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Brothers dressed as knights, wearing costumes weighing 40 pounds and 15 pounds, were victorious.
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Two brothers dressed in medieval garb braved the Beat Pete race Saturday. One with 40 pounds of chainmail, and the other with only 15, they finished in under 27 minutes and took home first place for the costume contest. “Forty pounds is a bit much,” Zane Roberts said. “Fifteen not so much, but 40 is a lot.” They crossed the finish line not too far behind Coach Pete and it was obvious wearing pounds of metal can make a three mile race a lot harder, judging from the amount of sweat collected on their faces
despite the cold weather and biting wind. “We picked the knights because they seemed creative,” said Tabitha Bower, one of the judges for the costume contest. “It was amusing to think of them running in chainmail.” Four hillbillies got honorable mentions from the costume contest judges. There were two sets of two hillbillies, complete with short shorts, cut-off t-shirts and mullets. The hillbillies beat coach Pete, running in with flapping mullets and cut-offs waving in the wind. “If Coach Pete’s going to get beat by somebody, it better be hillbillies,” said Jesse Baker.
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Teen charged in connection with campus bomb threat
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A Meridian teen has been arrested and charged in connection with the recent string of bomb threats in the southern Idaho area. Local police teamed up with the FBI to track down the 16-year-old Meridian resident responsible for a num-
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to hide his identity and location. The two met via internet gaming and used online chat to coordinate the string of bomb threats. The Meridian teen relayed the phone numbers of Idaho businesses and schools to his Australian counterpart who made the calls through an online computer network, according to a Boise Police Department media release. Police believe the two teens are responsible for the bomb threat called into the Boise State campus on Friday morning. According to Boise State Associate Vice President for Communication and Marketing, Boise police advised against campus evacuation. Hahn stated via email that Boise State officials made the decision after consulting
crazy blue and orange socks and loud leggings. Costume wearers didn’t seem to mind if their costumes slowed them down, and for some, it still didn’t get
Emily Pehrson Cheryl Jorcyk, Ph.D. oversees a lab doing research on the effect the protein Oncostatin M (OSM) has on helping breast cancer spread cancer to secondary growth sights, or metastasis. The study is now far enough along that Jorcyk and her
team are looking to develop a therapy to block OSM as a potential treatment for breast cancer. However much of Jorcyk’s funding ends in June and she is worried her research will have to slow or come to a halt. University President Bob Kustra has spoken many times about his vi-
sion of Boise State as a “metropolitan research university of distinction.” However now this future could be in danger. The across-the-board funding cuts, known as sequestration, went into place March 1. The budgets for the agencies providing grants have been slashed. This means the money available
in the way of them beating coach Pete. Full of spirit and creativity, they suited up and ran roughly three miles in the cold wind to show their support to Bronco Nation.
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Four costumed hillbillies got honorable mentions. thoroughly with the proper authorities. The Australian teen involved in the malicious phone calls has been identified in his region and may face criminal charges. The Meridian teen is being held in the Ada County Juvenile Detention Center and faces felony charges of making a false report of explosives. Law enforcement officials stated the seriousness and consequences of the Meridian teens behavior. “Making a threat is a felony whether you are a juvenile or adult. We take these calls very seriously. Anytime a threat is made, we will find the people responsible and hold them accountable,” said Sheriff Raney of the Ada County Sheriff’s office. Though the known perpetrators have been identified, police investigations into the
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ber of threatening phone calls made to schools and businesses in southern Idaho over the past week. According to a Boise Police Department media release, the local teen worked in conjunction with an Australian teen who personally made threatening phone calls to local schools and businesses over the internet in an effort
There were about 18 people entered in the costume contest including a few clowns, some decked out Boise State fans, ballerinas, a fairy, Chewbacca and Yoda. “I wish we had seen more people in costume,” Bower said. “But the ones that were there were fun.” There was no shortage of Boise State spirit at the Beat Pete race, costumes or not. But the costumes sure made for comic relief for runners as they passed them along the course, whether it was a tie-dye wig, a furry body costume, spray-painted pig tails or a painted upper half. Also seen along the race were a few smurfs and the Hulk, not to mention a lot of
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recent string of bomb threats continue. The initial investigation began Wednesday when a call was made to a Meridian high school threatening violence. On Thursday morning bomb threats were called i to schools in Boise, Kuna, Caldwell and Twin Falls. That evening similar threats were made at businesses in Boise and Meridian. On Friday morning, further threats were made to schools and businesses in Boise, Meridian, Kuna and Eagle. By Friday afternoon, detectives were investigating a total of 17 threats made in Ada County alone. There were additional threats reported at schools in Caldwell, Nampa and Twin Falls. Boise Police urge anyone with information related to the recent bomb threats to call non-emergency dispatch at 377-6790 or Crime Stoppers at 343-COPS. cies had begun to reduce the funding they provide. “If you’re the National Science Foundation… and the federal government comes to you and said, ‘There’s going to be cuts, we just don’t know how big the cuts are going to be.’ How do you plan for that?” said Vice President for Research Mark Rudin, Ph.D. “These agencies started hoarding money a little bit.”
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Lecture Series Linguistics lab dedicated Crossword The Boise State Honors College Distinguished Lecture Series presents Louis Menand, the Pulitzer Prize winning author of “The Metaphysi-
cal Club.” Menand will be on campus Thursday, April 18. Menand will be speaking at 7 p.m. in the Morrison Center. Free, no tickets required.
International educators on campus Boise State welcomes the University Studies Abroad Consortium (USAC) to campus beginning April 16 for its annual week-long board of directors meeting. Approximately 70 participants from the United States and several programs abroad will attend meetings hosted by Boise State’s International Learning Opportunities. USAC was established by Boise State University and the University of Nevada, Reno, in 1982, and Boise State serves on the consortium board. USAC provides university students with affordable, valuable study abroad programs and contributes to the internationalization of universities in the U.S. and abroad; USAC currently has 41 program locations in 26 countries; many locations are unique to USAC. Students from any university are welcome to participate. Approximately
32,000 students from 700 universities have studied abroad through USAC programs over its 30year history. USAC’s mission is to provide students with the opportunity to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes to succeed in the global society of the 21st century. The consortium strives to provide an authentic, quality context in which students may grow into engaged citizens of the world, not only in the classroom but also through field trips, integrated living and academic experiences, sports, internships and volunteer and service learning opportunities. USAC resident directors will give presentations about their individual programs throughout the week. Faculty, staff and students interested in attending a presentation should contact Corrine Henke at chenke@boisestate. edu to see the presentation schedule.
to Mary Ellen Ryder The Mary Ellen Ryder Linguistics Lab will be dedicated in a ceremony on Friday, April 19. The evening ceremony and dessert reception will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the lobby of the Simplot/Micron Building. Following a short program and dedication ceremony, guests are welcome to join English faculty members for an evening of song and music in Ryder’s honor. The entire campus community is invited to attend the dedication and reception. To RSVP, follow this link http://bit.
ly/12MNwMo or call 426-4236. Ryder was a beloved professor of linguistics in Boise State’s Department of English from 1988 until her tragic death in August 2008. In her 20 years at Boise State, she inspired thousands of students, teaching them the intricacies of how language works and modeling an intense passion for learning— a passion that her former students cite again and again as they talk about the impact she had on their lives. Many of her students became (or already were) teachers
and parents, and the insights they gained in her classes and in informal conversations with her helped them understand the richness of their students’ and children’s use of language. Ryder also developed important connections to the deaf community, with several students becoming deaf advocates and interpreters. She had a profound effect on the lives of her colleagues, fellow linguists, students and friends, caring about them all as deeply as if they were her own family.
Honoring outstanding grads Ten outstanding graduating seniors will be recognized for their exceptional academic success at the annual Top Ten Scholars reception
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Develop.idaho helps foster networking Staff Writer
Computer science, marketing, and business majors will have the opportunity to mingle with prospective employers at develop.idaho 2013 on Wednesday, April 17 from 1 to 5:30 p.m. in the Stueckle Sky Center. The event will conclude with a Tech Cocktail mixer, also in the Stueckle Sky Center, starting at 6 p.m. This conference will feature prominent software professionals as guest speakers,
including Mikkel Svane, the CEO of customer service and software company Zendesk. “Students get into the routine of going to class and turning in papers, but they can get in real world experience and meet perspective employers, colleagues, and possibly even business partners,” said Mark Mace, an intern with the Idaho Technology Council and a Boise State student. Now in its third year, develop.idaho is shifting its focus to the potential and growth of the computer science and soft-
Share with Cher Cher Wada Koenig Staff Writer
Share with Cher is a recurring feature taking student queries to a whole new level by publishing student concerns or questions about campus and going straight to the source. Contact Cher at culture@arbiteronline.com to get your answers. With spring upon us, it’s hard to miss the construction happening around campus. Obviously Boise State needs to take advantage of the nice weather and get some of these projects completed, but where is the line between university growth and student inconvenience? According to Suzanne Seigneur, traffic demand management (TDM) com-
munications and outreach coordinator, Boise State does their best to minimize the impact construction has on students. Seigneur went to the source for further details and spoke with architecture and engineering services in order to get specific answers to the questions going around about the construction inconveniences on campus. She said they looked at the map in regards to the Student Union Building (SUB) field and the complaints about early morning noise in that area. The good news, according to Seigneur, is the usage of heavy equipment and thus heavy construction noise is finishing right now and will be complete by the end of April 9. She said
Sequestration [News page 1] Now that the sequestration has taken effect there has been some immediate backlash. Some agencies, such as the Department of Justice, have sent letters saying existing budgets will be cut. In some instances faculty have submitted grants to have them approved only on the condition that the significantly decrease their budgets. The biggest change that sequestration has had is agencies are a lot pickier. A letter from the National Science Foundation to all universities said, “We anticipate that the total number of new research grants will be reduced by approximately 1,000.” Jorcyk receives most of her grant money from the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Before the sequester took effect very few grants were being funded. “It was pretty low to begin with,” Jorcyk said. “Seven to 10 percent, maybe, they were funding.” However after sequestration the number of grants being funded will be even lower. “They’re probably cutting to four percent… five would be the best case scenario,” Jorcyk said. This means that in Jor-
cyk’s field only five out of every 100 proposals written will be funded. Researchers are worried about the effect these cuts will have on the future of the field. As biology professor Troy Rohn, Ph.D., recently wrote, “If sequestration occurs morale will likely suffer among researchers and students may be dissuaded from entering the profession at all.”
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Darryl Butt, Ph.D., is chair of material sciences and engineering and has been involved in a significant amount of research. Material sciences is based around producing materials that can be used in hostile environments, such a high temperatures or radioactivity. Right now his team is working on developing sensors for monitoring high level nuclear waste. For senior projects they are trying to develop guerilla glass: a nearly unbreakable, fingerprint resistant glass that could be used on Iphones. Though he acknowledges the road could be tough, he sees a bright future for research at Boise State
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derstand more about this trend and find the best software platform that can help them achieve their personal and professional goals,” said Malcolm Hong, an event organizer from previous develop.idaho conferences. This year, develop.idaho will feature two breakout sessions after the guest speakers in order to focus students and business professionals on the topics most relevant to them. One breakout session will be focused on a technical track and the other will be a busi-
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this should alleviate most of the noise that students are hearing. However there will still be some of the backup beeping, which is inevitable, while they finish installing the sprinkler system and sod. “So we’ll have a quieter construction area, starting on Wednesday and it should be completed by the beginning of May,” Seigneur said. But as much as some students are inconvenienced by the noise and detours, this is actually a positive thing according to Seigneur. “We know that it’s hard on students, but the good news is the campus is growing and we’re able to offer more facilities for students,” Seigneur said. “So in the end it’s
very positive.” Speaking of facilities offered to students: Do you have the Testing Center woes? Do you think testing in the Testing Center brings your grade down? Do you ever stress over getting into the Testing Center? Maria Shimel, online testing center manager, took a moment to respond to the question about lines at the Testing Center. “There’s actually pretty rarely any lines here,” Shimel said. “When students make appointments and keep their appointment times, the computer spreads everybody out so that we’re not overcrowded and there aren’t any lines. If you ever do see a line, usu-
ally it’s one of our busier days, such as during midterms or finals week.” Shimel explained how they try to minimize the lines by having those appointment times. But if, for whatever reason, students decide not to make an appointment and just walk in or when everybody’s trying to come in at the last time slot on the last day for their exams, the Testing Center can potentially see some rushes. But she said there’s never anything more than just a few students in a line. To make it even easier to access the Testing Center, Shimel said they even added more hours. “We actually extended our testing center hours this se-
mester Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.,” Shimel said. “So as long as students are being responsible and making appointments, they should never run into a problem.” Shimel also elaborated on the comments about testing in the Testing Center making testing more difficult and possibly costing students a grade level. “That is just individual perception,” Shimel said. “It’s the same as people taking a scantron test or taking a paper test, this is just a computer test.” Shimel added everybody has their own way of taking tests. She said if students know their weaknesses or if they’re aware they have a difficult time taking computer tests, students can plan ahead by studying harder or maybe even bringing earplugs to help block out distractions.
“The recession that we had recently, while other schools were struggling… our research continued to grow during that very difficult time. I’m pretty optimistic that our research will continue to grow in the future even though the budgets are tightening,” Butt said. “That just has to do with the fact that we’ve got some pretty good people here who are winning the battles when it comes to funding.” There are other options besides the traditional national grants. There is a type of funding called R-15 that can only be given to schools that emphasize undergraduate teaching. Boise State qualifies for these grants. “It has been easier to get these funds and a lot of people have them here,” said Jorcyk. “But as the other schools can’t get the bigger grants… then those schools will fall into this category and they’ll be more and more competition.” Researchers and professors will also start writing proposals to private foundations such as the American Cancer Society. These foundations aren’t funded by government money and thus will not suffer the effects of sequestration.
Researchers are being encouraged to pursue corporate partners, such as Micron, to fund their research. The problem is in a city the size of Boise these partners can be hard to come by. “When you look at biomedical research Boise doesn’t have a lot of community research we can partner with,” Jorcyk said.
“One area we’re pursuing is St. Lukes.” Some professors are also hoping that Boise State will start offering pilot grants to fund new research at the university. “I think with sequestration on it might be the time to bring them back,” Jorcyk said.” Sequestration will make
things difficult. However Boise State shows no signs of relaxing it’s pursuit of research money. “I’ve worked with lots of other universities… I have to say that our administration is nimble and makes it easy for faculty to be successful,” Butt said, “But that doesn’t mean we won’t have to work hard.”
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BFA exhibition opens in the VAC Paige Eaglestone Staff Writer
Senior Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) students have come together to create an art exhibition of a miscellaneous nature, which includes media and subjects ranging from performance art and technology to breasts and body adornment. The opening reception for the “Varia: BFA Exhibition” took place on Friday, April 12 in Gallery 1 of the Liberal Arts building and Gallery 2 in the Hemingway Western Studies Center. The Bachelor of Fine Arts program showcased the final pieces of art from seventeen senior artists. Preparation for the event has been in effect since January, with scores of collaboration and creativity mustering about. Stephanie North, senior visual arts major with an emphasis in photography, said, “It’s our senior exit course. So we each pick a project and we have a committee of faculty members and we work with them throughout the semester.” The title for the exhibition, “Varia,” refers to a miscellany,
or a collection of works. In this collection there are many elements all rooted in the physicality of the basic human condition, with a number of the pieces tied to modern technology. Kayla Swanson, a senior graduating with a bachelor of fine arts with an emphasis in sculpture, said of her piece, “The art is really centered around engagement with people.” During the reception the pedestals, or seemingly white blocks which she constructed, each held a person in a black jump suit with cards velcrowed onto them. The box instructed onlookers to “please take one” while the person standing in the box remained silent. Inside the cards were coded messages which could only be read by a CS scanner. “My idea centered around physical engagement with people versus passive engagement with technology and social media, emailing and the convenience that people have with that,” Swanson said. “And how that’s disconnected with actually physically talking to someone.” The people entered onto
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“Varia: BFA Exhibition” is on display in the Visual Arts Center’s Galleries. the duality of collectivity and isolation that’s kind of coming about with the advent of communication technologies,” LeClaire said. “Specifically with how our ideas connect us and how were integrated for our ideas.” Eden Engberg’s piece, “Mammorium,” assembled from Earthenware ceramic, oxide and glare, illustrated a pure physicality without technology, in a natural
feminine form. Engberg, a senior graduating with a bachelor of fine arts, ceramics emphasis, with an English minor, said, “The breast is an object, but not like a negative object. You can objectify things but it’s up to the viewer and the person who sees the object whether or not it’s positive or negative.” “Varia: BFA Exhibition” will continue to be on display through May 9.
ter where you set a story if you have those strong emotional elements that people can connect to, and they’ll feel at home wherever your story’s set. Q: I’ve heard the saying “write about what you know.” Is this what you think you’ve done here? A: I wrote about a place that I missed. I was living in Louisiana when I wrote this and I wrote about a place that I love more than any place else. So the result was this book. Q: How have you developed your writing, from when you began to now? A: I mean, no one’s ever really happy with their final product, but everyday you try to make it better than the day before. You try to make your characters more believable.
You try to make your setting richer, your dialogue tighter. So you just try to do better everyday. Q: How do you relate with students and their writing? A: Because I remember. I mean, I still struggle to write everytime I sit down. So I know how to talk to people who are also trying to get the most out of their time at the desk. It wasn’t so long ago, you know I’m only 35. It wasn’t so long ago, I was a Ph. D. student and then an undergraduate before that. So I still remember. More interviews and general information concerning Cash can be found at www. wileycash.com. Check back to the Arbiter for “A Land More Kind Than Home” book review.
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student or a female student, there are specific places you can go to get extra help, but if you are a transfer student, you can get lost in the shuffle,” Lundy said in regards to special student populations on campus. His mission for helping others overflows into his life outside the university. Over the past 10 years at Camp Rainbow Gold, he has been camp counselor, activities director and assistant director. “It is one thing I take pride in doing and feel is definitely worth my time,” Lundy said. Lundy said he agrees all of the “hats” he wears help people. “In the future I want to go on and get a Ph.D. or a law degree maybe,” Lundy said.
the pedestals before the reception and exited before the end, but a suit with the detachable cards will remain for the remainder of the exhibition. Karl LeClaire, a senior art education major, shared a similar perspective as Swanson, presenting a disengagement with his piece entitled “Ideation” crafted out of relief block, ink on paper and installation. “(The piece is) dealing with
Cash talks success Paige Eaglestone Staff Writer
The Boise State Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing (MFA) reading series welcomed Wiley Cash, a critically acclaimed writer and professor in a low-residency MFA program at Southern New Hampshire University, on Thursday, April 11. Cash’s novel, the New York Times bestseller, “A Land More Kind Than Home,” shares the perspectives of three different characters who live in a small town in North Carolina and observe how
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Jonathon Lundy takes great pride in his vast collection of classic toys and comic books. He recalls his parents introducing him to the original “Star Wars” films as a young child and now has a Star Wars figurine collection worth $5,000-$7,000. He smiled, chuckled and proudly stated his love for collecting. “I’m a pretty big nerd and I never really grew up,” Lundy said. Aside from his vintage toy fascination, Lundy spends his workdays teaching communication classes
religion, power and influence in the form of the occult can impact people in their everyday lives. While reading excerpts from his novel, he also gave the audience insight into crafting and developing their stories. Arbiter staffer Paige Eaglestone caught up with Cash to talk about his novel and career as a writer.
Q: How did you come up with the title “A Land More Kind Than Home”? A: It comes from the closing lines from a novel by Thomas Wolfe. He’s from
and advising transfer students. He also spends his summers volunteering at a camp just for kids with cancer, his passion for helping others shines through. He never expected he would become an advisor, however, being able to teach was something he had pondered. With passion in his voice and a big grin on his face, it’s easy to see teaching others is a joy for Lundy. “I wanted to teach because I’ve always enjoyed helping others and teaching people how to do things, but I’d never been in a classroom actually teaching,” Lundy said. Other professors recom-
North Carolina. And it just kind of hints at deliverance. The novel is kind of a novel about this community’s hopes for deliverance, or hopes for a better day that’s gonna come. “A Land More Than Home” hints at a place beyond where you are. Q: Writing a story like this, which is very much based in the South, how do you pull in readers who have never experienced this culture? A: I think that situations, things humans experience, are the same. Everybody experiences love and loss, hardship and fear. I think it doesn’t mat-
mend him to their students, like Shondra Briley, a senior double majoring in communication and psychology. She took his class because of another professor’s suggestion. “He tries hard, enjoys it, makes it entertaining and keeps us engaged,” Briley said “He has a good sense of humor and is laid back.” Mariha Gage, a senior majoring in social science, said she discovered him through the website, www.ratemyprofessor.com, where he has a “good quality” rating overall. Before going to this site, she hadn’t heard of him. “Lundy is a professional person, but yet understands
his students and can keep class interesting,” Gage said. By 2011, Lundy obtained his Master’s of Arts in Communication and his journey as a transfer student advisor began. The majority of students he advises are pretransfer students and they obtain his guidance with credit transferability, degree choice and even when to apply. As an advisor, he especially enjoys connecting with students and seeing them progress in their understanding of a particular subject matter. Being an advocate for the special students is important to him. “If you are a minority
Tasha Adams is a senior graduating in May. Like Nicole Reither, she is also terrified of all things graduation—failing a class, walking at the ceremony, not finding a job after receiving her degree. “The undaunted undergrads” is an account of working through last-semester fears and getting the most out of the college experience. We are down to the wire, seniors. Less than five weeks until the graduation ceremony and if you haven’t already, now is the time to send out those announcements. I hadn’t even planned on walking at the ceremony, let alone send out lame cards flaunting my achievement, but since I have had my mind changed about walking (thanks mom) I am now also sending out those lame cards. However, when I got my commencement packet in the mail listing prices of said cards, my jaw dropped. Eighty freaking dollars for 25 announcements? Yeah, no thanks. So I did what any digital-age student will do, I Googled my own options with student-friendly prices. From Walmart to Snapfish, the Internet is full of alternatives. And with prices in the $10 to $20 range for the same number of announcements, it leaves a lot of extra cash for other graduation necessities, such as that cap and gown I still need to purchase. Another ethical dilemma I ran into was who the heck I should send the announcements to. With the only six (maybe ten) tickets available to me, I didn’t want to send announcements to everyone I knew and then say, “Hey, just kidding, you can’t actually go to the ceremony, but thanks for any money you want to send.” But a friend had a good solution; after making her announcements at Office Max, she added a message on the back that said, “Due to the limited number of tickets available for graduates, I invite you to watch the ceremony in the comfort of your own homes with the live broadcast at boisestate.edu.” So as we finish out our final weeks and wade through all the responsible things we need to do before we can actually walk on May 18, I encourage you to consider other options for your announcements. We have already spent thousands on our education, don’t spend more than you have to when announcing the completion of your education.
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How Idaho lawmakers are silencing the vote of the people
No vote for you The Idaho Legislature altered ballot measure rules earlier this year, making a successful petition campaign more difficult to achieve. Starting July 1, when Senate Bill 1108 goes into effect, it will be harder for Idahoans to gather enough signatures to place initiatives and referendums on the ballot.
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overnor C. L. “Butch” Otter signed a bill into law on April 2 thatwill require petitioners to gather six percent of registered voters’ signatures from a minimum of 18 districts. Currently, petitioners must collect six percent of registered voters’ signature statewide. SB 1108 originally required each signature sheet to be separated by legislative district, but the statehouse quickly pushed through Senate Bill 1191 last month to remove that stipulation. In Idaho, ballot measures, which include initiatives and referendums, give citizens a chance to bring legislation to a public vote. Initiatives allow citizens to vote on changing or implementing laws, and referendums allow citizens to bring to public vote a statute that was already passed by the legislature. In 2012, for only the second time in Idaho, three referendums repealed laws that the Idaho State Legislature had enacted. Props 1, 2 and 3 overturned the education reform laws, commonly known as the “Luna Laws” after Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna. Petitioners gathered the required number of signatures to put the referendums on the ballot over a month in advance of the deadline. “But this has nothing to do with those,” Sen. Marv Hagedorn said. Hagedorn is the Republican senator from legislative District 14 which covers Eagle, Star and north Meridian. He voted in favor of the bill during the 25-10 Senate vote. “We’ve been working on it for years. It just so happens no one has been able to come up with a solution until now,” he said, referring to a 1997 law that a federal court overturned in 2001. That earlier bill required six percent of signatures from 22 counties in Idaho, but was found to be unconstitutional because counties are not divided by population. Lindsey Rinehart, the executive director of Compassionate Idaho, testified in opposition Senate Bill 1108 in March. The group is working to change marijuana laws in Idaho to allow qualified patients to have legal and safe access to medical marijuana. Right before Otter signed the bill into law, she recalled that her testimony was about the numbers. “Will they throw out all the voices that signed the petition if they were from only 11 districts instead of 18?” Rinehart questioned. “(The ballot measure process) is hard enough, and it’s going to become tremendously more difficult.” Senate Bill 1108 was presented by the Idaho Farm Bureau Federation, a lobby organization that testified the bill will increase the voice for rural counties in Idaho. “Why did the Farm Bureau even present this bill? There are extreme ulterior motives here,” Rinehart stated, when asked about the origins of the bill. “Are they interested in shutting down animal rights groups, or non-GMO initiatives?” Rinehart believes The Idaho Farm Bureau Federation and the Idaho Beer and Wine Distributors organization, both intentionally want to make public ballot measures more difficult for Idaho citizens. She doesn’t think it’s a coincidence, she admitted, that a beer and wine organization would support this bill during a time when marijuana law reform initiatives have been so popular. According to the minutes from the House State Affairs Committee on March 1, Russ Hendricks spoke representing the Idaho Farm Bureau, explaining that due to increased urbanization this legislation would ensure one populace area would not be able to drive an agenda across the state. In the next committee meeting on March 18, Tyler Mallord is mentioned in the minutes as representing the Idaho Beer and Wine Distributors. He supported SB 1108 as a way of giving the entire population of Idaho the ability to be involved instead of the larger counties making the majority of the decisions for initiatives and referendums. Anne Nesse, a 2012 Democratic candidate for state representative in District 4 in North Idaho, testified in opposition that the bill would in fact disenfranchise rural voters in the state. “This will prevent rural districts from even seeing these issues. They won’t get to vote on them, because it will be too difficult to get on the ballot,” Nesse said during an interview. Nesse started an online petition via signon.org called, “Stop Changes in Idaho Voter Initiative Law,” which as of Otter’s signing of the bill, had more than 2,050 signatures. She knows that future ballot measures will be much more difficult in Idaho, including efforts on minimum wage and marijuana law reform that may try to get on the ballot this fall. “Just to have the initiative process you need to get so many signatures, and then to add another obstacle, it basically only allows moneyed groups to bring the initiative forward. It robs the individual of the ability to petition the government.” Nesse said. Mat Erpelding, Democratic representative for north Boise’s District 19 Seat A, voted against SB 1108 in the 45-21House vote. “It’s really, really bad for Boise in particular, but it’s bad in general in any areas where you have high voter participation,” he said in a phone interview after the bill passed. “Once it’s on the ballot, it’s a statewide race, and that is what’s important…I’m uncomfortable with the idea ‘we need to protect rural voters’ because they can protect themselves by voting yes or no.” Each legislative district contains approximately 47,000 people. Many in-state Boise State students live in districts 17, 18, and 19, three of the highest vote producing districts in the state. Requiring that six percent of voters come from districts that have upwards of 22,000 people voting in general elections compared to districts that have a half as much voter turnout would do away with the idea of ‘one man, one vote,’ according to Erpelding. “It’s a huge discrepancy between districts,” he said, which makes the new bill unfair statewide. Repbulican representative Cliff Bayer holds seat B in District 21, which covers south of Boise, and Kuna. He said, “I was concerned about creating a higher hurdle for Idahoans to directly have an impact on the law. There’s a balance between having elected representatives and people having a say in the legislative process. It’s a good check and balance for the government.” The Idaho Medical Marijuana Act, Rinehart’s initiative through Compassionate Idaho, will not be affected by the new law, since it was filled before July 1, but she feels that Idahoans will now have a much harder time moving the state forward due to Senate Bill 1108. “This is people’s future. Even if you are the only person standing alone, you’ve got to use your voice. If you don’t, the only thing that happens is it gets taken away while you’re not looking.”
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Offense runs away with spring game 28-19 John Garretson Sports Editor
With the winds blowing at +20 mph, the sun peaking through gray cloud patches and Bronco Stadium occupants looking similar to sweatshirt convention attendees, Saturday's weather gave a quality fall performance. The autumn-like air was fitting for the annual Boise State Blue and Orange Spring Game, where the offense dawned in white, squared away against an orange-cladded defense. Scoring for the game was as follows: six points for a touchdown (both offense and defense), one point for an extra point for the offense and three points for a turnover for the defense. The wind, for the most part, proved to be too brutal for a handful of Bronco Nation, as the attendance was a lowly 9,146. Despite the lack of fans, the Bronco offense made up for the energetic production, taking away a 28-19 victory. “I would rather play a game in the rain than the wind," Head Coach Chris Petersen said. Redshirt sophomore running back Jay Ajayi ran as swift as the wind on the day, taking in 11 carries for 69 yards and
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The offense defeated the defesnse 28-19 during Saturday’s annual spring game in Bronco Stadium. a touchdown. The running back corps in general was impressive on the day, hauling in 135 yards on 35 carries, just under four yards per carry. Incumbent starting quarterback Joe Southwick showed zero sign of regression
in his play in a new up-tempo, no huddle offense, throwing 12-20 (60 percent completion rate) for 113 yards and a touchdown, looking better in his pocket presence as well as spreading the ball across the field.
A sportswriter's tale at Beat Coach Pete Brandon Walton Staff Writer
This past Saturday Bronco Nation came out in full support for the 6th annual Beat Coach Pete Race. Students, non students, families, and other members of the community laced up their running shoes in order to get a chance to beat Head Football Coach Chris Petersen and this reporter was one of them. I arrived at the event about an hour before the race was scheduled to start and it was already filled with thousands of Bronco fans getting prepped and ready to go. I then proceeded to head to the recreation center to get myself registered for the
race and get my number. When I was done filling out the paperwork race personel asked me if I was planning on running or walking this event. I initially said “walk” but then quickly changed my mind as I wanted to challenge myself. Once I was registered I put my number on and proceeded outside to take in the scenery of all the people continuing to show up. I decided that I should probably do some stretches and some warm ups as it had been quite a while since I had done some serious running. After warming up and feeling pretty good I headed to the starting line a few minutes early to get my
spot in line. I was lined up in the middle of pack surrounded by legions of Boise State fans. The pre-festivities would then start as deejays from 96.9 and Paul J Schneider would talk to the crowd and get them fired up. They then handed the mike over to the man of the hour Coach Pete, who addressed the crowd and thanked everyone for coming out and wished everyone a great race. Only minutes later the race was underway. This was my first longdistance race that I had ever competed in so I didn't know what to expect. Once the bell sounded everyone around me started at a slow pace as they had to
“You’d hope a senior quarterback would lead the way and he did a nice job," Petersen said. "Jay had a nice spring and picked up where he left off last year. I think we have a nice foundation with those two guys.”
because we were all so tightly bunched but after a few minutes the crowd started separating and I was able to get some running room to work with. I decided going into this race I wasn't going to go at dead sprint and try to beat everyone because I had no training and wasn't going to make myself sick so I settled on a nice steady jog and was just enjoying everything around me. The atmosphere of this race was just amazing. After the one mile mark fatigue really started to hit me. I was running out of breath not to mention my legs were cramping up but despite all of this I continued on. When I hit the halfway mark and saw the water station in front of me I stopped and took a breather to refresh myself with some water. I walked for about 50 yards and then proceeded to continue to run. Now I have to be honest here, I did stop
Redshirt junior Grant Hedrick and redshirt sophomore Jimmy Laughrea combined for 22-34 on the day (64 percent) and 125 yards, each with a pick and a touchdown: Laughrea with the running touchdown and Hedrick
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Runners run, walk and crutch their was to the finish.
a few more times to catch my breath but I did run a lot more then I walked which I was very proud of myself for. After hitting mile marker two, the fatigue was really wearing on me now and I was thinking “oh Brandon why did you let your editor talk you into this” but I quickly laughed that off and proceeded on with the race. A short while later I would finally see it and I would have jumped for joy if I wasn’t already so tired. It was the finish line.
Boise State defense shows determination Tyler Abner Staff Writer
The Boise State Broncos' defense was one of the biggest question marks coming in to the 2013 Blue and Orange Spring Game and the college football season.
with a passing touchdown. Redshirt freshman Nick Patti went just 2-3 for 13 yards, as he only appeared in the first half after an injury to his right wrist from a pass deflection. On the receiving end, the surprise came from redshirt senior Aaron Burks, who caught a team-high seven receptions for 50 yards. Redshirt senior receiver Geraldo Boldewijn and redshirt sophomore tight end Jake Hardee each brought in a receiving touchdown. While the defense surrendered 161 rushing yards and and 251 passing yards (412 total) from the Bronco pistol offense, there were some highlights on the other other side of the ball. Redshirt junior defensive linemen Beau Martin and Demarcus Lawrence each recorded a sack while sophomore cornerback Donte Deayon and junior defensive end Tyler Horn each grabbed an interception. The Broncos will have one more practice until they're off until fall camps starts up again in August. Boise State's first game of the 2013 season is at the University of Washington in the newly-renovated Husky Stadium on Aug. 31.
Not because of some of the names the Broncos lost on defense (see defensive tackle Mike Atkinson and cornerback Jamar Taylor) but because of the age and lack of experience of many of the defensive players. The defense lost their out-
As soon as I saw it I told myself “alright Brandon here we go the final stretch lets finish strong.” So with all the energy I had left I proceeded to sprint the final straightaway. During this time I heard the cheers of all the supporters and fellow racers who had finished cheering me on to the finish.
For the rest of this article, head to arbiteronline.com/ sports ing against the offense 2819 as the final score but showed signs of becoming a very tough opponent for opposing team’s offense. And as for the defenses' lack of experience, Head Coach Chris Petersen had a very simple solution for this issue.
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