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March 6, 2014 • Issue no. 45 Volume 26
Boise, Idaho
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Nicole Kopczynski Staff Writer
Most college students are used to late-night studying and running to the closest fast food joint to buy whatever they can off the dollar menu in order to save an extra buck. Some students are even going to the extreme and dumpster diving for pizza. Boise State alumni Danny Barsness and his roommates Patrick Barga, junior psychology major and Zach Ruhter, music major, are amongst these students. Their idea of dumpster diving, or as they call it, being on the “V.I.P. list,” for the pizza that is thrown out at the end of the day, was born at a college party. “I was at a party where people were getting drunk and needed food,” Barsness said. “The host of the party went out to bring back pizza. He came back with all this pizza and told us he goes dumpster diving for it.” They go out late at night after Little Cesar’s store closes. The employees will bring out the pizza they didn’t sell and toss it into the dumpster. Since these dumpsters are located on public property, no laws are broken. “We planned out how we were going to approach this,” Barsness said. “We have our get-away driver, our lookout and our pizza
grabber.” A representative for Little Cesar’s refused to comment saying, “I can not give out any information consisting of our store policy.”“We planned out how we were going to approach this,” Barsness said. “We have our get-away driver, our lookout and our pizza-grabber.” With Idaho’s minimum wage being at $7.25 per hour and the cost of tuition, food, rent and other bills, college students are starting to feel the stress of setting a budget and keeping to it. “I don’t really have an exact budget per se, I just look at how much things are going to cost me,” Barsness said. Barsness and his roommates have devised a plan of being on the V.I.P. list and going dumpster diving for pizza in order to cut back on their cost of food. They estimate that besides going out for the occasional grocery shopping and not going out to dinner, they have saved about $100-$150 per month. “We hit a jackpot of six pizzas one time. I told my dad about it and I don’t really know how he feels,” Ruhter said. “But we have that pizza in our freezer and it’s about three months’ worth.” Barsness and his roommates aren’t the only ones on campus feeling the pressure of budgeting for school. Fernando Tello,
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a senior comunication major, is close to graduating and looking forward to starting abudget plan of his own, especially working at minimum wage. “It’s hard, you know? I have a family and going to work and not really getting paid a lot is rough,” Tello said. Those who are working for minimum wage not only in Boise, but in all of Idaho, seem to have a difficult time making ends meet.
Rocket Club received $4,000 dollars from Associated Students of Boise State University (ASBSU) this year. This club designs, builds, launches and reuses high power rockets. Fortunately for these rocket builders, they have already received their grant. Unfortunately for any new clubs being formed this year, ASBSU is out of club funding. Money is allocated based on the amount of money clubs apply for. Each club is eligible for a maximum of $4,000. The maximum used to be $3,500; increasing the amount clubs are eligible for is part of why ASBSU is out of club funding. Megan Buxton, secretary of student organization affairs, explained how this happened. “This means that we were able to fund more activities and extend the reach of our funding,” Buxton said. “We did a better job advertising it and have had more clubs apply for funding.” With over 200 clubs and organizations, ASBSU has their hands full trying to allocate funds appropriately. “ASBSU allocates over 60 percent of our budget to fund student clubs and organizations,” Buxton said. Josh Ketner, budget director, also commented on why ASBSU have run out of club funding. “We spent about the same amount as last year, we just had more clubs asking for money earlier in the year compared to last year,” Ketner said. “There
are still a lot of events on campus that haven’t happened yet that we funded. A lot of clubs were on top of it and submitted their grants months in advance.” This is the first time ASBSU has run out of funds. Right now, ASBSU is discussing changes for next year. ASBSU will be looking into many aspects of the Funding Board and the clubs. They are going to look at the structure, amount of clubs, amount eligible and even survey clubs to see what can be improved. ASBSU is hoping to be proactive in preventing a scarcity in the future. In previous years there were still funds left over so this is a whole new ball game for ASBSU. The clubs will only be impacted if they did not request funds early. However, this could mean events or conferences may be hindered. “Clubs are encouraged to apply early and have the knowledge that funding is a finite resource that they are eligible for and not guaranteed,” Buxton said. While some people may see the lack of funds as a problem, ASBSU is actually quite proud of their funding scarcity. “We feel like this is a good problem to have. We have been able to fund more activities and clubs and although we had unlimited resources, there is only a certain amount we are able to allocate,” Buxton said. Buxton encourages anyone with questions to contact her at meganbuxton@u. boisestate.edu.
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