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Students protest at pro-life rally Sean Bunce Staff Writer

Students walking through the Quad were bombarded by pro-life and pro-choice activists. Images of aborted fetuses littered the walkway while flags covered the lawn, representing the number of aborted fetuses per day. In the midst of this chaos, sorority girls were handing out coupons for free tacos. This is the epitome of a college campus. Campus Outreach for the Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust, a national pro-life

group, and Abolitionists for Life, a campus pro-life club, hosted the protest which inspired some and left others disgusted. “It’s good to have an open dialogue,” said Lisa Atkins, president of Abolitionists for Life. “If this is happening legally every day then we should be able to talk about it.” Students walking by the Quad could hardly pass through the gauntlet of photos without catching a glimpse of one of the large poster-sized images depicting the fetus in its aborted form. Many felt

strongly toward these graphic images believing they weren’t suitable for the campus environment. “This is gross,” said Jake Wolford, president of Boise State’s Secular Student Alliance (SSA). “Is this even OK, to display on campus?” The pro-life group organizing the event believe these images are appropriate and need to be seen. Christina Garza, director for campus outreach for Survivors, explained the group’s position toward the photos. “We’re allowing the victims

POW! Comic Book Day comes to Boise Patty Bowen Staff Writer

Fast forward 35 years in the future, the bloodshot sky is sick and choking. Huddling in small circles with nowhere to go but back down into the empty pits of their stomachs, the last of humanity dangles forgetting to breath. The only entrance to the room, a metallic door that looks more like the front of a bank safe, unwillingly gasps just as a crumbling man flashes in, his red body suit and lightning bolt symbol faded. As his body gives in, a crawling mixture of machine and what might have once been an amazon warrior paints the air crimson with the entrails of a man just inches away. This is the beginning of DC’s new comic “Future’s End” which will be given out for free at select locations on Saturday, May 3, to celebrate Free Comic Book Day. For its 12 year of celebration Free Comic Book Day will be offering 57 different comic books including “Future’s End,” “Avatar: The Last Airbender,” “Atomic Robo,”

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“Courtney Cumrin” and “Mouse Guard.” “‘Mouse Guard’ is a hard cover and it’s really quality, really nice,” said Boise State graduate Korbit Wilkinn, and manager at Captain Comics. Captain Comics, one of the stores that participates in Free Comic Book Day, will be opening at 9 a.m., an hour early, for the celebration and in addition to the three allotted free

comic books customers can get; they also set out a variety of comics from their stock and allow customers to pick out three of them. Everything in the store is also 20 percent off. “Why limit it?” explains Wilkinn. “It’s a really cool time to see new literature, different artists, different writers and get a different feel for what is going on in the graphic novel genre,” says

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to speak for themselves,” Garza said. “It would be an injustice on our part if we let these victims die silently without anyone to defend them.” Through talking to passersby, they found that many people will not take a stance on the issue. “We would like students to choose one side or the other,” Garza said. “It’s not safe to stay in the middle because innocent lives are being killed.” Protesters from the Secular Student Alliance believe either way, women who think abortion is right are going to use

this method. “I think people should have the right to abortion in any circumstance,” Wolford said. He believes it is the right of every human being to choose their stance on this issue and having access to programs that provide education and aboritions will decrease abortion rates and complications from unhealthy alternatives. For Garza, the question isn’t when is it OK, but whether the act of abortion is killing another human being. “We should protect that human being,” Garza said. “Not

junior art major and leader of the Comic Book Club at Boise State, Michelle Estrada. For the past three years, Estrada and the rest of the members of the comic book club have attended Free Comic Book Day together often adorning costumes. “We like to surprise each other,” Estrada said. Previously she dressed up as Delirium from the “Sandman” series, but is deciding whether or not to make a new costume or just modify an old one. As part of the free comic book day tradition, people who show up in costumes will also get two extra comic books at Captain Comic.

“The one that is making me the most excited the “Sandman Overture”…it’s philosophical, it goes into folklore, religion, dreams,” Estrada said. She advises students to show up at least an hour early if they want to get good comics. Captain Comics, Hastings and The Boise Comic Book Co. will all be participating in Free Comic Book Day this year. The Comic Book Club will be manning a booth at Captain Comics until noon. To learn more about them students can visit their Facebook page. Free Comic book day is Saturday, May 3.

look for situations where killing that person is justified.” Wolford also feels the prolife event is based on religious beliefs, which is something the club feels is inaccurate. “We’re not here because it’s a religious issue but because it’s a human rights issue,” Atkins said. According to abortion statistics, approximately 1.06 million abortions took place in the U.S. in 2011. “If we can save one life by changing someone’s mind about abortion,” Garza said. “Then all of this is worth it.”

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