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Emily Pehrson, an Arbiter news writer wrote a preview for St. Baldrick’s Day and ultimately decided to shave her head for the cause. This is her first person account of the experience.
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Friday’s weather was fantastic. Throngs of watchers and the hairless watched as the ceremony continued— two people at a time sat patiently on a stage while two others meticulously shaved the heads of those seated “Anybody who is shaving their head talk to friends and family, members of their community, going door to door, students go through their floors, asking for donations,” said Sundi Musnicki, the area coordinator of University Housing. As a part of St. Baldrick’s Foundation, students organized this event in order to raise money and awareness for childhood cancer research. Those who chose to have their heads shaved were sponsored by their communities; their loss in hair was matched by an increase in funding for St. Baldrick’s Foundation. Men and women equally took part in the event; a mob
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“This is Rylee, and she is a cancer survivor,” said Ewing. “After about a year and a half of treatment and two bone marrow transplants, a couple of rounds of radiation, regular chemo, Rylee is better now, so we’re all about —Karen Ewing giving back...” of soon-to-be-shaved students and community members gathered to the left of the stage ready to take part in the ceremonial shaving. The spirits matched the weather. Students from the resident halls tossed footballs in the background, and students and adults donned t-shirts and shorts while their wintery skin met the sun for the first time in months. And, most importantly, the ceremony included a face-painting booth on picnic tables near the main stage. The event commenced at three o’clock with the original goal set to $5,000. By four o’clock that afternoon; one hour into the event, that goal was met. “The total amount of money raised for the event was $10,069” said Aubrie Gribble, a SRA at Chaffee Hall and primary
coordinator of the event. Though the shaving of heads was the primary method of fundraising, students and coordinators alike found other ways to raise money. “We’re helping out by selling wristbands. They cost $1 and so far we’ve raised over $100,” said Emily Walker, a Freshman at Boise State University. The event took a somber turn around 4:30 when Karen Ewing and her daughter took the stage. “This is Rylee, and she is a cancer survivor,” said Ewing. Rylee is six-years-old. Though she is healthy now, Rylee’s path to recovery was an arduous one. “After about a year and a half of treatment and two bone marrow transplants, a couple of rounds of radiation, regular chemo, Rylee is better now, so we’re all about
giving back with research and study, so that a few years from now the cure rate is even higher,” said Ewing. According to St. Baldricks. org, national childhood cancer research is the least funded of all cancer research receiving just four percent of federal cancer research funding. Raising money for research on childhood cancer becomes the responsibility of the community when there is little help from the state. “You just don’t hear a whole lot about it, and we haven’t heard a lot from Hollywood because it’s just too sad. Nobody wants to be the spokesperson for the sad,” said Ewing. The second annual hosting of St Baldrick’s Day by Boise State students and staff was much more successful than expected. Twice the expected amount of money was raised, men, women and children alike shaved their heads for funding and awareness, and many were inspired to continue the fight for funding and research for childhood cancer.
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Soulful synth-pop, was the description Andrew Stensaas used to describe the Edmond Dantes band music style. With influence from a variety of genres Stensaas and Ryan Peck came up with their own unique sound, and after about a year of playing together they’ve found their way into the Treefort lineup. Stensaas, and Peck, a current biology professor at Boise State, had no clue who each other were when they started the band, but the fact they both like playing music and performing was enough to get Edmond Dantes off the ground. “Boise Rock School (is where) we met, where I work,” Stensaas said. “We just kind of started a year ago, as a little bit of a fun thing and then we started writing some material. We just thought, this is pretty fun and it sounds pretty good and so we started playing shows in Boise and played a lot of shows last summer.” Finding their music style came naturally, Stensaas said. Even though they’ve been subconsciously influenced by other people, their sound is completely their own.
“As I got into my high school days I started listening to a lot more music and Bill Withers had a huge influence on me, and all these jazzy soulful singers started to impact me,” Stensaas said. “(One) of the bands Ryan's been listening to lately is Hot Chip. They’re music is so impressive as far as just the synthesizes they use and the rhythms they use. He listens to Metric, and he likes them, and he has a ton of musical influence." The future of Edmond Dantes includes hopefully getting their songs on iTunes and they’re excited about what they’ll do in the future, including the Treefort Festival. “As we’ve been playing around town, we talked to Eric Gilbert, he used to run sound for some of the shows at the back," Stensaas said. "When he heard us, he’s pretty particular about who he has play at Treefort, he said (we) could play if we want. He gave us some time slots available, and we got to pick one within the time frames that he gave us and we picked Sunday.” Even though Edmond Dantes has just been playing locally they keep the dream about making it big. “Josh Gross wrote a review about us, and he was really nice. He said that
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Edmond Dantes works on his sound before Treefort. some of the music is simple enough as just a duo that would be much better grasped if it was with a huge band,” Stensaas said. “It would be awesome to have that huge band and
play at some point in life at Madison Square Garden. That would be a fun spot, but I would be too scared right now. We’re years and years from anything like that.”
Two little girls, McKynna and Riley, were helped up onto the stage. Somewhat shyly, but giggling, they crowded behind me. In turn each was handed a pair of scissors. With a little help from the stylist McKenna, began sawing through my hair. A moment later she was helped down from the stage, one of my long pigtails swinging from her hand. There was a smile on her face as she showed her trophy to her mom. McKynna was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in 2006. Today, at the age of 9, she is in maintenance. That means that she is being given additional treatments in hope of preventing her cancer from returning. I learned about the St. Balrick’s event when I was assigned to cover it for The Arbiter. My roommate offered me $100 if I would shave my head. At the time I just laughed. However the more I thought about it, the more I realized that I needed to do it. No one gives children with cancer a choice in whether or not they want their hair to be gone. No one offers them money for the research of their disease when they lose their hair. Many of them aren’t even old enough to understand what is happening to them. I had expected to feel a lot more nervous. Everyone around me had such strong emotional reaction when I had told them my plan. My best friend who is getting married this summer threatened to ban me from her wedding photos. My family started raising donations for me not to shave my head. People have been tripping over themselves to buy me hats and scarves. However as I sat in that chair all I could do was smile. Staring through the elbows of the woman shaving my head I saw McKynna stuffing my hair into a plastic bag to be sent to Locks of Love, a charity that makes wigs for people who lose their hair due to chemotherapy treatments. I don’t regret going bald. I am going to save a small fortune on hair care products. My head will be nice and cool this summer. I started a new trend at the event by getting my freshly shaved head painted. And most importantly of all I raised $500 for childhood cancer research. I’ve never had a ponytail that made me feel better than that. arbiteronline.com
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Talkin’ Broncos Foundation Scholar award champs, again winners are announced The Boise State University Talkin’ Broncos are the 2013-2014 Pi Kappa Delta National Champions in speech and debate. Boise State successfully defended its 2011-2012 national championship title and took first place overall at the 48th annual Pi Kappa Delta National Speech and Debate biennial tournament in St. Louis, Mo., March 13-16. The Talkin’ Broncos beat out 88 other schools from 36 states to win the tournament championship. Boise State also won the national championship in 2005, ‘11 and was runner-up in 2007 and ‘09 at the biennial tournament. In addition to the team success, Watkins was named to the 2013-2014 Pi Kappa Delta All-American team, an award be-
stowed biennially to seven competitors with exemplary academic records who demonstrate a history of community service and exceptional forensics success. Watkins also was awarded Top Student Paper in the student scholarship competition. This win finishes up the Talkin’ Broncos regular season. Qualifying squads continue on to the National Parliamentary Debate Championship in Stockton, Calif., and the National Individual Event Tournament in Hutchinson, Kansas. The Talkin’ Broncos are supported in part through the Jeker Family Trust. For more information about the Talkin’ Broncos, contact Manda Hicks, director of forensics at Boise State, at mandahicks@ boisestate.edu.
Crews to work on greenbelt trees March 21 near Broadway Avenue Boise Community Forestry workers will prune overhanging branches and remove hazardous trees from 9 a.m. to noon Thursday, March 21, on the Greenbelt near the Boise State campus. The one-day
project will temporarily disrupt pedestrian access near the Broadway Avenue underpass on the south side of the Boise River. Pedestrians and bicyclists are urged to use caution and follow marked detours.
The Boise State University Foundation and Provost Marty Schimpf are pleased to announce Jeanne Belfy, Darryl Butt and Anne Gregory as the 2013 University Foundation Scholar Award recipients. Foundation Scholar Awards honor Boise State faculty members who have demonstrated ongoing commitment, expertise and accomplishments in teaching, research/ creative activity or professionally related service. Teaching Award:
Professor Jeanne Belfy, Department of Music, has been dedicated to the art and science of teaching for more than 30 years. Research and Creative Activity Award: Professor Darryl Butt, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, has established himself as a premier scholar with 220 publications and more than $10 million in external funding. Service Award: Professor Anne Gregory, Department of Literacy, has been an active and formi-
dable advocate in establishing literacy programs in schools throughout Idaho. The Boise State University Foundation will honor recipients at a recognition luncheon in April and recipients will receive a $3,000 honorarium from the Foundation. In addition, the Foundation has placed a display listing all recipients of the Foundation Scholar Awards since 1992 on the first floor of the Student Union Building near the main staircase.
Book from Boise State’s CCI Press A new book from Boise State features some of Boise’s highest performing organizations—from football to law enforcement to dance—and offers advice for leaders of all types. The release of “Wise Beyond Your
Field: How Creative Leaders Out Innovate to Out Perform” was announced during a press conference that featured the authors along with Boise State President Bob Kustra. Published by Boise State’s CCI Press in
the Centre for Creativity and Innovation, it is available for $15 at the Bookstore, Bronco Shops and online at Amazon.com. A portion of the book proceeds will go to scholarships for Boise State students.
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At first glance, senior information technology major Colin Smith looks like an average student at Boise State. With slightly shaggy hair, collegiate sweater and button up shirt, he blends in well with crowds of his peers. Smith is unique though. He is creating the technology of the future. As a student programmer and employee for the Office of Information Technology, Smith spends his time writing programming code for Boise State mobile software. “I have been staff for about six months, prior to that, I was hired as an OIT student as well,” Smith said. Long before enrolling at Boise State,
Smith had an active interest in high tech gadgets. “I mean, I have always been into technology, I like having shiny cool things,” Smith said. Smith studied programming as a teenager, but did not see a future in technology. “It’s always been an interest and like in high school, I was in the IT academy and stuff like that, but I never thought it would be something I would pursue,” Smith said. On April 2, the my.BoiseState mobile application will be available for download and Smith is proud to be part of the four person team that created it. “We decided not to launch it on April Fools Day, for whatever reason,” Smith said. The application will allow students easier access to Boise State online accounts
through mobile devices with internet capability. Smith and colleagues used experience gained working for Boise State to win the recent weekend-long Appathon held in the Iteractive Learning Center. With the array of electronic devices and operating systems available, Smith and teammates needed an app with adaptability. “It is really challenging to make something that will work across all of the devices, we chose a toolset that does that for us,” Smith said. Instead of writing code for each individual operating system, Smith and peers used a program that eliminates the need to do so. “It uses web technology, so since all of these devices know how to handle the internet, handle web pages and so forth, it is basically a web page that is designed to look like an app,” Smith said. The app replaces expensive i>clicker devices in classrooms with a mobile app that can be used on smart phones and could potentially save students the cost of the clicker itself. As the Appathon first place winner, the application has already grabbed the attention of Boise State officials. “There has been some interest from some people that are pretty high up at Boise State that were there at the Appathon presentations,” Smith said. “They saw it and really liked it, and have been asking my boss who orchestrated the Appathon, ‘when can we have it, when can we use it?’” Though information technologies offers a wide variety of employment across the United States, Smith plans to stay at Boise State after graduating this spring. “I am in a great spot right now, so I plan on, you know, staying here until I feel like I wanna leave,” Smith said. “They take pretty good care of you as a university employee, so it’s honestly something I didn’t expect to happen to me before I had a diploma.”
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Last year’s Breaking News Editor Suzanne Craig chronicles her adventures while studying abroad in Sweden. Traveling gets expensive fast, especially to tourist hotspots like Lapland. Options for cheap places to stay are scarce in the remote northern regions of Scandinavia. Luckily, the local chapter of Erasmus needed someone to coordinate with the travel agency. For ten hours of labor and a willingness to help count heads on buses, I got all my expenses paid. All expenses and all additional excursions were covered by the travel agency, Timetravels, so long as I could sell 20 tickets. Those tickets sold themselves, with promotion I got another batch of 20 sold so I wouldn’t be managing our campus’ group by myself. The most difficult part wasn’t even organizing the trip or transportation for 37 to Stockholm, it was in making sure I could miss a week of classes! Two courses had mandatory lectures and one had a course start meeting. Thankfully all the professors understood that between Lapland and their classes, Lapland was going to win. Depending on the student organization at your institution, there may be similar opportunities for coordination in exchange for a free trip. Between the travel agency’s promotion and the local Erasmus chapter the trip leaders were able to swing travel expenses and a small food allowance. Another option is to work directly with the travel agency. Many agencies have student discount rates or student group rates, even if they aren’t posted on the website. If you are able to sell a large enough batch of tickets the costs can be covered by the agency, even if it isn’t through a student organization and it’s just a matter of you convincing all your friends to go. Travel agency group rates and the potential for a free ticket make the slightly more expensive and touristy nature worth promoting. This is especially true if you are the freebie, because as soon as the trip starts your responsibilities reduce to making yourself available to help the travel agency’s trip leaders. The most I have done so far is check names off lists to make sure no one was forgotten. Of course, this can become a little more stressful depending on the group and excursion. Rumor has it the snowmobile excursion can result in some pretty hefty injuries if students don’t pay attention. The simple solution is to make sure students pay attention to instructions and point out the ones goofing off to the tour leaders. This not only prevents you from being the bad guy when they get booted from the activity, it keeps you from spending hours in a medical center when you could be skiing or driving a dog-sled. Potential injuries aside, the work required to promote a travel agency based excursion is minimal and the payout is potentially huge.
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Ross Burkhart, Ph.D., associate professor and co-director of the Canadian Studies Program, has roughly 100 students this semester and knows each of them by name. “I prefer to learn their names because the classroom is a place for people,” Burkhart said. “Everyone has a story and I like to find out what it is.” Burkhart grew up in Kingston, New York until he was 18 when, like many 18 year olds, he decided he wanted to see something new. Burkhart received his undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina and his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa. Burkhart is very dedicated to his family. He is happily married and has a step son and grand nephew
“It’s a cliché to say there wouldn’t be a university without students, but sometimes we lose sight of that.” Christopher Bower, a 21-year-old philosophy, social work and political science major in the honor’s college and former student of Burkhart’s, had only positive things to say about Burkhart. “He’s one heck of a guy,” Bower said. “He is the epitome of what a professor should be. He makes learning an experience.” Bower highlighted how clear and concise Burkhart’s teaching methods are. “He makes you learn; the way he can break down regression and make it like poetry,” Bower said. Burkhart went into higher education because of his passion for learning and research. “It’s about teachers teaching and students
learning and teaching each other,” Burkhart said. “As I teach every class, I learn something new or different.” Bower encourages other students to approach their professors and create relationships with them in order to enhance their education. “Burkhart is the perfect exemplification of the ideal student/professor relationship that should be exercised,” Bower said. “Students are sometimes intimidated by professorship and we develop a disconnect, it is important to reach out to professors in general.” Burkhart explained why good educators are important to our society as well as why an education can be important in society. “Education is a value in and of itself, it improves people and it allows us to be more a more civic people,” Burkhart said.
Mean words spark campaign the impact of what he said and he apologized saying he had no idea.” The need for the campaign became apparent after students complained in residence halls, said Amy Martin, associate director of resident life. “Students were telling us about language that was problematic in the residence halls. ... Over the years we’ve had different incidents where students have been made to feel uncomfortable by language that is written on dry erase boards or that they hear others talking about,” Martin said. After teaming with the Office of Multicultural Involvement and Commu-
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“That’s so gay ... That’s retarded.” Phrases like these are the target of the University of Maryland’s Inclusive Language Campaign, launched this fall to remind students to be aware that their everyday language can be highly offensive. The campaign hits home for Anthony Douglas, 20, who is bisexual and has a disability. “I had a great conversation on the bus the other day. A guy used the word retarded. I turned around and jokingly said, ‘Are you talking about me?’” Douglas said. “It made him realize
nity Advocacy, the group decided on a campaign to promote conversation rather than point fingers, Martin said. The solution group brainstormed a list of phrases with a negative connotation, such as “That exam just raped me,” and “That’s so ghetto,” which can offend groups including sexual assault survivors and those coming from poverty. The campaign brought brightly colored posters to the Adele H. Stamp Student Union, residence halls, libraries and campus shuttles featuring the phrases and a reminder to think before you speak. Residence hall discus-
sions have been encouraged through the use of YouID, peer conversation groups, in which students can discuss their unique identities, backgrounds and experiences for increased understanding. “The role of the campaign is to create this space on campus for folks to read something and think about it, process it and make meaning of it. It’s really to pique students’ interest,” said James McShay, associate director of MICA. “I really think it’s helping students think twice about what they say,” said Easton Hall dormitory president, Joshua Desse, 19. There is always a need for awareness, he said, be-
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cause on campus there are students from all life experiences and circumstances. The campaign is giving students the skills and courage to speak up when they hear something offensive, he said. “From what I’ve heard, students in minority groups feel more accepted and welcome on campus, like somebody is looking out for them,” Desse said. However, the campaign isn’t designed to be the language police on campus, McShay said. “The goal or hope is not to call anyone out, per se. The goal is for people to think about their everyday lexicon. They can make decisions for themselves if this is something they continue to use,” McShay said, “but
the hope is they think about the origins of some of these terms and what’s oftentimes being connoted.” “Most of the time when people use those words they don’t mean it in a negative light...but you should always be willing to apologize,” said dorm resident Malik Johnson-Williams, 18. The primary outcome of the campaign has been a heightened sense of awareness among students, which Douglas said, makes all the difference. “The more you let those words sink into your language, the more you perpetuate their acceptance in society, which is definitely not what we want,” Douglas said. “It’s great to make people aware that you never know who you’re talking to.”
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5:45 p.m. If you’re a fan of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, there’s a great chance you’ll like these guys. Very mellow, very indie, very summer-y. Provided the sun is hot and the beer is cold, you’ll enjoy spending your late afternoon with El Ten Eleven.
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YACHT 7 p.m.
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With greats like See a Penny, Pick it Up, and Psychic City, you’ll love both the energy and happy-vibes YACHT will give off in a live setting.
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The Walkmen
2:20 p.m.
Pony Village has a distinct nostalgic feel to their music. The Portland-based quintet uses that to their advantage, hacking into I-remember-when and The Good Old Daystype feelings with their magic-infused lyrics.
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Hallowed Oak
3 p.m.
Psych-Folk five-piece band Hallowed Oak provides the perfect music to feel like a teenager on a road trip in a Wes Anderson movie. The plunk of the guitars and the whine of the violin help promote the hazy feeling of a long evening drive in August.
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Lionsweb
5 p.m.
Lionsweb’s Facebook reads “let’s shake souls together” and that’s what she does—makes her audience feel connected to her and want to dance with her. Although she may seem delicate, her bold voice and magnetic personality soon put misconceptions to rest.
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11:00 p.m. This very disco-esque duo will be a nice change of pace with electro sounds and very upbeat rhythm.
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Shigeto
12 a.m. Now it’s time to end the day with the very relaxing Shigeto. It’s an organic way to spend your midnight hours and the perfect way to unwind from a fairly hectic day.
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The Jackalope Saints
8 p.m.
With all the soul of the fiddle, the harmonica and standup bass, the classic sound of a guitar, the oddity of the accordion and mandolin, and the smooth, story-teller quality of singer Clinton Herrick’s voice, The Jackalope Saints sing of desert devils, lost women, and demons. Their songs burst with cowboy mythology and desert magic. all ages
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8:30 p.m. This five-piece band sounds a bit like The Strokes, minus the lead singer who sounds a bit like Sameer Gadhia of Young the Giant. If you’ve forgotten what music is supposed to feel like, this east-coast band will certainly jog your memory.
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Shades is a local quartet playing spacey, dream-music. The floaty synths, grounding drums and mellow vocals make them a feel-good space-band.
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Solomon’s Hollow visits downtown
Nathan Updike Staff Writer
Solomon’s Hollow is a five-person jazz-influenced folk band is coming back to Boise from Portland for this year’s Treefort Music Festival. Nate Agenbroad, lead singer, guitar player and Boise State graduate, spoke to The Arbiter. Solomon’s Hollow was formed in Boise by Agenbroad in 2008 after he graduated. He moved to Portland for music but recently came back to Boise and was followed by fellow band member’s Angie Stevens (violin), Kyle Baas (upright bass), Mark Doubleday (cello) and Marcus Orton (percussion). “We were geared more towards improv section when we were in Portland, and it was fun and we had people to do it with, but eventually we got to a point where we couldn’t really push it any farther,” Agenbroad said. “So we really wanted to go back in the direction of mapping things out and
actually transcribing the arrangements.” Agenbroad said that the band is jazz-influenced in their phrasing and also have a lot of swing feel in the rhythm, but it is not like a jazz standard. He said they are trying to avoid writing music that sounds like jazz standards. Since moving back to Boise in December of 2012, Agenbroad said he believes this is the best group of musicians he has been with. “In the two months that we have been really working hard and rehearsing,” Agenbroad said. “I feel that I have gotten farther with thias group of musicians than I got with musicians that I have spent a lot more time with in the past.” The band’s name was made up by Agenbroad a while back and has stuck now. “It’s kind of a play on the biblical character Solomon,” he said. “We aren’t a Christian band, but some of that imagery I grew up with.” As of now, Agenbroad
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This guy loved Treefort 2012; one can only imagine how excited he will be this year. said Solomon’s Hollow does not have any more shows lined up after Treefort, but plan to be playing
over the summer. “This is kind of just something to get the ball rolling for now,” he said.
Though described to be “a fictional place that happens to be also real” in their Treefort profile, Sol-
omon’s Hollow will really be playing Sunday March 24 at 8 p.m. at the Crux, an all-ages venue.
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Treefort kicks off downtown on Thursday. But for those of us still stuck on campus for classes, the official kickoff to Treefort will take place at the Centennial Amphitheater behind the library and will feature three Treefort bands. One of those bands will be Nick Jaina, an artist from Portland. While Jain’s a solo act he still keeps others in mind—his influences consist of artists like The Beatles, Tom Waits, Paul Simon, and REM. His Chris Martinlike voice backed with peaceful and heartfelt folk music is extremely easy-going; so easy-going, it’s hard to believe a man with such intensity created it. According to Hush Records, “He has run out of money, slept in his car, booked tours from the road, and sacrificed relationships at home for the good of his art.” Five of Jaina’s first six albums were produced by Hush Records, a label out of Portland. His first, however, titled Snakes and Umbrellas was produced by Perilymph Records. While his decade-long tenure with Hush has brought him success, his upcoming album, Primary Perception, is going to be produced by Fluff and Gravy Records, also out of Portland. According to Hush Records, Jaina is known to play two shows when on tour “one in the club they were booked, and one prior in the street to bring new fans into the club.” As a man who plays additionally on the streets, Jaina has met many musicians, some of which have ended up playing shows with him. However, while he has played shows with many different musicians, he still seems to be a solo act. For those of you going to the Treefort Music Fest this weekend, look out for Nick Jaina on Thursday at 11 p.m. at Pengilly’s Saloon. The Arbiter
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Who needs Oxygen when you have Foxygen? Madison Killian Staff Writer
Foxygen is, according to their website, “Sam France, Rado, and whoever the fuck else we think is glamorous.” With an introduction like that, this band is kind of hard to ignore. France, who is lead vocalist, comes to us from Olympia, Wash. His partner in crime, Jonathan Rado from New York City, plays the guitar and keyboard. Drawing their influences from classic artists like The Beatles, The Kinks and David Bowie, Foxygen likes to put a modern twist on things. Their sound can’t quite be defined. They have been called everything from rock ‘n’ roll, to psychedelic, to alternative. The truth is, they fit into all of those categories which is what makes them so unique. The duo got their start after giving their homemade recording to producer Richard Swift after
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Foxygen will be performing at Treefort on Thursday at the El Korah Shrine at 9 p.m. his performance in NYC one night. Swift liked it so much he called them back later that night, and the rest is history. Since then, the duo has released two full-length
albums. Their first album, “Take the Kids Off Broadway” which was released in 2012, features seven songs and includes a tribute to Swift. Their latest album, released in January of this
year, is titled “We Are the 21 st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic.” This LP has nine songs, featuring the song “Shuggie.” With their collection of influences and modern
twist, this is definitely a band to watch and one you won’t want to miss at Treefort this year. In addition to their performance at Treefort, keep your eyes and ears out for Foxygen’s performance as
part of Boise State’s official kickoff to Treefort. Bands will be taking over the Centennial Amphitheater on Thursday from noon to 4 p.m. with Foxygen performing at 3 p.m.
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7 p.m. Promoting his brand-new album, “Wondrous Bughouse,” Mr. Trevor Powers will once again unleash his brand of minimal psych-pop onto the town that raised him. Expect a cool light show to go with the spacey music.
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Sour boy, Bitter Girl
1 p.m.
Hailing from Colorado, this band plays a variety of acts, including solo and fully outfitted band performances. According to treefortmusic.com this band has some of the best artists from the state of Colorado.
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Camper Van Beethoven
9:00 p.m. Hugely influential on all of indie with their DIY aesthetic and multi-genre musical attack, Camper is a more than welcome addition to Treefort. They just released a new album this year, “La Costa Perdida,” so expect to hear brand new stuff as well as old favorites.
These Boise natives have been garnering fame since 2007, when one of their songs was put on a popular gaming website. They’ve played in many venues here in Boise, and have spoken about their excitement for the Treefort Music Festival.
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9:40 p.m.
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The band has a violin and a banjo, but it’s been said they rock out all the same. They’ve even spent several years in England, and have songs titles like “The Devil Loves You” (from their upcoming album).
Built to Spill
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Brother Ali
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10:10 p.m. Playing even once at Treefort must be a daunting task, but for famous Boise upstart Built to Spill, it’s probably no sweat. That said, this will be their second setlist at the festival, and this time it’s all covers. Should be a heaping dose of fun.
Henhouse Prowlers
11 p.m.
These blue-grass suit-and-tie wearing men have been together for eight years, and have worked with Sally Van Meter. They may be blue-grass, but they’re only “semitraditional,” as their Facebook page says.
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Karoke From Hell
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One of underground hip-hop’s most forward-thinking artists, Brother Ali’s style is a mix of golden-age Rakimstyle funk beats and politically relevant wordplay. Most famous for his controversial single, “Uncle Sam Goddamn,” Ali is a hip-hop classicist with something to say.
As their name suggests, they started off by impressing audiences with their karaoke act. The band is live and plays along with whoever happens to be singing; so instead of singing with a karaoke machine, the audience has the opportunity to be the lead singer of a band.
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Based on the 1967 movie, the stage version of “Thoroughly Modern Millie” played in The Morrison Center last weekend.
Modern Millie brings Big Apple style Taylor Bauman Staff Writer
As the lights dimmed, and the orchestra filled the room with an opening drumroll, the crowd hushed with anticipation. “This is great,” whispered a bystander in the crowd. March 14 was the opening night for Boise State’s musical production “Thoroughly Modern Mille.” The 1960’s musical was set in the 1920’s and was about a young gal, Millie Dillmount,
who left her southern ways to move to the Big Apple and start a new “modern” lifestyle, in which she encounters a new love, a new job and faces the danger of sex trafficking. The vibrant cartoon backdrop of an old 1920s downtown city set the perfect tone for this lively musical. And the costumes were all types of glamorous for the men and women in the performance. Costume designer, Darrin Pufall, captured the 1920s through the women’s sequined dresses, feather caps,
gloves and the men’s rustic suits and brief cases. Not only was the set outstanding, the performances by all actors in the musical were top-notch as well. Stand out vocals from actresses Tess Gregg, who played star Millie Dillmount, and Nicole Snelgrow, who played the role of Dorothy Brown, a young southern bell, were phenomenal. The star men in the musical, Alaggio Laurino, who played Jimmy Smith, Millie’s new love, and Robert Tom-
bari who played Trevor Graydon, Millie’s boss, were also phenomenal. All actors could not only act and sing they could also dance (including tap dance) as well. One of the biggest hits of the show was Sasha AllenGreives’ performance of Mrs. Meers. The comical Asian
landlord of the Pricilla Hotel for Young Actresses brought humor to the stage that the audience thoroughly enjoyed. Mrs. Meers was no doubt one of the favorite roles in the performance and had the crowd laughing each time she hit the stage.
Judging from the audience’s reactions after curtian-fall, “Thoroughly Modern Millie” was a great success. The competant acting, singing, dancing and production as a whole were impressive and director, Richard Klautsch, did an excellent job from top to bottom.
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Do race preferences help students? Affirmative action, long one of America's most divisive social issues, is about to grab headlines again. On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in a challenge to a state university's use of race in selecting students. In many ways, the legal issues in Fisher v. University of Texas are the same as those that came before the court in 1978 and 2003. But the broader affirmative action debate has changed since those cases were heard, and in ways that could point toward compromises that might win broad public support. Since the late 1960s, the racial preference discussion has been dominated by fairness questions. Proponents saw preferences as a necessary way of ensuring that racial minorities enjoy equal opportunity in the real world and not just paper promises of fair treatment. Opponents saw preferences as reverse discrimination, perpetuating racist habits under a new guise. But in recent years, scholars have started to do careful empirical research on whether preferences actually help their intended recipients. When the dispute shifts from "is it fair?" to "does it work?" thus changing the focus from ideology to evidence, open-minded people can make progress toward consensus. Much of this new research is on the idea of "mismatch" on what happens after a student is admitted to a school for which he or she is only marginally qualified. (It is common for colleges to accept black applicants with SAT scores several hundred points below those generally required for Asian or white applicants.) In general, however, studies have found that students tend to learn less if they are surrounded by peers with much stronger academic preparation. Some 40 percent of black students entering college, for example, say they expect to major in science or engineering. But when they get to schools where most of the other students are better prepared with much higher SAT scores and more rigorous
high school course work the chance of failure is high. Although some racial preference recipients rise to the challenge and perform better than ever, research finds that most tend to be overwhelmed and move to easier majors. These are serious concerns. A raft of recent studies has found that students often fail to thrive if they are admitted to colleges for which they're far less prepared than their fellow students, and this holds true whether the preferences under which they were admitted were based on race (as are most very large preferences) or any other factor. Students admitted to schools under such programs are 30 percent to 40 percent less likely to get science degrees; they are twice as likely to fail the bar exam after law school; and they are likely to have less social interaction across racial lines. These numbers are not comparing preference recipients with their better-qualified peers; they are comparing preference students with otherwise similar students who go to very good but less elite schools where they are better matched. The mismatch hypothesis is controversial. The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights has issued two meticulously researched and reasoned reports expressing great concern about mismatch problems, but university leaders utterly ignored the reports, and they reject the idea of mismatch out of hand. Race is such a sensitive subject on most campuses, and diversity via racial preferences is viewed as so sacred, that campus presidents will often embrace even the flimsiest rebuttals of peer-reviewed, carefully replicated mismatch research. In our view, the evidence
is overwhelming that mismatches often harm those they are trying to help. Many skeptics are simply resisting serious scrutiny of current practices on political or emotional grounds. Others legitimately point out that there are important questions that need closer study, such as whether academic support can offset the effect of preferences, or whether the longterm advantages of an elite degree can offset mismatch troubles during college. But even if the current evidence is viewed as inconclusive, there's an easy step the Supreme Court should consider: mandating transparency in university admissions systems that have long been cloaked in secrecy. Current court doctrine requires that preferences not be harmful to any racial group. Nearly all experts agree that Justice Anthony M. Kennedy is likely to write the decisive opinion in Fisher, and that he will be interested in putting more teeth into the court's high-sounding but so far unenforced principles curbing abuse of preferences. A great way to do this would be a simple consumer protection measure, requiring that when a college or university uses a racial preference, it provides
applicants and admitted students with information about the outcomes of students whose qualifications are similar to theirs. In many realms, it is taken for granted that consumers need good information: Home mortgages, cars and even cereal boxes come with extensive disclosures. It is hard to think of a major investment, especially one of such crucial lifelong importance, in which the consumers (students and their families) have so little information available about what exactly they are getting. Universities are ranked by outlets like U.S. News & World Report according to their prestige. But there is little information available that measures how schools actually serve their students. In particular, those admitted with far lower scores or grades than the majority of students at the school need to know whether, and by how much, attending a more elite school is likely to hurt their grades and class rank. They should be
able to gauge their chances of sticking with a tough major, graduating and passing licensing exams. Under current practices, there is simply no way to tell how students' qualifications on entry affect their academic success, and so students are left to rely on those alluring national rankings. Requiring disclosures and transparency would empower students to make intelligent choices while still permitting colleges, at least for now, to continue offering large racial preferences. If the data tend to confirm that mismatched students fare poorly, then at least some students will shun preferences that are likely to land them out of their depth, and universities will probably work harder than they do now to provide effective academic support to struggling students. It would serve both skeptics and defenders of preferences to have the information needed to determine when, and how well, preference policies actually work.
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After taking a year off after high school to regain my studious composure so I would do well in college, I had a mental breakdown. My depression had come back full force and my anxiety was out of control. I was terrified of having a panic attack with my friends, the people who I should have been the most comfortable around. I was afraid they would judge me and leave me because I was different Though most of my friends didn’t leave, they wouldn’t come around as often. When they did, I would bail out of plans, make up excuses as to why I couldn’t do this or that. I lost out on a lot of fun times because I couldn’t get out of my funk. It wasn’t until I lost my best friend that I just retracted into my room for almost a year without any kind of social interaction with people my age. While shopping with her one afternoon, I had a panic attack and had to leave the store. She said she understood and gave me a big hug and told me to call her if I needed anything. They were the words I needed to hear, ones that weren’t judgmental or two-faced. They seemed believable. I haven’t talked to her since that day. She ignored my calls, ignored me on campus. She abandoned me when I needed her most—one of the worst feelings in the world. I didn’t have anyone to talk to because she was the only one who really knew what was going on. One of the things that I ask of everyone is to be the shoulder for someone, even a stranger, because you never know if you’re the only one they have. It’s surprising how therapeutic it can be to have a crying session where all your emotions are released. Though sometimes difficult, don’t judge a person for the issue they are dealing with. It may seem minute compared to yours but it’s their struggle. Lastly, be compassionate and communicate your feelings. If you’re unsure of how to handle a situation like mine, say so. Don’t abandon someone who is struggling because you’re afraid. Tell the person that you aren’t sure how to help them but you will do they best you can to help, even if it’s by bringing over a pint of Ben and Jerry’s’ Chocolate Fudge Brownie ice cream. Something is better than nothing.
How do you feel about the changes to the intramural field?
“I guess you can say that I am okay with football using it, but them controlling who can be on it is a little unfair. I think it should be left to the students to use whenever they want. I didn’t hear anything about this so I think this was a little unfair, but I don’t really know what would have happened if they did say it out loud.”
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“I know that athletics is trying to buy the intermural field from Boise State. I think athletics could go elsewhere;I know they are trying to put another one by the Lincoln townhomes, which is going to be smaller and like a million dollars. I don’t think that it’s a good thing. I think we should have been consulted; we’re the ones who use it.”
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“I think that kind of takes it from the students really and kind of puts it more into like BSU football—it’s like here you go, this is for you. I think if it doesn’t really change the use of it I don’t see it being that big of a deal, but if it turns into all athletics using it and no one else, that can be a problem. I think it should be advertised more, talked about more.”
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Anthony Drmic and the rest of the Broncos will square off against the LaSalle Explorers Wednesday night in Dayton, Ohio.
Broncos nab first-ever NCAA at-large bid Brandon Walton Staff Writer
Bronco Nation, you can breathe now. The Boise State men's basketball team is officially part of the madness this year as they received an at-large bid Sunday afternoon. The Broncos were seeded 13th in the west region. The news ended several weeks of speculation on would they or wouldn't they be going to the NCAA tournament or as the college basketball world calls it, being on the bubble. They were continuously being put on several college basketball analysts lists of the "last four in" and the "last four out."
After every game the Broncos' position would change according to the outcome of their games. In fact, Boise State was predicted by most analysts to not be going to the tournament after their lackluster performance in their loss to San Diego State in the opening round of the Mountain West tournament. But despite all of this the Broncos made it in and were in fact one of the very last teams selected. This was evident by the fact that Boise State's first game is actually a play-in game to get into the main field of 64. The play-in game is actually a new concept that the NCAA added a few
years ago to expand the field to 68 teams. In order to work with the bracket they had to add these playin games. The Broncos are still very much a part of the NCAA tournament, they just have to play an extra game. They will be facing another 13th seed in that same region and the winner of that game will be the official 13th seed of the west region The winner will be joining the rest of the teams in the traditional 64 team bracket that the nation is familiar with. The Broncos' first game will be on Wednesday night against the La Salle Explorers.
La Salle is out of the very competitive and perhaps the best mid major conference in college basketball, the Atlantic 10. Over the past few years the Atlantic 10 has been known for underdogs making very deep runs. Who can forget in 2010 both Butler and VCU made it to the Final Four. La Salle and Boise State had very similar seasons as their records were nearly the same. They were 21-9 while Boise State was 2110. Both the Broncos and La Salle finished fifth in their respective conferences. La Salle will be led by senior Ramon Galloway and junior Tyreek Duren.
Galloway is averaging 17 points per game while Duren is averaging 15 ppg. In addition to those two players, La Salle has two other players who are averaging in double digits. The winner of this game will go on and face the number 4 seed in the region, the Kansas State Wildcats. Kansas State had an excellent season as they finished 27-7 and 14-4 in the Big 12. They finished second in the Big 12 and only no. 1 seed Kansas was better than them. They have been a mainstay in the top 25 all year and are one of the favorites to come out of west region into the Final Four.
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As I wrote earlier in the season, the Boise State men’s basketball team is very good. Their birth in the NCAA tournament goes to prove that. Are they the 13-seed? Yes, but what’s important to take into consideration is their age and how quick these players have responded to Head Coach Leon Rice in changing this program around. This gives the Boise community more to follow than just what’s going on on the blue turf. It also marks the first-at-large bid in Boise State history for the Broncos. It’s no longer just Chris Petersen as a public figure for Bronco athletics. The Boise community has also adopted Rice into that role as well. But I digress, here’s my prediction for the Broncos on their journey in the NCAA tournament. The Broncos’ first obstacle will come with taking on La Salle in Dayton, Ohio. The La Salle Explorers are 21-9 this year and are also making their first NCAA appearance in the past 21-years. While both teams run similar schemes, the Broncos should be able to come out with a comfortable win by heavily out-rebounding the Explorers and advance to play No.4 seeded Kansas State. Upset alert: the Boise State Broncos go on to upset the Kansas State Wildcats. How? By the 3-point ball. Sophomore guard Anthony Drmic and junior guard Jeff Elorriaga will combine for a total of 10 3-pointers. The Broncos hoist a respectable .391 from beyond the arc (Ranked No.13 as a team in the nation). But after the huge upsetwin, the Broncos will finally meet their match against the No.5 seeded Wisconsin Badgers. Yikes. The Broncos will end their season just short of making the sweet-16 in the NCAA Tournament. How many out there could have predicted that? Well, I won’t jump the gun quite yet on this prediction. The rest of the NCAA better be on point, because the Broncos are going to make a serious run in the tournament next year.
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The Kentucky Wildcats, who won the 2012 NCAA tournament last year, fell to Robert Morris 59-57 in the first round of the NIT tournament Tuesday night.
Selection Sunday down to a science
Ruben Ibarra Staff Writer
Selection Sunday. A day where players, coaches and fans impatiently wait to see their teams’ respective schools names across the ESPN ticker. If their favorite team is one of the 68 teams selected to the NCAA Tournament, they gain the opportunity to compete for the ultimate goal, a national championship. So who actually chooses who gets in and who doesn’t? Why do some teams get in with losing records and why are some left out with winning records?
The selection process is a complex system that uses complex formulas to determine who gets in. The entire process takes place over the course of the season. A committee team gathers in Indianapolis and makes the 68 team bracket after meeting and reviewing scouting reports for each team up for a bid. Each member is assigned multiple teams to cover throughout the year and they are responsible for studying them. The easiest way for a team to get selected into the NCAA tournament is win their conference tournament. That is called an au-
tomatic qualifier. There are 31 conferences in division I basketball so winning one’s conference saves fans, players and coaches a whole lot of stress. Each committee member must submit its 37 at-large teams and all members must eventually unanimously agree on all 37 teams. Teams who were once to be considered an at large team can become an automatic qualifier by winning their conference tournament because the review process overlaps conference tournament play leading up to selection Sunday. The committee uses head to head matchups, common opponents and also what
A look at NCAA Round One games Tyler Abner Staff Writer
March Madness is upon us once again with what might be one of the hardest brackets in recent memory. Louisville seems to be the most attractive team to win the tournament to many experts, such as Gary Parrish of CBS Sports and Seth Davis of Sports Illustrated. But with two famous giant-killing teams in the tournament, Butler and VCU, the field is wide-open. VCU made their famous run to
the Final Four in 2011 to face Butler, starting in the Round of 68. The Rams became the first team in NCAA history to start in the round of 68 and make the Final Four. Will a team from this year’s Round of 68 make a final four run? Chances are slim but there is some talent in the first round of four. Tuesday, March 19 at 9:10 p.m. ET the game between Middle-Tennessee State University (28-5) out of the Sun Belt and St. Mary’s (276) out of the WCC is one
match-up that will go under the radar. On paper, the Gales from St. Mary’s look to be the more attractive team. However, what both teams failed to do during the season was tally up quality wins; instead, both teams tallied up numerous bad losses. St. Mary’s virtually has a big goose egg in the quality wins column. Their best win all season came against BYU twice. Middle-Tennessee States’ résumé is not much bet-
is known as the RPI (rating percentage index) to determine where each team should be seeded. The RPI has three factors: the first is winning percentage against division I opponents, this consists of 25 percent of the formula. The second factor is opponent strength of schedule, which is the largest portion of the formula at 50 percent. Lastly, opponents’ opponent strength of schedule weighs out the last 25 percent of the formula. All of these factors go into a greater calculation to determine an RPI score for each team. The higher the score the more wins against quality
ter but they do have a nice quality win against the Ole Miss Rebels (26-8) out of the SEC. With both teams hearing it from the media that neither one belongs in the tournament, viewers can expect to see everything left on the court between these two. St. Mary’s should win this game to move on to the next round against Memphis (30-4) from Conference USA, another team with a very good record but lacking attractiveness. Wednesday, March 20 at 9:10 p.m. ET is the opening tip between the second and more anticipated game
opponents the team most likely has increasing their chances to be selected. There are flaws in the system that leaves some of the best programs out while letting smaller schools in. A weaker conference can have their respective champion with a losing win-percentage and still be able to get an automatic qualifying spot. Where as a team who is on the bubble gets left out because they may be playing in a tougher conference against higher quality opponents. Middle Tennessee is an example of not having a great resume as they only have one win over a team in the RPI top 100 accord-
of the Round of 68 between Boise State (21-10) out of the MWC and La Salle (219) out of the A10. These two teams are much more attractive tournament teams than their Round of 68 counterparts. Boise State and La Salle have more quality wins than bad losses this season. According to many of the experts, this will be one of the more difficult early tournament games to decide on a winner. On paper, Boise State seems to be the more attractive of the two teams to win the game. Both Drmic and Marks
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ing to USA Today this season, but still managed to receive an invitation into the tournament. Had they been left off the ballot, they would’ve won more games than any other team in history that did not make the tournament. The current system has yet to fail us as each year the top team has always come out victorious. While it works in the favor of a small school like Middle Tennessee it just means one less spot for a big time program like the Kentucky Wildcats. Similar to the BCS selection process, attractiveness is a major factor.
are averaging over 16 points per game and the majority of the Broncos offense runs through these two. On the other hand, La Salle has fire power of their own in Ramon Galloway and Tyreek Duren. Both are averaging over 15 points or more a game. These two teams are very similar, loving to take perimeter shots and many of them. Depending on the play of Drmic and Marks, look for Boise State to win this match-up and move on to the next round to face Kansas State (27-7) out of the Big 12.
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