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NEWS Alx Stickel News Editor
Plans for the new degrees and courses in the newly-created College of Innovation and Design will soon be presented to the Idaho State Board of Education for approval. Provost Martin Schimpf will discuss the vision for
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the College of Innovation and Design with the State Board at their Oct. 16 meeting. Schimpf will present potential degrees, certificates and research plans. “I think students need, more than ever, a deep understanding in more than one area,” Schimpf said. The idea for the Col-
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I think students need, more than ever, a deep understanding in more than one area. —Martin Schimpf
lege of Innovation and Design came partly from program prioritization. With students needing to be more multifaceted for today’s workforce, more programs encompassing multiple disciplines need to be offered, according to Schimpf and Boise State President Bob Kustra. According to Schimpf, many instructors are already teaching transdisciplinary courses and projects; having this new college will help provide space to facilitate more collaboration with other faculty and students. Schimpf said these trans-
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disciplinary degrees are intended to help break down barriers students face in getting their first job by showing they have more depth and breadth of understanding in multiple disciplines. Schimpf and Kustra hope in addition to the already-existing transdisciplinary efforts, the College of Innovation and Design will foster new transdisciplinary degrees, courses and research projects for faculty and students. In his address at the beginning of the academic year, Kustra gave the example of engineering professor Darryl Butt’s work on analyzing a fleck of paint to figure out the identity of the subject the artwork depicts. “One of the greatest limitations of the traditional college structure is that each discipline is organized in its own department, an academic framework sometimes difficult to overcome, for both students and faculty,” Kustra said. “But the College of Innovation and Design will be set up to help break and blur those barriers.” In his address, Kustra announced Andrew Finstuen, former dean of the Honor’s College, as the interim dean of the College of Innovation and Design. Schimpf said not many new faculty will need to be hired to support the new college. Instructors, particularly ones who are already involved in transdisciplinary courses, will submit ideas and plans to instruct within the college. Twenty-four curriculum
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College of Innovation & Design The College of Innovation and Desig� is a universit�-wide hub focused on t�ansfor�ing teaching, lear�ing and research at Boise State Universit�. Leveraging the speed, collaboration and risk-taking of a star�-up, the college inspires and suppor�s facult�, st�dents and communit� members from diverse disciplines to create new pathways of lear�ing that anticipate the demands and oppor��nities of our ever-changing world workplace. These teams will generate pioneering deg�ees, badges and cer�ificates as well as desig� new and innovative approaches to research, communit� engagement effor�s and other initiatives that t�anscend conventional universit� boundaries, st��ct�res or disciplines.
proposals have been submitted for consideration. Two leadership positions will be filled to guide the college. After present-
ing to the SBOE, Schimpf hopes to start implementing the College of Innovation and Design as early as Fall 2015.
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COBRE grant funds research on fibrosis Sean Bunce
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Kristen Mitchell has been studying the aryl hydrocarbon receptor for the better part of 20 years, longer than half the students at Boise State have been alive.
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Until recently, however, she didn’t know what this protein is used for. The goal of her research over the past two years has been to establish a role for the AhR in liver fibrosis. “We used a well-known AhR agonist to show that, when the receptor is ac-
tivated, liver fibrosis is worse,” Mitchell said. “This provides evidence that perhaps this receptor is indeed involved in regulating fibrosis.” Mitchell attributes the work she’s done recently to the $10 million Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) grant awarded to Boise State this year, which will help with developments in matrix biology, or the extracellular structural support for cells. The grant will go toward faculty development and infrastructure improvements, as well as supporting research in heart disease, cancer and stroke, ligament injury and repair, and liver fibrosis. The goal of Mitchell’s research now will be to determine exactly how this receptor regulates fibrosis and then identify new molecules that can modulate receptor function and diminish fibrosis. “If we can make it worse, we can make it better,” she said.
Fibrosis of the liver is the excessive accumulation of scar tissue that results from ongoing inflammation and liver cell death; It occurs in most types of chronic liver diseases. There is currently no FDA-approved drug to treat fibrosis according to Mitchell. Now, she thinks she may be able to apply for a patent soon. “If you would have asked me two weeks ago, I would have laughed,” Mitchell said. The National Institute of Health, through its Institutional Development Award
(IDeA) program, provides most of the medical research funding around the country for states with traditionally low NIH funding, including Idaho. According to Julia Oxford, director of the Biomolecular Research Center, the grant allows for the development of project investigators like Mitchell, which is the key role of the COBRE program. These researchers receive $160,000 a year to fund their research projects, which includes the hiring of undergrad and graduate students, any supplies they
may need and additional resources. Two care facilities were also proposed in this grant, including renovations to the Biomolecular Research Center located on the second floor of the Math Building and a vivarium center, which is another name for animal care facility. “Many of our researchers rely on animal models of human diseases,” Oxford said. “If we can cure the mouse, then we’re a little bit closer to being able to address the problems in the human population.”
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NEWS Eryn-Shay Johnson Asst. News Editor
Boise State’s satellite campuses, Gowen Field, Mountain Home Air Force Base and the Meridian Center will stop offering classes by spring semester. Thanks to program prioritization, these three centers are taking severe cuts or being dissolved altogether. According to Peter Risse, associate dean of Extended Studies, the centers in Mountain Home and Gowen Field have seen significant drops in enrollment over the last several years. “A lot of it is the military audience is shifting about quite a lot with deployments and things like that, because of the wars. They have also here more recently in the last year really downsized the military force there,” Risse said. “So, our enrollments have dropped to an unsustainable level, for in-person classes.” Mountain Home will re-
tain one staff member to run the testing center, but other faculty and budget resources will be reallocated to College of Western Idaho and College of Southern Idaho, and possibly expanding Boise State’s online presence. Resources for the offcampus centers are being shifted to increase staffing and instruction demand for degree-completion programs at CWI and CSI, as well as fund programs that serve nontraditional students. According to Risse, the plan to phase out the Meridian Center has long been in the works; even when the campus was established in 2011, it was not meant to be something permanent. The Meridian Center will cycle out regular credit classes in this year. The center will remain open for some non-credit classes until the lease expires in two years. Meridian will move its classes to CWI. The Gowen Field
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Meridian center will stop offering courses. campus is too close to the main campus to justify keeping it open for much longer. “What happens is (Gow-
Thorough notetaking can boost success Jillana Finnegan
Academic Advising and Enhancement
Note-taking can be challenging, and it’s important to realize that there is not one correct way to take notes. Regardless of your technique, we suggest using a three-part process that incorporates the following principles.
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Part 1: Before Class
• Complete the required reading. It is important that you complete any assigned reading before class. Take notes as you read to help you notice main ideas. Be sure to also formulate questions as you read. Write them down in your notebook or the margin of your book. • Warm up. Show up to
class a few minutes early. Spend this time glancing over the reading and looking over your notes from the last class period.
Part 2: During Class
• Choose your spot. Be selective on where you sit in class. Avoid distractions like sitting right under an air conditioning vent. Also, sit in the T-zone—the first three
en Field) ends up taking students that otherwise would be wanting to take classes on the main campus, so we’re going to
move that effort back onto the main campus where students want it and need it,” Risse said. The military centers will
phase out slowly as in-person classes come to a close. They will remain a point of contact for online classes.
rows and middle three columns of seats—to increase the likelihood of making eye contact with your professor, which has been shown to aid in learning. • Find the cues. Listen for key terms from the reading. Also, actively listen and try to pick up on the professor’s cues like: • Repetition of information • Stressing key facts by saying something like, “And
now remember…” or “I can’t stress enough…” • Voice inflection at the end of a sentence • Having more active body language • Focus on major themes. Know what to write! Don’t write everything down, and don’t write nothing down— you want to only write the major themes, main ideas, and necessary supportive information. This takes practice!
Part 3: After Class
• Rework your notes. Rewrite or type up your notes. You are both reviewing and making better study guides come test time. • Fill in the gaps. Look over your notes and fill in gaps by referencing your book or asking questions. • Summarize. Summarize the information in your own words. This helps you engage and retain the information better.
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A focus on student success Sean Bunce
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As part of program prioritization, 242 administrative and support programs were evaluated; 222 require actions which will better align them with the overall goal of Boise State. The programs were assessed based on four criteria including relevance, overall quality of the program, productivity (the number of students who graduate), and efficient use of resources. Better alignment was ac-
complished by improving existing programs and activities and restructuring them to become more efficient. To better facilitate student classroom success, student success dashboards were created. “The idea is that when appropriate, you reach out to the students at risk (of struggling academically),” said Max Davis-Johnson, associate vice president for Information Technology at Boise State. “We’re still working out intervention strategies.” According to Davis-John-
son, the program has already been initiated for freshmen. The Student Success Dashboard feeds off of what he calls “indicators,” which can be anything from high school test scores to unmet financial aid. A student or faculty advisor will then be able to see if a student is going to struggle throughout the semester, based on prior analysis. Although this is only the beginning, Davis-Johnson believes this program will work based on his time spent using it at Arizona State, where retention rates
went up by 7 percent. In November a second set of dashboards will be available to advisors to include upperclassmen. It will assess information about students based on their overall GPA and use the degree tracker already in place. Based on this information, advisors will be able to make suggestions to students about what classes to take or if they should switch majors based on performance in other classes. “It’s a very valuable tool, if we use it properly,” DavisJohnson said.
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grams that haven’t been used and consolidating programs with similar interests. For example, the Department of Kinesiology and the School of Social Work will be incorporated into the College of Health Sciences. “We looked at all the emphases, the minors, the options and we looked at those and said simply, ‘what is their productivity, how many students are earning (degrees) this year,’” said Provost Martin Schimpf. “If they didn’t meet the threshold, they had to come up with a plan and tell us why.” According to Schimpf, students currently enrolled in these programs shouldn’t worry. Majors and minors will be taught until students graduate or leave Boise State; these programs will just no longer accept new students. All evaluated programs will be revisited in 2017 to see if growth and productivity increased.
Change
Every department at Boise State spent the last year analyzing their programs, majors, minors and anything else which could affect students’ education and graduation rates as part of program prioritization. For University Advancement, program prioritization has been a process of downsizing, restructuring and examining resources. “What (program prioritization) signifies is that we are in this constant state of continual improvement,” said Laura Simic, vice president for University Advancement. “It is all about providing a better education for our students. It is about how we do what we do better for our students. Knowing that we can never be stagnant, we have to constantly be improving and constantly be willing to change, to evolve to get
better.” To do this, department heads and vice presidents were asked to look over the aspects of their departments and decide what to keep and what to get rid of or consolidate. Of the 159 minors, alternative degrees, options and emphases evaluated, 43 are making substantial changes to increase graduation rates and 16 will be consolidated or eliminated. One hundred and thirty-five degree and graduate certificate programs were also evaluated. Twenty-nine are making changes and 22 were marked for low graduate numbers, which means changes will need to be made to increase the number of graduates. Program prioritization paid a special interest to improving the university by focusing on being aligned with student need and workforce economy after graduation. There was an emphasis placed on eliminating pro-
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Early Treefort pass sales let students plan ahead Justin Kirkham Culture Editor
It might seem a bit early for students to set aside plans for spring break, especially in beginning of the fall semester. But, for those with their sights set on Treefort’s upcoming festivities, five days in March have been reserved solely for concerts, performances and short films. Spring break is often expensive, but with Treefort’s discounted ticket prices for early buyers, that price is minimized for those eager to jump into the music festival’s March events. The fourth annual Treefort Music Fest will be held March 25-29 of this next year in downtown Boise. The festival brings hosts of local and traveling talent in the form of music, film, writing and other creative outlets. Early bird tickets to the festival, with the highest discount possible, went on sale on Saturday, but quickly sold out. But, Treefort does offer other levels of discounted passes for those that missed out on the initial early bird sale. Prospective attendees can’t get these extremely discounted tickets anymore, but have
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the option to purchase other early decision tickets for a significant discount. Normalpriced general admission tickets will go on sale when the festival’s first guests are announced. Treefort staff member Kimberly Cornelison has worked in varied facets involved with the music festival, including as a volunteer, a member of the press and alongside a musician. “Getting your passes early is always such a good idea,” Cornelison said. “Each new announcement is like experiencing another Christmas, and who doesn’t love more than one Christmas?” Cornelison explained that having a ticket already in stow as each new announcement is made lets attendees better prepare for each new showing and ultimately lets their excitement continually build. Sophomore string bass performance major Christie Echols is planning on attending the festival this year. She hasn’t been able to attend in the past due to money and planning constraints. “I think the early bird special is the best thing this festival could have done,” Echols said.
She is aiming to purchase one of the other available discounted passes. Echols enjoys Treefort’s general lineup because it includes so much local talent. She explained that many of the bands in Boise are highly talented and that the city’s residents should continue to support the Boise music scene “so that it continues to stay alive.” With the option of planning ahead and saving money instead of waiting until the festival is just around the corner and debating costs, Echols felt that more prospective attendees would be encouraged to buy passes and support the artists that they enjoy. Avid Treefort volunteer and attendee Haleigh Gregory works behind the scenes of the festival and is able to see just how much work and effort goes into its entirety. “The actual cost of a Treefort pass is reasonable,” she said Gregory considers the high costs being put into gathering artists and planning the festivities well worth the general ticket prices. “If someone can get cheaper tickets then that’s awesome,” Gregory said.
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Culture
Reading series features translated literature Many students in any of the 11 language programs offered at Boise State find themselves wondering how they can apply their passion for foreign language outside of the Department of World Languages and traveling abroad. Debuting this semester is Boise State’s first translation reading series entitled “Found in Translation: A Reading Series”. The series put on by the English Major Association allows students to hear translations from a plethora of different languages including French, Spanish, Basque and Catalan. Readings vary and include traditional works of poetry and literature.
The Inspiration
Clyde Moneyhun, English professor and Writing Center director, was inspired to organize the “Found in Translation” reading series by several events. “One inspiration is the other readings we have here at BSU—all the fantastic poetry and fiction readings. Another inspiration is the readings I’ve heard at a conference I attend every year, the American Literary Translators Association,” Moneyhun said. “Bilingual readings make up about half the conference, and they’re terrific. So I thought: Wouldn’t it be great to hear readings of great literature in translation, right from the people who did the
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translating, right here at BSU?” Starting on Sept. 23, the readings will be presented by several renowned members of the literary world, including translations of French poetry by Cynthia Hogue and Sylvain Gallais visiting from Arizona State University.
The Translation
Their translated piece is called “Fortino Sámano” (the overflowing of the poem), which is a dialogue between “young French poet Virginie Lalucq and the renowned philosopher of aesthetics, JeanLuc Nancy” according to Hogue. The dialogue revolves around the discussion of what poetry is, starting with Lalucq’s exposure to a photography exhibit by Agustín Victor Casasola during the Mexican Revolution. “It was a photograph of a man who had been alive at the time of the photograph but who was about to be executed,” Hogue said. The image caused Lalucq to contemplate the true meaning behind the image, and what Casasola was trying to convey. “In fact, it seems to be conveying life at a moment that is really on the border of life and death, and yet an image is not alive–it just appears to be alive; it’s a representation,” Hogue said. Hogue also does translations of Swedish and Icelandic poetry. She started translating foreign works as an undergraduate at
Oberlin College. It was there she was introduced to Ezra Pound’s theory of translations and did word for word translations of it with her fellow undergrads. “I have read and heard many poets from other countries, sometimes reading them in the original language so I could appreciate what kind of poet they were in their own language, and sometimes … reading them in translation,” Hogue said. “I believe that reading and hearing translated works enriches our own poetic language and enlarges our vista … The translation work took me out of my ‘given,’ my automatic, and sent me in unpredictable directions. All artists need to be able to do this now and then, one way or another.”
The Future
After the “Found in Translations” reading series in Spring 2015, Moneyhun is planning to teach a course focusing on learning undergraduates how to translate prose. “It’s just such a great experience that I thought undergrads deserved something similar. So
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we created English 307, which I hope to teach next year, possibly in the fall,” Moneyhun said. “It’ll be a creative writing workshop similar to the poetry and fiction workshops we already have, but will focus on work that students translate.” According to Moneyhun, there are an innumerable number of reasons why students should show interest in doing their own translations. He explained that translation is a great way to learn a language without having to monotonously pour over verb charts or use flash cards. Translations give students an easily accessible window into another culture through that culture’s works of prose. “When you translate, you figure out things about the language as you need them. You teach yourself what you need to know, and you never forget it, because it’s in the context of a piece of creative art that you create yourself,” Moneyhun said. “That’s the best part: The end product, a beautiful thing, which you can be proud of having done.”
When you translate, you figure out things about the language as you need them. You teach yourself what you need to know, and you never forget it. —Clyde Moneyhun
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Sports & Rec
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The conductor of the Boise State offense is back in a big way. Junior running back Jay Ajayi exploded for 150 yards on 27 carries and three touchdowns, his ninth 100- yard rushing game which is the 10th most in school history. This was also his fourth career game and second this season in which he ran for at least three touchdowns. “It’s the Jay train,” Ajayi said. “Just have to get it
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cranking and I am the conductor.” Ajayi was instrumental in Boise State’s 34-9 win over Louisiana-Lafayette on Homecoming night as the Broncos improved to 3-1 on the season. “I knew he was going to come out and run the ball well and he did,” senior quarterback Grant Hedrick said. “It really gets us going and we like to get him in a rhythm.” Ajayi got off to a fast start as he scored the games first three touchdowns. “Getting the Jay train rolling is important,” head coach Bryan Harsin said.
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Last week I felt I didn’t do as much as I could have. This week was just being in the mind-set that I was going to have a great game and I was able to do that. —Jay Ajayi
After a down week last week against UConn, Ajayi was looking to rebound this week. “Last week I felt I didn’t do as much as I could have,” Ajayi said. “This week was just being in the mind-set that I was going to have a great game and I was able to do that.” It has been no secret this season that the Bronco offense literally runs through Ajayi. “He continues to be a workhorse for us,” Harsin said. “He gets our offense started.” Ajayi as carried the ball 98 times already this season; which is the second most times in the nation behind James Conner of Pittsburgh. “We believe in the run and it’s very important to get it going,” Harsin said. “You win games by running the ball.”
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Ajayi has Broncos Chugging Along. For the season Ajayi has amassed 494 rushing yards which is the 11th most in the nation with five touchdowns to go along with that. What makes Ajayi even more dangerous to opposing teams is his ability to catch the ball out
of the backfield. Ajayi has 23 receptions for 204 yards on the season so far. Despite the self proclaimed nickname and the statistics Ajayi’s number one focus is the team. “Every week I go out and I want to make sure I’m do-
ing what I can to help our team win,” Ajayi said. Ajayi already has 142 more rushing yards through the first four games then he did last season and could be in for not only his best season but perhaps the best season for a running back in school history.
Hannah Newhouse races into history for Boise State Addie Glick Staff Writer
Boise State’s Hannah Newhouse, a freshman from Twin Falls, Idaho, will race her way into Boise State this semester as its first collegiate racecar driver. The university offered Newhouse a scholarship and, in return, she will sport the “B” logo on her Chevy Impala SS and uniform as she races throughout the western United States. One of Newhouse’s big-
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gest events this season will be the NASCAR K&N West Race in Phoenix where she’ll have the opportunity to race alongside big names in NASCAR. “This is a make or break opportunity for me in racing,” Newhouse said. “I want to go out and represent not only myself as a racecar driver, but also my sponsors and Boise State as well.” Growing up in Twin Falls, Newhouse and her family have always been supporters of Boise State.
“Boise State is something I’ve grown up with,” Newhouse said. “So I’m getting to take it with me when I travel to all these different places and represent something that is not only backing me but is something close to home as well.” Newhouse first got involved in racing when she was just five years old. Because her father was into racing motocross, go-carts and cars, it was easy for her to fall in love with the world of racing at a very young age. Newhouse claims that her
father is one of her biggest role models. “He’s been behind me every step of the way,” Newhouse said. This year Newhouse will be studying marketing and communication. She believes that the racing world depends heavily on marketing, and if for some reason she couldn’t race, she’d still want to market someone who is. Newhouse’s advice to aspiring drivers is to not give up after a rough night—the sport is filled with them.
“There’s a lot more bad nights than there are good nights in the world of racing,” Newhouse said. “[But] it will all make up for it in the long run. You just have to keep going.” With this partnership between Newhouse and Boise State she’ll be able to expose the university to the world of racing all while getting a college education. Newhouse can be seen in the televised NASCAR K&N West Race at Phoenix International Raceway Nov. 6-8.
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The Defense had another stand out performance.
Bronco defense shines against Ragin’ Cajuns Brandon Walton
Asst. Sports & Rec Editor
Defense wins championships. With the way the Broncos defense has been playing a Mountain West championship could soon become a reality. Boise State once again played lights out defense in their 34-9 victory over Louisiana-Lafayette Saturday night at Homecoming. The Broncos only allowed 241 yards of total offense to the Ragin’ Cajuns. “Those guys fight every single play,” head coach Bryan Harsin said. “I have been impressed with the way those guys have played.” The Broncos gave up their fewest amount of points on the season in the victory. “It feels we are getting better,” junior cornerback Donte Deayon said. “Each week we tell ourselves that
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we want to be better than we were last week.” Boise State was able to do this by once again shutting down the run. The Broncos held the Ragin’ Cajuns to just 67 yards. “We are playing so much faster and physical,” senior linebacker Blake Renaud said. “Everyone is just doing their job.” The Broncos have not given up 100 yards on the ground yet this season. This is their longest streak since 2006. “We take pride in it,” Renaud said. “We really want to show that we can stop the running game.” It wasn’t just the run defense that stepped up for the Broncos as the secondary once again had another big game. They held LouisianaLafayette to just 174 yards through the air and the Ragin’ Cajuns were only able
to complete 53 percent of their passes. “We just wanted to limit the explosive plays, play tight coverage and make them earn everything they got,” Deayon said. Perhaps the biggest defensive play of the game was the late game interception by Deayon giving him one the past two games. “It was impressive and it was another big play,” Harsin said. “That’s two weeks in a row that we have big plays from Donte.” This defense has been one of the best in recent memory and perhaps the best is yet to come for the Broncos. “I feel we are starting to get a rhythm and it’s only going to get better from here on out,” Renaud said. The Broncos will look to continue their defensive streak when visit Air Force next week.
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Camera-Lights-Props You just bring
your fabulous self
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