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December 2012
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(10-2, 7-1 in MWC) Michigan State L(17-30) Miami (OH) (39-12) Brigham Young W(7-6) New Mexico W(32-29)
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Redshirt sophomore wide receiver Matt Miller breaks off a Nevada defender during the Broncos’ 27-21 win.
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Broncos defeat Nevada 27-21 to earn share of MWC title Lucio Prado Staff Writer
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cos ahead late 24-7. The Broncos held the Wolf Pack to 21 points, their fewest of the season. The Wolf Pack have scored 31 or more points in every other game this season, but their offense fell victim to Boise State’s stout defense. Nevada is the fifth Bronco opponent this season to register its lowest scoring output of the season against Boise State. Stefphon Jefferson rushed for 139 yards and a touchdown and Cody Fajardo passed for 203 yards and ran for 81 for the Wolf Pack (7-5, 4-4). Nevada had a late rally and pushed the game to 21-27 with 2:27 left to play. However, un-
able to recover the onside kick, the Wolf Pack’s last chance came with 13 seconds left on a hail mary that came up short of the endzone before being batted away by the Broncos secondary. “We answered when we needed to, and that’s what I’m really proud about this offense, to really come through,” Head Coach Chris Petersen said. UNR, who lost four of their last five games after starting the season 6-1, will finish its disappointing season with a trip to Albuquerque, N.M. for the New Mexico Bowl. For Boise State, this is its first time not reaching 12 wins
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The wait is over, the verdict is in. Redshirt junior quarterback Joe Southwick’s commanding performance over rival University of Nevada on Saturday propelled the No. 20 Broncos (10-2, 7-1 in MWC) to a 27-21 victory. The win allowed him to do what Boise State legend Kellen Moore couldn’t: win (a share) of the Mountain West Conference title. “We’re the only team in Boise State history to win the Mountain West tournament and we’ll most likely be the only team,” Southwick said. The Bronco defense has
shut out seven opponents this season in the first half, with two teams scoring in the first half on kickoff returns and one team on offense. From the motor of sixth year running back D.J. Harper, to Southwick’s comfort in the pocket, Boise State went into the half with a 17-0 lead. Harper eclipsed the 1,000yard rushing milestone for the first time in his career. It is the fourth-straight year Boise State has had a 1,000-yard rusher. He rushed for 130 yards and sophomore wide receiver Matt Miller contributed with seven receptions for 127 yards including a beautiful 52-yard touchdown that put the Bron-
Studying at home can be difficult these days. There are many things to distract from schoolwork: Television, videos games or a chatty roommate. Sometimes the library is the only place students can find the peace and quiet to get work done. The Albertsons Library has recently responded to students’ requests to extend library hours beyond the usual closing times. Currently, the library is open from 7 a.m. to 12 a.m. Monday through Thursday, and from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday. During finals week, how-
make evening library hours longer. The first deals with hiring more staff to work late. “We need to have permanent staff in the building at that time, and it needs to be more than one (available), because if someone is sick or on vacation, we have to have a backup,” Cooper said. Cooper also addressed the security issues extended hours would present. “Then we need to look at security,” Cooper said. “This is a very big campus and we have students that need to leave the library during late evening hours, early morning hours, we are concerned about them getting to their dorms, or cars, or apartments safely.”
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ever, the library is open 24 hours. “We are open to looking at any proposals students want,” said Peggy Cooper, associate dean of Albertsons Library. Cooper and colleagues are pleased students would like to utilize facilities and are planning a trial run of hours extension in February to gauge student interest. Current plans for the trial run in February include extending closing hours Monday through Thursday to 2 a.m., and mandating students present a student I.D. to security after regular hours in order to enter the building. Albertsons Library officials say they have three major issues to address in order to
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In August 2009, Boise State became an entirely smoke-free campus as a way to maintain a healthy and safe learning environment for students, employees and visitors. The university is now one of over 300 U.S.
colleges and universities also entirely smoke-free, according to the Health Services website. According to the website, “92.3 % of Boise State students agree that the desire to breathe clean air should take precedent over smoker’s desire to smoke.” Although Jared Ostyn, a junior majoring in computer sci-
ence, believes the smoke-free policy has a good intention. “Right now I see people smoking on campus all the time and no one who can do anything seems to care,” Ostyn said. When asked about this issue, Jo Ann Gilpin, security operations manager at the Uni-
Lastly, administration officials would need to allocate funds for basic heating and hiring of additional cleaning staff in order to properly maintain the library. “The third thing is, there are associated issues such as the cost of heating, air conditioning, additional janitorial services, those kinds of things,” Cooper said. Some students, such as Saad Alruwaili, a freshman business administration international student, said they would like to see the libraries hours extended. “It would be perfect if they extended like, 24 hours,” Alruwaili said. “Because, for us, as international students, we don’t have anything to do here, so we need to spend most of our time studying.” Other students, such as
versity Security Department said, “A big part of enforcement is community helping us.” She encourages anyone who witnesses smoking on campus to approach the individual in a non-confrontational manner and inform him or her of the policy. If the person becomes argumentative, campus security should be contacted regarding the matter. “Our most common call is from people saying there is a group that comes out
since 2007 (which includes bowl game wins). However, the victory did two things for the Broncos: it kept its nation’s best seventh consecutive 10-win season and seems to be heading to yet another bowl game It’s also worth noting this was the last game Boise State will play as a member under the Mountain West Conference. Next season, the Broncos, along with fellow Mountain West member San Diego State, will head to the Big East as football-only members. Boise State’s Olympic sports will head to the Big West Conference. There have no been no plans for the Broncos to head back to the Mountain West.
senior history major Martina Ashman, think the library hours are adequate and meet student demand. “I think it is impressive the library is open until midnight already,” Ashman said. “If they think enough people would be here to use the time, I guess that’s great, but I think it would be interesting to see how much traffic they think they are going to get.” Ashman also commented on the increased cost of longer library hours. “I think there are other things they could do better with that (money) than keeping the library open,” Ashman said. No measures have been approved by Boise State officials as of yet. Cooper and associates plan to observe student participation during the trial in February before meeting with administration officials to discuss any changes.
every day at lunchtime, and they are at this spot, can you go over and take care of that,” Gilpin said. When asked how students and visitors have been adhering to the policy Gilpin said, “On a day-to-day basis we don’t have as many visitors here as we do students, so you have that section of students that do violate the policy and then you have visitors, so it’s
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