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The trike builder retools transportation technology By David Gasch, Journalist
There’s a better way to roam out there, and Gregory Allen aims to find it. You know Gregory Allen -- maybe not by name but any Boise State student can recognize him when he cruises through campus on one of his homemade tricycles. His hat made of leather and old ladies’ overcoats, round glasses, beard and unique transportation make him a character distinctive enough to beg recognition from any passerby. The tricycle that sets him apart provides an example of his many solutions for “the better way,” in this case, he means a better way to travel other than by automobile.
When the weather or time permits, he can often be spotted riding one to the grocery store, thrift stores, work or Dawson Taylor Coffee downtown. For the last 11 years he has built the trikes and put thousands of miles on them as an environmentally friendly and low consumption alternative to automobiles. Though he owns a Toyota pickup himself, he does his best to use it only as necessary. The tricycles have grown in popularity and businesses have approached him about obtaining one. “I have sort of become the resident expert on that type of thing, by default,” Allen said. Allen works as a welder and a subcontractor for various jobs around Boise. The skills he utilizes to build his trikes and other projects are the same ones that get him by today, and have supported him since he graduated from Idaho State University’s vocational technical school years ago with a 4.0 GPA. They help him remain selfemployed, a chief desire for a man who prefers not to depend on someone’s permission to earn a living. Allen possesses an aversion Each tricycle is different and each is designed and built to busy work for the in Boise by Gregory Allen. Many of the vehicles use an sake of keeping busy -electrical assist drive to assist the rider’s pedal power. he’d rather spend time
gainfully employed, building his tricycles. “I use these things to fill in when I’m not busy doing something else,” Allen said. “I like to build things. It’s what I do.” His workshop testifies to his love for building and learning. Allen built the shed in which his works of transportation glory are created from a frame and panels that can be taken down in an afternoon. He considers the design an excellent alternative to low-cost or post-disaster housing. The workbench and shelves on the inside, crafted with neat precision, display his talent for woodwork and steel work. The room remains cozy with help from a homemade heater on the workbench, and Allen even built many of the tools he uses to build his tricycles. Not only has he fashioned an alternative method of getting around and produced ideas about temporary housing, but Allen also described a system of rails for vehicles to use electricity to travel in a downtown setting efficiently. He tested the theory by constructing a miniature electric train and tracks that people could ride in, which could easily be transported or used for events. As for hats, Allen makes his own. He assembled his latest tricycle in a large room, but left space to exhibit hats, and has kept it reserved for someone who would want to be self-employed as a hat vendor. One of these hats, worn by a friend, ended up on CNN in an image displaying fashion in Boise. In these ways and many more, Allen’s productivity, positive impact, and distinct character are not difficult to see. His unique character reflects the Boise’s culture in many ways. His individuality and reputation make him significant part of that culture.
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Gregory Allen asserts that automobiles use an excessive and unnecessary amount of weight and moving parts to achieve the simple goal of traveling from point A to point B. His solution: build a new mode of transportation that leaves only a miniscule footprint on the environment and allows more endurance even than a traditional bicycle. He said that conventional bikes are upside down and backwards. With this thought a new idea was born. The efficiency of his designs come from several places, the most important being a front wheel drive setup. “Once you’ve got front wheel drive the rest of it is just a trailer,” Allen said. “It’s just a lot more efficient and convenient if it pulls you around instead of pushes you around -- like putting the cart before the horse.” The tricycles generally run on some type of battery which helps the bike accelerate quickly, and supplemented with pedals in front and basic cable brakes. The framework consists of thin, lightweight steel welded together. The various models parked throughout his workshop and garage include their own individual components, such as hidden second seats, doors, storage space, roofs and more.
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Thesis show exposes extraordinary artists Eden Engberg Journalist
Annually, Boise State’s Fine Arts Department gives Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) students the experience necessary to competently compete within the realm of professional exhibitions. Required as an exit course for graduating seniors, ART 410 puts into perspective the amount of attention to detail, event planning and management necessary for an exhibit. This year’s thesis exhibition, “The View From Here,” has been counted as a major success for these students and their supporting faculty. A total of 23 seniors produced art with a range of media including painting, printmaking and ceramics to sculpture, photography and illustration worked in small teams and as a cohesive whole to
launch the exposition. The opening reception was held April 15. One of the 23 participating artists, senior double visual arts major (illustration and drawing and painting with an art history minor), Rebecca Baker said it had a larger than anticipated turn out, that of around three hundred. “It was a big party for everybody, I don’t know where else on campus things like this happen,” Baker said. Baker’s displayed work, “There is No Grey,” is a large-scale charcoal piece which explores the conflict women in our society feel when losing their virginity. This conflict between societal needs for virginal women and that woman’s celebration of her sexual nature is evoked with the sense of conflict felt when expressive techniques are combined with more tight and concise line work and realistic representation. The piece is a portrait of two
seemingly different women, but in reality it is the same woman experiencing a sense of conflict. Baker bravely explores the underbelly of subject matter such as death and sexuality in darkly romantic work that shows natural ability and attention to craftsmanship and techniques. Every detail of the show was student-run, down to the postcards, fliers and public press release. Coordinating and overseeing the show was faculty member Kirsten Furlong. As the gallery director for all of the spaces on campus, she is the go-to faculty member for the guidance and inspiration necessary for a successful show. “She is extremely nice, funny and supportive and you get the overall sense from her that she really wants students to succeed,” Baker said. “While in class she told us that she wants nothing more than students to take this experience with them
into their careers and use it to the best of their ability. She wants everyone to succeed and continue on into prosperous careers, and it really shows.” The only negative aspect of the entire experience for Baker is the lack of interdisciplinary interaction on campus. “There are so many people on campus who will go their entire college career without ever going to an art exhibition here. That’s really disappointing to me,” Baker said. Wishing for a more diverse consumption of student art work, she’s not alone in this sentiment. Events like the BFA Thesis Exhibition are unique and refreshing.
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In the end he’s left with a rugged, dependable, lightweight and unique way to get around. In 11 years, Allen has built 25 tricycles and 10 other sidecars or trailers. In that same amount of time 1,000 people, he said, have stopped him on the street showing interest in them, many of them wanting to purchase one. However, he’s never sold one for cash. Instead, they have been given to friends or traded for something else. Selling his bikes or owning a tricycle factory are not ideal prospects for Allen. At most, he may sell his plans, make videos to show the building process, or find other ways to expose his alternative to high consumption transportation to the world. This way, others can utilize an efficient transportation alternative, create their own self employment situation or simply take a step to do the right thing for the environment. Allen works to build at least one tricycle or similar project per year, modifying them each time to determine what makes the most efficient product. He’s put more than 35,000 miles on them, pushing them to their limits to determine what breaks, what improvements the next model may need, and what it takes to make repairs. “What I’ve been doing is designing these things from the ground up. It’s a process more than an event,” Allen said. “The design is an exercise in finding how much is barely enough. It has to be strong enough that it always gets you home but is lightweight as you can possibly make it. The only way to find out what that is, is to make it not strong enough repeatedly.” The difference Allen’s tricycles make is simple. It is the functional equivalent of 375 miles to the gallon, and he can charge one all month for the price of a gallon of gas. Only a few drops of oil are needed in a year and no exhaust goes into the atmosphere. For Allen, it is simply a way to get around while leaving a smaller impact on the environment.
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Let students pass in peace Tony Madonna Journalist
The Quad and the Student Union Building are some of the busiest areas of campus and are hot spots for all the different student organizations to advertise. However, they should lay off pestering the students passing by. When there are booths and tables set up in the Quad, it’s a nightmare for students to pass through because they dread being approached by the different student organizations. “I actually try to avoid the Quad because I don’t want to be bothered on my way to and from class,” said Marie Oberriter, a junior international business and marketing major. It makes sense that different groups use the Quad to advertise and gain recognition, but students simply don’t want to be bothered. Those advertising a student organization should be able to set up their booths, but they shouldn’t try to approach students -- they should let the students approach them. “I’m sure some people
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Shawn the Baptist is one of many who uses the Quad to reach students. don’t mind,” junior English teaching major Krista Deheus said. “But personally, I usually just want to get to where I’m going without being bothered. I guess they just want ‘the vote’ but it
does get annoying.” If a booth or table is set up so the passers-by can see the name of and a few things about the organization on a poster board or banner, the students who are actually
interested will approach it without any facilitation. Most students dislike having to turn down someone promoting an organization or ignore them all together, so these advocates shouldn’t
put students into such a situation. “It annoys me when they are passing out a bunch of papers that I don’t want or they come up to me and try to get me to fill out a form,” said Jessica Quisenberry, a freshman pre-dental major. “It makes me feel bad being rude to them but I have places that I need to go.” Even if a few students respond to the people who approach them on the Quad, it’s not enough to justify irritating the majority of the passers-by. Some of the students might otherwise stop if the people from the sidelines weren’t shouting at them to stop. The annoying chatter from the different groups push passing students away more than attracting them. Every student has their schedule and their own agenda. Most of the time, those agendas don’t include stopping in the Quad on their way to class. If it does, or if something on the Quad interests them, students will stop on their own accord. Otherwise, those who promote organizations are just bothersome to the students looking to get to and from class.
Respect any size Expectations for women are unreasonable Eva Hart Journalist
At a live American Idol taping April 7, a 19-yearold studio audience member was barred from a front-row seat at the show. She claims she was asked to move because of her weight. When American Idol discriminates against one fan, they are discriminating against all their fans who aren’t up to par on society’s standard of “skinny.” The media puts far too much pressure on women of all ages to be a certain size. It can be seen everywhere from CosmoGirl Magazine to television shows where actresses are often as small as a size 2. Women feel if they want to add up to these women, they have to bust their butts exercising, cut calories to an unhealthy level and they might even go so far as to get plastic surgery. The Women’s Center Director Jess CaldwellO’Keefe agrees the media has an effect on the way women view themselves. “The media portrays images of women that are unrealistic, both through the modeling world -- which only hires women with a body type that occurs naturally in less than 2 percent of women -- and through photoshopping images -- literally shaving inches off bodies to make celebrities appear impossibly thin,” O’Keefe said. “Women’s lives are saturated with these images and the most common result is an unhealthy body image which sometimes leads to anorexia and bulimia in the most extreme cases.” Women shouldn’t have to resort to eating disorders because of the way media portrays women or because someone called them fat. They also should not have to resort to plastic surgery to get Pamela Anderson-esque boobs. Karley Anderson, a junior psychology major, is disgusted with both American Idol and the societal pressure put on women as portrayed in the media. “It is so sick and sad to see what women do to themselves to be skinny,” Anderson said. “I’ve watched friends struggle with bulimia to try and look like the girl from the front of a magazine. I try telling them they don’t need to drop four sizes to be beautiful, but America has already convinced them otherwise.” Who decided what “fat” even means? Who decided it’s not attractive to be a size 14? Women should be a natural size they are comfortable with and strive
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meet the man I’m in love with. I could do all that just being me. I just hope other girls out there learn the same thing I did.” No one should be told they can’t have the same rights as everyone else because of their weight. Thereisnocrimeinbeingasize11orbiggerorsmaller. Size shouldn’t affect someone’s chances of getting a certain job, making certain friends or where they can sit when they attend a taping of their favorite show. Women need to realize there is beauty in having curves.
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Birthers wasted America’s time and brain cells Jana Hoffman Columnist
Tweet that inspired this week’s column: BorowitzReport Andy Borowitz I worry that the Birther controversy is a silly sideshow that is distracting us from the Royal Wedding. Thanks to Donald Trump and his mangy comb-over, the United States took another break from the many deserving, and understatedly critical national issues we face. Last week’s top Google search was “President Barack Obama’s birth certificate.” Sad, but true. On Wednesday, April 27, the President’s long form birth certificate was posted on the White House web site in a final attempt to silence the mouths of the “birthers.” The short form of the President’s birth certificate has been accessible online for the past three years. Even so, a purported 47 percent of Republicans still questioned the President’s citizenship. At a press conference, after the release of the President’s long form birth certificate, Trump said, “I am so proud of myself because I’ve accomplished something that nobody else has been able to accomplish.” Congratulations to “The Donald.” Trump successfully pushed an ignorant belief to the forefront of the media. He turned American eyes and ears away from important issues and focused them on the “birther” agenda. Worse yet, the White House found it necessary to respond. The President and his staff used their valuable time to dig up a document to prove a fact that never really was in question. The doubt of President Obama’s citizenship is as credible as an old wive’s tale. It was bogus from the get-go. In a six minute address regarding the issue of his birth certificate, President Obama said, “We do not have time for this silliness. We’ve got better stuff to do. I’ve got better stuff to do. We’ve got big problems to solve.” Here’s some newsworthy stuff -- the very things a presidential hopeful should be concerned about: Right now, the United State’s unemployment rate is at 9.2 percent. There are 10 million able workers in this country who cannot secure jobs. In February 2009, President Obama projected U.S. withdrawl from Iraq within eighteen months. After eight years, the war goes on with no end in sight. The war in Afghanistan has lasted longer than the Vietnam War. The United States’ national deficit exceeds 14 trillion dollars. The BP oil spill has been called the nation’s largest man made environmental disaster in U.S. history. Last week, roughly 300 Americans died in the worst outbreak of tornadoes seen in forty years. The devastation is incomprehensible. This is the very important “stuff ” our President was referring to, and these are only a few of the many issues that deserve the attention of the country. The birthers’ obsession with the President’s documentation has nothing to do with integrity or patriotism. Their fanatical fixation does, however, have everything to do with the hue of our President’s skin and his Middle-Eastern sounding name. It’s racism, and it’s repulsive. Follow Jana on Twitter and she will follow you back!
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Track and field performs well in Idaho-Utah Border Clash Justin Dalme Journalist
The Boise State track and field team wrapped up its regular season Saturday at the Idaho-Utah Border Clash. The Broncos performed well, picking up 17 event wins over the two days of competition and finishing strong before heading off to the Western Athletic Conference Championship in two weeks. One of the top performers was Racquel Jones who picked up wins in the long jump, 100-meters, 200-meters and the 4x100-meter relay. Jones was able to set personal bests in the 100 and 200, clocking times of 11.74 and 24.41 respectively. “It felt really good because I have been working a lot on little things and they all came together, so it was a good accomplishment,” Jones said. Gaining momentum and performing strong was important to Jones as she ended the season. “I feel if you don’t, then you go in second guessing yourself,” Jones said. “I’d rather be sure that I know what I can do coming into conference.” One person who now knows what he can do is Karrie Butler. The freshman ran a career best 47.80 in the 400-meters to win the event. “It felt great,” Butler said. “I got out how I wanted to. Once I got out, my main focus was to just come home strong.” Butler did come home strong, having to fend off teammate Manoah Wesson, giving everything he had left in the tank. “Excuse my language, but it felt like hell,” Butler said. “I was just trying as hard as I could to hold on to the win.” Butler and Wesson were also a part of the winning 4x400-meter relay team. The Broncos also won the 4x100-meter relay. Wesson, who anchored the leg, had to come from behind and battle down the final stretch. “All I could think about was just catching him,” Wesson said. “Our hand-offs were terrible. I was just happy we got it (baton) around. Once I got the baton, he was within five meters,
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Boise State sophomore Nathan Balcirak cleared 4.14 meters to finish sixth in the men’s pole vault Saturday at Bronco Stadium. so I just had to go get him.” The relay team is still trying to find the right combination, recently adding Justin Malnes to the starting leg. But, if they work on their handoffs, Wesson believes that they have a great chance to win at the WAC Championships. “Once we get our hand-offs down and really get to know each other, and trust each other, we have a real good chance
Round 2 Pick No. 12 (No. 44 Overall) Detroit Lions
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for their offense so young gunslinger Matthew Stafford can generate points and produce more wins. Detroit took care of its defensive needs in the first rounds of the 2010 and 2011 drafts with defensive tackles Nick Fairley and Ndamukong Suh, so picking Young added depth to its depleted offense. Already dubbed the “poor man’s DeSean Jackson”, Young offers big play threat with his bursting, off-the-line speed, solid hands, and could be used as a slot receiver in a three-wideout package that compliments veteran receivers Calvin Johnson and Nate Burleson. Look for Young to compete with Johnson as the team leader in yards after the catch.
Round 3 Pick No. 14 (No. 78 Overall) St. Louis Rams
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Three Broncos taken in 2011 NFL Draft John Garretson Journalist
Over this past weekend, the 2011 NFL Draft took place and some ex-Boise State football players were selected amongst the 32 teams throughout the seven rounds. Here is where these ex-Broncos landed and how they will fit with their respective team. The Lions are continually searching to find weapons
Similar to the Lions, the Rams are trying to giving sophomore quarterback Sam Bradford more opportunities on offense to convert more touchdowns. What Pettis doesn’t provide in speed and agility, he makes up for in size, consistent route running, and ability to find holes in coverage in which Bradford will take total advantage of just like Kellen Moore had in clutch situations. Donnie Avery and Mark Clayton already have the deep threat ability and the experience to guide Pettis in his role, which will probably be on third downs or in red zone scenarios.
Round 7 Pick No. 10 (No. 213 Overall) Washington Redskins
of winning,” Wesson said. Rolando Trammel, who was a part of the 4x100-meter relay team also won the 110 and 400-meter hurdles, running a career best 14.13 in the 110-meters. Trammel also finished second in the long jump to teammate Eetu Viitala. Also in the field events, Chase Sexton won the discus with a throw of 177-2 while teammate Alex Nelson picked up a win in the hammer
throw. Alex Cartwright earned another win for the Broncos, taking first in the men’s javelin. On the women’s side, Sasa Kampic also took home the javelin title with a throw of 124-5. Alexi Morton won the heptathlon and Lauren Lucas won the 3,000-meter run. The Broncos will take the week off before heading to the WAC Championship in Hawaii May 10.
Softball sweeps Bulldogs in homestand John Garretson Journalist
The No. 31 Boise State women’s softball team (32-15, 15-3 in Western Athletic Conference) is in the record books as it become the first team to sweep No. 25 Fresno State (29-14, 13-5 WAC) since the Bulldogs joined the WAC in 1993. With only three years of existence against an already established program, the Broncos took on Fresno State in a threegame home stand at Mountain Cove Softball Field Friday and a double-header on Saturday. In the home opener, it was junior pitcher Aubrey Zell’s complete game and eight-strikeout performance that propelled the Broncos in a 4-3 victory. However, last month it was head coach Erin Thorpe who said the team “needs to start going in an attack mode” and that “A lot of the time we fall behind and get in this reactionary mode and wait to see what the other team is going to
do.” And that is what exactly happened. Fresno State jumped ahead early on with a run in the first inning followed by two more in the second, in which Zell came out a bit slow, dishing out uncharacteristic walks and giving up early hits. A pair of solo home runs by freshman Devon Bridges and junior Allie Crump gave the Broncos the momentum in their efforts of a come back, with Zell sealing the Bronco win by giving up zero runs in the final five innings. For the first game in the double header, Crump earned her first win against the Bulldogs, but the Broncos had to endure the same obstacle of letting their opponents score first from Fresno’s Nicole Angene solo home run in the second inning. Responding to threat almost immediately was junior Christina Capobianco’s solo home run in the bottom of the 2nd inning. The game went neck-and-neck until the bottom of the fifth, in
which junior Kelly Sweeney’s solo slam put the lid on the game for a 3-2 win. Crump struck out seven, her highest total since March 15. To end the home series, the Broncos naturally found themselves trailing 3-0 in the 2nd inning, allowing a two run home run and an RBI single by the Bulldogs. It was a monster fifth innings by Boise State that caught the Broncos up to speed and surpassed the surging Bulldogs. In that one inning, BSU brought 14 batters to the plate, saw three different Bulldog pitchers while Fresno State did not record its second out until after they gave up five singles and five walks. The scoring armada eventually came to a cease fire for a 12-9 BSU win. This sweep not only jeopardizes the Bulldogs chances of a WAC regular season title, but puts Boise State in a virtual tie with New Mexico State, who is 14-2, for the top spot in the standings.
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A surprising late pick for the Redskins, as many believed safety Jeron Johnson and defensive end Ryan Winterswyk would be the next BSU players taken in the draft after Pettis, but Thompson was deemed worthy of the pick. Coming in at 5’9’’, “BT” lacks the size of the prototypical cornerback as well as top speed to keep up with opposing receivers. However, what we have seen out of Thompson at his time at Boise State is good ball handling skills, leading the defensive backs last year with three interceptions, and aggression against the run. With DeAngelo Hall, Carlos Rodgers and Phillip Buchanon already on the roster, Thompson is going to have to fight for a spot during training camp.
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Men’s golf preps for WAC Championship in Nevada
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The Broncos compete today through Wednesday in Hendersen, Nev., at Rio Secco Golf Course. Boise State needs a win to make it to the NCAA Championships. The field is smaller at the Western Athletic Conference Championship than the usual field of 18 teams contending in a tournament. The men feel confident they will perform well in the smaller field and have high goals. “I would definitely like to win WAC if possible,” junior Scott Spiewak said. “We have the talent, we just have to go out and do it.” Spiewak also feels if he plays well he can finish in the top individually. The team has two players returning to Rio Secco for the WAC Championship. Sophomore Taeksoo Kim competed last year as with sophomore Clayton Kosanovich. Completing the five-player team is Spiewak, junior Taylor Porter and redshirt sophomore Charlie Marusiak. According to head coach Kevin Burton, five out of seven players from the team competing in the WAC were selected according to performance in tournaments and who has been playing the best in the last month. “It was a difficult decision,” Burton said. “Pretty hard to leave a couple of these guys back, but I think they understood it too. The two I left behind weren’t playing as good as the other guys at this point.” The team left Boise Saturday to play a practice round Sunday and will play 54 holes of competition over the next three days. Some of the team members had a chance to play an extra practice round at Rio Secco on their way to a tournament earlier this year. “It’s a really fun course,” Kim said. “It’s kind of challenging, anything can happen on that course. One shot would definitely put you somewhere far out there, so you just have to take one shot at a time.” The par-72 course at 7,313 yards does not play as long as it looks because it is desert golfing and the ball gets extra roll. According to Burton, there are about three or four demanding tee shots they will have to get in play. “Down there, if you miss the fairway you’re pretty much going back to the tee,” Burton said. “It’s just desert, and if you find your ball, ‘A’ you’re
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Boise State sophomore Charlie Marusiak works on his swing during practice at Pierce Park Greens golf course in Boise. lucky, but you’re not going to be able to play, and ‘B’ that’s if you find your ball.” Burton says if they can find the fairways it will be easy to score well. The toughest thing at Rio Secco Golf Course might be the wind. “If you can manage the wind and keep your ball in play you will be fine,” Burton said. Hitting fairways and greens are the team’s goals for the course. “It’s a course you can play well on but you have to hit the ball well, you can’t miss it in the wrong spots,” Spiewak said. “The fairways are kind of generous, but if you miss the fairway there’s just rocks, and the greens are kind of tricky.” The team has been focusing on the mental side of the game to prepare and not making mistakes. According to Burton the team can get a little greedy wanting to turn the year around and play well, which puts pressure on them. Burton says shot selection and focusing on hitting greens eases the pressure to pull the trigger. “If you are aiming at this tight pin over here
you can tend to tighten up and maybe not pull it off,” Burton said. “With this golf course which is pretty demanding, if you just hit a lot of greens you are going to walk away good. So our focus is more on alright lets hit fairways, let’s hit greens and we’ll add them up at the end.” The team goal for the tournament is to win the conference title. “Without a doubt we want to go to the NCAA’s,” Burton said. “We have nothing to lose, so we are going to try and go in there with that attitude and play smart and see what happens.” For the team to make it to the NCAA Regional Championships they must win the tournament. Winning the conference title is an automatic berth to the NCAA’s or a national team ranking in the top 64. Spiewak is excited for the tournament. “It’s the finale,” Spiewak said. “I’d like to go in an do as well as we can. It’s like we are already here so sprint to the finish and just do whatever we can to play well.”
Defending its Western Athletic Conference Championship, the women’s tennis team fell just short in a dramatic 4-3 loss to the Fresno State Bulldogs Saturday. The Broncos ranked No. 70 and seeded No. 1 in the tournament set out to claim the WAC title for the second-straight year playing a tough No. 72 Fresno State team whom they met six consecutive times for the WAC title. The Bulldogs jumped out to an early lead, capturing the doubles point with quick wins on the No. 1 and No. 2 courts giving Fresno State a 1-0 advantage going into singles play. Sophomore Marlena Pietzuch tied the match up early with a decisive 6-3, 6-1 win over Olga Kirpcheva. With the score tied, Fresno State No. 1 singles player Marianne Jodoin quickly defeated Lauren Megale 6-1, 6-2, giving Fresno State a 2-1 advantage. The Bulldogs pulled one step closer to the WAC Championship with a 3-6, 6-2, 6-0 win at No. 3 singles against Bronco Stephanie Jasper. With the overall team score of 3-1 Fresno State needed just one more win to clinch the title. The Broncos wouldn’t give up, at No. 6 singles the vocal leader of the team Sandy Vo pulled off a 6-3, 2-6, 6-1 victory over Mary Abby Hayley. With the Broncos down 3-2 Fresno State needed one more win on the remaining two courts
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Fresno State’s Melissa McQueen beat Stephanie Jasper 3-6, 6-2, 6-0 at the Appleton Tennis Center Saturday. when Elyse Edwards pulled off a 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 win for the Broncos, pulling all eyes to the court No. 2 battle. Broncos junior Sonia Klamczynska was up a break in the third set only to fall 7-5, 6-7 (8-10), 7-5 in a heartbreaker. The loss sealed the Broncos fate, who will not be receiving a bid to the NCAA Tournament. Boise State finished the season with a 17-8 record and first-year head coach Beck Roghaar won WAC Coach of the Year.
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Junior Damian Hume defeated FSU’s Rikus de Villiers 6-2, 6-3 at the Appleton Tennis Center Saturday. Hume and Scott Sears lost in their doubles match.
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Assistant Sports Editor Boise State men’s tennis team battled to the bitter end only to fall to the No. 1 seed Bulldogs in a heartbreaking 4-3 loss Saturday. After dropping the doubles point, the Broncos started in a 0-1 hole going into singles competition. The deficit did not seem to rattle the Broncos as they began to churn out wins. Junior Damian Hume quickly tied the overall team score with his decisive 6-2, 6-3 victory. As the crowd shouted “win on court one!” throughout the Appleton Tennis Center, the Broncos were given a new life. Sophomore Phillip Pogostkin was the next Bronco to follow, playing No. 4 singles. He quickly dismantled Fresno’s Francis Alcantara 6-3, 6-3 to give the Broncos a leg up in the overall team score, 2-1. Fresno tied it up again with Jean- Charles Damie defeating BSU’s Scott Sears 7-6 (7-3), 6-3. The tension was rising through the crowd and through the players as the final decisionmaker matches all went into three sets. Sophomore Jeff Mul-
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len was the first to close out his third set grinder with a 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 win to give the Broncos an overall 3-2 score and put them in the drivers seat, only needing one of the remaining two singles matches. With all eyes on a pair of freshman, the Broncos battled for a birth to the championship game. Nathan Sereke pulled through down a break point to pull the match into a tie-breaker to win. The Broncos wouldn’t be so lucky to end early as Sereke fell 8-6 in the third set tie-breaker. The Broncos looked as if they could win it all when attention shifted to Andy Betteles court with the young Bronco already ahead 3-0 in the third set. After a couple break backs from Fresno State and a double fault by Betteles on break point the Broncos hopes of a WAC title flew away. “The guys left everything out on the court. This is absolutely devastating. This team has been snake bitten. This has been a rough, rough day. This is just tough. Just the way sports is. The guys are hurt,” a somber head coach Greg Patton said after the match. The large crowd that had been so invigorated during the entire
match sat somberly as the Bulldogs rushed the court, joyously dodging a bullet while sending the Broncos dreams of a NCAA Championship birth packing. “You can’t fault anyone for how they fought today. It was really blood, sweat and tears left out there. Obviously there is no one we would rather not lose to than Fresno State, but sometimes it just comes down to a few little things. But Bezzley (Betteles) and Nathan, I’ve never been so proud of a group of guys in my entire life. You couldn’t ask anything more of those guys,” Sears said. With the WAC tournament over, the Broncos said goodbye to the WAC and hello to the Mountain West Conference. The Broncos also didn’t have to say goodbye to a single senior. “This was a very rough season. For next season, it’s going to be one of the most exciting times of our lives.Vicenti (assistant coach) actually just told us ‘remember this time, store it, and you’ve got it for ever because whenever you are not training hard or feeling good, bring back this feeling and you will run one more lap to never have to feel this again,” Sears said.
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Southern storm death toll reaches 345, deadliest in decades Stephanie Casanova Jouranlist
A series of tornadoes and thunderstorms across southern states has made this year’s storms the deadliest in almost four decades. The death toll reached 345 today, the second deadliest storm outbreak in U.S. history. Alabama is the most affected of the seven southern states experiencing devastating weather with a fatality count of 248 according to Alabama emergency officials. Since Wednesday’s destructive tornado that hit in Smithville, Miss. communities across Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Kentucky, Virginia, Louisiana and Tennessee have been struck. With such a high number of recorded deaths and more than one million people that have been left without power, President Obama has declared a state of emergency in Alabama. President Obama and the first lady visited Tuscaloosa Friday, a town with at least 36 reported deaths and where the water supply is running low. Residents have been advised to conserve and boil tap water before drinking it. Many have also volunteered in the community, as well as donated to charities such as the Red Cross and the Salvation Army. ABC NEWS
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Scholar goes East Psychology student juggles life as a newly-wed, scholar in preparation for graduate school in Massachusetts Tasha Adams Journalist
More than two thousand miles away in Central Mexico is Tunguitiro -- a town with only 3600 Google results and lacking its own Wikipedia article. Boise, on the other hand, has a solid 6.5 million Google hits. Tunguitiro's population is less than 600 and 12 years ago, Lilia Juarez Kim was one of them. Now only two weeks away from graduation, a lot has changed since Tunguitiro. Kim is a psychology major, a member of Psi Chi and a soon-to-be Clark University Graduate student. She is also one of Boise State’s 2011 Top Ten Scholars. Kim spent the first nine years of her life in Mexico surrounded by her cousins, siblings and grandparents. Evenings were spent at her grandparent’s house and all the time spent with them was a big influence on the person Kim is today. The move to Rupert in the late '90s was a dramatic change. “I didn’t know any English,” Kim recalls, “The first year and a half of learning English is kind of a blur. There was a huge Hispanic population where I lived so the students in my classes … helped me out with that.” Another big change? Exposure to commodities. “I had more stuff than I did before. It was just different altogether. Going from having a little to having a little bit more but still not having a lot of stuff and looking at your friends and saying ‘Oh, I really wish I had money to do this or the money to do that, I think that was important in my life because it really showed me that you have to work
really hard if you want to do something.” So she did. In high school, she took a psychology course that set her on the path she is still on today. Her teacher, whom she refers to simply as “TJ” made psychology fun and fascinating. Although all the personality and career guidance tests told her to pursue accounting, she had her mind set on the study of the mind. She began taking psychology courses and each one reinforced her decision. Only Dr. Eric Landrum, psychology professor made her think twice. In the Introduction to Psychology Major class, she was excited by the fact that she could go to graduate school and make a career out of something she was in interested in. “[Landrum] basically would tell us ‘If you aren't sure or if you aren’t passionate enough, this is something you shouldn't do because it is really hard.' He mentioned that graduate school could be so hard that your marriage could fall apart." She began to question if this was something she could really commit to. To figure it out, she got a teaching assistantship with Dr. Kimberly Henderson. That was the moment she decided she wasn't going to change her mind. It was also the moment she narrowed her career path even more. She had the opportunity to present a lecture in the Pysc 101 class. "I enjoyed it so much that I wish I knew more about the subject so I could keep talking.” With a concrete career choice decided, she could now focus on slightly more important. She was 18 when they met in Chaffee Hall. Kim explains, “We started
hanging out as friends and going on dates, nothing serious.” Until it was. Barely able to talk through her smile, she talks about Edward Kim, a 24-year-old Nampa native and Boise State alumnus. According to Edward, they would study together and go get food during breaks. He says, “she was fun to be around and we have been joined at the hip ever since.” He proposed a year a half ago and in January of this year, the two were married in small Catholic ceremony at a church downtown during winter break. After the wedding, Kim started planning for graduate school. Fourteen applications and four interviews later, she decided to attend Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. Although she liked how casual and welcoming the school was during her interview, her husband has a different reason for the choice. He had a fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital and when she came to visit him there is when he knew he wanted to marry her. He says “it is really where we cultivated our relationship so [Massachusetts] is a really important place to us.” Kim says she wants to come back to campus to teach psychology. She loves the city and is sad she is moving. The most difficult part will be leaving her family behind. “I will buy my mom a ticket to come see me!” she says adamantly. Thousands of miles from her home in Tunguitiro and thousands of miles from her new home in Massachusetts, she is going to spend the rest of her time in Boise doing what she cares about the most -spending time with her family.
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Asya Leonova 24, sophomore general business Saransk, Russia.
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Lilia Juarez Kim, approaches graduation after being awarded as one of Boise State’s top students. Kim plans to attend Clark University in Worcester, Mass. in the fall.
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