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Brothers dressed as knights, wearing costumes weighing 40 pounds and 15 pounds, were victorious.
Racing like knights Runners in chainmail win Beat Coach Pete costume competition Lauren Jacob Staff Writer
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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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April 13, 2013
Teen charged in connection with campus bomb threat
Ryan Thorne Staff Writer
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
Researchers fight sequester for funding Staff Writer
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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
for research will be significantly reduced.
The Effects of Sequestration
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.”
Researchers have already been feeling the effect of this reduced funding. Before sequestration ever went into place many agen- See Sequestration I page 3 arbiteronline.com