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junior Grant Hedrick. The quarterback depth position also has touted redshirt freshman Nick Patti and class of 2013 recruit Ryan Finley of Phoenix, Ariz. The Broncos have recently received a verbal commitment from quarterback Jalen Greene of a Gardena, Calif., a member of the 2014 recruitment class. The two players come from the infamous 2011 recruiting class, in which eight players of the class are no longer on the team. Laughrea, cornerback Eric Agbaroji and offensive

lineman Adam Sheffield have left the team. Ukwuachu, defensive back Lee Hightower, tight end Hayden Plinke, kicker Jake Van Ginkel and defensive tackle Jeff Worthy have all been dismissed from the team. The issue with Ukwuachu’s departure is depth and experience on the defensive line. Aside from junior defensive end and sack master Demarcus Lawrence, the only Broncos on the roster is the injury-proned redshirt senior Kharyee Marshall, redshirt junior Beau Mar-

tin (who had 15 tackles and 2.5 sacks in 2012) and redshirt freshmen Darien Barrett and Sam McCaskill. For the quarterback position, it’ll be interesting or whether the coaching staff keeps the position at four quarterbacks or brings in another 2014 recruit or junior college transfer to push back to five. The Broncos are slated to play their season-opener in Seattle as they square off against the Washington Huskies on Aug. 31 in the new Husky Stadium.

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Two more players from the 2011 recruiting class are no longer with the Boise State football program. Tuesday afternoon Boise State Head Football Coach Chris Petersen announced redshirt sophomore defensive end Sam Ukwuachu and redshirt sophomore quarterback Jimmy Laughrea were no longer with the team. Ukwuachu was dismissed for violation of team rules and Laughrea left the team.

Petersen was not available for comment on the matter.Ukwuachu, a freshman All-American, started 12 games for the Broncos last season, in which he record 35 tackles, seven tackles for a loss and 4.5 sacks. Ukwuachu was not on the sideline during the 2013 Spring Game but did participate in last Friday’s annual Junior Pro Day. Laughrea never saw playing time during the 2012 season, as he was third on the depth chart behind starter Joe Southwick and backup, redshirt

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Universities such as University of Utah, University of Oregon and Portland State University have all moved toward a “costbased linear system” for tuition. Boise State will soon follow in that trend. A cost-based linear system means students will pay for each credit rather than paying a lump sum for full-time or part-time tuition. Provost Martin Schimpf highlighted the importance of such a structure. “In the past when the state of Idaho was paying 75 percent of the operating cost of the university, we could afford to have a lump sum cost,” Schimpf said. “We’ve grown without state funds and we feel that this is how we must accommodate for that growth.” Currently, enrollment is increasing and so are the programs at Boise State, but funding from the state has decreased. The growth of the university is underfunded without state assistance. ASBSU President Ryan Gregg shared Schimpf ’s opinion about the current model. “The tuition system we have now really only makes sense if we have money coming in from the state,” Gregg said. The transition is to occur over 5 to 6 years so as not to burden current students too much too quickly. This new system will be most impactful for students taking 12 to 17 credits where

Schimpf acknowledges and increase the number of there used to be a plateau. Currently any credits be- that the increase will be full time lecturers. Schimpf grinned as he tween 12 and 17 are free. rough for students. “I think that if you are a said, “It’s been years since Once the new system is in full effect, students will full time student now, you we’ve been able to hire that be charged for tuition and are going to feel the impact much faculty.” Along with the ability to fees up to 12 credits and of this in the fall. It is a hire more per credit f a c u l t y, tuition-only the new above 12 system credits. The Linear fees will help the university deliver also aims increase per the courses our students need to graduate on to help credit over time and allow us to better recruit and retain cover the these 5 to the best faculty members. cost of 6 years is increased not set and —Bob Kustra enrollis subject ments in to change, courses, although fees at Boi- pretty significant increase. upper-division se State will remain That is unfortunate,” and encourage students to complete courses for the lowest of the four- Schimpf said. While the costs may be which they have registered year public universities a bit steeper for students, and create a more equitable in Idaho. system. There would still Boise State’s president, there are benefits as well. According to Schimpf, be a refund period in which Bob Kustra, explained in a press release how this new increasing tuition will al- students can drop classes system will align the cost of low Boise State to hire or receive incompletes. over a million dollars in However, the incentive to education with its value. “Linear fees will help full time faculty. This will receive full credit in classes the university deliver the decrease the number of ad- is higher since students courses our students need junct professors on campus will have paid for those to graduate on time and allow us to better recruit and retain the best faculty members,” Kustra said. For the 2013-2014 academic year, full-time resident students will pay $3,145 per semester, a 6.9 percent increase. Part-time residents will pay $260 per credit, a 3.2 percent increase. Full-time nonresidents will pay $6,300 per semester, an increase of 10.1 percent. Full-time graduate students will pay $570 per semester on top of the full-time undergraduate tuition, a 4.7 percent increase. These increases are the first steps towards the “cost based linear system.”

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specific credits. “If we are going to need to bring in more revenue from students, we want it to be as fair as possible,” Schimpf said. Gregg expressed that it is a necessary rise in cost and hopes that students will be able to understand that. “The worst part is that it is a guaranteed increase over the next five years but it is a necessary one,” Gregg said. “I think that students in this economic climate will understand that we are going to have to increase how much we pay or what we get from the state is going to have to increase.” Gregg encourages students to contact ASBSU or the administration if any students have questions or concerns regarding linear tuition. The ASBSU office is located on the second floor of the Student Union Building directly above the Boise River Café.

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Clean up campus at University Day

Doctoral students awarded Bieter Fellowship Awards

The Boise State campus community is invited to participate in University Day from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday, May 10. Check in on the Quad. University Day is an event where students, faculty and staff come together to improve their campus community on a beautiful day at the end of spring semester, engaging in a variety of volunteer projects in an effort to “give back” to Boise State. Volunteer proj-

Bieter Doctoral Fellowship to each of five graduate students on May 3. The students are seeking doctorates

ects are focused on improving the Boise State campus community and include planting trees and flowers, pulling weeds, picking up garbage, spreading bark, and more. Participants can volunteer for as little as 30 minutes or for as long as their schedules allow. The President’s Office has approved one hour of release time with supervisor approval to encourage participation in this event.

Graphic arts students’ planet exhibition Nine students of graphic arts professor John Francis will host an exhibition at the Student Union called “Worlds of Gods and Goddesses.” The campus community is invited to the opening from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, May 9, in the SUB Atrium. The exhibition runs May 7 to 20. The exhibition contains posters of planets and is based on the concept that humans use both science and religion to explain the unexplainable. Each of the planets has a mythology, usually Greek, that is related to the planets and the names of its moons. The typography

used for each poster is related to statistics and facts about that planet. Video and audio related to the still images are visible using an augmented reality application. By downloading the Android or IOS Layar app from www.layar.com you can view media related to the mythology behind each planet’s name. Project designers are students in the spring semester Art 385 Advanced Typography class: Alex Aldecoa, Chris Becker, Paige Coyle, Leah Cronen, Kellie Fox, Leah Fuhrman, Cody Hanawalt, Amy Rawson and Cory Varland.

within the College of Education at Boise State University. Bieter presented the awards to: Mat-

thew Featherstone, Ezra Gwilliam, Kerry McClay, Kelley Moneymaker and Christina Nava.

New policies, revisions approved The President’s Office has approved the following changes to the University Policy Manual: Revisions to University Policy #4280 (Emeritus Faculty). This policy was updated to clarify the relationship of emeritus faculty to the university and update the privileges they are eligible to receive. The application process was also revised to simplify the workflow for both recommending departments and the Provost’s Office. The creation of University Policy #5090 (Sponsored Programs Cost Transfer). This pol-

icy was created to comply with federal requirements that govern the timeliness of cost transfers for sponsored projects. Revisions to University Policy #6080 (Facilities and Administration [F&A] Cost Rates and Waiver or Partial Waiver of F&A Costs). This policy was updated to current standards and modified to be compliant with new State Board of Education policy. Revisions to University Policy #7030 (Procedure for Reporting and Protection of Boise State Employees who Report Waste and Vio-

lation of Law, Regulation or University Policy). This ‘whistleblower’ policy was updated to clarify that retaliation is impermissible against employees who report not only waste of public funds, but also suspected violations of the law. Revisions to University Policy #7300 (Professional Employee Performance Evaluations). This policy was revised to reflect current practice and remove outdated procedure. Additional revisions to campus policy can be viewed at www. boisestate.edu.

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Boise ban may be ‘clouding’ campus no-smoking regulation

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Some are wondering if Boise’s non-smoking ordinance is leading to an increase of students lighting up on campus. Courtesy Kate King

Boise’s new nonsmoking ordinance may be luring smokers back to campus to avoid being ticketed. The recent smoking act has left determined smokers with few places to go and campus officials are unsure of how to prosecute violators. Boise State University officially became a smokefree campus in 2009. According to a Boise State news release concerning the smoking ban in 2008, 86 percent of students sided that campus-

es should be smoke-free environments. Taylor Mitzel, a campus resident and freshman, shares this majority opinion. “I think colleges should be smoke-free mainly because of health. College campuses should not put others at risk from the air pollution that smoking causes,” Mitzel said. Since the ban, the amount of smoking on campus has decreased significantly. Boise State alumnus Tyler Lyon was a student both before and after the ban. He saw a

major difference between the two. “I remember transferring here from ISU and being really surprised to see people smoking all over campus. I hated it,” he said. Lyon transferred during the spring of 2005 and completed his undergraduate degree prior to the smoking ban. When he returned for his master’s degree the ban was in effect. “The ban made a world of difference,” Lyon said. “It was so nice to be able to exit buildings without being greeted by a cloud of smoke.”

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In January of 2012, three years after the campus-wide ban, the city of Boise put a city-wide ban on smoking in public parks, bars, restaurants, the Grove Plaza, within 20 feet of city-owned buildings and outdoor commercial patios. The ban also led to several hookah bars in the area to permanently close their doors because of the restrictions that were imposed. Boise’s non-smoking regulations were put into place for many of the same reasons that Boise State became a smoke-free campus – to protect the health and well-being of its citizens. But the percentage of students rallying around the new city-wide ban may not be as great. BSU sophomore Verenitze Beltran views the bans as entirely separate issues. “I think it’s right that Boise State has a smoking ban but not that the city of Boise has one,” Beltran said. The campus ban exclusively covers the university’s public property while the city ban includes privately owned businesses. This dissimilarity causes some who are in favor of the campus ruling, like Beltran, to hold different views on the city law. “I don’t think Boise should tell business owners whether or not to allow smoking. I know it affects their business so it should be up to them,” she said. Regardless of the opinion of students on the more recent ban, it is still yet to be determined

whether the new citywide ordinance is helping or hindering the cause of BSU’s original sanction. One might assume that the two regulations would support and strengthen the other but the punishment for the violation of the city ordinance and the campus policy are vastly different, complicating the situation. Violation of the smoking ordinance in the city of Boise is punishable by a $69 fine if violators show resistance to law enforcement or are repeat offenders. The punishment inflicted by campus violators is far less severe. “It depends on their attitude, but violators will first get a verbal warning, then a written warning, and then an incident report will be filed,” Boise State’s Executive Director of Campus Security Jon Uda said. “We were never intended to be the smoking police. The ban is intended to be peer enforced by students, faculty and staff.” Students from Boise State who may have waited to smoke until they were off campus before the city’s ban may instead decide to remain on campus to smoke to avoid the greater penalty. “Before they passed the Boise City ban I did not see nearly as many people smoking on campus. Smokers used to go to Julia Davis Park but now they do not seem to care,” Beltran said. It seems that smokers on campus are beginning to take advantage of the weak

campus enforcement policy. “I see people walk past me with cigarettes and see cigarettes on sidewalks on campus,” Mitzel said. An increased number of violators puts campus security in a hard spot. “It’s like a game of cat and mouse and the mouse is better,” Uda said. Determined smokers can always find obscure, unmonitored areas. While Boise’s new smoking ban may well be improving the quality of the air we breathe, its effects are “clouding the issue” of the smoke free campus that most students and officials are promoting.

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Sustainability, not just for tree huggers Ammon Rainey Staff Writer

Define sustainability. Can you do it? Did your mind just go blank? Don’t feel ashamed if it did. Sustainability is a complex issue. It’s more than driving a fuel-efficient car or riding a bike to work or recycling waste. It is an issue that demands an understanding of many different vantage points to tackle. And there is an interdisciplinary research group at Boise State working toward that end. On Friday, May 3, six professors presented on the topic of sustainability. The Interdisciplinary Research Community on “Translating Sustainability” invited professor Laura Lindenfeld of University of Maine to join in on talks about bridging the gap between university studies in sustainability and community. The members of the interdisciplinary research group each presented on individual research or experiences that illustrated different approaches to understanding sustainability. Paul Ziker, from the anthropology department, described the goal of sustainability as an attempt “to try and create human environmental systems that are lasting for the long term.” For him, it is about social sustainability in how material and intellectual resources are shared. Katie Demps, also of the Anthropology department, gave this statement regarding sustainability, “When I talk about sustainability, I’m thinking about day to day interactions of people and their environments.” Tony Marker, taking his perspective from Organizational Performance and Workplace Learning, spoke on the necessity of finding a balance between “people, profit and planet.” It is his belief that neuroscience is a viable path to developing more “wisdom”

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rather than “intellect.” Professor Erin McClellan of the Communication Department spoke about how certain ways of designing public spaces and how people interact with those spaces are indicative of certain value sets. “I think sustainability is sort of a sense of being,” she said, “over time, in a way that reflects a variety of perspectives in a way that creates a collective good.” She made the argument that public spaces should reflect more than just the values of experts or the majority in order to be sustainable and good. Community and Regional Planning Professor Amanda Johnson spoke on the experiences she had working on a joint project between two different classes. She was able to witness the students’ conversations as they developed a “common language” regarding sustainability. “You saw this translation happening from these classes and these students,” Johnson stated. “You would hear these students say, ‘(Are you) talking about a sustainable downtown, or are you talking about a livable downtown? How can you determine what sustainability means?’… What we found is through this kind of collective learning process… there has to be this kind of common language that you share.” Johnson made the point that phrases like “green” and “sustainability” don’t mean anything unless there is enough discussion to translate the different vantage points on the matter into a more collective understanding. “Not a single field can accomplish this by itself,” she said. “And that’s why this interdisciplinary work that we’re doing is so important because we’re all thinking about it in different ways and have a very different set of inputs into this kind of systems thinking.” Laura Lindenfeld was invited to speak at this presentation based on the work she has been doing.

“They came across my work and I study how universities can leverage their capacities to solve sustainability problems,” she said. She works in a similar interdisciplinary group that involves around 100 faculty. For Lindenfeld, sustainability is a collective effort, and one that doesn’t just occur in the universities. “I think it is important that universities help their immediate communities. Especially as public universities, we have an obligation to deliver back to our immediate communities.” This is the foundation for her idea that research, teaching and service go hand in hand. “We need to think more strategically about how those things inform each other and complement each other,” Lindenfeld said. Sustainability is meaningless, Lindenfeld stated, unless we can leverage whole universities and think systematically about how we turn our attention to the communities in which we live. And this involves what she and the research cluster refer to as “translating sustainability.” Lindenfeld described it thus, “When I think about translation, I think about connecting, bridging, spanning… (It is) never a one-way street. It’s about reciprocity.” However, the process of negotiating a collective understanding of sustainability and translating it into action is very difficult. During the panel discussion at the end of the presentation McClellan pointed out the challenge of communication. “We don’t have a central language… We all can agree that there’s something about sustainability that we should be talking about, but how we talk about it is not agreed upon.” Marker complicated the matter further. “Sustainability is actually a whole set of really complex problems,” he said. “There’s not one answer for this.”

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Professor Erin McClellan was one of the speakers at “Translating Sustainability.” Director of Community and Regional Planning Jaap Vos added to the discussion. “The big question I have is are we actually asking the right questions?” But it is often the case that a lot of wrong questions must be asked before the right ones are found. For senior environmental studies major Shaun Wheeler, it’s important to have malleable ideas. “If you’re sailing, for example, sometimes you have to steer away from your destination in order to get there,”

Wheeler said. One of the important things he said he learned from this discussion was the need for more “collective energy” in finding the right direction. “I have satisfaction with the concept of bridging the campus community with the Boise community.” Fellow environmental studies major Russell Bridges was impressed with the idea of interdisciplinary programs. “Because Environmental Studies is so broad… this concept of this program be-

ing interdisciplinary is my livelihood. More interdisciplinary programs should be developed.” This presentation was the beginning of sharing ways to understand sustainability as a community, and develop ways of motivating collective action. No one claimed to have the right definition of sustainability or even the best. The goal was to open dialogue and share research in order to present different ways of looking at the issues and hopefully, develop a better plan to approach it.

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TIPS TO SURVIVE

FINALS from Boise State professors

Cher Wada Koenig Staff Writer

Finals week is easily the most hectic time of the semester. So when students’ brains are the most frazzled, it’s good to know how to make the best plan for success. In hopes of helping students achieve the highest grades possible on final exams this semester, Boise State professors offered their preferred tips for success. Kristen Bingham, adjunct Spanish instructor, said when students are preparing for a cumulative final she recommends students get enough sleep and take a lot of study breaks by studying for 30 minutes and then going out to do something for 15 minutes. “For a cumulative final, as a student I would first look at if the teacher is going to provide a cumulative review and whether that can be posted to blackboard where a student can print it and review it themselves or if the professor is going to provide it for them in class,” Bingham said. “From that review I would organize my studying according to what I already know and what I don’t know... And then focus my studying on the parts that I don’t know, leaving the stuff that I already know till the end… but spend the majority of the time on the material you don’t know.” Bingham went on to explain it’s important to make the time to do the study guide. There’s usually a lot of material on them, especially for cumulative exam reviews and they take a lot of time to study. “I would organize it; hardest to easiest,” Bingham said. “And I wouldn’t wait until the last minute. I would divide it out and that way I think you will retain more and you’ll feel more confident going in to the exam. Because if you do it in small chunks you might be able to accomplish more in 20 minutes than in doing four hours the night before the exam.” Bingham reiterated the most important steps when preparing for a cumulative exam. “Plan ahead, separate it into hardest to easiest or what I already know and what I don’t know, focus on what you don’t know and review quickly over what you do know,” Bingham said. “Good luck!” Jerry Catt-Oliason, adjunct communication lecturer, advocates working in groups in order to learn from each other’s knowledge and understandings. “It goes without saying: study, study some more and then study

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with someone,” Catt-Oliason said. “Study together. See to it that you start at the beginning of next semester in a study group. That’s the number one thing. In my class specifically, ask me the questions that are important to you and take me serious when I say those questions should be on your exams anyway. What is it you want to know? Forget about your grade… Focus instead upon what it is you think that instructor wants you to know and take away from this (class); if you don’t know that, that’s the question to ask.” Catt-Oliason added if you have a study guide available to you, use it. He also indicated how important it is to not wait until the last minute before trying to cram in all the information. He said don’t go into an exam exhausted and when possible, choose your exam time at the best time of day that fits how you work and when you are usually at your best. “But if you are not in a team of good people who are developing good study habits, get in one, create one and if you have to, be the example of people who can work together,” Catt-Oliason said. “People know that we do better in study groups.” Worried about dead weight in the study group? Catt-Oliason said people can deal with that. It’s the group’s responsibility to keep people on track. He said if you don’t have somebody in your group that can do that, then make the effort yourself. But being in a group is only part of it. Catt-Oliason explained for him, he tries to teach by listening. Paying attention and figuring out what we need to know and discern from the process of talking is very important. “Start your preparation for examinations by listening (in class),” Catt-Oliason said. “For me all testing begins with listening.” Catt-Oliason also added that if you start the process and are preoccupied with things outside of what you need to focus on, that’s not a good way to be. “Stop yourself and say ‘I need to wait a minute and I need to refocus my attention,’” Catt-Oliason said. “Listening is all about attention. Think about how you’re taking that exam and how you’re second guessing yourself and be careful. Listening to your interpretive processes is really pretty important when taking exams. If you’re rewriting the question, stop and go back and take the question for what it is, most of us don’t intend any kind of trick questions.”

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to bring to the table,” Salisbury said. When asked what her personal favorite stress relief activity is, Salisbury said, “The bounce house. Our peer educators wanted to feature an activity that will be fun, interactive, and different. They worked diligently to make bringing a bounce house to campus possible and I am excited to see it play out. Plus, who doesn’t love a bounce house?” In contrast, VanDenburgh said she “always enjoy(s) the Night Owl Breakfast on the Sunday night before Finals week. It’s a lot of fun to see staff and faculty support and interact with students by serving them breakfast in the BRC before their finals begin.” But how effective are these relievers? Some of these activities may seem fun and all, but do they really decrease testday jitters? According to Salisbury, “The bounce house will be provided as a fun way to exercise before an exam. Exercise increases endorphins to make people happy and acts as a distraction to forget any worries from daily life. It also gets the blood flowing in the body and brain. Lavender has been clinically tested and proven to reduce stress. Laughter has also been proven to relieve the stress response and give you a good, relaxed feeling. It also helps to stimulate muscle relaxation and circulation to help reduce many of the physical stress symptoms.” For more information, visit getinvolved. boisestate.edu for the schedule or call the Student Involvement & Leadership Center at 426-4239.

Pep-Talk for finals Matt Shelar Staff Writer

If you’re a freshman, you might be freaking out right now. The obvious reason: finals; because this isn’t high school anymore. It’s “real life,” right? Wrong. You’re going to be just fine; because while college grades absolutely matter, if you’re struggling in a class, getting stressed about a final is the worst thing you can do. First, realize you’re only going to be on Earth for a finite amount of time and letting negative thoughts invade your young and unscathed psyche is very dangerous. I believe Gandalf best said it in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring when he said, “All we have to do is decide what to do with the time that is given to us.” In other words, life just is that simple. It’s as straightforward as living and then dying. And that’s nothing to be afraid of. In fact, it’s quite the contrary. It’s a motivator to look at finals week and tell yourself that this is only one week of your whole life. In about a week, finals will be over and we can all go back to our regular lives again. And better yet, we won’t have to experience another finals week again until December. So don’t stress because it gets you nowhere. Instead, look at all of the hard work you’ve done this semester, (provided you have done hard work) and know there’s no way you’re going to let the weight of one test dictate your emotions. Yes, these tests are big deals. But there are so many larger fish to fry in the world. Just be going to college, you’re doing great for yourself. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, “In October 2012, 66.2 percent of 2012 high school graduates were enrolled in colleges or universities.” Imagine if you were part of the 33.8 percent of kids who weren’t in college currently, and think of it like this: you’ve already come so far to let something so miniscule scare you into submission. You’ve been trained since first grade to be a test-taker. Now just because I’m advising you not to stress doesn’t mean you should not be practical. By all means, if you’re unfamiliar with the material that’s to be on a final for a given class, don’t just sit back and lazily relax. Drink the coffee, stay awake, and study. My point is, you should have fun while doing so, because not only is this experience good for your future, but also because you’re one of the few individuals in history to have the luxury of attending a university in order to attain a higher education and therefore, be a successful person. Also, as I said you’re one of the few individuals faced with this luxury, be ever-aware you have the privilege of being surrounded by plenty of other undergraduates who are dealing with the exact same thing you are. Of course you’re special. Just not in this instance. So take finals for what they’re worth. Seize each day of next week and don’t allow yourself to be beaten by an inanimate object because you’re better than that. You’re a part of the 66.8 percent of your entire graduating class who decided to higher your education. You can look at it positively or negatively, but either way you take it, finals are upon us.

What is your number one guilty pleasure?

I guess mine would probably be procrastinating, so I end up having to stay up really late, then I’ll just go home and crash, when it should be the opposite way: going to bed early and being able to stay up throughout the day studying. Amanda Oliverez

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My guilty pleasure is skipping class.” Kyle Chini

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The CWI Culinary Arts program was once a Boise State program. A few years back the local community voted to have a community college and that’s the basis of what formed CWI. Selland College of Applied Technology was given to CWI and all it’s 2-year degree or technical programs became CWI programs. Most programs have moved off campus, except the CWI Culinary Arts program remains on campus and many have wondered why. The answer is quite simple. “CWI has not found a new home for us yet,” Steely said. The CWI Culinary Arts program strives to make their students into chefs who can use their skills and expertise in a high-end restaurant. Each student has a chance to work from guest relations to working the food line. “It is important for them to understand how to communicate between the front and back of the house,” Chef Steely said.

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‘A Place at the Table’ comes to Boise are encouraged to come see what the hype is truly about. Gardner has been working non-stop since the organization was founded in 2006. She is passionate about the state becoming aware and educated on the subjects of hunger, nutrition and food security. Gardner is additionally addressing issues beyond food as she’s tackling policy projects like the low living wage in Idaho and the misconceptions of the food stamp program. Because she sees the importance of action behind this awareness and education, Gardner has organized many activities following the showing. There will be a short Qand-A session with a panel of

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three hand-picked professionals from the valley to further answer questions from the audience. In the lobby of The Egyptian, there will be 10 tables each representing a unique matter related to the issue. Jennifer Aumeier, Nutrition Director for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Ada County, will head one table informing about ways to get involved. Aumeier is a Boise State graduate who began as an intern and has since worked for the Boys and Girls Clubs for almost for five years. There are two Boys and Girls Clubs in the valley and between them over 300 nutritional dinners and snacks are

served every night. Even more impressive, the summer food program last year feed 54,000 kids in 54 days. “We are always accepting volunteers to sit and eat with our students or to help the kitchen with preparation,” Aumeier said. Aumeier noted this documentary helps get the conversation started. “The issue is more economic than food,” Aumeier said. Janie Burns will be at another table informing about the Tomato Independence Project. Here, seeds will be sold and those interested can learn about the importance of local food.

When it comes to the advanced students who are nearing their completion at the culinary arts, the instructors want them to have what they need to be a chef in the real world. “For students to think of how clean the flavors need to

be on the plate and how elevated the plate presentation needs to be,” Steely said. “To give students as close to an experience as they would get if they were working at a place like Berryhill or the Reef, some place downtown with a fine dining experience.”

“We’re calling it, the ‘tyranny of the tasteless tomato’,” Gardner said. Gardner is mindful that the event’s proceeds should go back toward the cause. The IHRTF and the other sponsors are putting the money towards the Fresh Fund, an effort that matches food stamp dollars to be spent in local natural markets. Malnutrition begins with high calorie low cost foods. This is known as the obesity and food security connection which is trying to be reversed. “Many [citizens] don’t understand how someone who’s overweight could be hungry,” Gardner said. Heather Luff is a former teacher who is now involved with the Task Force. She’s a VISTA (member of the Volunteers in Service to America) to

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Morgan Ackley

Danielle Allsop

After finally coming to terms with the fact that college tuition is expensive, the last thing anyone wants to hear is it will take a shift upward. But before tossing in the towel, think for a minute about what that money buys. For Boise State, money will buy more full-time faculty, which means more classes for students. The bottleneck students are currently facing toward getting into upper-division classes will be reduced. The current issue is there simply is not enough staff to teach these courses due to lack of funds, so the tuition hike will address this issue. In response to the 6.9 percent tuition hike Boise State will expect to see in the upcoming year, Jace Whitaker, ASBSU secretary of external relations, said raising fees and tuition would be beneficial to all students But what about graduating seniors who will not be needing upperdivision courses? According to Whitaker, not only will the tuition increase allow students to fulfill upper-division course requirements, but the degrees attained at Boise State will be more valuable. Being higher-funded will give Boise State a higher overall prestige in school standing, which increases the worth of its diplomas. Though Boise State is not an Ivy League school such as Harvard or Princeton, the principle is still the same. When someone mentions he or she received their degree from one of those big league schools, responders are usually quite impressed. The same will go for Boise state as long as the school keeps expanding. The more status, i.e. funding, the school receives, the more valuable degrees attained from Boise State will be. The university is growing. It is not the same little junior college it was in the 70’s. It is a university now and it deserves to be better funded and highly acknowledged. A degree attained from Boise State should be impressive. According to a recent article in The Arbiter by Amy Merrill, “With the tuition increase students will pay an additional $202 dollars per semester, or $405 a year.” In all honesty, that is not much. Sure, it’s frustrating to have to pay a little bit more, but the benefits in this case far outweigh the cost. Some students wind up paying more in the long run when they try to get into some upper division course, but can not due to lack of classes, due to lack of professors. That puts students behind. They then must wait another semester to try getting into that same class. This could be holding students back from graduating on time. The tuition increase will help fix this problem. “Even though the change could mean additional costs for some students, the return on that investment, on faculty, availability of key-upper-division courses and more, are worth it to students,” said ASBSU President Ryan Gregg at the State Board of Education meeting Wednesday, April 17. Graduating on time is worth an addition $202 a semester. Nothing beats that. And it is one thing to get a degree, but another when it is worth something. So the bonus of a higher funded university will make that degree worth a bit more than it is right now. Students can not expect the money to come out of thin air; funding their education a bit more will ultimately help them get the classes they need. So, before grumbling about an additional $202 a semester, think about how this will ultimately provide great benefits.

The recent announcement students will be paying a higher tuition cost starting this fall has left many students feeling frustrated. Danielle Harvey, a sophomore English writing major, is one of those students. “Of course it’s bad. I never see the results of the tuition increase,” she said. Though we are the lowest cost university in the state, an increase in tuition is likely to scare away students who were already weary of the cost versus the cost of a two-year college, like the College of Western Idaho. Here is how it breaks down: College of Western Idaho - $136 per credit in state 12 credits (full time) x $136 = $1,632 per semester x 4 semesters = $6258 for two years -Vs.Boise State University – Full time student (12-19 credits) Full Time ($2,203.95) per semester x 4 semesters = $8815.80 Why would students want to attend a university that is 29 percent higher to attend than a college that can offer the same courses for less money? Boise State will lose students if the state does not step in and offer more funding. Where is the state in all of this? According to the Student Tuition and Fee Hearings Proposal for the 2014 Fiscal Year, on the Vice President of Student Affairs (VPSA) webpage, “State funding is now less than half of the appropriated operating budget, with student tuition and fees funding the rest. In 2003 the State funded 70 percent of the operating budget, and student tuition and fees funded 30 percent. In 2013, the State funds 49 percent and student tuition and fees funds 51 percent.” In addition, the VPSA fiscal year proposal also states, “The Governor’s recommendation for state funding in FY 2014 is no funding for items such as inflation or repair and maintenance, items considered normal maintenance to sustain the current level of operations. These are costs that must be covered” Students, who are already paying thousands of dollars to receive an education, should not be asked to pay possibly thousands more if the state doesn’t get their act together to pay for additional costs like repairs and maintenance. David Walter, a junior elementary education major, said, “Between books and how much tuition costs, it makes it hard to even have a life… having money to do non-school things. The tuition increase will affect that in a negative way.” Where is the rest of the money going? According to the State of Idaho Legislature webpage, colleges and universities receive only 8.5 percent of the budget, yet continue to pester their residents with campaigns such as “Go On, Idaho” which reiterates to students “high school is not enough.” While this has proven to be very true in our current economic situation, our own state can’t even see that. How can we expect high school students to believe college is important if their own state doesn’t? Other money spent include General Government (3.7 percent), Health and Human Services (23.7 percent), Public Safety (9.8 percent), Natural Resources (1.2 percent), Economic Development (0.9 percent), and Public Education (47 percent). While these areas are important, higher education is becoming increasingly important because without a degree, obtaining a well paying job is extremely difficult. The state of Idaho needs to increase funding for higher education in order to increase the graduation rate. According to the Idaho state board of education website, Boise State University had a graduation rate of just over thirty percent during the 2009-2010 school year, but the retention rate for that year was just under seventy percent. If the state increased the amount of money given to the university, the graduation and retention rates could sore, pushing Idaho graduates into a bigger realm of job opportunities.

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I know it’s probably for the best. I wish it didn’t have to happen, but I guess it has to. Well it’s going to cost more, obviously, and it’s going to be a little bit harder to save up that much more. But I will have to do it to further my education. Jenee Parker

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When I first heard about it I was like ‘holy crap’ but you know I will just have to go out and get more scholarships now. But I honestly think that’s just what everything in life is. And no way in heck are any of the prices going to go down. I am kind of just taking it as that’s how life is. But it’s going to suck.

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“Breaking Expectations” is staff writer Danielle Allsop’s first hand experience with living with mental illness. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for taking the time to read this article and not judging those of us who suffer with a mental illness. Writing this weekly column has been extremely therapeutic for me and I hope it has helped those of you who used my advice. I would recommend using writing as a tool to help you cope with whatever ailment you may be dealing with because it releases so much build up frustration that when it’s all out, you feel refreshed and relaxed (well, most of the time). I would like to encourage you to send me your opinions and ideas for next year’s column. What types of topics would you like me to cover? I would love to give more examples of how to better deal with each ailment so we can reach a broader spectrum of readers. I would also like to reiterate what I stated in my first column: just because we don’t have an IV sticking out of our arms or just because we don’t cough and sneeze like we have the flu doesn’t mean we aren’t suffering. Martin H. Fischer said it best when he said, “If you are physically sick, you can elicit the interest of a battery of physicians; but if you are mentally sick, you are lucky if the janitor comes around.” It is ok to feel uncomfortable around someone with a mental illness, but don’t treat them as if they are lower than you. Talk to them, I promise they wont bite. You’ll see that they are normal people who happen to have an illness that is invisible to the naked eye. My goal is to help erase the stigma that mental illnesses bring on individuals who suffer from them. “When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” - Wayne Dyer

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Well to be completely honest it doesn’t bother me because I am prior military so it’s getting paid for. But I can just imagine that if I wasn’t paying for it, it would bother me. I don’t have any idea why they are doing it.

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Despite the recent resurgence of the football program at the university. Boise is often still described as lacking any real sense of a sports scene. A quick look around the city though and it becomes apparent that Boise offers a vast selection of sports bars that depending on one’s level of fandom break down into three categories. The Family-Man

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The Family-Man: As long as sports fans have been organizing themselves into families, so too have they been trying to get time away from them. The problem is sometimes they can’t get away long enough to catch their favorite team play. That is where Wiseguy Pizza Pie comes in. With three television sets, this restaurant is always playing the game of the night. With their clean atmosphere it is the perfect place to sit and have a beer while the young ones watch the game alongside you and eat enough pizza to make the spouse think twice before leaving the kids behind on game night again. Luc Jenkins, a pizza cook, described the atmosphere of Wiseguy. “Very fun, open minded and grounded in sports,” Jenkins said. Other family-man bars include, Old Chicago, Hyde Park Pub, Buffalo Wild Wings and Parrilla Grill.

10th Street Station is just the place for the casual sports fan. With enough random sports memorabilia lining the walls to make them feel at home no matter who they root for, this quiet bar offers two television sets on opposite sides of the bar with plenty of room left in the middle to just talk and enjoy company. Jack Ramsey, a Boise native and patron of the bar, took time to describe the bar between whiskey sours. “10th Street Station use to have a reputation as the smokiest bar in Boise,” Ramsey said. “Since the ban though, 10th Street is just a really chill place, they always have a game on and Dan the manager will take requests. He once even put the debate on for me.” Other casual sports bars include Mulligans, The End Zone, Broadway Bar and Player’s Pub and Grill. While sports are always of interest, sometimes having a place to drink with the guys is just as important. These fans need a full bar, a game

in the background and a laid back enough atmosphere that they won’t get in trouble for getting a little loud with their friends.

Every sports fan has that one team who they don’t joke around about. Whether it’s the opening game of the season or the championship match, they need a place where everyone else will be taking the event just as seriously. Hidden away on Federal Way and tucked behind a Petco, Stubs Sports Pub is the main stop for a diehard sports fan. Equipped with 15 televisions and more than 800 channels this bar is ready to take that long march to the championship alongside it’s patrons. The only thing it asks for in return as they stuff their faces full of free popcorn is that they leave the wishwashyness at the other sports bars. This is the place for vigor and spirit. Lindsey Paynter, a Junior at Boise State, described her first time at the pub. “I had never been here before but the waitress was so helpful that she even wrote down the Bar’s number on the back of my receipt so that I can call ahead and have them turn my game on for me the next time I come,” Paynter said. Other sports bars fit for diehards include Tap House and Suds.

So while it may be true that until Boise can offer a professional sports team that isn’t just a feeder team for some other city there will be those critics who claim that Boise lacks a sports scene. Students know though that as long as these bars keep the cold beer pouring and the action on the screen then they will always have a scene tailored to their tastes.

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May 9, 2013

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Steen Says A summer of sports in ‘13 Michael Steen Staff Writer

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Former Boise State wide receiver Titus Young has been at the center of attention in the media for all the wrong reasons lately.

The demise of Titus Young Troubled ex-Bronco receiver spiraling out of control John Engel Staff Writer

Titus Young had a rough weekend and won’t be landing on another NFL roster anytime soon. The former Boise State standout wide receiver was arrested twice in 15 hours by the Moreno Valley Police Department near his hometown of Los Angeles on May 5. According to reports, Young was arrested for driving under the influence early Sunday morning, and after being released, was arrested again later that day for attempting to take back his black Mustang from an

impound lot later that afternoon. He was charged with burglary. Young was initially released by the Detroit Lions, who drafted him in the second round of the 2011 NFL Draft at No. 44, for what the franchise determined as irreconcilable differences. Young lashed out at the coaching staff via Twitter and was promptly released on Feb. 4. “Oh I’m not done, if y’all going to cut me let me go. I’m tired of the threats,” Young tweeted about the Lions. This all stemmed from the Lions coaching staff

sending Young home three times, once for punching teammate Louis Delmas and twice for disrupting practice. He was then accused of purposefully lining up incorrectly against the Green Bay Packers. Young denied the claims. Young had emerged as a formidable slot receiver and deep threat for the Lions after being drafted, and was a nice compliment to Calvin Johnson for quarterback Matthew Stafford. However, it seems that only Petersen was able to teach Young what it meant to be a responsible team player. He was promptly signed

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by the St. Louis Rams on Feb. 5 but was released after ten days for unknown reasons. Young’s future appeared bleak and he sat as a free agent for the last three months. It’s hard to believe Young could change so much after leaving Boise State Head Coach Chris Petersen’s control three years ago. Since embracing a lifestyle of arrogance and frivolous spending, however, Young has shown signs of significant mental and emotional issues. In an example of his unexplainable tendencies, Young apologized to Lions fans

for his behavior via Twitter shortly after being released, but then deleted the tweet. “I apologize to the Detroit fans, Thank you, for the 2 years of Love and joy,” Young tweeted. In his brief two year NFL career, Young has amassed 81 receptions for 990 yards and 10 touchdowns. The upside and promise was surely on Young’s side. Young’s outbursts will most likely lead to his proverbial expulsion from the NFL, ending his short career. Luckily for Young, Coach Pete won’t be making him run laps tomorrow morning.

Fall means football, winter has basketball and hockey, and spring has baseball as it bleeds into the summer. But there are a lot of events outside the realm of the four major sports that many people probably wouldn’t normally watch. So I have taken it upon myself to find those non-mainstream sports to keep an eye on over the summer. Golf Starting off with my favorite sport, golf, the PGA Tour has three more stops this year on the major championship swing with the U.S. Open on deck June 13-16 at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Penn. July will bring the Open Championship from July 18-21 at Muirfield Golf Links in East Lothian, Scotland; and the final major will be played at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y., Aug. 8-11. The lingering question remains: will Tiger Woods finally break through and pick up his first major victory since the 2008 U.S. Open? Back to number one in the world and playing the best golf he has in five years, Woods has an excellent chance to break out of the slump this summer. Soccer For the U.S. Men’s National Team, the summer of 2013 will bring several critical, final stage world cup qualifiers as they make the final push to solidify their spot in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Sitting at third in the group stage, three critical matches in June could make or break the USA’s chances. A June 7 match with Jamaica is next on the schedule for the squad, as they will follow that up four days later on June 11 in Seattle, Wash. vs. Panama. One week later on June 18 in Sandy, Utah, the USMNT will conclude their summer matches as they take on Honduras, looking to avenge their 2-1 loss back in February. Tennis Three more grand slam events remain at the highest level of tennis, two of which are held during the summer, with the first one coming at Roland Garros in Paris, France May 26-June 9. Following the French Open is the most prestigious tournament in all of tennis, Wimbledon, which takes place June 24-July 7. World number one Novak Djokovic, who graced Boise in April for the Davis Cup matches, claimed the first grand slam event of the year in the Australian Open in January.

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