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(Below) Student Activities Coordinator Autumn ASBSUvoter turn-out ASBSUStudent Voting Percentages Haynes (left) exam- ines an advertise- ment from Election Board Chairperson 16% 16" Evangeline Beechler reaches all-time low 15% 15% that asks clubs to 14% 14% help with student Political Science yrofes- 13% 13% government elec- Ol tions. Professor says 12% 12% sor Gary Moncrie said .5 .e ASBSU's election system ~ 11% ~ 11% Photo by Ted Harmon. ASBSU electoral ~ 10% ~ 10% The Arbiter. might contribute to toe dis- C c ~ 9% mal voter turnout rate for -e'" 9% system is 'odd' ::> ~ BY.. elections on campus. Vi e% b 7% "The nature of the elec- '0 7% By Andy Benson g, 6% Ol 6% toral system on campus is c'" The Arbiter --'------5% E j% very odd," Moncrief said. C ~ 4% '"~ 4% Moncrief said ASBSU ~ 3% Evangeline Beechler, e,'" 3% uses a 'single non-transfer- 2% ASBSU .elections board 2% able vote system' which 1% chair, has a "new plan of 1% attack" to double Boise only allows students to vote for one candidate. Eight sen- State's voter participation In .. Ins " .. I'"~ I'"~ I"' :r001l '001 7002 "" 1'" 2000 tOOl ator-at-large positions are Yoar rate for next month's Enrollment Year Enrollmont ASBSU Senate elections. up for grabs in two weeks, She'll need one. If the pat- but students will only be tern from the last three fall able to vote for one individ- elections continues, voter ual, rather then casting a turnout this year will be 0 vote for each open seat. "I would argue that it percent. The voter rarticipation leads to low voter turn-out, rate for fall a 1999 was 6 when people can only vote percent. The rate for fall for one candidate," 2000 dropped to 4 percent Moncrief said. Rob Meyer, associate and last year's rate hit a 10- year low of 2 percent. director of student involve- Beechler plans to recruit ment, said the current sys- students to wear vividly col- tem is a legacy of ASBSU's ored t-shirts to promote the previous structure, the use elections on Nov. 13 - 14. of paper ballots in the past "I want them ugly so they and the ideal of 'one vote stand out," Beechler said. "If per student.' Meyer said the you saw a plethora of lime- senate was once based on green shirts on campus, you the state and federal model, would stop to find out with senator-at-large posi- tions acting as a senate, and what's going on." Beechler plans to recruit college senators 'acting as a five clubs with at least 10 congress. The number of members each to wear the senate-at-large positions T-shirts and encourage stu- was based on the number of dents to vote for four hours full-time students; one sena- tor-at-large per 1,000 stu- af1iece. The opportunity will a low the clubs to earn $200 dents. Students, in keeping with the senatorial model, if they are able to provide a were only allowed to vote total of 40 hours labor. In addition, Beechler for one senator-at-large. The one vote system also plans to use students in golf simplified the counting of carts to hand out flyers, paper ballots, an advantage table tents, ads in The rendered irrelevant by the Arbiter and a mass e-mail to use of on-line voting. get the word out to stu- Meyer said, however, dents. Beechler is' also ~SBSU has the power to arranging to use the BSU change its election code if reader board on Broadway the old system is out-dated . . Ave, and announcements in the G2E Website for the SUB. Library open Student fights for learning disabilities resources 24 hours for a few thousand dollars. It's Eckles said there are other students who feel that her since watching her twin always students who fall By Elizabeth Puckett sister struggle wifh disabili- not something to be taken finals week TileAl'bitel'------their disabilities are not fairly lightly, and when students through because they may be recognized, as they are not ties of her own during the last too embarrassed to ask for few_years. come to professors with the Brooke Green, a junior overlly visible. necessary documentation, help, or don't know where to By Colleen. Underwood "I've heard so many horror Green said she is seeking a go. He said that information majoring in communication, university-wide change on they are usually taken seri- The Arbiter ------is urgin the university to stories, and lived through a ously. The problem is, many about Student Special q few myself," Green said. the syllabus of each course, "step up' and take care of specifically the freshman and students who need the help Services contained withm the Albertson's Library is what she considers a taboo "Teachers just don't want don't really know where to class syllabus might be help- to acknowledge the problem. sophomore courses. The scheduled to remain open' 24 minority. look, and It'S those students ful for some students, but he One student laid me that a change would require that hours a day during finals She said learning disabili- each reacher include a note on who drop out because they warned that it could create ties are mostly overlooked on teacher had said they should- controversy. week. To ensure student safe- n't be in school if they can't the syllabus directing stu-. just can't cut it." ty, ASBSU is working to fund campus. . dents to the Special Services Disability Services "There would be some "I have a learning disabili- write a college paper. We all Coordinator Blaine Eckles challenges to requiring an the necessary security. The have the right to be here, and Office if they think they might 'ty. I've struggled With it my have a learning disability. said students who register addition to the syllabus for extended hours will begin on entire academic career, and I to pursue an education. That with the office and get proper- any class. There are so many Sunday, Dec. IS and last until teacher should have referred "I know that some profes- know how painful it can be. I sors may worry that students ly tested are getting the help departments that do benefit Thursday, Dec. 19. . just want the professors to the student to the Student services, how can we justify Special Services Office rather could use this as an out. they need from professors. He Janet Strong, assistant provide the knowledge to stu- also said that students are requiring that this one or that library director, said the than making him feel as if he Claiming you have a disabili- one be listed on the syllabus? dents that [Special Services ty and being able to .prove it usually referred when they library is extending its hours does] exist on this campus," was wasting his time." If we put something like this Green will conduct her are two completely different discuss problems with profes- upon student requests. Green said. ' . sors. in, it needs to be very clear," senior thesis project on the things, though," Green said. Eckles said. ,. Strong said students indicat- Green went to the ASBSU "Testing for disabilities is a "There are, of course, Senate last Thursday with her problem of labelijjg students always areas, that need ed to library administrators with disabilities. Slie said the long process, and costs any- complaint. She said she was where from a few hundred to improvement," Eckles s,aid. that 24-hour library access speaking on behalf of marty issue has become a passion for would help with extra study time during finals. The' library will have a Orientation promotes higher Hispanic enrollment security officer on duty dur- . . ing extended hours. ASBSU By Jessica Adams not feel scared annual events. hopes to provide $680 to the The Arbiter . r, because our goal is to . This' year's events library to fund the extrasecu- . increase the minority included a talk called rity.. ' At a school where the population' here on' "The Importance of "Security people will be Hispanic population is just campus. We're trying Higher Education" available to walk people to over five percent of the stu- to promote higher from keynote speaker their cars," Strong said. dent body, you may be. won- education and we Judge Sergio Gutierrez Strong said havingsecuri- dering what so many Latino want Latino students of the Idaho Court of ty during the extended hours students were doing on cam- to feel that Boise State Appeals. Gutierrez, a pus Friday. . is open to them," graduate of Boise State, is an essential part of remain- Friday was the annual Callison said. was named one of the ing open throughout the Boise State tour and college Callison, who' top 100 most-influen- night. Security officers will orientation known as entered BSU as a tia1 Latinos in the U.S. circle the area several times Mirando Adelante; which freshman in the sum- by . the Hispanic throughout their shift. .' translates to "Looking to the mer of 1999, said Business Association. Two staff members will be Future.", Upward Bound, Members of OELA on duty during the night. The The events, which aim to BSU's high school took students on tour classified volunteers will Rromote hizher education in 'outreach program, of the campus and 'receive time and a half com- the Gem State, were spon- helped him navigate hosted a presentation pensation for their work. The sored by BSU admissions and his transition from "",,-'-"';'=---.:.::::!II on student lite. Silva the Organizacion .... de Caldwell High School PartlCipante of Miranda Adelante enjoy themselves at the lunch following the conferences said the high. school overtime can then be used Estudiantes .Latino- to Boise State. provided by Oganizacian de Eetuadia.ntes Latirias Americanos. Photo courtesy of OELA. students enjoy the during the Christmas break Americanos and were attend- "Another student The purpose of Mirando "Although BSU's Latino interaction wifh col- instead of, the annual leave .employees 'normally take ed by 600 Idaho Latin- told me about a.program that Adelante is to make Latino population IS small, it makes lege students. ' Amencan high school stu- came to my high school cailed students feel 'more comfort- up one of the most active "The lunch and OELA during the holiday break.~ dents.,.. .Upward Bouiid that would able at BSU. organizations ~n campus." . dance was the highlight of the The librarywill only open . Gonzolo Callison, a Boise help me find &cholarships and "Just like BSU students are A group of five Latin- ds:ld.forsome.stuiie.n.its../ Silv.a the· first floor during the

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.ments involving pharmaceuti- cals at universities was addressed in a survey pub- East lished Oct. 24 by the New England Journal of Medicine. ' Thousands march in The study found that phar- D.C. to oppose attack maceutical companies were controlling experiments involv- on Iraq ing their drugs conducted at 108 university medical labora- WASHINGTON tories, according to Duke Thousands of protestors from University Prof. Kevin across the country marched Schulman, author of the sur- from the Vietnam Veterans vel'. Memorial to the White House Pharmaceutical companies on Saturday to oppose a first often do notJromote guide- strike U.S. attack on Iraq. lines in clinic studies at uni- Organizers, hoping for the versities, Schulman said. largest anti-war protest in According to Schulman, Washington since the pharmaceutical companies. Vietnam era, were expecting have the final say in publishing 100,000participants. While no the results of the studies. official head count was avail- If a study does not promote able on the crisp autumn the best interest of the compa- Marchers make their way down Constitution Ave. toward the White House as thousands of protestors from across afternoon, most agreed the ny, they could moose to sup- the country marched from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to the White House o.n Saturday to oppose a first strike turnout - while robust - fell p'ress the results, whim could U.S. attack 011 Iraq. Photo by Charles Fox/Philadelphia Inquirer. short of that. threaten the safety of ,r,artici- As the marchers made about AIDS and HIV. pating volunteers, he said, relieve membrane congestion, BERKELEY, Calif. - In their way up Constitution but cause the condition to "I've spoken to everyone Researmers at schools have from grade school to nursin,8 ever-so-progressive Avenue and CIrcledthe White "felt powerless in dealing with return and worsen, according House, protestors in San homes, because I guess it s Berkeley, yet another hot pharmaceutical companies," he to the Drug Facts and political debate is simmering. Francisco, Rome, Berlin, Complications manual. true - the)' are having sex Tokyo and Mexico City held said. Tile' manual, updated too," said Kelly Weikum, This one is over coffee, no Because of pharmaceutical speaker for the Living with less. . sinu1ar rallies to oppose a Ll.S, restrictions in Clinical studies, monthly, urges people not to attack on Iraq. About 1,500 surpass the advised dosage of HIV program. And, if it's up to Rick he said, scientists cannot pur- Janelle Durlin, Living with Young, Berkeley voters will rain-soaked Jrotestors also .sue a "higher level of research topical (nasal) decongestants, demonstrate outside the HIV program coordinator, take their cup of brew: fair- ethics." to use the decongestants spar- U'S, Embassy in Copenhagen, ingly. said currently Weikum and trade, organic and shade- Denmark on Saturday. Scott recommended a Tim Clark are the only speak- grown. Despite polls that show nasal saline solution made of ers involved in the program, Young, an environmental- strong public support for an South buffered salt water for people formerly the Story County ly, socially-conscious lawyer, attack, demonstrators con- with a higher risk of having AIDS Coalition. is on a mission to have all tend that the Bush adminis- Nasal decongestants complicatIOns from nasal Weikum said AIDS is a brewed coffee sold in tration hasn't proven the carry dependence side decongestants. daily struggle. Berkeley be politically cor- need for a preemptive strike effect "It doesn't just affect you, rect by sponsormg a against Iraq. Many also want it affects everyone around, November ballot measure greater international support OXFORD, Miss. - With Midwest you," he said, that would make it the only from U.s. allies. the arrival of cold season, -, Weikum spoke.about how city in the country to restrict Karl Elder, 71, a retired many people will turn to AIDS walkers endure much it costs to have AIDS. the sale of coffee to those civilian worker at the over-the-counter nasal spray, He said he spends $1,600 standards. \ Pentagon who came to the decongestants to help relieve snow for good cause for. three medications that "If it's a question of giving protest with his wife, said he . symptoms from the common only last a month. - . up a few coffee choices in \ wanted to make his voice cold, sinusitis, hay fever or. . AMES, Iowa - Braving All proceeds from the snow and cold temperahlres, order to protect the environ- heard. other upper respiratory aller- AIDS Walk will go to AIDS ment and cut down on the "We haven't marched for gies wilhout fully under- more than 50 people came to and HIV victims and their rally support for AIDS vic- exploitation of workers, so long we've almost forgot- standing the side effects of families to cover expenses that's a trade off I'm willing ten how" Elder said. the medications. tims and their families at the such as rent, groceries and "We have to show that not- 2002 AIDS Walk Sunday to make," said Young, who According to Kelly Scott, a transportation. wrote the initiative and col- everybody's opinions are pharmacist at Fred's Discount afternoon. being reflected in the polls:' The event consisted of two lected the 3,000 signatures to Pharmacy in Oxford.. Miss., put it on the city's Nov. 5 bal- nasal decongestants are not speakers and a walk around West Drug companies found addictive like narcotic drugs Stuart Smith Park, Elwood lot. but can cause a condition to Drive and South 4th Street. "People should be resp,0n- to control experiments Berkeley to vote on sible for their purchases. ' recur and become worse by Both speakers were from whether to allow only CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. "rebound congestion." the Story County area and fair-trade, organic cof- - A growing concern for prop- Rebound congestion volunteer their time to speak erly conducted clinical experi- occurs when medications to groups to educate others fee .

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November 5th Distri 111candidales *u· . U·U * Vote lor a strong'·team that will support and look oBator BSDintersts! It is critical' to Idaho that we commit ourselves to a strong and effective public and higher education system that sees its proper role as supporting parents.cfami lies, and Idaho citizens. BSU trains much of our workforce and many of our present and future business owners and leaders. We will work hard to: * Support the Promise scholarship for current and future students * Support tax-advantaged savings accounts for future higher ed students * Support equal and fair funding for Boise State University .i' * Advocate for classroom needs in Education Grant Ipsen Kathie Garrett JanetMiller 'Senate 17 for Representative 17A for Representative 178

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i' Don't have sex, that's the ticket :) , kudzu: roles of contraception and The United States has a safe sex for those individuals that choose to have sex, it resl?onsibility, like all other nations, to donate funds to would seem that all our combat population growth. bases would be covered. But wait, hold on every- There is no better way to one, if we tell our kids that reach that end than support- they shouldn't have sex, but ing organizations that pro- then introduce them to safe, mote sex education. effective methods to reduce. Do not misunderstand me. ke things like pregnancy and I am not advocating abortion bouts of gonorrhea, those for the purpose of population wily brats just might ignore control. I am advocating '. High voter turnout starts with everything we said about not proper sex education so that having sex and decide to abortions become rare proce- have sexual intercourse! dures. students understanding issues Well, yes, young adults However, pregnant women can't go back inti me organizations every 30,000 page views at will have sex. And yes, some We're looking for a By Erica Crockett will choose not to have sex. and change their actions, nor few good leaders. year. arbiteronline.com. The Arbiter------can the men that had an The first step to In the sex education battle, Yesterday's deadline And committees, bickering adults rarely stop equal part in conception. becoming an informed for ASBSU Senator committees, commit- All governments like to to consider that for most If $34 million is being withheld because abortion is applications brought tees. voter is to understand pour money into various kids, the choice about organizations, funds and perceived as murder, then I out a few candidates From Homecoming what's at stake. whether or not to have sex is We have asked each even research projects. propose that the Bush hoping for support on to the Executive Budget made due to a wide, complex candidate to tell us Someone comes up with the variety of factors. administration support these Election Day. Committee, ASBSU rep- innocent children for life, about the issues and brilliant idea that millions Merely telling the nation's Any support at all. resents the student should be spent on exploring making sure that they have voice in the bureaucra- where they stand on youth to not nave. sex will The trend has been the never-ending controver- play a minute role 'in what things like clean water, prop- towards fewer and cy that is a university. them. sy about paper or plastic, or er nutrition, and decent In the next two weeks kids decide to do. There is no fewer voters in Fall And what of the stu- why, gosh dam it, ketchup proof that abstinence pro- health care. Surely the we will be looking over campus elections. After dent voice? takes so long to pour out of grams work. Unless that $135 administration wouldn't the hopefuls, selecting those glass bottles. want these saved babies to dwindling from a bleak Last year, two stu- million is funding for the those who bring new Yep, money funds 'some lead a life of suffering and 6 percent in 2000 and 4 dents showed up to mass production of chastity ideas and true leader- pretty important stuff. But belts, that money could be pain? percent in 2001, election voice dissent about ris- thanks to the Bush adminis- Contraceptive use and ship to the table. spent elsewhere. numbers last year ing student fees - one of tration, money won't be family planning are impor- , At more than 17,000 Hey, I'll volunteer to be an reached a 10-year low them was then-ASBSU funding the United Nations tant concepts for U.S. citi- strong, Boise State abstinence educator, and it with only 2 percent of President Nate Fund for Population zens, but perhaps more so for could represent one of won't cost the government a . students turning out Peterson. Activities (UNFP A). dull penny. Here it :' is: all countries with rapid pop- the largest collective Congress backed a plan to That means 422 stu- The prevailing idea is DON'T HAVE SEX. Pass it ulation growth. contribute $34 million to the that ASBSU is an exclu- student voices in the on. The world becomes a dents out of 17,176 organization, which, among small place when it houses placed a vote. sive club of overachiev- state. Oh, but who said all this We shouldn't be many other things works to ruckus was about money? billions of people, and bil- Half of the senatorial ers looking for an extra provide sex education, fami- ignored by a legislature We clearly have enough lions of people living side- seats are open during line on their resume. ly planning, and knowledge. by-side must learn to help housed in a building we money to donate the $34 mil- Fall elections. That Surely this is overly about preventing HIV to one another, and share can see from our cam- lion promised by congress. means eight people cynical, but there might many third world countries. But wait, the UNFP A sup- knowledge that makes all were elected with an be room for improve- pus. No, don't even propose plies abortions to those human existence better. ment in how the elec- H. Boise State is to that we send the money to women in places like Africa Although births in the u.s. average of : 52 votes help our fellow humans in tions are run. take the next step as a or China that obviously did- may' be on the decline" birth each. other countries. Of course we numbers are soaring else- We, say nobody The ASBSU elecfion university, we need n't. ~et proper abstinence leadership who knows have it. It's just that maybe where. Morally, we need to comes out to vote in board has planned the the Bush administration has trammg. that lack of action has The Bush administration help these people. these elections because same old tactics to get decided that the $34 million Economically, $34 million is cost us in the past . thinks abortion is wrong, no candidate has been your vote - tactics that could be better incorporated pocket change. We'll still The first challenge of even if it saves the life of the able to show why it haven't been able to get into the plan to spend $135 woman carrying the fetus. have our throwaway econo- leading people is con- million on abstinence pro- matters. it yet There is a good chance $34 my, our SUVs, our Chinese ASBSU controls a Maybe as the official vincing them there is grams in the u.s. million won't go because of take-out. But who said it was newspaper on campus someplace to go. We'll Around 900,000 young the murdering of innocent about the money. budget of over $500,000, women become pregnant two-thirds of which is we can be of some help. see who wants to meet babies. the challenges, and you each year in the United Sex education and family culled from our student We estimate that States. If educators could just 13,000 students read can decide what path is planning is a global issue. fees. commit to a sex education The world's population is these pages twice a best They dole out program that promoted growing like fertilized abstinence and discussed the $165,000 to clubs and week and we average -Arbiter editorial board Letters

'. @JEdittr ., measly-no need to actually ': Legislature takes. weed- fee increases. eater to Idaho Promise It gets worse. In the last be education friendly! Scholarship session, the Idaho State This fall, our Governor Legislature (with and republican legislators As we enter final weeks Kempthorne's blessing and are crossing the state' claim- ing a victory for education, of this year's campaign bat- eventual signature) hacked " while in fact they have- "." tle, the. Governor and his away at the Idaho Promise friends in the legislature Scholarship fund, greatly widened its wounds. This have scrambled to make diminishing its effect barely comes at a time when Idaho amends for the deep cuts to one. year after its inception. has a critical need for an educated . Citizenry-to education funding they So why would the have made in the State. But Governor create an essen- attract good jobs to the despite the rhetoric, tially useless scholarship state. Kempthorne and instead of aiming a keep So when our state lead- Republican . leaders have fees low for everyone by ers talk about the good they've done for education, been decidedly anti-educa- keeping. ~nding up? The ti answer IS slmW'le:It IS much don't buy it. They may- be o~ . shaking our hand, but they Governor Kempthorne cheaper to 0 fer a scholar- has repeatedly tried to sell ship to select few then actu- also put a knife in our himself as a champion of ally working to keep school backs. higher education, frequent- affordable for all. ly pointing to the Promise Total appropriations for Jordan Hackworth Scnolarship. The scholar- the Promise Scholarship are University of Idaho ship, conceived as a way to budgeted at a paltry 1.6 graduate student keep Idaho's top students million dollars (.0008% of Idaho State Universityal.u1/I in state, provides a scholar- the state's two billion annu- ship incentive to all Idaho al budget). At the same college freshmen with a tima.they trimmed off close high school 3.0 GPA or a 20 to 100 million from the We encourage readers to on the ACT. . statewide education bud- respond ill The effort could go a get. letters for publication. long way toward helping The effort is a low and Letters must be 300 words attract tOR students to filthy move to apRear edu- or 'fewer. Please include remain in the state but, in cation friendly to their con- your 'flame, dlJytime tele- reality, is diversionary fluff. slituencies, while in reality, phone number, major field . Since the scholarship's ~utting education spend- of study and year in scllOol. inception, general student mg. In the same' breath, Please direct all letters to fees at ALL state universi- they can happily exclaim [email protected]. ties have increased' by their love for higher educa- Letters are subject to edit- Join Balance·Dl4ncecompany,. amounts greater, then the tion, while squealing glee- ing. The Arbiter cannot ver- .promise. scholarships fully about tax savings. ify the accuracy of state- because of the governor's The move is politics at its . menis made in letters to the Boise's most creative youth company for higher-education budget most. revolting because editor. Columnists' views cuts. In other words, any Idaho's future IS caught in . do 1I0tlIe~essarilyrepresent possible benefit received by the middle; They think they those of the Ar.biter editorial an eclectic concert of contemporary. dance ... the scholarship' has been can get credit from the vot- board and staff. 'complet~.ly erased by huge . ers for merely doing some- Th~company kicks off its sixth season thing positive, however with a repertory concert of old and new. These fifteen young dancers will soar Are you ready to face the c . student government senator-at-Iarge throl1gh afull spectrum of human emotion. elections are in Novemberl

Featuring choreography by Matt Hope, election packets will be available to pick up on Helene Peterson and Wednesday, October 16,2002 at 8:00am. only those who care about: Artistic Director Leah Clark . • current events on campus; • have a concern about student issues; • and wantlo be heard need apply! STUDEN'T GOVERNMENT BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY ASBSU. Thursday, October 31, 2002 Viewpoints The Arbiter • Page 5 Group projects sink motivated students For those students, their '. students with full-time view you are looking from, in their area of expertise. individual set of circum- school schedules, jobs and Considering that the non- stances. . entire goal is getting through all those labels are true. I this phase of their lives, and families, and who need time traditional - non-traditional Another item that Seems don't conform well, never getting a bachelor's degree to collaborate. meaning 25 and older - stu- to be underlying the collabo- cared to follow the latest between parties and finding I am tempted to think the dent population is 43 percent rative group scenario is a fashion and don't care what out who they are and who professors who prefer this . belief, .clothes designer or of .the overall population, socialist leaning of averaging method of reaching, don't out the grades for the groups. wants to be with them. ' T.V. show is in style. and that odds are pretty For me and many other care whether the students I work better with men students like me, graduate learn the subject matter or than women, since women " ------school is on the line. We need not. tend to be threatened by me the excellent grades to move I had a professor tell me and I like men better. They're It may be time to remind on and we work hard for three weeks ago that the ben- more direct and don't resort them. I don't mind sharing efit of working in a collabora- to manipulation to get their the professors, who prefer my time in class with a col- tive group is learning to way; and if they do, they laborative effort, but grading work with other people. By Tracy Curran aren't good enough at it to the collaborative group . the result of that effort from Though I haven't done well The Arblter---- bother me. the group is an inaccurate in this 9rouP, I resent the Looking at. all these fac- strategy to teaching, that reflection of what each stu- assumption that I would not I used to think I didn't tors, I wonder how I've ever dent is learning from the have already' cultivated that ~ind workin& in. collabora- been able to collaborate effec- class . ability, or that I could be tive groups. I'hat isn't the tively. this is an institution of If I don't agree with the thrown into any arrange- .case ~nymo~e. The positive I ~ess my biggest mis- group project, I can always ment and expect to excel or experiences I ve had working take III this instance was not higher learning. do my own, I Was told. succeed. Even if I were fresh co.llaboratively have been assuming the leadership Gee, thanks. I can waste out of high school, I would wiped out by one bad experi- position and maintaining it, my time on a project that is have had previous exposure ence foisted on me by a pro- but in the interest of "learn- good most of that population Maybe it is a side effect," slapped together by my to collaborative exercises. fessor in the name of teach- ing," I accepted that there are has had some type of collab- rather than the intent, but group and do one on the side If I were oriented toward a ing me how to work with avenues I haven't explored orative experience in some tying a rock around a moti- that is a more accurate reflec- field where I anticipated others. yet, I also felt it important capacity, it hardly seems vated student's ankle and tion of what I'm capable of. working in a collaborative I am not a high school or that others learn what I appropriate to try to "teach" throwing them in the lake If I am the only one doing environment, I might enjoy junior high student with lim- already have. Oh yeah - this almost half the student 1'01'- while pumping up the the work, then I can do the the experience. ited social skills who needs is college. It's every man for ulation something ihey. grades of an average, less project once, but everyone But when I signed on to the benefit of learning to himself, right? already know. .' motivated student is the else gets to ride on my take this course, it was not work with others. And if I It may be time to remind In the real world, any col- result. efforts, And if the project is called "Collaborative· Group were - or rather when I was- the professors, who prefer laborative effort in col1e~e I don't mind helping a stu- doable by one person, where Learning." Maybe there I was the leader. the collaborative group strat- will be next to useless 111 dent who is genuinely trying is the benefit of a col1abora- should be a separate course Follow or get out of the egy to teaching, that this is an application, since the circum- and does the work. But car- tive effort in the first place? designated as such, but it cer- way has worked pretty well institution of nigher learning. stances will be different, the rying the dead weight of stu- This is teaching me what, tainly doesn't belong buried for me, though it hasn't been It might also be a timely environment will be different dents who want to spend the exactly? among other subjects and without conflict. reminder that the students and the people will be differ- least amount of time possible In implementing group . then manipulated as the As an adult, I've been are paying the salaries of ent. Each situation will have to get the best possible grade . project work, professors also focus of the class . labeled a rabble-rouser, rebel those professors, with the to be relearned and the abili- is not a penalty nor a load I don't consider the challenge and troublemaker. I suppose, expectation that they will ty to cope cultivated for that am willing to bear. of scheduling for a group of depending on whose point of teach the subject matter with- Not all Republicans are cut from the same stone have all the classes I need to picture of doom and gloom final) year at BSU and tuition their political agenda of During this time the econo- Guest--- because government had a has been raised each and graduate. fewer and lower taxes, gov- my was going pretty well . As of today, I have not spending problem. every year, even when there ernment reduction, individ- and the government had tax were record increases given heard or seen anybody com- Opinion dollars pouring into their This is where conserva- plain about how the govern- ual liberty and security. tives and Republicans are to the school. Many of the Republicans, coffers. ment's fiscal problems have failing. Instead of champ i- So what about the' other By Jerel Thomas espeCially here in Idaho, are Instead of following adversely affected their life. oning conservative princi- governmental departments Studellt------those moderate blue-blood Republican principle and This is the message that ples and holding to their that have suffered a cut? types that will do' anything returning the surplus money All I can say is that my life' Republicans need to spread. Being a' conservative in back to the taxpayers, they beliefs, they cower and point . This is the opportune time to get elected. This moderate' out with pride how educa- has not been affected by Idaho' is not easy. People wing of Republicans has increased the size of govern- for conservatives to point out often think it is because of all tional spending is at an all- these cuts in any way. I still A hijacked the party and has ment. Many of us conserva- see policeman harassing to people how ineffective big I time high, up over $100 mil- these Republicans that are made it very difficult for tives were upset by this, but government is. running around, but do not lion over the last fouryears. people and fireman putting conservatives to support willing to forgive them for out fires. I can still drive to Government has had to be fooled. this one-time mistake. They are actually started do more with less money, them this election cycle. to say that funding will be the mountains on the week- There is a difference The first act of treason However, the moderates something conservatives between Republicans and restored as the economy ends. committed by moderate pulled the same stunt the Stores are still full of have championed for years. conservatives. Conservatives next year. With a $350 mil- turns around. These people The time is now for them to Republicans happened in the do not know how to finish goods and my trash is still view the Republican Party as legislature two years ago. lion dollars surplus, the leg- being collected. Despite the point out how right they the best vehicle to obtain islature increased all govern- their opponents. really are, Republicans should not prophecy of doom-and- ment budgets before giving gloom, 1 am in school and Idaho workers a tax break. try to buy votes by increas- This set the foundation ing government, but for the big debate this year. instead, they should point 'h • Gov. l

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Photo Illustration by Jeremy Branstad. Justn Lee From left to right: offensive line coach Chris Strausser, Rob Vian, Scott Huff, Matt Navest and Darryn Colledge, Not pictured: Jason Turner years. Huff was also a 2002 year, Colledge was a red-shirt teamed up with junior Jason Strausser was the offensive Strausser already had to All-WAC candidate. for the Broncos. Offensive line Turner and freshman Daryn line coach at Portland State. find a replacement for the line this year after sophomore Vian is starting his second The strength and talent of . battles for WAC Colledge to form this season's With his help, Portland State the a-Line is one of reasons went to the NCAA Division Rusty Colburn injured his season at right guard. In 2000, offensive line, Vian played in 561 snaps, the Broncos are so successful supremacy These are the guys the 1-AA playoffs for the first knee at the Oct. 5 game against Hawai'i. Strausser which-helped him earn a top this season, and they are con- other teams are afraid of. time in the school's history. fident in their goal of winning By Tanya Dobson When they're out on the field, Strausser believes the turned to Jason Turner to fill spot on the a-line. The Arbiter ------the open position of right Senior Matt Navest has the WAC. it's all business. offensive line is progressing As a team, Strausser thinks well, but said with three vet- tackle. had a few bumps in his career "It's trench warfare," Huff Boise State is on the right Most of us at Boise State erans holding the line, the Last season, Turner played at Boise State. He signed in said. 1997 and red-shirted his first .track to completing, their have seen bumper stickers As the answer to every underclassmen have their job backup to offensive tackle around' campus with the Matt Hill, who last season year. In the following two goals for the season. quarterback's prayers, the a- cut out for them. "Things are going pretty phrase "The a-Line," but few Line has some goals for the "The young are gettin& was an All-WAC performer years, Navest spent his 'time as a backup guard. He then well," Strausser said. of us really know the, guys better as the season goes on, r , and a NFL draft pick. Hill season. Huff said as a team he The a-Line is ready to do who battle in the trenches hopes to win the WAC and Strausser said. was selected in the fifth started the 2000 season at every weekend. They are the Strausser said all three round of the NFL draft by the guard until a knee injury battle with every opponent, go to a major bowl game. He and not to suffer the agony of rough-and-tumble Bronco seniors are playing well this Seattle Seahawks last April. sidelined him for the remain- is also optimistic that the defeat. , offensive line, and they have team will end the year in the season and that he is going to Seniors Scott Huff and Rob der of that season as well as helped Boise State earn one of have a hard time at the end of Vian anchor the offensive line all of last season. This year "It's goin?, be hand-to- top 25. hand combat, ' Huff said. their best starts in school his- To do their part, the a- the year trying to figure out with talent and experience Navest is heaIthy and back in tory at 7-1. Line is dependent on a go .d who will replace Huff Vian bringing intimidation and the trenches. The offensive line is a com- power to the line. Darryn Colledge is the coach, and Chris Strauss l' is and Navest. bination of new and old play- their man. This is Strau: .er's "It's going to be hard to Huff started all 12 games youngest player on the a- ers. Seniors Scott Huff, Rob 'second year at Boise State. find three new guys to step at center last season and 27 line, and this is his first year Vian and Matt Navest have Before joining the Broncos, up," Strausser said. games total in the last three starting for Boise State. Last

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Arkansas has had some ly- in media polls, might losses as well to then-No. 10 think the Broncos may have Tennessee and Alabama, the aroma of a fraud. Five criteria of the BeS who many think could be The Broncos have proven one of the best teams in the they are legit with blow-out 1.Poll Average - Average of USA Today/ESPN nation, but are currently on wins over teams like Coaches and AP Media Polls. probation and will be left Wyoming .. That's right, out of any bowl game .tJlis Wyoming. The Cowboys 2.Computer Average - Average of seven different . season. just knocked off then-No.19 computer polls. The lowest is dropped. Let's not forget Boise Air Force last weekend. State played its worst game The Broncos destroyed 3.Schedule Rank - Rank of schedule strength against the Razorbacks, San Jose State last week 45-8. compared to other turning the ball over seven Earlier this year, the times and losing' starting Spartans defeated last sea- 4.Losses - One point for each loss during the sea- quarterback Ryan son Big Ten Champs, son. Dinwiddie to a broken ankle Illinois, on the road. in the second quarter. Boise State beat Hawaii 5.Quality Win Component - The quality win com- By Phil Dailey . Another Mid-Major pro- by 27 points,' a team that is The Arbiter ------ponent will reward to varying degrees teams gram in the same boat as ranked second in the nation in passing yards. . that defeat opponents ranked among the top The Boise State football Boise State is Marshall. The Thundering Herd has The Broncos might not be team is off to one of its best in Top 25 in either of the two 10 in the weekly standings. starts in recent history this been in and out of the Top 25 several times since joining major polls, but they are ,. season at 7-1, including a 4-0 .ranked as high as 15th in one. record 'in the Western Division I-A back in 1997. Boise State's ranking in polls that Marshall j~.6-1·;OJ,1.theyear ofthe.seven computer rank- , ....,. Athletic Conference. ings that contribute to the Despite losing on the road with its only loss coming to determine the BeS Virginia Tech, currently Bowl Championship Series. to Arkansas in the second I'm not saying the week of the season, the ranked 3rd in the ESPN/USA Today coaches' Broncos are going to a major 27th Broncos have bounced back, bowl, or a bowl outside of ESPN USA/Today destroying their last six poll. Much like the Broncos the the Humanitarian Bowl for Associated Press 31st opponents by an average of Herd haven't exactly played that matter, but their com- nearly 31 points per game. Avg.29th a tough schedule, but this puter average is solid at Other than the Arkansas week jumped into the 25th 23rd.. loss, the Broncos only other spot in the coaches' poll. .You can say what you 15th game that was relatively Richard Billingsley Since they have been want about the Broncos' close was a 17-point win in 18th there before, and they have a scheduler it's .one., thing to Kenneth Massey their home opener against Heisman candidate at quar- beat SOnle teanlS that are 19th in-state rival, Idaho. Colley Matrix terback in Byron Leftwich, it bad, but it's another to With seven dominating Anderson & Hester 21st is easier for them to get pound on your opponent wins and a slightly blem- and make them look bad. 29th ished record, the question in respect. Jeff Sagarin Take nothing away from No one ever. remembers Broncoville is why Boise 40th Marshall's record this sea- who was ranked in the Top New York Times State is not ranked in the two son, but they won't playa 25 during the season, but Peter Wolfe 45th major Top 25 polls? team as tough as Hawai'i, or everyone remembers who is So they have one loss, but Avg.23rd* Fresno State until they get to ranked at the end of the sea-. the one loss came against a the Mid-American son. *Drop the lowest (worst) team that last season played Championship game, and Another win this week- Oklahoma in the Cotton that's only if No. 18 Bowling end against Texas-ElT'aso, Bowl. The Razorbacks are Green can remain undefeat- and the Broncos should play Other Polls just as good this season their first game at Bronco knocking off then-No. 21 ed. ESPN Mid-Major' 3rd Since Boise State has Stadium as a Top 25 team on . Auburn as well as an Eli never been ranked anlong Nov. 9 against Rice. David Rotheman 23rd Manning led Ole Miss squad the college football elite, Collegefootball news.com 26th that beat then-No.8 Florida some of the voters, especial- on Oct. 5. CBS.sportsline.com 28th

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By Mike Huguenin TheOrlandoSentinel-'---- The second BCSrankings of the season come out this after- noon, and the top three teams from last week _ Oklahoma, Miami and Notre Dame in that order-will be the top three teams this week. . One difference will be that the point differential between Miami and Notre Dame will be tighter than it was last week 0.06. Expe~t it to be around 0.25-0.30-this week. ~~iwi11 -"'...~nJ;~~~{JgJif{:~i!~~P~;:~ ; .._ ..~()fp.iite.cOmp~ti';';' uncannily accurate in preview- : torS.\

first-place finishes. > The "If Miami, Oklahoma ana Broncos are led by a trio of Notre Dame win out, the runners.' Forest '.Braden, Hurricanes will be left out of MilesWiscombe and the Fiesta Bowl," just take a Michael.' Ciampini . have deep breath and realize there been the top runners in a are six weeks left in the season. meet in 2002. Braden won A heck of a lot of things the NorthWest. Nazarene came happen in that span, and Open, Wiscombe has three no one-not any computer pro- f f . h d grammer nor some New York- top- ive lIDS es, an or Washington, D.C.:based Ciampani was the second reporter-can say with any Bronco in two events. authority what will happen If The Boise State women three, four or even five teams earned a pair of meet wins finish unbeaten. There simply t.hiS. season, winning the are too many variables-trength Northwest Nazaren Open of schedule and thequahty- The Fighting Irish celebrate last week after defeating Florida State 34-24. Photo Courtesy KRT Campus and the Boise State Open. win component, to cite two-to Robin Wemple, who' fin- figure out what the bowl they were 5-7? loss at Arizona State. . firing of then-coach Jim As solid as LSU's defense is, ished 15th at last season's matchups will be when they're There's no question Notre "I'm not sure how many Lambright. the Tigers' offense has to help WAC Championship, has announced Dec. 8. Dame players areJlaying with times he got hit," Huskies out. The defense was overrun led the 'Broncos withfwo No disrespect intended more purpose an more heart ~uard Elfiott Zajac said. Happy homecoming . Saturday in a 31-7 loss, at first-place and one second- Is this a sliot at Bob Davie or this season under new Coach Honestly, there was a lot of . Saturday, Tulane prayed. Its Auburn: . what? Tyrone Willingham than they times I turned around and he first outdoor homecoming QB Marcus Randall IS a e,lace performance. Kayla After Notre Dame ham- did under Davie (who, by the was already on the ground, so game since 1975,routing Navy good athlete but an atrocious ~hristensen has finished mered Florida on Saturday, way, is a darned good analyst obviously that can't be good as 51-30. passer, as he showed With his just behind Wemple in each Fighting Irish wide receiver for ESPN). And, for the most an offense." Instead of playing in ~he four picks Saturday. LSU meet this season grabbing Arnaz Battle used the opportu- part, the players ~ five games against schools that went 2-9 the year before adtes r,

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Diversions Editor .. Lauren Consuelo Tussing Phone: 345·8204 xl04 E-mail: • .• : dire"i,n,@,,,bi"'ronHn,=m Thursday, October 31, 2002 Diversions No giant man-eating squid here Isis nears perfection . mixed low - under the sur- with 'Oceanic' face - lest they tempt weary listeners into thinking this is a My Bloody Valentine By Jim Toweill record. . The Arbiter ------Besides these new fix- tures, the hull of the old ship Even now, when cruise is very much intact: Aaron ships, aircraft carriers and Harris' drums still sound research submersibles effort- their steady pulse and break lessly dissect its waters, the into commanding thunder ocean can still be an eerily when necessary. powerful and foreboding Jeff Caxide's bass still sight to an individual plunges into force - when approaching its unnervingly needed, and Aaron Turner's vast breadths alone. throaty growl and rising wail Both bane and ally to the remain unchanged. human legacy, its swells . All but gone, however, are have been gods and bridges, the unnecessary electronic mass graves and symbols of segments that cut up and our unknowing. slowed down Celestial. Isis' Oceanic is a body of There is one light-noise music that 'explores these track, an electronic re-cre- waters with an attitude of a ation of a conversation wizened .sailor's reverence between whales segueing and fear. nicelx into the next song, the Building on the epic airy 'Maritime." natures of 2000's Celestial and The artwork has improved its companion EP Sign1>05, greatly as well - 50 much so Photo by Kelly Day, The Arbiter .. the band has created an even that it becomes an integral Ryan Reasor delivers "clean love with a dirty feel" over the airwaves twice a month. more meticulously organized part of the album. and enthralling listening A product of Turner's eye experience. for desil?n, the booklet boasts There's more to Thursdays than 'Must See TV' Oceanic's thick waves of an exquisite, uncluttered lay- By Rob~rt Seal chosen for a cohesive effect. He tries to keep it aggressive Reasor got his start doing sound seem less concerned out With a neo-19th century Tlic Arbiter Reasor has designed the for- with a touch of sweetness. Solipsist when he took the with subduing and blud- motif and multiple black and mat of his show to make each He often uses obscure back- Introduction to Radio geoning the listener than, as white photos oflonely ocean broadcast a new and unique ground effects and layers of Production class at Boise the text in. the CD booklet Ryan Reasor knows how scenes. you should spend your experience for the listener. vocal effects on his voice to State. He is a communica- notes, enticing one to "dream These images go a long One of his goals is to help create a psychedelic tions major who has a strong of lungs swollen with water, Thursday evenings, and it's way in connecting the music not watching NBC's "Must impart a better understand- atmosphere. interest in working with film. cells fattened with salt ... dis- with the accompanying text's ing of the music he plays. He "It makes the information In the past, he has worked solve." Sct;'''lineup. themes of isolation, uncon- "All these drones are is looking to give the listener more interesting. Kind of like in directing and editing The immense heaviness of querable vastness, loss of a deeper sense of who the the sugar to make the medi- duties on various shows that past Isis releases haven't watching "Friends" when identity and disintegration of they could be turning on to artists are. He takes the time cine go down," he said. have aired on VTV. He is been diluted; merely love. to speak about what it is that "1 want to dive below the currently working towards stretched out into long, my show," Reasor said. The lyrics aren't unfath- Reasor is the voice of inspired the music. surface as far as discussing the completion of seven melancholy moments of suf- omable, but they are ambi- Other times, he tells of the information regarding that episodes of a television focation instead of incessant, Solipsist, a student radio pro- tious and nearly literary gram that has been airing for message that the band was night's artist." series. He has two episodes angry blunt force. compared to most bands. trying to convey. Reasor also This is something that he completed. These cathartic moments the past two years. It is cur- This is a very intricately rently being broadcast on tries to let the artists speak feels conventional radio for- Reasoris also working Oil. sink into currents of wind- and carefully crafted album for themselves when he can mats-fail to accomplish. . the filming of another project -ing, slowly replicating AM 730 on the second and in every aspect and a surpris- fourth Thursday of each by using spoken word Solipsist is loosely based to be shot in the Boise area melody that skirt along over ing display of growtll by recordings and interviews. around the philosophy of this month. His interest in Bryant C. Meyer's creaturely month. musicians, who had already Reasor has dedicated Shows in the past have solipsism, the theory that the film may lead him out' of electronic rumblings and taken giant leaps. featured artists as diverse as self is the only reality. .. Idaho in the near future, so .. occasional storms or disso- Solipsist to exploring a vast Few bands have this kind range of styles from across Queens of the Stone Age, Reasor feels that his show tune in to Solipsist before it nance. of versatility, patience and Tool, Bjork, as well as Tricky, is influenced by this philoso- fades away. A rich, moody atmosphere the musical spectrum: He attention to detail, and fewer chooses an artist or a group The Stooges, Morphine and phy in the sense that he Reasor can be contacted at arises from these combina- still can make an album with The Masters of Reality. There wants the listener to forget [email protected] for tions, like a languid, cloudy of related artists and then Oceanic's near-perfect conti- plays bootlegs, obscure have also been nights when what they are experiencing information about his show. day out on the water, so een- nuity. ' Reasor broadcasts the spo- in their own life and escape He encourages people to ly.comfortable it makes your recordings or even a full Anyone with an interest in album. ken word works of Henry into a reality created by the send music, art, letters or bones liquefy. creative and challenging Rollins, Timothy Leary and mood that his show creates. whatever else it is they feel The band also enlisted a His intent for each show is rock-based music who can to create and sustain a partic- Bill Hicks. "Hopefully this will lead like sharing. . pair of sirens, Ayl Noar and handle a little heaviness Reasor makes an effort to to some pineal gland stimu- . Maria Christopher, to add ular mood. Each artist and would do well to pick this piece of music is deliberately balance his musical choices. lation," he said. even more depth on several up. tracks, but their voices are

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GOVERNOR

Our grades are slipping ...

• Kempthorne cut 8.5 million from Boise State University.

• Fees rose 12% in 2002. 'In the 1990s, Idaho's student fees rose faster than every state's but two; .Idaho received a D+ in higher education affordability in a national study.

• Needed.campus buildings have been postponed. indefinitely

VOTE JERRY BRADY:

Jerry Brady wlll restore the cuts to higher

Brady for Idaho +POBox 985 + 1020 Main, #90+Boise,lcJaho837CH (208)429.1942 + www.bradyforidaho.co~ , .., ~d for by Brady for Idaho. Cecil D. Andrus, Treasurer Thursday, October 31;20Q2 ··PallelO.. The Arbiter .Diversions Local band addicted to speed issues and your feelings Interview by Jim Toweill toward them? Does the TheArbiter----'---- band as a whole have a political agenda or ideolo- We've all wondered at gy, or do you agree to dis- some point .or another agree on what your songs over our afternoon tea; address? Do you think "Just who IS' the fastest . _your music can be a yehi- band in Boise?" arid de for political change "Which band has a bass here in Idaho? player who flops around Joe: Largely, I have a like an epileptic eel on real big problem with the stage but also gets excited government· and how for elk season?" they're assholes and the /' There is but one like. Y'know? Just sticking " .. , answer, and it is Art of their wangs in everyone's Colonoscopy. ear. American civilians This trio of young men wouldn't suffer and be is Boise's premier, if not killed by terrorists if our only, thrash/ grind/hard- government didn't incite core punk outfit. They're so much hatred. We're also one of the few groups basically paying for the who consistently address actions of a government political issues. who doesn't even repre- They agreed to answer sent us. these questions under Mike: It's not like we threat of watching 24-con- make this crap up. When secutive hours of White Nate Williams rails House press conferences. against Bush in his Arbiter columns, he's not Jim: So, who's in the just pulling things out of band and what do you his arse. He's stating facts do? I've already read from AGC: Cory: Bass, places like Z Magazine Growls; Josef: Guitar, and Indy Media Center Lead Yells;' Mikhail: and from recognized Drizzums, Backup Yells. experts such as Robert Fisk on the Middle East Jim: How old are you and Ted RaIl on guys? Afghanistan. , AGC: Cory 17; Joe 16; Joe: As a band, I'd say Mike 20. we do have a political agenda. And that's to . Jim: Do your parents bring some form of better approve of the name" Art life to this nation, because 'Of Colonoscopy"? we're dissatisfied with the AGC: Never been an workings of it. Hopefully, :issue. if we can at least get ONE person to think to them- Jim: How and when selves, "Does the us real- did the band get started? ly need to dominate the Joe: It just kind of start- planet? Do we really want 'ed. Mike and I were corporate injustice every- 'bored: he could play where, as opposed to just 'drums, I wanted to play mostofwhere?" then hell, :guitar. Bam. We coined we're already winning. 'our band name around May 2001. We initiated Jim: Why is your drum- Cory around October. mer such a badass? How : Cory: Of course, I really did he get that way? ;couldn't playa song till Joe: It all started with ,about a month before our Grand Funk Railroad. :first show, but I still can't Then again, don't all sto- :play worth a crap. ries start out that way? I,' Mike: I always had Jim: Other than one 0'1' (Above) Joe Doherty good coordination. I can't ,two bands, Boise has propels himself around the small prac- play 690 beats per minute never really had much of tice area as he churns (_I like Hoffi from Quattro . a thrash/ grindcore scene. out chords at high )1 Stagioni though. I really \f , Those styles haven't even velocity. couldn't teIl you [about , been widely popular here (Left) Mike Doherty's Cory], all I know is he is : until recently. So how did face shows the intensi- alone a lot. ..' ~ ; you "discover" this genre ty of the band's rhythm section as he 'of music and what made ~sall over the drums. Jim: What's on the ,~it so attractive that you Photos by Ted agenda as far as recording : wanted to play it? or touring? When's your Mike: I got into fast Harmon, The Arbiter. limited edition DVD with , punk stuff in high school bonus nude videos com- : and kept learning about ing out? What are your : faster and faster bands visions for the band? 'that ...vere less and less Joe: We have two : marketable. releases in the works. A , Joe: I pretty much just split T' with Torn Anus, , followed Mike, and Cory and our own little demo : was already a metal-head CD entitled "Manifest : in junior high - so it was Venom, Possessed and Destiny: Part Deux," plus : almost natural for him to local scene has, always Mike: I can appreciate this neck of the woods ... I Slayer.. His Hero Is Gone a song on a Boise compila- : get into it. been active; I've justonly the diversity of the gener- feel lonely. also plays an important tion that Bug is churning begun to realize its depths al music scene, but IwIsh Jim: What are your out. The DVD is due out Jim: What are your role in my writing. and bands. Everything in' there were more bands influences, musically and about '2006, and the nude : impressions of the local music tome grows, and like us, Nobody comes to lyrically? section will be entitled : scene? Is it getting Jim: What do you think the local scene for me a show ready to thrash! Joe: Musically, I'd like "It's Cory Time." We : stronger, weaker? about the disappearance seems to be getting larger Cory: Yeah, thrash the band to sound more might try to scrounge Joe: I think that the of castle Legos™? I mean, and larger each day .. bands are pretty scant in like Propagandhi, but it together a small tour this ain't for me to decide, In you can't hardly find :,------'------'------~------, them anymore at Fred next summer. When we , the band, I think our wrap up' the first two , influences are mostly Meyer or Toys R' Us. " releases, we'll start work- , Joe: K, I've got this one. , Seein' Red, perhaps, some ing on a fuil 7", : November 5th You Can Elect Intensity. Lyrically, for Dude castle Leges" are me, Intensity is a big bomb and Fred Meyer and Toys R' Us suck and Jim: Can you guys be Jerry influence. , Some approached for auto- Propagandhi doesn't hurt can go to hell if they want ADA COUNTY COMMISSIONER to be that chintzy, mmk? graphs? either. Joe: Yeah we don't care. Mike: More recently, Cory: I have some cas- Feel Dissed Then Vote For tle Legos ™ ... for a price. Go right ahead. Watch out I've been really inspired for Cory's ass. 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...... -".'..._-_.~--,.,.-.it .Thursday, October 31, 2002 The Arbiter • Page 11. , Diversions Audition tur-nouts low at conununity theaters 'By Tammy Gands for auditions," Jim Beseman said the audi- Since Knock 'Em Dead Whether you are a theater Commentary Anderson a set builder at tions turnouts are lousy, and Theatre does mostly musi- major or just have an interest The Arbiter Boise Little Theater said. he blames it on a lack of pub- cals, they have a "Broadway in theater, consider trying Anderson said there was a licity as well. cheat book," as Beseman out for one of these commu- Where are all the actors in comment made at their last "There is no entertain- refers to it, on file because nity theaters. They are this town? Apparently, many meeting about a lack of peo- ment section in the paper. most people do not prepare always looking for new faces, of them are not at the audi- ple showing up for auditions. The Scene that comes out in for auditions unless they are and the very worst that could tions for local shows. The "It's kind of on-going, The Idaho Statesman on a part of the repertory com- happen is you simply will low turnout for auditions especially this season," ne Fridays does not cover the- pany, a group of actors and not get cast. That doesn't - means the competition is not said. ater. Ithink the Statesman has singers who support the the- mean you're a bad actor; , as it should be. Sometimes Auditions are kept rela- a lack of focus," Beseman ater. Even then, the perfor- there· are plenty of other directors are forced to resort tively low-key at this com- said. mance artists are only opportunities. Audition for the pure to "recruiting" people to act. munity theater. He said Beseman said he tries to required to have a one- Balance [).ulceCo~pany Although there are fabu- directors often have to have encourage people to relax by minute monologue and pre- experience of it, and then if lous actors who often land holding Iow-key auditions in pared musical piece. you get a part, it will be even people in mind to play cer- Bois~. Stat~' •..Shtdent these roles, it's a shame there tain roles because turnouts which he tells the actors that Boise State offers a won- more rewarding. Remember: is such a lack of competition. are so low. the director is just as nervous derful theater program, but No expectations, no Programs Board presentS· The director cannot pick the "We are looking for some because he or she has to cast auditions are often very lim- di~appointments. _ two performances. by ~e best of the best because they new blood," Scott Beseman, a show. It's not always about ited to theater and dance Balance Dance Company. have to resort to whoever is artistic director for Knock talent, but also how person- majors because these people In their 6th season, the willing to play the role. 'Em Dead Dinner Theatre alities mix together, Besernan need a certain amount of par- Balance Dance. COmpany "We need more publicity ticipation credit to graduate. said. said. consists of . 15 .Iocal dancers from the ages of Kung Fu music Tsunami Bomb, a four- Porn videos kill television stars -11 to 18 performing prKung Fu Records. Tsunami (Columbia U,) own shadow life's addiction it virtually cries out for wild, shows on Friday and Bomb consists of an enig- to anonymous sex, obsessive- stylistic risks or bold, dark, Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in By Robert Seal matic front woman known (U-WIRE) NEW YORK - ly catalogued on film and emotional overtones. the Special Events Center. The fact that we have no The Arbiter------as A~ent M, bassist Greg Kinnear just might turn videotape. The performance consists Dominic, guitarist Mike out to be some kind 01 weird, His celebrity fuelled his emotional stake in Crane's great actor, but I can't tell yet. affliction. by giving him slow descent into addiction of 3 separat~movements. Punk rockers beware: and drummer Gabriel. The first movement, titled Kung Fu Records is hitting The hard-working band Early in Paul Schrader's new access to an endless stream of and failure only serves to render Schrader's formal "... and Then There Were' Boise with a boisterous has already sold over 10,000 freak-out biopic Allto Focus, women, just as cutting-edge devices for depicting that punk music marathon at copies of their independent Kinnear, as Bob Crane, sit- video technology - supplied Two," is directed by Leah release The Invasion From com star of "Hogan's by a sycophantic loser associ- descent even more obvious Clark, the artistic director The Big Easy this Saturday. and gimmicky'. Sharing the stage for the Withill. You may have Heroes" and budding sex ate of "his named John of Balance. The movement addict and amateur porno!?- Carpenter (played in the film Late in the movie he explores the relationships show will be three bands already caught Tsunami switches to harsher film Bomb on the road with the rapher, brushes off his wife s by Willem Dafoe, with char- of dancers within the com- from Kung Fu Records: acteristic creepiness but also stock, starts blocking scenes Tsunami Bomb, Audio Vans Warped Tour. accusations about the stacks of nudie mags she's found in a quiet note of sympathy) - with addled hand-held cam- pany and the sense of Karate and The Vandals. Also on the bill is Audio era movements and gives conununity it invokes in Karate. Their first full- his basement workroom with offered him endlessly Headlining the Kung Fu improved means for docu- Kinnear pallid skin and an each individual. . length release is Space the hoariest of porn-laver's Records tour will be leg- excuses: "I'm a photo nut!" menting, J?reserving and uncomely gut. Ho-hum. The second movement is endary punk band The Camp, which came out on reviewing hisexploits, Compare that to the love- Kung Fu last May. The Kinnear invests the line directed by associate artist Vandals. Bassist Joe with a fusion of boy-scout Twice-divorced, sinking it-or-hate-it last hour of Paul Helene Peterson. This. is Escalante, drummer Josh sound on Space Camp, pro- sincerity and eerie, off- into the squalid post- Thomas Anderson's Boogie Peterson's fifth season Freese, vocalist Dave duced by Trevor Keith of Nights, that extraordinarily putting vacuity that has an Hogan's anonymity of end- with Balance. The piece Quachenbush and guitarist Face to Face, has been less dinner-theater gigs and sustained dirge of fury and extraordinary effect, at once she has choreographed, a Warren Fitzgerald are out favorably compared to a hilarious and oddly horrify- run-down motel living, horror in which relentless in support of lnternet Dating mix of bands such as The ing. Crane eventually drained destruction rained down on movement with slight Supersiuds, their latest Ataris, The Get Up Kids It's a moment that hints at away into a lonely, pathetic the film's pleasure-loving comic undertones, is titled . album. This is their first and Lagwagon. the dissonant, dread-laden, figure, at the total mercy of characters like divine wrath. "Couch," which is release on Kung Fu Comparisons aside, gui- hollow-laughter tone his own compulsion for joy- Anderson plunged us inspired entirely by an, Records, which is co-owned tarists Art Barrios and Jason Schrader might have been less sexual conquest; finally, right into the abyss of plea- experience she had on a by Escalante and Camacho, along with aiming at (or at least should in 1978, he was bludgeoned sure and doom and tOOKus- couch. The dance will be bassist Justo Gonzales and all the way over to the cold, Fitzgerald. have been) for the film as a to death in one of those accompanied by the music . drummer Gabriel desperate terror at the heart In honor of their new whole - some kind Of gonzo anonymous hotel rooms. - of Maurice Ravel. . album, the Vandals have Camacho, have put their reverie on celebrity, addic- This is a chilly and stilted of a life given to dehuman- The last movement is decided to run a special own stamp on what they tion and depravity. piece of work. 1 think what ized sex. promotion during the tour. consider to be SoCal punk. Unfortunately, for all the lends the film its hollowness Schrader gives us a shaky directed by Matthew The Vandals' website, luridness of its sensational and its shapeless, episodic camera and some "seedy" Hope, a dancer with Ballet www.vandals.com, is host- tabloid source material and feel is an' extraordinary ele- fluorescent lighting. It's the Idaho who will be return-· ing a contest that fans can Kinnear's gee-whiz game- ment of emotional discon- difference between actuallv ing to Balance for the third: enter by submitting their The Vandals, Tsunami ness for gomg freaky, Auto nectedness - not Crane's, committing to a vision and. .time. The movement is Bomb and Audio Karate name and photo. Other fans Focus seems peculiarly juice- mind you, but Schrader's. going about it half-cocked. called "Musical Chairs," a, are playing-on Saturday What we're left with in the will vote on the photos, and less. It lacks the courage of its There's no lived-in quality piece exploring the nature. at the Big Easy Concert to the dark happenings on end are a few moments that the selected winner will own perversions. of competition; . .," House. Doors opell at That's too bad, because screen (there's no lived-in hint at the whacked great- receive after-show passes 6:00 p.m., and music Tickets ate available at the , that will identify them as a the tawdry, real-life story of quality to the film at all; it's ness the film might have starts at 6:301'.111. Tickets Bob Crane makes for undeni- the kind of period piece that achieved and the whacked Student Union box office> band member's "date" at a are avaiia/JIeJor $12 at concert in their area. ably terrific movie material never manages to overcome greatness we may yet see $10 tor general admission, unvw.ticketweb.col~. from that enigmatic charmer, Also appearing will be and would seem well suited the feel of playing dress-up) arid $5 for Boise State stu- to Schrader's own thematic and no passion or even Greg Kinnear, who keeps dents and staff; Tickets, predilections as a filmmaker. en~Pgement with the protag- wriggling out of the box will-also be available at. Crane was a smooth and ~mst s psyche; Schrader isn't Schiaderhas put him in by thedoor, Mediocre melodies pervade Foo Fighters earnest charmer who mterested. hitting weird, uncanny notes. achieved national fame as the The clinical, hermetic approach is adeliberate aes- band, . you are working in titular captain in the World By J.J. Duncan War II prison-camp comedy tlietic choice, no doubt. but it Kansas State Collegiall--- garage revival, mainstream Creed-ish stuff, nu metal or (U-WIRE) MANHAT- indie. TAN, Kan. - Fluctuating Practically the only other between brilliant and boring, bands working in this style One by One finds the Foo that have any validity what- Fighters manic as ever. soever are Bush and Stone The hard-rocking track Temple Pilots. 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