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The elevators in the Education Building are some of the busiest on campus. This also means the are serviced more often than others.
Elevated concerns Who is responsible for campus elevator maintenance? Jessica Adamson Staff Writer
Last month, freshman Laray Stoffels and four friends were heading to dinner from their dorms on the fifth floor of Towers Hall. The five of them got in the elevator, as usual, and descended toward the first floor. What happened next was not usual. “We got like halfway between the fifth floor and the fourth floor and like it just stopped, it just completely stopped,” Stoffels said. Realizing that the elevator was stuck, Stoffels and her friends pressed the call button and were assured maintenance personnel were on the way to get them out. Stoffel and the others on the elevator remained calm and waited to be rescued. “One of the girls on the elevator had gotten stuck in Towers before and it took like ten minutes and they got her out, so we didn’t think it was that big of a deal,” Stoffels said. Maintenance arrived and after trying several different methods to fix the problem, they discovered there was no way to safely get the girls out due to their location between floors; Boise Fire Department had to be called. “We waited longer and the fire department came and they had to pry it open with all their tools and then they just pulled us all out,” Stoffels said. “We were in there for like an hour and a half, hour and forty minutes.”
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After the students were safely out of the elevator, the cause of the malfunction was revealed to be a broken second brake. Since then, the elevator has been fixed and seems to be operating normally. While incidents such as this one are out of the ordinary, they do still occur. Since July of 2012 the office of Facilities, Operations and Maintenance has recorded 119 service calls for elevators on campus, according to Suzanne Seigneur, communications and outreach coordinator for Campus Planning and Facilities. Boise State has 84 elevators currently in operation, all of which require regular inspections and maintenance to keep them in compliance with state and federal safety standards. According to Seigneur, that task is contracted to ThyssenKrupp Elevator (TKE). “Safety is our number one job and part of the reason we contract out is so that we’re hiring an expert, who is a certified technician, who comes in and takes a look at all the elevators,” Seigneur said. Those 84 elevators keep a TKE technician busy working nearly full-time for the university. Each elevator is placed on an inspection schedule based on how heavily it’s used. Elevators with high usage, such as those in the Education building, are inspected weekly. Elevators in buildings with medium usage—Liberal Arts, for example—are inspected monthly. Elevators that receive little use are inspected bi-
monthly, such as the ones in the Extended Studies Center. According to Seigneur, inspections involve a top to bottom inspection of the elevator car, including operator controls inside the elevator, emergency lights, the car door opening device, landing alignment, door sequencing, brakes, all fluid levels, and many other parts. “We do our maintenance according to state and federal standards. Every elevator is also pulled off-line and thoroughly inspected every five years,” Seigneur said. “There are some times when an elevator needs to be replaced, typically when parts no longer can be obtained readily.” The elevators in the Administration Building will soon be replaced, during the end of May and beginning of June, Seigneur also said. Boise State spends $64,500 per year on the standard maintenance contract for all elevators on campus, with funds from the Facilities annual operating budget. The departments where the elevators are located also contribute funds towards elevator maintenance. Any unexpected service calls, such as removing an individual from a stuck elevator or repairing a broken elevator, are not included in the budget. With all the inspections, maintenance and funding elevators receive, why does the office of Facilities, Operations and Maintenance still receive an average of ten service calls a month? According to Seigneur, most elevator malfunc-
tions are caused by users. “Facilities doesn’t experience many mechanical issues with the elevators,” Seigneur said. “Most of the incidences when they do have them are human-caused. It’s most often a case of the elevator doors out of alignment. Most of the time this happens when individuals see the door closing and are quick to push the door back or obstruct the door with a hand or foot.” Seigneur recommended that riders instead press the door open button to stop the door from closing. Pranks, such as placing a coin in the track of the elevator doors, can prevent doors from opening properly. Overloading the elevators with too many people could also potentially cause breakdowns. In 2000, Rice University administration threatened fines for students causing malfunctions by jumping up and down while the elevators were in motion, according to the Rice Thresher student newspaper. Similarly childish behavior could also cause elevators to stall at Boise State. For those few unlucky students who do get stuck in elevators on campus, the ordeal usually isn’t too traumatic. As Laray Stoffels pointed out, she hasn’t exclusively switched to stairs. “Nothing really happened. We didn’t go crashing down or anything, so it wasn’t that scary,” Stoffels said. “Every time I get in that elevator it kind of freaks me out but I’m not going to avoid elevators completely.”
If you are stuck in an elevator on campus: 1) Don’t panic
Modern elevators are engineered in such a way that it is almost impossible for the car to plummet to the bottom of the elevator shaft, so there’s no need to worry about that happening. Elevators are also not airtight so there is no possibility of running out of air. Take deep breaths if you begin to feel claustrophobic
2) Push the emergency call button
This will connect you to campus dispatch. They will contact maintenance to come and get you out.
3) Be patient
Depending on how severely the elevator is stuck, it may take some time to get you and the other passengers out.
4) DO NOT try and get out on your own
The elevator could unexpectedly move or you could fall down the shaft and be severely injured. The safest place for you to be is inside the elevator car.
Information courtesy of the Elevator Escalator Safety Foundation www.eesf.org.
Last year’s Breaking News Editor Suzanne Craig chronicles her adventures abroad while studying in Sweden. Studying abroad is a great experience in itself, but having something to remember it with is equally important. For one, it lets you remember and even keep in touch with all those friends you made. For another, it gives you something material to wave in your little sister’s face to make her jealous. Some of the most popular are various methods of journaling. There’s the physical option, useful for those artistic types who can keep sketches next to the appropriate passages. It also makes for a scrapbook type of memoranda, with ticket stubs and receipts. The tech option is a blog. This is an easy way to keep up with all those “keep in touch, send us postcards” requests too. Going broke due to postage is not a particularly storyworthy way to go. There are tons of options, but one of the easiest is Google’s Blogger, pretty intuitive and included in a standard Google account. Being able to include pictures is a big bonus on this method. Both of these are ways to capture the whole experience, with as much attention to daily life as you want. There are also a few more unique options for keeping track of travels. One is a map. The one I use is pretty basic, just country outlines and a few major cities. The lack of details makes it easy to read any notations made, indicating cities traveled to and a brief blurb on the whys. Another way, which requires someone back home cooperating, is postcards. Landscape shots are all well and good when you have a spectacular camera and enthusiasm for photography, but for cheapcamera owners, postcards are better. Save the photos for people you meet and truly unique shots. Most places which sell postcards also sell the appropriate postage. Just make sure to indicate you are mailing it to America, because sometimes that has different postage than another European country. Writing out trip details gives the opportunity to record the amusing tidbits often forgotten by the time you get to a computer or to your journal.
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Hoopsters bring their wheel game Every Tuesday students have the opportunity to participate in wheelchair pick up games Travis Greene, a Marine veteran, decided Boise needed a “more permanent” wheelchair basketball team. Every Tuesday night a group gathers at the Rec center courts to play a game of wheelchair basketball. They stay till about eight o’clock, making shots into the evening. Greene attended Boise State and then joined the U.S. Marine Corps. After getting injured, he returned to Boise and finished his degree. He was introduced to wheelchair basketball around the same time he came back to Boise. Greene said he was “stubborn at first” when approached with wheelchair basketball. Yet, those around him pushed him to try it out. “I didn’t have a choice,” Greene said. “I did it and had fun.” Greene’s been playing, and coaching, ever since. Realizing Boise didn’t have much of a wheelchair basketball program, Greene decided to initiate one. Having gone to Boise State, Greene knew the Rec center would be a good place to play. He got in contact with Boise State,
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worked it out and the Tuesday night tradition began. Greene attended his last Tuesday night wheelchair basketball game on November 19 because he is moving to California where he already has a traveling wheelchair basketball team lined up. His replacement, Kevin Falk, took over that same night. Greene seemed to enjoy not having to act as coach for one night. “It’s kind of nice. I don’t have to do anything,” Greene said. Falk, who has taken on the leadership role for the program, lost his leg in a motorcycle accident five years ago. Falk was introduced to the program by Greene. According to Falk, Greene simply came up to him one day and asked if he’d like to play a game of wheelchair basketball. Since then, Falk’s has been involved in the program. Wheelchair basketball, and all the other sports he’s now involved in, have really opened up opportunities for Falk. “I play more sports now with one leg than I did with two,” Falk said. Falk has plans for the pro-
Wheelchair basketball is a lot of blisters, a lot of bandaids, but it’s worth it. -William Negri
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gram. He hopes to encourage one of the program’s regular players—Boise State sophomore William Negri—to start a club for Boise State students. He thinks that will open an avenue for students to consistently get involved. Usually a few regular players show up on Tuesday nights,-such as Negri, but according to Falk there’s usually new people every week. Often the regular players go around the courts recruiting other students playing on the floor. One of Falk’s main goals for the program is to get more people playing. One major
idea to accomplish this is the student club. Negri believes a wheelchair basketball club for Boise State students could help bring more consistency to the program and Tuesday night games. Negri, an undecided major, thinks the all-inclusive, teambased atmosphere of wheelchair basketball would be good for Boise State students. “I think it’d be a good experience,” Negri said. Negri heard about the wheelchair basketball program during his freshman orientation at Boise State
Love practically: Trust those you love Lance Moore @LanceMoore07
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Imagine a significant other, one that makes the world seem whole. A person that makes everything seem alright in the world because they have given you their special attention. This individual makes trust a very real part of life. As defined in the dictionary; trust is the reliance on the character, ability, strength or truth of someone.
Trust is one of the most fragile components to human interaction, as well as one of the most important. Pete Schelsinger, senior communication major, spoke on the importance and versatility of trust in any relationship. “Trust is extremely important, but with that being said there are different levels of trust,” Schelsinger said. “Trust is a never ending process in any relationship.” Now envision this per-
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son saying one thing and then doing another. Taking the trust that has been built from the ground up and damaging it in one fell swoop. They express their love constantly, speaking of such things as your uniqueness and most amiable qualities. However, with one break of trust these words can seem lacking in genuine nature. But then in a night that was supposed to be spent with their friends, they go on a date with another individual and you catch them in the act. There isn’t much that equates to complete confidence obliteration than having a trust betrayed. With the emotional side of a human being as sensitive as it is, how important is it to be able to forgive when trust is betrayed? Along with this, perhaps this forgiveness of misused trust can in turn fortify a stronger redefined trust for the future of the
relationship. Schelsinger gave some of his thoughts on this matter. “I read a quote the other day that said, ‘Never push a loyal person to the point where they don’t care.’ It struck me because sometimes it’s hard to forgive someone especially when the connection is lost,” Schelsinger said. He went on to describe the danger of breaking trust with a person. “Trust is a very fragile thing and once its broken its irreparable. It will never be the same,” Schelsinger said. Whether it’s a significant other, a best friend or family member, trust is integral part to any communicative dynamic. Think of it as a bank where you make deposits and withdrawls. When someone makes too many withdrawls, they incur overdraft fees and have to live with the constant reminder that they have no
and started playing three months ago. “(Wheelchair basketball) is a lot of blisters, a lot of band-aids, but it’s worth it,” Negri said. Falk’s hope for the Boise State student club plays into his desire to integrate wheelchair basketball into the Boise community. The 53-year-old says he loves Boise State and being involved in the community. This basketball program provides another way to be involved. The Tuesday night games begin at five and have the floor till eight. They’re open to everyone. money. This applies to relationships as well, as trust defines the stability of any relationship and whether or not it will stand the test of time. Trust can be expressed in simple terms based on the rewards that come from finding people to fully feel confident in giving trust too. George Macdonald said it best, “Few delights can equal the presence of one whom we trust utterly
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Danielle Davidson is currently studying abroad in Seoul, South Korea. This is her firsthand experience with living abroad. I hopped on the 5:30 a.m. train bound for the airport and was officially on my way to Japan! The flight from Seoul to Tokyo only took about two hours, so I arrived in no time, I was ready to discover Tokyo. Day one, from outside the Imperial Palace: My cousin picked me up at the airport and we headed to the heart of Tokyo. He had work to finish, and I had exploring to do. My first stop was the Imperial Palace. Though no one can sightsee inside, except for one day a year, people are still allowed to look from the outside. My first day navigating the streets of Tokyo was quite easy, probably due to my time finding my way around Seoul. Day two, Old Tokyo Street: SkyTree is a giant tower that overlooks Tokyo, making everything look minuscule when I stood at the top, looking down. When I stood back on the streets, SkyTree seemed to hover over everything else, it stood out among all the square buildings. The shopkeepers outside of one of the main shrines in Tokyo were kept busy with tourists and native customers alike. Day three, prayers and wishes: Saturday was all mine. I chose to explore the Ueno district in the afternoon. The zoo, the temples, the park, the museums, the city streets—Ueno had a little bit of everything. There were more people out than usual because it was a Saturday but the streets were exciting to weave in and out of. Day four, illuminations and I: Today was party day. My cousin, his family and friends were having a Thanksgiving party. Even though the turkey was delicious and the company was nice, one of the other girls and I took our leave after a few hours and went window-shopping in Ginza. Turkey, friends, family, giant department stores, rioting protestors and Christmas Illuminations all made the Thanksgiving celebration a day to remember. Day five, Goodbye: Goodbye Tokyo. I hope I’ll see you again soon and get to wander through your streets once more.
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Insert Foot inserts laughter The Reef plays host to the Insert Foot improv group twice a month Madison Killian Twice a month, at the exotic restaurant and bar The Reef, crowds can catch the Insert Foot Theater group’s performance. Last Thursday, Oct. 10, the house was packed and the room was erupting in laughter at the hilarious bunch’s performance. “The group was founded in 2009. I had already been involved in several improv groups over the years, and I finally just wanted to start my own,” said Ron Torres, a founding member of Insert Foot. “The cool thing about our group is we always have different types of humor to kind of make a comedy stew.” Currently, the group has 11 members and each performance showcases a different set of improvisers. “If you ever feel like you wanted to be on Saturday Night Live, or felt like you wanted to do movies like Will Ferrell does, this is your ground zero to try and get involved and try to participate,” said Torres. “All of us, I do believe, are up and coming people you’ll be able to keep your eye on.” When on stage, Insert Foot will take suggestions from the audience and improvisers have to go from there. The wackier the suggestion,
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Catch Insert Foot, an improv group founded in 2009, at the Reef twice each month. the better when it comes to their show. “What sets us apart, is that we really aren’t afraid of much of anything, there are some groups that have a very specific format,” said Eric Cole, an Insert Foot member. “We’re playing a lot of games that you might expect to see on Whose Line Is It Anyway. We’ll take one suggestion and explore it for like 10 minutes.” The group have become good friends, and it shows
through on stage. They look like they’re having as much fun performing as the audience is having watching them. “What makes us really good is that we all like each other, and that we all work well together and we respect each other,” said Insert Foot member, Catherine Richardson. The room was buzzing as the audience yelled out suggestions for a topic. At times, the perform-
ers would take one word and do an entire sketch centered around it. Using different accents and characters, they would paint out hilarious scenarios that had audience members falling out of their seats. “I thought it was very funny and innovative. I would definitely come back to see them again,” said recent Boise State graduate, Jade Weeks. The cast couldn’t help but
crack a few jokes while talking to The Arbiter. “Basically, I don’t really know how bees work. But if bees had knees, we would be them. We would be the knees of those bees,” Cole said. All jokes aside, the members of Insert Foot all bring something different to the table. Put any two, three or four members together to improvise a skit based on something an audience member yells out,
there’s no telling what’s going to happen. As a very close knit group of friends, there are no limits to where they can take the skit. “We can trust each other. We’re all really supportive of each other, even when we screw up,” Richardson said. For more information on Insert Foot Theater and their performances, visit their Facebook page.
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Boise State University Towers Hall Council will host a welcoming party on Oct. 15 for Boise State’s newest college students. The event will have your basic edibles; pizza, candy, soda and a fancy popcorn machine. The party will also consist a variety of games that every participant can enjoy. Xbox 360 games will be set up in the Towers
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classroom, nearby the lobby, along with classic board games. On the other side of the building, where the food and beverages will be held, there will be pool, foosball and ping-pong tournaments. Courtney Briley, a freshman education major, is the new program coordinator of Towers. She is excited to see what this year will bring and aims to change Towers’ appearance on the campus. “I’m hoping this first event is going to set an
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It’s just to show people who we are and what we represent. Hopefully they will enjoy what we’ve got in store for them. —Courtney Briley
impression on how others planned their new year in college,” Briley said, “It’s just to show people who we are and what we represent and hopefully they will enjoy what we got in store for them.” Brian Pengram, a freshman mechanical engineering major and president of the council, expressed his excitement for the upcoming academic year. “I believe that this is going to be a great year for Towers, with lots of games and activities. The UHA (University Housing Association), too, will also assist with such programs like this.” Fliers for advertisements are also being put up for reminders of this event, which is being facilitated by the vice president of the Towers Coun-
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An event to set the tone for new college students
The Towers Hall welcome party will take place on Oct. 15. cil, Jake Billmyer, a freshman political science major. The Residential Director Philip Storm is more than excited by the upcoming event, also because he also believes that it’s a fresh start for the new year. “I am excited,” Storm said, “As far as I know,
depicting from only a couple meetings, we have a pretty solid team. What’s interesting about our team is that, well, they each have different interests, like with Courtney’s love for education and her interest in coming up with new ideas, also with Brian’s
fantastic leadership skills. As a Resident Director, I am very excited to see what this new year, at Boise State, has to offer.” The event should a mix of rivalry and friendship and will take place at the Towers Hall main lobby at 9 p.m.
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On the evening of Dec 3, the Boise State community had the opportunity to witness possible future musicians for the Boise State Department of Music. In the Morrison Recital Hall at the east end of campus, students of Brian Hodges showed their cello and classical base playing skills before a crowd of their beaming parents and friends. Hodges, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of cello and experienced musician here at Boise State. One of the courses he teaches is for students of concurrent enrollment. Concurrent enrollment is a process by which high school students from around the Treasure Valley have the opportunity to
take courses at Boise State for college credit. In the case of Hodges, these students have the chance to refine their musical abilities with a classically trained and knowledgable veteran of music. “These students are from around all around the area and I provide them with the opportunity to get some experience under their belt in regards to performing in front of live audiences,” Hodges said. While working throughout the semester in order to prepare for this performance, the students also select their own preferred music to play in accordance with their skill level. This is determined throughout the semester during class time by Hodges. “These students work very hard on all of their pieces,” Hodges said. “Playing pieces
from the masters like Bach, Brahms and Vivaldi is no easy task for any musician, but these students like the challenge.” Hodges’ students also participate in their own orchestras at their respective high schools, and he hopes to see many of them continue their musical endeavors at Boise State once they graduate. “Teaching these kids allows for me to get a firsthand look at the future of the music department here at Boise State,” Hodges said. “They all train really hard throughout the semester and I hope to see them back here in a year or two.” With a few missed notes here and there during the performances, the students showed some slight nerves during the course of the night. However, the recital was an overall success for those who participated
Joe Warnecke and Christie Echols perform at the Morrison Center. as students seemed satisfied with their work.
Give the Gift of Peace this Holiday Madison Killian @Maddaysunn
The Idaho Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence and Jacksons Food Stores are teaming up for the 10th time to bring Idaho the Give the Gift of Peace campaign. This campaign aims to raise money to help bring awareness to these issues in the community. “The campaign will raise funds for the prevention, education and support of victims of domestic violence and their children, as well as adolescents experiencing relationship abuse,” said Hannah Drabinski, who works with Idaho Co-
alition. “The purpose is to create compassionate communities, free of violence.” This campaign is also held in other states such as Oregon, Nevada and Washington. All contributions will stay in the state they are donated in. “Every dollar donated in Idaho is a dollar that will directly help prevent or respond to domestic violence or adolescent relationship abuse in the communities we live in,” Drabinski said. “John Jackson’s promise to match individual donations up to $75,000 means there is potential for the impact of every contribution to be doubled.”
The Idaho Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence was founded in 1980 and has been creating safer and better educated communities ever since. Programs such as these are vital to a growing college community like Boise. According to the University of Michigan’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center’s website, 21 percent of college students report having experienced dating violence by a current partner. Thirty-two percent of students experienced dating violence by a pervious partner. An astonishing one-third of college students report having physically assaulted
a dating partner in the previous 12 months and as many as one-fourth of female students experience sexual assault over the course of their college career. “Creating compassionate communities where every woman and girl, man and boy can live a life free of violence is something that connects us all,” Drabinski said. “During the 2012 Idaho Give the Gift of Peace campaign, $44,000 was raised directly benefiting victims of domestic violence and adolescent relationship abuse here in Idaho.” The event starts every year on Thanksgiving day and goes on until Dec. 25.
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High school cello and bass players work toward earning college credit by performing in front of a crowd
Proceeds help victims of domestic violence. Contributions can be made at every Jacksons Food Store in Idaho, and can be made in increments of $1, $5, or $10. Contributions can also be made online. “If someone can’t make it to a Jacksons Food store or don’t have one in their area, they can make a donation through our website, now
through Dec 25 and we will take all contributions to a Jacksons Food Store as part of the Give the Gift of Peace campaign,” said Drabinski For more information on Idaho Coalition Against and the Give the Gift of Peace campaign, visit www. engagingvoices.org or www. jacksonsfoodstores.com.
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In its third year of existence, the Boise Student International Video Festival (BoVi) is providing students with the opportunity to showcase their talent in front of a large audience, as well as compete for a variety of prizes. Founded in 2011 by students with their advisor, assistant professor Daehwan Cho, BoVi is maintained 100 percent by Boise State students as a student-run club, with the purpose to help fellow students at any level get closer to achieving their directing or filmmaking goals. To make the film festival as professional as possible students in the club pride themselves on making their festival with several qualities that larger more prestigious film festivals possess. “I would encourage any student filmmakers out there, kindergarten through college, to submit to the festival.” Damon Ridgeway, vice president of BoVi said, “There’s the opportunity to get your movie screened at an event and receive comments from the audience and professional judges.
There’s also the possibility of your film winning an award.” Providing an expert panel and professional speakers has been one of BoVi’s strengths so far. “Last year, Oscar-winner Ben Shedd spoke at the festival. Documentary filmmaker Seth Randall, owner of Retroscope Media Zach Voss, and Boise State professor Nathan Snyder served as judges,” Ridgeway said. Last year two submissions to the film festival were from middle school students, and this year it is expected a submission from at least a couple of elementary students. Because such a broad variety of ages (kindergarten to college) can submit a film, BoVi divides the competition in to categories, “Submissions are divided into age categories: Elementary, middle-high, and college. This minimizes unfair competition. If necessary, the films will also be split up between family-friendly and parental-discretion sections,” Ridgeway said. Getting a diversity of applicants from a diversity of ages is important to the members of BoVi. The addition of digital submissions this year has made it easier
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than ever for aspiring film makers to enter the competition. Stefan Bahruth, president of BoVi mentioned goals of the film festival moving forward including getting more submissions and higher quality submissions from the bigger pool of applicants. Will Tebo, current treasurer of BoVi said, “Last year we received around 20 submissions limiting the ability for staff to cut lower quality videos from the festival.” In order to get BoVi’s name out there and in turn get a higher submission number, Bahruth said, “We are increasing our social media presence. We have really been prevalent on facebook lately. Also putting up posters around campus, and reaching out to local high schools and elementary schools.” Recent activity on the Facebook page include a series of posts with the theme “Meet Your BoVi staff.” These posts are intended to introduce each member of the staff, either by a selfdescription text post or by video interview. To submit films go to www.bovifest.com and follow the “submit your film” link on the right hand side of the page. Films must be under 20 minutes in length and can be in any genre the director chooses. The deadline to submit a film is Mar 1, 2014. Applicants must be a student at any level with a valid student ID.
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Goalie coach Ed Moore saves the day John Engel @EngelESPN
Boise State women’s assistant and goalkeepers coach Ed Moore and head coach Jim Thomas are in very familiar positions. Both Thomas and Moore have relocated to the Treasure Valley from the Northwest to make their Boise State coaching debuts in 2013. Thomas has taken over the Broncos program after spending the last five seasons as a recruiter and on-field trainer with the Washington Huskies. Shortly after joining the team, Thomas hired Moore as his assistant and goalkeepers coach. Both Moore and Thomas were familiar with each other in collegiate and amateur soccer circles in Seattle, Wash. but never developed any type of personal relationship. Moore responded to an online help-wanted advertisement for an assistant coach and jumped at the opportunity to join the program after spending the last two years as an assistant coach at Seattle University. Most of Moore’s attention will surround goalkeepers, most importantly senior Maddy McDevitt who started 19 of 19 games for the Broncos last season. “We didn’t have a specific coach for the keepers last year,” McDevitt said
during preseason practices to Bronco Sports. “Having Ed is great for us. I’m sad that I only get one year with him, but it’s great the underclassmen get to develop with him for many years.” Moore has already begun working with McDevitt, and the other goalkeepers, on correcting minor flaws. “I think the main thing I’ve been tasked with is really focusing on the goalkeeping position and training the goalkeepers,” Moore said recently after beginning his first set of fall practices with the Boise State program. “That’s an element that there has been a little bit of a hole in, and (Thomas) just wants somebody to come and fill that void.” Boise State will now possess a coach who played at the amateur, collegiate and professional level as a goaltender, as well as a professional-caliber coach. While coaching his alma matter Evansville men’s soccer team, Moore taught current MLS goalkeeper Troy Perkins. Thomas may have found the missing link which has plagued Boise State goalkeepers in previous seasons. He decided to bring in Moore as a specialist, motivator and right-hand man moving forward with the new-look program. “I think what the goalkeeping core lacked was
someone that was a director for them specifically -someone that could offer an energy boost for them, some technical and tactical guidance for them,” Thomas said. “When we began the search the main thing for me was that I could hire a person that I would be able to give that responsibility to and not need to look over my shoulder.” Thomas and Moore share common ground for attention to detail and the need to always improve, making them a dynamic coaching pair. Moore has only been with the team for a month, but feels like every goalkeeper has large room to grow. Small adjustments like footwork, hand placement and distribution are all areas Moore hopes to improve with his goalkeepers early this season. “We have to make sure throwing, kicking, punting, goal kicks and all that improves because that’s a big element at this level,” Moore said. With assistant coach Madison Collins, who also played her college ball at Seattle, already on staff, Thomas wanted a trustworthy coach who could guide young goalkeepers. Now that the decision has been made, and Moore has been hired, it’s Starbucks all around the Boise State women’s soccer coaching staff.
Setting up for the new year Boise State will use a new crop of players Tyler Abner Staff Writer
The Boise State Broncos volleyball team is looking
to make a big leap forward this season. With six incoming freshmen and an array of returning players, the Broncos have
the challenge of molding the two units together. With more players making the roster this season, the Broncos will have multiple options to find players to carry the team. “We have a bigger team this year with the addition of a transferring senior and six new freshmen,” junior outside hitter Alyssa Gammel said. “We need team unity. It should come easy with us having four girls that can play every position very well.” Sophomore outside hitter Katelyn Kinghorn spent part of her summer overseas in Europe competing in an international tournament. Kinghorn’s experience from the tournament could become a valuable asset for the Broncos. “I gained a higher intensity while I was overseas,” Kinghorn said. “Our first game is against Washington on August 30. We should do very well as long as we keep the intensity up that coach and
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Assistant soccer coach Ed Moore brings experience to the Broncos.
myself are trying to bring to the team.” Boise State volleyball head coach Shawn Garus will take on the task of trying to teach intensity to the new Broncos and try to overcome one of his assistant coaches taking a leave of absence for the 2013 season. “Alisha Young had a baby in the spring,” Coach Garus said. “She had stepped down to part-time as a video coordinator. Brianne Crole who is an alum and an allconference player will take the position of working with the setters.” Garus expects the Mountain West Conference to place Boise State towards the middle of the pack once the conference predictions are released. “Last year we ended towards the middle so I expect (the Mountain West preseason voters) to place us there to start the season,” Garus said. “The returners are ready to show the conference what they have. They are full of confidence and we are all excited about the new incomers.”
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Freshman Laney Hayes spikes the ball. Boise State will begin road, where they posted their season at the North- a record of 7-12 in their west Classic on Aug. 30 as 2012 season. they open up against the They will make University of Washington, their first appearance before a doubleheader on at home on Sept. 12 Aug. 31 against Gonzaga against in-state rival, the University and Portland University of Idaho State University. Vandals when they host the The Broncos’ first Courtyard Marriot Bronco six games of the 2013 Volleyball Classic, Sept. 13campaign are on the 14, at Bronco Gymnasium.
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There are 48 rolls in a case of EcoSoft toilet paper. 1,719 cases of toilet paper were purchased last year. Each case costs approximately $21. A single roll of paper costs about $.45.
Nicole Nimmons avoids the ILC and Multi-Purpose restrooms but likes the design of the blue and orange bathroom in the SUB.
on campus but admits that they might not seem satisfactory to everyone. “For me, I honestly don’t have a problem with it. I’ve bought it for my house,” Lybarger said. “As a guy, I guess it doesn’t matter to me as much. If I asked my daughters they’d almost definitely say, ‘Dad we need two ply.’ But for me, I really don’t mind it.” Nicole Nimmons, interim director for Transportation and Parking Services, argued the toilet paper should be addressed. “I would like the toilet paper to be upgraded. I know that would be a substantial financial impact. Luckily in my office I can bring my own so I don’t have to worry about it,” Nimmons said. Bryan Vlok, vice president for Associated Students of Boise State, disagrees with Nimmons and thinks an upgrade in toilet paper would be a waste of funds. “I think the quality of TP is okay on our campus and it is cost efficient to the amount we purchase. I don’t think we would want to change the quality because that would cause an increase in price and therefore something else would be affected,” Vlok said. Other students would beg to differ. As Leslie Jenson said in a tweet, “it (the toilet paper) hurts.”
FOAM used to have a lot of stolen rolls until they purchased padlocks for the dispensers. “The locks outweigh the cost of the stolen paper,” Lybarger said.
Lybarger said the Albertsons Library is one of the most difficult areas to keep stocked. “The library gets hit really hard. Between the morning check and the afternoon check, we often will run out and have to refill,” Lybarger said.
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Student Opinion: “It’s noticeably cheap. It’s thin. It’s rough,” said Rebecca Plant, a sophomore psychology major. “It’s like the same material as the seat covers. I could use the seat cover instead.”
Student Opinion: “The toilet paper here makes me cry,” said Mason Menges, a sophomore physics major. “If you want to do anything you have to use half the roll.”
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The truth is, wiping hurts. When nature calls and there is nowhere to turn but a bathroom on Boise State campus, your keister may not like the environment. Facilities Operations and Maintenance (FOAM) provides paper materials for all academic buildings on campus. The Recreation Center and Student Union Building are serviced through individual entities. However, all three departments go through Central Receiving and purchase the same type of toilet paper. From October 2012 through October 2013, FOAM purchased 1,719 cases of EcoSoft one ply bath tissue. In the academic year, $36,752 was spent on toilet paper. That money comes from the state and is generated through tax dollars. Ivan Lybarger, custodial services manager for FOAM, explained why it is important to be careful when choosing the toilet paper for an entire university. “It’s your tax dollars, my tax dollars that we are spending so we need to make sure we are efficient with that tax money,” Lybarger said. Lybarger went on to say all academic bathrooms are cleaned and stocked nightly and then again in the morning and afternoon. According to Lybarger, sometimes cleaning the bathrooms is not as easy as it sounds. Apparently, many of the female custodial staff have had difficulty servicing male restrooms because the men ignore signs and “carry on with their business.” “Guys will be guys,” Lybarger said. “Even with the closed sign up, they will pretend they don’t see it and continue on with their business.” Lybarger tells his staff not to create a confrontational situation but just to do what they can and leave them alone. He tells them to always try and stock paper products though. Lybarger supports the paper products
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Nichol prefers the restrooms in the SUB.
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With over 50 different buildings spanning across the 180 acres of Boise State campus, there are a lot of different facilities to choose from to “take care of business.” With some having been around since 1932, all of these buildings the arbiter The Arbiter
vary in age and technology. Either way, every building needs to adhere to the needs of the 20,000 plus students who attend the university. Ryan Byers, a junior English major with a technical communication emphasis, and Katherine Watkins, a freshman English major, debated on which bathrooms they find the
Byers said ILC restrooms are “pretty good.”
best and the worst. “The ones in the Education Building are kind of sketchy,” Watkins said. “They seem unclean.” Byers thought the worst were elsewhere. “The one in the Administration Building, that one is gross. That one is weird, I don’t like that one at all,” Byers said. When it came to better bathrooms, Byers preferred a more modern setting.
“The ones in the ILC are pretty good,” Byers said. Ashlee Nichol, a sophomore respiratory therapy major, had some opinions on the matter as well. “My favorite is definitely at the SUB,” Nichol said. “The bathrooms in the SUB are so much more updated and you have space to do what you need to do.” Her least favorite washrooms are the ones located in the Mathematics Building. Nichol’s reasoning
Multi-Purpose is hit hard between classes.
behind this is that “the ones in the Mathematics Building are old and really outdated and gross and small.” Luke Schafer, a senior visual arts major, looked down on the Education Building restrooms as well. “I guess the bathrooms in the Education Building stand out, because they’re kind of dark and dingy,” Schafer said. However, Schafer found the bathrooms in the Public Arts and Affairs
West (PAAW) Building more enjoyable. “It has a really sensitive smell sensor, so it always smell clean in there,” Schafer said. Drew Butler, a senior chemistry major, however, doesn’t have much a preference when it comes to choosing where he goes. “I can’t think of a favorite or least favorite honestly. They all seem pretty similar to me,” Butler said. arbiteronline .com arbiteronline.com