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Associated Students of Boise State University recently passed a resolution that challenges Idaho State Legislature to give more appropriate funding to Boise State students. Currently Boise State has the largest number of students for a public university in Idaho, yet it does not receive the largest allotment of state funds. The proposed resolution, Equal Funding for Broncos, states that Boise State is responsible for the most bachelor degrees awarded by state at over 40 percent, along with the largest graduate enrollment in Idaho. The resolution also discusses how, historically, Boise State has received less funding on a per-student basis. Equal Funding for Broncos aims to increase the amount of state funding
that the university receives. This is the third time that equal funding legislation has been introduced to the Idaho legislature. “At the end of the day I don’t think there is anything they can say that justifies them underfunding us in contrast with the other public schools in the state of Idaho,” said Angel Hernandez, ASBSU secretary of external affairs. “For some years they have been saying that (University of Idaho) issued out more, or had more, graduate programs than Boise State. It has been brought to our attention that is no longer the case.” Hernandez and ASBSU president Bryan Vlok discussed how the lack of state funding is one of the biggest ongoing battles that has yet to be resolved at Boise State. For Vlok and Hernandez, there are several points in the resolution
as to why state legislators should increase the funding for Boise State, the first being the university’s commitment to a high-quality education demonstrated through its research and community involvement. “With the rising cost of tuition and the fact that the Idaho legislature has been notorious for cutting back higher education, students are getting priced out of a college degree, and that’s what matters,” Hernandez said. According to Hernandez, the easiest and most common ways to do that is through cutting services and raising tuition. This, of course, affects students in what resources are available to them and how much they pay to attend Boise State. For ASBSU, their main concern is filling in the gaps brought about by insufficient and inappropriate funding by the state. Another concern that
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ASBSU gets involved with legislation. ASBSU faces is what the rise in tuition costs might do to the university’s ability to stay competitive and attractive to students. “It’s important for Boise State to stay competitive and for us to do so we
Obama critiques college amenities Anita Kumar
McClatchy Washington Bureau Tribune News Service
President Barack Obama criticized university administrators Friday, saying they’d driven up the cost of college with high-priced extras such as gourmet food and lush fitness centers. He also teed off on state legislators who’ve cut funding for
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state schools, saying they were driving up costs past any link to value and leaving graduating students loaded with debt. “Now, the school administrators, they have a responsibility to be more efficient. And students and parents, we have a responsibility to be smart consumers,” he said during a trip to Indiana to tout his proposals to help the middle class. He recalled that when he’d
started at Occidental College in the Los Angeles area, he exercised in a basic gym and ate in a cafeteria where students called the entree “roast beast” because they didn’t know what kind of meat it was. Today, he lamented, he’s learned firsthand about the powerful lure of perks at some campuses, as his own daughters near college age: “Malia is now at the age where she’s starting to look
at colleges. And I said, you know, these days I hear everybody’s looking for fancy gyms and gourmet food.” He made the remarks about four-year universities at Ivy Tech Community College in Indianapolis, pitching his proposals to help the middle class, including a $60 billion plan to aid community college students. “This is part of what we need to do to be more creative
need those funds from the state as well, because if we aren’t receiving that funding we aren’t staying competitive with our competitors within Idaho and our surrounding areas,” Vlok said.
For students looking to get involved and push this resolution, Hernandez advises them to write a letter to the editor or calling their district legislators. “I think that goes a long way,” Hernandez said.
about how do young people get the skills they need without spending as much money or taking on as much debt,” he said. Republicans noted that Obama had staged the event at a college whose president has criticized the Affordable Care Act. “The head of Indiana’s extensive community college system told a congressional panel . . . that the federal government should ease the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that large employers offer health insurance to those
who work at least 30 hours a week,” said an Indianapolis Star article last year that the Republicans distributed Friday. “Ivy Tech President Tom Snyder said the law’s requirement, which begins next year, has caused Ivy Tech to limit the classes taught by each adjunct professor so they don’t qualify for health insurance,” the article said. “That, in turn, has required the hiring of additional adjuncts to fill the gaps, which can be particularly challenging in certain subject areas.”
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Service-Learning hopes to improve Copy Editor
Service-Learning aims to allow students the opportunity to engage the community, but this is easier said than done. While the program has numerous benefits, it also comes with drawbacks. Kara Brascia, ServiceLearning director, is continuously looking to improve the program. She thinks the most valuable way to improve service-learning is to receive student feedback about their experience and areas that can use improvement. “I had a professor tell me a long time ago, ‘Kara, the first couple of weeks when students find out it’s servicelearning, 90 percent of them are apprehensive. ‘How am I going to fit this in? What is this?’ At the end of the class, 90 percent of them say they were really glad they did it and it was the best part of the class,’” Brascia said. “That’s
what we hope will happen.” Instructors ultimately decide how to incorporate community projects. For Brascia, if integration of the projects is done well, students tend to have a positive experience. However, she’s seen some projects struggle more than others. Students who have to work, commute to campus or have families sometimes cannot complete required hours. Some students with these circumstances have had to skip class or work to complete their projects. “We heard at the end of the class from (a) student that it was an economic hardship for him because he needed to work, and because of his assignment, he had to miss his work,” Brascia said. Construction management professor Tony Songer coordinates a trip to Belize every year for students to learn a multitude of subjects, from learning about the health care status in Belize to
constructing architecture for local schools. Songer really enjoys seeing the transformation that many students undergo when exploring international cultures. “Any time that you’re creating a relationship and serving others, that tends to take you out of your normal, safe academic environment into a place outside of your comfort zone,” Songer said. “That connection, I think, makes a big difference.” According to Brascia, it’s easier to fund local projects because they are cheaper. This means international projects miss out on dedicated funding. For Songer’s project, students have to supply the finances to travel. This only allows students who can afford the trip to be able to go. “Every year, we’re concerned with having enough students to make the trip and being able to fund the projects that we do,” Songer said.
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Service learning continues despite drawbacks Service-Learning receives $200,000 from Boise State via appropriated funds. Most of these funds go to supporting the launch of a course, structure, developing and troubleshooting. Instructors can apply for grants to help with teaching and research within the course. The program has
$3,000 for grants and usually awards $500. Grants are used for starting up programs to buy supplies.
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The Department of Service-Learning facilitates approximately 2,500 students every semester to become involved within the Boise community in various ways, from engineering equipment for people with special needs to working with the Discovery Center to contribute to an exhibit. Presently, Service-Learning is powering through the drawbacks in order to give students the best opportunity to gain experience and engage with the community.
Carol Sevier, engineering lecturer, incorporated service-learning into her course angled toward women and minorities. By having projects that engaged these students in the community, they were more likely to stay in engineering. “Having the kind of learning that service-learning provides, not just sort of cerebral problem solving, but (involving) the heart and relationships is something that studies have shown that really engages women and
minorities,” Brascia said. Boise State graduate Molly Valceschini found that service-learning prepared her for the workforce. By building relationships with community members, the transition after graduation was much easier for her. “I think it’s unfortunate for students to come to college and just know their college,” Valceschini said. “You don’t have this shell of this campus, so it’s good to have experiences outside of that as well.”
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Credit cards are back, but in a more sensible way Kevin G. Hall
McClatchy Washington Bureau Tribune News Service
America’s torrid love affair with the credit card appears over. In its place is a less passionate, more stable relationship. Wild spending and mounting personal debt characterized the run-up to the 2008 financial crisis. The subsequent Great Recession was marked by frugality and a long slog back. Now Americans are comfortable enough to take on more debt, especially credit card debt. Just not too much. That was evident in Federal Reserve data released last week that showed the amount of credit extended to consumers grew at an annual rate of 9.7 percent in July. Revolving credit _ bank-issued credit cards and retail store cards _ grew at an annual rate of 7.4 percent. That was almost three times June’s annualized rate of 2.5 percent. The growth rate stands out when compared with last year, when the full-year rate of the growth of debt on bank cards and retail cards was 1.3 percent. Card debt was largely flat
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in the two previous years and it had fallen sharply in 2009 and 2010, when Americans frowned on debt. The website CardHub, a place for consumers to shop for cards and rates, projects a $41.9 billion net increase in credit card debt this year, 8 percent more than in 2013 and 14 percent above 2012. A CardHub study earlier this year raised concerns that consumers are paying off less debt than they did a year ago. Signs of a credit bubble as before the crisis? Theodore Iacobuzio, MasterCard’s vice president of global insights, a research unit, isn’t worried. “Yes, people are going back to using the credit card, but they’re not going back to how they used them before,” he said. Before the financial crisis, Americans had about seven general-purpose credit cards per household, he said, excluding debit and store cards. Today the average is about four, he said. Americans are using credit cards now as one of several financial tools, along with debit and prepaid cards. And they’re paying off much bigger chunks of what they borrow. “Cards are now being used
by consumers as a way to navigate economic waters . . . not as wish fulfillment,” Iacobuzio said, adding, “I can’t emphasize enough how much of a 180 this was.” Indeed, payment delinquency rates, which tend to be high when consumers have overextended themselves, are at record lows. From April through June, 2.25 percent of credit card accounts were delinquent. It suggests two overlapping realities: Many Americans have sharply paid down their credit card debt and are wary of taking on more, while others who defaulted on their payments can no longer get credit cards. The 2.25 percent delinquency rate is the lowest since the Federal Reserve began publishing the number in 1991, and roughly a third of the peak of 6.78 percent during the same period in 2009, when the financial crisis was in full bloom. Tempering the return to credit cards is growth in prepaid cards from companies such as Green Dot and WalMart, which have become a viable alternative to checking accounts and debit cards.
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One is not the loneliest number Emily Pehrson Editor-in-chief
The Arbiter recently published our “Love & Relationships” issue in honor of Valentine’s Day. However, among the many questions that arise when speaking about relationships we stumbled on one we didn’t expect. For a piece in our recent “Love & Relationships” issue, one of our journalists interviewed a student about what their ideal Valentine’s Day would be, how much it was acceptable to spend, what their habits were, etc.—seemingly harmless questions. However, after being interviewed, this student called the office and asked that their quotes be removed from the article because they were embarrassed about their current single status and didn’t want it advertised to the university. While the staff of The Arbiter was more than happy to comply with the
Jesse Baggenstos Material Science & Engineering Graduate
This letter to the editor was received in response to the Feb. 17 feature story “Gender lies outside social norms.” If the recent “Add the Words” debate has taught us anything, it is that gender identity and sexual
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student’s request, it did bring us to a relationship question we hadn’t considered before: Why is there such a stigma against being single? At this point in our society, it’s kind of ridiculous. Living alone encapsulates many of the values we tout in contemporary society: self-realization, independence and individualism. We live in a day and age where more people are living alone than ever before. According to the 2010 census, more than 40 percent of households contain at least one single adult. In premiere American cities such as Manhattan and Washington D.C. nearly half of all households are occupied by a single person. Yet we live in fear of being labeled old maids. The term “bachelor pad” summons visions of sad, drab, lifeless abodes. We have created imaginary dimensions like the “friendzone” and jokingly renamed a
holiday “Singles Awareness Day.” So why all the heartache? Helen Croydon, author of “Screw the Fairytale: A Modern Girl’s Guide to Sex and Love,” explains that what started as a bonding for protection and practical means has failed to keep up with contemporary society. “The language we use implies that (getting married) is the right thing to do. I think it’s really sad in a way, when there are so many ways of finding success … Young people don’t see through the conspiracy,” Croydon said in an July 2014 interview with The Guardian. While there’s nothing wrong with coupling up and finding love—if you’re into that—we should be equally accepting of those who remain forever single at heart. We should accept their choice to follow the words of Louisa May Alcott: “Liberty is a better husband than love to many of us.”
Confessions of a married Boise State student
Alx Stickel News Editor
As a married woman, sometimes I’m excited by the idea of living the single college student life. One of the pros of being single: you’re your own person. When you’re married, you and your partner are usually thought to be inseparable, and you often are. You adopt each others habits and start embodying similar personality traits. Often, when I go out by myself, I’m greeted with, “Where’s your husband?” My response: “Hi, I’m happy to see you too.” Valentine’s Day also perpetuates a social (or parental) pressure to find a significant other. My response: tell society and/or the parents to get over themselves. Honestly, committed life is not all it’s hyped up to be. There’s a lot of coordinating schedules, arguing over what to have for dinner
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It’s time to end the stigma attached to being single
and compromising on the night out. My point here is: committed relationships take a lot of work. Isn’t getting through college hard enough? I understand there is this romantic notion of not being single. Being in a relationship usually means someone is there to emotionally support you, or at the very least, take you out for Chinese food once in awhile.
Letter to the editor: Gender identity
orientation remain hotly contested issues, with numerous adherents on each side. At the heart of both issues is a fundamental disagreement about the nature of gender and attraction. In this light, Tuesday’s myopic feature regarding gender is blatantly irresponsible. The article can hardly be considered an opinion
piece, much less an investigative effort, as the author makes no attempt to discuss both sides of the issue, completely ignoring the traditional male/female understanding of gender. Instead, the author is content to parrot the opinions of the various quoted individuals, all of which are of the same mind, and
neglects to insert even a sentence of critique. In doing so, the author has erased the voices of Boise State students and alumni who argued in favor of traditional gender and sexual mores in the recent hearings just blocks away at the state capital. Has The Arbiter already forgotten? Fair-minded in-
dividuals have flocked to both sides of the issue, and gender is currently a fiercely debated topic at BSU; the four graphics that accompany this article fail to acknowledge this debate. Rather, they read like an informational flyer, the contents of which are as settled and final as the orbits of the planets.
My response: don’t your friends do that? If they don’t, I advise getting different friends. Around Valentine’s Day, complaints of “it sucks to be single” hover in the air. My response: Quit complaining. The phrase “You don’t know what you have till it’s gone” comes to mind. You won’t appreciate the freedoms of being single till you don’t have them anymore.
The Arbiter is certainly free to express its own editorial opinions, whatever they may be, but to present them as fact without critical analysis or even mention of possible dissent drags Boise State’s flagship paper in the direction of a political pamphlet rather than a journalistic establishment.
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opinion Letter to the editor: Free speech Eric Naylor
Spring 2014 graduate History
I want to echo my agreement with Leslie BostonHyde in her defense of free speech. However, there was one thing which she said which gave me pause. It was when she said, “Is it right to tell a woman that she is a baby murderer and display large, gruesome posters of aborted fetuses while she is walking to class or an exam?” As a member of the ProLife group which hosted this event, I feel the need to clarify that that was not our message. We were not accusing post-abortive women of murder. Our goal was to show that the pre-born are human, and that abortion kills them. We felt (and still feel) that if more people knew that then there would be fewer abortions. Unfortunately, she was not the only one who missed what we were trying to say. If she were, I would probably
just let it go. If people wanted to object to our methods, that would be fine. Looking back, I do not even know that I would disagree. But I would rather not have anyone say that we were accusing women of murder when that was not in any way our message. Now I did not disagree with Boston-Hyde’s overall point; on the contrary, I loved her closing sentence that “the minute we start to regulate offensive arguments is the minute we give up our right to free speech.” But there’s a point to what I’m saying here, beyond deflecting accusations of being judgmental. The point is that, before you analyze or respond to an opinion, it would be a good idea to make sure that you understand what is being said. In our example, I think a lot of people assumed that we were accusing postabortive women of murder because we showed pictures of aborted fetuses, and there have been more mean-spirit-
ed protesters in the past who have made those accusations while showing similar images. Another example was when Charles Darwin put forth his theory of natural selection, and people thought he was trying to undermine religious faith when, in reality, he was merely presenting a working model (natural selection) for a theory which already existed (evolution). Attacking, defending or even addressing the existence of God was not even on his mind, but there were many who took it that way nonetheless. The result: endless flame wars that have continued down to this day. I agree with most of what has been said by BostonHyde and others: free speech should be defended. I also believe that the right to respond to opinions you do not like should be protected. But before doing so, it is always a good idea to know exactly what message you are responding to.
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Do you think there is a stigma attached to being single? “Sometimes everyone, my grandma especially, thinks you can’t be happy unless you’re with somebody. But by yourself it’s so much easier. You don’t have to deal with someone else’s drama.”
Jennifer Norris Biology Senior
“If you’re a male and you’re 21, I don’t know if there is a stigma in our society. To your peers, you’re judged way less harshly than if you were female. Most guys are taught to wait around for a girl to come to them.”
Matt Shelar
Communication Senior
“Because I’m a Mormon, it’s especially hard. It’s really common for young adults to get married early. So the longer I go being single, the more uncomfortable I feel.”
Tiana Matson Communication Senior
“The stigma is that the longer you are single, the more it seems like something is wrong with you. People think there’s something that makes you unable to find someone.”
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Plan B: A contraceptive for when plans fall through August McKernan Asst. Culture Editor
“If I had seen it coming, I would have been on birth control. It wasn’t something I planned,” said former Boise State student Kayla Edelis. Plan B One-Step is an emergency contraceptive that decreases the chance of pregnancy if taken within the 72 hours following unprotected sex or contraceptive failure. Contrary to widespread misconceptions, it does not cause an abortion if an egg has already been fertilized. Rather, it stops an egg from being released from the ovary. According to statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, roughly one in nine sexually experienced women have used emergency contraception. Edelis is one of those women. Having had unprotected sex the night before, 18-yearold Edelis was afraid she could be pregnant. She went to a Portland Planned Parenthood for birth control to make sure she was never in this situation again. “I went in for birth control so I hadn’t even thought about Plan B. I was just going to hope for the best,” Edelis said. Edelis was given Plan B, birth control, condoms and sexual health pamphlets—all for free. The FDA approved Plan B to be sold over-the-counter in 2013. Now, anyone can walk into a pharmacy, no matter how old, and buy the over-the-counter emergency contraceptive without age or point-of-sale restrictions. “Plan B is the most popular product of its kind out there
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on the market, “ said Dr. Vincent Serio, medical director for University Health Services. “It’s available over-thecounter in any grocery store or pharmacy that has drugs. We also stock it here in our dispensary.” Last year, the Health Center sold 17 Plan B products. However, multiple pharmacies in the area mean students have easy access to Plan B.
Barriers to obtaining Plan B
In Idaho, students may face potential problems while attempting to purchase Plan B from a pharmacy. “Idaho state law allows pharmacists to refuse to dispense Plan B,” said Laura King, assistant professor of criminal justice. “The Idaho statute, The Freedom of Conscience Act, lists that if it’s against their religious beliefs, they do not have to violate those beliefs to provide emergency contraceptive.” Although it’s pretty unlikely students will face this obstacle, other real, prevalent accessibility barriers exist, like cost. Of pharmacies surveyed, Health Services offers the lowest price for Plan B at $35. However, for some students, the price can still be a concern. “I think $35 is a little high for the cost, but every medication, even Ibuprofen, doesn’t come free,” King said. Edelis has only taken Plan B once, but has helped several friends go through the process themselves. “When you’re looking to go get birth control, especially after you’ve had unprotected sex, you’re already stressing out and the last thing you want to worry about is money,”
Oral pill releases estrogen and progestin into the body and must be taken everyday. It isn’t recommended for woman with a history of blood clot or breast cancer.
Implant
Rod implanted in a woman’s arm that releases prostigen into body for 3 years. The Implant’s rate of failure rate low at .05%.
Hormonal vaginal contraceptive ring After being placed into vagina this ring releases progestin and estrogen. The ring needs to be changed every three weeks.
Patch Skin patch that is worn to release hormones and estrogen into blood stream. The patch’s failure rate higher for woman over 198 Ib .
Progestin only pill This pill is a good alternative pill for woman who can’t take estrogen. Taken everyday, this contraceptive releases progestin into the body.
Edelis said.
Stigma facing Plan B
Concerns about more than the price of Plan B have surfaced. People are concerned the drug is being relied on as a primary method of birth control. Serio believes this isn’t the case. “It doesn’t seem to be being used as a method of birth control,” Serio said. “Most of the people that take it are going to get nauseous, and it’s also fairly expensive per dose, so if you’re using it several times a week, it’s probably not going to be cost effective or very comfortable for you. Most people are using it as intended.” Though a woman may use Plan B as intended and as directed, it may not always
work for her, for reasons outside of her control. “The biggest independent factor is a woman’s weight,” Serio said. “Not all women are created equal in that regard.” There are three general categories of body mass index: normal, overweight and obese. While Plan B is highly effective for those in the normal category, it begins to lose effectiveness for those who are overweight. For those in the obese realm, the chance of pregnancy after taking Plan B can be as much as four times higher than someone of normal weight. Though there are alternative options for heavier women, these products are not available over-thecounter.
The Plan B replacement product for overweight women is a drug called “Ella.” According to Serio, the only thing that’s been proven to be of equal value of Plan B for an obese woman is the placement of an intrauterine device such as the ParaGard device. Along with the barriers to Plan B, students also have to deal with the stigma and stereotypes surrounding the use of emergency contraception and those who use them. “There’s a negative outlook on it,” Edelis said. “It’s like, ‘Oh, Plan B? You were stupid enough to not use birth control or condoms or anything?’ ... I think the judgement of taking Plan B, especially toward younger
women, is way overboard.” Edelis has observed women often provide support to one another in these kinds of situations. She experienced support right alongside the negative feedback. “There was more support than backlash. I mean, obviously people weren’t congratulating me, but they did offer to go to Planned Parenthood with me and stuff like that. ” Serio believes this product has its place in our culture. “A couple decades ago, we didn’t have a product like this and that was probably pretty nerve-wracking for a lot of people,” Serio said. “This just gives folks another option of their primary method of birth control fails them for some reason.”
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Culture Oliver Gettell
Los Angeles Times Tribune News Service
A newspaperman to the core, David Carr wouldn’t dream of putting himself at the center of a story. But the incisive, irreverent New York Times reporter and columnist, who died suddenly Thursday at age 58, couldn’t help but steal the spotlight in the 2011 documentary “Page One: Inside the New York Times.” Directed by Andrew Rossi, “Page One” chronicles a year at the Gray Lady during a period of unprecedented turmoil and transformation in the
newspaper business, seen mostly through the lens of the NYT’s media desk. Carr is featured alongside editor Bruce Headlam and fellow reporters Tim Arango and Brian StelterΩ–the latter of whom Carr quips is “a robot assembled to destroy me”—but he quickly emerges as the film’s most charismatic figure. Whether scolding the founders of upstart media company Vice or gleefully taking down the Tribune Co.’s corporate mismanagement, Carr is at once salty and sagacious. Above all, he comes off as a true believer in journalism—not only the old-
school values of speaking truth to power, but also the potential of future generations of reporters armed with new tools and ideas. At one point, Carr contemplates the current state of the Times. “Even casual followers of the newspaper industry could rattle off the doomsday tick-tock,” he says. “Not to worry, suggest the new-media prophets. The end of the New York Times wouldn’t be that big of a deal, they say, because tweets, blogs and news aggregators could create a new apparatus of accountability. But some stories are beyond the database.
Sometimes people have to make the calls, hit the streets and walk past the conventional wisdom.” Ironically, “Page One” might have reached a wider audience—it grossed $1 million domestically _ had it not been panned—the New York Times itself. The paper brought in an outside reviewer, political journalist Michael Kinsley, and he advised moviegoers to see “His Girl Friday” instead. As it stands, though, “Page One” remains a fitting tribute to Carr, a guy who was always willing to make the calls, hit the streets and walk past the conventional wisdom.
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Hockey club enters season’s eleventh hour Kyle Moeller Staff Writer
The team knows they still have more work to do as they look ahead towards regionals with one game left on their slate. As they practice this week, they look to improve their defense before their game in Utah this week. “We had some struggles with our defensive zone against Utah this (season),” Costello said. “Luckily, we scored five goals as well but our defense is something we need to tighten up in practice this week.” As the more-than-five month season nears its end, Boise State not only
worries about their physical health, but their mindset as well. “Staying healthy and staying rested is very important,” Videen said. “It is a long season and we are all tired and school is adding to that so we need to make sure we are ready every game and at 100 percent because with one loss, the season is over.” With one game left, the team waits for the announcement of the final rankings and their opponent at regionals. Regionals is only one
piece to the puzzle, however. The team has their eyes set on a much loftier goal of making it to the nationals. “We want to make it to nationals. We have to win two games at regionals in order to do so,” Costello said. “I think we are in a good enough place to get that done.” The team travels this weekend to the Utah to play its final regular season game before they travel to Tempe, Arizona, to play their first regional game on Feb. 28.
Quick Hits -Boise State is currently ranked No. 4 in the ACHA M2 West Region rankings. - Junior forward Justin Videen is fourth in scoring in Division 2. - Arizona State will host the West Region Finals Feb. 28March 1.
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For the final time this season, the Boise State hockey club played in front of their home crowd at the CenturyLink Arena. While underclassmen in the program will still have a chance to play hockey in the sanctity of Boise, Idaho next season, this was the seniors final game at home. Boise State secured the win in overtime with a thrilling 2-0 shootout advantage. “It was awesome play-
ing in front of that many people,” senior and captain Rusty Costello said. “It was a really good crowd and we enjoyed playing in front of that many people.” The rest of the team wanted to send the seniors off right, and they knew the only way to do that was to be victorious. “It was a little bit emotional. We will definitely miss (the seniors) next year,” junior forward Justin Videen said. “Hopefully next year we can get some guys in here to fill that void, but the seniors will definitely be missed.”
Rusty Costello celebrates a win.
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Pahukoa twins a rarity in basketball Brandon Walton Asst. Sports Editor
The odds of having identical twins is about 1 in 400 according to the National Health Services. The odds of having identical twins on the same team in college, well, much slimmer. Brittney and Brooke Pahukoa of the Boise State women’s basketball team are the only set of twin basketball players currently in women’s Division I basketball. “They are just absolutely fabulous people and really good players,” said head coach Gordy Presnell. “You can just predict success for them. They know they have
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the ability both physically and mentally to accomplish whatever they want to do.” An integral part of their success has been their father Jeff, a six-year veteran of the NFL. “We always get a lot of wisdom from him,” Brooke said. “He taught us the true meaning of sports and why you do it.” Growing up in Lake Stevens, Washington, Brittney and Brooke did everything together, including playing sports. From soccer and track to basketball, they both became standout players for their high school team. Despite the almost never ending list of similarities,
there is one key difference between the two—whereas Brooke is an adventurous spirit, Brittney is more reserved and calm. “She is the outgoing one,” Brittney said. “She is always telling me, ‘Let’s go do this,’ and I just would rather stay in all day.” The twins are so competitive that they aren’t even allowed to play against one another. “We have played four times against each other and every time one of us has gotten hurt,” Brittney said. The twins were not planning on going to the same school together. As fate would have it though,
they did. “When we were deciding on what school to go to, we decided we would choose separately,” Brittney said. “We ended up both choosing Boise State.” Brooke is having a breakout season for the Broncos. She is third on the team in scoring with 9.6 points per game, second in steals, second in three-point percentage and leads the team in free throw percentage with an outstanding 93.8 percent from the charity stripe. She credits much of her success this season to Brittney. “She calms me down and I need that,” Brooke
said. “Sometimes I am going a mile a minute or I am stressed because I am not making my shots or whatever else is going wrong, and all I have to do is look over at her and I am instantly alright.” Brittney, on the other hand, has been plagued with injuries this season. “It has been difficult, but I will take every little chance and the role I have now to help the team,” Brittney said. “Hopefully next year I can go more than two weeks without getting injured so I can really make a difference.” For Brooke, it has been hard seeing her sister go through so much pain and it
has affected her play. “This season, it has really motivated me to play with more passion,” Brooke said. “The fact that this season she really hasn’t gotten the opportunity to play makes me play for her. I take every opportunity I can on the floor to play for the both of us.” Last season, it was Brooke that was the one who was battling injury with walking pneumonia. The twins envision a future where both of them are healthy and provide a onetwo punch for the team. “We love playing together so it would be wonderful to play alongside her,” Brooke said.
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