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Students who are always plugged in should watch what they post on social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter.
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The debate is ongoing as to whether social media tools such as Facebook or Twitter make life more convenient or more of a mess. For students, it’s becoming increasingly crucial to be hyper aware of the content being posted and what it reflects. In 2011, a student at Molloy College posted a photo of herself with the accompanying caption, “andd imm put this drink uppp like its my last,”—lyrics from the Chris Brown song, “The Last.” Shortly after, the girl’s softball scholarship was revoked. The student is currently suing the university for discrimination. This is just one example of students forgetting who can view their social media sites and the consequences that can go with these posts. Even if a page is set to private, that doesn’t mean a friend can’t copy and paste a
post that could cause serious repercussions. Student athletes should be aware that recruiters, coaches and athletic officials are all individuals who may frequently check social media sites. Makenzie Phillips, an adjunct faculty member for the Communication Department, also warns students about lying to professors about being sick and then posting pictures of a Vegas vacation on Facebook. The same can be said for work. A common mistake is to call into work and not consider the co-workers, or even supervisors, who have been friended in the past. These kinds of posts could result in job termination. For students looking for a job, it is a good idea to clean up social media sites. Phillips recommends disabling Facebook during the application and interview process for a period of six to nine months. This can keep a student’s Facebook profile from com-
ing up in a Google search. For students who opt to simply clean up personal profiles, the kinds of things that should be “tossed” according to Phillips are anything you wouldn’t want your grandmother to see. “Facebook isn’t the devil, but it’s important to be aware of how your current actions will affect the future you,” Phillips said. To avoid affecting future athletic or professional offers, items that should be discarded include: pictures that are revealing (even those Halloween photos) and party pics including images where red Solo cups are being used. It’s fairly common knowledge that the chances of there being water in that cup are slim to none. Swearing should also be kept out of social media posts as some companies might feel it represents them in an unflattering light. It should go without saying that racist remarks, even jokes between friends, crude or lewd comments and any
drug references are better left unsaid. Most importantly, use the privacy settings. Employers can ask for personal Facebook login information, but Phillips said individuals are not legally required to provide that information. Privacy settings can do more than just, well, keep profiles private. They can protect students from viewers with more sinister motives. Social media users tend to think the people looking at their profile are friendly— like the cute guy or girl from last night—but as Phillips said, “You never know who’s looking for you.” Don’t post personal information like phone numbers or addresses, as these things can be sent in personal messages to protect that private information. Phillips also cautioned against posting when going on vacation. Houses have been robbed after vacationers posted about leaving for a trip,
only to return home to realize someone with bad intentions knew the house was empty. It’s an individual choice when determining who to let into Facebook “friend” circles, but being selective can be a good thing. “It’s not a competition to see who has the most friends,” Phillips said. Some additional precautions students can take include registering Facebook accounts using nicknames or middle names. That ensures only those given that information can elicit a friend request. Not adding co-workers can keep students with jobs out of hot water with employers, too. To avoid causing hurt feelings, a LinkedIn account is a great way to keep professional and personal networks separate. Finally, just consider who will see the information being shared before clicking the “post” button. A good filter can ensure a successful future.
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Nathan Westfall only wanted one thing for his 18th birthday. Like so many others, skydiving was something he wanted to do in his lifetime. So, on a cold but sunny morning Westfall’s family and best friend anxiously watched the sky as a small plane circled overhead, gaining altitude before the jump. “I think it’s insane,” his grandmother said as she shielded her eyes from the sun, keeping them locked on the rising aircraft above her. “Why jump out of a perfectly good airplane?” Why, indeed. Logically, skydiving doesn’t make a lot of sense. It’s something of a miracle the human race has even managed to propel a huge, metal craft into the air; why jump out of one once it’s there? Regardless, skydiving tops many bucket lists, and April 21 and 22, Skydown Sports in Caldwell will offer college students a chance to take a huge leap (a little over two miles, to be exact) at a discounted price. Denise Janes has been one of Skydown’s operators since the company was launched in 1996. She says there isn’t a lot of money in operating a skydiving business, especially during the
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recession, but her love for the sport won’t allow her to stop. She and her husband Paul facilitate between four and five thousand jumps each year, and wanted to reach out to a younger crowd and introduce them to the sport. That’s when they began having College Day. “At that age, this seems to be something they want to share with others,” Janes said. The lower price, she says, encourages college students to come with large groups of friends to jump together. Colleges in Wyoming, Washington and Oregon promote the event to their students, who travel to the Treasure Valley for the weekend. Skydown recently completed construction of new facilities and Janes said this year’s College Day will be
bigg e r t h a n ever. With the combination of crowds of college students, loud music and raw adrenaline, y o u can bet
it’ll b e t h e best party around. Janes said College Day has been drawing an increasing number of thrill-seeking students each year. “The Bucket List came out, and that’s what got people thinking,” she said. “It’s really developed into a safe sport. We’re seeing more and more people take their first jump.” Janes and her husband,
who flies t h e p l a n e , share a passion for skydiving. “It’s a way of celebrating,” she said. “It’s a way of life. We do this for the love of skydiving and for widening horizons. To be able to help someone tackle something new, it’s a great feeling.” Boise State students who want to take part in College Day can call ahead to schedule a jump. A valid student ID must be presented when checking in to receive the discounted price.
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Osama bin Laden’s family has been deported from Pakistan ISL AMABAD— On Wednesday, Pakistan was scheduled to deport the 14 members of Osama bin Laden’s family who had lived with him in a garrison town near Islamabad until U.S. forces killed him in a raid May 2011. After nearly a year in the custody of Pakistan’s security services, the family—including the ex-al Qaida chief’s three widows, two adult daughters and nine children—were scheduled to leave Islamabad on a chartered plane bound for Saudi Arabia. There, they will live incognito with bin Laden’s extended family, said the family’s Pakistani lawyer, Aamir Khalil. According to Khalil, they have not been charged with any offense by Saudi author-
ities and wouldn’t be detained, though they would be living under surveillance for the rest of their lives. They won’t be allowed to talk to the media, and it was unclear whether U.S. officials who might want to interrogate the relatives would have access to them. A Saudi diplomatic official, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue, said his government had agreed to a request from Islamabad to prevent bin Laden’s two Saudi widows, Khairiah Sabar and Siham Sabar, from talking publicly about their lives in Pakistan. Osama bin Laden’s half-brother, Bakr Bin Mohammed bin Ladin chairs the biggest construction com-
pany in the oil-rich desert kingdom, Saudi bi Laden. He will look after the 14 family members. The company is family owned and does not publish its earnings, but is regularly involved in multibillion-dollar construction projects. Its latest move is a $400 million investment that gives it a 16.6 percent stake in Jeddah Economic, which is building the half-milehigh Kingdom Tower. Bin Laden’s youngest wife, Amal Ahmed Abdel-Fatah al-Sada, a Yemeni national, and her five children will also remain in Saudi Arabia at the request of the Pakistani government and will be held under the same terms. Saudi Arabia, along with China, is Pakistan’s closest diplomatic ally.
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Farming restrictions lightened BOISE — The Boise City Council approved new rules for urban farming inside city limits in a session on Tuesday. The main changes
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WASHINGTON, D.C . — P r e s i d e n t Barack Obama released his first Spanish campaign advertisement this week, reaching out to Hispanic voters who could hold a large demographic in the November elections. The ads will air in Colorado, Nevada and Florida emphasize his support for the Head Start education program. They also focus on the fact his administration sought an in-
crease in funding for Pell Grants, according to Bloomberg. His campaign has also developed a Spanish language website and campaign managers are recruiting Spanishspeaking volunteers to man phones and pass out voter registration forms. The Democrats’ campaign to get Hispanics to register to vote and ultimately vote for Obama is being called “Latinos for Obama.”
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Forget calling Ghostbusters, get a lawyer TOMS RIVER, N.J. — A haunted house sent renters Josue Chinchilla and Michele Callan running, calling a lawyer on their way out the door to sue their landlord. Living with a ghost was not in the lease agreement, and the pair want their deposit back. Their landlord, Dr. Richard Lopez, filed a counter-suit, claiming they broke the terms of their oneyear lease. Lopez has made repeated statements that the pair is using this “paranormal activity” as an excuse to back out on the contract,
as they are having financial difficulties, according to MSNBC. Callan called the Shore Paranormal Research Group, which investigates and debunks claims of hauntings if they can. After an investigation, its spokesperson is willing to say the house has paranormal activity, but not that it’s haunted. Apparently paranormal activity is anything that can’t be scientifically explained. A haunting is relatively severe, and not something the Shore spokesman is willing to commit to.
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Alan Bradshaw didn’t imagine that he would have his own business someday, but he wouldn’t want it any other way. He graduated from Boise State University in 1991 with a degree in communication. He worked his way through college by building sheds, which was a perfect fit for a man who likes building things with his hands. After he graduated from college, he began looking for other work with larger corporations, but his employer asked him to stay because he was such a good worker. “He told me to write down everything that he could do,
or that I would want to keep me at that job. So, I wrote down a long list of stuff that I wanted, and he gave me everything on the list except for one thing, and so I stuck with it,” Bradshaw said. In 2001, he split from the company and decided it was time to start his own shed business, but he wasn’t alone. His wife, Alice Bradshaw, has been his business partner from the beginning of the company. “Absolutely,” Alice Bradshaw said when asked if she was her husband’s major support. She does bookkeeping, answers phones, oversees sales and administrative type work at the company with her husband. Also, they manage their employees daily, do their own
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. —As Chancellor Linda Katehi took “full responsibility” for the pepperspraying of students on the University of California, Davis campus, only one tent remained on the Quad. It was one of those popup shade structures that had been set up to advertise a nearby apartment complex. Just a week after the release of the first comprehensive report on the Nov. 18 incident, life on the campus appears like that at any other college. The Occupy protesters are gone, and the Quad is filled with sun-worshipping students playing music or preparing for Saturday’s Picnic Day celebration. But Katehi, in her first public comments since the release of the 190-page report from former state Supreme Court Justice Cruz Reynoso, clearly is determined to move quickly to address the problems outlined in the critique. “The report illuminated very clearly and critiqued
sharply the missteps within the administration and the police which led us to a very unfortunate and regrettable event,” she said. “As I said in November and I repeat right now, I take full responsibility for the incident and I consider myself accountable for all of the actions that need to be taken to ensure our campus is a safe and welcoming place.” She added that she wants to see changes made that will ensure “that something like this does not happen again.” Katehi’s remarks came during her annual State of the Campus report to the Academic Senate, and members were generally polite during and after her presentation. “I appreciated the sense of urgency about the matter,” said Ralph Aldredge, a mechanical engineering professor. “Mistakes were made by the administration and the police, and I’m confident that she’ll do what’s necessary to move us forward.” Stephen Wheeler, an as-
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payroll, their own taxes, as well as take care of their human resources department. “It (college degree) really helped me learn to deal with challenges, and keep pushing through, and working through them until I reach my goal. Owning a business and managing a business, there’s a lot of communication involved in that. Organizational communication and interpersonal communication, communicating your customers in sales and all that,” Alan Bradshaw said. His degree helps him in the shed
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sociate professor of landscape architecture, said he hoped “that the university will get its act together and move on.” “We need leadership that talks about social needs and the vital role of the university in helping society think through its problems,” he said. Katehi has apologized before for the handling of the police operation she ordered to remove tents set up on the Quad as part of a protest against rising tuition. She has maintained that she never would have agreed to send the police in if she had known they might use force. Reynoso’s group found that she and her top administrators failed to communicate clearly with each other in their planning sessions to remove the tents. The report, presented again Tuesday at a separate public session at UC Davis, also lambasted the campus Police Department for what it found to be a “dysfunctional” command structure. Katehi promised the Senate she would con-
business. The company, Idaho Woodsheds, produces garages, shops and about 70 different sizes of sheds. The sheds also have eight different styles, ranging from looking like a barn to looking like a house. When the economy worsened, the shed business slowed down. Before the recession, cash flowed into Idaho Woodsheds and running the business wasn’t difficult. But Alice Bradshaw still considers their business
duct a “holistic top-to-bottom review” of the department. She also suggested she would consider forming a police review commission, and said interim Chief Matt Carmichael already is seeking out independent experts to suggest improvements that can be made. Campus officials say they expect changes in some campus operations to be made quickly, and Katehi noted after her remarks that the report “gives us guidance to move forward.” Meanwhile, Katehi waits for reports from the Academic Senate and the UC system, along with findings from the now-completed internal affairs inquiry into officers’ conduct that day. Katehi said no actions have been taken against administrators connected with the Nov. 18 incident and that it is “premature” to say whether any action will be taken. She spoke only briefly Tuesday about the pepperspray incident, spending most of her presentation on campus achievements and hurdles still facing UC Davis. There were about 80 faculty members and others gathered for her remarks inside the Memorial Union. And, in a sign of how the focus on her is fading somewhat, there were only a handful of reporters and no television cameras present.
to be successful, despite the considerable loss in income. “Success isn’t always measured by the moment, so one reason you can tell that it’s successful though, is it has survived this bad economy,” she said. She also said that her husband is diligent and works hard, which contributes to the success of the business. She said he loves what he does, and prefers it to any other job. “Whatever it is you go into business for, you need to love it and really just enjoy doing it,” he confirmed. “Because otherwise, most likely when things get rough you’ll lose motivation, and you’ll want to just quit. It has to be something you really have a passion for.”
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Katehi addressed students on the Quad at University of California, Davis campus about the pepper spraying incident that occurred Nov. 18. Reynoso himself said last week that he does not believe she should resign over the pepper-spray incident, and some students on campus Tuesday brushed aside questions about whether she should leave. “She should stay, she should,” said Mari Salazar, a 21-year-old fourth-year student from Monterey who is studying community and regional development. “I don’t think it’s solely her fault, what happened.”
Bobby Vinograd, a 21-year-old history major from Southern California, was sitting with Salazar on the Quad and said he believes most students’ focus has moved on from Nov. 18. “I mean, the whole Reynoso thing, I don’t know what’s going on, but I don’t think it’s as prevalent in people’s minds as it was when there were tents on the Quad,” he said. “I’m ready for Picnic Day—I don’t know about anybody else.”
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WASHINGTON D.C. —The “Buffett Rule”—the Democratic-authored effort to impose a minimum tax on millionaires—is probably dead for a while, fatally wounded by a largely partisan Senate vote Monday. The 51 to 45 procedural vote failed by 9 votes, since 60 are needed to cut off debate. But both sides scored political points. Democrats painted the higher tax as a fairness issue. Republicans countered that higher taxes would stymie the already sluggish
economy. Monday’s drama, the day before the filing deadline for federal income tax returns, was the opening round of what promises to be a week of congressional maneuvering for advantage on the tax issue. The House of Representatives is expected to vote later this week on a Republicanbacked plan to give small businesses a tax break. With a strong push from President Barack Obama, Democrats want to end that disparity by generally imposing at least a 30 percent tax on millionaires—more than twice the rate that presumptive Republican presi-
dential nominee Mitt Romney, a multimillionaire, paid in 2010. “It’s an important message for Washington to be able to send to middle-class taxpayers as they sit down to pay their taxes,” said Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., the Senate bill’s chief author. Liberal groups were adamant that the Senate vote was an important political demarcation line. “The Buffett Rule, if enacted, would mean that Wall Street CEOs and big oil executives would not pay lower taxes than their secretaries and chauffeurs. This is a nobrainer. The senators who
oppose this minimal standard have shred all sense of decency,” said Robert Borosage, co-director of the liberal Campaign for America’s Future. “Only the corrupt or
the morally bankrupt could vote to protect the ability of the richest Americans to pay a lower rate of taxes than the rest of us.” Romney has proposed a
20 percent across-the-board cut in all marginal income tax rates, and congressional Republicans are exploring ways to overhaul the entire tax code.
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A hush fell upon the car that left Cameron’s skull pressed to the passenger window. There were no words or gestures exchanged as the cross upon the cliff shrunk in the gleam of the rear view mirror. Part II: the Scare “Sally, it was a joke,” he screamed as she barreled down the hill, hands taut on the steering wheel, mascara running through the ravines of her tired flesh. “Collin warned me about you,” she shrieked. “He said you changed, that you weren’t the same boy who moped around, pining over seeing me again.” Her words were scathing and unrelenting, as if they’d been festering inside her, ready to bound from her lips and draw blood from his veins. As they approached another meandering turn, their screams met with oncoming traffic. Avoiding the collision, their bickering came to a screeching halt, much like the car, horizontal in the middle of the road. The other car had run off the side of the mountain. “Are we dead?” whimpered Sally. Cameron turned to her, pale like the day they had first met, and spoke softly. “…that was Collin’s car.” One Month Later Cameron and Sally had been lying in wait at Collin’s bedside for any sign of life. Beeps from the heart monitor was the only audible sounds that broke up the silence between them. “Visiting hours are over,” a passing nurse said. Her bedside manner was unsurpassed by her strangely revealing scrubs. Cameron could only imagine what Collin would say if he regained consciousness. That bastard never let a decent set go unnoticed. A distance grew between Cameron and Sally that neither of them could articulate to family, friends or psychologists. Their vitality was strained as they spent more time inside the walls of the hospital, hoping, praying. They left a polished flask and a pack of cigarettes at Collin’s bedside, noting the irony through mutual heartache. “Followers” is a quasiautobiographical mini-series about a college senior looking back on his freshman year.
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Hailing from the beach communities of Southern California, Joyce Manor returns with “Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired,” a follow-up to its 2011 self-titled debut. For those unfamiliar with this quartet of strapping young punk rockers, the warning is as follows: if you can’t hang with high fives, pick slides and lovesick angst, it might be better to give that Bieber track another go-around. Weighing in at a whopping 13 minutes, it is safe to say an album such as this stands out among many of the played out and over-produced attempts at rock and roll this year; despite the fact it really is just another punk rock record. Regardless, “Of All Things” is a step in the right direction, especially for a young band that prides itself on abrupt intensity and undeniably jaunty licks. Like other genre-produced records, there are highs and there are most certainly lows. That being said, depending on the listener’s particular mood, this album can be hit or miss.
The first single, “Violent Inside” sums up the record with singer/guitarist Barry Johnson’s growl of, “I will feel violent because I feel violent all the time inside of me,” a truly summative way of saying that this band has the propensity of knocking your teeth out, but in a good way. Amidst the crude guitar tones, punchy bass and tight drums are instances of progression and creative vision. In true ballsy Joyce Manor fashion, the boys’ couple bratty SoCal punk rock with gritty acoustic gems such as “Drainage” and “I’m Always Tired.” In terms of trying something new, their cover of the Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star” is a perfect example of the band’s choice inattentiveness to their fan base asking: WTF? As is made apparent by their approach and raucous live shows, the band isn’t concerned enough to take themselves seriously, thus capturing the attitude and ferocity absent in punk rock today. “Of All Things” isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but since being leaked, the scene has absolutely exploded with intrigue and interest in this motley crew of
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Most students have parttime jobs they dread showing up for and can’t wait to graduate and quit. Singer and song writer Jeff Cochran—or as his fans call him, Jac Sound—is not one of those students. Cochran is one of the few who loves his job and can’t wait to show up, get on the stage and sing his heart out. Cochran is a freshman design major who also performs original indie-folk music at venues such as The Reef, Tom Grainey’s, Willi B’s and Café Olé. He has learned to balance the stress that comes with school with booking shows, writing songs and performing. “It definitely can be hard (balancing work and school),” Cochran said. “If I have a show on a week night, I can be out until two or three in the morning. When the show is the night before a morning class, getting up is difficult.” Even through these diffi-
culties, Cochran continues to perform and leave a positive impression on the people who know him. Sarah Stephens, the manager of Willi B’s, enjoys Cochran’s performances. “Jeff is passionate about his music and does his best to pull a crowd,” Stephens said. “He is willing to work with even the most chaotic of schedules” He may have a complex schedule, but it isn’t enough to stop him from creating music. “Music has always been a part of my family,” Cochran said. “It was kind of the easiest skill for me to pick up. When I was young, my music teacher always made me sing at school and church, so I got the feel for singing on stage early on. Loved it ever since.” Cochran uses song writing as a creative outlet and a way to release stress. “It’s nice to be able to sit down and focus on my music,” Cochran said. “It helps me organize situations in my life by writing them in a song.”
Making use of Germs’ cryptic blue O, Joyce Manor’s ablum art personifies punk. 20-somethings. It is arguably a tad more mellow than their
previous release, but that will hardly stop them from inspir-
ing circle pits in crowded punk clubs across the country.
Jeff Cochran sings his way through school On top of his love for music, he also loves being a student. Some of his favorite classes are world literature, art history and drawing. “I love working for knowledge. When you study hard and do well on a test or project, the payoff feels great,” he said. After Cochran graduates he wants to be a “jack of all art trades.” “I don’t really care where I land as long as the trip guides me to some form of artistic success. Eventually, I aspire to teach others what I’ve learned,” he said. Many people believe in Cochran and see him going places. Justin Andrews, music manager at Tom Grainey’s, is one of them. “He is a strong singer and a great guitar player,” Andrews said. “He captivates you. His songs are lyrically moving and he draws you in. He’s very witty on stage and you can tell he’s having fun. He makes you feel part of the show. This guy could write a song that will win a Grammy.” No matter what level of
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When Cochran isn’t on campus, he’s on stage. stress Cochran faces with school, he will continue to do what he loves the most, performing.
Just like any other student he plans to make it through college, “with hard work and a little bit of luck.”
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Community races in heels
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The Stiletto Run and Music Festival is set to take place Saturday at Lakeview Park in Nampa, Idaho. Yes, even the men at the event will be strutting their stuff in heels this weekend, and it’s all for a good cause. Proceeds from the Stiletto Run and Music Festival will benefit the International Justice Mission to help victims of human trafficking and slavery. People of all ages are encouraged to participate. There will be a women’s race, men’s race, and kids’ race. A relay will also be held for three person teams. Involvement from all community members is encouraged, so heels are not required to race. There are awards for those who are brave enough to sprint in a
pair of slingbacks. Those with three inch heels and higher are eligible to place in each race. Bestdressed awards will also be given away. Although the event is free, there is a registration fee to race. Individuals may register the day of the race for $15 and families may register for $30 on race day. Registration begins at 10:30 a.m., races begin at 11 a.m. and a free band performance begins at noon.
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About 10 years ago, a 6-year-old Nicole Oswald begged her mother to let her play the violin. Her mother let her take a couple lessons and it turned out that Oswald was good at playing the stringed instrument. Oswald, now 16, is a violinist who has studied in Holland, Belgium, Germany, France, Sweden and South Korea to reach her goal of playing the violin as a means of earning a paycheck. “[I] definitely want to do it for a living,” Oswald said. She is currently studying music performance through a scholarship provided by the university and holds the position of concertmaster in the Boise State University Orchestra. Her concertmaster position comes from playing excerpts from repertoire the orchestra will be working on for the next semester. The auditions are blind auditions so that the listeners can only hear what is being played. Oswald practices at least five hours a day, which includes excerpts she had prepared for her audition. “I try to get five hours minimum. If I can’t get five hours I won’t feel good the next day. But five hours minimum and if I can do more than that I love to. It’s what I do in my free time,” Oswald said. She balances her time between practice and musical studies. One of her classes in the Boise State music department is a chamber music course where she is a part
of a string quartet. The quartet plays in different public areas around campus, including on the second floor of the library. They played at an author’s reception for the English Department in the library most recently. She doesn’t always play at scheduled events. Sometimes she plays her violin out on the streets. She first played like this in front of an Albertsons when she was a kid. Oswald pointed out that she made a lot of money when she played like this when she was younger, because people saw a cute little girl playing the violin and were more willing to give her money because she was a kid. Oswald progressed quickly and began playing on a full sized violin at the age of 10. This progression caused her to get tendonitis in her elbows and wrists and prohibited her from playing more than 10 minutes at a time. Her parents had to take her violin away from her because she wouldn’t hold to her time constraints. After studying in Holland with a particular instructor she was completely cured of her tendonitis by using his techniques and adjusting her posture. “When she’s playing, she’s very passionate about what she’s doing,” said Ivana Mullner, a fellow orchestra member. “A lot of the time when the music is kind of intense you
can see it in the way she plays that she’s into the music. That she’s intense about it.” In five years, Oswald sees herself at the Eastman School of Music or the New England Conser vator y in Boston where she can study and play her violin with different music directors.
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Students packin’ heat? Students and faculty should make the decision concerning firearms on campus Eva Hart
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The choice concerning guns on campus should not be in the hands of the Idaho legislators. easier to stop them if a lawabiding citizen has a gun and puts them down,” Vanderwall said. Won’t those who plan to cause harm with a weapon bring their weapon to campus regardless? Why not allow law-abiding citizens the chance to “fight” back? Daniel Barry, a freshman English major, also believes Boise State should allow guns on campus. “This guy I know used to carry concealed on campus nearly every day. The funny thing about concealed weapons is that they’re really hard to spot,” Barry said. Students obviously have
opposing views about the issue and should be given the right to vote whether or not guns would be allowed on campus because they will be the ones dealing with the decision. Congress should not be making the decision. “I think it makes the most sense for universities to make this decision on their own based on the culture of each community. Public universities, like other schools, need to be able to foster learning and regulating the presence of firearms on campus can be an effective way to do that,” VanOrder said. Schuler agrees that the decision of guns on campus
should be left up to those whom the issue concerns. “I generally believe that more localized decision-making yields better outcomes, and I think that position fits well with this issue. Boise State is in a more informed position to decide on its gun policy than the state legislature is, so Boise State should retain the authority to make these decisions,” Schuler said. There are many aspects of the issue of guns on campus. Since students and faculty are the ones who have to live with this decision after it is made they should be given the opportunity to vote and make the decision for themselves.
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Conspiracy theories open minds Tony Madonna Opinion Editor
Many people think conspiracy theories are a hoax instead of seeing them as a possibility. People think of these theories as an opportunity for people to sound more intelligent than everyone else. I beg to differ. Arrogance is a personality trait. The smartest person in the world can be humble and the least intelligent person can be arrogant. Showing off anything will come across as arrogance to somebody. People who claim conspiracy theories breed arrogance while insinuating all conspiracy theories are incorrect speak to the side of arrogance:
they’re too knowledgeable about the “real” events to even consider other possibilities. These people probably believe everything they read or hear from news outlets and discredit anything else coming from a different source. Doesn’t that breed ignorance? When people only accept information from one source, they become ignorant to the other possibilities. Plato’s allegory of the cave exemplifies why people should not take everything they read—or see in Plato’s case—as true. For those who are unfamiliar with the allegory, prisoners sit in a cave and chained to chairs. They face one wall, unable to swivel
their heads, on which shadows pass back and forth and—for all they know— the shadows are the only things that are real, not reflections. All they are able to see they believe to be reality not even realizing people create those shawdows with the light from a fire. Sound familiar? Conspiracy theories offer a new way to look at what we think is reality. Did we walk on the moon? Did America let the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor? Was September 11 a planned demolition? Did aliens help to build the pyramids along with other structural wonders? Will the world end on December 21, 2012? There are plenty of sourc-
es out there promoting “evidence” Pearl Harbor was a setup or that ancient aliens are real—the TV show “Ancient Aliens”—or that the world won’t end at the end of 2012. Is that evidence undeniable fact? No. Is that evidence undeniably wrong? No. It’s just more information to get your mind thinking outside society’s box. Just because we are told something doesn’t mean that it’s fact. In the famous words of Giorgio Tsoukalos, “Is such a thing even possible? ... Yes it is.” Some people believe that 9/11 was an act of terrorism and some people believe it was a demoliltion. Both are possibilities and we will
never really know what happened because of the multiple sides we have “evidence” for. Conspiracy theories are just that: theories. Most conspiracy theorists simply point out, “Hey, here’s evidence A, B and C for solution X; solution X is a possibility.” Notice the word possibility. Conspiracy theories allow people to break those chains and discover the fire and figures creating the shadows on the wall, opening our minds to other evidence to our “reality.” There is a whole other side to our reality than just the shadows on the wall as well as a whole world beyond our cave. Don’t just sit there and so easily take the shadows as reality.
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Profits and Poor Kelsey Bernstein is a senior Political Science student. As cash-strapped college students, most of us have walked inside a thrift store at one point or another. They’re touted as a great place for discount clothes, home décor, and even electronics. We’re also told that money spent at these stores go to worthy causes, such as the youth programs at Idaho Youth Ranch or animal welfare at the NAC (Northwest Animal Companion). But amid rising prices for items of decreasing quality, thrift stores around Boise seem to have forgotten their most basic, fun-
damental premise: thrift stores were started to provide inexpensive alternatives to everyday items for the financially unfortunate. They were meant to create a channel for cash-strapped folks to still enjoy a similar standard of living as their better-off counterparts. My boyfriend and I are frequent thrifters; he looks for things to resell, I look for things that look cool. But we’ve both been noticing a universal rise in prices, which began slowly but over the last few years have amounted to a considerable increase. At Goodwill, we found a 3-inch ceramic cat with
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originally meant to serve. In short, Boise thrift stores are going the way of major corporations – less focus on the customer and more focus on the money. Thrift stores are beginning to nickel-and-dime their customers, many who can barely afford the items as they are, all for the sake of an extra zero on their profit sheet. So I make two calls to action: First, to the customers, make your opinions known. Look around the next time you visit a thrift store and see $4.99 for a packaged toy that came from the Dollar Tree. Write letters to the store al opinion of The Arbiter or any organization the author may be affiliated with unless it is labeled as such. The Arbiter cannot guarantee
owners and managers; it may or may not have an effect, but not making your opinions known will guarantee that there will be no effect, and prices likely will continue to rise. Second, I call on the thrift stores themselves and their employees at all levels to remember your purpose: to provide people in Boise will a less expensive alternative that still allows them to maintain a basic standard of living. So the next time you think of marking everything up $1, or of doubling the prices on “brand name” items, think of how you further impair the very people you set up shop to help. submissions will make it to print due to time and space constraints. The content of the opinion does not affect its eligibility to be printed.
Democratic and Republican parties try to fund energy companies through government subsidies, representing how corporate interests can dominate the entire legislative cultural. Subsidies range from leasing The Continental Shelf and oil companies to the extension of tax credit and renewable energy corporations. One example of this is, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) receiving $10,000 from ExxonMobile and later introduced a yet-to-bepassed bill—The Offshore Production Safety Act of 2011 (S.953). McConnell’s circumstances not only reflect the tendencies of big oil and the Republican party but also reflects our legislative system as whole. Both Democratic and Republican parties are financed by multinational corporations. In the words of Dr. Cornel West, it’s as if the best and brightest citizens boycott elected public office while the most ambitious go into the private sector. Energy companies are filled with lobbyists, who solely operate for corporate profit. Within the science of business, a bi-monthly meeting with legislators like McConnell and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) is well worth the investment. This access influences offshore drilling and government contracts/tax incentives. The Repeal Big Oil Tax Subsidies Act, introduced by Menendez, is trying to move traditional oil subsidiaries and tax breaks to companies who emphasize renewable energy. The bill (S.2204) reads, “striking ($2.3 billion) and inserting ($4.6 billion),” for expanding qualifying credit to advanced energy projects. Menendez is also financed by several renewable energy companies. These tax breaks are more for green energy than for oil companies. These subsidies would go to renewable energy companies like Everpower Wind Holdings—who, in 2012, donated to the Menendez campaign, reportedOpensecerts.org. The strength of lobbying is shown by ideologically opposing energy company’s having an influence on legislation. The actions of ExxonMobile are similar to the actions of EverPower. These corporations are funding two extremes of the spectrum, leaving the average American at a loss when it comes to cheaper gas. If the goal of these subsidies and tax breaks are to make the cost of gasoline cheaper for the average American, then Congress should consider investing energy subsidies into individual taxpayers, not corporations. Whereas current subsidies and tax breaks are recycled into more subsidies and tax breaks.
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Idaho House Bill Number 222 has been up in the air in the Idaho Legislature since early 2011. This bill force colleges in Idaho to permit firearms to be carried openly or concealed anywhere on campus except in undergraduate residence halls. The bill has been a hot topic on campus, as just about everybody has a strong opinion on it. Brandie VanOrder, ASBSU president, has talked to students about the issue of guns on campus. “Most of the students I spoke with opposed the bill because they thought that the physical and visual presence of guns on campus would create a negative environment for Boise State,” Vanorder said. Jessie Johnson, sophomore sociology major, is against the bill. “Schools are terrible; kids drinking, having sex and doing drugs,” Johnson said. “Who in the hell would trust them with a weapon?” Many students don’t trust campus will be as safe while others are carrying concealed weapons. But there are also students who will feel safer if guns were allowed on campus. “I think there are credible arguments on both sides of the gun control debate,” Eric Schuler, ASBSU vice president, said. Chris Little, junior general studies major, will feel safer if his fellow students are allowed to carry weapons. “If someone does decide to commit a crime, it is all the
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Several members of the Bronco athletic department were on hand last Thursday to break ground on the new football facility. The $22 million state-of-the-art complex will hold coaches’ offices, recruiting and players’ lounges, a weight room, athletic training room, equipment room and locker room for the football team. The 68,000-square-foot facility will be constructed on the North side of the stadium, closest to the river. It coincides with the plans for stadium expansion and the new Dona Larson Park, which will be the home of the Boise State track and field team. The complex will hopefully be competed by June 2013.
Boise State has to say goodbye Six softball women battled for years to make their last season as Broncos one to remember Eva Hart
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The Boise State women’s softball team has six seniors this year who are facing their last game in Bronco history on May 12. Aubray Zel, a senior, is one of the team’s pitchers who started the first game in Boise State history. Zell started playing softball when she was 8 years old and her impressive high school career landed her a spot on the brand new Boise State team in 2009. Zell and her fellow seniors are not only saying goodbye to their place on the team, but also to the relationships they’ve built over the years. “We are not only teammates, but also best friends on and off the field,” Zell said. The girls on this team spend the biggest portion of their time together whether it is on the field, in class or their movie nights. “Austin Powers and Bridesmaids are pretty much our team movies that we always watch together,” Zell said. It’s inevitable that after spending all this time together, they have rituals and commonalities with each other. “We love playing hacky sack before and in between games. It’s kind of a ritual we
have,” Zell said. “We all have pretty much the same sense of humor and we get competitive with everything we do.” They are especially competitive during softball games. Zell’s favorite part of a game is when her teammates help her out or she is given the opportunity to help them out. “Having each other’s backs really pumps everybody up,” Zell said. These seniors have certainly made many memories together over the years. “My favorite memory was beating Fresno at their home field for the first time. It was the first time we had beat a big name team like that and it was on their field which is usually a hard place to play.” These girls have put years of time and energy into the team and will definitely be a loss to Bronco Nation. “It’s a lot of hard work (to be on the team). You really have to be dedicated and know that when you come to college, it will pretty much be sports and school. That will be your whole life,” Zell said. The seniors will not only be missed by each other, but also by their fans. Deidre Johnson, a junior business major, has attended many of their games. “I love watching the soft-
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Senior Aubrey Zell delivers a pitch from the circle at Mt. Cove Softball Field. Zell and the five other seniors hope to make a push for regionals this season. ball games,” Johnson said. “It’s such an inspiration watching women do well in a sport and just looking like badasses out there. But it does suck seeing so many girls from the team leave. It will seem like a whole new team next year and it will be
sad to see.” Josh Carter is also a fan of Boise State’s softball team. “They are a great team and win a lot so that is awesome,” Carter said. “It’s always sad to say bye to seniors that have been here for so long, just like when Kellen Moore left us.
Every senior is a loss to us.” Zell would like the fans to know, “How much each person on our team really loves the game. We play for no other reason besides that we love to compete with other teams and want to beat them more than anything.”
May 12 will be a sad day for everyone on the softball team but also for fans who have been watching these seniors play for the past four years. Six home games remain for the Broncos this season: a three game series with New Mexico and Texas A&M.
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Boise State’s Kellie Caplan winds up to complete a double play. The Broncos defeated UNLV 7-5 on Sunday at Mountain Cove field.
Bronco softball knocks it out Cody Finney Photo Editor
Football may have been the talk of Bronco sports Saturday, but Sunday was all about softball. The Boise State softball women took down the UNLV Rebels for the third day in a row at Mountain Cove Softball Field. Sophomore Devon Bridges and senior Allie Crump brought the Broncos up from behind to dominate in the fourth inning. With the final score ending at 5-4. Though the Broncos may have been coasting through the first few innings, the latter innings were quite contrary. Senior Christina Capo-
bianco snagged the last out on first base that brought the Broncos to 26 straight home-turf victories. The Rebels have never lost to the Broncos until this weekend. And they didn’t just lose once, but three days in a row. Every win helps the 3-0 (MW) Broncos in the Mountain West Conference. The goal for the girls is to win the conference so they can go to regionals. Last season the Broncos finished third in regionals, which did not give them a bid. This season, their goal was to not only get first place in conference, but to win every single regional game. This task will require hard work and sacrifice. Each player made a goal
to sacrifice one thing to improve the team. The players have a curfew of 11 p.m. to solidify their determination on the season. Capobianco explained her sacrifice saying, “I’m 21 years old and I’m in dry season, so I do not drink one sip (of alcohol) during season.” Capobianco shows up before practice and stays after practice to be the best athlete she can be. From working on her swing to watching film, this senior means business. According to Head Coach Erin Thorpe, the “pacesetters” who stood out all weekend were Sophomore Devon Bridges, Sophomore Tara Glover and Senior Tazz Wheatherly. Thorpe noticed Glover
as a key player and the Mountain West Conference shared this interest. Glover was announced the Mountain West Player of the Week and batted a .700 in the weekend’s games. Thorpe emphasized the challenge of beating any team three times in a row. Furthermore, beating UNLV was
a challenge that thrilled everyone. The Broncos won’t perform the tradition of greeting the fans or running the bases this week. They will take on Colorado State this Friday. If the Broncos play anything like they did against UNLV, then Colorado State needs to get ready for some Bronco.
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What’s sporting news without a little college football drama? Some pertinent, like Cam Newton’s recruiting scandal, Ohio State’s tatted trades and let’s not forget about our beloved Broncos receiving the oh-so-exaggerated NCAA sanctions. Some come with the bona fide hit of retribution, while others have punishments that don’t match the crime. This case is one of them. I’m sure you have heard about it and, if not, prepare to be enlightened: The University of Arkansas’ Head Football Coach Bobby Petrino was fired after lying, then admitting to an “inappropriate” relationship with 25-year-old Jessica Dorell—an employee for the Razorbacks’ athletic department. Petrino, a 51-year-old married man of four, had crashed his motorcycle on the night of April 1, with Dorell riding on the back. Deceit and chaos ensued shortly after, with a media storm crowding the campus of Fayetteville, Ark., awaiting an answer from Arkansas’ Athletic Director Jeff Long. The answer could have been predicted miles away: Petrino was dismissed as head coach effective immediately, leaving Long with his hands tied and moral obligations at an utmost importance on his agenda. It’s easy to see the wrong in Petrino: a family man playing the unfaithful game with a previous student-turnedemployee who, might I add, is twice his junior, and created a public relations train wreck for a respected university. But I see things on the other end of the spectrum: what Petrino did is full-heartedly wrong, but does an off-thefield incident like that really cost a man his job, especially with what he’s done for the program?
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As college students, we are known for our ability to live on a budget. One of those big budget saving items are bicycles. Let’s face it, cars are gas guzzlers and result in a loss of rent money. Therefore, we turn to the next best option—bicycles. During the fall semester a new resource was made available for students—the Cycle Learning Center. The Cycle Learning Center is a campus-based service focused on developing healthy and sustainable lifestyles by promoting the use of bicycles and transportation options. The Center strives to create a hands-on learning site that empowers campus users to explore sustainable transportation through educational programming, retail sales and services. Geoff Harrison oversees the operations for the Outdoor Program and Cycle Learning Center, and also serves as the coordinator for the University Housing Lifetime Recreation Living Learning Community. He has been
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working in the field of recreation for more than 20 years and has been fostering student development at Boise State since 1998. The idea for the Cycle Learning Center came about in 2002. “Rich Gardunia, a student working for the outdoor program asked me if we could offer bicycle repair services,” he said. “A similar program was available at my undergraduate university so I was familiar with another model. We discussed it and started offering a free air-station for filling tires, weekly safety checks and minor repair clinics on patio of the Rec Center. (We) sold tubes and provided loaner tools for minor repairs. In 2009, we started to intake bikes and repair them for customers.” The Cycle Learning Center has many services to offer Boise State students. “Service and repairs for bikes, bicycle rentals, parts and accessories to keep bikes on the road and riders safe, selfservice repair areas for students to work on their own bikes and educational programming focused on cycling as a form of transportation, fitness and lifestyle,” Harrison said.
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Most of the chatter this off-season for the Boise State football team has revolved around who will replace Kellen Moore as the Broncos’ quarterback for the upcoming season. On top of the fourdeep quarterback race, there’s another in-house adjustment going on. Once again, Coach Pete has had to reload his coaching carousel with the internal promotion of new offensive coordinator, Robert Prince. Prince, who was the wide receivers coach last season, is no stranger to the Blue. His first stint with the program was from 2001-2003, serving under then-Head Coach Dan Hawkins, before following him to Colorado. His ties to the program remained solid. It’s no secret BSU has been a stepping stone for coaches looking to move on to higher profile coaching jobs, especially as of late. Pete has managed to remain consistent in the “W” column during his tenure as commander-in-chief while building his own coaching tree that has seen Justin Wilcox (Tennessee now Washington) Bryan Harsin (Texas), Marcel Yates (Texas
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A&M), Jeff Choate (Washington State) and Brent Pease (Florida) all move on to what they hope to be greener pastures. And good for them. That’s how college football industry works. In his first year as offensive coordinator, Prince won’t have an easy task, as Bronco fans have become accustomed to an exciting high octane offensive unit while Harsin and Pease were here, led by Moore. His first big decision on the job will be a challenging one as he, along with Pete, and new quarterbacks coach Jonathan Smith will all have a say in who will be the new guy under center next season. The competition appears to be one that will go all the way up through summer and fall camp. The choice won’t be an easy one by any means, as junior Joe Southwick has the experience and knowledge, whereas true freshman Nick Patti has the hype. Sophomore Grant Hedrick and redshirt freshman Jimmy Laughrea also have their names in the hat making for an intriguing off-season. When former offensive coordinator Harsin left, Bronco fans wondered if his replacement (Pease), could fill the void. Obviously they knew what Pete and Moore were capable of, but how would the new guy do? Pease picked up right where Harsin left off, which landed him a job on the UF (Wil Muschamp’s) staff as their new offensive coordinator. Pete does a good job of facilitating. He’s been able to adjust his staff in a variety of ways, on more than one occasion, while maintaining a family tree that continues to promote from within the program. Given the chance and the right pieces, don’t be surprised if Prince has similar success to those who came before him, showing Bronco Nation that Pete made the right hire, while also adding his own brand of trickery. Just like Harsin and Pease.
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