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Boise State University ScholarWorks Student Newspapers (UP 4.15) University Documents 11-11-2004 Arbiter, November 11 Students of Boise State University Although this file was scanned from the highest-quality microfilm held by Boise State University, it reveals the limitations of the source microfilm. It is possible to perform a text search of much of this material; however, there are sections where the source microfilm was too faint or unreadable to allow for text scanning. For assistance with this collection of student newspapers, please contact Special Collections and Archives at [email protected]. T HUll S 0 R Y .• DV~ W BEll 11 il 0 0 'I THE IIDEPEIDENT STUDENT _UOICE OF BOISE STRTE SINCE 1933 Vl)·.L U W'E 17 Fill S T IS S IiEi:FII.E'E . ISS UE as ter [beh~eh~~l+ Pixar's ;~ Broncos take· . incred- • ible work '. their WIn streak' BSU renders in 'The local version.ot to San Jose' Incredibles' tamed reattty page "I show NATIONRl HUNGER AND HOMELESS lUEEK Reuised, reuamped and rebuilt ... Snowboard, ski club going strong BY RMBER M. TORREZ Miller, who made sure to note spacrat to The Arbiter that members are not required to be BSUstudents. "Ijust feel re- When the snow hits the ally passionate about this sport ground, you can bet that the and wanted to make a way for BSU snowboard/ski club will be everyone to get involved," Miller prepared to hit the slopes. The said. "If you're a student and you club's founder and President, have a spouse, kids, parents or Travis Miller, is busy getting maybe a friend who is not a BSU ready for the season by recruit- student, they can still join and ing new members and plan- you both can have a good time," ning ski trips and group events. By paying the annual fee of $20, The next big event is on Friday, members are put on an exclu- November 12, where the snow- sive mailing list and notified board/ski club will be attending when opportunities arise to take a movie premier at the Basque advantage of weekly trips to 10- . Center in downtown Boise. They cal slopes, such as Bogus and will view a snowboarding film Brundidge where members get from Teton Gravity Research group discounts. The club also entitled, "Soul Purpose." There takes three major road trips a will be two showings, the first year. This year they plan on hit- beginning at 7 p.m. for all ages, ting the slopes at Tahoe, Mt. and then at 9 p.m. there will be Hood, and Jackson Hole. a second showing for those 21 Members give back to the and over. You don't have to be a community by being involved member of the club to attend ei- in service projects such as, "The ther showing. There will also be a Boise River Sweep:' "Boarding raffle, door prizes, and DJ. for Breast Cancer:' and build- The new Snowboard/Ski club ing cages for Birds of Prey. \ l. t':> has been actively running since- The club has been active around \, ;,.;H'last September. Miller, who start- campus, appearing in the home- , 'l. ":;edth~ club only a year ago.ihas coming parade mid also several I· . "watched it grow tremendously. campus organization fairs. i Membership started at a mere five If you are interested in joining people in 2003 and has grown to- or finding out more Information day to about 70 active members. about the new snowbaord/ski "All skill levels are welcomed, club, contact Travis Miller at and anyone can join," said [email protected]. Club fOCUSing on South RSlan culture being organized " For the first time since '71, Alom BY mow: SWAllDEOVlllE Alill Kemron Ahmed, 21, end Aeul Petel, 19, ere both the founders end co- ¥ presidents of the South ASlen Student Assocletlon. fi ~, foreign enrollment at U.S. colleges falls RRCHEL PEREZ about," said Ahmed. News Writer One such event is an Indian ., BY OIRNE CRRROll (/1" T , f:C d d it 1 k lik plications, said Blumenthal, of Jazz Fusion performer named VVeve su lere an I 00 S I e the Institute of International Boise State students Ravi Sandip Burman will have a free Knight Ridder Newspepars . ff Education. The checks sometimes Patel and Kamron Ahmed have music clinic Saturday Nov. 20. KANSAS CITY, Mo. _ For de. we are gOIngto continue to su ler .have taken months, she said, started the South Asian Student The clinic will concentrate on cades, America has enjoyed ever- f h d 1:C which probably has contributed Association (SASA) an organiz- percussion, strings and brass. increasing numbers of interna- a urt er ec ine in foreign stu-to the decreases in those student ing club on campus. Patel and Afterward the club will go out tional students attending its col- populations. Kamron both agreed that an to dinner with Sandip Burman leges and universities. But last dent enrollment this year because While the United States made organization based on South at the Taj Mahal restaurant in year, fallout from the war on ter- it harder for potential students to Asians would be beneficial not Boise. ror helped drive the number down we've made it too hard to .get into gain entry, she said, other coun- only to them, but also to the uni- "In the long run we hope to for the first time since 1971,a sur- tries became more aggressive versity. have a big enough club where we vey being released Wednesday the country" _ Victor Johnson abouiallractingstudents.Britain "I think there is a need In gen- can hold events that repre~ent shows. and Australia in particular are eral for not only the South Asian the South Asian culture," Patel The number of students study- drawing more students, she said. community but for other people said. ing in the United States fell 2.4 "I think it's recognized now by had straightened out some of the Johnson, of the Association of and groups as well," Ahmed said. Patel and Ahmed also hope the percent, to 572,509, the Institute most people In our government problems by the summer, but the International Educators, said his Patel and Ahmed are currently organization will unite theSouth of International Education re- that it's time to step back from improvements aren't reflected in organization thinks internation- trying to get as many people to Asian community. ports in its annual Open Doors some of those measures which the surveys. al organizations and the federal notice and join SASA.The second "We want to bring everyone survey, were put in place on an emer- Some of the areas that sent government should put together meeting is a movie night Friday together just to have a group of "We've suffered and it looks like .gency basis after 9/11. We need fewer students in 2003·04 were a strategy to recruit international Nov. 12 atthe Cultural Center. friends to hang out with," Patel we are going to continue to suffer . to fine-tune them a little so they southern Africa, down 11.2 per- students. "People who are interested in said. 6 a further decline in foreign stu- continue to serve the function cent; Southeast Asia, down 7.4 Even after the visa process is South Asian culture, or whatever, If SASAgets big enough Patel dentenrollmentthisyearbecause of screening out people we don't percent; the Middle East, down streamlined, Johnson said, the everyone lswelcome.tPatel said, and Ahmed hope to plan a play or we've made it too hard to get into want to let in but they don't have 8.5 percent; and Europe, down 5 perception that getting into the .One of SASA'slarger purposes festival at the end of the year. the country," said Victor Johnson, such a negative effect on legiti- percent. United States is difficult probably is to spread South Asian aware- Patel and Ahmed are finish- associate executive director of mate people," Students from the Mideast and will remain. Overcoming that ob- ness throughout campus. ing the constitution for SASA public policy for the Association Peggy Blumenthal, vice presi- students wbo want to study sci- stacie will take a pro-active effort, "There are a lot of South Asian and hope to be recognizedby the of International Educators in dent for educational services ence are required to go through he said. things that might be happening ASBSUJudiciary in three weeks Was,hington. for the· Institute of International more strenuous background around. BSTJ·and the comma, .··...~,asan 'official.ASBSU9n;.ml.~- •• II •• II ••• lIlIIIlI.Eldlucma.tl\1iolnl'.sa.i!ld.tlhlelgiolvelrln.mleanllt.clhlelck.sllas.p.ar.t.o.f.t.he.Ir.Vl.·.sa••••••••••••••aigPI- niity.·thiiatilPiejoiPile.· t notknoWtlCin. ..." ..., - c·····,' -- 11 '~'l I~. 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