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Locals power Bronco men’s golf Nate Lowery Most athletes dread practice, the monotonous hours of work and the sore and tired feeling felt afterwards. Boise State’s men’s golf team is the complete opposite. A routine putting drill that would normally be filled with silence and concentration is replaced with golfers yelling jokes, cheering each other on and plenty of bragging for a competitive group. You can expect that to happen when six of the nine golfers on the roster all hail from the Boise area and know each other from their high school days. “It’s absolutely wonderful to play with these guys,” Jordan Skyles said. “We all have a great relationship with one another, but we’re still competitive and hate to lose to each other.” All three of Boise State’s current freshman golf team members called Boise home during their high school years, making for easy recruitment for head coach Kevin Burton. “It certainly was easy recruitment for the last couple years,” Burton said. “We’ve
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Junior Ty Travis reads a putt during the Broncos home tournament. had some really good players to come out of the Treasure Valley. It’s nice to keep them home.” Burton attributes more golfers from the Boise area enrolling at Boise State to the improvement in talent level of golfers in the Treasure Valley, something he expects to continue to get better and better. Burton has not always been able to hold onto that talent coming out of high school,
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but somehow managed to get Boise’s best in the end. Skyles, a redshirt senior, is one of two Broncos to transfer to Boise State after graduating from high school in the Treasure Valley. The other Bronco, Ty Travis, transferred in from Weber State this season, while Skyles joined the Broncos in 2011 after spending two years at the University of Oregon. While both agreed
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their experiences at those schools were valuable experiences they enjoyed, deep down they knew Boise would always be home for them. “I got outside of Idaho for two years and it was nice to experience something new,” Travis said. “I wanted to come home though. Boise did all of the recruiting for me. It’s a great city and moving away I realized how nice it was here.” Even Skyles, who
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knew he wanted get away from his family and learn to live on his own, couldn’t stay away from the school his parents graduated from and rooted for while growing up. Burton can thank the rain for Skyles’ decision to return home. “When you have to go out and golf for 3-4 hours a day in the rain, it drags on you,” Skyles said. Returning home to a city that they love, and teammates
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they’ve known for years, has only made the transition back to Boise life that much easier for Skyles and Travis. “I played high school golf with most of the guys on the team so it was an easy change,” Travis said. “I missed Boise and I’m playing a lot better golf so I think it worked out well.” So far, things are looking up for this team that calls Boise their hometown.
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The Senate State Affairs Committee voted Monday Feb. 13 to approve Senate Bill 1254, which would allow citizens and students with specialized permits to carry firearms on Idaho’s college campuses. SB 1254 will now head to the full senate, where it will be considered further by legislators. Earlier that morning, Boise residents gathered to give testimony regarding the implications of the proposed bill. National Rifle Association lobbyist Dakota Brooke spoke in support of SB 1254, arguing that students would be safer in the event of a shooting if concealed permit weapons were allowed on campuses. “Would opponents of this argument rather no one had a weapon to defend themselves in this situation? The shooter at Virginia Tech had nine minutes in which he locked the doors to the engineering hall and wreaked havoc on individuals,” Brooke said. Opponents of the bill cited the danger of mixing common college activities like drinking with loaded firearms. Brooke said a portion of the bill would penalize those caught intoxicated with a firearm in their possession by revoking concealed weapons permits for three years. Boise Police Chief Mike Masterson expressed frustration regarding the handling of the meeting, criticizing Senate State Affairs Committee chair Curt McKenzie (RNampa) for allowing a large time allotment for Brooke while cutting others short despite calls from Sen. Elliot Werk (D-Boise) requesting an extension allowing for further testimony. Although lobbying groups were asked to testify, none of the police chiefs and law enforcement leaders were afforded time to speak; some had travelled from as far as Moscow. Shortly after the hearing, Masterson released a statement condemning McKenzie’s actions. “Where is our democracy today when police leaders directly responsible for developing policy and training for your safety are effectively silenced by the Chair of a committee who introduced the bill himself?” Masterson asked. The Idaho Board of Education’s Chief Communication and Legislative Affairs Officer Marilyn Whitney testified against the bill saying gun regulation should be left in charge of individual campuses whose administrators best know how to assess and handle security risks. “The board feels strongly that SB 1254 takes away an important management tool necessary to maintain an environment conducive to learning,” Whitney said. “This management tool allows each of the campus administrators to rely on the trained law enforcement professionals they hired to help them develop safety policies that provide the best experience possible for students, faculty, staff and visitors.”
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Aries (March 21- April 19): Getting up early isn’t really your thing, so you will come up with a brilliant plan to shock yourself out of bed in the morning. Capture a bobcat with some friends and keep it in your closet with a timed lock on the door. Set the door to open each morning when you are supposed to wake up. You will be out of bed quickly to avoid injury and rabies.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Wow! Your love life is set to improve dramatically this week after a major sign from the heavens changes everything in an instant. A mystical comet will fall from the sky and strike your head causing you to have amazing super powers. You will be able to see through walls and will get a sweet gig with the Department of Homeland Security.
Taurus (April 20-May 20): Sometimes you just want to look pretty. I mean, to hell with everyone else! You just want to get all dressed up to go out and shake what your mother (and father) gave you. Just be cautious when out late carousing and drinking champagne. There are still those people out there who would love to turn your skin into a suit.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Sometime soon you will have some luck with your household chores. Small elves will begin to visit your home, cleaning things as they creepily stalk about your dark home while you sleep. They will likely stick their tiny little fingers up your nose, feasting upon your precious nose gold. Elves love boogers, that’s science.
Gemini (May 21-June 20): Sometimes music is like chicken soup for the cold and lonely soul. Sometimes music is like a hearty beef stew for the human spirit. Sometimes, music is like a fine wine that is intoxicating and delicious. Sometimes music is like a shooting star that brightens and fades and sometimes music is like smelly dog shit on your shoes.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 22): Hopeless despair will grab hold of you as you read this. You will dye all of your clothing black and then shave a pentagram into the back of your head. Soon enough, you will be making strange potions with rabbit hearts and the blood of a priest. The neighbors will get wise and come around with torches eventually.
Cancer (June 21-July 22): Well look at you! Aren’t you looking nice! That is what I would say if this were actually true. You are looking a little rough around the edges. I am talking hobo status, hair all over the place, a dirty coat that smells like urine and the faintest whiff of malt liquor on your breath. Maybe it’s time to get a shower and start drinking better liquor.
Capricorn (Dec. 23-Jan. 19): A sudden and irresponsible sense of self-importance will overcome you and you will think yourself a king or queen, or whoever would be the most powerful in your region. After finding a local crown and making your own sceptre, you will demand friends and family members kiss your ring-studded fingers and massage your feet.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): Oh, Leo. This week doesn’t look good. After collecting for years, you will finally fill all of your toenail clippings jars to the brim. After realizing you have accomplished an albeit strange lifetime achievement, your parasite-infested house cat will eat the clippings only to puke them up all over your bedroom floor and house pillows.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Big ideas always start small. Shoot for the stars and don’t ever give up on your dreams. The only thing between you and achieving universal and eternal fame is the fact that you aren’t that smart or motivated. One thing you can do: dress up as you would if employed in your dream profession. Start wearing a thong and learn to dance.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Some people have a game plan when deciding to go to college. Though you have been studying engineering at the behest of your wealthy parents, you will decide you are going to study art instead. This decision will be made when you are in your senior year and is likely to upset your monocle wearing, champagne guzzling rich parents.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20): When I was a child, I always wondered where the birds went when they flew south for the winter. I mean, where did the birds from my neighborhood go? Do they have a sweet condo down in Phoenix? Are they sitting on the beach in Florida, the blackbirds keeping a lookout for trigger happy neighborhood watch personnel?
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The idea of something new and shiny is sure to make everyone happy. This is no different for Boise State’s Rec Center, which is getting new shipments of weight training equipment. This week marks the end of a long two-year process to bring new weight training equipment to campus. The process has not been a short or easy one. It started two years ago by doing research on what was needed. There were trips to trade shows to test the equipment, investigate what steel, welds and materials are used in the equipment. The next step was to pick out the equipment. Most equipment manufacturers have a direct vendor who works with companies. Cala Sielaff, assistant director of fitness and aquatics, has been responsible for this project and dealing with the manufacturers. She discussed with each manufacturer what desired and needed. The manufacturer then presented a spec sheet which lists all the specs of that particular equipment. Once this
step is done, then the process goes to bid. During the bid process the sale goes to the lowest bidder. Once it goes to bid it is out of the Rec’s hands. It is then the responsibility of the purchasing department. “We are trading out somewhere around 60 pieces in the weight room,” Sielaff said. Most of the equipment is still waiting to arrive, but there is some new equipment already available for use. The large number of equipment being traded is to help the students get the best and safest workout. All of the old equipment is being sold to Global Fitness to be refurbished. They will come and pick up the equipment, haul it off, refurbish it and then sell it to other companies. The new equipment is scheduled to arrive on Wednesday, Feb. 12. The weight room is scheduled to be closed until late afternoon on Feb. 14. Even though the weight room is scheduled to be closed for these days, the rest of the Rec will be open. Members are en-
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The Rec Center is currently working toward getting new equipment in the weight room. couraged to use the rest of the gym for those few days. According to Sielaff, there are student complaints about the weight room being closed. “We are expecting that there is a little bit of disgruntled members because of the inconvenience of
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I recently read a 2011 New York Times article that discussed a learning experiment conducted with 200 college students. The students were split into groups that utilized three different study methods: (1) students only read the information with no
having to close the weight room,” Sielaff said. “But the end product is what we are trained to focus on with our customers.” Sielaff is extremely happy with all the new products coming to the weight room, including a platform, new squat
further action. (2) students wrote a concept map based off of the information they read. (3) students read the information and then took a short test directly afterward. Any bets on what method provided the most retention when the students were tested one week later? The third method actually ended up being
racks and benches. The staff is trained to encourage the members to focus on the end result and the new equipment coming to Boise State. Kayd Christensen, a junior majoring in civil engineering, seems happy about the new equipment
the best! The thought behind this study is that when students are tested on information immediately, they create different associations to the material than just being in “studymode”—making it easier to recall. Those students who used this method resulted in 50 percent better retention according to the study. Based off of these re-
sults, I recommend finding a way to quiz yourself after a lecture or reading a lesson in your book. With math and accounting classes that might be easy… do questions out of the book, see what you learned or didn’t learn and practice the skills. With something a little more fluid like history or management techniques, try to utilize the resources
even if it means having to close the weight room. “It’s nice. Having new stuff is good,” Christensen said. Christensen is not upset about the weight room having to be closed, and looks forward to using the new equipment. you have available. Perhaps the book has checkpoint questions covering the material or there might be practice tests at the back of the book. Another good idea is to take some initiative and see if your teacher has old quizzes they wouldn’t mind sharing with you. In the end, the more work you put into your class, the better the results will be!
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“Breaking Expectations” is staff writer Danielle Allsop’s firsthand experience with living with mental illness. For months, a friend of mine has been pushing me to try online dating. I’ve always been hesitant, because I didn’t want to let go of any possibility of getting back together with my ex. But after seeing a comment made on Facebook about a possible new leading lady in his life, I lost it. I began to hyperventilate and dry heave. It was the worst panic attack I’d had in a long time. After spending hours searching for more evidence, I decided to eliminate the source. I deleted my Facebook. The minute I clicked “deactivate account,” I felt a wave of relief. I wouldn’t have to see anything that would cause more anxiety; I wouldn’t be able to spend hours looking for reasons to be upset; it would force me to move on. I was tired of feeling like shit. Anxiety makes you very self-aware. I know what will set me off and what I should avoid, yet sometimes I choose to ignore those thoughts and indulge in my vices. By eliminating my vices—I’m not quite ready to rid myself of my chocolate addiction— I hope that I can eliminate some of my anxiety. However, avoiding things that set you off will make you miss out on life. Just like indulging in your vices, you have to occasionally indulge in your fears. So, I did it. I created an online dating profile and let things happen. While yes, most were just looking for sex, some seemed genuinely interested in dating.
Valentine gifts range from simple sweets and chocolates to extravagant presents like jewelry and lingerie.
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Valentine’s Day is around the corner, and that means love is in the air and heart-shaped gifts are in abundance. Typical gifts such as chocolate and flowers this Valentine’s season were chosen as the most stereotypical gifts, according to a RetailMeNot ( www.retailmenot.com ) survey and trend report. Besides the cliche gifts, dinner reservations and a thoughtful card were two Valentine’s Day favorites among both men and women, the trend report said. For 26 percent of men and 21 percent of women, a nice evening out at dinner would be the perfect plan for Valentine’s Day. A thoughtful note was preferred by 18 percent of men and 11 percent of women. Unfortunately for men, 70 percent of women who participated in the survey
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said they would prefer to receive a gift rather than having sex. Their male counterparts were on the other side of the spectrum, with 63 percent of them opting for between-the-sheets action over a gift. The differences between the sexes continue in stereotypes when it comes to gifts by gender, which ring true in the trend report. Tech gifts were favored by 14 percent of men. On the other hand, 17 percent of women preferred to receive diamonds and jewelry. For those couples in new relationships, the gift-giving territory can be slightly trickier. Approximately 60 percent of people surveyed agreed that fitness and weight-loss related gifts were inappropriate, especially for a young couple. New couples also were advised to stay away from buying plane tickets for an exotic getaway, with approximately 25 percent of
people choosing a staycation instead. Despite the good and the bad gifts, some people don’t plan on spending any money on their significant other. This year 18 percent of people will not shell out any cash, while 74 percent of women and 52 percent of men in relationships intend on spending less than $50 on Valentine’s Day gifts. Review the do’s and don’ts lists on the right to make sure you don’t go wrong when it comes to buying your significant other the perfect Valentine’s Day gift.
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-Skip the fitness and weight-loss related gifts -Don’t spend a fortune on something special for your someone special -No expensive jewelry early on in the relationship
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Clint Minton, construction management major and member of mobile initiative, uses his iPad in the classroom and in his internship.
Online tutorials available Mobile Learning Initiative provides online tutorials to BroncoWeb and Blackboard users
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Out with the old and in with the new—the Academic Technologies department is bringing state of the art learning opportunities to Boise State in their Mobile Learning Initiative program. The Mobile Learning Initiative program allows faculty and students to use digital devices in the classroom in lieu of textbooks and other teaching aids. As of Feb. 6, new applications such as Atomic Learning and Course Load will be integrated with the Mobile Learning Initiative and became
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available to students on BroncoWeb and Blackboard. Atomic Learning is a repository of tutorials available to all students on BroncoWeb. Unlike Khan Academy, which teaches a variety of subjects from English to physics in online video tutorials, Atomic Learning is parallel with the Mobile Learning Initiative’s focus on creating digital fluency among students. Therefore, many online tutorials are continuously updated to teach operating systems, online or standalone applications such as Photoshop, Muse Creative Cloud or Cold Fusion.
When you have a mobile device in a classroom, it’s nice because you have a digital book that you can use to follow along with a lecture. —Clint Minton
The other vanguard technology being introduced is the Course Load E-text that features innovative properties allowing instructors to highlight or note specific passages. Moreover, students can respond in their text with answers or questions to the instructor. Lana Grover, an instructional design specialist of the Mobile Learning Initiative, explains that these two applications support the main mission of the program. “We want students leading the way by increasing digital fluency,” Grover said. This is also an opportunity for both students and faculty to turn digital device distraction into something productive. The program is designed to supply instructors with creative ways to teach students using iPads and respond to the technical demands of careers
students will enter after college. “The construction management program had recognized that this is where the industry was going and has already integrated,” Grover said. “So with the help of academic technologies, we launched a mobile program in construction management.” Cadet Clint Minton of construction management is already making great use of his iPad and uses it in the classroom as well as in his internship. “When you have a mobile device in a classroom , it’s nice because you have a digital book that you can use to follow along with a lecture,” Minton said. Minton went on to explain how he uses technology in the classroom. “I feel like more often we are utilizing it in the classroom to look up applications
that are related, so for my program, people use scheduling or construction management planning or plan viewing applications inside or outside of the class time,” Minton said. “I personally have an internship where I am viewing construction management drawings and when I go and meet with my employer, I take my iPad to expand drawings and create notes on different parts of the drawings.” The Mobile Learning Initiative is not limited to the construction management degree. The Academic Technologies department facilitates a wide variety of courses to faculty who want to get on board with these devices. “The option is available to enhance what they are doing but not to change what they are doing,” Grover said. For example, special lecturer and physics instructor Tiffany Watkins has been utilizing
iPads for the past three semesters. “The iPad provides visualizations to students aside from some of the abstract instruction they get in lectures, which allows them to have a better hands-on approach to studying,” Watkins said.
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Valentine’s Day, Schmalintine’s Day The origins of Valentine’s Day are unclear, but speculations of its roots are commonly based in Roman (pagan) or Christian religious practices. According to history. com, the Roman version of the holiday is based around a man named Valentine and his efforts to marry young men against the orders of the Emperor or his infatuation with a woman while he was jailed to which he wrote letters signed “from your Valentine.” In Christianity it is believed Valentine’s Day was created to counter the Roman observance of Lupercalia, a fertility festival that began in the middle of February. The Catholic Church may have created the holiday to negate the influence of the pagan holiday.
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I do not care for Valentine’s Day. Call me a pessimist, call me jaded, or call me a cynic, but I don’t give any credence to a day celebrating romance or affection between two people. What makes one particular day more significant for showing love for another person than any other day of the year? Of course people will say that is not the case and folks show their affection for someone every day of the year, but it is unequivocal that Valentine’s Day, in the modern frame of its observance, is aimed at promoting hyper-affection. A little history behind the holiday during this time is prudent in an analysis of its merits.
Whatever the origin of Valentine’s Day, its role in contemporary society is cemented as a declaration of love, friendship and affection. So where do the chocolates and the Mylar balloons, the stuffed bears, greeting cards and the Sweethearts come into play? Did Charles, duke of Orleans, have an edible arrangement overnighted to his wife along with the first recorded Valentine’s poem he wrote while languishing in confinement in the Tower of London in 1415? Maybe he did and that’s where the practice comes from (a marketing revolution of the time no doubt). My flippancy aside, the day has grown more complex than its humble origins.
I mean, does anyone remember a few years ago when Pizza Hut was offering a $10,000 engagement package complete with a ring, limo service, fireworks display and of course —a medium onetopping pizza—just what everyone wants on Valentine’s Day. Why, why, WHY does there need to be a day devoted to the practice of symbolizing an emotion? For equality’s sake shouldn’t there be day for sadness and hope and anger? No, because those are emotions we feel every day. I can rant on about how it’s a corporate holiday and a Hallmark conspiracy, but more simply I think that it is a way for people to feel validated. Getting a card, present
or any kind of acknowledgement from someone else makes people feel good, both physiologically and psychologically. So do it every day or once a week or once a month. Most of all, don’t
buy into the hype of the day, or any day for that matter. Mothers don’t need a day—their day is every day—and the same for fathers, patriots, workers and veterans.
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letter to the editor: On campus JObs Due to the critical nature of this piece the editoral staff of The Arbiter has agreed to run this piece anonymously. There is a plague that spreads among us here on campus. Her name is laziness, and she is everywhere. Although I remain nameless, my voice is true and my experiences are real. I am troubled. I find it so difficult to rectify in my mind the deficits that play out every day in front of me at this institution. I hope in these words to address a pernicious problem, institutionalized laziness that has created a culture ofsloth and privilege in me and my fellow students. In order for my words to hold any weight, you must first accept my premise, that the rigor of your education gives it value. I assume this is why you are here and not at a community college. Your worst nightmare as a
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student should be that your diploma will be viewed as easily gained. Colleges crumble when given the simple moniker of “easy.” If when you walk across the stage in black cap and gown in the near future, and all your time here has given you is a piece of paper with Dr. Kustra’s printed blue signature, then your time has been wasted. If, however, you leave with a real education and a deep-seated knowledge of how to work your hands and mind to the raw, then you will have accomplished something, and that diploma will be worth so much more when you shine in your post-college work environment. My concern is that students are leaving Boise State with no knowledge of how to push themselves. I must admit that I am part of this problem. I diagnosed this first in myself, then in
the institution at large. I am a symptom of the culture of slack. I have experienced this nowhere more potently than as a student-employee. I have worked five or six different jobs on campus and I have never found an exception to this. My supervisors have always treated me and my student-coworkers with kid gloves. The lowest expectations available on the market are laid around us like a warm soft blanket. I realized this as I sat at my desk with nothing on my agenda and the instruction from my supervisor to “just do some homework or something.” Anyone who has held a job on campus and then a career in the “real world” can laugh at the differences. From my warped perspective, I do not see the source of the problem among the students, but
rather tightly gripped in the hands of our university’s professional staff smothered in excuses that we have all heard before.: “You are a student first.” If you think that jobs on campus will accurately prepare you for the job market, then you are sorely deceived. On-campus jobs are lovely slop that you can spoon onto your resume and will be quickly scraped away and revealed by any savvy interviewer in the current job market. Iconic American philosopher William James described a meaningful life as one filled with rigor and ideals. I see both of these vital factors lacking from any campus job. Any job where you can sit in front of a computer and pin recipes for a three hour shift is not meaningful. It lacks rigor, and saps you slowly of the great Ameri-
can ideal of hard work. The ultimate problem with this is that we will not be prepared for the real world and this undermines all the power formerly held in your slowly crumbling diploma. I hope this is as frustrating to read as it was to
write. I hope that it leaves you weak for an answer and a solution. Look to your supervisors. Look to your coworkers. Look at yourself. What can we do to restore the might to your degree and the rigor to your education?
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NETFLIX PICKS Valentine’s Day edition^
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{STUDENT VOICES} “What are you doing this V-day?”
“Nothing. I don’t have any plans. I don’t have a girlfriend or anything like that.”
Jake Fairbanks Freshman Finance major
watch with sig. other watch by your lonesome Drinking Tonight Blue Like ou’re Buddies YM Valentine Crazy ine Olivia Wilde and Jake Johnson star in this movie about two friends who work together at a brewery and begin to fall for each other despite both being in separate relationships. Watch this offbeat romantic comedy with your significant other this Valentine’s Day weekend to laugh and (hopefully) agree that you’re meant for each other.
Filmed in four days at Scottish music festival “T in the Park,” “Tonight You’re Mine” is the story of two feuding musicians who end up handcuffed together. Between the awesome music and the the pure craziness of the music festival, you hardly even notice the two falling for each other. Beware: This movie will make you want to buy music festival tickets.
Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams star in “Blue Valentine,” a story about a couple which spans over many years, with a giddily romantic beginning and a confusing and depressing demise. This is a movie that is definitely best for watching alone because of the embarrassing amount of chocolate and tissues that viewers will go through while watching.
“Because I don’t have a lot of money, I figured I’d get my girlfriend some homemade stuff. I’m going to make a list of the reasons why I love her. I’m going to go into her car the night before Valentine’s Day and tape it to her steering wheel.”
Josh Plemmons
Senior Mechanical ngineering major
A crazy love story indeed, a British college student falls for her American classmate. When she overstays her visa, she is banned from the United States and the two are forced into a very long distance relationship. With a movie this tormenting to see, make sure to watch it alone so that you may yell at your television screen in peace.
“My boyfriend is taking me out to dinner. I don’t know where yet.”
Sapphire Moreno Freshman Athletic training major
Surviving Single Awareness Day Katie Johnson Staff Writer
So you’re single on Valentine’s Day. Guess what? The world isn’t over. In fact, it’s still a day to be celebrated, and there’s really no reason to let it upset you or make you bitter. The real theme of the day is to appreciate your loved ones. Whether that loved one be a boyfriend, a best friend or yourself, remember to celebrate t h e peo-
ple you love. According to a study conducted at UCSD and published in Science Daily, people will be more likely to do a good deed if you do a good deed for them. Think of a chain reaction. You send your best friend a card for Valentine’s Day, that inspires her to do a good thing for someone else, so on and so forth. If that’s not in the theme of Valentine’s Day then what is? Spreading happiness and putting good into the world should never be undermined because of the simple fact
you’re single on a day that celebrates love. I see so many advertisements or jokes about, “Single’s Awareness Day” or how overplayed Valentine’s Day is. I don’t understand why it’s bad to have a day that celebrates love. Maybe we put too much stake in one type of love and we don’t take the time to value the other kinds so all the more reason to remind your mom you appreciate her, right? Not to mention, the day is also a great excuse to indulge yourself. And how can you hate a day that is a great ex-
cuse to do something for yourself ? Get your nails done. Get a massage. After all, you’re allowed to love you. You don’t need somebody else’s approval to celebrate yourself. You don’t need someone else to give you gifts, so go buy yourself the shirt you’ve been looking at or the new pair of jeans you need so desperately.
“My boyfriend is flying down from Alaska and we’re going to Dave & Busters and Endless Love.”
Laura Holman Freshman Communication major
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Sweet and healthy Valentine’s Day treats recipe #1
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The struggle is real when it comes to Valentine’s Day sweets. You have chocolate, cookies, brownies, cake: just about everything you’re not suppose to be eating. Many of us made the vow to ourselves this January that we were going to eat healthier this year. But unfortunately the sweetest day of the year is headed our way. Trying to find some healthier ways to solve your sweet tooth craving can be harder than you think. This Valentine’s Day, step out of your box a little and opt for something a little bit healthier. Here are a few solutions for your sweet tooth this Valentine’s Day.
Angel Food Cupcakes Calories: ≈ 72 (per cupcake) Fat = 0.22g Carbs =16.18g Angel food cupcakes are a great way to fix your cupcake craving. The average cupcake has around 130 calories, 1.6 grams of fat and 29 grams of carbohydrates per serving. This sweet treat is easy to make. Just grab a box of angel food cake from the store and make according to box. Bake at 350° for 15-20 minutes. Finish these off with fresh fruit or your choice or frosting.
Valentine’s Day restaurant dining guide Patti Bowen Staff Writer
Figuring out a place to eat on Valentine’s Day is an internal battle of cost vs. quality, familiarity vs. creativity, convenience vs. impressiveness. To ease your struggle we have listed some of our top choices depending on what kind of date you’re having, (if you find reading to be a challenge, we suggest closing your eyes and picking whatever restaurant your finger lands on).
Coffee/Cafe Dates:
The District— With friendly staff and some of the cheapest coffee in town, The District offers several different options for the coffee consumer in a very friendly and unique environment. Several
of the tables have the signature cactus atop them and, because it is a nonprofit, the proceeds go to helping several different causes. Salt Tears— Far out on the edge of wild, untamed Garden City lives Salt Tears, a half coffee shop and half art gallery that offers live shows and a medley of local art that will inspire them to see past your looks and into the depth of your heart. Goldy’s Corner— Right across from the Egyptian and the bus stop where the old ladies and vagabonds go about their daily business, Goldy’s Corner warmly invites passersby in with a variety of drinks, pastries and sandwiches as well as a cute gift shop and lots of board games (if you’re feel-
ing adventurous/ you’ve run out of things to talk about, but still want to squeeze the last bit of human interaction out before you return to your cold and damp home). Because of Goldy’s Corner’s wide variety of foods at a low price we recommend taking dates who are vegan or gluten intolerant here.
Expensive/ Sit down and tip well restaurants
Red Feather— In the heart of downtown lives the ever loved Red Feather. Their sustainable and green approach to dining will give you something to talk about while their food will leave you in a state of bliss amongst other happenings of the night, fingers crossed. Although their vegan/vegetarian/gluten free options are not optimal, their food as a whole is delicious and, bonus, if you are over 21, they have an extensive drink menu. Fork— Just down the street from the Red Feather is Fork. If you have a bigger wallet, and want a bigger menu of goods, I’d check out Fork. The lighting is beautiful and there is an chic aura about the
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Greek Yogurt Cheesecake Calories = 55 (per slice) Fat = 1g Carbs = 10g This is by far the best solution to a healthier cheesecake. Typical cheesecakes are around 401 calories, 28 grams of fat and 32 grams of carbohydrates. This greek yogurt cheesecake is really easy to make. All you need to do is mix 2 cups of plain fat free greek yogurt, ½ cup of sugar, 4 egg whites, 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract, and 1 tablespoon of cornstarch until smooth. Bake at 350° for 35 minutes, and then cool for 2-3 hours in the fridge. It may seem weird, but trust me, it’s delicious!
place. Some of the food is still very traditionally American so if you’re not used to fancy dining or new experience, you can find a bit of home on the menu. Fujiyama— There are plenty of sushi places around Boise, but if you’re going for very traditional, very fresh sushi, try Fujiyama. There are a plethora of different rolls as well as other traditional Japanese dishes. For a more intimate experience call ahead of time and reserve a traditional room giving you and your date some privacy while you enjoy your food.
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No Bake Cookies with Organic Peanut Butter Calories = 116 Fat = 5g Carbs = 17g Although this sweet treat is a little bit naughtier than the others, it’s worth it! In a saucepan bring 2 cups of sugar, 1 cup of butter, ½ cup of milk and 4 tablespoons of cocoa to a boil. Let boil for a minute, then add 1 cup of organic peanut butter, 1 tablespoon of vanilla and 3 cups of oatmeal. Stir together and then scoop onto waxed paper. Let cool in the fridge until hardened. For chocolate lovers, this one is a lifesaver!
extremely cute cafes in Boise go, the Bleubird takes the cake. The menu offers a variety of creative, interesting affordable sandwiches, drinks and salads which are made from local organic food. Bleubird has the perfect date atmosphere with optimal lighting and chic wall art surrounding the diners. Alas, Bleubird is a lunch restaurant and is only open Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 4:30. Still... lunch date? Sugar Rush— This is a cute locally owned cupcake shop with a plethora of cupcake
types from Sweet Potato to Snow Ball to Rocky Road. Although it doesn’t offer any substantial food, Sugar Rush provides for a quick and cheap “shall we continue” date, allowing you to seem both romantic and not rude if you feel the need to dash quickly. I mean who doesn’t want to get home quick to a warm night of Netflix? Sugar Rush also has vegan and gluten free options so feel free to take the morally or health concerned food consumer here.
Inexpensive/Casual (Save money, still get the honey)
Noodles & Company— Cheap, delicious and decently nice, Noodles & Company gives you a large list of dishes at a very affordable price. The menu makes it easy to customize your dish to your desire, while offering vegan and gluten free options for a very small extra fee. Bleubird— As far as
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The women’s tennis team is back on the courts and their season is underway. “We are really excited; we have worked really hard this fall,” senior Sandy Vo said. “We are just plugging away and we are super excited where this team can take us; we are just ready to go.” The Broncos are expecting big things this season. “We are looking forward to this season being a breakout season for us,” head coach Beck Roghaar said. “We are looking to take a big jump forward and start our ascension into the national rankings to get the program where we think it can be.” Boise State has begun the season on a high note, going 4-1 through their first five matches. “I see this team winning the conference championship,” Roghaar said. “The sky is the limit for this team with their personality, work ethic and the way they are all on the same page with what we want this year.” The Broncos pride themselves on their work ethic and believe it will pay off during the spring season. “We worked extremely hard this fall and the girls have been dedicated on what path we want to go down,” Vo said. “We are just really committed on where we want to go.” Boise State has been emphasizing a few new things this season, one of which is making sure they don’t get outworked. “This year we have really emphasized competing,” Vo said. “We are out there fighting our hearts out and we are fighting for ourselves and each other.” Everyone on the team has bought into winning and they know they will be a force to be reckoned with. “The sky is the limit for this team,” said sophomore Teal Vosburgh. “My expectations are so high because I know we can achieve everything we put our minds too.” The Broncos are one of the favorites in the Mountain West and this is due to their experience. Boise State returns eight players from last year’s team. “It’s wonderful to have the core group of players from last year’s team come back,” Roghaar said. “It definitely adds an element of leadership and familiarity.” Boise State will look to continue their winning ways when they host Utah on Saturday. “We want to be a blue collar tough team who competes like no other team in the country,” Roghaar said. “The process that we are focusing on is making this team the toughest, most mentally prepared team in the country and the girls are on their way to doing that.”
Ruben Ibarra Staff Writer
This past weekend the Broncos gymnastics team obtained a score good enough for 16th on the Broncos all-time scoring list. They were led by cocaptains senior Amanda Otuafi and junior Kelsey Morris—both of whom helped lead the Broncos to a first place finish at the Chicago Style Invite over North Carolina, Illinois-Chicago and Bowling Green State. Morris is coming off one of her best all-around performances and hopes to continue this momentum into the next meet. The Broncos will wrap up a three meet stretch in their next invitational, when they travel to take on Oregon State, Seattle Boise State gymnastics is quietly having a brilliant season, while setting records along the way. Pacific and Utah State. On how her career day felt, Morris opted to take as they feel they can com- rankings as the season difficulties we face are us,” Morris said. The Broncos have a few the high road and put the pete with the best in the progresses. The only chal- keeping the confidence country on any given day. lenges the Broncos be- throughout the season more chances to iron out team first. “We feel really confi- lieve they are going to face and not letting anything all the kinks in their rou“It was really awedent after this last meet is being able to sustain get into our head.” tines before they have the some, I don’t even notice Though the Broncos Mountain Rim Gymnasit anymore winning the this weekend; I think it the confidence they have all-around because my boosted our confidence a gained going throughout will have to travel once tics Championships. more to Corvallis, having The Broncos will look most important goal is to lot,” Otuafi said. “We’re the season. to go on the road doesn’t to continue their high-flyready to go to Oregon “I think we definitely do the best I can for the team,” Morris said. “Win- State and hopefully get have a good chance of seem to be too bother- ing acrobats as they travel to Corvallis, Oreg. to take winning at all the meets some for either captain. ning the all-around is just the win.” “Sometimes traveling on Oregon State, Seattle The Broncos are still in and all the people we a cherry on top.” The Broncos confi- the top 25 and looking to come up against,” Otu- can hurt teams but I think Pacific and Utah State on dence is high right now, break the top half of the afi said. “I think the only in our case it really helped Feb. 15.
Broncos tee it up for 2014 spring campaign Nate Lowery Staff Writer
Don’t expect to see Boise State’s women’s golf team taking things easy with the weather getting nicer—they’re currently making one last big push for the MWC championships. After a nearly three month layoff due to the winter break, the Broncos find themselves needing to make the most of every single competition, and cannot take next week’s Jim West Challenge as a rust buster. With a little over two months left until the MWC championships, head coach Nicole Bird believes her team is ahead of where they’ve been in the past at this point in the season. Bird realizes however, there is plenty of work remaining. “I think the goals the team set for this spring are very challenging but everyone is committed,” Bird said in an email. “We
do have some things to work on . . . but we are definitely ahead of where we’ve been at this point in the past.” The work needed to be done in this last push for the postseason means Boise State needs to make the most of every opportunity. “Unfortunately there’s no such thing (as a rust buster) in golf,” Bird said. “We only have nine more regular season events before conference, and they all count towards our ranking.” Bird is hoping to see more birdies from her golfers this weekend after not seeing as many during the fall season. She expects to see that after the Broncos primarily worked on putting during the winter layover. “Everyone has been working on all parts of their game during the offseason and I’d like to see the work pay off out on the course,” Bird said.
“Really we’ve been working on putting, as that is what leads to birdies . . . we are going to focus on that in the spring.” The best way to score more birdies according to Bird is changing Boise State’s mental approach to them. The nice weather predicted in New Braunfels, Texas, the host city of the tournament, already has Bird excited to see better scores from her team. She’s
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Genevieve Ling tees off. counting on the Broncos’ score being lower by five strokes just because of more friendly weather. Boise State is still somewhat in the dark on which golfers they will have
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competing at the Jim West Challenge. The Broncos are still trying to qualify and will be informed of their tournament line-up on Thursday, Feb. 13.
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