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Connor Nagel, a sophomore chemistry major, thinks he has a liberal take on swearing but that there is a time and place for it. “I think it’s sort of the same way it goes with a job; you’re not supposed to do that in a public area,” Nagel said. “It’s always kind of been taboo.” For Associate Professor Stephen Crowley of the Philosophy Department, swearing is just a part of life. “I come from a culture where there is more cussing,” Crowley said. Being raised in Australia and having spent time in Europe, swearing sounds normal to Crowley. “My basic view is that

Idahoans must be the politest, ‘non-swearingest’ folk I know,” Crowley said. Though when Crowley hears cursing in the classroom, he has a different reaction. “You have to first make sure that it hasn’t bent anyone else out of shape, because that’s really bad,” Crowley said. Crowley noted that learning is something people won’t respond to if they are stressed. So when a classroom setting is stressful for students they won’t receive and retain the new information as well as they would if the classroom setting was comfortable. “Swearing means that everyone is feeling really comfortable,” Crowley said. “Comfortable people are en-

gaged people.” Crowley noted that this isn’t always the case. “On the other hand, cursing can sometimes make stress, which means the learning environment is down the tubes,” Crowley said. So when students are cursing in the classroom, Crowley evaluates the scenario to decide how to respond. “This is either really good or really bad,” Crowley said. “I have to work out which one it is fast.” Crowley judges the reaction of the class to cursing by acknowledging everyone’s body language. Students are used to figuring out what people are thinking by studying their facial and vocal expressions.

“And, like anything, it works better in a group of six or 15 than it does in a group of 35,” Crowley said. Niether Crowley nor Brian Kierland, associate professor of philosophy, address cursing specifically in their syllabi, but they have never had a problem with it, so they see no need to change it. In Kierland’s syllabus, however, he has a guideline that says, “do your part in maintaining a learning friendly classroom,” which he believes covers any potential issue that could arise from cursing. “I would expect that at some point it (cursing) would start to offend some other students,” Kierland said. “I don’t think anything is really gained by the curs-

ing and it would distract other students so I would ask them to tone it down.” Laura Winslow, sophomore marketing major, thinks swearing comes off as unintelligent, though it doesn’t offend her. “We’re all 20-something year olds; we’ve heard a couple swear words here and there,” Winslow said. Winslow adds that cursing in the classroom has never even crossed her mind. “I just generally don’t cuss,” Winslow said. Though neither Kierland nor Crowley have ever had severe issues with students cursing in their classroom, sophomore Travis Scranton, a business marketing major, had a friend who had a bad experience in the

classroom. “A friend of mine was sworn at,” Scranton said. He found this highly inappropriate and said he feels swearing in the classroom in general is unprofessional. Kierland, however, has an experiment in class where he uses swearing to his advantage. “If you don’t do it very often people respond to it,” Kierland said. “Sometimes I intentionally throw in a curse word because it helps to get students attention.” In one of Kierland’s examples in class he described a thought experiment to his students which involves them thinking “what the fuck,” Kierland said when he throws in that line he always gets the class’ focus.

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Boone Bartlome’s home is currently in a state of transformation following his football injury, playing for Kuna Highschool, last November. Carpets have been ripped out for hardwood floors, door frames have been widened and the doors have been reoriented, and Boone’s room is an empty shell of what it used to be. At a rifle auction held to raise money for the Bartlome family, students in Boise State’s Department of Construction Management stepped up and asked how they could help with the Bartlomes’ need to remodel their home. Construction Management Assistant Professor Casey Cline, who is a good friend of Boone’s father, set up the connection and the project commenced. Boone’s room needs to have hardwood flooring, his bathroom needs to be more easily

maneuverable, a recreation and physical therapy space is being implemented, a wheelchair ramp to the front door and porch area off of Boone’s bedroom are being constructed. Robin Ward, a close family friend of the Bartlomes, said the journey to returning to a “normal” life has felt long and anxious for the Bartlomes. They have been rotating staying in homes of family friends. Having been out of their home for months has been taxing, but the project is necessary and will help facilitate Boone’s recovery. Now, after two full months the project is nearly complete. Project Manager and Boise State student Danny Hinson said the project has been a rewarding learning experience. “We wanted to make sure he could be as self-reliant as possible and I feel like we’ve done a lot to help with that and not make him rely on help from his parents and other things,” Hin-

son said. Outside help has been a large factor in the project though. Local companies have donated supplies and people in the area have offered their time in the construction. In addition to the 30 members of the Boise State construction management team, about 70 other individuals have contributed their time and resources to the project, and many community members have offered their well wishes to the family. Hinson and Ward said the Bartlomes have been overwhelmed with the kindness, and they express their thanks to everyone who has helped with this experience. “Any time you can give back to your community, especially in hard times like this that Bartlomes are going through it’s a great feeling and it’s rewarding to be

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Justin Misseldine and Jake Hinson work on the Bartlomes’ home. able to do that especially when they don’t really have the means to do this project themselves,” Hinson said. “When you can bring a group of people in the construction industry together and do it at such a small cost for them (the family)…that in itself is payment enough to be able to give back and do something like that.” Ward acknowledged that

Boone’s athletic lifestyle has been dealt a blow, but he’s been staying positive and transitioning back into school. Boone is also planning on speaking at elementary schools and motivating kids to be strong in facing life challenges. “He loves doing anything because he’s just so athletic. (He’s) very ambitious, very driven,” Ward said. “He just goes out and does it and does

it well.” Ward said the family is still unsure of how Boone’s recovery process is going to unfold. The home remodel is a big adjustment for everyone, but it is hoped to help with Boone’s development. “(Boone) tends to be successful at anything he does and that’s why he’ll be successful at this (recovering),” Ward said.

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The Future Aries (March 21- April 19): Talking about your problems helps sometimes, but it can’t be enough. That’s why you need to illustrate all of your life problems through the art of theatre. Set up a blanket on a string and act out your troubles for the student body to see in full. The drama club will get involved and soon enough you will be on Broadway under the flashing lights.

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Taurus (April 20-May 20): After watching the neighbors dog chase cars all afternoon, you decide you will do the same. In fact, you will not just shoot for chasing a car, you will do your best to catch one. Day after day, you will run as fast as you can in an attempt to catch neighborhood cars only to eventually be arrested for harassment and what appears to be attempted carjacking.

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Gemini (May 21-June 20): Just stay in bed, Gemini. Your luck has run out. Your line of credit has been reached. Your luck has taken out loans with some shady mafia people who demand payback or a severed index finger. In short, your luck has gone far enough and will only come back if you eat a gallon of ice cream in your underwear and eventually become disgusted with yourself.

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Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You have always been proud of your ability to get out of sticky situations. Those skills will pay off after you find yourself tied to a tree and covered in honey after the local gang of hoodlums tricks you into hugging a tree with your eyes closed. After you are doused in honey and a bear licks you clean, you will decide to live in the great outdoors until you die. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You love ultimate frisbee and you don’t care who knows it. In fact, you will get multiple ultimate frisbee tattoos in honor of the greatest sport that mankind has ever had the pleasure of undertaking. The local ultimate frisbee team will eventually take it too far and begin body checking other players so hard that they bleed. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 22): After failing miserably at dating those in your immediate age, you will soon resort to drastic measures and start dating residents of your local retirement home. You will grow tired of their wrinkly old genitals and the constant smell of insect repellent that old people seem to carry around with them at all times. At least they have money.

Cancer (June 21-July 22): Without your magic glasses, you are unable to see through walls and selective attractive peoples’ clothing as they walk down the street. You should have paid more attention to where you put them last night because the local gang is counting on you to help rob a bank and they are certain to get shot right in the ass by an overzealous cop.

Capricorn (Dec. 23-Jan. 19): A local internship will turn strange after you realize you are expected to help a local artist give tattoos out of the back of his old white van with no rear windows. The police will pull you over on multiple occasions and check the back seat for possible murder victims and abducted children. Maybe try an internship with the hobo union.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): Your dietary restrictions must become even more strict. I mean, think about all of the pain and suffering endured by vegetables and tofu who want nothing more than to live full respectable lives. The last thing some veggies and tofu want is to end up going through your guttyworks and coming out the other end as some stinky old poo.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Life isn’t a goddamn game, Aquarius! You think you can just go through life smoking drugs and doing lots of alcohol? What do you think your parents are spending all of your college money on? A chance for you to get naked and run through the quad to the gymnasium while on who knows what kinds of exotic drugs and imported alcohols?

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You will do some time in prison soon. Don’t fret though, you will have a good time of it and everyone will actually be really nice and helpful. Some of the inmates will actually bake you a cake on your birthday after you rouse their spirits by creating a prison barbershop quartet. Soon enough, you will rule over the cellblock with an iron fist.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20): No matter how hard you try and no matter how far you search, you will never find a piece of cake as delicious as one you had that fateful night back in ‘04. John Kerry had just lost a presidential election to George W. Bush so the country was headed in the right directions. Oh, the taste of victory can be so sweet, then later give you terrible diarrhea.

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When students hear the word “portfolio” mumbled during class, the first initial thought is a bunch of papers getting thrown together in an unorganized fashion and turning it in to their professor. Most of the portfolios that are handed in are never returned and used in the future. Boise State is hoping to put that to a stop. Vicki Stieha, assistant professor and director of the Foundational Studies Program has been pushing for electronic portfolios (e-Portfolios) to become more prominent within the university. “I’ve known about ePortfolios for a long time

and we’ve used them in writing for a really long time. “In the recent years, because of cloud technology and evolution of applications, they have become easier for institutions to use,” Stieha said. The idea for e-Portfolios is to allow students to have one place where they can compile all of their work throughout school. They are able to pick and choose which pieces of work they would like to showcase in a professional portfolio. Boise State has already put e-Portfolios into effect and has piloted the platform called Digication, which students can access through Google, and allowed the students

to test out e-Portfolios and get a response. “We’ve actually had ePortfolios in Boise State and we’re incrementally building the program by doing pilot testing with the students to see what their responses were,” Stieha said. “Many of the students actually enjoyed them and thought that they were easy to use.” Justin Petersen, sophomore nursing student, had never heard of e-Portfolios, but feels like it could be beneficial to students. “I know that for me it would be very beneficial to have access to all my work in one area, especially going into nursing,” Petersen said. Right now the e-Portfolios are free to use through

Boise State. Stieha has been trying to settle on a fee for students. Most courses, if they are using e-Portfolios, will have the price already added. “As of right now the ePortfolios are free to use. We are looking at about $7-$8 per course, but would like to settle on an annual flat fee for both semesters,” Stieha said. So far there is an estimate of about 1,500 students already at Boise State using e-Portfolios and that number is still growing. If interested in starting an e-Portfolio, visit the Foundational Studies Program office located in the old business building.

uStore eases club purchasing Staff Writer

In 2014, it’s hard to imagine having to carry around a checkbook or counting pennies. Now, with uStore, an online payment system meant for student organizations and their members, students no longer have to use out-dated forms of payment when purchasing goods and services from student organizations on campus. According to Ashlie Baty, student organization coordinator for the Student Involvement and Leadership Center (SILC), uStore was

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launched so student organizations could collect various fees online. “We live in a modern world, where credit cards are the norm,” Baty said. “We wanted to be able to provide that service to student groups if they wanted to take advantage of it.” Many students were glad SILC provided this option for that very reason. Britton Russell, senior social sciences major, used the service to buy a t-shirt from Lambda Alpha Epsilon and was glad to have it as an option. “For me, personally, I don’t like using cash,” Rus-

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sell explained. Russell added that Lambda Alpha Epsilon decided to make uStore the only avenue to purchase the item so all members could conveniently order from one place. Money collected from online purchases is deposited immediately and directly into the organization’s account. This program is optional to join and free for organizations who choose to use the service. Members of the organization should be aware, however, there might be a 3 percent fee on purchases they make. Baty explained how, in general, most credit card transactions attach this fee, but added that SILC was working to get it waived. Lambda Alpha Epsilon treasurer Amanda Goodson, a graduate student studying criminal justice, said uStore did not send notifications of payment

for membership dues until the end of each month and not after every transaction. Goodson said this made it hard to make sure new members received emails from the organization. “If the member signs up at the beginning of the month and we don’t realize that they’ve paid, say they haven’t turned in their application yet but they’ve paid, they won’t be getting any emails from us,” Goodson said. Another concern raised by some students was accessibility. Russell said it was difficult to find the uStore portal. Students, both members and officers of student organizations, can access uStore by going to SILC’s page on the Boise State website and selecting the “student organizations” dropdown. From there, click on uStore and choose the desired organization. Usage by groups fluctuates

throughout the year, with a large amount of activity taking place during spring and fall recruitment for Greek societies. Baty said approximately seven organizations currently use uStore. Any student organization on campus who would like more information on how to create an account should contact SILC.

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The “Ah-ha” moment Breaking Expectations is staff writer Danielle Allsop’s firsthand experience living with mental illness. It seems like more and more national publications are introducing their readers to the reality that one in four Americans suffers from some type of mental illness, with one in seventeen suffering from a severe form, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). Last week, I picked up my monthly issue of Cosmopolitan from my mailbox, thinking I’d maybe learn how to make an at home bikini wax out of leftover candles. But to my surprise, an entire page was dedicated to a woman who shared her struggles of dealing with severe depression, and how it affected her relationship with her husband. Though I’m not married, nor am I close to being married, the thought of finding a partner, even a friend, who knows my faults (specifically my anxiety and bouts of depression) and accepts them, terrifies me. I’ve always been hesitant to let people into my life because I’m afraid of the judgment that will come along with it. Even if you’ve “proven” that you’re not that type of person, I’m afraid you’ll abruptly leave my life, taking my secrets with you. Those who can nonchalantly let people in and share their deepest, darkest secrets with acquaintances have always fascinated me. To be so confident with yourself and your past is a difficult thing to attain. Maybe it’s something you’re born with. The most important thing is to be okay with who you are. As cliché as it sounds, until you accept yourself, including your talents and faults, you won’t be able to completely open up to those around you. The author of the Cosmo article had an epiphany after going off of her medication while pregnant. “That experience finally made me accept that depression didn’t make me defective — it was just part of who I was,” she said. Sometimes, it takes an “Ahha” moment to realize who you really are, and be okay with it. Though I haven’t had that moment yet, I’m working everyday to figure it out.

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Between the Science and Education Building and the Multipurpose Building are the university’s two greenhouses. These buildings help support different biology classes and different professors as they perform their research. The greenhouse located on the northern side is the teaching greenhouse, housing all the plants necessary to teach and support the biology classes, while the greenhouse located on the south side is the research greenhouse, dedicated to the work done by professors and graduate students. Professor Marcelo Serpe, who has been teaching at Boise State for the past 16 years, needs the research greenhouse to conduct some of his studies. “It’s quite essential for what I do,” Serpe said. “A lot of the experiments I do require controlled conditions.” Serpe’s research deals with how environmental factors

effect plant growth and has been applied practically within public land planning and development. “Some of that knowledge can have some practical applications, in terms of the management, for instance, of public lands,” Serpe said. The research greenhouse is shared by several professors, all of whom are doing their own separate work. Their work ranges from studying how different types of plants and fungi affect carbon cycles to studying how algae affects polluted water that comes out of dairy farms. Reg Pope, laboratory manger in the Biology Department, helps maintain these greenhouses. “The research greenhouse supports the research work that’s going on here,” Pope said. “The teaching greenhouse provides support for biology teaching labs.” When walking into the greenhouse, things look a bit sporadic, but the plants are all organized and placed based on their needs.

“It’s not a conservatory. It’s a work area,” Pope said. Matt Ashby, the greenhouse supervisor, explained how the plants need to be arranged based upon how much light they each need. Different sides of the greenhouse receive different amounts of sunlight and that plays a factor into deciding where the plants go. Recently there has been some reorganization and maintenance work done to ensure all plants are growing healthily. “Something you have to do with these resources every once in a while is go through and clean them up,” Pope said. “There are a lot of mechanical systems out there for humidity and temperature control and they need maintenance.” Every inch of space in the greenhouse is utilized. Rows of long, narrow tables house most of the plants. Others sit along the walls, in the windowsills and hang from the ceiling. Some have even begun to grow out from the ground. One corner sup-

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In today’s world employers are looking for more than just a degree. They want to see students get out of the classroom and into the real world. PRSSA offers students that opportunity. PRSSA stands for Public Relations Student Society of America. The organization has grown since its inception going from an original four members to over 60 members today. “It’s a student professional organization geared toward

public relation students,” said PRSSA President John Garretson. “It’s really for anyone who wants to get into the communication or marketing field but there really is no limit or ceiling to who wants to be in it or get involved.” PRSSA is in its sixth year at Boise State after being founded in 2008 by communication professor Mary Frances Casper. PRSSA is a pre-professional public relations organization which prepares students for life after college. PRSSA does a variety of

things. They work with many local and national businesses such as Duct Tape and the National Institute of Mental Health. Most recently, they put on the Swing Thing. They are currently planning their biggest event of the year which is Comm Con. It will take place on May 1 in the Simplot BD Ball Room in the Student Union Building. Comm Con will be a career fair for communication students. It will have representatives from all fields of communication from journalism to

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Many exotic, fruit-bearing plants are grown in the greenhouse. ports water-based plants with barrels of water on the ground; other plants have little ladders built next to them so they can climb skyward. The most exotic plants are the banana trees, which have fruited in the past, but haven’t done so in some time. The bananas they pro-

duce are entirely edible. Besides the banana trees, there are several other plants that produce food such as a fig tree, black pepper plants and even a coffee bean plant. “If they could see the types of plants that are in here I think people would be surprised by what can grow in Idaho,” Ashby said.

There are small plotted plants for bringing into classrooms, but some plants are too large to move in which case the classes will come out into the greenhouse to observe them. The biggest goal of the greenhouse is to keep all the plants inside happy and healthy.

break down large chunks of info, study easily in alternate locations (walking around at work, in between classes, etc.) and it is easy to save each set of flashcards to study for the cumulative final at the end of the semester. Although flashcards aren’t the best option for every test or person, they can be very

effective. Here are some basic tips to that can help you succeed: 1) Keep your flashcards simple; don’t write down huge chunks of information and expect that you can remember it all. Including pictures can also help double the association. 2) Use relevant information only; don’t waste your time over-

studying for topics that won’t be on the test. 3) If you have to include a big topic on one card use bullet points to make the info smaller. 4) Separate the flashcards out into sections that make sense to you. You can do it by topic or chapter. I recommend color-coding your flashcards to make the sections easy to differentiate.

public relations. “It gives students that handson experience because working outside the classroom is so important,” said PRSSA Financial Director Sam Cooke. PRSSA is made up of a variety of different students and any student is welcome to join. “We’re looking for students who are open for a challenge,” Garretson said. “Open for the idea of taking what they have learned in the classroom and putting it into real life experiences.” PRSSA is offered as a class as COMM 113 and 313. The class meets every Tuesday and Thursday from 3 to 4:15 p.m. at Boise State’s new Venture College building downtown

on Front and Capital. Students are encouraged to attend and can join anytime even if they are not enrolled in the class. A $50 dollar fee is required to become a member. Students who join can expect many benefits such as building a portfolio to show potential employers, making connections, and attending conferences and conventions. It is also a great way for students to find jobs after graduation. Cooke actually just got a job lined up after graduation and that was due in large part to his involvement in PRSSA. “PRSSA is where I invested a lot of my time and effort in college,” Cooke said. “I have

met some of my best friends, traveled across the country and really made myself better.” Students can also expect to be part of a close-knit group where everybody knows everybody. “They can expect to be part of a big family,” Cooke said. PRSSA is one of the few clubs on campus that gives students that critical real world experience future employers are looking for. “I think it’s Boise State’s best hidden secret,” Garretson said. “It’s a chance for communication students to put everything they have done and showcase it and say ‘this is what I have done’.”

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I will admit, I have some bias to keeping the Game Center around. As young 20-somethings in the mid’80s, my parents went on one of their first dates with a group of friends to go bowling in the SUB. My mom has told me several times that date was when she realized she liked my dad. Obviously bowling isn’t a common matchmaker, but many students have a personal attachment to the Game Center and frequent it on a daily basis. We’ve all seen the Game Center. Many of us have taken part in shooting pool or bowled a few frames in the SUB. Despite the fact that popularity and participation has declined in recent years, it’s still one of the most iconic and historical spots on the Boise State campus. Now, the beloved Game Center might be replaced by the ever exciting Admissions Office. Last week, we discovered that the Game Center at the south end of the Student

Union Building could be repurposed in the coming months. The Game Center is one of the most trafficked areas at Boise State. Removing it would essentially eliminate all reason to journey through that area of the SUB. Financially, I will agree that the Game Center has declined in recent years. I will be the first to admit that I don’t frequent the bowling alley as often as I did as a freshman at Boise State or even as a local high school student. With that being said, the repurposing of the Game Center as the Admissions Office is one of the most foolish and logistically puzzling ideas I have heard of. Maybe I’m the only one, but I feel Admissions makes the most sense in the center of campus in the Administration Building. Aesthetically, if I am an incoming freshman still deciding on a school to attend, heading to the Admin Building, the Quad is astronomically more inviting than a street corner and the parking garage out the window. Maybe the Game Center

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The Game Center, which reportedly loses money, might be repurposed later this year. area would be more accessible, but doesn’t that almost defeat the purpose of the SUB? I view the SUB as a more relaxed area to interact

and get away from the library or other academic buildings. Moving the Admissions Office into the existing Game Center area just infringes

on that escape and shuts off that area of the building to many students. Removing the Game Center for Admissions seems

like the focus is less on the student at Boise State and his or her experience, and more on the financial gains for the university.

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How do you use the Game Center and what are your thoughts on it being repurposed?

How do I use it? Not often, and I’ve only been there once, just bowling with friends. And while that was nice, I can’t say it would be too tragic for me to lose the Game Center, given that it’s nice to have available but not exactly necessary. And there are other means of diversion, I suppose.

I don’t use it very often, but when I do, I use it for bowling, and I don’t think it should be repurposed, because I do like going bowling every once in a while. I went one four day weekend, on that Monday, and on Sunday, we didn’t have school, and we went at night. I’ve had sorority sisters who work there, and I’ve thought of applying there, too, because it’s a good job that is open for students on campus, and that takes away jobs for students on campus. I know that one of my big things is working on campus. So, I don’t think it should be repurposed.

Whenever I have free time, I always go there with my friends, play pool or bowling. I play bowling a lot, and I also participate at the bowling club at BSU, so we always play bowling every Tuesday, and we use it a lot. So of course, I don’t like (that it will be repurposed), I mean, that’s weird, having a university without a Game Center. I mean, it’s just a fun place to go to when you’re having free time or a break or something. Where should we go now?

I’ve only used it maybe once, and it was more of, kind of neat to get together kind of thing, rather than going there for fun. I could really ... it wouldn’t bother me if they would repurpose it at all. It doesn’t seem like it’s very used, other than the ping pong tables, other than that I hardly see anyone there.

If I ever did use the Game Center, I would use it for bowling, and obviously pool and stuff like that, just relaxing, and, you know, R&R. For repurposing, that would be a bummer. I think that I would miss that if I ever wanted to use it, but honestly, I don’t use it that often. I used it when I was a freshman, but that was really as much as I’ve ever used it. It’s gotten busy in school and stuff. So, I can understand why they would do that, but it is sad to see it go. It is nice, it’s a little small area that students can go to just kind of refresh, and I really think the SUB does a great job of that, and to see that leave and stuff would be kind of disheartening for students, even though it doesn’t make that much money.

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It started with the encouraging but strong nudges to participate in this program called Idaho Science and Aerospace Scholars. I had been faithfully coming to the annual engineering outreaches for high school students Boise State University hosted, and they just knew I would enjoy the program. I completed the requirements for the application, which included writing my state legislator to ask for their nomination that I be in the program. I was accepted in December and in January I started one of the most challenging courses of my high school career. This one-semester the arbiter The Arbiter

course takes students through knowledge of NASA history and space science on an intense and rapid schedule. It wasn’t only a great hands-on and knowledge based experience, but it actually helped me focus on where in engineering I wanted to work as a professional and that was space science. This online course cleared up so many misconceptions for me about science and what I could do with it. And the commitment I had to make to the program was incredible. When I wasn’t doing my other school work I was completing ISAS coursework. After completing the course I received the amazing opportunities to take

a special tour of Gowen Field Air National Guard Base and then later in the summer I, with 30 other ISAS students, was flown down to NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California. Both experiences greatly underscore my actual physical experience and interaction with the field of aerospace and space science. I have knowledge but I also have seen the places and the type of experiments I want to work on in my career. Not a lot of students can say that, but I can because of ISAS. Through ISAS we fill our minds with a ton of information and then we get to use our creativity and natural skills to turn ideas into projects and these projects into real in-

teractions with our future careers. Idaho students who have a beginning like this will have an edge and overwhelming favorable odds to do well way beyond ISAS and our high school careers. I encourage anyone who has an interest in Idaho students being able to take this rare and once in a lifetime opportunity to interact with NASA as high school students, to contact their legislators in support of this program and its funding before Thursday, May 6. This program, which is only present in a few of our states besides Idaho, must not be put to rest. How many more scientists and engineers can we produce from Idaho?

The answer is many. We need programs like these to encourage Idaho students to reach for the stars and to achieve great things.

Please join me in support of this program, let’s get the word out there that Idaho students are one of the best investments this country can make.

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Several Harvard students traveled to rural Uganda to eliminate malnutrition. And they did it, by 98 percent. “From The Ground Up” is the documentary that follows these Harvard students as they work to teach the people of Uganda how to grow and cook a variety of healthy foods. Karen Day, journalist and filmmaker from Boise, focuses her work on humanitarian issues. When Day met these students in Uganda she was inspired to direct and produce the film. “In this province of south west Uganda,” Day said, “was a former breadbasket of the sub-Saharan. They can grow anything here. How can they have 1 in 3 kids dying of malnutrition?” Besides screening at the Sun Valley Film Festival, this film will also be screened at the SPEC at Boise State.

What it came to be, was that during colonialism, when European empires were divvying up African countries- they didn’t teach the people how to grow anything besides one single cash crop. This not only opened the students eyes as to why these children were dying of malnutrition, but it also told them that as Westerners of European descent, had a social responsibility to help teach the Ugandans. “They kept teaching the locals and then they asked the locals to teach each other,” Day said. The students were working on this project through Harvard’s Initiative to End Child Malnutrition. Now Harvard offers this program, as a grant, to any students who wish to go and recreate this project. “Can one person make a difference? Can a film save a life? Yes, absolutely,” Day said. Nick Miller, director of the Arts and Humanities Institute met Day and decided to bring

the film to Boise State. “I think anything we can do to expose our students to the world beyond the Treasure Valley is good,” Miller said. “The film itself is about student involvement and solving global problems.” Miller met Day through his colleague Stephanie Bacon who had been working with Day on her current film project which tells the story of Nell Shipman. Shipman, a Canadian native, was a prominent figure in silent film in the early 1900s. Shipman wrote, directed, produced and acted in over 100 films. Much of her work was done at Priest Lake, Idaho, where Shipman found inspiration. “I thought, ‘I could never be making documentaries and reporting from a rock in Afghanistan as an independent if that woman hadn’t done what she did back then, even though she’s totally forgotten’,” Day said. Nearly all of Shipman’s

Boise’s EDM Scene Growing Kaylee Beasley Staff Writer

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friends.” Madi Crooke, a sophomore health science major at Boise State, attended her first rave two weeks ago. “I kind of had a negative attitude about it at first,” said Crooke. “When I arrived, my views changed instantly. Everyone was overly friendly and welcoming. They genuinely wanted me to have a good time. In my opinion, everyone at some point in their lives should experience an EDM show.” “Raving” has often been described as its own community; it is often referred to as its own culture. The atmosphere that comes along with these shows is what intrigues people and makes them fall in love with this music. “Although EDM has been around for long over 20 years, the fan base has been growing at a rapid pace over the past couple years,” said Cody Pokorski, a sophomore entrepreneur management major who works with

The crew of From the Ground Up filming on location in Uganda. work and documents are at Boise State due to former English professor Tom Trusky who discovered Shipman and was fascinated by her work. “Tom Trusky kind of discovered Nell and managed to get her pa-

All Access Boise. “I think our generation loves the energy that comes along with these shows and you can’t really find that with any other genre of music.” EDM shows are happening more often around the Boise area. “EDM is a rapidly growing scene in Boise; we see more and more large producers and DJs including Boise in their tours,” said Madison Schorr, a junior public relations major and the assistant to the booking manager for All Access Boise. “Going to these shows gives me an opportunity to surround myself with good energy and amazing people.” This genre of music has shown a higher demand than in recent years, not only in Boise, but worldwide. Festivals are selling out quickly, attendance to shows is growing rapidly and more people are falling in love with the environment that EDM associates itself with. The DJs who produce this music are putting themselves on the map in a big way and are creating ripples that will leave a lasting impression on the music world.

pers here, and so we have a collection of her materials,” said Cheryl Oestreicher, head of s pecial collections and archives at Albertsons Library. The film is titled “Nell Shipman: Girl from God’s

Country.” “From The Ground Up” will be screened at the SPEC Sunday March 16 at 7 p.m. and is free to the public. Day will be at the screening and afterwards there will be a time for a Q&A with her.

What to do this weekend

Friday, March 14

Sun Valley Center, “Creativity at Work,” 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Stage Coach Theater, “Rent: The Musical,” 8 p.m. Tribute to Women in Industry, 7 p.m. Morrison Center, “Light in the Piazza,” 7:30 p.m. Boise Little Theater’s “Bus Stop,” 8 p.m.

Saturday, March 15

Boise Little Theater’s “Bus Stop,” 2 p.m. Wing’s Center, Open Rock Climbing, 6 p.m. Morrison Center, “Light in the Piazza,” 7:30 p.m. Stage Coach Theatre, “Rent: The Musical,” 8 p.m. Boise Little Theater’s “Bus Stop,” 8 p.m.

Sunday, March 16

Morrison Center, “Light in the Piazza,” 2 p.m. Morrison Center, “Light in the Piazza,” 7:30 p.m.

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Electronic Dance Music (EDM) is a fairly new genre of music, considering that has only been around since the 1980s. From festivals worldwide that have attendance numbers in the thousands to local shows at small concert houses, EDM is rapidly becoming one of the most listened-to genres of music of our generation. Local venues such as the Knitting Factory and the

Revolution Concert House work closely with All Access Boise, who have been booking some of the best artists known to the EDM scene. “If it wasn’t for electronic dance music, I don’t think my life would be the same. I am a lot happier, my outlook on life is more positive and I have noticed that it makes people less judgmental.” said Alex Sacknoff, a junior accounting major at Boise State, “I have met amazing people through EDM, most of which I consider my best

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The Crux held a free show showcasing several bands including Pat “the Bunny” Schneeweis, Sole, and Joshua Powell & The Great Train Robbery on March 10. Despite sharing a nickname with a child’s touch and feel book, Pat “the Bunny” Schneeweis is neither soft in lyrics nor nature. One of the defining members of the folk punk genre, Pat “the Bunny” Schneeweis is the lead singer of both Ramshackle Glory and Johnny Hobo and the Freight Train as well as being part of One Man Romance and Big Swamp Gospel. After performances by other bands, looking rather rugged and a bit disheveled, Schneeweis appeared on stage and remarked that he was feeling sick. “I was in the car sleeping five minutes before the show and I will be sleeping in the car five minutes after the show,” Schneeweis said. Without any other expla-

nation he began playing, bringing the energy in the room to boiling point. Unlike previous acts of the night, which invited members of the audience to move in and out of the focus of the music, The Crux instantly stopped breathing in and out music connoisseur as fans of Pat and his bands’ work stacked and traded personal space to be inches closer to the stage. Despite Schneeweis’s health, his music was strong and heartfelt. Although to be fair, it was hard to hear his voice over the clusters of fans screaming his lyrics in a way that was so harmonious with the rhyme that they could have been speaking from his lips and it would match perfectly, like a welldubbed film. The performance climaxed at “Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of Your Fist” as various members of the audience pumped their fists in the air, and Schneeweis’s hair limp in front of his face shining in the bad lighting and reflection from

various lighters waving back and forth from anonymous hands. Catching many of the attendees by surprise was the level of talent that was wielded by Joshua Powell & The Great Train Robbery. “It’s been an awesome experience to collect stories across the country that we’ve gotten to know over the last year,” Powell said. With comments about their lyrics’ content and appreciations given to the attendees, Joshua Powell & The Great Train Robbery played a mix of slow melodies and fast indie folk, giving way to members of the audience dancing in a fluid but seemingly satiric style of kicker dancing. Out of all the other acts, Powell and his two band members, Sam Richardson and Jacob Powell, were the most receptive to fan interaction, standing by their makeshift merch booth and casually chatting with whomever walked by. “So now that we’ve gotten this opportunity to play

“The Visionist” captures readers Farzan Faramarzi Staff Writer

“The Visionist” is a novel by Rachel Urquhart. The story takes place in Ashland, Mass. during October of 1842 in a small community of United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing, or the Shakers. The book has three main characters: Polly Kimball, the main character, Sister Charity, the narrator, and Simon Pryor, the fire inspector.

Urquhart named her chapters after those characters, although there are some complementary characters in the book like Elder Sister Agnes, the head of ‘Shakers’ community or City of Hope, and May Kimball, Polly’s mother. Polly had a tough life. Her father abused her mother and raped Polly and got her pregnant. One night when her father came home drunk, Polly, her mother and her brother decided to flee. Polly decided to see her

father for the last time, but she dropped the oil lamps unintentionally and set their home on fire. Her father died in the fire and they fled to the nearest city. Polly’s mother left her kids with Shakers in order to have a place to live and food to eat, but Polly realized if she kept the baby, the Shakers would excommunicate her. So, she tried to kill the baby. “The Visionist” is the story of lonely people. Urquhart’s characters need love

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Pat the Bunny infects Boise

Pat the Bunny put on an amazing show despite being sick. music and to see so much of the land, I hope to write a memoir that encapsulates what it’s like to be a working class independent musician in the postmodern music in America,” Powell said. The first song of Joshua Powell & The Great Train Robbery’s second album is entitled “Jack Kerouac,”

referencing the American novelist and poet: “I feel like the spiritual little brother to Jack Kerouac because I look up to him and I love him but I watched him make mistakes and I try not to make the same ones,” Powell said. “Man is Born for Trouble” (their second album) has a

song entitled “Walt Whitman, and Leo Tolstoy” hinting at the other literary ideals Powell holds dear. Sole also gave a very strong performance, and overall the night was packed with talent, and a large donation container was filled to the brim by the night’s end.

instead of faith for salvation. The truth of matter as the book described is “a spiritual mother, no matter how perfect, cannot hug her young charges to her or wipe away their tears with kisses.” In the book when Shakers talk about other cities and communities they use the word “World” with capital “W” and of course they have an agenda for it. In the Shakers ideology “the World” is a devilish place and so the people that live in “the World” are considered bad people. When Polly joined the Shakers’ dance in the first

day something happened to Polly and she chanted “I’m in light.” Shakers took it as a sign of their promised one, and they called her “The Visionist.” She knew she wasn’t the Visionist, but to stay with Shakers and keep her eyes on her little brother, she had to lie. Sister Charity, a lonesome healer found herself in love with Polly. One of the best parts of the book is the debate about love between Polly and Sister Charity. Polly tried to convince Sister Charity about the true

meaning of love and what humans need most. Sister Charity had a strange feeling about love because she “had never heard anyone in the City of Hope embrace a lover other than which exists sister for sister, or brother for brother.” “Salvation was dangled before me, a stick waved teasingly in front of a dog, and I leapt for it,” Urquhart wrote. This is the true vision, which all Shakers waited for and Sister Charity got because she embraced the love.

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For the second year in a row, Boise State track and field star, redshirt junior Emma Bates is headed the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships at the Albuquerque Convention Center at the University of New Mexico. Competing in the 5000-meters on Friday, March 14, and the 3000-meters on Saturday, March 15,

Bates will look to improve on her 2013 finishes. “I didn’t do so well last year so I’m taking that and using that as motivation,” Bates said. Bates, who finished runnerup at the 2013 NCAA Cross Country National Championships, has a lot of confidence going into this weekend’s events after a slow start to the indoor season this spring. “I’m planning on going in there and getting first team All-American,” Bates said. “I’m going to go for the win.

I might as well, you’re in the race, that’s what you run for. I’m going to go for it.” Now the third most decorated track and field athlete in Boise State history, Bates is a motivating force for first year coach Corey Ihmel’s squad. “She’s obviously someone the young ladies can look at to see somebody who is competing at a very high level,” Ihmels said. “How she goes about things day-in and dayout, when you have somebody like that on the team it

Broncos receive MW honors Michael Steen @MichaelSteen2

Three members of the men’s baskeball team and two of the women’s will receive Mountain West honors.

RYAN WATKINS

Following one of the best seasons in Boise State history, as well as the history of the Mountain West, the senior forward was named to the All-Mountain West Second Team. Watkins averaged 13.6

points and 12.5 rebounds per game in conference play. Watkins shattered the MW single season rebounding record and became the first player in MW history to score over 200 points and record over 200 rebounds in conference play.

ANTHONY DRMIC

After being named to the All-Mountain West Second Team in 2013 after leading the conference in scoring, the junior guard was once again named to the All-Mountain

West Second Team in 2014. Drmic lead the Broncos in scoring in conference play once again, scoring 14.8 points per game in 17 contests. Drmic ranked in the top six in both field goal percentage and three-point percentage, while ranking in the top three in free throw percentage.

DERRICK MARKS

Following another successful offensive season, the junior guard was named as an

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Tennis looks to be national champs Bates wins Mountain West championship.

speaks volumes of what it takes to get to the next level.” Bates’ first event will take

place Friday night at 8:45 p.m. MT when she competes in the 5000-meters.

honorable mention following his second team honor as a sophomore in 2013. Marks was also named as an honorable mention as a freshman. Marks scored 13.3 points per game in 18 MW contests while leading the Broncos with 47 assists.

in conference earned her the MW Newcomer of the Year as she was ranked 12th in the conference in both scoring and rebounding. Her 32 steals also ranked second in the MW.

DEANNA WEAVER

The Oregon transfer made an immediate impact when she became eligible to play heading into conference play. The junior guard led the Broncos with 13.2 points per game and 6.5 rebounds per contest. Weaver’s stellar play

YAIZA RODRIGUEZ

The freshman guard from Barcelona, Spain averaged 9.9 points, 2.4 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.2 steals per contest in MW play this season. One of five freshmen on the Bronco squad, Rodriguez ranked 10th in the conference in assists and sixth in free throw percentage at 80.4 percent.

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The men’s tennis team is out to prove to the country that Boise State isn’t only a football and basketball school. Often times tennis will fly under the radar due to the success of other sports, but the tennis team is quietly climbing the rankings and is ready to make some noise. After starting the season ranked 48th, they have climbed all the way as high as 15th but fell to Oregon in Eugene and now sit at No. 20 after beating Minnesota. They have been able to beat some of the best teams in the country on the road. “I call the guys the junkyard dogs; we’re not the pedigree of all these other conferences, we’re just a bunch of guys who have the drive,” head coach Greg Patton said. Coach Patton seems to be making it his personal goal to 65FC DIV: 9 for people SIZE: give Boise State tennis theDATE: proper 3-13-14 respect it deserves. He feels the tennis team is on the verge of greatness and banging on the door of a national championship. “That is one of the reaMKTS: BSU sons I am here; it is such an incredible challenge because you have such great sports like football and basketball that grab all the attention and we have a great school,” Coach Patton said. “We are a part of that; historically we have been one of the best college tennis teams in the nation.” Having success in the first half of the season on the road is making for an exciting second half of the season at home. The Broncos are looking to close the season out strong to host a NCAA first round game at home. In order to host a game, the team must finish in the top 16 in the final rankings. “It’s tough, it is always quick turnarounds. We leave usually on Thursdays and come back Sunday night, then you’re home, you got classes and school,” senior Nathan Sereke said. Being constantly on the road has helped the team as they have been able to embrace each other and build camaraderie, but being home for most of the second half of the season is something they look forwardCONTENT too. CHECKED “Now we can get supBY DESIGNER port from the fans and our friends here,” Sereke DESIGN said. APPROVED “If you are in a tight match, it is nice FINAL APPROVAL to have the support and it really helps out in the matches.” COPY EDITOR Thus far, the Broncos have beaten nine naROP DIRECTOR tionally ranked teams and will look to make it No. 10 as they face VirginiaPRODUCTION Tech this Saturday, DIRECTOR March 15 at 5 p.m. at the Outdoor Appleton TenADSEND TIME nis Courts.

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