streets. It shares the Alaska Center building with Radio Boise, the only community radio station in the Treasure Valley, and local artists and businesses. Students interact with the community of Boise in a real way at the Center on Main, according to Todd Shallat,
Ph.D., director of Center for Idaho History and Politics at Boise State. From learning about urban planning and sustainable development, to going next door after class for a beer, students who attend classes and events here can develop a sense of place in a different way than if they stay on campus. “When Boise State plays a role in teaching (students) about the city, we’re teaching them about place,” Shallat said while walking through the streets of downtown Boise. “We need to figure out how to develop downtown so it’s mixed use. It’s the future of Boise and students are involved in that.” Shallat toured the BoDo location recently and was excited by the potential of the new space. “I’d like to see lots of student work displayed,” he commented while wandering around the site. “The community comes in here and the students have a real opportunity for networking.” The former realtor’s office gives an impression of being important, with exqui-
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are just a couple blocks north, providing opportunities for students to have hands-on experience with public policy
Colleges Against Cancer gives students a way to fight back Courtesy Benton Smith
From an early age, Jordan Saenz had to watch as his family struggled with cancer. He saw cancer test his brother, grandparents and his aunt until he had seen enough. Now Saenz is resolved to fight back. “This year alone my grandma passed away two weeks ago from cancer so it’s like that is my main goal, just to raise money so that no one else has to
go through what they went through,” Saenz said. Saenz has teamed up with the student organization Colleges Against Cancer (CAC) and their president Reiley O’Brien. Together they hope to raise funds for cancer research while also raising awareness about the risks of cancer. “I think that people overlook it (cancer) because they are so young they don’t realize the age span that
cancer affects” O’Brien said. Colleges Against Cancer is a nation wide effort with a chapter at Boise State. Open to all students, CAC hopes to raise funds for cancer research and for the programs they run throughout the community such as shuttling patients to chemo treatments and finding wigs for those who have lost their hair. To accomplish this goal CAC will be hosting a Relay For Life which is an
overnight fundraising event at the Rec Center April 20 from 6 p.m. to 8 a.m. “The point of an overnight event is the fact that cancer never sleeps and neither are we,” O’Brien said. The Relay For Life will provide food for the night and will feature guest speakers who will lecture on the dangers of cancer as well as steps that students can take to minimize their chances of getting cancer. The Relay For Life’s main
and local governance while taking classes. “It’s important for students to cross the river,” said
Mari Vitale, coordinator of the Center on Main. “Boise State needs to have a presence downtown.”
goal is to raise money, but more then that it helps a community come together as one in order to actualize its motto of celebrate, remember and fight back. “Celebrate those that have won their battle with cancer, fight back against the disease by helping people that currently have cancer, and remembering those that have lost their lives to cancer.” O’Brien explained. The event starts with a survivors ceremony with an honorary lap for those who have survived cancer. Then there is a luminaria ceremony to remember those that have been lost to cancer. The event ends with participants taking a pledge to
stay cognizant of ways they can help in the fight against cancer while back home in their own communities. Relay For Life is an all volunteer effort. Those wishing to assist with the event or to join Colleges Against Cancer can visit www.boisestaterelay.com. Registration cost $10 per participant and after registering, members can attend weekly meetings Friday nights 4 to 6 p.m. in the NORCO building room 114. Like Saenz, by signing up students can work to achieve his dream that one day perhaps no one will have to experience the pain cancer brings again.
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Millie takes the stage Zoe Colburn Staff Writer
“Thoroughly Modern Millie” began its life as a movie in 1967, but it wasn’t until 2002 when it hit the stage as a Broadway production. Now, the timeless tale of a country girl setting out in the big city will be presented by the Boise State Theater Arts Department and the Music Department. The plot’s timelessness is what drew theater director and director of the show Robert Klausch, Ph.D to the play. “I just love the fact that this show represents so many different periods of our 20th and now 21st century culture,” Klausch said. “It comes from the 1960s, it depicts an America in the 1920s when young people, young women in particular, because that’s who it focuses on, had many of the same kinds of concerns, dreams, ambitions and struggles as they were having in the 1960s. And now you translate that whole thing to the 2000s where you take a look at some of these things and you say ‘wait a minute, I don’t know if things have changed all that much.’” The musical tells the story of a young woman, Millie Dillmount, who moves to New York City to become a modern, successful woman, which primarily means mar-
rying a very rich man, preferably her boss. The New York of the 1920s is unlike any other, with women entering the workforce at unseen numbers and jazz in the air. Tess Gregg, a senior theater arts major, plays Millie in the upcoming production, a role she said she has always wanted to play. In contrast, leading man Alaggio Laurino, a junior art history and fine arts major, had to be convinced. “You know, the theater snob in me was resistant to the idea at first, but then I quickly warmed up to it,” he said. “And, you know, my passion is musical theater. It’s now, because theater is not my major, my hobby and my past-time. My favorite way to spend my free time is in a rehearsal.” Whatever Laurino may have thought previous to joining the production has been overwritten, though. “At face value, the show might be kind of confusing, but what I think is actually really great about ‘Thoroughly Modern Millie’ is that is addresses issues of race and sexism in a very ironic and satirical way,” he said. Through the course of the play, Millie has to deal with a villainous landlady who sells the women who inhabit her hotel to China as part of a
slavery ring. “It’s a hotel for young actresses, so it’s a hotel for young women,” Klausch said. “Then this woman who owns the hotel kidnaps the young women, those who have no family, no relatives, and she sends them to her accomplice who sends the girls to China where they become, well it’s pretty obvious what they would become over there. But that element of the story is told with humor, with ridiculousness.” Even beyond the compelling story of the show, the technical elements really help up the caliber. Laurino noted his favorite part of “Thoroughly Modern Millie” was, “During tap numbers when all the girls are in perfect sync, it’s just cool to watch.” Klausch also made a point to mention the dance numbers of the show. “The music is fantastic, and the dancing is fantastic,” he said. “It’s got jazz dance, it’s got tap dance. It’s just a very exciting time in the theater for people to see it.” The show is truly modern, and showcases dancing talents, as well as providing many roles for women. “Ultimately, the reason we’re doing it is because it is a really marvelous musical and vehicle for our students, because it has a great number
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“Thoroughly Modern Millie” comes to campus. of women’s roles,” Klausch said. “The lead of the show is a woman, one of the secondary principal leads is a woman. So it’s a great vehicle for our students to show off their talents and I think we really have the students this year to do that.” According to Gregg, there are reasons to go see this production beyond simply supporting the Boise State
arts program. “It’s a really entertaining show,” Gregg said. “Even if you have someone who doesn’t normally support the arts by going to shows frequently, or doesn’t enjoy musicals, you’ll enjoy this one. It’s so good.” “Thoroughly Modern Millie” will show Thursday, March 14 through Sunday, March 17.
Sarah Colonna roasts Boise State students Lauren Jacob Staff Writer
Sarah Colonna, writer for Chelsea Lately and After Lately, graced Boise State with her presence Saturday evening. Author of New York Times best seller, “Life as I Blow it,” Colonna came to share with Boise some of her talent and lots of laughter. Her performance started at 7 p.m. at the Special Events Center (SpEC) and the whole hour and a half was laughter-filled from the audience. “She was great. She was high energy the whole time,” Junior Colin Guth said. “She was really relatable.” Colonna talked about spring break, relationships, roommates and alcohol, and lots of it. But stand-up comedy
isn’t complete without a jab of some sort, of course. She called the theater majors nerds, the softball players lesbians and even ragged on The Arbiter. But who can’t take a good roast every now and then? Colonna found our Quidditch team to be quite foreign, as well as the knitting club, using our latest issue of the Arbiter to poke fun at the groups. She interacted with the audience, picking out couples, roommates and even those with imaginary friends. She even gave little tidbits of advice throughout her show, telling the audience degrees don’t always matter, but to stay in school anyway. And to not always trust eHarmony because they might set you up with an ex. She also professed her
love for Channing Tatum, quoting a Facebook comment of hers, saying “If God didn’t want me to watch Magic Mike, he wouldn’t have made Channing Tatum.” This of course brought a chorus of cheers from most of the ladies in the audience. “She just seemed to appreciate our culture here and she seemed to want to get to know us and you wanted to get to know her,” Guth said. “It was really interactive. She should charge money.” But luckily for the students in the audience, they got free Saturday night entertainment from a wellknown comedian and the SpEC was not short of laughter. The audience loved her, and her relevance to the college age allowed students to relate to
Lecture explores ‘slow food’ Paige Eaglestone Staff Writer
On Tuesday, March 12 at 6 p.m. in the Student Union Building, Simplot Ballroom A-D, Dan Philippon, an associate professor of English at the University of Min-
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the “slow food” movement, which began in Europe, particularly in Italy and France, and made its way toward America. The slow food movement, perceived as contrary to the fast food movement, redefines society’s view of
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Sarah Colona had students laughing Saturday. her comedy. “I really loved the atmosphere of the show,” said Lance Moore, part of student leadership who put on the event. “We were going for that college vibe where it’s just a really good hangout for a Friday night for BSU students to come out and I think she really provided that pretty well.”
She had a meet and greet after the show where students took pictures with her and thanked her for coming. She was also offered an invitation to join a group at Dirty Little Roddy’s later that night for a bull ride. This event was free for students and only five dollars for the public.
nature as “other.” Philippon will focus on the understanding of nature, and how sustainability and scale factor into this international cultural shift. The Nature of Slow Food and The Idea of Nature are a part of Interdisciplinary Explorations. “My goal in creating the series is to expose students,
professors, members of the community with a dialogue across disciplinary boundaries,” Samantha Harvey, Ph.D., an associate professor of English said. “Really big questions need interdisciplinary answers. Thinking about nature, particularly, we need to think about it from as many different angles as possible.”
Tasha Adams is a senior graduating in May. Like Nicole Reither, she is also terrified of all things graduation—failing a class, walking at the ceremony, not finding a job after receiving her degree. “The undaunted undergrads” is an account of working through last-semester fears and getting the most out of the college experience. Sometimes we are so consumed by school we forget there is still life outside school. And sometimes life comes and tragically slaps us in the face. On Feb. 28, a close friend of my family passed away. She was only 12. I got a phone call from my mom crying, telling me “Lauren’s brain dead, she’s dying.” I spent the entire day in the hospital only to hear there was nothing the doctors could do. I watched as a mother lost her child and two little girls lost a sister. The last week and a half has been a haze of crying, mourning and, unfortunately, schoolwork. Regardless of how broken my heart is, I still need to pass my classes to graduate. The day after she passed away, I had a midterm to take. That weekend I had a group project to do. Life has still been going on around me. Now, I will admit, there have been a couple assignments I haven’t done and a couple of classes I missed but I was careful about what I was neglecting at school. I took the midterm and I finished the group project. I didn’t participate in an online discussion and I didn’t do a reading response. Those were worth little compared to the time I spent with family. I have also seen my counselor since it happened. It has helped to have her there to emotionally spill on. She has helped me remember to balance my sadness with my responsibilities. Things happen despite our focus on school: we get sick, people break up with us, we get evicted. It would be great to press pause so we can deal with our nonschool problems but we don’t have that option. Be sure to take care of you. Cry if you need to. Skip a class for a job interview. Take a night off to find your sanity. I am not suggesting you lose control and neglect all things school-related. But it is important to let go of something little in order to focus on the bigger things.
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Glow-sticks and 3-D glasses Tabitha Bower
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“Try it with Tabby” is a weekly article chronicling the adventures of Tabitha Bower as she searches for out-ofthe-ordinary and budgetfriendly activities for Boise State students. Let’s be honest: I’ve never been good at mini-golf. While my long-shot is just shy of impressive, my putt is so pathetic that even my hole-in-ones mean nothing once it comes time to tally up the points. This week for “Try it with Tabby” I decided to switch up my usual mini-golf practice by moving indoors to a black-light, 3-D, 18hole mini-golf course like none other (or more likely none other I have even experienced). My first decision upon entering Shankz Glow Golf and Arcade on Fairview Rd. in Meridian was whether or not to spend the extra $1 for 3-D glasses. My initial decision was no. But then the sales-savvy cashier who promised a full
3-D experience with a side of depth-perception alteration and the occasional feeling of floating talked me into them. Floating? Why of course I forked over the $1 for magic glasses. Not to mention, I figured the depth perception could work in my favor if I could find ways to peek over the top of my glasses unnoticed. Wrong. As it turns out, the perception alteration did nothing but hinder my game further. The course itself was impressive, pairing monstrous fiberglass dinosaurs, elephants and gorillas with 3-D effects and complex holes with tunnels and bridges. My favorite hole paired a pirate theme with an uphill ramp which was nearly impossible for me to manage. Piece of advice, do not try to power-hit a golf ball. The 3-D glasses, however, did alter my vision. So much, in fact, I ended up doing more tripping and air hitting instead than
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With Treefort Music Festival only two weeks away, the Student Union Performance Series (SUPS) wizards joined forces with the Treefort organizers and held a preview show on Thursday, March 7.
Grandma Kelsey and Sun Blood Stories, two of the bands to play at the festival, played for anyone interested. Amy Rajkovich, a firstyear graduate student and the student union fine arts program assistant, helped put the show together. “This one in particu-
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stable-walking or connecting with the golf ball. Although, to be fair, I miss the ball more times than not in the light of day as well. About nine holes in, the headache, which one can expect to have after being bombarded by florescent glow-in-the dark dinosaurs for 30 minutes, kicked in. But my competitive nature kept me going through the back half of the course, where after hole 18, I ultimately admitted my defeat. After hitting over a seven on two separate holes, there was no way my two hole-in-ones had a chance of improving my score. All in all, glow-golf was a fun way to spend an hour, minus the headache.
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Tabitha Bower tries her hand at indoor glow-in-the-dark 3-D mini-golf.
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lar was easy,” she said. “I worked with Eric Gilbert and he puts on Treefort.” The preview show began with a performance from Grandma Kelsey, a onewoman band composed of Kelsey Swope and her guitar. Between songs, Swope bantered about her time
as a student at Boise State, and how strange it felt to be back on campus. After a brief intermission at the end of Grandma Kelsey’s performance, Sun Blood Stories took the stage. Their sound is almost the complete opposite direction of Grandma Kelsey’s, one that was gritty and southern, with a lead singer whose voice was reminiscent of Tom
Waits. In fact, Treefort helped to inspire the revamp of the Student Performance Series. “I went last year, and it fueled the new Student Performance Series,” Rajkovich said. Before this year, the Student Performance Series was mostly classical music, but Rajkovich helped to revamp it into a more modern, student-friendly type
of show. “I get a lot of ideas of who to get to come to campus with (Treefort’s) lineup,” she said. A kickoff to Treefort Festival will take place on campus at the Centennial Amphitheater on March 21. For more information on this and other performances visit finearts.boisestate.edu.
MFA brings poetic reflections Paige Eaglestone Staff Writer
Boise State’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing (MFA) reading series brought back Canadian poet, Lisa Robertson, on Monday, March 4. Robertson read her poetry aloud in the Student Union Building’s Lookout Room, which features some of the most scenic views on campus with its outspread windows and spacious quarters. This set the stage for audience member Julie Strand, an MFA poetry student, to ask Robertson about the relationship between the body and architecture in her writing. “(The) primary relationship is tactile,” Robertson said. “I looked around at which matter had formed.”
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This displayed a connection between all tactile things in general, but there does lie a deeper meaning as well. “I think that the relationship between the space and the skin and the consciousness is extremely strong,” Robertson said. Robertson is known to bring forth a relationship between concepts as well, creating a merger. The elements she emphasizes range from language, history, gender and politics, to name a few. She generates an internal and external awareness with her unique style, alternating from stream of consciousness to narrative to essay form. Chelsea Jordan, sophomore English major, said Robertson brings “new ideas, new ways of thinking about the world.” With lines like, “I think poetry is nice because of my
body,” Robertson’s work instills titillating observations within spectators. “It’s super bold and authoritative. She’s just really authoritative and has themes I’m interested in,” Strand said. “The work is wonderful.” For some, just reading a book of poetry is a completely different experience than hearing the author read it aloud. Robertson said she can “sense the relationship between rhythm and content of work” when she is in the writing process. “Writing for the most part, is pretty solitary as an activity,” Strand said. “So, to have the opportunity to bring this language into a group of people and see and experience their reception of it and to enter into a conversation is very uplifting.”
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No concealed weapons on campus Staff Writer
Armed with all of the righteous indignation a second amendment Carry and Conceal holder could have, I requested an interview with Campus Security and Police Services Executive Director, Jon Uda. Should we allow conceal and carry on campus? At first, I thought yes. But after speaking to Uda, he disarmed my questions with his thought-provoking insights as to why it is best to leave gun defense on campus to trained professionals. Once the interview was over, he had radically changed my perception. On campus, guns should only be carried by those trained to use them. Uda, whose training in law enforcement is extensive, is passionate about the security of the Boise State. “The death of a student keeps me awake at night,” Uda said. And should that death be at the hands of an inexperienced marksman, it would be devastating to the for-
mer FBI agent. Uda has witnessed crimes committed by the dregs of society and yet, to hear his emotion when speaking of the students on campus, it is realized how seriously he takes his job. “I don’t want one student to die on my watch,” Uda said. “We’ll do everything we can to prevent that. At any given time we have between five and seven members of the Boise Police Department on campus. Last year, we had a shirtless man making his way on Juanita St. wielding a machete. An observer called 911 and within one minute we had the guy surrounded and disarmed.” Asked why Conceal and Carry Weapons (CCW) were disallowed on campus, the usual was reiterated: potential accidental discharge of a weapon, the gun could be used against someone else or used by an unstable owner for their own suicide. But then, Uda got down to the basics. “When you’re carrying a weapon and have to go to the bathroom, where do
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I don’t want one student to die on my watch. We’ll do everything we can to prevent that.
Good. I don’t like them. Samantha Thuis Sophomore psychology major
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you put it,” Uda asked. “On a shelf? On the floor? Or between your Armed with all of the righteous indignation a second amendment Carry and Conceal holder could have, I requested an interview with Campus Security and Police Services Executive Director, Jon Uda. Should we allow conceal and carry on campus? At first, I thought yes. But after speaking to Uda, he disarmed my questions with his thoughtprovoking insights as to why it is best to leave gun defense on campus to trained professionals. Once the interview was over, he had radically changed my perception. On campus, guns should only be carried by those trained to use them. Uda, whose training in
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I think it’s ridiculous, because without having concealed weapons we’re not going to be able to have duels. Until we get concealed weapons allowed, I don’t think we’ll have any justice socially on campus.
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law enforcement is extensive, is passionate about the security of the Boise State. “The death of a student keeps me awake at night,” Uda said. And should that death be at the hands of an inexperienced marksman, it would be devastating to the former FBI agent. Uda has witnessed crimes committed by the dregs of society and yet, to hear his emotion when speaking of the students on campus, it is realized how seriously he takes his job. “I don’t want one student to die on my watch,” Uda said. “We’ll do everything we can to prevent that. At any
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given time we have between five and seven members of the Boise Police Department on campus. Last year, we had a shirtless man making his way on Juanita St. wielding a machete. An observer called 911 and within one minute we had the guy surrounded and disarmed.” Asked why Conceal and Carry Weapons (CCW) were disallowed on campus, the usual was reiterated: potential accidental discharge of a weapon, the gun could be used against someone else or used by an unstable owner for their own suicide. But then, Uda got down to the basics. “When you’re carrying a weapon and have to go to the bathroom, where do you put it,” Uda asked. “On a shelf? On the floor? Or between your legs pointing down? How many who take the basic CCW course will know that?” (The correct answer is C) As we spoke, his stories of near-misses by trained police officers and even a potential shooting in his own line of
work, confirmed how little training a basic CCW entails. Gun ownership and having a CCW come with a grave responsibility. His simple question, “Have you ever shot someone?” gave me pause to consider how each pull of a trigger can impact possible victims, police officers, insurance companies, and victim’s family members. Could I really be able to pull that trigger, knowing the bullet wound would be forever? Firing Glocks, various rifles and my Ruger on a gun range, shooting deer and pheasants outdoors is much different than pointing a gun at another human. Even those who are trained regret when it must be done. “The adrenaline kicks in when you’re faced with that decision. It is a grave obligation when you take a life or harm someone after trying to talk them down doesn’t work,” Uda said. That has yet to be determined if it was their life against my family’s or my own. However, at Boise State, we have, at any
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It doesn’t bother me much. (It) depends on the type of weapon; a gun, I don’t think those need to be on school grounds, but I always have my Leatherman on me; it’s technically a knife. I don’t see any problem with those.
I feel pretty good about that. It makes me feel safe because if somebody loses they’re temper they can’t just pull out a weapon. The surrounding people won’t get hurt.
Jed Wilde
Senior psychology major
Freshman chemistry secondary education major
Chrystal Moore
I feel like they should be allowed, because on campuses and schools where there have been shootings, people haven’t had weapons and I feel like if the shooters knew that people had concealed weapons they would be less likely to open fire on campus. I feel like it’s a good protection for those that wouldn’t be carrying guns. Becky Button
Senior social science major
Advertising efforts not resonating with students Trying to reach 22,000 students is difficult. That’s the biggest obstacle Boise State Student Involvement and Leadership Center (SILC) faces. “Ya’ll are so busy,” said Kris Sansing, assistant director of student life marketing. Sansing, along with her colleagues in SILC, are attempting to advertise events going on around campus with different types of media. “It’s the biggest challenge of my job,” Sansing said. “There is no one way to reach everybody. We have to do a lot of different things to reach students.” One way they are doing this is through different forms of media. SILC creates well designed media pamphlets, made by both students and professional staff. These are then sent out to different areas of campus where the hope is that students will see them and absorb the information. The Student Union Building (SUB) houses the most paraphernalia. Giant flat screens and posters adorn almost every wall and advertise
the day’s and week’s events, most of which are to occur in the SUB. Initially, the placement was extremely effective. Back when students had to wait in line to purchase their football and basketball tickets, the advertisements would be seen, thus the placement would be considered effective. But what about students who don’t venture to the east side of campus? One way they attempt to solve this problem is by hiring students to pass out fliers on the west side of campus near the Interactive learning Center. However, Yvonne Bennett, a senior studying social sciences, believes this strategy is ineffective. “I feel like most people avoid the fliers,” she said. “I know I do.” Sansing also uses bulletin boards across campus and litters them with fliers for upcoming events. However, this also seems to be ineffective. “The bulletin boards are so cluttered I don’t even look at them,” Bennett said. One marketing strategy both agree on is sidewalk chalk. “The sidewalk chalk is extremely effective when the
weather permits,” Sansing said. According to Sansing, the biggest advertising tool is word of mouth. “I always ask students how they heard about an event and most hear about it from
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volvement Center is attempting to fix this is by introducing an events calendar (events. boisestate.edu) where all campus events, including sports, lectures, and special events are posted in a one stop shop. “It is constantly updated. It’s in real time,” Sansing said. Sansing is also working on producing a mass email program, similar to the emails students receive alerting them of home football and basketball
games, which would include the events they are promoting. Students would have the opportunity to “opt out” if they didn’t care to receive such emails. While the department deserves mass amounts of credit for trying new ways to communicate with students, most avenues are ineffective. Let’s stick with sidewalk chalk because it’s bright and we can’t miss it.
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a friend or someone on campus,” she said. One interesting side note is the use of social media to promote events is not very effective. While students do spend copious amounts of time on Facebook and Twitter, they aren’t spending that time looking at the advertisements. How are they combating this issue? One way the Student In-
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Limited funds, limited routes
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Joshua Prigmore is a sophomore at Boise State; he is also a non-traditional student who is married and has two kids. When he and his wife made the difficult decision to downsize to just one car, Joshua was left to find alternative transportation to get to school. He and his family live by the mall, and Joshua has since been a regular on Valley Ride’s buses. He typically gets to school around 7:30-8 in the morning. So far, it only takes him about 25 minutes to ride the bus to school. He says the bus is clean and comfortable, and he doesn’t ever feel stranded at school with no car since there are so many things to see and do within walking distance of campus. Joshua is grateful for the free transportation that is helping his family save a lot of money while he pursues his education. Still, Joshua takes an evening class that doesn’t get out until 7:30, and the last bus leaves before that class gets out. “It would be helpful if they had a bus that came at 7:30 or 8,” he said. Valley Ride buses presently offer 16 routes and run from around 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Arguably, there are many students who may benefit from the bus running a little later in the evening, but at this point, The Arbiter
expansion really isn’t an op- costs. The company also re- to significantly raise fare which, for the time being, ceives some federal grants prices, it would only raise a may accommodate some tion for them. There is one bus that runs and relies on local contribu- small amount of money in stranded riders. Since one of Valley Ride’s until 9 p.m., but it is a bus tions from entities that utilize comparison to what it would that is strictly designated to its services, like Boise State. cost to increase bus hours. It highest costs is the cost of run between Boise State and “If you look at that collec- wouldn’t work to increase the employing a driver, they have the College of Western Idaho tively, it’s not a very robust hours of just one bus whose developed the Volunteer in Nampa. It does not stop financial structure,” Corno- route includes the university. Driver Program. Through Valley Ride would have this program, a driver can use anywhere between and is just pus said. Carnopis said after the to increase hours across the his or her own vehicle or one supposed to serve as a shuttle for students who may have economic downturn in 2008, board for every bus and for of Valley Ride’s. He or she meets other carcities have still continued to every route in order to not classes at both campuses. Mark Carnopis, commu- include Valley Ride contribu- leave riders stranded, and the poolers at a certain point and nity relations manager for tions in their budget. “There funds are simply not there to takes them from point A to point B. Valley Ride, said many peo- was a time when they had to do that. “It has been very good for J.C. Porter, associate direcple ask why Boise can’t have take a real careful look at their after hours a bus system and in rural more like Salt areas since Lake City’s or there’s no Portland’s. The Right now people say they’d ride more frequently bus service simple answer if the bus came more often, and VRT (Valley Ride) out there,” is money. Large Carnopis urban areas are says it would come more often if more people said. supposed to rely rode. It’s kind of the chicken or the egg thing. T h e heavily on their Boise State city for funding Parking & for local transit. —J.C. Porter TransporFor example, Salt tation DeLake City has a local sales tax that’s devoted budget and if it’s an issue of tor of Transportation & Park- partment is also looking into to transit. Idaho code gives providing adequate police ing at Boise State said, “Right alternative means to help no option to ask voters to protection or fire protection, now people say they’d ride students get to campus. Acapprove a city-option tax, to many that wouldn’t be a more frequently if the bus cording to Porter, next year making that solution unreal- very difficult choice to make.” came more often, and VRT Boise State plans to try a Boise State pays for stu- (Valley Ride) says it would Park ‘n’ Ride system that will istic for Boise’s transit system. And what state funding tran- dents, faculty and staff to ride come more often if more take people from the airport sit does receive is so minimal, Valley Ride buses for free people rode. It’s kind of the to campus. iRide, which is a carpool sharing website chicken or the egg thing.” it often only covers the cost with an I.D. card. But Carnopis maintains where people can go online, The school pays a greatly of purchasing necessary vehicles. According to Carnopis, reduced rate for those trav- that sheer lack of funding create a profile and connect that small amount of state elers’ bus fares, but even if is the limiting factor here. with people who have similar funding allocated for transit students and staff were will- “When you don’t have destinations and schedules, is distributed between seven ing to pay full fare, it would money to do that kind of is another option for people. or eight transit systems that not solve Valley Ride’s expansion, you have to start Vanpools opportunities are thinking outside the box,” also available, and informafunding problem. exist in other parts of Idaho. Bus riders are not charged Carnopis said. Valley Ride tion can be obtained through Revenue from box fares and advertising only pays for a great deal of money to ride, is currently looking at some Parking Services. Where can about a fifth of Valley Ride’s and even if Valley Ride were alternative forms of transit, students find information
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about vanpools? Valley Ride services currently cost the university around $100,000 a year. The amount Boise State pays is based on how many students rode the bus last year. On average, over 75,000 students use Valley Ride buses each year. Most universities currently charge a student fee to utilize the local transit, instead of the money coming out of the transportation budget. But at Boise State, revenue generated from parking permits and citations has been helping to pay the bill for Valley Ride’s services to students. In the meantime, Parking and Transportation is working hard to educate students and faculty about the alternate means of transit available to them. They recently hired Susan Seigneur, transportation demand manager, whose attention will largely be spent promoting those means. It is much less expensive for the university to pay for alternate means of transit than it is to expand parking structures. The notion is that if more people knew about the options available to them, more people would use these alternate modes of transportation to campus. “If students have questions on bus routes or riding their bikes, they should come in and we can help them find the best and cheapest way to get to campus,” Porter said. page design Bryan Talbot/THE ARBITER
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Broncos swing away at conference play Brandon Walton Staff Writer
The Boise State (7-3, 1-0 in MW) women’s tennis team opened outdoor play with a bang by defeating the New Mexico Lobos 6-1 in front of their home town crowd at the Appleton Tennis Center Saturday afternoon. This was the Bronco’s first Mountain West game of the season and they opened league play with quite the performance. The ladies returned home after a month-long hiatus from their home court. They had their first match back home on Friday night when they rolled past Eastern Washington 7-0. The Broncos got onto a roll early in the day by sweeping the doubles competition. Starting if off for the Broncos were the pair of juniors Sandy Vo and Morgan Basil, who were perfect in their victory over Eggleston and Grbac 8-0 in the No. 2 seed. Boise State would get another performance of sheer perfection when the fresh-
man team of Teal Vosburgh and Megan LaLone were nothing short of dominate in their 8-0 victory over Khan and Oldani in the No. 3 seed. Last but certainly not least, the No. 1 seed in the 39th nationally-ranked senior twin team of Marlena and Manuela Pietzuch rounded out the doubles play for the match, who won a very hard fought 8-5 contest over Bezdickova and Richardson. The women carried over their momentum in doubles play to singles play as the Broncos won a very impressive five out of six contests over the Lobos. Leading it off for the ladies would be Vo who was perfect in the first set winning 6-0 and then won a hard fought 2nd to defeat Nikolina Grbac in straight sets 6-0, 6-4 at the No. 2 seed. Next for the woman was LaLone who cruised in both sets to sweep Susanna Kuuttila 6-3, 6-2 at the No.5 spot. Sophomore Sammie Watson was the next Bronco to find victory lane as she had little trouble defeating of Katie Wookey in straight sets 6-2,
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Freshman Teal Vosburgh returns a volley at the Appleton Tennis Center Saturday afternoon. 6-2 at the No. 6 seed. Continuing the streak of victories in singles was Basil, who outplayed Sarah Khan in straight sets 6-3, 6-4 in the No.4 seed. The
final Boise State women’s victory was Vosburgh’s, who had a terrific first set performance but had a tougher time in the 2nd set. She was able to grind it out and get
the fifth sweep and victory for the Broncos over Kristin Eggleston 6-2, 7-5 in the No. 3 seed. Combined with the victory on Friday, this was
quite the home stand for the Broncos. The Broncos will now get ready for next week’s Blue Gray Classic in Montgomery, Ala.
Lenhardt shines despite Senior Night loss to UNLV Ruben Ibarra Staff Writer
With Lauren Lendhart getting recognized before the game as the Broncos’ lone senior player, emotions ran high and it showed in the play of both teams with the Broncos falling to their conference rivals UNLV 70-60 Wednesday night at Taco Bell Arena. This would be Lenhardt’s last time suiting up in a Bronco’s uniform in front of the home crowd. Both squads committed countless turnovers in the first half resulting in a low scoring affair with the first half ending 26-21 in favor of the Rebels. Brandi Henton, the Bronco’s redshirt sophomore guard, attributed to the first half struggles as just a matter of knocking down shots and staying
aggressive. The Broncos only shot 25 percent from the field in the first half, with the Rebel’s only shooting a meager 31 percent from the field. The Broncos got a great effort from Lexi Der whose high energy helped keep the game tight through out most of the game. The Broncos cleaned up their play in the second half. After failing to find Lendhart in the low post early on, from the start of the second half they made a more concerted effort to find her on the low block. After Rosalie Cutri and Brandi Henton started off the second half with lay-ups, it was Lendhart’s turn to get in on the action getting, four consecutive buckets in the paint including two andones and converting on both opportunities. Boise State led 38-32 with
Broncos swept by ‘Cats on road Angie Christiaens Staff Writer
Last Thursday Boise State’s softball team (9-13, 0-0 in MW) traveled to Tucson, Ariz. to compete in three games against No. 16 ranked Arizona, losing all three 9-5, 14-4 and 10-2. The opener on Thursday
became the closest game of the weekend with Mackenzie Whyte batting powerfully to gain two of the five runs. Boise State’s Sarah Barnes, Tara Glover and Holly Bourke each pitched in one run to compete with Arizona. Yet, the batting power be-
14:56 left in the second half after a Henton 3-point field-goal. Lendhart showed off her range hitting a 3-pointer showing us all why she has been voted the Mountain West’s Conference player of the week six times. Lauren’s final game at home ended with 18 points on 7-16 shooting and five rebounds. Cutri nearly had a doubledouble on her way to penetrating the Rebels’ defense much of the second half. “Defenders were in my face, and if you stay in my face I’m going to blow by you,” Cutri said. The Broncos gave a valiant effort until UNLV’s senior guard, and the MWC leading scoring, Kelli Thompson was just too much to handle and finished the night with 27 points on 6-15 from the field and 12-13 from the
hind Arizona’s Hallie Wilson proved to be too much as she connected well to give the Wildcats three runs out of three at bat, which led to a 9-5 score in favor of the Wildcats. The Wildcats kept their momentum in Saturday’s game too, connecting well against Bronco pitcher Kenzie Cole, as they scored 11 runs in the first and second innings, in which nine of those runs in the second inning alone. However, great pitching in the third inning kept
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Senior Lauren Lenhardt was the lone departing for the Broncos on Wednesday. charity stripe. Fouls were not helping out the Broncos cause and it seemed to be the Achilles’ Heal all night. The Rebels hit 25-32 free throw attempts and outrebounded the Broncos 50-44. For the Eagle native, Len-
hardt wants her Bronco legacy to be remembered as “a good team player, represented the school well, and was a good role model not just a basketball player.” Teammate Brandi Henton described Lauren as “irreplaceable” and hopes the “posts players work hard in
the offseason.” The women took another loss to end the regular season, falling to San Diego State 8645 in San Diego. Boise State, as the No. 7 seed in the MW tournament, will face No. 2 Fresno State Thursday at 7 p.m. MT.
Arizona scoreless with one strikeout by Cole. It wasn’t until the fourth inning when Whyte homered to left field to boost Boise State’s score by one run, but Arizona scored two runs to maintain their long lead. At the top of the fifth inning, Boise State put up only one more run to make the final score 4-14. Later that night, the Broncos battled against the Wildcats in their final game. At the top of the first inning, Makenna Weir and Bourke both scored to put the first
scores on the board at 2-0. Arizona only had one run in the first inning giving Boise State the lead. Both teams went scoreless until the third inning where Arizona had two homeruns and one unearned score to put the lead to 5-2. Boise State pitcher Lela Work struggled in the bottom of the fourth, allowing two more homeruns and eventually gave her mound over to Rebecca Patton. Patton gave up another home run but came together to pitch two strikeouts to
end the inning. At the top of the fifth inning, Boise State couldn’t connect at all and ended the game with a strikeout putting the final score at 10-2. Boise State will compete next in their first home series, the SpringHill Suites Invitational, starting on Friday, March 15. The Broncos will play a total of six games throughout the weekend at 2 and 4 p.m. each day. They will open up at Donna Larsen Park competing against Utah State at 2 p.m.
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