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The idea came to Mark Rudin, vice president for Research and Economic Development, one night when he ran into senior art student Marshall Sinclair at a metal pouring event. Sinclair talked about his desire to open a foundry, a workshop for casting metal, in Boise after graduation. Boise State, through the Office of University and Industry Ventures, has long offered services to their faculty to help them market and commercialize their ideas. However, after his talk with Sinclair, Rudin questioned why they weren’t offering this opportunity to students as well. “We provide that service to our faculty but there may be as much if not more, I tend to think more, innovation occurring with the students,” Rudin said.
What is Venture College? Venture College is a new program that will enter it’s pilot year this fall. The name may seem misleading, but Venture College is not an academic program. Students who participate do not receive credits toward their degree. Rather, Venture College is an extracurricular activity for students who want to open their own business or start a nonprofit. “They’ll (students) get kind of an abbreviated, but very intense, business education,” Zimmer said. “It’s an extra activity to help you pursue your dream of starting up your own business,” Rudin said. While business students are welcome and encouraged to apply, Venture College enthusiastically welcomes students from all majors. “I think there has been a paradigm at a university that innovation, that starting a business, is for business students,” said Rudin. “One of our tenets of Venture College is that innovation occurs in
all fields.” Ed Zimmer, retired CEO of ECCO group who has been hired as Executive in Residence for the research department and will serve as associate director of Venture College, seconded this thought. “There are a whole lot of people that have to have jobs… and generally business is going to be related to most of them,” Zimmer said. “This is a way to put some business educational opportunities to students who aren’t business majors.” The most famous example of product commercialization from a university is Gatorade which was created at the University of Florida. Similarly the goal of Venture College is to provide student with the resources to market their own idea. “(Gatorade) is kind of the grandfather of all examples,” Zimmer said. “I don’t know if we have a Gatorade here but there are a lot of great ideas.”
How does Venture College Work? The Venture College will be overseen by what is called the “Board of Angels.” Zimmer will serve as the chair of this board. The term “angel” means someone who provides startup funding. It is different from a venture capitalist. An angel is someone who provides a first, small sum of money to get the idea off the ground to the point where venture capitalists might be interested. “When we’re talking about our group of advisors being angel advisors that’s the intention,” Zimmer said. “We want to get these seeds of business planted and sprouting so they can get farther… they can get funded in some other way.” Venture College will be based of Boise State’s new space downtown in the Collier Building. Being downtown in the heart of Boise businesses is one of the strengths of the program.
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The relationship between Boise and Boise State creates a synergy that allows us to do Venture College. There aren’t a lot of other university/ city relationships, this intimate, that would facilitate a Venture College type of relationship.
Students who are participating in Venture College will for a two hour session every week. Beyond that involved students are welcome to put as much time into Venture College as they chose. The strategy will be two fold. The Board of Angels and other community members will discuss what Zimmer calls “common gaps” in the students’ education. These may include any number of topics from accounting to cash to market analysis. Beyond that each student will receive a specialized focus for their plan. As of now there are 245 “friends of the venture college.” These are members of the business community and entrepreneurs in Boise that have agreed to support Venture College. Members will be put into contact and given network opportunities with these individuals giving them real world insight. It is the willingness of these business professional to participate that makes Venture College possible. “The relationship between Boise and Boise State creates a synergy that allows us to do Venture College,” Rudin said. “There aren’t a lot of other university/ city relationships, this intimate, that would facilitate a Venture College type of relationship.” At the end of the program participants have an opportunity to pitch a business plan to the board. Through this pitch they could potentially be given funds to further their vision. “Someone may get a grant from the pool to develop a product. Or to hire resources to take their idea to the next step. Or to take a trip to meet with people in this industry. It could be for prod-
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uct development… the students could get a few thousand dollars, or more than a few thousand dollars,” Zimmer said. However this money is not guaranteed just because someone participated in Venture College. “The students are going to compete for this,” Rudin said. “They’re not all going to get the same. It’s going to be real world.”
How to get involved with Venture College Venture College has already accepted all their applications for fall. However, they will be accepting 15 new applicants for spring semester. Any student who wants to apply is welcome. The only requirements are that students be full-time in a degree seeking program. Students who want to apply can find more information on the Boise State website. Having the extra time to prepare might not be such a bad thing. Applicants for fall are currently undergoing a stringent interviewing process. “Nobody’s left bleeding… yet,” Zimmer quipped. All jokes aside Zimmer and his cohort of angels have seen a lot of promise from some of the candidates. One interviewee’s car broke down at The Depot the morning of her interview and she ran, in heels, all the way to the Collier building at 301 Capitol Blvd. She was on time for her interview. “There’s initiative,” said Zimmer. “Talk about passion.” arbiteronline.com
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Free program looks at healing hearts A program titled “Healing Wounded Hearts: Reconciliation in Communities after Violence in Africa” will be presented April 24 and 25. The entire program will be offered twice: once at the Red Lion Hotel located at 1800 W. Fairview Ave. on April 24 and again on campus on April 24 to 25. All sessions are free and open to the public. Presenters include, filmmaker Patrick Mureithi will introduce and show a screening of the documentary “Icizere: Hope.” The film chronicles the genocide in Rwanda and follows a group trying to find reconciliation after the violence in their community. Another guest, William Jacobsen from Friends Peace Teams will discuss the many routes to rebuilding community that are being applied in African communities.
Jacobsen is a professor of practice at Arcadia University in the International Peace and Conflict resolution Program. He acquired his Ph.D. in theology and communication from Princeton Theological Seminary. As a mediator and facilitator, he works around the world, including with the African Great Lakes Initiative focusing on post-genocide trauma in Rwanda. And Theoneste Bizimana will discuss his experiences as a team leader conducting reconciliation workshops in Rwanda and around the world. The workshops help people who have experienced trauma reconnect with themselves and rebuild their communities. Bizimana is co-author of “After the Guns Have Stopped: Searching for Reconciliation in Burundi.”
Joe Technology A group of students is announcing a project aimed at educating Boise State on the benefits of technology in the classroom. This project will build a persona and social networking profile for “Joe Student,” which will represent the persona of digital students who are now
in classrooms across campus. The group said the online profile will allow shared insight and experiences among the Boise State student body through interaction on the page. Visit facebook. com/joetechnology to share thoughts or ideas about classroom technology.
Boise State launches Japanese exchange program Boise State has partnered with a Japanese university to extend exchange study opportunities for students. Boise State currently has more than 50 international cooperative agreements around the world. Chukyo University in Nagoya, Japan, and Boise State signed a “Student Exchange Agreement,” which provides a low-cost option for Boise State students to study in Nagoya. The
two institutions will exchange up to three students annually beginning in fall 2013. The agreement will be a pilot agreement for the first year. Chukyo University has formal exchange agreements with seven other partners in the United States, including California State University at Chico, Clemson University, Kennesaw State University, Marshall University, University of Massachusetts at Boston,
University of Southern California and Western Carolina University. A recent Boise State delegation to Japan included Parrett, Lisa Kinnaman, Roger Quarles and Tetsuya Ehara (also representing the Department of World Languages). The Center for School Improvement and Policy Studies will work with Chukyo to develop future exchange activity with center projects.
Cinco de Mayo Celebration The campus community is invited to celebrate Cinco de Mayo from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, May 2, on the Student Union patio. Cinco de Mayo commemorates the victory of the Mexican army at the Battle of
Puebla in 1862 over the better-prepared French army. Come and sample Mexican food and enjoy Aztec dancers and fun activities while learning more about the Mexican culture. The event is presented by the Boise
State Organización de Estudiantes Lat i n o -A m e r i c a n o s (OELA) and the Bilingual Education Student Organization (BESO). For more information, email juniormartinez@u. boisestate.edu.
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Bronco Abroad: Americans talk fast, but comprehensibly Last year’s Breaking News Editor Suzanne Craig chronicles her adventures abroad while studying in Sweden. “Slow down!” Meliha Kaya, of Turkey, said. This phrase is uttered on an almost daily basis in our apartment. The tendency to talk fast and slur words together is common to anyone speaking their native language, though it is apparently particularly prevalent in Americans. A lot of misunderstandings can be avoided with proper enunciation and slowing it down. Excitement also makes it difficult to slow down. I challenge anyone to try and calmly and slowly say, “The huskies are here and we can drive the dog-sleds to the top of the hills to see the Northern lights let’s go!” Despite speed, American English is characterized by being relatively easy to understand. This was a surprise to me and to non-native speakers as well, who thought citizens of the United Kingdom, being from the homeland of English, would be the easiest for them to understand. “When the girls from Ireland start talking to each other I can barely understand a word. And there was this girl from Liverpool that I couldn’t understand at all,” Christian Gruber of Switzerland said. This is not to say there aren’t moments of staring blankly at each other as we try to figure out what the other person actually meant. In these instances, I recommend a thesaurus. American English is rhotic, meaning we pronounce our r’s. According to Oscar Rydblom, English professor, this r pronunciation is one of the main differences between English accents. This pronunciation of r’s makes it easier to understand some words and distinguishing between them for non-native speakers. Another pronunciation point is the enunciation of h’s. This isn’t so much an American English thing as it is a general English characteristic which gives non-native speakers (particularly the French) difficulties. It results in amusing anecdotes though. On a trip to Stockholm, Timothy asked our Swedish friend Erika Egonsson, “Are you hungry?” However, due to a lack of h’s, it sounded more like, “Are you angry?” What followed was a classic slapstick routine as each party got increasingly frustrated the other just wasn’t getting it, until finally Timothy managed to pronounce an extremely guttural h as he demanded, “Are you hungry?” The look of embarrassed enlightenment on Erika’s face was priceless. Though it has been said repeatedly, it bears saying again. Speaking slowly and without mumbling will save a lot of blank staring, though some misunderstandings are inevitable.
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Some federal cuts to the budget took effect in March, while others won’t impact students and faculty until the fall.
Fed. sequester hits home Budget cuts reduce student aid, including Educational Opportunity Grants Devin Ferrell Photographer
The sequestration that began on March 1 has begun to impact students of public universities as well as the universities themselves. Student loan fee amounts will increase and research grant money will decrease as the sequester cuts continue while politicians in Washington struggle to work towards a deal. The Budget Control Act, which was signed into law in August of 2011, had built into it a set of predetermined cuts if the federal government could not come to an agreement on how to balance the budget. These predetermined cuts were set to begin Jan. 1 of this year but were postponed two months by the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012. When the new deadline came—March 1—a deal had still not been met in the federal government and the automatic cuts began.
“The first cuts are starting to happen right now,” said Dr. Jason Vaughn, Assistant Professor of Political Science. “A large part comes out of the military, but then others are cut across the board on a range of domestic programs and so they affect a bunch of things including financial aid but also federal prison budgets, immigration enforcement budgets, almost everything.” The effect of the sequester is already starting to be felt on campus. According to information obtained from documents provided by Diana Fairchild, Interim Director of the Financial Aid/Scholarships Department, students will be losing an estimated 7.08 percent in Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (SEOG’s) and an estimated 1.27 percent in work study in 2013. The reductions would mean that approximately 53.8 students will not receive SEOG funding and 2.6 students will not
receive work study awards. “I think its bull,” said senior Heather Ward, a creative writing major. “I think that education should be ultimately free but since that’s not possible, I think the government should do as much as they can to provide for their young Americans or even their old Americans because we are the future of America and want to be educated. What does that say about our priorities as a country.” Sequestration cuts will also be affecting research at the university. “I have a colleague in engineering,” Vaughn said “Who had been working on this project for the last couple of years and the next step was to apply for this multi-million dollar grant, but now because of the sequester there’s going to be a lot smaller amount the governments going to give out which has a trickle-down effect—if he doesn’t get the grant it means that they are not going to be able to fund
as many graduate students to work on that research project, he’s not going to be able to produce as much research which means if that research were to lead to patents or copyrights the university would not be able to make those.” In all about 1,000 new research grants will be cut by the National Science Foundation. The National Institute of Health may stop issuing continuing awards or negotiate a reduction already awarded grants and the Department of Energy may need to negotiate lower prices or stop or suspend work. “In my opinion I feel that education doesn’t need to be taken from,” said junior John Edmonson, a communications major. “They need to more than anything improve what they’ve already got going. Financial aides just going to help people get into college and help them support themselves and taking away from that is going to
cause more mass chaos than there already is. The outcome of the sequester lies in the hands of both parties and the key players within them - Speaker of the House John Boehner, Rep. Eric Cantor, and Sen. Mitch McConnell of the GOP and Barrack Obama, Joe Biden, Sen. Harry Reid and Rep. Nancy Pelosi of the Democratic Party – reaching a deal. Political strategy and maneuvering, however, is preventing the parties from reaching a deal that could be too conservative or too liberal. “I hope they come to a decision and that is favorable to us, people that want to be students.” said Ward. “I honestly would just like to see us get out of debt in many different ways, whatever it takes. Just the most efficient way possible to help out America.” Edmonson said. For information on the sequester cuts visit whitehouse.gov/omb/legislative_reports/sequestration.
Boise State Rec. Center hosts yoga on Blue Turf Mallory Barker
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Recreation Services is holding a yoga on the Blue Turf event to help ease the stress of students’ quickly approaching finals. The yoga class will literally take place on the blue turf Saturday, April 27 at 10 a.m. Alisa Kagukina, grad student in the kinesiology department, who is the event’s coordinator and will be teaching the course, explained it will be a beginning yoga course aimed at giving students a good experience with yoga and provide them with some stress relief right before finals. “It’s not going to be anything crazy. I’m going to involve some breathing techniques that they can use later on down the
road,” Kagukina said. Cala Sielaff, assistant director for fitness and aquatics and supervisor for the event, said yoga on the Blue Turf welcomes all of the Boise State community; be that students, faculty or staff. “We’re just excited to have people join us,” Sielaff said. “Who doesn’t want to get on the blue?” Sielaff highlighted the Rec. center’s desire to come up with something fun and innovative to help students around finals time. “We wanted to do something with yoga around finals and we thought: what if in the spring, right before finals when stress is getting high, we offered a fun way to do yoga on the Blue Turf ?” Sielaff said. “Our relationship
with athletics department allowed us to do so.” Recreation Services will not be limiting the number of people who attend; however, there are a limited number of yoga mats. They encourage those who can, to bring their own mat. Staff have requested participants refrain from bringing any food or drink onto the field.
“It’s difficult to get the Blue Turf as a venue so we want to be respectful,” Kagukina said. Kagukina expressed her excitement at the opportunity students will have to be a part of yoga on the blue. “It’s exciting because it is on the Blue Turf, I think students are exciting to get there and take some pictures,” Kagukina said. Staff encourages partici-
pants to wear loose fitting clothing and to dress in layers. The event begins at 10 a.m. while the weather may still be cool. Those wishing to attend are asked to enter through Gate A. A valid student ID card is required upon entrance. Admission is free for all Boise State affiliates. There will be ten minutes allotted at the end of the class for those who wish to take pictures.
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3:15-3:30 p.m. – Go home and take school stuff and Cyn into the house, plus boxes if we can get them in the first load. I might finally get to eat something for the day. 3:50-4:00 p.m. – Ky arrives at home and we have to check and make sure she’s working on her chores and/or homework like she’s supposed to in the few minutes we have before rushing out the door again. 4:30-5:00 p.m. – Leave the house again to run errands. Another 1-hour drive into Boise. 5:30-6:00 p.m. – Run some errands, try to get whatever new documents our mortgage company has asked for, get our furniture delivery location changed since we still don’t yet have the new house and rush to make it to our oldest daughter’s concert. 7:00-8:00 p.m. – Husband stays for the concert while I take the other 2 girls and head off to find some fast food for the rest of the family. Ky is too impatient and difficult to take to the concert and Cyn doesn’t sit through long things well either so I have to miss out to prevent disturbing others. 8:30-8:45 p.m. – Stop at an ATM to get out money we owe to parents. 8:50-9:00 p.m. – Head back over to Kait’s concert to pick him up and visit with family and pay debt. 10:00-10:30 p.m. – Leave concert location and head somewhere for my husband to eat real quick and then head back home again… another 1-hour drive. 11:30-11:45 p.m. – Get home, unpack the car, send Ky to bed as it is way past her bedtime now . 12:00 a.m. – Cyn is being far too clingy, fussy, acting sick, but won’t sleep so I can’t put her down, no time to do homework and too tired anyway so I’ll just take her to bed and take her to the clinic in the morning.
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Kellie Graham, sophomore anthropology major, said her time on campus has to be pretty brief. She has to schedule her classes back to back in order to maximize her time at school so she can head off on her hour-long drive back to Emmett where she lives with her husband and two children. According to Graham her stepdaughter, Kait,doesn’t live with them fulltime, but things stay quite busy with their one and a half year old baby, Cyn, and their 10 year old, Ky, who has O.D.D. “Oppositional Defiance Disorder,” Graham said. “It’s a confusing disorder because every kid has a little defiance but the difference for her is that she can’t help that. The defiance is just a part of her, it’s something that she can’t control so every day with her is a struggle; to get her to do chores, or get ready quickly, or out of the bathroom quickly, to do anything at all with her is very difficult.” Graham said this, coupled with the usual difficulties of getting ready with a baby, make getting to school a real challenge. Graham and her husband also share a vehicle and although he works in Emmett, it’s nice when she can give him a ride, especially during inclement weather. “He has to be at work at six in the morning, so I usually have to get up with him and drive him over to work,” Graham said. “Then I come back and I may or may not get about a half an hour of sleep before I have to get the kids up and going.” Here’s what her typical schedule looks like, in her own words: 6:00-6:20 a.m. – Get up to drive my husband to work. 6:25-6:35 a.m. – Get home. I then either go back to bed for a half to an hour or so, depending on the day, or I start getting ready for classes. Today I decided to shower rather than sleep, since I didn’t have the time to shower last night. Getting ready would include getting the 1 year old ready as well (over the next 30-45 minutes or so after my shower, I wake her up, change her, dress her, feed her, give her something to drink, carry her out to the car, along with my backpack or whatever else I need for the day and buckle her in). 7:00-7:15 a.m. – Wake the 10 year old to get her to get ready for school… constantly remind her of the time and make her get out of the bathroom. 7:48-7:50 a.m. – Rush Ky out the door so she doesn’t miss her school bus. Then finish getting ready for school myself. 8:20-8:25 a.m. – Sent off an e-mail to the mortgage company for an update. 8:30-9:00 a.m. – Head out the door with Cyn and head out of Emmett, starting the long drive to Boise. I know it’s not healthy, but I almost never get to eat before I leave. There isn’t time and I can’t afford to buy breakfast after I leave anyway. 9:30-10:00 a.m. – Make it to my husband’s parents’ house to drop off the baby and rush to school. If I can get there before 10:10, I’m usually okay to park in the General parking area and walk, but if I’m running late, I have to pay for closer parking. 10:20-1:45 p.m. – Class, then leave BSU and head back to get Cyn. 1:50-2:10 p.m. – Leave in-laws’ house with Cyn, heading for Emmett again… another hour of driving. I try to listen to French music or do something to help me practice French without my books while driving so I can make use of the time as best I can. 2:50-3:10 p.m. – I try to get to my husband’s work by 3 to pick him up and get boxes from his work that we can use to pack with.
I know it’s not healthy, but I almost never get to eat before I leave. There isn’t time and I can’t afford to buy breakfast after I leave anyway.
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Ryan Laxson is a senior communications major, currently pursuing a career in freelance video and radio production. According to Laxson each of his weekdays are very different because of the many things he is involved in, on and off campus. Laxson works two jobs to be able to support himself, one on campus at the University Pulse where he is the current
Program Director and the second at Boise Fry Company. He lives with two roommates, making housing costs less expensive. “After the entire week is over, I’ve usually clocked about 60 hours of working time between all of my activities,” Laxson said. Here is a typical Monday in his words: 8:30 a.m. - Wake up, hop in the shower and get ready for the day 9:15 a.m. - Catch up on
the reading for my only class today before heading to work which is anywhere from 30-60 pages depending on the week. 10:30 a.m. - Head to campus to be at the Student Media office where I work as program director for the University Pulse. 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. - These are my office hours for the day where I usually listen to producer shows and ensure everything is running smoothly over the air. It’s also time to check and respond to emails and meet
with producers who have questions or need to make arrangements for the future. On slow days, it’s usually a good time for me to catch up on homework for other classes as well. 1:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. - I usually grab some coffee and/or lunch on my way to class during this time. 1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. - I’m in a class entitled “Communication Technology and Social Change” (Comm 466) 2:45 p.m. to 3:10 p.m.
- I make my way back home via the bus if I can catch it or else its about a 1.5 mile ride on my long board or bike. 3:10 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. - I get a 30 minute break to change my clothes and relax before I head to my next job. 3:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. I head to my next job in Bown Crossing 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. - I work the night shift at Boise Fry Company where I take orders and make awesome food for hungry customers. I’m
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Trash and fashion mix for a cause
Shontelle Reyna Staff Writer
Imagine growing up in a place where your mother has to walk three miles anytime water is needed, where the water is contaminated with waste and stagnancy, where the water you drink is also used for your and surrounding village’s livestock adding to the contamination. Picture a place where intestinal disease and malaria are common, and the place in which your water supply often dries up for four months out of the year leaving you with little to no water. This seems like something out of a nightmare. It would seem this story is so farfetched it could not be true, and yet it is. This is what the people of Aveda, our local Bombshell Salon, and some dedicated Boise State students work toward changing. On Thursday, April 18 Bombshell Salon hosted their first Trashion Show at Sammy’s bar downtown. With the help of the Boise State students involved in a public relations campaign class, the event was a success. They handled promotions, marketing and ran all of the campaigning to help raise $1,000 for Aveda to go towards the Clean Water Initiatives and Idaho Rivers United. Trash and fashion do not usually go hand in hand, but in this fashion show they sure did, and they did it well. All of the dresses for the fashion show were made from 100 percent recyclable materials and the designs ranged anywhere from what could pass for runway fashion to ballroom dancing gowns. Alexis Stinkhold was one of the designers for the Trashion show. She is a junior psychology major who already designs Boise State dresses with So Materialized.
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Her dress was Boise State inspired with a blue and orange color scheme, with makeup to match on fellow Boise State Student Brittni Blessie, a material science and engineering senior. When asked if she would participate in this event again next year Stinkhold said, “Yes, absolutely. It’s for a great cause. It all goes to the clean water initiative and everything is made out of 100 percent recycled materials. It’s good to raise awareness.” There was a cover of $10 at the door, candles were being sold and there was a silent auction as well. All of the proceeds went to Aveda to be distributed between Clean Water Initiatives and Idaho Rivers United. The candles being sold cost $12, money which could provide 12 months of clean, healthy water to a person in places like Madagascar. The “Trashion” show was a clever mix of trash and fashion. The 13 designers for the Trashion show were established by soliciting and promoting by both Bombshell Salon and the Boise State group. Each of the designers provided their own model so they could conveniently design their dresses around that person and had easy access to them. There were a lot of donated items given away after the fashion show to the attendees in a raffle. Things like playoff tickets for the Idaho Steelheads, passes to Jump Time, gift cards to the Old Spaghetti Factory and Old Chicago, Aveda hair products and golf packages. This was all possible largely due to the group of students in Professor Sam Harmer’s public relations campaigns class. “Being a part of this event helped me, as well as everyone in the cam-
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Ali Hardy took second place in the Bombshell Trashion Show at Sammy’s bar. paigns group improve and implement the skills we have been learning in the classroom into real world events,” said Vice President of Blue Steel Public
Relations Nate Haderlie, a junior communication major seeking his certificate in public relations. “It was amazing to be able to run a campaign on our
own and be able to help a company do good within our community. This event is something we will be able to put on our resumes and be proud of.”
Not only was this event an educational tool and experience for many of the students, but it raised money for people whose lives we cannot fathom.
The only one I’ve ever played much of is beer pong. It’s alright. I don’t play too often, a few times a year maybe.
I’ve never played a drinking game. (I want to try) beer pong. It looks fun, except it sounds disgusting if the ball gets dirty; maybe you’d be too drunk to care.
I remember the old-school ones back in the day that was the cool thing to do. But now that you’re 21 you don’t really play very much. This weekend I actually played Taboo and Gestures and we got really drunk. It was really fun. So I’d probably say something like that, something interactive, get people moving, you know.
The only drinking game I’ve ever played was beer pong. It’s the thing that just kind of happens at a party, someone has a ping pong table, you know…
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What is your favorite drinking game?
Beer pong is the only game I’ve ever played. I don’t know how to play the other ones. I just make my partner drink the beer because I don’t drink beer; I drink mixed drinks. I’ll take a swig of my mixed drink.
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Freshman pre-pharmacy major
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Sophomore criminal justice major
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‘The Invisible War’ Taylor Bauman Staff Writer
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Boise State has definitely been trying to get involved and spread the word about the devastating impact of sexual abuse. The Women’s Center is providing a documentary, showing this Thursday, April 25 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Interactive Learning Center room 118. This documentary, “The Invisible War,” shares the horrific happenings of rape within the U.S. armed forces. Following the documenThe Arbiter
tary showing there will be a 30-minute discussion about sexual assault awareness, prevention and support for victims in the military co-sponsored by the criminal justice department. Although the documentary focuses on rape incidents in the military, the showing and discussion will provide information, support and resources for all those affected by sexual assault. When speaking with Adriane Bang, the violence prevention & support coordinator at the Women’s Center, she recognized sexual assault is an issue on all
college campuses. “Our university recognizes that we must take action to end sexual assault and the administration is supportive of a number of promising prevention initiatives, including funding peer educators who offer programs on bystander intervention, healthy relationships and consent, offering a full time social worker dedicated to offering no-cost support and advocacy to all victims and hosting campus-wide initiatives such as the Bringing in the Bystander Program,” Bang said. Bang also shared that the Women’s Center Director, Jess Caldwell-
O’Keefe, Ph.D., recently collaborated with other campuses and community agencies to apply for a federal grant which would give Boise State the opportunity to prevent and respond to the important issue of sexual assault.
Resources are available on campus for all those who are in need of support from sexual assault. The Women’s Center provides victims with options and supports them in decisions. The Counseling Cen-
ter offers confidential mental health services to students who are directly or indirectly affected by sexual violence. For more information on this and other upcoming events visit The Women’s Center website.
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Quentin Tarantino casts familiar faces such as Jamie Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio, Don Johnson, Samuel L. Jackson and Kerry Washington in his 2012 blockbuster, Django Unchained. The film, categorized as an American Western, was nominated for five academy awards and won best picture and best supporting actor (Christoph Waltz as Dr. King Schultz). Set in the south, pre-civil war era circa 1858, Django brings forth a modern spin on the presentation of the seemingly hospitable area. In the opening scene, Django (Foxx) is part of a lineup of slaves, crossing into an area behind a couple of slave traders. The group encounters a cart with a tooth connected to a spring on its rooftop. The cart is driven by a horse and one, Dr. King Schultz (Waltz). Within the matter of a minute, Dr. King Schultz frees the slaves, maims one slave trader and kills the other. He and Django leave together and the rest of the slaves are left freestanding to finish off the marred slave trader. The intellectual Dr. King Schultz remains ahead of his era, disapproving of slavery and its common practices in the south. He instead arranges a business transaction with Django, his freedom in exchange for temporary assistance in the form of a partnership. The even-tempered, well-manned and sly of wit Dr. King Schultz make Django worth watching. As a self-proclaimed bounty hunter, he eases into the homes of many prosperous men, like Calvin Candie (DiCaprio), by merely appealing to their materialistic nature. Django and Dr.King Schultz employ costumes and even role play in order to be welcomed to the estates of the landowners , keeping in character until they have reached, and eventually slay, their bounty. Tarantino ingrains his own flair to this somewhat classic tale via the onset of modern dialogue and an even more modern score. While some would see his extremism as distasteful, it adds a dash of personality to what otherwise could be seen as a mundane storyline. “Django Unchained” has all the usual elements of violence, brutality, romance and action in a remote setting. But it also offers a glimpse of looming diversity within the era. There is a constant questioning of place among the characters, for their typical roles are in always in question amidst the presence of Django Freeman. However, the cast’s chemistry, shown through their innumerable conversations and interactions, is quite remarkable.
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Quentin Tarantino, everyone’s favorite hipster director, is back again with "Django Unchained," a film in the same hypothetical revisionist-history vein as "Inglourious Basterds." Heck, Christoph Waltz plays virtually the same enigmatic character here as he did with that film, albeit with a lot more good-nature and a tad more complexity. Both films have a righteous streak to them, as if Tarantino wants to apologize for all of history’s wrongdoings. A very admirable sentiment, of course, but the execution here muddles the message at best. You guessed it: more Tarantino hyper-violence is on full display in "Django." However, this graphic display of blood and gore comes with a historical context; since the film takes place during the height of slavery in the U.S., Tarantino is allowed the “artistic pass” for showing the brutality of all that went on during that era. Still, it would’ve been nice had he given his audience less to laugh about and more to cringe about. Every time someone on screen dies an over-the-top death (including Tarantino himself in a not-so-subtle cameo), the audience is compelled to laugh uproariously instead of screaming in horror. Nervous laughter though it may be, this reviewer still felt a little twinge of guilt as he left the screening for finding funny that which is not humorous. Of course, production values are high, there’s no question about that. The cinematography is crisp and the editing is extremely precise. The soundtrack varies from old Ennio Morricone spaghettiwestern film scores to a new Rick Ross rap track (placed in the film at a completely unexpected moment). There is many an homage to old Western films and B-movie aesthetics. But for all the visual and aural glitz and glamour (or maybe that should be grit and glamour), the story is pretty predictable: guy goes on quest to save damsel in distress, meets a colorful cast of characters along the way, and after a epic battle of sorts, guy saves the day. Unlike "Pulp Fiction," you almost always know where "Django" is headed. If Tarantino isn’t careful, he may end up being a one-trick pony. Then again, with the convoluted dialogue, visual sheen, and gratuitous amount of violence on display, he may already be halfway there.
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Students are abusing the REC., turning it into a place to be hit on by wearing skimpy clothing.
Put some clothes on Danielle Allsop Staff Writer
The Recreational Center is becoming the newest pickup destination for Boise State students. With daily postings to the “Bronco Confessions” page on Facebook, it isn’t difficult to notice going for a workout has now turned into a social event, one where looking your best is a necessity. From the looks of it, male students are enjoying watching female students “workout” in their skimpy, expensive athletic attire. It’s comparable to a zoo, except it’s horny college male students looking at flamboy-
ant college females who are intentionally putting themselves on display. But can we blame them? Jennifer Scott, a junior education major, expressed her frustration. “I don’t workout at (the recreational center) for this exact reason,” she said. Judd Olmstead, a junior studying communication, works at the REC. front desk and has seen the progression from a place to work out, to a place to pick up women. “Ever since we changed the T-shirt policy, there has been an increase in the amount of people who come in,” Olmstead said. The rule change Olmstead
is referring to is allowing females to wear sleeveless shirts, ones which show more skin, but still cover the midriff. “You can definitely see a lot more females coming to just kind of look at the males, and the women kind of coming in to show (themselves) off,” Olmstead said. “There are the select few who just come in and walk around the Rec Center just to get noticed, not even using the machines.” Scott agreed stating, “Gym’s have become a social gathering place rather than a workout place.” Suddenly, the skimpier the workout clothes and the amount of makeup on while working out defines how at-
Get with it advisors No matter what academic college you’re in, advising is an important element. However, Boise State lacks in its ability to advise its students. Students are frustrated with faculty advisors who seem to have no idea what they are doing. Makayla Magnuson, a junior studying early childhood education and special education, expressed her frustration. “They are just not helpful at all. I go in and want answers, and they are just not helpful at all and because of that, I’m going to be here longer than I thought.” Advising is a requirement for all students in their freshman year. Students are to meet with an advisor before their first academic year is up, or a hold is put on their Broncoweb account. After their freshman year, students are encouraged to meet with their advisor, a full-time tenure track faculty member in their area of study, throughout their collegiate career, with the advisor using their knowledge of the system to ensure they are
on track to graduate. However, it seems as if most advisors just go off the college’s “requirement checklist” or the “academic requirements” tab on Broncoweb, something students can easily do themselves. There doesn’t ever seem to be an explanation from the advisor as to why things are done in a specific manner, possibly because they themselves aren’t aware. One thing they are clear about is “catalogue years.” When a student enters the university, they are placed on a “catalogue year,” one which determines what classes are required for the student’s major. However, the catalogue changes every year, making it difficult for students to determine what classes need to be taken because class numbers, course descriptions, and the additions of new classes are always changing. While it is the student’s responsibility to know what classes they need to take and when, Boise State needs to do a better job of making the process clearer for its faculty advisors who are paid to help students plan their semesters. Beverly Moss, an adminis-
trative assistant in the physics department, has had to play the role of an advisor for many years. According to Moss, faculty advisors are being weighed down with too much on their plate. “It’s not that they are being irresponsible, they are just getting bogged down with too many students,” Moss said. There does seem to be a select few who do know what they are doing: Peer advisors. Gabriel Stephens, a senior English literature major, and the peer advisor for the English department, assists students majoring in English with their questions and concerns regarding anything from class schedules to graduation requirements. With a website that allows students to view and book times when he is available to meet, Stephens makes it an easy process for students to be proficient in their collegiate academic affairs. Stephens does, however, understand the difficulties faculty are facing and stated, “Any tension is due to the new changes (to Broncoweb) and many teachers and faculty members aren’t
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tractive a female is. And ladies, don’t deny you don’t purposefully wear such skimpy outfits for attention and then act violated when males are drooling over you. Though this may be your intention, you’re giving the other women who aren’t working out in booty shorts and tank tops a complex. Getting in a workout without frequently being watched by members of the opposite sex is nearly impossible. So guys and girls, use the Rec Center for its intended purpose. Throw on an old T-shirt and a pair of running shorts and get a good sweat in. The wondering eyes will wonder no more.
used to the new system yet.” According to Stephens, “Advising is a third of their job.” The three areas are service, teaching, and research. Moss believes they’ve got too much on their plate. “It’s too much for them to handle. It’s not their only job,” Moss said. Boise State is a rapidly growing university, topping over 22,000 students. The university needs to hire full-time advisors whose only job requirement is to advise students on academic affairs. By doing this, they will have dedicated employees whose time is solely spent ensuring students are where they need to be academically.
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I had a friend of mine get her butt spanked while she was on the elliptical. These four guys walked past her and they did something, and she just looked at them, and they just left and kept walking. Sage Migel
Freshman, psychology
No, as long as you stay away from the weight room I think you’re pretty safe. Stay away from the weight room and you’re golden. Lauren Stopher
Freshman, communication
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I guess my experience would be with advising is that they don’t really have time. They’re really not knowledgeable. With all the changes going on, they are saying, okay, take this, take that. They are always just focused on take your core classes and that’s pretty much all they know. They don’t know too much about the curriculum. They don’t really have a lot of time. Ricardo Ruiz
Senior, criminal justice
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Coping Part 1 “Breaking Expectations” is staff writer Danielle Allsop’s first hand experiences and advice on dealing with mental illness. A few weeks ago, I had an obligation to attend a birthday party for a good friend of my boyfriend’s. The birthday girl and I have had our issues in the past and have been working on developing a relationship. So needless to say, I was not looking forward to dinner. I woke up that day and was already in panic mode. I didn’t want to get out of bed, go to school or work, let alone this dinner. My hands were shaking, my brain was cloudy, I couldn’t concentrate on anything besides dinner. I spent the entire day thinking about how awful it was going to be and working myself up. I had an hour and a half break in between work and dinner, and I wasn’t going to drive all the way home, just to turn back around and drive to the other side of Boise. Knowing I couldn’t just sit in my car and let my mind roam, I drove to Hastings to start my summer book collection (what English major doesn’t have a personal summer reading list?). I allowed myself to become enveloped in rows and rows of books which would make their way onto my bookshelf. I felt like a kid in a candy store. I was so wrapped up in the possibility of reading all the books I could hold in my arms that I lost track of time, and before I knew it, I was late for dinner. But I didn’t care. The time I took for myself allowed me to concentrate on other things besides my anxiety. It was literally eliminated during my time at Hastings. By the time I got to dinner, my panic started to return because my mind wasn’t occupied with which Ernest Hemmingway story I was going to re-read first. However, I knew because I had indulged in some “me” time, where I pushed aside my thoughts, it wasn’t as bad as it could have been. I was able to control it with medication and coping techniques. One thing I want to make clear is it’s not easy to stop panic once it has started. Some days, I can’t get it to stop no matter what I do. However, be proactive and try to prevent it. It doesn’t go away by itself. YOU have to be the one to make the change, even if it’s difficult.
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Steen Says The greatest of all time Michael Steen Staff Writer
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Cornerback Jamar Taylor is slated to be another Boise State defensive back taken in the NFL Draft, possibly on Thursday night.
Top MWC 2013 NFL draft prospects Tyler Abner Staff Writer
The 2013 NFL Draft is set to take place on April 25-27 beginning at 8 p.m. ET. The Mountain West Conference has a handful of products in the draft, with three top-notch prospects standing out from the rest:
CB Jamar Taylor, Boise State 5-11, 182
With good size and the ability to jam up his receivers, Taylor has something many players do not, scorching speed. On top of his speed, his hitting ability is terrific and he can be a disruptive force. But his quick 4.4 40-time
sets him apart from the pack and could make him the total package as an energizer bunny on a defense. Of course his tools will have to translate into more production. Taylor showed at times in the past that he was okay in coverage but relied too much on his speed causing him to play catch-up. There are long-run durability concerns after suffering a broken leg, but Taylor fought through the pain and showed signs that he would be just fine. With the right coaching he could become a terrific all-around play-maker. With his attributes he should be attractive to almost every team in the
draft. NFL.com gave Taylor a grade of 85.5 and has him going toward the end of the first-round/early second-round. The New England Patriots are the top prediction if Taylor were to be drafted in the first-round.
CB Leon McFadden, San Diego State 5-10, 183 McFadden was one of the best cornerbacks in the MWC over the last few seasons. He had the ability to take on every opposing team’s top wide receiver. He is more than fast, he moves well and stays within range of his foe with good anticipation and instincts, always
seeming to stay a step ahead of his opponent. His biggest issue will be his tackling. Though he does have the speed to keep up with many of the NFL’s fastest WR’s his lack of hitting-power allowed many of his opponents to bounce right off of him at least once in every game last season for the Aztecs. Luckily for McFadden he will be working with toplevel defensive coaches to help him develop in that area. With a grade of 80.7 from NFL.com look for McFadden to go between the second/third-round of the draft.
TE Gavin Escobar, San Diego State
6-6, 254
Escobar has a complete package for a tight-end who has the capabilities of being a big offensive threat. He has great size to go along with soft hands and great production which made him the biggest threat on offense for the Aztecs last season. But one attribute is lacking for Escobar: his speed, which was non-existent at the NFL combine running a dismal 4.84 40time. But he is fast off the blocks and has the ability to run quick routes where his speed does not seem to be a factor until he begins running deeper routes.
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Head Coach Leon Rice announced that Dezmyn Trent and Nicholas Duncan both signed their National Letter of Intents to attend Boise State in the fall. Trent, 6-foot-4, 210-pound guard out of Foss High School in Tacoma, Wash. was a three-year start for Foss and was nammed to the Washington 3A All-State Team by the Tacoma News Tribune, the Seattle Times and the Associated Press. Trent averaged 26.9 points per game in his senior season, which included eight games with more than 30 points and four with more than 40. Trent also earned the TNT All-Area Player of the Year and Narrows League 3A Most Valuable Player honors. “We love guys that can score the basketball and Dezmyn is certainly adept at scoring in a variety of ways,” Rice said. “He can play multiple spots
on the floor, and he’s got a toughness and competitiveness about him that will fit in with what we have been building at Boise State.” Duncan, a 6-foot-8, 225-pound forward from the Australian Institute of Sport (which produced current Broncos Anthony Drmic and Igor Hadziomerovic), led his team, NSW Metro, to the gold medal at the U18 National Championship. Duncan averaged 17.6 points per game and 14.9 rebounds per game during the trip. Duncan also helped Australia earn the silver medal at the 2012 U17 World Championship, leading the squad in rebounding with 8, which included a 13-rebound performance against the United States. “Nick is a big, strong, physical player with a great feel for the game,” Rice said. “He reminds me a lot of Bishop Kelly’s Corey Violette.” Violette went on to play at Gonzaga from 2000-2004.
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Sports is one of the world’s oldest forms of entertainment. For centuries, fans have watched in awe and wonder as history has been made right before their eyes. But almost as entertaining as the sports themselves, is the age old contest of fans bickering and arguing over the hot button issues. For years, one of the most debated topics for sports fans has been, “who is the greatest of all time?” While there is no clearcut way to decide who is the greatest team, player, coach, etc. sports fans continually insist on beating our heads against walls to prove that our point is the correct one. With the beginning of the NBA playoffs comes the argument of the greatest basketball player of all time. Many people resort to the fact that whoever has the most championships is clearly the greatest ever. With this logic, the award would go to Bill Russell without any hesitation, as Russell won an unprecedented 11 NBA championships in just 13 seasons, all with the Boston Celtics. But this would automatically rule out several players such as Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird, who did not come close to matching Russell’s record. Therefore, other factors have to be added in. Michael Jordan had possiblly the most comparable dominant run to Russell, winning six championships in six seasons that included two 3-peats, averaging 30.1 points per game for his career, and 33.4 in the playoffs. Another great player in NBA history was Magic Johnson, who snatched up five NBA titles, while averaging a career doubledouble with 19.5 points per game and 12.3 assists per game. Magic would also tack on 7.7 rebounds per game for his career, making him one of the most prolific allaround players the game has ever seen. All this brings us to the argument of this generation and the potential of one the most special players we have ever seen, LeBron James. To many people, James has been seen as a bust due to him not winning championship for nine seasons. But at 6’ 8”, 250 pounds, James is possibly the best overall athlete the world has seen since the great Bo Jackson. Averaging 27.6 points per game, 6.9 assists per game, and 7.3 rebounds per game, James is arguably the most dominant players on the planet and a close overall comparison to Magic Johnson. With the playoffs upon us, a second title for James could increase the argument for greatest of all time, but the age old question will live on forever.
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