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In muggle Quidditch, the snitch is actually a person. Someone who has no affiliation with either team puts a tennis ball in a sock and ties it around their waist. The seeker who catches the snitch gets 30 points for their team; ending the game. This shifts a lot more importance to the chasers who score 10 points per goal with the quaffle, a volleyball. The snitch, who gets a head start, is not restricted to the pitch for the first 20 minutes of play. He could be anywhere: up a tree, or grabbing a quick coffee.
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Don’t get bludgeoned Each team has two beaters who try to cause chaos with the other team using bludgers. In muggle Quidditch, bludgers take the form of a slightly deflated dodge ball. If a player is hit that player must drop everything until they make contact with their team’s goalposts. Then they can return to play as normal. It seems simple enough but it can get exhausting. “You’re on the other side of the pitch and then you get hit then you have to run all the way down and all the way back,” Monkarsh said. “You start thinking, ‘I’m not built for this.’”
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Full Contact Chaos While muggle Quidditch might sound like something reminiscent of Dungeons & Dragons it is a lot more physical than that. Tackling is legal and players have to be careful of their brooms. “My broom got broken,” said Monkarsh. “I had to tape it up with a sock so I don’t literally shank people.” The team has suffered a few minor injuries thus far: a chipped tooth and a broken nose. However, with all the running, throwing, tackling and the constant threat of being gored by a broomstick, Quidditch is not for the faint of heart.
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The only thing missing was the flutter of crimson and gold robes in the gentle early March breeze. Or perhaps the Boise State blue and orange would have been more fitting for the small group. But, for now, the collection of old gym shorts and t-shirts would have to do for Boise State’s all muggle Quidditch team, “The Boise State Abraxan.” They were a bit of a rag-tag bunch sporting a collection of metal and wood handled brooms; a mélange of plastic and straw brushes and one startlingly realistic, if shortened, replica of the
Nimbus 2000. “Brooms up,” was the call. In a mad helter-skelter dash they were off trying to toss a volleyball through plastic rings suspended from the soccer goals and pelt each other with semi-deflated dodge balls. Though the small crew hasn’t reached club status yet, all the paperwork has been submitted and it should become official within the next couple weeks. The Abraxan, the large flying horses that pull Madame Olympe Maxime’s carriage in the fourth Harry Potter book “The Goblet of Fire, were selected as Boise State’s Quidditch
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mascot by majority vote at a team meeting. Freshman history and secondary education major and Abraxan team captain Stew Driflot said, “We tried to stay close to what Boise State already has with the horse but we also wanted to make our own little thing.” Driflot has high hopes for what becoming an official club can do for Quidditch at Boise State. “There’s a lot of advertising potential so we just spread the word and try to get as many new players as possible. And funding is, of course, a wonderful thing that we could have access to,” Driflot said. Building up team membership is Driflot’s prima-
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The Broncos traveled to Las Vegas on Tuesday night to take on the Running Rebels of UNLV in a game with major NCAA Tournament implications. Riding a four game win streak and coming off a historic night against Colorado State, the Broncos looked to move into solo fourth position in the Mountain West for the time being. The Broncos took down the Running Rebels 77-72 on Feb. 2 at Taco Bell Arena to break a two game losing streak. Tuesday was a different story, however, as the Broncos dropped at heartbreaker at the Thomas & Mack Center, 68-64. The Broncos got off to a hot start, jumping out to a quick 7-0 lead, forcing an early UNLV timeout. The Running Rebels would claw their way back into the game, but not for long, as the Broncos
stretched their lead back out to nine for a good portion of the opening period. Sophomore guard, Derrick Marks, the unstoppable hot hand against Colorado State, was virtually non-existent as he picked up two early fouls and sat the majority of the half. Marks would score just four points in the first half and would finish with that total for the night. Sophomore guard Anthony Drmic led the way for the Broncos in the opening half, scoring 10 of his game high 22 as the Broncos took a 32-25 lead into the break. The tables were turned on the Broncos in the second half, as UNLV opened the period on an 8-0 run to take a 33-32 lead. The Broncos finally got on the board on a Drmic threepointer four minutes into the half to reclaim the lead. With Marks and Drmic in foul trouble and Marks struggling offensively, junior guard,
Jeff Elorriaga, took control for the Broncos on the offensive end of the floor, as he followed Drmic’s 22 points, with 19 of his own. Elorriaga regained the lead for the Broncos late in the half, following three condsecu-
ry concern. He carries his Quidditch broom through campus to entice people into asking him questions so he can invite them to join the team. “He always walks around campus with the damn broom,” said freshman theater major and Quidditch chaser Robyn Monkarsh. “I always hear people saying, ‘I saw a guy with a broom.’ I’m like, ‘Ah. Yeah. It’s Stew.’” Despite her chagrin at Driflot’s insistence on the broom strategy Monkarsh also has dreams of building and expanding the team. It is their goal to travel and compete at Quidditch tournaments all over the west. “I would love to build
up this team so we can have our team there (at tournaments) because right now we’re just going as substitutes for other teams. It would be great if by the time I graduate we have a full-fledged Quidditch team with uniforms and real hoops,” Monkarsh said. According to Driflot they need 20 players to field a game. Right now, there are 12 members. Drilot urges anyone looking for a way to be a little more active, grab a broom and head down to the intramural field on Sunday at noon for open practices. “It’s not just for nerds,” said Driflot. “It’s a full contact co-ed sport.”
tive three-pointers. As both teams battled back-and-forth, Marks sat the bench most of the evening before fouling out with just over three minutes remaining. Drmic, the game’s leading scorer, fouling out with one minute left and the Rebels clinging to a three point lead, spelled trouble for the Bron-
cos. UNLV freshman guard, Katin Reinhardt, put the nail in the coffin for a UNLV win as he got the soft bounce off the rim on his third three pointer of the half, after he started out 0-8 from beyond the arc. The Broncos (20-9, 8-7 in MW) will face San Diego State this Saturday at 1:30 p.m in Taco Bell Arena.
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Rec Center offers free fitness classes Members of the Boise State Rec Center can take instructional training classes for free this semester. The Rec Center will be offering “Free Class Week” during the week of March 18 to 22. These fitness sessions normally cost members anywhere from $30 to $60; participants can drop-in on any class during this free week without paying or registering. This “Free Class Week” hosts eight different fitness classes on different days during the week. The offered instructional classes include
boxing, swimming, climbing, TRX and bootcamp training. Students and staff can use this opportunity to test different fitness classes before committing to the regular session, which begins in April. During the regular fitness session, participants work for six weeks—usually one or two days per week, lasting an hour or more. This year’s second session of fitness training runs from April 1 to May 10. For a full list of classes offered, or to register for regular sessions, visit the Student Rec Center website at rec.boisestate.edu/.
ACHD open house will address sidewalks, bike lanes Know a road near Boise State that needs a sidewalk or bike lane? The Ada County Highway District and City of Boise will be holding an open house March 7 to receive input on areas of Southeast Boise that need improvement for pedestrians and bicycle traffic. The open house will be held at the Riverside Elementary School cafeteria from 6 to 7 p.m. Individuals attending the open house should come prepared to provide feedback on areas where im-
provements are needed for pedestrians and bicycles, issues that prevent walking and biking, and other areas of concern for foot and bicycle traffic. Those unable to attend the meeting can provide comments and input on the ACHD’s project website. Other areas of Boise will be addressed in subsequent open houses, including the Boise West Bench area on March 14. For more information, visit the Ada County Highway District’s website.
Construction narrows east end of Cesar Chavez Lane Site-related construction from March 8 through early July for the new Gene Bleymaier Football Complex will narrow Cesar Chavez Lane to 20 feet, with intermittent westbound lane closures. Motorists and cyclists are asked to use caution when accessing Cesar Chavez Lane between the entrances to the east and west stadium parking lots. “Our goal is to
protect motorists and cyclists, yet minimize inconvenience as much as possible,” said Nicole Bandas, assistant director of Transportation and Parking Services. “Cesar Chavez Lane will be narrowed but open to twoway traffic, especially during events like BroncoFest 2013, with intermittent westbound lane closures as needed. We are asking cyclists to remain on the
Greenbelt.” Site construction includes landscaping and installation of sidewalks for the new football complex. This complex will host the football program and includes coaches’ offices and meeting rooms, an academic center, recruiting lounge, weight room, athletic training room, equipment room, student-athlete lounge and home locker room.
Events look at media and relationships As part of its “Rumor Has It: Culture Consumed” series, the Women’s Center will present two fun, interactive events that look to answer the question: How does media affect or reflect relationships? Play “Consent Jeopardy” from 6 to
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‘March’ing through Lent Shantel McCashland Staff Writer
A brief history of Lent: Bronco Abroad: Oh, the people you’ll meet Last year’s Breaking News Editor Suzanne Craig chronicles her adventures while studying abroad in Sweden. Many a marvelous vacation has been ruined by poor traveling companions, so it’s not surprising that otherwise dull stretches of a journey will be made more memorable if the right people are around to help. Bus travel from country to country has both a novelty and cheapness factor going for it. It also makes for very long, dull periods where all you can really do is sleep. Thankfully for my insomnia, a long stretch from Copenhagen to Hamburg was filled with chatter and iPod games thanks to Somali seatmate, Abrahim. Striking up a conversation at the bus stop due to the cold and the fact he’d lost a glove (which I’d found—small world) the chatting never really stopped. This was slightly annoying as I’d been traveling since six that morning and could use some sleep, but that could wait for the Hamburg-Amsterdam stretch. Allen, a Turkish-Swede, joined our jolly company in Hamburg. As Abrahim headed on to Brussels I practiced my Swedish with Allen and actually had him convinced I was Swedish for a while. That was a great ego boost, especially with a Swedish exam next week. After reaching Amsterdam, one would think I’d be too busy to fill dead hours with random people. This is wrong. Arriving in Amsterdam at 6 a.m., well before anything opened, also lead to conversations with fellow lurkers. Maya, formerly of Singapore but now Dutch, joined me in Starbucks at seven, both of us staking out the tourist info and bus-card office across the street. The second floor windows gave us a lovely view of the Amsterdam dawn, which provided an excellent backdrop to a conversation which ranged from the mundane “what brings you here” to the exotic “favorite fantasy author, book and series—go.”
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Lent can be traced back to nearly the very beginning of Christian practice. In almost all practicing religions, there is historical evidence of a Lent season. Each religious denomination practices Lent a bit differently, however, prayer, penance, repentance and sacrifice are part of nearly all worship during Lent. Other religious traditions formed; some include making altars or holding grand processions. In most early instances, Lent was a time when new followers prepared to accept Christ and be baptized. The preparation for new followers was much more intense than it is today. Many times those who were preparing fasted for days at a time, said Deacon Chuck Skoro campus Catholic Minister at St. Paul’s Catholic Church. Holy Thursday, or Easter Eve marked—and still marks— the end of Lent for most denominations. At the end of Lent those who were preparing to accept Christ were baptized. People who had already committed their lives to Christ began observing Lent as a way to experience spiritual growth. The faithful believe this is a time to be more in tune with God’s word. Preparation for baptism and spiritual growth are the reasons then, and now, for devoting oneself to Lent. “If it brings you closer to
God, then that’s the point of it,” said Sam Howell, senior civil engineer major. The word Lent is derived from the Anglo-Saxon word “lencten” meaning spring or March.
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Lent lasts 40 days. The 40 days is symbolic of the 40 days Jesus Christ spent fasting and praying before he began his public ministry. Lent begins after “Fat Tuesday” or Mardi Gras, officailly commencing on the following day—Ash Wednesday. Lent runs from Ash Wednesday through Holy Thursday or Easter Eve (in most denominations). Different denominations observe 40 days differently. Some churches do not include Sunday in the 40 days, others do not include Saturday or Sunday.
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There are many different denominations who practice the Lenten tradition. Lent’s main purpose is to bring the believer closer to Christ through prayer, fasting, and sacrifice. As Lent approaches believers ponder areas of their lives and choose a vice to sacrifice. Deacon Chuck Skoro explained that Lent is a time of self-reflection; a time to think about “who I am and who I want to become.” People give up anything from Diet Coke, to Facebook, or sweets. Some people work at freeing themselves from ad-
Share with Cher: Desk pains and parking problems Cher Wada Koenig Staff Writer
Share with Cher is a recurring feature taking student queries to a whole new level by publishing concerns or questions about campus and going straight to the source. Contact Cher with questions at culture@arbiteronline.com. A question that came my way is that of left-handed desks. Why, even when planning ahead and arriving early to class, is it nearly impossible to score one of these highly coveted seats? In my quest to find answers to this particular question I ended up running across someone who offered to help get the answers we’re all looking for. Mike Sumpter, director of Facilities, Operations & Maintenance, on my behalf, contacted the campus space and planning folks about the left-handed desk issue. “The good news is the campus is working hard to eliminate that inconvenience. All current classroom upgrades and renovations use hand
dominant neutral design so, ultimately, that concern will be eliminated,” Sumpter said. “In the meantime, we would hope that anyone who needs help would let us know and we’ll do our best to make sure they are accommodated.” Another issue I usually can’t get through the month without hearing about is that of parking. Where are long bed pickups supposed to park and why do students pay for permits when they can’t use them on game days? So again I went to the source who was all too happy to answer these questions and offer some handy info that I didn’t even know about. JC Porter, assistant director for Transportation and Parking services, commented on the long bed parking issues by saying that campus spaces are already larger than standard spaces. He suggested parking long bed trucks up against Broadway because those stalls are longer and you can let your pickup bed hang over onto the grass. He also recommended
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Lent begins on Ash Wednesday with crosses drawn in ash on paritioners’ heads. dictions and others have other very personal goals of sacrifice. Giving up a vice is symbolic of the ultimate sacrifice, Christ’s life for the sins of the world. Freshman accounting and finance major Heather Corisis made a broad commitment and said, “I am just trying to better myself,” more specifically she decided to “give up unnecessary stuff like Starbucks and dessert.” Lent means forfeiting a luxury or something that is not essential, but it can also mean adding or changing something that is lacking. For example, a person could commit to having a more positive outlook. One student aimed to change a habit, Kylie Dierksiede, a junior nursing major, said she decided to give up saying “like” so much.
Another possibility would be changing an existing relationship in a favorable way. Kate Connelly from Boise State Human Resources stated she uses this time as a time for more prayer in her life. Skoro shared a story of giving up giving in to anger in his home. “(It) transformed my family, transformed my marriage and transformed my relationship with my daughters,” Skoro said. In addition to individual Lent commitments there are a few Lent traditions many followers adhere to. One such tradition is giving up meat on Fridays. People around campus have noticed that when they eat out on Fridays less people are ordering dishes with meat.
the larger spaces up against the grassy area in the East Stadium. “A general permit is what’s needed to park in those spaces,” Porter said. “There’s also some parallel parking off of Michigan which is also a general permitted area and that way they can parallel park and it doesn’t matter how long the bed is, it’s just the cars around it that will affect it.” Porter continued by addressing the permit-related parking issues. He said the only permits affected during events are general permits, because those do not guarantee you a space on campus. “If you want a guaranteed parking space, those permits are called reserved permits,” Porter said. “They cost a little
more because we guarantee a parking space on campus and we only sell as many (reserved) permits as we have spaces which is how we can guarantee them a space. The reason why general permits are the least expensive permit is because we also say it’s the least convenient, because all our general parking is kind of on the outskirts of campus.” The good news, according to Porter, is on weekends and evenings you have other options. Reserve permits have guaranteed parking Monday through Friday 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. However on the weekends and after 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday there’s also cross parking. This means that if you buy
According to Twitter, the top five things people were giving up for Lent this year are: 1. Being Pope 2. Swearing 3. Soda 4.Social networking
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a general permit and have night or weekend classes, you can park in the reserve lots and still only pay the lesser permit fee. “The general or reserve permits can (cross) park in the general or reserve areas. The only places that can’t be cross parked into are the pay lots, which are the Lincoln and Brady Street garages, the Admin area parking and also the student housing parking lots.” Porter ended by noting that the T-Lot is also a cross parking lot which can alleviate Saturday game day parking issues, but added that there is never any overnight parking except by students who live on campus.
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Finding the last Macaws Danielle Davidson Staff Writer
Throwbacks and four lokos Nicole Reither is a senior graduating in May with a degree in Communication and a certificate in Public Relations. Like Tasha Adams, she is also terrified of graduating–missing out on free food at the BRC, student tickets to events and the luxury of the free gym. “The undaunted undergrads” is an account of working through last-semester fears and getting the most out of the college experience. After a week of a lack of motivation all I wanted was the weekend. With graduation tickets already going out for reservation, my need and want to be a freshman again was at an all-time high. So what better way to relive this time in my life than to throw a house party? As the night approached we realized how small our house really was. We spent the evening moving furniture around so we all wouldn’t be breathing down one another’s necks. Friends slowly but surely began to pile into our small three-bedroom house. With the crowd growing I ended up finding people standing in the bathroom just off the kitchen because it was the only space left. However, as the night got darker and the drinks got heavier, the need for more space didn’t seem to matter anymore. My roommate’s pet snake, JoJo, was out to play and I caught one guy crawling around in our attic. With the music blaring Usher’s Confessions, the obvious choice for this throwback party, I looked around the house and realized everyone should continue to experience house parties until it is absolutely necessary to grow up. The one good thing about throwing a party at your own house is you can change into sweats at any time in the night. Which I did around 2 a.m., in hopes for the few lingerers to take the hint. It wasn’t until 4 a.m. when I went into my room and crawled into bed. Which had clearly been confused for the trashcan as I found about seven crushed beer cans snuggled up against my pillows. Waking up to the smell of Four Lokos and a sticky floor is exactly what you don’t want when you are hung over. I suggest if you haven’t house partied in a while to take the plunge, blare some music and cross your fingers that the police don’t show up. Or hope they do since you happen to be old enough and this time you can show them your ID proudly unlike all the times you couldn’t when you actually were a freshman. Oh the joys.
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No one has seen the Macaws, not since the dam went up. The stunning birds disappeared in the forests of Belize. Their beautiful feathered figures have yet to be seen again. Bruce Barcott, the author of “The Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw,” painted the story of the Macaws for his audience on March 5. In one hour he covered six years of Sharon Matola’s plight to save the birds, and it all started with a phone call. “Writing a book where she’s the main character, it’s a challenge to try to capture her as a person in all her complexity, not just sort of a flat cardboard character who represents maybe one point of view on a certain issue,” Barcott said. “I really wanted this book to try to capture all of her humanity. That was one of the challenges for me, was to capture those days when she runs up into the frustrations of trying to fight an environmental battle like this.” With one phone call from a friend Barcott was dragged into a drama to be remembered. Though the dam ultimately destroyed the Macaw nesting grounds and Matola’s cause was lost, because of Barcott’s book more people are weighing in on the missing birds. “It’s a shame that it happened in such a beautiful country where so much
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Bruce Barcott read from his book, “The Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw” on Tuesday. wildlife has been preserved, because I think that it’s a beautiful country and it would be nice to be able to maintain all of that wildlife,” said Alicia Bates, senior nursing major. But the Macaws weren’t the only ones affected by the dam. The water from the river was no longer safe to drink, the fish were full of mercury and people reported getting rashes from swimming in the water. “It’s really heart wrenching,” said Tiffany Eaves, senior biology major. “I think there’s so much that
How it’s made Nathan Updike Staff Writer
The doors were shut and the lights turned off as students gathered into the Special Events Center (SPEC) Thursday night for the showing of the new James Bond movie “Skyfall.” It was a part of the Thursday Blockbuster Series put on by the Student Involvement and Leadership Center. As the movie began, a silence fell over the crowd of about 50 students and community members. What seemed to be an easily planned event was underway, but just how much planning actually went in to bringing this movie to campus? According to junior Molly Valceschini, who works for the Student Involvement and Leadership Center as a program assistant, planning events like this is done far in advance. “All of our events are planned out before the
semester even starts,” Valceschini said. “We schedule the budget for them and set a date prior to the semester.” Erin Vandenburgh, the campus programs coordinator for the Student Involvement and Leadership Center, plays a big part in helping students coordinate events like these. “We had to choose our films before the semester and before we even knew if they were going to be a hit or miss,” Vandenburgh said. “So it’s kind of a gamble, but usually it turns out really well.” Vandenburgh said the scheduling for reserving films is “stricter than it has been in the past.” “It depends on the company that owns the movies and how they interact with the company that we work with which is called Swank Motion Pictures,” Vandenburgh said. “We procure the right to show the movie on campus.” According to Van-
you have to take in when you think about things like that, because there’s so many different factors and things that go into it.” The story of these birds and the woman who tried to save them brings many elements to light, and shows how one decision can affect multiple facets of life. But the birds were still on Barcott’s mind. “If we were able to go back in there by the dam, I would love to go back with a team of biologists,” Barcott said. “If we were to find any of them (Ma-
caws) that are nesting back there it would be amazing to find out whether they’re the same kind of hollows that were there before the dam or whether they’re not nesting at all and there’s no chicks coming along.” Barcott encouraged students looking for a project to go search for the birds, if they had the means. If they wanted an adventure, and they wanted to be the first ones to know the fate of the missing birds, he told them they should go down to Belize, and find the last Macaws.
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Thursday Blockbuster Series comes to life denburgh, the movies shown are protected by a passcode and when the disk is put in to the DVD player a code must be entered in order to play it. The DVD also doesn’t work after a certain amount of time. “As soon as that code is entered it’s almost like a time-bomb,” Vandenburgh said. Vandenburgh also talked about the movie selection process. “We try to identify mov-
ies that we think are going to be really good and sometimes we are choosing films that haven’t even hit the theaters yet,” she said. “We want to try to find movies that are still current and exciting enough for students and are of interest to students, and then hopefully get them before they come out on DVD.” Vandenburgh said once the movie has been selected and the schedule has been outlined, then the students go about
planning and making sure that everything is in order and set to go. Lauren Kandanko, a freshman, said she enjoyed the movie and the event as a whole. “I liked both,” Kandanko said. “It was well-run and put on. We always come to these things.” Junior Caitlain McCarrel said she likes having new movies on campus. “I love it,” she said. “They’re free and they’re movies that I want to see.”
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Knitting club profile Courtesy Maliza Lang
Senior English major, Monica Brown, and junior elementary education major, Aly Fawcett, started The Friday Night Knitting Club last fall. “There’s this really vibrant community of knitters in their twenties and thirties that are already active in groups and I think it hasn’t spread to college campuses and it should,” Brown said. “There’s so many amazing things that we can do.” Within the past seven
months of its formation, the club has a total of 10 members and has a goal of expanding. “For a good close-knit community, fifteen to twenty,” Brown said, no pun intended. Students don’t need to be advanced in knitting or crocheting to join. In fact, these women would love to teach anyone who’s interested in having fun while learning a new craft. Fawcett recognizes that most people think knitting is strictly for an older
generation. However, she and Brown want to take away the stereotype. “(The club) doesn’t have to be one thousand ugly sweaters,” Brown said. Their advisor, Kim Carter-Kram, a French professor, just picked up knitting this summer. She’s come a long way, the members said, and comes to meetings when she’s available. Brown has been knitting since middle school when she was taught by her mom who spins her own yarn.
Cultural Cornucopia Ryan Hoffman Staff Writer
At this year’s International Student Food, Song and Dance Festival inside the Jordan Ballroom in the SUB, national flags from all of the different countries being represented hung from the ceilings. Festive balloons lined the edge of the stage and a large poster commemorating the event was posted on top of the curtains.
People of Indian, Middle Eastern, African and Asian heritage walked around. Indian Bollywood-style music blared in the background. After most of the attendees were seated, the lights went down and two hosts came out to introduce the organizers and upcoming acts. To kick off the evening, a flag procession established all of the different countries being repre-
sented there that night; Georgian, Saudi Arabian, Venezuelan, Colombian, French, German, South Korean, Brazilian, Nepalese, Japanese, Taiwanese and Chinese nationalities were all represented at the ceremony. The first act was a Napalese singer and engineering major named Sarthac Kc, who performed a heartfelt acoustic rendition of Oasis’ “Don’t Look Back” and then one of his
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Fawcett, who knits lefthanded, began just a year ago and learned from books that her grandmother gave her. Combined, these three sources have a varied background which can cater to all members. “(It’s) meditative, creative and brings people together,” Brown said. Fawcett added the club got its name from a book by Kate Jacobs entitled “The Friday Night Knitting Club.” “(In the book) these women get together and share life experiences over knitting that’s what I pictured our club being… becoming a little family,” Fawcett said.
The women also are looking forward to doing charity work. “Chemo caps (caps for individuals undergoing chemo therapy) or something along those lines,” Brown said. The club is currently exploring many avenues to give back. This will be another benefit to the members and an exciting way to get involved with the community. There will be an event the club is promoting along with the office of Health Services called the Knit-AThon. It will focus around how knitting can provide stress relief and create solid sleeping patterns.
“It sounds like knitting is so boring it will put you to sleep. No,” Brown said jokingly. This will take place on Thursday, March 7 in the SUB Atrium from 6-10 p.m. The club has been advertising across campus through word-of-mouth and had a booth at the most recent Organization Fair. Brown and Fawcett encourage students to go to their Facebook Page, The Friday Night Knitting Club. New members are also welcome to come to weekly club meetings on Fridays in the SUB Get (IN)volved Center at noon.
own songs. A right mix of performance material and technical capability, Sarthac started the Festival off warmly. Next up was a group of Saudi Arabians performing one of their traditional dances with stick-like things in their hands. It seemed like the audience had just as much fun watching it as the Saudis did performing it. Other acts included a salsa dance of Cuban origin, a Brazilian “capoeria” (a mix of what looked like karate and yoga where a few of the dancers did cartwheels and backflips)
and another acoustic performance by a man named Aziz, who sang his original song “Trouble” with soaring vocals. Finally, it was time for dinner. The main course was lamb prepared a Saudi Arabian way and different kinds of rice and vegetables, including cold Japanese spinach. There was plenty of food to go around. The highlight of the evening came while everyone was chowing down. The Aztec Dance which was previously scheduled for later in the program
announced itself with a horn-like blast of seashell. Colorful costumes and headdresses lent a huge amount of authenticity to the proceedings, and the chanting, yelps and heavy percussion accompanying the dance seemed straight out of a Hollywood movie. Festival director Abdullah Alalhareth explained it took “just one month” to coordinate the events of the night and his favorite part was “seeing the smiles on the audience’s faces during the performances." For more information on ISA visit their Facebook page.
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From “world cup of tea” to the International Food, Song and Dance Festival, the International Student Association (ISA) has established their presence on campus. Founded in the 1970s, ISA has dabbled in other clubs on campus with a goal of interconnecting students. Danh Nguyen, senior nursing major, said some cultural clubs on campus prefer to maintain their individual country’s pride within their club, but some members of ISA hope to reach out and join together these groups. “We’re trying to get connected with other clubs
on campus: the Japanese club, the Korean club,” Nguyen said. “We, the International Student Association club, can collaborate with these other clubs to increase their sense of coherence and solidarity on campus.” Club advisor Stefanie Stauber said she encourages any interested student to join ISA. In addition to collaborating with other cultural clubs on campus, Stauber said one of ISA’s activities is to connect international students and American students. “I would say ISA is not just for international students,” Stauber said. “ISA also invites American students to be part of the
organization. I would encourage any American student that is interested to get involved because it really is a great opportunity and it’s certainly not exclusive to just international students.” ISA has open admission, and welcomes international and American students to join in activities and events. Stauber said the aim of the club is to provide international and American students alike with diverse cultural celebration and learning. “The club was basically formed to provide international students support with transitioning into a new culture, to provide international students with activities that will
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introduce them to Boise and Boise State,” Stauber said. “For example, ISA does a program during orientation where they take the new students bowling in the games center and just kind of provide them with a space to meet other international students and to do fun activities around Boise State. (ISA) also provides students with a platform to share their culture.” ISA club member and
freshman biomedical engineering major, Abdullah Alalhareth, who also coordinated the Festival this year, said he thinks ISA has good and open communication with all students at Boise State, especially with their Facebook page, and welcomes ideas from everyone wishing to share them. “We want to get all ideas from each person here at BSU. We want to see what they want,” Alalhareth said. “That’s why ISA has good
communication with many people here.” Nguyen said ISA has meetings every month so students can come in and be involved and contribute ideas. As far as joining the club, Nguyen said he hopes students will be active and contribute ideas, help with events, continue being members and participating for years, thus leading ISA to a better future. Students interested in ISA involvment and events can contact Nguyen at danhnguyen@ u.boisestate.edu.
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ing with the din of a still hip, new restaurant. If you’re an indecisive type, take some time to view the full menu online prior to your reservation to save time. The wine list, the essential bare bones to any Italian menu, is not for the thin of wallet with a 2008 red from Tuscany offered at nearly $300 a bottle; better to stick with a couple glasses of the Trevisol Prosecco at $8 a pop which make for a fun bubbly beginning. If there is one thing I love to have while at a reputable Italian restaurant for an appetizer it’s either fresh (never frozen) calamari or prosciutto. As the former was not available on the menu, I went with their 18-month aged prosciutto di parma featuring a rather generous helping of melt-in-your-mouth sliced goodness. The prosciutto’s accompanying focaccia bread was more of an afterthought than anything else;
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Downtown Boise has had an overwhelming dearth of memorable Italian eateries as of late. With the small but charming Asiagos of Main Street, and the reasonably priced Cafe Vicino in the North End, there’s been an ever-growing hunger pang for an upscale freshness Boise hasn’t yet tasted. And in Alavita, translated as “to life” in Italian, located on Idaho and Ninth Streets, we are presented with a welcomed cure for said pangs. After arranging reservations a week in advance (this is highly recommended), my dining companion, Carlos, and I walked into Alavita and noticed we were probably the youngest people there. This place, with bright and shiny crystal chandeliers and six floating lights above the bar resembling gigantic candle pillars, is cozy and buzz-
TMI stands for too much on Instagram shots of everyday life, and some experts fear there’s TMI going on. According to Goal Auzeen Saedi’s Psychology Today blog post “Millenial Media: The media saturated generation Y,”young people are guilty of showing off more than just their pets and best friends. Au-
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Instagram is guilty of providing a hub for photos of cute puppies, a morning latte and user’s bodies. A hybrid of Twitter and Photobucket, Instagram provides followers with snap-
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Alavita is a newly opened Italian restaurant on ninth and Idaho Streets downtown. fresh mozzarella would have personal favorite. With Ala- was flat, bland and colorless, buttery shitake risotto that been better. vita the difference between but the taste most certainly seemed to suck away any inIn order to cover all bases store-bought and fresh pasta was not. Carlos looked as if terest in the surf and turf poron the menu, I asked Carlos is also noticeable, tender and he was about to start licking tion of the meal. Though the to choose something from aiding in the richness of its the plate. beef was cooked to my specithe “Pasta Fresca” section surrounding ingredients. As a self-described carni- fications, the taste was flavorwith pasta dishes ranging in Carlos chose the Agnolotti vore, I had to try my hand at less beyond comprehension, price. stuffed with smoked salmon, their entree option featuring as if the risotto had staged a The last time I went to capers and asparagus swim- flat iron beef prepared ex- kind of flavor mutiny on the an Italian restaurant that ming in cream sauce that pertly to medium rare, two plate, leaving everything else hand-makes its own pastas tastes of fresh lemon rind. large shrimps and a heavenly to be easily forgotten. was at La Spiga in Seattle, a The presentation of the dish Read the whole story at Arbiteronline.com
zeen Saedi writes a disturbing trend has popped up: self-objectification and exploitation. Photos of abs, biceps, boobs and butts are collaged on Instagram. Students said they are familiar with this display. Ashley Kaldhusdal, freshman health science major, said one of the people she follows is constantly showing off her appearance. “There’s this girl that is obsessed with her body,” Kaldhusdal said. “There’s people that are obsessed with working out and they post their progress. I think it’s weird.” According to Instagram’s terms of use, these bodily
attention-seeking photos are not permitted on the site. In fact, it’s right up at the top of the list as regulation number two. “You may not post violent, nude, partially nude, discriminatory, unlawful, infringing, hateful, pornographic or sexually suggestive photos or other content via the Service.” So what should students post instead of their smoking bodies? Students said they mostly post things they find funny, interesting, or are part of their social lives. “I’ll usually post if I see something cool or pretty pictures of campus or pictures of me and my boy-
friend,” Kylee Laffoon, junior health science major, said. “I try not to post pictures of stupid things like food. Everybody posts pictures of food.” Some students said they have actually not come across this body bombardment. Audrey Mearns, junior communication major, said if she does encounter body-focused photos, it’s to convey a sense of lifestyle rather than a call for attractive attention. “(They’re) showing off lifestyles, kind of ‘this is how I live,’” Mearns said. “The people that I hang out with don’t do that
(show off their bodies) but people probably do. I just haven’t seen it.” Kaldhusdal, Laffoon, and Mearns said they are on Instagram at least weekly, sometimes more. While these students post pictures of animals, Boise State campus and their friends, all three agreed they just posted images which were interesting to them. Their bodies were not on the list. However, for other students, it tops their list. Is this an epidemic? For Boise State students, bodily exploitation may not be such a large Instagram issue.
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Construction intrudes into classrooms
Loud, obnoxious work will continue to be annoying, but means more access for students
Morgan Ackey Staff Writer
It is difficult not to notice construction signs, especially when they are just outside the classroom. The construction going on inside the Math and Geoscience Building is distracting. What is the big deal with the project anyway? Why could it not have been done when students are not in class trying to learn? But it seems this project is more important than meets the eye. From the outside, it seems as though this is a small project, but it is actually larger than it appears to be. What is being done on the inside involves expanding and remodeling. The construction will actually benefit students and staff who frequent the building. One of the key remodels of this project is to bring the inconveniently located Math Learning Center (MLC) into the Math and Geoscience Building. Marketing and Outreach Coordinator Suzanne Seigneur, explained how the center has brought about such a great success with students that the math department would like to incorporate the facility in the actual math building. It makes sense and it may help those students who need help with math but cannot find the resources due to confusion with the current location of the MLC. In addition, with the growing number of math graduates, the department will receive more office space. According to a Bronco Update posted on Feb. 21, another aspect of the re-
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The melodious sound of construction is always abrasive and distracting, but it is only temporary and the results will be worth it. model is the addition of new labs and resources for the Biomolecular Research Center, which is introducing two new degree programs in bioinformatics and biomolecular studies. So a lot of the construction is particular and customary for these needs, leading to a long process of reconstruction. In fact, Seigneur said the project is expected to continue until about the end of August. “The goal is not to dis-
rupt students,” Seigneur said. “But in this case we couldn’t avoid it.” There was not exactly a perfect time to start the project since it is such a large renovation and reconstruction, but the university and construction team have taken immense efforts to decrease the impact it has on students and staff. For example, the project team took a great deal of time relocating classes in order to avoid disrupting students and professors with the in-
trusive noises. Mathematics Professor Marion Scheepers, who normally teaches his classes in the Math and Geoscience Building, has had all of his classes relocated. “It’s not ideal, but it’s not too bad,” Scheepers said. The construction project has been somewhat of an inconvenience for him as his classes are sporadically located and are not accessible to the computer labs that were provided for students in the math and
geoscience classrooms, but overall the effects have not been overbearing. His only concern, however, is the limited space and resources available for summer programs that the building had previously provided. Though this intrusive and mildly inconvenient project will continue through the end of this semester, the benefits outweigh the cost. The building is quite old; it could use some good remodeling. And the gain of
having the MLC in an actual mathematics building is sure to provide a great benefit for students. There are few classes still operating in the building during the process, but construction hours do not always conflict with class times. So, for those who are enduring through this construction, hold tight. It will not be forever and when it ends it will be worth all the ear plugging and teeth grinding.
Broncos must embark on spring break for the experience College is a place where some of the greatest friendships are started and unfortunately the four years seem to fly by faster than expected. When entering college it’s a whole new, different kind of adventure than before. College is a time when young adults are allowed to embark on new adventures involving people they choose to put next to them. Therefore, what better way to remember some of the greatest four years than going on a weeklong spring break trip? It’s important to have at least one trip with college best friends.
There is an indescribable feeling while being away with a group of fun and memorable people. The only problem with this dream-like vacation is the cost. Now that doesn't mean there isn't hope, there are endless opportunities for spring breakers that are cost effective. Student travel website, Student City is one way to organize a trip that helps save money and helps with booking. For the most part college students are extremely busy, working part-time jobs, going to school and planning a trip almost seems unimaginable. With Student City one is able to book everything from flight and stay
packages to destinations including Cancun, Panama City, Puerto Vallarta and more. Can’t afford a trip to some of these locations?
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as possible. For some, college spring break has a bad name because it is usually associated with partying, which is fine if people want to
I think the key elements to making any trip successful are a good group of drama-free people, the ability to leave all of your problems and stressful situations at home and most importantly, the sun!
Don’t have a passport? No worries, how about the Oregon Coast, Vegas or a snowy spring break at a ski resort? The point of going on spring break isn’t spending endless amounts of cash. It is about being with the best people and doing as many activities
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go out and party all week they should be in the right to do so, as long as everyone in the group knows the buddy system and remembers that just because they are on a vacation alcohol poisoning and ending up in bad situations do occur. Be safe and smart while party-
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ing the night away. However, if drinking and partying all night isn’t one’s cup of tea there are plenty of other ways to celebrate spring break. As stated before, a ski resort adventure leaves endless hours on the slopes, hot springs and cozy nights in the cabin with best friends. Also, the coast is another great opportunity. Who wouldn’t want to spend all day hiking and exploring beaches? Senior psychology major Jen Connor describes her idea of a perfect spring break trip, “I think the key elements to making any trip successful are a good group of drama free people, the ability to leave all of your problems and stressful situations at home
and most importantly, the sun!” So look twice at spring breakers. They provide the ability to let go of worries for one-week. Forget the textbooks, the exams and stressful deadlines. College is only a small step in people’s lives and why waste is wishing there would have been at least one week away without a care in the world? Even if the farthest place able to travel is only 30 minutes away, pack a cooler, bring some music, friends and forget about the worries of everyday life. Be a college student and soak up every minute of wasting hours with the group of people that mean the most.
need to be more robust or embrace another point of view, I think that's fine.” However, students can only have a certain amount of control over their studies; they are, after all, here to learn from professors who know the material best. “I think, to a certain extent, you can say 'this is how I think the classroom should be run,' but then you're not the one in control of the classroom,” Stephens said. “Because the professor has a planned curriculum in order to get you the best educated on whatever subject you're learning.” School is a little bit of give and take between the students and the professors, but sometimes learning the exact line between getting what you need and getting what you want can be a little tricky.
The consumerist culture that surrounds much of society has been widely debated for years, and it has a nasty habit of creeping its way into every facet of life—including education. There’s always one student who thinks they know better than the professor, or that the university exists for the sole purpose of catering to their whims and making them as comfortable as possible. The consumerist mentality creates this view of the university as a business, and in some ways maybe it is, but the purpose of education isn’t to create a comfort zone, but
rather to escape the comfort zones we create for ourselves. That is the belief of English professor Bruce Ballenger, Ph.D, “I think that we want to not make our customers unhappy, we want them happy with the things that they're learning, but we also want to challenge them,” Ballenger said. “We want to disrupt, in some ways, the way they always have thought about things. We want them to be critical, including of the university itself.” The idea that a university is a business is in many ways inaccurate, Ballenger said. He talked about how the business model is designed to keep customers blindly happy, and never
asks them to challenge themselves which makes it a bad metaphor to compare to higher education institutions. School, and particularly higher education, is intended not to cater to students, but to force them to approach new ideas and ways of thinking. “The university's about argument, that's what it is. Being able to talk about these things and see contrasting viewpoints, because otherwise you're never going to have a wellrounded mind," senior and English peer advisor Gabriel Stephens said. Although a university may not be a business in the traditional sense, it certainly isn’t a dictator-
ship, and Ballenger doesn’t find the idea that students should want some kind of say in their education to be ridiculous in any sense of the word. “I also think it's understandable because students faced with crushing debt and rising tuition are frustrated and they feel like they're caught between a rock and a hard place, and one response to that is this frustration when education isn't being delivered to them in an effective way they resent it,” he said. And, certainly, students should be able to talk to their professors about how they learn. If a student isn’t getting what they need from a course, why suffer
through and allow themselves to be taught in an ineffectual manner? “It's kind of a scary ordeal talking to a professor for the first time,” Stephens said, “once you get to know that they're just people and they just happen to have Ph.Ds, then they get easier to talk to. Those that value education will value the student's opinion of the course.” Sociology professor Robert McCarl, Ph.D also believes that if students have a problem with his class, they should speak to him directly about it. “You know, education is not liturgy,” he said. “I'm not imparting a belief system, I'm trying to help students learn how to learn and think. So yeah, if someone's got a gripe, if someone thinks we're taking baby-steps and we
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Out of conference series are piling up on Boise State Athletic Director Mark Coyle's resume, especially in the Atlantic Coast Conference. On Wednesday, the Broncos scheduled yet another home-and-home series, this time with two-time national champions and 2012 Discover Orange Bowl victors, the Florida State Seminoles. “Scheduling a homeand-home series against a perennial top-25 program
like Florida State is another step in growing our football program,” Boise State Director of Athletics Mark Coyle stated in a release. “Florida State is a team fans talk about when discussing the top collegiate programs in the country and I know Bronco Nation will be excited about hosting a team like Seminoles in Boise.” The series begins on Sept. 17, 2019, where the first game will be played on Bobby Bowden Field at Doak S. Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee. In 2020, the Seminoles will
head to the Blue to face the Broncos on Sept. 20 in Bronco Stadium. Both schools will exchange $400,000 for the series. This marks the second ACC opponent Coyle and the Broncos have scheduled within the past week, as Boise State announced they scheduled a home-andhome series with the University of Virginia last Monday beginning in 2015. "We are very excited to add Boise State to our future football schedule," Florida State Director of Athletics Randy Spetman said in a
Bronco softball struggles at San Diego Classic Angie Christiaens Staff Writer
Over this past weekend, the Boise State softball team traveled to San Diego to play in the San Diego Classic. They competed against five teams and were 2-3 in the tournament. Boise State lost to BYU 1-8, Long Beach State 2-6 and UCLA 4-5 in the first three games of the tournament. However, they came back and beat San Diego 5-3 and Utah State 2-0. The Broncos first competed against BYU on Friday to open up the tournament. Early in the game, BYU was
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driving in the runs against Boise State pitchers Rebecca Patton and Sarah Barnes, who struggled throughout the game. Boise State junior Brittany McCray’s run put her team on the scoreboard near the end for their only run. Boise State lost to BYU 8-1 in the first game of the tournament. Later on that day, the Broncos competed against Long Beach State. Boise State did not hit the scoreboard until the bottom of the fifth where Jordan Kreiger was walked, stole second and came home on a single by Barnes.
The only other run for Boise State was in the sixth inning by Kayla Clausen. Boise State was defeated by Long Beach State 6-2. The next day of the tournament, Boise State battled against UCLA in a game that went for extra innings as the score was tied at three. Boise State scored first with one run by Holly Bourke at the top of the first inning. UCLA came back to score three runs in the first inning, but Patton played excellent keeping UCLA off the scoreboard until the extra innings. Boise State tied up the
statement. "Boise State has an excellent football program and we feel this will be an out of conference game that will be exciting for fans of both schools and appealing to TV networks. " Florida State went 12-2 last season, including a 31-10 win over Northern Illinois in the Discover Orange Bowl, and finished No. 12 in the BCS standings, No. 10 in the AP poll and No. 10 in USA Today's coaches' poll. The Seminoles won the national championship in 1993 and 1999, both under then-head coach
game in the fourth inning with two runs by Madison Foster and Kreiger who stole home. With the game tied at three, Boise State almost won in the top of the ninth inning scoring one run by Barnes. However, UCLA tied it up with one run at 4-4. The game was a stalemate until the 11th inning when UCLA sacrificed a fly ball to beat Boise State making the final score 5-4. Farther along that day, Boise State bounced back from the first three losses to play San Diego. San Diego scored first with one run in the first inning, but Boise State connected well to run in three making the score 3-1 in the first inning. San Diego was kept off the scoreboard until the fourth inning where they put in two runs to tie up the game.
Bobby Bowden. During the 2019 season, the Broncos will also travel to Provo to face BYU on Oct. 12. For 2020, it's the Cougars who will come to Bronco Stadium on Oct. 17. This is arguably one of the more decorated future opponents for the Broncos, alongside Michigan State, and is a testament to Coyle's plans to expand the Boise State brand towards the east coast. The Broncos are set to face the Washington Huskies to start the 2013 season in the new Husky Stadium in August.
Going into extra innings, the Broncos and San Diego remained tied up until the ninth inning where Boise State and San Diego each contributed one run to tie it up again at 4-4. Boise State pulled of the win in the 11th inning with a sacrificed fly ball to make the final score and victory at 5-4. For the final game in the San Diego Classic, Boise State pulled off another win against Utah State where pitcher Cole kept them to zero runs. Devon Bridges connected well in the sixth inning where she homered to center field to have a two run score. This made the final score 2-0 with the victory over Utah State. Boise State will compete tomorrow in Tucson, Ariz. against the Wildcats starting at 7 p.m. Their first home match is next Friday against Utah State.
It’s Spring Training. The Seattle Mariners won’t be good in the regular season. They don’t have enough power to hit home runs in Safeco (Mariners’ Stadium). It’s all speculation, pure speculation. Tell me that in previous seasons and I would have agreed. But here’s a fact that is actually occurring right now: The Seattle Mariners have won 10 games in a row after losing their first game of Spring Training; pushing them to a 10-1 overall record for spring ball. Whether you believe in the Mariners or not, that is impressive. Over the past four years, the Mariners have been collecting their prized prospects, from blockbuster trades and picking high draft picks, waiting for the team to mold. Guys like Justin Smoak (acquired in the Cliff Lee trade), Jesus Montero (acquired in the Michael Pineda trade), Dustin Ackley, Danny Hultzen and most recently Mike Zunino. Well, it looks like the team is starting to find their “mold.” One knack that has constantly been on the Mariners’ backs is the inability to hit the ball effectively and hit the long-ball. General Manager Jack Zduriencik made some key offseason moves to try to bring some power back to Seattle, like trading for power bats Kendys Morales and former Mariner Michael Morse. Zduriencik also gave opportunities to longtime veterans Jason Bay and former Mariner Raul Ibanez. Seattle has found their power. Over 11 games in Spring Training, the Mariners have hit 24 home runs; leading all other MLB teams. So the rest of the MLB nation, get off the Mariners’ backs already. While it is Spring Training, the Mariners’ fans haven’t been this excited since their 2001 recordbreaking 114-game winning season. Is that depressing? Maybe. But it’s all we’ve got.
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