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Crime alert: Theft on campus Courtesy Lt. Rob Gallas, Boise Police Department BSU Unit Members of the Boise Police Department assigned to Boise State University are seeing a concerning number of reported thefts on campus. A common theme is victims who left their property unattended. These thefts provide a good lesson for all of us to be watchful and to secure our valuables. Victims often report “spreading out” and getting settled in to their studies, then get sidetracked or shifting focus onto research, a phone call, using the restroom or other tasks which take them or their attention away from their property. Officers commonly hear from victims that they were only gone for a short time and gave no thought to the fact that leaving their property unattended could make them a target for an “opportunistic criminal”. Items reported stolen include laptops, cash from purses and text books which may be sold or traded, cell phones, jackets and backpacks. Unattended property theft is one of the most common yet easily preventable crimes officers are called to. Remember: to a would-be thief, unattended property is simply there for the taking. Lost property may also just be the beginning. Theft can lead to identity theft, the loss of irreplaceable personal items, important contact information in electronic devices and the loss of valuable research data or papers that may never be recovered. The Boise Police Department encourages students to: Always monitor their property and be aware of their surroundings. Record the make, model and serial numbers of personal property. Photos of items are also helpful to provide officers if the item is stolen. Report suspicious activity to police or campus security. Thank you for being a partner in securing the safety of our campus community.
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Nine bills have been signed into approval by former ASBSU president Ryan Gregg for the 2013-2014 academic year. Eight of the nine bills have the secondary fiscal impact of ASBSU moving money and dedicating those funds for student interests. The other bill opens up student democracy.
The legislation:
In effect July 10, 2013:
Funding Caps
This bill increased the maximum amount of money individual students, student clubs and student organizations could request for Boise State related activities or events. These amounts are referred to as funding caps. ASBSU had extra money in their contingency account (which is basically like a savings account) and voted to raise the individual club/organization request cap from $3,500 to $4,000 (joint club or organization efforts can request up to $8,000). The individual student funding cap, calculated as 10 percent of the individual club/organization cap, was raised from $350 to $400. According to current president Bryan Vlok, any student, club or organization can approach ASBSU and request funding.
In effect Sept. 3, 2013: This bill allows for more student voice to be represented in the Student Assembly. Previously, in the Student Assembly Code, one student per department or population (group of students with a common interest) could represent their affiliation. Now, up to three can, but the party still only gets one vote in the assembly. Also, under the College of Business and Economics, general business is now dedicated representation. In addition, this bill allows University Housing to allow one student to serve as a liaison between housing and the Student Assembly. Finally, the new Student Assembly “election process” consists of all members of the student assembly being recommended by the Assembly Speaker (this year Lauren Albright)
As written on the bill, the purpose is “to purchase furniture to renovate a space in the Student Involvement and Leadership Center.” Like the situation in bill 1, there was a surplus of money in the Contingency Account. ASBSU approved transferring $7,000 from the Contingency Account to the Sponsored Projects Account to purchase new furniture.
In effect Sept. 3, 2013: Three thousand five hundred was transferred from the Contingency Account to the Executive Sponsored Projects Account to fund updates to the helmet car—which has been around since the ‘70s— including a new cart placed on it and a new paint job. Vlok said the helmet car is accessible to any student who fills out a form and is approved to use the car on Boise State property.
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and then be approved by the ASBSU president. This went into effect due to the
lacking turnout for the Student Assembly election process.
In effect Nov. 12, 2013: ASBSU is now in charge of providing funding for the “cram snacks” provided during finals week each semester. This funding was initially provided by the Student Involvement and Leadership Center. As stated in the bill rationale, “ASBSU still feels that there is a need to continue to provide snacks for students during Finals Week because of their popularity and the benefit of not being hungry or thirsty while trying to study for finals.” In effect Jan. 14, 2014:
In effect July 10, 2013:
In effect Aug. 27, 2013: Five thousand dollars was allocated from the Contingency Account to the Executive Sponsored Projects Account to send 100 students (at $50 per student) to the Women and Leadership conference last fall.
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This bill allocates $10,000 from the Sponsored Projects Account for the purchase of “giveaway items” at sporting events. The speaker of the Student Assembly will determine what items to purchase, then receive approval or rejection from the Executive Council. This money used to be in VPSA’s budget, but this year it became part of ASBSU’s budget.
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Elections are coming up, and the student body has to know somehow. Money in the Elections Account is typically used to allow candidates 50 free prints of flyers for their campaign and to pay third party resources for the ASBSU election campaign (such as clubs running voting booths). Now, OIT has provided the election process free software for voting. This freed up $2,300. One thousand dollars was transferred from the Elections Account to the Sponsored Projects Account and $3,000 was transferred from the Elections Account to the Travel Account. Fifteen thousand dollars was transferred from the Contingency Account to the Joint Club Grant Fund Account.
In effect Jan. 14, 2014: ASBSU approved $4,000 to be transferred from the Contingency Account to the Executive Sponsored Projects Account to be spent specifically on student registrations for the Idaho Conference of Refugees (held Feb. 10-11). According to the bill, a student approached ASBSU with this request and Vlok reasoned (in the rationale of the bill), “From time to time it makes sense for ASBSU to assist students in gaining an experience through conferences. Sometimes it’s best addressed through regular funding sources for clubs and organizations and sometimes, when it transcends the lines of individ-
ual student organizations, it makes sense for ASBSU to sponsor the experience, outright.”
The Process
According to Ali Johnson, ASBSU assistant, the president of ASBSU usually takes charge of creating bills for the academic year, because they serve as an unbiased party—the president doesn’t vote on the bills. Because a lot of money in ASBSU comes from student fees, ASBSU wants to give it back in the form of support for the student body, according to Johnson and Vlok. If students need funding, they approach ASBSU and the president writes up a bill. The bill is introduced at ASBSU Executive Council meetings. One member motions to approve the bill, it must be seconded, then a majority of Executive Coun-
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cil members vote on the bill. The bill needs a 50 percent majority—of at least five ASBSU Executive Council members—in favor to be approved. Finally, the president signs the bill and it becomes official. “We try to pass things that are beneficial to students,” Johnson said. “We’re trying to represent the students. We want to be conscious of things they would approve of.” ASBSU can also come up with their own bills, such as the cram snacks and helmet car bills. If students don’t agree with proposed or passed bills, they can meet with ASBSU Executive Council members to express their concerns; however, passed bills cannot be overturned. ASBSU will try to resolve grievances with a consensus reached by both parties.
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Aries (March 21- April 19): After discovering instructional videos on the Internet, you will decide to start making your own alcohol with some of the horse urine you have saved in jars. Dig them out of the root cellar and combine them with yeast to create a special brew that is certain to charm your inlaws and neighbors. Be warned, this horse wine is delicious.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Every once in a while, you get the ol’ itch to get closer to Mother Nature. Sometimes Mother Nature is the only lady that can take care of you when you are feeling down and lonesome. Sometimes you just need to pay her a visit. Mother Nature isn’t cheap and demands you pay her cash up front, after all she is a working girl.
Taurus (April 20-May 20): Sometimes you look up at the stars late at night and think, “Wow, there sure are lots of stars up there! I wonder if there are any aliens floating around…” Of course there are aliens floating around up there. You think humans built the pyramids and designed the portable toilet? Think again friend, think again.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Cross your fingers and don’t break any mirrors, you are on a roll! Your luck is at an all time high and it’s time to test it. Run up and tickle some policemen or pretend to peddle baking soda in plastic bags on the street corner. If the cops just shrug and chuckle heartily at these antics, you’ll know your luck is at an all time high.
Gemini (May 21-June 20): With the passing of a loved one, you will be afforded the opportunity to examine your own life and fix broken relationships and heal old wounds. Sometimes we need to have something taken away before we understand what it means to us. Here is a nice little line I wrote: You don’t know what you got till it’s gone.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 22): A visit from the ghost of John F. Kennedy will leave you awe inspired and a little freaked out. First off, Kennedy will just hang out in a chair next to your bed after issuing his chilling, ghostly proclamation. I mean, who does that? If you have no further business, get a move on. Some spectres just don’t have any manners.
Cancer (June 21-July 22): Strange smells are sure to waft from your hairy upper lip creating a potential safety hazard for yourself and others. Who knows? Your cab driver could be overcome by nausea and suddenly have to vomit out of the window, causing the cab to swerve wildly in the road. Then he will have to wash all the vomit off of his cab.
Capricorn (Dec. 23-Jan. 19): Your rise to local hero and back down to hated criminal will be a quick one. After securing the town’s supply of beer, you will drink too much and become overly intoxicated. In your drunken stupor, you will decide to set fire to the aspirin factory, causing a shortage and mild to extreme discomfort for your hungover peers.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): The Food and Drug Administration won’t approve your homemade cure for the common cold, so you decide to take on the ENTIRE pharmaceutical machine. You hire a high profile lawyer and have heated arguments over glasses of scotch in deposition hearings eventually losing every case and millions of dollars.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Without taking that first step, you’ll never know how far you can go. Of course, going far depends on the type of shoes you are wearing as well. If they are dress shoes, you are more likely to get blisters. If they are athletic, you may go far in comfort. Make sure you have adequate ankle support to prevent sprains.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): High amounts of negative vibes will force you underground for at least two weeks. Find a cave or begin digging a large hole in your backyard to cower in until the vibestorm passes through. Obtain nutrients from bat guano (poop) and earthworms. Save rain water in a plastic bottle and use charcoal to make crude art.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20): A series of lightning storms will cause you to see great visions of extraterrestrial beings hell-bent on exposing us to their 24 hour news cycles and awful television programming. As if it weren’t enough to have to sit through our own ads, these visions will include touch and smell. You will hate toilet paper commercials.
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Boise State’s Secular Student Alliance organized a lecture featuring Dan Barker on Feb. 6 at the Boise Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. Barker is a former Protestant missionary in Mexico for two years, preached for 19 years, dedicated eight years of his life to fulltime, cross-country evangelism and was involved in musical ministry across the globe. Currently, however, he is the co-president of the organization Freedom from Religion and speaks around the world giving lectures and participating in debates with theists, much like the Does God Exist? debate that took place at Boise State. How does one go from devoting their entire life to following Christ to wholeheartedly pursuing atheism and becoming committed to facts and reason? Dan Barker spoke of this dramatic change in his life.
“I grew up with a binary thought process and as soon as I started to read novels concerning the opposing view, I began to open my mind up to the grey areas of what may or may not be true,” Barker said. “As I began to do this, I realized I couldn’t draw a clear line as to where my beliefs stood. I knew at that point, I wasn’t a true believer.” Barker continued to expand on his life as a minister, reminiscing on areas where he felt dishonest as a preacher, spending several months not believing a word he was preaching. Barker also sang a few songs during the lecture, teasing the idea of religion as a whole. Jake Wolford, a junior and member of Boise State Secular Student Alliance, was eager to add a quote as the lecture drew near a close. “Don’t let science and reason be drowned out by reason and emotion,” Wolford said.
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Dan Barker, the keynote speaker for Freedom and Religion, addresses a crowded auditorium. The Losing Faith in Faith lecture was a success for the Secular Student Alliance and sophomore Landon Browning spoke about what is to come
from their club. “It is inspiring to see our work on campus, we are excited to see change and make an impact,” Browning said.
“Losing Faith in Faith” lecture focused on opening the mind to believing there may not be one truth, but multiple truths.
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Associated Students of Boise State University (ASBSU) will honor exceptional faculty members with an annual award ceremony. The Golden Apple Award is a way for students
to thank teachers who pushed them further, put in extra time and instilled a passion for learning. The award ceremony will be held Monday, March 10 in the Stueckle Sky Center from 4:30 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. Once a year students are given the opportunity to
thank faculty who make learning and succeeding at Boise State possible. Every year, day after day, students wake up, trudge to class, grab some coffee and settle in for another lecture or lab. Students nominated teachers for the award to be presented by ASBSU.
Student with credit cards Students are racking up debt by the thousands Staff Writer
Everyone 18 years and older has gotten one. They arrive in bright envelopes with lots of numbers in the form of percentages, mostly revolving around the number zero. Flashy packaging, instant purchasing power and the promise of access to rewards programs are a big draw, especially to college students. Now, what most people start with is the credit cards partner, the debit card. This card provides electronic access to money you have deposited, whereas a credit card gives you limited access to a financial institution that foots the bill, with the condition that you will pay them back. In simpler terms, debit cards deal with money you have; credit cards deal with money you typically
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don’t. It would seem like there isn’t much of a trap to fall into. Yet, the average credit card debt of an undergraduate is $3,173. The general consensus from students is this: You get a credit card to build credit. Buy a few drinks at Starbucks, some candy bars, Nutella, and then pay off the balance at the end of the month. Seems simple enough, but the numbers say otherwise. Credit cards aside, 76 percent of college students are in some form of debt, with the average student loan debt of a fresh college graduate being $20,000. Credit cards aren’t always the best choice for students who are virtually going to school on credit alone. On top of that, having thousands in personal debt isn’t particularly appealing to a car dealership.
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Paul was part of the design-build team. Designbuild is a construction process that shortens project duration because construction begins prior to the design being completed. “The design-build competition is unique in that the team not only has to come up with a construction proposal including cost estimate, schedule, site logis-
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Construction management students pose with their awards after taking first place in the competition. tics plan, safety and quality control plans, but they are required to design a given structure from scratch,” said Keith Leonard, senior construction management major and president of Boise State’s Construction Management Association. The design-build team was tasked with demolition and reconstruction of a 150,000square-foot portion of a high school. Team members assumed fictitious roles such
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as project controls manager, design manager or chief estimator. In these roles the team then had 15-hours to prepare a professional business plan. “Essentially, you prepare five months for a 15 hour competition window and attempt to accomplish something that most companies spend weeks or months putting together,” Leonard said. “You are intentionally given far more than you can accomplish in the allotted time frame to see how you handle the pressure.”
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ABSA to celebrate black history Dani Allsop @danibananii
February is Black History Month, and for one club on campus, the month is more than just a chance to remember those who suffered and fought for simple human rights. The Afro-Black Student Association, formerly known as the Black Student Alliance, is hosting an event on campus on Feb. 24, aimed at raising awareness about their organization, and of the origins of African descendants. Emmanuel Eze, a sophomore accounting major and president of the AfroBlack Student Associa-
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tion, encourages students of all backgrounds to become involved in the organization. “You don’t have to be black to join. Everyone is welcome,” Eze said. As an international student from Nigeria, Eze became involved in the AfroBlack Student Alliance in 2013 after the organization was formed. Eze feels that students should learn about not only their heritage, but of others as well. “Black History Month is only celebrated in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. It isn’t celebrated where I’m from because, well, every month is Black History
Month,” Eze said. According to the Library of Congress, Carter G. Woodson founded “Negro History Week” in 1925, though first celebrated in 1926, as February “encompassed the birthdays of both Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass.” During the nation’s bicentennial in 1976, President Gerald Ford pleaded with Americans “to seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.” Since 1976, every
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members spent multiple hours a week preparing both as a team and individually. While the 15-hour competition day was a difficult task to overcome, teammates agreed the preparation for presentation was the most daunting task. “Five of us literally got no sleep, and in a way, it was fun staying up all night preparing our presentation,” said Joey Paul, senior construction management major with a minor in business. “It was cool because we all bought in to the scenario and were in it together. Let’s just say the coffee pot was constantly running throughout the entire day and night ... and into the next day.”
American president has issued African American History Month proclamations. From 7 to 9 p.m. on Feb. 24 events will include an “Open Mic,” which Eze hopes will be used by the Boise State community to share stories, poems, and songs that incorporate African heritage. “Students do not need to be of African heritage to participate, just have something they want to share,” Eze said. Renowned motivational speaker, Vincent Kitunku of Kenya, will serve as the keynote speaker. According to his per-
In the end, it was the team’s preparedness, real work experience, ability to work together and skill sets that brought them to number one. “It sounds cliché saying ‘working as a team,’ but we truly did and it worked,” Joey Paul said. Boise State was competing against schools with construction management programs five or six times larger than theirs, and resources to match. When it came time for judgment, second and third place were announced, and the team faced the realization they would either walk away first place winners or empty-handed.
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“Finally the announcement comes, ‘these guys did good’ said the judge and McCarthy representative as to put emphasis on our performance compared to others: ‘Boise State,’” Leonard said. “I honestly couldn’t believe it but I wasn’t going to argue.” With that the designbuild team achieved a goal they had set upon leaving the competition a year prior: to take first this year. “I am extremely proud to have had the opportunity to represent BSU in this great competition,” Joey Paul said. “We had set the goal a year ago to go back for the gold and it felt pretty darn good to achieve that goal.”
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Paul was not pulling the usual procrastination technique practiced by college students. This past week the Construction Management Department sent seven teams to participate in the Associated Schools of Construction student competition in Reno, Nevada. Each team was given a hypothetical situation in their category that they then had to devise a plan to solve. Categories ranged from commercial and design-build to mixed use and determining project risk.
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After a 15-hour day spent preparing a professional business proposal with his five teammates, senior construction management major Kirk Paul fought the sleep he desperately wanted and needed. Instead, he and the team pulled an all-nighter preparing a presentation that was due at 6:30 a.m. “We turned everything in with about five minutes to spare, running down seven flights of stairs,” Paul said. “It was hardcore parkour as ‘The Office’ would say.”
ABSA meets every Thursday at 3:30 p.m. sonal website, “Dr. Kituku, a native of Kenya, Africa, draws on his rich cultural heritage and his in-depth experience in corporate America to help others apply the strategies of personal and professional success to their lives.” For more information about the event, visit the
club’s Facebook page. All students who are interested in learning about the Afro-Black Student Alliance are encouraged to attend weekly meetings held Thursdays at 3:30 p.m. on the second floor of the SUB, in front of the Student Leadership Center.
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You probably know her as Reid on 100.3 The X Rocks, but Brittany Hobbs didn’t always plan on going into radio like her father, Bob Rosenthal, more commonly known as the voice of the Broncos at Bronco Stadium during home football games. When she began studying at Boise State in 1998 she enrolled as a theatre major but changed to communication after she realized acting wasn’t her strong suit. “I had no intention of going into radio. I was open to it but I
never thought I would go into it. It wasn’t my goal. I never thought I would be on the air,” Hobbs said. While at Boise State, Hobbs founded a local sorority, Delta Beta Nu, and lived in the D wing of Chaffee Hall where she roomed with Buster Bronco. Among the professors that made an impact on Hobbs are Peter Wollheim and Mary Rohlfing, professors who pushed her to do her best. “He (Wollheim) was so fantastic and I really liked him and respected him. She (Rohlfing) made me try so
hard and challenged me,” Hobbs said. Now, 10 years after graduating, Hobbs is the voice of the morning and afternoon traffic reports on four radio stations and the Fox Nine television station. When not on the air, Hobbs spends her time with her two-year-old daughter Brynn. To current Broncos, Hobbs said: “Pick a major. Choose something that sets you apart from the crowd, something that gives you a really unique, important skill. The more specialized of a skill you have, the better off you are.”
Brittany Hobbs - Communication major Kody Aldrich- Criminal justice major Since 1998, Captain Kody Aldrich of the Ada County Sheriff’s Department has stood on the frontlines of protecting and serving the community. Before that, however, he was a Boise State student paying his way through college. “Boise State has an awesome criminal justice program, one of the best,” Aldrich said. Aldrich didn’t plan on going into law enforcement when he started in 1995. “Growing up I always wanted to be a professional football player,” Aldrich said. After an injury in high
school, Aldrich shifted to athletic training in his undergraduate studies. It wasn’t until he took a criminal justice elective that he found his calling. “One of my favorite classes was a Canadian criminal justice class. We had an opportunity to visit Vancouver P.D.,” Aldrich said. “We got to look through their facilities and understand the criminal justice system and some of the challenges they deal with.” Just before graduating in 1999, Aldrich began his career as an intern with Ada County.
“Ted Hopfenbeck set me up with an internship with the Sheriff’s office and it was awesome. I got the keys to a car and was collecting unpaid property taxes,” Aldrich said. Since his modest beginnings Aldrich has held almost every post in the Sheriff’s department from jail deputy to patrol deputy to SWAT team commander to chief of police for the city of Kuna. Through all of his struggles working full time and going to school, Aldrich advised students to, “Begin with an end in mind. Keep everything in perspective; it’s so easy to get overwhelmed.”
Vanessa Gertman- Applied mathematics & computer science major In a rapidly globalizing and technologically linked society, it is becoming ever more important to have people who are skilled in the trades to maintain the supercomputers and servers that run the world. Enter Vanessa Gertman, Boise State graduate of 2012 in applied mathematics and computer science. Since graduating, Gertman works as a programmer for MetaGeek, a small company that makes wireless troubleshooting tools. “I’m part of the development team; we build new features and fix bugs. It’s really
nice working for a small company and developing with a small team,” Gertman said. Grand plans have humble beginnings, however, as Gertman never anticipated a career in computer science. “I really liked math but I was having a hard time seeing how I could directly apply it and when I started doing computer science I really liked it,” Gertman recalled. Gertman’s fascination with mathematics did not go away when she added computer science to her major. In 2011, Gertman and her friend Anna Nelson started
the Math Club at Boise State. One of the formative traditions of the club is the observance of Pi Day which takes place on March 14 to coincide with the mathematical constant. “It was a lot of fun, we stood in the quad and handed out slices of pizza and pie,” Gertman said. For those who may be having a hard time with heavy course loads and demanding professors, Gertman said, “Keep trying. All this stuff you’re learning, you might not use every piece of it, but it’s teaching you something important.”
Kristin Jackson- Political Science Major A challenge some students face is balancing their postsecondary education goals with their life goals. Kristin Jackson had to balance fulltime work, class work and building a family. Jackson began her college career later than most at the age of 22 and went part time while working full time to support herself. In navigating the challenges of a non-traditional education, it took her longer than the coveted four years to graduate. Originally entering the university as a communication major, Jackson wanted to work in radio but then realized it wasn’t going to be the plan meant for her, so she
turned to political science. “My plan was to go into law school and become a family law attorney. The reality of that was I had a family by the time I graduated, so law school wasn’t a realistic goal anymore,” Jackson said. Upon graduating with her undergraduate political science degree in 2010, Jackson would continue her studies to get a graduate certificate in community and regional planning in 2012. “My degrees gave me the dedication I needed and the focus to do a real world job,” Jackson said. “Working under deadlines, that’s what this job is all about, just like when you’re a student.”
Jackson has stayed with the Boise State community and works for the Boise State Foundation as a program information coordinator where she handles data intake and output for different colleges at the university. When it comes to the success of current students, Jackson stressed the importance of internships. “Get an internship in a field you’re actually interested in, don’t get it for the credit, get it for the experience,” Jackson said. “If you get a chance to travel somewhere and go to school, do it. You’re going to meet people and learn things you won’t get in a college classroom setting.”
Summer Cook - Education major Summer Cook began at Boise State with an ambition to be an investigative journalist, “empowering people with the information to make informed decision,” she said. It wasn’t until an interview with a celebrity for The Arbiter that she realized she wanted to shape the minds of children. Malcolm McDowell, star of “A Clockwork Orange” and “Heroes” gave Cook some advice. “Whatever you do, make sure you feel like you are making a difference every day,” Cook said.
With waning interest in journalism, Cook turned to education at the advice of those around her. “I was kind of reluctant because I didn’t really regard teaching as an actual profession; I thought it was something you did when you didn’t know what else to do,” Cook said. Switching majors more than halfway through her undergraduate studies, Cook would have to take on an additional year of classes and student teaching. After volunteering at
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Adventures in health Danielle Davidson is a Boise State student studying in Seoul, South Korea. This column details her firsthand experiences with living abroad. Whenever I watched a Korean show or movie I thought it was weird how if one of the characters got a paper-cut or sprained an ankle it was the end of the world. But now I’ve encountered a few people and a few situations explaining the obsession with being healthy in the best and quickest way possible. I got a cold about a week ago and a friend of mine asked me if I’d gone to see the doctor, and I looked at him with confusion. I wasn’t dying or in any pain, so why would I see the doctor? My response was that if it got really bad or didn’t go away then I would see a doctor. He didn’t like my answer, and ended up buying me medication, because I refused to go to the hospital to get looked at. I found out later that it’s common for Koreans to see the doctor and get a shot for something even as minor as a cold. Slowly, all the movie scenes of paper-cuts being treated like giant lacerations were starting to make sense. Another friend got a sty in one of her eyes and it didn’t look significantly large, but after going in to see the doctor to get eye-drops, he told her she should have surgery to get it taken care of as soon as possible, so it could heal faster. When she told me she was going to have surgery on her eye I was concerned, because I thought something was seriously wrong, but it turned out the doctor recommended getting surgery so it would go away faster. He also gave her a shot, oral medication and an eye patch to wear around. She said she didn’t want to do the surgery, but the faster it went away, the better. I asked her why Koreans were so drastic when it came to their health, and she told me it’s because they have to be in tip-top shape to perform well at their jobs. The job market in Korea is really competitive, so being healthy means being able to work harder. So, good health and fast healing equals hard work and money. All those scenes in TV shows involving sprained ankles weren’t just an excuse for piggyback rides and skinship (‘skinship’ is Konglish) after all!
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Justin Vaughn, professor of political science at Boise State, poses with his new book.
“It was really hard for me to edit people who I viewed as giants in the field,” Vaughn said. “It was really empowering.” While Vaughn saw this as an obstacle in the beginning of his endeavors, in the end it was the best part. “The most gratifying thing was when some of those same people who I had a tough time coming to terms editing sent notes of appreciation,” Vaughn said. “That felt good.” Vaughn explained his book has three main points. First is establishing Obama’s presidency. “A presidency is a thing that exists on a paper,”
Vaughn said. “Obama was creating his own presidency through his image and really through his words.” Second is America’s expectations of presidents. “We as Americans have really unfair expectations for presidents,” Vaughn said. “These expectations can really burden presidents.” Vaughn establishes that there are three types of burdens presidents face. The first is the institutional burden of the presidency. “You can think about that by walking around the national mall in D.C. and seeing the Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument,” Vaughn said. “These
presidents have to do the same thing. We are talking about this mythical heroic institution of our imagination. President Obama has to wrestle with that every day as he is a human being.” The second burden is contextual, specific burdens of the time or era. George Washington had to deal with contextual burdens having to do with the Constitution and setting precedence. “Obama has to deal with economic challenges, ongoing wars, declining American influence and popularity throughout the world and polarization,” Vaughn said. The last burden is
personal. “Those are the things Barack Obama has to face; no one else has to face those,” Vaughn said. “The most obvious one is his race. He is the first African-American president.” The overarching argument of the book is that those burdens cause presidents to fall short of their expectations. “Basically, in the face of these heroic expectations, presidents still have to perform the presidency in a way that we find acceptable,” Vaughn said. “All while doing so, shouldering these three different kinds of burdens that all exist simultaneously.”
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This year there is no reason to wait for Treefort to see some of the bands that will be there. This Friday from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the Student Union Building, Boise State is hosting a Treefort Preview. Hollow Wood and Calico will both be in the building performing for students. The best part is, it’s totally free to go and enjoy the music. During the past Treefort festival, Hamilton Leithauser (above) performed with his indie band The Walkmen.
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Two scholars walk into a bar during the NBA playoffs rooting for the Chicago Bulls. More than four years later, those two scholars, Justin Vaughn from Boise State and Jennifer Mercieca of Texas A&M University, wrote a book on Barack Obama, presidential expectations, and political rhetoric. “About halfway through the game we introduce ourselves to each other and discovered we had a common research interest,” Vaughn said. “We became friends, did a couple papers together and decided to do a conference together on Obama.” At the conference, an editor approached the two about writing a book. The conference was nearly four years ago and their book, “The Rhetoric of Heroic Expectations: Establishing the Obama Presidency” was delayed numerous times since then. “The delay actually benefited us. It forced us to further theorize and develop the arguments,” Vaughn said. The book is full of essays and papers written by renowned scholars. Being the author of the book meant Vaughn had to edit those scholars. “The most difficult part was editing scholars I really respect,” Vaughn said. Vaughn had only been a professor for about three years when he began the book, so he felt unprepared to critique some of his own intellectual heroes.
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Hockey heads to regionals The Boise State club hockey team is looking to continue a successful year with a win in the postseason Ruben Ibarra
The Boise State Hockey Club has high expectations for their first postseason appearance. the team looks like an adjunct of cliques and this year everybody hangs out and is friends.” The Treasure Valley native’s responsibilities expand beyond the ice. “It is a lot of work to be an officer, to make sure and do all the paperwork and kind of be in charge,” Schmidt said. “It makes it all worth it when you are able to play.” Schmidt’s love for the
game won’t end once his playing career is over. The junior added that once he is all done with playing, he would like to get into coaching. “I would kind of like to go back and coach my old high school and stay here in the valley,” Schmidt said. Being a first time participant into this tournament makes it a long uphill battle and the team is going to have to overcome some
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Great moments arise from great opportunity and that is exactly what the Boise State Hockey Club team has in front of them. For the first time in the club’s history, they will be advancing into the regional playoffs against Cal-State Fullerton and, if successful, they will have an opportunity to advance to nationals. The hockey club has continuously been getting better and this year seems to have been the year they were able to get over the hump. “This is our first ever season making it to regionals. That is already an indicator of how we are growing. The team is a lot better,” Boise State Hockey Club president Claude Cardinal said. “Structurally the guys came in and helped us. This is a pretty good idea that we have a good group and are just adding some more pieces to making it better.” The team attributes the success of this season, compared to others, to several important factors. “This year there has been a lot more mingling and talking off the ice,” Cardinal said. “It has been a lot better in previous years.” The chemistry between teammates has been a spark both on and off the ice. “It has been more casual,” said junior J.T. Schmidt, vice president of the club. “We have had players in the past where
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Ihmels brings success to Boise State cross country Nate Lowery Staff Writer
On April 4, 2013, J.W. Hardy, Boise State director of track and field and cross country, was relieved of his coaching duties immediately and replaced by assistant coach Jeff Petersmeyer as interim head coach. Meanwhile, in Ames, Iowa, Corey Ihmels is in the midst of his sixth season as the head coach for both the Cyclone cross country and track and field teams. Despite Ihmel’s strong ties to Iowa State as a member of the Cyclone’s 1994 NCAA cross country national championship team and four-minute miler in a Cyclone jersey, the Boise State head coach opening intrigued Ihmels. Boise was always a city he and his wife, Michelle, wanted to move back to after Ihmels spent 19992000 training in Boise while competing professionally for Nike. However, Ihmels had a love for Iowa State, and the decision to leave was one he went back and forth on for weeks. “It wasn’t easy,” Ihmels said. “Anytime that you leave your alma mater, a place that not only was I able to have a lot of success there, but it gave a lot to me. It was a place that is special and will always be special to me. It was difficult.” Boise was an area he saw he could have success at, not only for coaching but also for his family. After nearly 20 years as both an athlete and coach at Iowa State, Ihmels decided it was the right time for change and accepted the job at Boise State. “Boise is an anomaly. It really is a sleeping giant,” Ihmels said.
The summer of uncertainty
Several weeks into the summer of 2013, Boise State cross country runners received an email from previous cross country assistant Brad Wick saying the school had hired a new coach. Wick’s email was followed by an email from Mark Coyle, Boise State athletic director, stating the school had hired Ihmels as the new head coach. “There was some mystery over the summer,” senior cross country runner Allan Schroeder said. “Nobody really knew anything and we didn’t hear a whole lot from Ihmels. It was two months of silence.” Several weeks before the end of summer, Ihmels
emailed his new runners detailing when they should return to school for the the team’s cross country camp. He then spent the summer building his staff, which includes two members of his staff from Iowa State: Travis Hartke and Grant Wall. “It was a huge plus to have some of my assistants join me at Boise State,” Ihmels said. “We were able to hit the ground running.”
Transitions
Fortunately for the cross country team, the transition from Wick to Ihmels was a smooth one. “Most distance coaches are pretty chill and go with the flow types,” redshirt junior cross country runner Emma Bates said. “It was a pretty smooth transition for us.” Bates was especially excited to work with a coach who had achieved a great deal of success in the past “He has a lot of credibility which is good for us,” Bates said. “I hope to have the same success running under him.” Ihmels felt his previous successes were respected by the team from day one. “They (distance runners) were pretty eager to jump in and hear what I had to say,” Ihmels said. “I couldn’t have asked for a group that was more ready for change.” The team also noted that Ihmels has fostered a much tighter-knit team and a more supportive and confident environment than Wick. “He has us supporting each other,” Bates said. “Everyone on the team has the same goals now. Supporting each other, encouraging one another and motivating each other was what we really needed.” Those goals include an appearance at the national championship and a MWC title.
Early success in Oregon
To the surprise of many, Ihmels included, Boise State’s turnaround progressed quicker than imagined with an astonishing performance at the Bill Dellinger Invitational. In the first meet of the season, where the entire varsity top seven raced, the men placed second to the University of Oregon and defeated recent national power Portland. The women placed third behind Bates’ runner-up finish. “Dellinger was just pure enjoyment,” Schroeder said.
Ihmels was shocked at the Broncos’ dominating performance at the Dellinger Invite. His goal for the fall was to see the program begin to make progress. He just figured it would be in practice, not races. “My vision is we are going to beat Oregon and we are going to beat Stanford,” Ihmels said. “Those are the teams that we want to compete against because they are the standard. To get there that quickly, I didn’t think we would be able to do that.” Schroeder led the men with a fifth place finish and was the first of four Broncos in the top 10. Bates and redshirt junior cross country runner Marisa Howard led the women with a 2-3 finish in the women’s race at Dellinger. “It sends a message to the rest of the group what we are about and that’s where we are headed,” Ihmels said. “I think that was one of the biggest things with the distance group this fall, was just getting them to understand that they could be great and that we’re going to have success.”
team—earning the final automatic qualifying bid available. Portland would also edge out the Broncos, 92-117 to claim the third spot in the West, and take the edge for receiving one of the 13 atlarge bids for the national championship. The next day, the Broncos learned they were the first team left out of the national championship. Only redshirt senior cross country runner Jeff Howard would go to Terra Haute, Ind. after placing seventh in the West Region. “I felt bad for the group at the end because they did everything they could to get to nationals,” Ihmels said. “To be the first team to not get to nationals, that’s a tough pill to swallow.” Ihmels believes had the Broncos qualified, they would have been a top 10, top 15 team. “It was honestly a bittersweet season,” Schroeder said. “It was awesome to run fast and see the culmination of all the hard
work just come to life, but a day later when we found out we were the first team out of nationals, it kind of hurt.” The women’s team, with the exception of Bates, had an off day, and finished 10th. Bates won the race for her third consecutive victory and punched her ticket to nationals, where she placed second.
Looking ahead
Despite the disappointment of barely missing nationals, Ihmels believes Boise State’s cross country and track and field programs are on the fast track to national success, even if he believes the men’s team will take a step back next season. The Broncos will graduate four members of their top seven on the men’s side. “We may have to take a step back next year just because we’ll be pretty young,” Ihmels said. “I
think the progress we made this fall exceeded our expectations.” For the women, they return Bates, Marisa Howard and freshman Shelby McIntyre in 2014. “Next year we have a great shot at making it to nationals and winning a conference title,” Bates said. “I think with a couple more incoming freshmen that will help us get to the next level.” With the support of the athletic department and school administration, Ihmels sees the Broncos contending not at the regional level, but with top 10 finishes on the national level. “I think we can do the same things here that we accomplished at Iowa State,” Ihmels said. “The administration and the athletic department want this program to reach high levels and we’re not going to back down from that.”
The disappointment of defeat The Broncos’ impressive season as a team however, would come to a disappointing end on Nov. 15 at the West Region Championships— the semi-final for the national championships. With two kilometers remaining in the men’s 10 kilometer race, Boise State found themselves second in the team standings for the men’s race—behind Stanford but ahead of Portland and Oregon. It was in those last two kilometers, with the finishing line growing closer and the thought of getting a team to nationals , that things fell apart. Oregon closed hard to place four th in the top 20. They placed second as a
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