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Arbiter, November 6 Students of Boise State University Boise State University ScholarWorks Student Newspapers (UP 4.15) University Documents 11-6-1996 Arbiter, November 6 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]. II~,t; -;:.t; ,'{' ',', '~" cation scores, it ucational panacea. a school system that produces hi uates who can't find the U.S. on a map 0 their checkbook. How do we fix it? o and According to Clinton". elShOUld 1st grade 0 ~a.,g.le 11 they. ools and 9,000 libraries). , id for w 10 they c s omail'Christina Martin says the ~t t • , As at Me aids? Ma do little to ensure safer schools, drug-free stay• .,001 3 ugh we • have to sc ools and quality education." once I agree with about a j.o· II Jead. great GOP hope-this Internet 'owma "Don't piece of election year Clinton job in ;t want about educational reform, what :e"? W .use our spending, like Internet access, 1 5 iready f 0 udents. billion just-to set up. Monthly Internet acc~ss charges, flood the job market with s degree training and equipm Mo .t 'i It work. And for what? Th [uality i ot quantity , return as an educatio .ion, In .v u&. studen ishes the younger th dumbin vn the . culum so 1'IfY, Cro-ma Netscape). o to c e, and decreasin the value of eve .. , '. ' ~ 1 .- 2INSIDE. ~--WfONfSOAY, NOVEMBER6,1996 THEARBITER One way of accomplishing that would be to change parking regulations, . '., 0 • · The parking lots begin to free up in late after- " 4Q4U\1{l~nL':: pinion noon. By 6 most of our students, faulty and staff ·students share experiences in Costa Rica Shuttles and phones and Fratice. have high-tailed it home. Yet our parking regula- and lights, oh my tions are enforced from early morning to 3 p.m, News then, after a two hour window of anarchy, again Now that general elections are over, it's time As the days get shorter,darkness veils our fair from 5 until 7 p.m. Why the lull before the two- to start thinking about ASBSU elections. campus ever earlier-bad news for the female stu- hour crackdown? . HBF- dent population, good news for Chester the Money! The parking gods want those night Guys on The Pill?! molester. class students to purchase parking passes. One of our students had an unpleasant Most night classes start at 6 p.rn, The park- experience under the shroud of early ing Nazis know that. All of a sudden the ..•. bHMiHM"Hoolenanny morning darkness, a couple of weeks erratic parking enforcement schedule Norton Buffalo, harmonica virtuoso. ago. On her way to class, via the makes sense, economic cents anyway. Greenbelt, a man-whom she mis- But is it good sense to force ____ ~m.~my'!l1%Ii0':; Sports took as a jogger-decided it female students to park on the Cross country team places in the Big West would be fun to try squeezing fringes of the university to her breasts. Luckily that's all make a few bucks? that transpired before she Defenders of this arcane I'M GONNA bolted across the foot- policy might insist we've \<.ILL. 'fOU, bridge to a campus addressed the problem YOU SON emergency phone. But by providing lights, OF A-- it could have been phones and shuttles worse. to the shadowy We realize corners of that, short of campus. assigning They armed might guards to propose we provide more of them, especially on every female student, these incidents will occur the park side of the river. These determents are periodically. No amount of lights, phones, or shut- useful, but they might not be necessary if we tle buses will make our campus 100 percent safe- allowed students to park closer to class in the first for females or anyone. But that doesn't mean we CLINTON FINALl-Y FINDS A CHEAPER place. Then they wouldn't have to walk past rows can't work to improve the situation. of empty parking spaces on their early AL TERNA"TNE' 'TO "T'HE V- C.HIP, On change we can initiate is shorten the length morning/late evening sojourns to their vehicles. AND VOLUNTEERS .,-0 ?UT \T IN"TO students have to walk to class in non-lighted areas. PRAC.T\c.E f'E~~ONALL'I. The Arbiter is the official student newspaper of Boise State University. Its mission is to provide a forum for the discussion of issues impacting the campus and. the community. The Arbiter's budget consists of fees paid by students of BSUand advertising sales. The paper is distributed to the campus and community on Wednesdays during the school year. The first copy is free. Additional copies cost IIBIIER $1 each, payable at The Arbiter offic~s. • 'FIRST COpy FREE . .' NAMED BEST FOUR·YEAR NON·DAILY TABLOID IN THE ,NATION ':- . 1910 University Drive, Boise, Idaho 83725 THE STAFF Editor in Chief Kate Neilly Bell Business Manager Chris Adorns News Editor Asencion Phone· (208) 345-8204 Fax - (208) 385-3839 Ramirez Hootenanny Editor Josh Costen Sports Editor Amy Butler E-mail- [email protected] Health/Beauty /Fashion Editor Ariel Spaeth Out-of-Doors Editor Rhett Tonner Opinion Editor Joe Relk Online Editor Mike Moore Art Director Jonathon H. Smith SpGrts: [email protected] Photo Editor John Tone Ad Designer Brenda Zipfel' Advertising Manager Matt Pottenger Local Advertising Sales Sean P. Murphy Staff Writers David Augello, Robert News: [email protected] Barish, Erin Burden, Jarod 1. Dick, Mary Doherty, Matthew Haynes, Mark Holladay, Seth Jaquith, Don Kelsay, Jim Klepacki, Clint Miller, Kelly Millington, John Sackman, Susan Strader, Mark Letters to' the Editor: [email protected] Taylor, Jill Winje Columnists David Aguello, Damon Hunzeker, Jennifer ledford, Kevin .Arts and Entertainment:[email protected] Whitesides Photographers Kara lynn Brown, Rick Kosarich, Shown Records (omputer Systems Administrator Mark Holladay Circulation Enrk Figueras, lIuisFigueros Reception Yvette Bryant, Katy Petty Editorial Adviser Peter Wollheim Business Adviser William Hart _ -II.. 111.• · l1~jJEI1 'BITERof the Week ~:r1l1tJ1i:r1~ Thisweek's 'Biter of the Week is BusinessManager ChrisAdams. He ohen goes beyond his For back issues visit us at:. Businesshead duties and eliminates our technical difficulties. Recently, it was fox machine. Mike orbiter http://www.idbsu.edu/ Moore deserves IIMoore"recognition for making our on-line edition look so professional. It has the need to be browsed. Those who don't visit it aren't getting the whole Arbiter experience. THEARBITER WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1996 OPINION 3 Now and then by David Augello ous foods. The two moved in on March 12, 1902. Columnist Stone and Ramsdell Co. directed by R.U. Stone, pres- ident, and W.E. Ramsdell, secretary and treasurer, fol- lowed suit six months after. Their store handled the David Root's Desert Sage, a "Contemporary famous W.P. Fuller and Co. paints, and, since Boise was American Cuisine" restaurant, will likely open in a growing town of 10,000 people, such commodities November, occupying a far wing of the Union Block were in demand for some time. building's ground level on Idaho Street. Lately the inte- rior structure has been ship-shaped, as builders carried An ad for the company, printed in The Idaho Daily wood and cutters from a truck parked at the curb. Statesman's business advertising section, asked, "Why should you buy your paints, oils, and glass of us?" The answer, at the bottom of the ad, said, "Because we are the only exclusive paint, oil and glass house in Boise." A.M. Beals was known as the most successful sec- ond-hand furniture salesman in town, and he also occu- pied room in the Union Block. He moved his business from a place on south Ninth Street and, once in the new quarters, continued to practice selling furniture and his side specialty, supplying miners and prospectors with tools, and items like tents and wagon covers. PHOTO BY JONATHON H SMITH The second floor 'was occupied by the Christensen Rock), and the unshakable block, bearing the words Dance Studio, founded by Mose Christensen and dedi- "Union Block," at the building's summit. cated to the molding of young bodies and minds who PHOTO BY JONATHON H SMITH would go into the world and participate in a bright, stur- Two year's before Howell was given permission, All the Union Block's adjacent business spaces stand dy future. The studio had a reputation for refinement, Odd Fellows Hall, down the street, was condemned by empty, except for workmen fulfilling duties of recon- and some said the decorations were particularly aesthet- the state and destroyed. James Howell had started con- struction. Part of a brick staircase chips and finally ic. To ensure no hint of immorality, Christensen's studio struction in 1888, the year he arrived here from West Virginia. cracks under the heavy 'force of a hammer while nearby was publicly supported by a minister, who denounced old, dirty brick walls are covered over with plaster. A those religious persons who counted dancing among the Boise's beloved Christensen Dance Studio is now sign hangs in a window near the Desert Sage reading more evil frivolities. empty and James Howell's Hall is gone.
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