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MONDAY CELEBRATING : ., ,( 70 YEARS NOVEMBER 17, 2003. ." -.,._ec_".....·.··....····'··· Girlz Garage Tour Another successful salurday The show hit Boise,but Broncos blast through Boise was a no show UTEP and into the top 20 A&E 6 9-1 (5-0) Sports- 8 WWW.ARBITERONLINE.COM VOLUME 16 ISSUE 26 rvey S 01education ers worth what universities re- BY BRANDON BECKHAM presidents. Information ex- College said, "President's sala- "Someone who serves as a of Idaho, Gary Michael has News Reporter amined in the annual report ries are not usually decided university president, if com- not taken a salary. Dr. Richard ceive in way ofleadershlp. "One factor that plays a role The Arbiter is based on the public budgets at the individual colleges or pared to the corporate sec- Bowen, of the Idaho State in determining salary is the and nonprofit tax forms filed universities. Generally pay is tor, would be equivalent to . University earns $162,000, Dr. mission of the particular col- Higher education in America each year by both public and determined by the State Board the CEO of a large corpora- Dene Thomas, Lewis and Clark lege or university. Obviously, has seen a familiar theme of private schools. of Education." tion," said Buster Neel, BSU State College is paid $121,000, with a broader mission the increasing costs for students, This year's survey revealed Reported earnings for presi- Vice president of finance and and Dr. Robert Kustra, Boise responsibility and salary is go- as well as increasing salaries that presidents of private in- dents at public universities are administration. "A university State University earns $162,000 ing to be greater," said Pugh. "I being paid out to university stitutions are among the most not far behind those serving in isn't a pure corporate entity, annually. think that the chronicle really and college presidents. Despite well-compensated university the private sector. According but they are expected to op- Ellis McClentuck of the state nailed it on the head by point- criticism, some educational leaders. Ten of the top earn- to statistics released by the erate like one. The president board added, "Dr. Kustra and ing out the that there is a need leaders are saying that salaries ers for the 2001- 02 year earned chronicle, the number of of such an operation has a Dr. Bowen also have agree- for quality executives, and paid to most presidents are a from $650,886 to $891,400. presidents at public institu- twenty-four/seven job. The ments with their university more importantly there is also justified cost. Three presidents earned more tions with salaries at or above expectations made on these foundations for supplemental a competitiveness in acquiring Earlier this month, The than $1 million for the year $500,000 doubled this last individuals are often extreme compensation and or a hous- those leaders, part of that is Chronicle of Higher Education when their base pay was com- year. and from my prospective they ing allowance." paying them a fair salary," released its survey of the 2002 bined with additional com- The highest paid public uni- earn every penny of the salary The chronicle reported that fiscal year. The organization pensation earned by serving versity president was Dr. Mary that they are paid." many consultants say it's dif- conducts an annual survey on corporate boards. Coleman of the University of According to the Idaho State ficult for universities to find that examines salaries paid to Whitney Pugh, budget direc- Michigan. She earned $677,500 Board of Education, the inter- qualified leaders. Salaries paid private and public university tor for Lewis and Clark State during the year. im president at the University to presidents, they say, are well

UNIVERSITY DIVERSITY IN THE SHORTS FOOD DRIVE UNIVERSITY Panel Discussion' Faculty features International Senate business experts approves International busi- ness and trade experts - including Boise State diversity faculty and representa- tives from the Canadian requirement Consulate, state govern- ment, local industry and a fair trade organization BSU follows a nationwide - will discuss the im- trend supporting diversity portance of internation- alizing business educa- in education tion and the impact of international education BY JASON KAUFFMAN on the future of the econ- News Editor omy in the state of Idaho The Arbiter and the nation. The discussion will In a unanimous vote on take place at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Boise State's faculty Tuesday, Nov. 18, in the senate approved the passage Hatch Ballroom in the of a diversity requirement and Student Union. signaled the shifting levels Boise State President of importance that are being Bob Kustra will give placed on matters of diversity opening remarks, and in universities nationwide. Extended Studies Dean With its approval, the diver- Michael Stockstill will sity requirement will now be- moderate. come an effective part of the The panel discussion Boise State curriculum as early is a keystone event for as the fall of 2005. International Education "~ise State is now taking Week 2003, Nov. 17-21.All a h?althy responsibility for events are free. open to educating students for the real the public and address a world," said Cultural Center diverse audience. Coordinator Ro Parker. "I think For more information, this means that Boise State will or to obtain a complete be catching up to their peer in- schedule of events, visit stitutions in terms of diversity www.boisestate.edu/ education." international, call 426- PHOTO BY EMILY DESLER/THE ARBITER Watching the faculty senate 3652, e-mail internation proceedings was Lisa Sanchez. [email protected] or Joyce Schram (left) quizzed Salvation Army Chaplain Christopher Murray (right) about altemative food drive locations after realizing she left her donations at home. Sanchez introduced the pro- stop by the International The food drive raised 8,000 Ibs. of food last year. posal for the diversity require- Programs office, 1136 ment ten years ago when she Euclid Ave., Boise. was then ASBSU student body president. This move leaves Boise State Conference looks in league with many other in- .at media and pop Influenza season is hac in force stitutions of higher learning nationwide. culture and Well ness Fair this Boise State English profes- BY MONICA PRICE Wednesday in the sor Marci Newman, a member Boise State University News Reporter The Arbiter Jordan Ballroom from 9 of the faculty senate, played a is presenting a pop cul- a.m. to 3 p.m, large role in the shaping of the ture symposium featur- It's official. The influ- You should still allow diversity requirement propos- ing research and pre- enza season has hit the yourself plenty of time al. Newman said while she was sentations by students, Treasure Valley in full to get your influenza hopeful going into the faculty faculty, staff and com- force. The time has once vaccine. The Health senate vote on Tuesday, she munity members. "Point again come to stock up and Wellness Center re- still had her reservations. of View: Mass Media and on chicken noodle soup, quires patients to stay in "I didn't know how it would Pop Culture" is the theme tissue, decongestant the waiting room 20 to be received, because it hasn't of this unique four-day and throat lozenges. 30 minutes after receiv- been received well in the past," conference scheduled And don't forget to line ing the flu shot, in case Newman said. for Dec. 1-4. A full sched- up for the much-loved there are any cornpllca- Ideally, Newman said, all ule with times will be flu shot. tions. classes given at Boise State available online at http: "We have seen a lot of Althoughrare.compli- would have as a significant //union.boisestate.edu/ students coming in with cations can be serious. portion of their curriculum the pointofview later this flu-like symptoms," said People whose immune discussion of diversity aware- month. All events are Nursing Supervisor Jane system is weakened due ness. free and will occur in the Miller, For those who to illness, anyone aller- "I think in a lot of ways we're Special Events Center. haven't yet received that gic to eggs, or have ahis- behind the curve if you want to Call 426-3049 for more preventative shot in the tory of Guillain-Barre t:I PHOTOBY!:MILYDESLERjTHEARBrTER measure us against our peer information. arm don't worry it's not Syndrome should con- ... . institutions,"- Newman said. Lori Emerson (left) looks on apprehensively as .:JophiaHurtado, Health, WeI/ness and Counseling SeTVIces b.Thl - h too late. suit a doctor before get- RM'A....prepares to administer. -' a fIus hot. "This is .a baby .step. 1 ,sI'ISt e Miller said the ting the vaccine. baby going. from craw mg to Boise State Art Health, Wellness and There is no out-of- taking its very very first step." Department hosts Counseling Services has pocket cost to students a cost of$13. Spencer, you awake at night, feels Anational survey conducted plenty of vaccines on with BSU's health in- Influenza type A was Since influenza is a like your 'head's going bytheAssoclationo{American open hoose/open hand and recommends surance for the flu shot. positively identified in virus, once you've got to explode cough. well Colleges -.& •Unl'lersities>and studio that students come in Without BSU's insur- the Treasure Valley last it, there is nothing left to you'll just have to find supported with funds froJIl attheir convenience be- ance the flu shot costs week. "It sure can knock do but wait outthe mis- the best over-the-coun- the James Irvine Foundatign; Coinciding with de- cause appointments are $12 for students and. the stuffing out of you," ery. Fluids and rest are ter medicine' for your found .thatsiXty~twoperc'ePL , aftme.ntal--prepara1iULL--l--I.Iot-neeessaI¥---Stll.dentS-'$15-feHilGUlty-anGd~s~ta~f~f.-· --Bsa~i~dit-'hC""e""nlt~ra~lfeiD~'FoiSf

MONDAY,NOVEMBER 17,2003 PAGE 2 Boise State Anny ROTC Shorts adds Albertson College' LEGAL from page 1 to program and exhibition for National Association of Schools of Art Albertson College of Idaho Domain names and trademark law and Design (NASAD)accredita- will join the Army ROTC pro- tion, the Boise State University gram administered by Boise State University. Lt. Col. tection is afforded under states' unfair audible format, such as over the radio. Art Departmentis hosting an DR. DECATEUR REED Therefore, simply misspelling a domain open house/open studio from Michael Mlkitish, chair cf the LegalColumnist competition laws. However, if a state military science department has a trademark registration system in name will provide Anne with no advan- 4:30-7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 21. tage. In order for Anne's domain name The event will showcase recent at Boise State, recently an- Anne has been trying to put herself force, protection may only be extended nounced that ACI will sign a through school for the past two years if the trademark is properly registered. to avoid infringing on the rights of other student artwork and offer ac- domain name owners, she must choose cess to art department faculty partnership agreement for the by baking and selling her irresistibly There are notable disadvantages for use program with Boise State. delicious desserts. Her pies have won or registration within a state. First, the a name that is distinctively dissimilar and facilities. Free parking is to any other name, both in written and available in the Liberal Arts Boise State's current ROTC awards in numerous county fairs, her geographic reach is limited. Second, partners include Northwest cookies were featured In a local pub- state workers are unlikely to know audible forms. parking lot. Anne should perform a conflict Current and potential uni- Nazarene University, Brigham lic television spot, and demand for which trademarks are protected in oth- Young University-Idaho and her healthy "Pineapple Down Under er states or by federal law.Third, a trade- search in the trademark database op- versity students, parents, el- erated by the United States Patent and ementary and secondary art Idaho State University. Total Cake" has come in from as far away mark protected under federal law, that enrollment is approximately as Australia. The desserts are so deli- has been registered before a trademark Trademark Office. The website address teachers, art professionals and Is "www.uspto.gov" and will search for friends from the university and 150 cadets, cious that some have even alleged that is used or registered in a state, would Boise State President Bob they are aphrodisiacal in their appeal. prevail over any state trademark protec- all registered and pending trademarks. local communities are encour- There are also numerous Internet do- aged to attend. Kustra, Northwest Nazarene Anne has decided to capitalize on the tions. Finally, federal registration after a President Richard Hagood and Internet's ability to market her products trademark has been used or registered main name search sites that will per- Stop by the main informa- form searches for registered domain tion table near Room 252 in Albertson College President worldwide at minimal cost, but is con- in a state would secure protection for Bob Hoover will sign the of- cerned with the legal aspects of domain the federal registrant in all states other names, but names are reported as the Liberal Arts Building and owned only if the names match exactly. pick up a map to see student ficial partnership agreement names and trademark law. than within the state the trademark was Nov. 19 at Boise State. A domain name is simply a name that previously used or registered. It is strongly recommended that her do- artwork, tour facilities, meet main name be federally registered to faculty and graduate students, The ROTCprogram at Boise represents the online address for the Generally, if a domain name is a ge- State was established in 1977 as business. Under a federal statute called neric common word or phrase, then ensure protection. visit studios and labs and re- If a domain name is already being ceive program and degree in- a voluntary program. In prepa- the Lanham Act, as well as individual there may be no protection from oth- ration to serve in the military, state's statutes or common law, a do- ers who choose to use the same word used and is protected by trademark law, formation. Anne can purchase the rights to use It. Display tables' will include cadets receive a wide variety main name can receive protection from or phrase because it fails the test of dis- of leadership instruction and use by others. Trademarks distinguish tinctiveness. However, there are several Since domain names are considered the Visual Arts League and property, they can be bought and sold the Boise State chapter of hands-on training, including and provide protection for products ways a generic or common name can rappelling, rope-bridge build- while service marks distinguish and qualify as being distinctive. First, if the through brokers, auctions, and private the National Art Education transactions. The average sale price is Association - both student or- ing. land navigation and small provide protection for services. Since name has been used for a period of time unit tactical training. Its objec- Anne is producing and selling a prod- that is long enough to be recognized by approximately $15,000. ganizations. Anne may have established trade- The open house/open studio tive is to provide university stu- uct, she would want trademark protec- the public as having a secondary mean- dents who have the ability and tion for her domain name. ing. Second, if the name is applied arbi- mark rights if she used her business will extend into all campus name prior to anyone else. If another buildings housing art depart- desire with an opportunity to A domain name can receive trade- trarily in the context of its usage. And become commissioned officers mark protection under federal law third, if the name is creatively applied party registered a domain name us- ment spaces and facilities. ing Anne's trademark name with the Light refreshments will be in the Army. under specific circumstances. First, it 'to the product, but not literally descrip- must pass the test of 'distinctiveness.' tive. intent to sell the rights to the owner of served. This means that the name must iden- Infringements in domain name usage the trademark, it may be considered tify, set apart, or convey a difference in usually occur when there is confusion cybersquatting. Anne may be able to Spencer said. Frequently wash- meaning from all other domain names. by consumers as to the product or ser- bring suit for damages, .to recover the ing your hands and taking gen- Second, the name must be used only as vices being offered. That is, the domain cybersquatter's profits, to have the do- Flu eral care of yourself is impor- an adjective, never as a, noun or verb. names may be so similar as to how they main name cancelled or transferred to from page 1 tant during the flu season. The Third, federal protection may only be are written or sound that what a con- her, and for attorney's fees and costs un- best way to hedge your bets get you back on your feet is to afforded if Anne's goods are used in in- sumer intends to purchase is not what der the Anticybersquatting Consumer stop and take care of yourself," against the flu is to get vacci- terstate commerce. Finally, the domain they actually receive, or from whom Protection Act of 1999. Miller said. nated' Spencer said. name must be either registered with the the consumer intends to purchase, is Health experts emphasize Influenza may seem insignif- United States Patent and Trademark not from whom they receive it. Thus, Submit your legal questions to that Echinacea, Vitamin C, or icant to anyone who hasn't had office or have acquired a secondary trademark protection allows consumers [email protected] to battle with it in recent years, an espresso enema will not meaning by the public. If a trademark to seek (or avoid) particular sources of prevent you from getting the but try putting this in your is registered, it should always use the products or services. For example, the This article is intended as a general review hankie. The CDC estimates 10 of various legal Issues. It should not be relied flu. It is a highly contagious symbol ® following the trademark. If a domain name "Disney.com" is a do- to 20 percent of the U.S. popu- main name that is distinctive enough upon as a substitute for comprehensiue legal airborne virus with an incu- trademark is not registered, but rights advice. Tile information contained in this bation period of one to three 1ation will become ill with the are being asserted, the superscripted to receive trademark protection. If flu each year. An average of article is strictly tile opinion of tile author and days. People are contagious for letters "TM" should be used. Anne decides to use the domain name 114,000 people are hospitalized not necessarily tile formal position of Boise three to five days, Spencer said. Adomain name can receive trademark "Dizney.com," it could be confusing to and about 36,000 people die State University or Tile Arbiter. Symptoms may persist for up to protection under state law under certain consumers. Even if Anne used the do- from influenza complications two weeks. ' circumstances. Generally, trademark main name "Diz-knee.com," it could "Anything you can do pre- every year. registration is not required since pro- still be confusing to consumers in an ventatively is very important,"

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"\- MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17,2003 NEWS PAGE 3 I faculty senate and President Dr. Kustra. McCarl also DIVERSITY IN THE UNIVERSITY "Diversity praised the hard work and from page 1 diligence Newman devoted to the issue. class or are developing di- "It was serendipity of a Recruiters take a more inclusive approach to diversity versity requirements. number of different things In a separate national happening ... the fact that opinion poll of regis- the students got behind It tered voters conducted BY MICHAELDOBBS whites, according to data col- so solidly and Chris Mathias program. Dozens of colleges has been frozen. by Daniel Yankelovich's TheWashington Post Lawyers delighted in analyz- lected bythe American Council and Ali Ishaq really worked are expected to follow suit. firm, DYG, Inc., for the rAT- WPNewsService "This is a war, and we are ing the Michigan rulings and on Education. " hard for it," McCarl said. Some admissions officers Ford Foundation's Campus With the passage of the in the middle of it," said Tom debating the extent to which Diversity Initiative, 66 per- AMHERST,Mass. -- As one race can be used in admissions say the minority outreach pro- diversity requirement all Parker, dean of admissions at cent ofthose polled said that of only 192blacks who scored grams correct a historical in- undergraduate students Amherst, who has found him- decisions while meeting the colleges and universities higher than 1450 on the SAT self under attack from all sides Supreme Court's requirement justice. "The idea that the play- will be required to complete this year, Alice Abrokwa is be- ing field was level to begin with should take explicit steps to one three-credit course that for his attempts to promote that all applications be given insure diversity in the stu- ing wooed by some of the na- diversity on campus with- "individualized consider- is ridiculous," said Parker, the qualifies as a diversity class. tion's most elite colleges. Amherst admissions dean, cit- dent body. This will not lengthen the out running afoul of the law. ation." In practice, admissions This study also found that Boston University held out ing the widespread practice of requirements to obtain a Thanks to its vigorous outreach officers say, any program that ninety-four percent agree the likelihood of financial reserving a certain proportion degree. efforts, Amherst now has a stu- smacks of racial exclusivity is that the "nation's grow- aid for the shy high school dent body that is more than open to legal challenge. of college places for the chil- To qualify as a diversity senior from Alabama be- dren of alumni, most of whom ing diversity makes it more course, a class would have one-third minority, a huge Roger Clegg, general counsel important than ever for all fore she bad even applied. are white. to, among other consid- cultural shift for a college that for the Virginia-based Center of us to understand people Massachusetts Institute of was predominantly white just a for Equal Opportunity, which The Amherst "students of erations, place cultural Technology paid her to attend color" program was launched who are different than our- practices in a comparative generation ago. lodged complaints about the selves." Just 22 percent of a six-week summer program. Many college admissions of- University of Michigan's af- more than a decade ago, as a framework that does not Washington University In St. centerpiece of the college's at- Americans said the nation is privilege a single cultural ficers breathed a sigh of relief firmative-action policies, de- doing a good job of prepar- Louis and Amherst College in tempts to diversify its student perspective. when the Supreme Court ruled scribed the Amherst program ing itself to meet the chal- Massachusetts flew her to their body. "We are less well known McCarl said the real work In June that colleges could as "flatly illegal" because it lenges that lie ahead. campuses as part of special continue to strive for a diverse is racially exclusive. He said than places like Harvard, Yale of getting the senate diver- student outreach efforts. and Princeton, and there- Robert McCarl, BSU pro- sity committee moving is student body but could not use Amherst's decision to open fessor of anthropology, said But the future of such out- fore we have to work harder still to come. a "mechanistic" quota system. the program to disadvantaged the final success of this" reach efforts, which have be- But the more they studied whites next year was "a step in" to become a diverse place:' "I guess it's too optimistic come an Increasingly impor- Parker said. "We can't just be initiative can in part be at- to think this is a huge turn- the court's decisions in the the right direction" but warned tributed to the positive mo- tant tool for colleges seeking to University of Michigan cases, that it could still "raise prob- passive and expect to attract ing point for the university, diversify their student bodies, top students from outside the mentum that came from the but it's certainly in the right the more they became aware 1ems" if there were "differing support of the student body, Is in doubt after a pair ofland- that they are treading through admission requirements based Northeast.' direction," McCarl said. mark Supreme Court rulings a legal and political minefield. on skin color." that clarified the way race may The Supreme Court permit- A ban on such programs, be considered as a factor in ad- ted colleges to consider race as say Amherst administrators, missions decisions. one of several factors in admit- would lead to a "resegrega- Some conservative organi- ting students, as long as deci- tlon" of U.S. campuses, par- zations argue that minority sions were made on a case-by- ticularly at small liberal arts outreach programs are uncon- case basis and tied to the pro- colleges. The past two decades stitutional if they exclude other motion of broader educational have witnessed a doubling in racial groups. They have threat- goals. But it outlawed the use of the number of minority stu- ened legal action and, in some a point system to favor minor- dents attending college, from 2 cases, have filed complaints Ityapplicants. million to 4.3 million. Despite with the U.S. Department" of The direct Impact of the these gains," only 40. percent Education. rulings was Immediately of blacks and 34 percent of Admissions officers at evident at the University of Hispanics attend college, Amherst and other colleges Massachusetts "at Amherst, compared with 46 percent of contend that the outreach which announced last month programs are legal because re- that it Is abandoning a point cruited students still must ap- system similar to one used by ply for admission and are not the University of Michigan in guaranteed entry. But rather favor of the much more labor- than risk protracted litigation intensive practice of reviewing and legal bills that could run 16,000student applications in- into the millions of dollars, dividually. they are quietly altering their Other affirmative-action programs to make them less admissions practices that are racially exclusive. vulnerable to legal challenge Beginning next year.Amherst include scholarships and will drop the title "students of summer schools for minor- color" from its program and ity students. Earlier this year, open it to low-income whites as MITdecided to open its minor- well. Nearby Mount Holyoke, ity summer-school program to the oldest women's college in whites in response to threats the United States, made a simi- of legal action by conservative 1ar decision. Administrators at groups. A similar program at Carnegie Mellon University in the Woodrow Wilson School Pittsburgh say they are review- of Public and International ing their minority outreach Affairs at Princeton University f , i I, MONDAY,NOVEMBER 17,2003 PAGE 4 EDITORIAL I'm not majoring in

1910 University DriV~ BoIse State Unlv8rsltx .attendance Boise, ID83725 h. General Housing Phone: 345-8204 Scholarships BY AUBREY SALAZAR Alumni Columnist Fax: 426-3198 The Arbiter www.arbiteronline.com Service Learning Child Care You might lose 10 points for Distributed Mondays and Computer Lab Thursdays during the academic Health Center every day missed in a Spanish schoo/year ASBSU class. In any math class, it is not uncommon to be dropped one Radio Station letter grade for more than five Editor;.in-Chief Student Programs absences. In one communica- MatriculatIon tions class I know of, you could ANDY BENSON xl05 Hoalth Insurance be failed for missing more than a week of lectures throughout Business lVl,c;mager .... iIiiiiiiii'-l' Total: $~Il88.~/' the semester. Mandatory at- tendance is an unnecessary x117 BEN MARTIN hurdle In the higher education process. Advisor Professors will take the po- DR. DAN MORRIS xl07 sition that attendance and participation go hand in hand General Manager The stability of a republicanform of government depending mainly upon the intelligence and that participation is a BRAD ARENDT xlOl of the people, iuhall be the duty of the,legislature of Idaho, to establish and maintain a necessary component in their classroom dynamic. But that is Managing Editor general, uniform and thorough system of public, free common schools. easily arguable by examining JESSICA ADAMS xl06 . •Article IX,Section 1,Constitution of the State ofIdaho the quality and value of the par- ticipation. News Editor Some students choose to JASON KAUFFMAN xl02 balance their classroom atten- dance independently, perhaps Sports Editor missing a class here and there. ANDREA TRUJILW xl03 These same students could very will well be the engine of insightful A&E Editor When student fees and enthusiastic discussion In BRIAN MAYER x104 the classroom. Imagine, perfect Photo Edito'r participation without manda- tory attendance. MARY DAWSONu21 stop rising? Mandatory attendance in Production Manager courses at the higher educa- operation of physical plants, student Students recognize that times are tion level is a questionable and MIKE ROCHE x111 In the relentless drive to raise stu- services and Institutional support for tough. After all, we're the ones at- silly Idea. For the 46 percent of dent fees at Boise State, university ad- tempting to earn a college education our student population over the Asst Production Manager ministrators often point out that the full-time students, Students should still expect to foot the bill for at least while working at low-paying part- age of 25, the college experience DAVlD HABBEN x111 cost of an education In Idaho is lower a portion of the expenses related to time jobs - jobs that have become is relegated to that of middle than In neighboring states. In stating harder to come by In the past couple Advertising Manager· their education. school. Should we soon expect a this claim, however, they overlook of years. We know that money Is tight truancy officer to come knock- BRADY NIXON x108 one crucial point. Our state's found- Therein lies the rub. How much should Boise State charge its students _ tightening our belts Is a visceral part ing if we don't maintain our at- ers intended It that way. of our daily routine, tendance according to a profes- Asst Advertising Manager In IB90, when state leaders were for operating costs? However, we still expect adrnin- sor's standards? TERRI STENKAMP x109 BSU students have watched educa- penning the Idaho Constitution, Istrators to recognize that most Professors will tout this stan- they placed grcat value on the "in- tion costs skyrocket during the past Office Manager decade. Student fees have risen from students sacrifice a full-time job to dard of obligatory presence telligence of the people." They man- attend Boise State, and we expect in their class as beneficial to HILARY ROBERTS $790 per semester during the 94-95 dated that the state establish a system state leaders to remember their con- shaping the habits of students. of free public schools to educate the school year to $1735.50 this year - an Receptionist increase of 120 percent. Health insur- stitutional mandate: "to establish Through their academic free- populace. This focus on tuitlon- and maintain a general, uniform and doms which are granted to LAUREN TUSSING free education was confirmed by the ance, now mandatory for students without outside coverage, has risen thorough system of public, free com- them by the First Amendment, Idaho Supreme Court In 1943 (Dreps mon schools." professors can create their own Online Editor v. Board of Regents of the University 149 percent during the same period, SHAWN SHAFER from $14B to $36B.50. guidelines, grading scales, at- ofIdaho.) tendance policies and so on. That's not to say our founding fa- The trend shows no sign of abating This may sometimes translate thers expected students to attend this year- administrators will submit Tile Arbiter Editorial Board approved AD DESIGN Into creating their own value school solely on the taxpayers' dime. a proposed.lO% Increase of the ma- tllis editorial unanimol/sly. Tile Editorial Jason McHenry system. Idaho Code allows universities to triculation fee tomorrow. In addition, Board is composed of the Bditor-in-Cuie], Audrey Desler Managing Editor, section editors and the Society values and rewards collect matriculation fees, defined the Health, Well ness and Counseling Photo Editor. timeliness, conformity and cer- as fees charged for maintenance and Center will ask for a $40 increase. AD REPS tainly perfect attendance. As an Mica Schuster institution of higher learning, Mikel Beckham we are sometimes torn between Brandon Beckham promoting independence and individuality and also training REPORTERS a workforce for society. When Dustin Scott It lnay be finger-lickin' good, professors mandate attendance Jake Hansen in their classroom, they are Jason Bright sending the message that this is Michelle Sells what society expects from them Monica Price and students not meeting these but it's no health food expectations will be punished. Maurice Sapp shun carbohydrates while experience major weight gain In taking a closer look, man- Brandon Beckham healthy eating bolls down to datory attendance is perplex- BY NEAL D. BARNARD diving Into a greasy tide of over a 12-year period. Aaron Haynes Special to the Los Angeles this: Consume more protein Ing .. As students who pay for Amy Olsen Times' and far fewer carbohydrates. bacon, eggs and, yes, fried But this issue has another chicken. crucial dimension. A long their education, and as citizens Crystal Thomas LAT- WP News Service But has our carbophobia who pay taxes that also supports raced so completely out of As a nutrition researcher, list of scientific studies have I am very familiar with the linked regular meat intake their education, we are In the ASST. PHOTO EDITOR There's a new diet guru in control that people will em- position of consumer. Students town. He's a military man brace fried chicken and beer evidence for and against the to increased risk of a range Krista Adams Atkins diet. Some individu- of maladies, Including heart are consuming the product with a weight-loss battle as diet aids? of education, knowledge and plan, a Southern gentleman Let's hope not. After all, the als Claim dramatic weight disease, colorectal cancer, PHOTOGRAPHERS loss. But the scientific evi- breast cancer, Impaired kid- skills. We are employing profes- Stanley Brewster with a secret recipe that nutritional case against KFC sors to deliver-this product. In supposedly melts away un- dence shows that people on ney function, complications Emily Desler Is simple to make. According exchange, professors are paid wanted pounds. The man: to the company's own Web the Atkins diet lose about the of diabetes and even osteopo- Dan Wolf same amount of weight as rosis. In other words, meat- a salary to teach. As consum- Colonel Sanders. The diet site, the Colonel's extra- ers, students should have the wonder food: Kentucky Fried crispy chicken breast has those on other diets. heavy diets kill. COWMNISTS The real trick with any Alternatives exist. Evidence choice on whether or not they Chicken. 460 calories, a staggering 2B will consume the product they Aubrey Salazer weight-loss plan lies in keep- strongly supports the ability . This is not a joke. In recent grams of fat and 45 percent of purchased. They should be able Dustin Scott weeks, television viewers have the maximum recommended ing the pounds off. There is of a low-fat vegetarian diet no good evidence about the to help people lose weight. . to make the decision on wheth- Dr. Decateur Reed been treated to commercials daily cholesterol intake. That er they will attend class or not. Maurice Sapp touting the low-carbohydrate single piece of chicken -- and long-term weight-manage- Plant-based diets built from ment power of Atkins, al- fresh fruits, vegetables, whole This is not to say that students Michael W. Reed content of KFC products. In how many people eat just should not adhere to minimal Edvin Subasic one, a woman asks her hus- one? -- also packs 40 percent though many dieters report grains and legumes can also difficulty In sticking with .it reduce the risk of heart dis- participation when necessary. band if he recalls discussing of the recommended dally There are many students, for more than a'few months. ease 'arid several' types of EDITORIAL CARTOONIST the need to eat better. Then maximum intake of saturated more than not, able to sustain Meanwhile, the thlrinest cancer," , David Habben she hauls out a bucket offried fat, which has been closely a lev~lof academic proficiency chicken. In the second, a guy linked to heart disease. people" on Earth consume . Such eating patterns also large amounts pi carbohy-. passanothercruclaltrial: the' without adhering to ,a strict asks his friend for the secret Does that sound like diet classroom attendance'. routine. The Arbiter is the official drates: Asians dine ..'on rice, common-sense test. After all, to his weight loss. Exercise, food? These students frequently work independent student newspaper noodles . and vegetables; . does anyone look at a bucket. perhaps? More salads? "Just It's easy to laugh at these well ,indeperidently and have of Boise State University. Its Indeed; new research" sug- of fried chicken and honestly chicken," the man replies. KFC commercials. But the the ability to grasp' material mission is to provide a forum gests th~t'whole~grain foods think "health food'~? Welcome to the latest chap- underlying problem is dire. and concepts efficiently. If they for the discussion of issues (which are packed with carbs) ter of our nation's infatuation Publicity surrounding the are able. to display an aptitude affecting the BSUcommunity. are ..crucial toweightcontIi>l. .Barnard is the .authot.cf with low-carb weight-loss Atkins diet has persuaded . "Breaking the PoodSeduction" in an area of study, bypassing The Arbiter's budget consists of According to anew study plans such as the Atkins diet. millions of Americans to em- and president of the physicians' exams and completing required published. In this month's fees paid by the student body and Forget fat, never mind calo- brace what used to be consid- Committee/or Responsible assignments, then professors American Journal of Clinical advertisin~ sales. The first copy ries. The KFC commercials ered the worst kind of eating . ,Medicine. a nonprofit health and should stop creating barriers __ which follow on the heels Ntttritlon.··.women .. eating . research organization. is free. Additiorial copies can be habits. They've stopped try- to their success by mandating high-fiber whole-grain foods purchased for $1 apiece at The of low-carb ads from Miller Ing to reduce their intake of attendance. . Arbiter offices. 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BYJAMES KLURFELD bases. That's a scenario that process of forming a sovereign (c) 2003, Newsday could explain Bremer's sum- Iraqi government, writing a LAT- WP News Service mons to Washington. constitution and holding elec- Until now, Bremer has been tions . . Th~re was much specula- a proponent of a methodical, Critics are correct that this tion III the media this week phased turnover of authority - process has been going too as to why L. Paui Bremer III, - measured in years. Suddenly slowly. The Governing Council the United States administra- there is a lot of talk coming that Bremer appointed this tor in Iraq, was suddenly and from the administration of a summer has been moribund unexpectedly summoned to transformation in months. and is viewed as an American Washington for consultations. One example: The timetable creation with little endemic Bet on this: It has as much for training Iraqi police and support. But, given the ethnic to do with the presidential militia has been accelerated complexities of Iraq, short-cir- election being less than a year at least twice in recent weeks. cuiting a methodical political away now than it does with the Most experts say the mini- process also could be self-de- deteriorating security' situa- mum time for effective train- feating. tion in Iraq. ing is eight weeks. But Iraqi There were reports this week There are increasing calls forces were being turned out that there is a major dispute for Washington to quickly turn in six weeks or less. Critics say not just within the administra- over political, military and po- they fear the United States is tion but within the Pentagon licing authority to the Iraqis. In building a force of half- trained hierarchy about whether a the abstract that is a good idea. police and militia that will be major nation-building process The less visible the United more problem than solution to should even be attempted in States is, the less of a target our the security situation. Iraq. According to these re- soldiers will be. And a lower For instance, Sen. John ports, Secretary of Defense American profile and higher McCain, R-Ariz., had this to Donald Rumsfeld wants to de- Iraqi profile will undercut the say in a speech to the Council feat the insurgents and then very damaging impression on Foreign Relations last week: start bringing U.S. troops among Iraqis that the United "Prematurely placing the home. His position is consis- States is just another imperial- burden of security on Iraqis is tent with the administration's long-held skepticism about the ist, occupying power. not the answer. It is irrespon- . But there is one huge problem sible to suggest that it is up to efficacy of nation building. But this strategy rather stark- with this strategy: If control of Iraqis to win this war. In doing ly contradicts President Bush's the country is turned over to so, we shirk the responsibil- ringing speech last week that the Iraqis before they are ready, ity that we willingly incurred the' goal of U.S. policy must it williead to failure. when we assumed the burden be to help develop democracy A few days ago, I asked a of liberating and transforming in the Middle East, It does,- source close to the Bush ad- their country, for their sake however, coincide with the ministration how a steady and our own. If the U.S. mili- administration's political goal: stream of body bags returning tary, the world's best fighting . minimizing the risks in Iraq for to the United States would af- force, cannot defeat the Iraqi Bush's re-election a year from fect the president's chances insurgents, how do we expect now. Which strategy do you of re-election. My source said Iraqi militiamen with only think will win out? that it was not a problem: At weeks of training to do any some point the administration better?" No doubt part of Bremer's Klurfeld Is a colulllllist and ell/tor would put U.S.-trained Iraqis of Neuisday's editorial pages. on the front lines and its own discussions this week was also soldiers in their well- protected about accelerating the political

LETTER TO MO SAPP Another.two cents Are all opinions, as you said, Maurice Sapp, calling all the students out by asking what any of them have "unwarranted," if they are not the same as yours? Do Going by what I have read done for BSU lately and claim- you even know what unwar- of your articles this year, I'd ing the football program is the ranted means? You don't know have to agree with everything only thing putting BSU on the Justin, and neither do I, but I'm Justin said in "Sound Off," on map was completely out of sure there are things he can do November 10. For all of the arti- line. If it wasn't for BSU, there better than both of us, and I'm cles you have written this year, would be no BSU football, not the other way around. Do you sure there are things I can do I cannot recall reading one in- better than you. I've watched telligent piece of writing in any think belittling your readers with disparaging comments every BSU football game this of them. Thankfully I can't re- year and haven't seen you play, member all of the articles I've will win them over? Should I define a couple of the words in for all I know I'm a better foot- read, but one sticks out in my ball player than you .. mind. The article about pri- that last sentence for you? When somebody finally Just to show I'm not a hater, ority registration for athletes I wish you luck in your jour- demonstrated your complete writes in to voice dissent re- garding your opinion, you act nalistic and football pursuits. ignorance about higher educa- Take care big boy. That's my tion. I am not against priority like a child and issue a chal- two cents. registration for athletes, I fully lenge to, "find something you understand the difficulty of can .do better than me." Is Scan Thomson juggling class, practice, games, everyone with an opinion dif- and other activities. However, ferent from yours a "hater?"

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Tour probably would not have attitude, meanwhile decked the people movln' these days. who's normally in a heavy vulsions. Overall, the sound of received much media atten- BYCRYSTALTHOMAS out in her infamous box- Last on stage came Lillix, the metal sort of band. She de- The Start was good, but it was tion. However, I question the A&EWriter ing shorts. Drummer lonny more widely known girl band The Arbiter livered some powerful piano nothing brand spanking new efforts of the industry. Yes, Barrington also demonstrated as of late. The group includes tunes accompanied by a to the ears. Lillix provide cohesive and his ability to deejay, going back four Canadian females who As incredibly exalting as the male drummer/guitarist and Perhaps the best display sweet vocals' through song- and forth between the two in- play their own instruments title Girlz Garage Tour sounds, Lennon's own soulful, emo- of the tour's musical dexter- writing that is all their own, struments in an effortless yet and write their own tunes. apparently concertgoers aren't tive voice. This act succeeded ity was produced by Brassy, a but that's about where the exactly moved by the idea. In in the attempt to convey deep band that combines hip-hop, individualism ends. They are fact, when it comes right down messages through meaningful dance beats and punk rock. four attractive, young female to this event, the whole con- lyrics and raspy vocals, remi- Don't let that scare you off; rockers who seemed a bit pre- cept of moving at all appears to niscent of Tori Amos or Fiona they actually blend the three occupied in their presentation. be a moot one. Apple. impressively. Lead singer Tasha-Ray Evin A spin-off of the Vans Next came The Start, a type Muffin Spencer, (sister of appeared as though she had Warped Tour, the Girlz Garage of alternative rock band I John Spencer of The John never seen the guitar object in Tour stopped in Boise to hit up wasn't quite expecting. This Spencer Blues Explosion), lead her hands before. Any sign of the Big Easy last Wednesday L.A.-based quartet, made up vocalist and guitarist, is mag- livelihood was obsolete in the evening. The concert offered of female singer Aimee Echo netic in her ability to half rap/ 30 minutes they were given to four 30-minute acts led by and three male musicians, half sing along with a crazy wow us with their much -antic- female artists. Now, 30 min- combine a twist of alternative, hodgepodge of turntable ac- ipated presence. Nevertheless, utes is ample time for a band hardcore and punk rock music. tion, punk aggression, garage I wil\ give them the benefit of to strut their stuff on stage. Echo's former band, Human guitars and grooving dance the doubt; perhaps their de- However, strutting is usually Waste Project, was a bit heavier beats. Many people might livery somewhat reflected the easier to do when the audi- in its musical combination, yet sneer at the very idea of going audience turnout. ence is receptive and includes Echo does have a rather amaz- to see another band whose Lillix could have potential, more than 50 people. Alcohol ing voice and she's not afraid to major influences are punk and yet their mediocre live per- also helps to induce the whole wail. It's only by chance that I hip-hop, yet Brassy take these formance and the fact that participatory moving bit I was know this, however, because sources of inspiration and they are signed on to record talking about, although I wit- unfortunately the sound of the produce music that you can't The Girlz Garage Tourfeatured The Start (above left), Brassy (above right), and MTV a theme song for a new MTV nessed no takers. band outdid the vocals. At one sit still to. Unless, of course, darlings Ullix (above). reality show might hinder fur- The audience factor set aside, point, I became so frustrated you're one of the few people ther gain of the independence the Girls Garage lineup is actu- trying to hear what she was that showed up Wednesday they profess. focused manner. They have a rambunctious, ally quite surprising. Many singing that I gave up and in- and you'd rather stand still in Overall, the Girlz Garage Most of Brassy's songs con- pop rock sound and claim such people might be inclined to stead, focused on her spastic front of the stage and debate Tour was a bit of a disappoint- tain a high-thrill energy buzz influences as Queen, Weezer, write the tour off as a glossy movements. She was all over whether you are drunk enough ment not because of the talent made for parties, or at least for the Beatles and Radiohead. teen-pop fest, but in actual- the stage; spitting, thrashing to so much as tap your, foot displayed, but largely due to pretending to party. I thought Lillix hooked up with a list of ity the bill is unexpectedly di- and pointing at objects that along to the music. But I'm not people uninterested in attend- that by the end of the set the famous producers to create verse. On the evening's sched- I'm quite sure only she could bitter. ing a show with "girlz" in the audience would surely come their first and recently released ule were Lennon, The Start, see. It served as a type of in- Brassy gave a show full of raw title. The club's atmosphere felt around. I suppose it takes a album, Falling Uphill. Brassy and the so-called main terpretive dance for me, and energy thanks in large part to bare and unfeeling rather than more manufactured band, It is my understanding that event, Lillix. . I remember thinking that the Spencer, who delivered such celebratory of women who can such as say, Baby Bash, to get without Llllix, the Girlz Garage The opening act was Lennon, song must mean something if distinct vocals with self-as- rock and wail. a pierced singer/songwriter it's causing her to go into con- suredness and a charismatic , Only in Hollywood: Who killed JFK? Ben Affleck winds up looking like a genius Still TV's biggest murder mystery 40 years later BYSTEPHEN BATTAGLIO computer animator and as- ings. Soviet Union. BYROBERT PHILPOT enough, but eyebrow-raising New York Daily News sassination authority, for a The programs also have Was the Mafia involved? Knight Ridder Newspapers honors here go to Zellweger. (KRT) digital model of the murder acoustic experts examining Fidel Castro? The CIA? (KRT) (Then again, we thought scene based on the Zapruder the police audiotape that pro- Jennings, who was in Dal1as Zellweger was all wrong for Forget about "CSI" and "Law film, the home movie that is duced theories about a fourth as a young Canadian TV re- It's hard not to guffaw at the "Chicago," and that turned out & Order." TV is rolIing out a porter that weekend, promises very idea of Hugh Grant playing pretty well). Watch out for the series of prime-time specials that every scenario raised over Britain's prime minister, which carefully applied smudges of next week about the most the years will be addressed. he does in "Love Actually," the mud makeup! compelling murder mystery of THE MEN THE STORY MADE: "Unless you are an abso- patchwork quilt of love stories -Iulia Roberts as a merely our time. lutely unrequited conspira- that opened Friday. But if you attractive Wellesley professor To mark the 40th anniver- Apresident died, but TVnews stars were born on Nov.22, 1963: cist, our program will answer ., f "I think it's kind of like at the rodeo - you can't win the bronco- who tries to ignite the femi- sary 0 t e assassmanon 0 all of the conspiracy theories," see the movie, you're likely to f h riding unless the horse bucks," said Bob Schieffer, chief Washington laugh with Grant rather than nist fire within her students in President John F. Kennedy, correspondent for CBSNews and host of "Face the Nation." he said. at him, because he overcomes "Mona Lisa Smile." ABC, Court TV and Fox News "One thing a reporter needs is a good story." But no one believes the an- his miscasting with an ingra- -Ben Affleck as a genius in Channel will air new inves- Schieffer was a police reporter at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram niversary will close the book tiating performance (and even "Paycheck." No genius would tigations into whether Lee when a woman called the news desk asking for a ride to Dallas. He on that tragic weekend. has a moment where he stops have made "Gigli.' Harvey Oswald acted alone. told her she wasn't calling a taxi service. "It's hard to recognize that a e networ s Wt'11 use mo d _ Then the woman said she was Lee Harvey Oswald's mother. guy like Oswald, whose life is stammering and shows some Th k Schieffer picked her up himself and scored an exclusive interview. backbone). ern forensic science tech- filled with failure, shot him," Tne bad casUng han He joined CBSfour years later. Good actors should be able niques to examine what. really said ABC's Yellin. "It's too in- to overcome miscasting such of fame: happened in Dallas on Nov. Others whose careers took off after covering the tragedy: substantial a reason for this to as this, because they should -Iohn Wayne as Genghis 22, 1963, when shots rang out happen." focus on their performance Khan in "The Conqueror," and hit Kennedy and Texas -Dan Rather, the New Orleans bureau chief for CBS, covered Viewers will also be able to and not the roles they're stuck possibly the worst movie in Gov. John Connally as they JFK's Dallas visit. He went on to succeed "CBSEvening News" an- immerse themselves in hours with playing. Yet every movie Wayne's filmography. traveled in a motorcade with chor Walter Cronkite, who had tearfully informed the nation that of Kennedy programming on season brings casting that -Mickey Rooney as a pidgin- their wives. Kennedy was dead. CNN, PBS, Bravo, MSNBC and makes us say, "Oh, come on." English speaking Japanese All of theshows. . I'"will focusI b IIon -Ike Pappas was a WNEWradio reporter who witnessed JackRuby the History Channel. 4) Heck, the holiday-movie sea- man in "Breakfast at Tiffany's." th e con troversia sing e u et sootingh OswaId. He joined CBSNews, where he was a high-profile Among the sights: the now- son hasn't even started, and we It might have worked at the theory," which, says that one correspondent for 25 years. eerie scenes of crowds cheer- already have Nicole Kidman time, but in this more enlight- shot from the rifle of Oswald ing the Kennedys as they ar- playing a rough-hewn cleaning , ened era, it's an offensive por- could have passed through -Peter Jennings was in a Toronto airport when he heard the news. rived in Dallas, the live foot- woman in "The Human Stain." trayal that mars an otherwise Kennedy and caused multiple He hopped on a plane to Dallas, against the wishes of hisbosses at age of Ruby killing Oswald, Oh, come on. Come on and take enjoyable movie. wounds to Connally. . a Canadian TV station. Twoyears later, he joined ABC,where he has tiny John-John saluting his a free ride through some other -Denise Richards as a nu- Skepticism aboutthis theory anchored ·World News Tonight" forthe last 20 years. father's horse- drawn casket casting craziness. clear scientist in the James - which had been ridiculed in and more. Bond film "The World is Not everything from the Oliver When MSNBC's Chris Upcomingw~lrd Enough." Of course, this is part Stone movie "JFK" to an epi- the only visual documenta- shot, fired from the infamous Matthews sat down with more of a long tradition of bimbos sode of "Seinfeld" - has long tion ofthe shooting. grassy knoll, in addition to than two dozen public fig- casting: playing geniuses in Bond films, been the main source of spec- The network had it analyzed the three that came from the ures, including Sen. Hillary but Homer Simpson would be ulation that Oswald did not by forensics experts who also Texas School Book Depository, Clinton, Dan Rather, Tom -Scottish comedian Billy a better nuclear scientist than act alone. investigated the attacks on the where police found a weapon Brokaw and Jay Leno, for his Connolly as an archaeol- Richards. Adding to the mystery World Trade Center. with Oswald's prints. special, "JFK: The Day That ogy professor in "Timeline." -Charlton Heston as a are the mistakes made in Fox and Court TV used simi- . "Somebody may have fired Changed America," he found Actually, that might work. Mexican police chief inOrson Kennedy's autopsy and care- lar re-creatlons. from the .grassy knoll who that everyone of them could -Keanu Reeves as a doctor . Welles' otherwise great "Touch less handiing of evidence. "It's not just a computer ani- missed," said Ed Hersh, senior offer personal recollections of ("Whoa, dude, your arter- of Evil," although his appear- The Fox show points out, for matlon based on a guess," said vice president for Court TV. that day. ies are filled with, you know, ance _ and the worst mous- instance, how 'Connal1y's wife ABC News executive producer "But there is no evidence to "It's the first time that ev- gunk") in the romantic comedy tache in movie history _ actu- sent the suit he was wearing TomYellin. "It's averyprectse-. prove that." eryone sat at their television "Something's Gotta Give." Not ally adds to the eccentricity of on the day of the assassination lydrawn piece of work that has ABC's special investigates set and watched a real-Hfe, only that, Reeves falls for Diane Welles' bizarre filmnoir. to the dry cleaners, making it the power of evidence that you the conspiracy theories as real-time tragedy play out," Keaton, with Jack Nicholson as -Sean Connery as a Russian useless in later investigations. can use in court." well. says Tamara Haddad, execu- his romantic rival. submarine captain in "The .To deal with the lingering Based on exhaustive looks . Anchor Peter Jennings' team,tive producer of Matthews' -Renee Zellweger as scrap- a Hunt for Red October." We doubts, the networks have atthe.trajectoriesofthe bul- has interviewed 70 people, special. py qvu War"era drttter in '-'-~-~C---:"::-oRrMountain." 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the armor-clad Wainwright on song. The musical theater the album's cover, seemingly lover is also heard in "Stormy lost in the dark woods, staring Weather: The Music of Harold at the gleaming broadsword Arlen," the sequel to film- resting in his hand, a single maker Larry Weinstein and rose hanging from a nearby producer Hal Willner's 1997 documentary, "September KAT PHOlU bramble. In the lyric book's Songs: The Music of Kurt Rufus Wainwright " double-truck centerfold, Sir Rufus lies on the cold ground, Weill." Wainwright gives lovely eyes closed, sword in hand; on readings of "It's Only a Paper n Moon" and "I Wonder What eROt E'. II II its back page, he's an armored sleeping beauty, a survivor of a Became of Me." '," knight's hard days. Considering that Wainwright . CU O' "I feel very deeply about it has long talked about writing a " PH :1 AR' .' Broadway show, or preferably . . 'r\. ' I now, but honestly, it was whim- ri an opera, one can hear "Want ' hI sical to start off with," says & "for all that is sacred wise" Wainwright of the cover con- One" as Act ,1, particularly cept. "It really took on a life of since "Want Two" is already its own and the next thing you written and recorded. It just November 14-16th: know, it was done. One thing needs to be mixed, and will ar- 9th Annual Crone's Birthday Sale isn't avoiding that I really love about it is that rive in the spring. Everything in the store at least 9% off and I've always been a big fan of "Want Two," he says, is a much darker work. "I haven't other specials the pre-Raphaelite painters in Join us for cake and refreshments. England and it looks very much totally sequenced it, so maybe Great time to lay-a-way (or Christmas the past like the pre-Raphaelite ideal, some of the songs will be really but I never thought about that bright and therefore cancel out -----_._---~------BY RICHARD HARRINGTON next time around. until after it was completed the darkness of the other ones. The Washington Post "But, definitely with this and practically in the stores." There's a song in Latin called LAT- WP News Sl:!rvice record and its relation to the Among the first words heard 'Agnus Dei,' which is sort of a '------.;..-~------1 last record, I've been very open on "Want One" are "Oh, what death Mass, and a song called "Oh, what a world I Still, I with the press and I didn't want a world my parents gave mel 'The Gay Messiah,' which we think I'm doing finel Wouldn't to discontinue that tradition Always traveling but not in didn't want to put on this re- it be a lovely headline I 'Life quite yet. People do appreciate love," and the album ends with cord for fear of not being al- is Beautiful'l In the New York my honesty in the end." "Dinner at Eight," a gorgeously lowed to be sold in Wal-Mart. 746 W. MainSt. - 388-1900 Times ..." Wainwright's last record, bittersweet ballad of paternal There's 'An Old Whore's Diet' WE DELIVERI That's Rufus Wainwright's abandonment inspired by a and a song about Jeff Buckley fantasy in "Oh What a World," furious father-son argument and a nine-minute finale, Don't surrender the stately, brass-tinted la- some years back. But the title which ends with everybody ment that opens his new track also contains this senti- holding hands and, like at the to HUNGER!!! album, "Want One." Given ment: "I don't really want to end of the Fellini movie, danc- Counter-attack with a Wainwright's lifelong thrall to be John Lennon or Leonard ing around in circles." delicious PITA!!! classical music, particularly Cohen I I just want to be like "And I'm definitely having $1.00 OFF or of the romantic era, it's hardly my dad with a slight sprinkling thoughts that after this proj- surprising that the song cin- of my mother I And work at the ect is done and released and FREE DELIVERY ematically interpolates the family store." , toured, I might move to Rome theme from Ravel's "Bolero," His parents split when Rufus for six months and write that Open 11-3a.m. Mon- Thurs, 11-4a.m. Fri/Sat <1 Noon-3a.m. Sunday that masterpiece of the slow was 3, and he was raised by his damn opera ... and pass that opera stone!" Deliveries stop 30 minutes before closing crescendo. mother in Montreal, rarely see- Must mention coupon when ordering What was surprisi~ was the ing his father. Before he was out headline inthe New York Times of diapers, Rufus was already when "Want One" was released well-known through songs by at summer's end: "Rufus his mother ("First Born") and Career Night Wainwright Journeys to 'Gay father ("Dilated to Meet You" Hell' and Back." Reading more and others). While Loudon like the National Enquirer ex- Wainwright has made a career Join us for more details and a pose its headline suggested, of exploring family business in the accompanying article his music --including his own free slice of pizzc! outlined another crescendo, love-hate relationships with one of out-of-control alcohol his deceased parents, various Looking for professional, dynamic, and outgoing students. Excellent income and drug abuse, desperate sex failed marriages and strained and mounting depression that _ dealings with his children- 'while working pit or fit around your schedule with a home-based business. culminated in a monthlong -both Rufus and his sister, No experience necessary. detox-and-therapy stint at KRT PHOlU Martha (who is performing in Minnesota's Hazelden clinic, Rufus' band), have been more and the subsequent recovery, reticent about publicly expior- When: Tuesday,November 18 @ 7 pm Win a homemade dessert! rebirth and redemption exam- 2001's "Poses," was well-re- ing what Rufus has described Where: Pizza Hut Conference Room ined on "Want One." ceived, but his increasingly as "a rich, difficult, complex, "I'm a child of show business self-destructive behavior competitive and loving rela- and I feel I do have to pay a cer- eroded the goodwill accrued tionship." University Dr & Capital Blvd Ask for Scott or Debbie Door Prizes! tain price for that exposure," from the critical and com- "My relationship with my says Wainwright, the first- mercial embrace of his opu- father is and will always be a born of Loudon Vvainwright lent and original popcraft, central relationship of my life, III and Kate McGarrigle, two Wainwright's musical roots whether I like it or not, though highly respected, albeit cult, are less contemporary rock or maybe not so much in public singer-songwriters. "On the pop than classical music and or in my work," adds Rufus, other hand, press is press and it opera, musical theater and Tin who did a beautiful cover of has a pretty ravenous appetite, Pan Alley, and his sweet, soar- "One Man GUy," Loudon's an- and maybe because my record ing tenor sometimes evokes them of solitude, on "Poses." sales are more connected to the turn of the last century, not "Not to get morbid or any- the press than a lot of other this one. thing, but life is very short and artists, I feel a need to feed it There was also the pressure I have a lot of friends who are a little. There are moments of being a public advocate for my age (30) and our parents where I would like to be more gay and lesbian causes when are starting to get a little old. private about certain issues at the same time he was getting Knock on wood, everything

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.' , . WEEK 14' SPORT BSUmoves to 9-1 9-1 (5-0) SHORTS ESPN/USAToday PolI- ranked 20 Bronco volleyball wraps up 2003 season Asscociated Press Poll -:-ranked 20 after 51-21 win BRONCO SPORTS the Broncos rattled off 17 un- The Nevada Wolf Pack BYANDREA TRUJIllO Interrupted points to take a defeated the Boise State Sports Editor 38-7 lead into the locker room Broncos in four games, The Arbiter at the half. 30-17 33-31 30-32 30-27, At this point it became clear on Friday in Bronco Gym. Before Saturday's game, the that the most notable UTEP Against Nevada, the Broncos Boise State football team had fact was not game related, but were led by Kelsey Young who not played a game In 15 days, genetic. Miner quarterback had 20 kills, 12 digs and four but they did manage to climb Jordan Palmer has the dis- blocks. Cameron Flunder into the top-25 in both major tinction of being the younger had 13 kills. Christina Moore polls. So after some much brother of 2002 Heisman tro- had eight kills and 10 blocks. needed rest, and some well de- phy winner Carson Palmer. Sarah Johnson added eight served respect on the national That's something right? kills and 12 digs. Mindy level, the Broncos were more UTEP did come out firing in Bennett had 40 assists and than ready to welcome the the second half, scoring first, Megan Tranter had 9 digs. University of Texas-El Paso on a 2-yard touchdown l)m by On Saturday the team played team to Bronco Stadium. Howard Jackson, bringing the their final match of the 24,513 fans witnessed Boise score to 38 -14. season - losing to Fresno State claim their 17'h straight But the Broncos continued State in three games. Kelsey game at Bronco Stadium, their offensive assault, scor- Young led the Broncos with with a 51-21 victory over the ing 10 more points in quar- 10 kills. Plunder and Moore Miners. The Broncos im- ter. The Miners managed to each added 9 kills. Christina proved their overall record to find the end zone once more- Melvin added 34 assists. 9-1, and remain a perfect 5-0 which stil\ left them trailing Tranter had seven digs. in the WAC. the Broncos by 27 heading It was senior night for the Senior quarterback Ryan into the fourth quarter of Broncos', as Boise State will Dinwiddie led the Bronco play. honor two four-year players offense. He threw for two The Broncos capped the in seniors Tranter and Moore. touchdowns and scored on scoring with a field goal, leav- The Broncos finished the a l-yard run to end the first ing the Miners trailing by the season with five wins more half. Dinwiddie completed final score of 51-21. than both 2002 and 2001, 13 of 22 passes for 198 yards, Boise State finished with and complete their season and ran for 40 yards on three 256 yards rushing, with David with a 6·23 record and a 1-11 carries. Mikell racking up 83 yards on conference record. The balanced- Bronco of- 18 carries. fense got six Broncos got into Korey Hall had 9 tackles to Boise State defeats the scoring column, and Tyler lead the defense, and Gerald Jones added three field goals Alexander and Julius Brown New Mexico In late in the contest. each notched one intercep- night Saturday match The Broncos were up a tion. quick 21-0 in the first quarter- Senior wide receiver Tim BRONCO SPORTS behind the strength of their Gil\igan became just the fifth running game. Lee Marks Bronco wide receiver to go The Boise State men's tennis scored his first career touch- over 1,000 yards receiving in a team defeated New Mexico in down on 14-yard run just a season. Billy Wingfield holds the championship match of four minutes into the game. the school record with 1,138 the Mountain Region Indoor David Mikell and Donny Heck yards last season. Championship Saturday, 4- followed with scores of their Boise State next travels to 2, in the Boas Indoor Tennis own before the Miners got on Fresno State, for a nation- Center. the board, bringing the score ally televised (ESPN2) Friday The Broncos wil\ be one of to 21-7 to end the first quarter night game. 16 teams to advance to the of play. PHOTO BY STANLEY BREWSTER/THE ARBm:R national tournament, which After the UTEP touchdown, Boise State's freshman conerback Gerald Alexander intercepts the UTEPpass from Quarterback Carson Palmer (not pictured). will be held at the University The 51-21 game allowed valuable playing time to the frshman class. of Washington, Feb. 5-7. The Broncos had to come from behind for the victory. The Lobos' David Kowalski Men's hoop team moves to 2-0 on season and Ryan Stotland defeated Guillaume Bouvier and game. Jason Ellis had a team to improve from their medio- Thomas Schoeck at the first BYMAURICE SAPP as they went on to win 91-49. WAC candidate Aaron Haynes cre season a year ago. There is doubles position, 8-5. The Sports writer The defense impressively shut with 16points. Other players in high 12 rebounds. Joe Sklffer some new talent and a new at- Broncos' Nils Klemann and The Arbiter down the Coyotes' usually double figures were Ierrnaine made his contribution to the titude. Head coach Graham, potent three-point shooting Blackburn (13), CobyKarl (12), victory with a team high five James Ludlow won at the in his second season with the The Bronco men's bas- attack, holding them to just 2 Franco Harris (11), and Kostas assists and Avgerinos add two third spot, 8-4, over Henry team, is looking to turn some Gers and Jasmin Hodzic, but ketball team moved to 2-0 of 13from the arc. Avgerinos (11). Booker Nabors blocked shots to his break- heads in the WAC- and maybe Thursday, with a dominat- The real story of the night was close behind, finishing through night. UNM's Divan Coetzee and even the nation. Hiroud Akhavan defeated ing performance against the was the Bronco scoring bar- with 9 points on the night. BSU continues their season Coyotes of Albertsons College. rage which featured five play- The Broncos out-rebounded on Friday against Portland Mahmoud Rezk and Matias The Broncos held the Coyotes ers scoring in double digits. the Coyotes 45 -24, allowing State. The Broncos are on a Silva for the second spot, 8-6, to just 27.8 percent shooting 'I'hebroncos were led by All- only four offensive boards all roll so far this year, and look to decide the doubles point. In singles, it was a tug- of-war as Boise State's Bouvier took the first point over Coetzee, 6-2 6-2. New Hope Jensen: Boise State's biggest Mexico's Kowalski grabbed point two with a 6-3 7-6 win over Silva. However, Boise star you've probably never heard of State gained momentum with three-set wins at the fourth and fifth positions with BY KYLEGORHAM undefeated in the double that got me to the winner's Special to The Arbiter elimination tournament until circle," she said. Klemann defeating Stotland the final two matches In the Jensen's competitive pool and number four (6-7 6-3 6- Boise State has seen its fair winner's bracket. The team career began in 1987, joining 4) and Rezk defeating Gers share of athletic superstars lost in an exciting neck-and- one of the top women's pool at five (2-6 6-0 6-2). Then at come and go over the years. neck battle against Canada, teams in the state. She won number three, the Broncos' And now an unknown uni- she said. On the heels of their her first state championship Schoeck, in another three- versity star has emerged in a first lost, Jensen's team suf- in 1989, and her team went setter, defeated Akhavan, 4- sport most commonly played fered another loss finishing undefeated for several years. 6 7-5 6-2, for the final team for recreation in smoky bars-- third in the prestigious cham- In 1992 she placed second point. The sixth position, pit- billiards. pionship. at the Las Vegas Nationals ting the Broncos' Ludlow and For most people who rack But Jensen wasn't done yet. in Scotch Doubles. Jensen the UNM's Hodzic, ended be- up a game against this cham- During the same Las Vegas has also won the Utah Open fore it finished. pion, they have little hope of a trip, she teamed with another twice. "The Lobos threw us into victory. Idaho pool player to go unde- Jensen is a Health Science a pit to start the match, but Boise State student Hope feated in the Scotch Doubles major at Boise State, with a then we became mountain Jensen has found great suc- tournament. The Scotch minor in drug use and abuse. climbers in the end. As much cess in the game, with vic- Doubles format consists of a She Intends to use her school- dirt as the Lobos could throw tories and championships man and woman team who Ing to teach people the game on us, we just kept digging spanning over a decade. alternate shots during the in a healthy way, ultimately away until we were on top of This year Jensen traveled match. grabbing a Master's degree In the heap." Boise State coach with her women's team to Las Jensen had more success Sports Psychology. Greg Patton said. Vegas to compete in the 23'd in Nevada this year, win- "Pool is pure in itself. It "And In February all the Annual VNEA International ning the popular Red Garter teaches one discipline, ren- hard work from this day will Championship. The Tournament in Wendover. dering joy and satisfaction payoff and we wil\ be com- Championship boasts world- Also in 2003, Jensen claimed when done the healthy way," peting with the best teams in class teams from Europe, victory In the Idaho State Bar- she said. "the country." South America, and North table Championship in Boise. Jensen, a Masters Lever In the semi-final matches PHOTO BY MARY DAWSON/THE ARBm:R America. The VNEA consists "I guess you could say that player, hopes to play In the earlier Saturday, Boise State of nearly 100,000 members. it was a combination of God's North West Women's Tour Boise State student Hope Jenson is making quite a name for herself on the national defeated Colorado 4-0 and Jensen and her team played gift and my competitive spirit next spring. billiards circuit. She may be the university's biggest star- you've never even heard of. UNM defeated BYU 4 -3.

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~.) ;: - Boise State athletics: The goat of realignment

COMMENTARYBYJUSTIN to the Sun Belt or to C-USA to rently competes in 1-AA, al- members of the Mountain JANTZ ease travel expenses incurred though they've shown mini- West. As a conference, they Special to the Arbiter in the WAC. North Texas could mal interested in leaving the have an outside chance at get- move to the WAC or C-USA division where they've enjoyed ting the BCS bid that the Big , For the first time in a decade, depending on what Louisiana so much success. Of these five East will undoubtedly lose, but Boise State finds itself the odd Tech does. TCU is likely to candidates we can definitely they must upgrade. By simply school out. A series of events move from C-USA, but any get one, but the hope is we adding four teams instead of beyond their control is forcing one of the current C-USA can get three and have a con- one, they will be able to have the Bronco athletic programs ference championship. This a conference championship, schools could realistically be A week of COMMUNITY and fun on the BEACH to take a step back. The cause in for a change of scenery. The means more revenue and more more bowl games, and much SERVICE is conference realignment. conference taking the biggest recognition. more income. The realignment game be- hit is the Sun Belt. Look for it The dream situation is still The likely candidates for gan with the Atlantic Coast to fold if they don't get La. Tech to get an invitation from the a four team Mountain West Conference. or Rice. Mountain West, but based expansion are TCU, Boise Mandatory info meeting The ACC made a move to The effect on Boise State on comments made by the State, Fresno State, Nevada, November 20th compete on an equal level with athletics could be substantial. Mountain West commissioner, and Hawaii. Hawaii appears 7 pm, Cataldo Room In the student Union the Big 12 and Southeastern While we are not actually mov- it sounds like they will only to be the outsider because Conference .on the football ing down a conference, our add one team. Further along of travel expenses attached s~~ce Is IImltedl field. By adding Miami, 'new competition may not be those lines, from listening to to playing their school. The Sign up now at student Activities In the Student Union aulldlng Virginia Tech and Boston as good as it has been. This the Mountain West commis- Mountain West commissioner NameSwill be drawn November 24 College from the Big East, the developmeht could stymie a sioner discuss his conference, inferred that if they accepted .l1li- ACC began a domino effect program that has made every you might think he was talking Hawaii, Hawaii would have to (~'f,m that will be felt from Cincinnati effort to move forward the last' about the SEC West. It seems cover all travel costs associ- ·For more Information call Tara at 426-4240 ..-, 0 n DOn ·vlslt our website http://unlon.bolsestate.edulllsb \ J DUD 0 U to Las Cruces. Without the ten years. that some influential people ated with playing their school, help of its two most consistent From the standpoint of the in that conference have an this economic hardship most football teams, Miami and WAC, we've got to try to bring unrealistic image of the con- likely takes Hawaii out of the1~~~~~~~~~~~~~iiiiiiiii Virginia Tech, the Big East in equitable or better talent ference's importance on the picture. ., ; decided to move in a differ- than we are losing. This is a national scene. Boise State and Fresno State: '~~!§:~~~~ ent direction. The Big East tough situation for a mid-ma- They should reconsider. come with bowl games ,at-' ..~ fleeced Conference USA taking jor conference. We've already After all, they still are a mid- tached, meaning exposure and Cincinnati, DePaul, Louisville, accepted Utah State and New major conference. So, we have money. But, the expansion of Marquette, and South Florida. Mexico State, which gives us 9 some inflated egos holding us "thjstYl?e isunlikely because as They are now arguably one of teams. back. ; .:,;.if~d befor:"e,)'ve iiever heard a • the top four basketball confer- The remaining primary Also, the rumor mill has It commissioner speak so highly ences in the country. candidates are North Texas, that our basketball team is not of a conference that is at best • This is where Boise State be- Idaho, and an outside chance respectable enough to get into an equal to the one with the gins to feel the ripple effect of at plucking San Diego State that conference either. Boise teams 'they refuse to extend an realignment. C-USAattempted from the Mountain West. IfLa. State basketball is making the invitation to. to recover its lossesby nabbing Tech and Rice both stay in the necessary steps to improve. It seems obvious that the three teams from the Western WAC, look for us to make a run The hiring of Coach Graham, Mountain West's best chance Athletic Conference - UTEP, at North Texas. who was an assistant coach on . at getting TCU is to sweeten •. Tulsa, and SMU. Obviously The best team available is a final four Oregon team. has the deal by adding Boise State, this is no loss from a foothall TCU, but the Mountain West been the most crucial move Fresno State, and Nevada. standpoint, but UTEP has a and probably others are cur- and we still have the Pavilion With all the juggling and the strong basketball tradition and rently courting them, al- which hosts NCAA tournament addition of some new teams;" Tulsa seems to pull offan upset though, some of their potential games. These facts have been in the WAC, our best bet at "', every year at the NCAA tourna- opponents in the WAC have fa- overlooked so far. achieving some stability is in ment. The Atlantic-l0 jumped vorable geographic .locations. Another problem is we don't our non-conference schedule. in and took Saint Louis and Despite their poor athletic pro- bring anything new to the table We'll have to play road games Charlotte from C-USA, neither grams over the passed few sea- for the Mountain W"st. Let's against the nations most rec- of which have Division 1 foot- son, the logical choice is Idaho. be realistic. For a number of ognizable teams to continu- people, the location of a school ally get the nationai spotlight. ball programs. Their tradition is strong and it The shuffling hasn't stopped only takes a couple of seasons has less to do with athletics This will add respectability yet. A number of teams could to get back on track. Plus, they and more to do with a new spot to a team that will not get any still be invited to join a new would accept an invitation in a to vacation. A national rank- by pounding former Sun Belt conference. The likeiy can- heartbeat. They've wanted to ing probably isn't enough to schools. didates to move are TCU, get out of the Sun Belt since the overcome our limitations as a This could become a dirty resort. game. Let the politicking be- Marshall, Louisiana Tech, minute they got in. North Texas, and Rice. Both The long-shot choice would This short-sightedness may gin. La. Tech and Rice could move be adding Montana who cur- prove costly for the current Ohio State escapes with OT win over Purdue

from breaking the game open. claim they should have won at Buckeyes. who will play No.5 BYMELISSA ISAACSON But, ultimately, it was de- Chicago Tribune the end of regulation on Mike Michigan (9-2, 6-1) next week as the Boilermakers (8-3, 5-2) cided by special teams and Pfb (KRT) Nugent's 41-yard field goal at- r::::::J:::'\. tempt; a kick that was blocked are left to wonder why. intangibles. "We always say the most im- \!!!ff!JY COLUMBUS, Ohio _ by Purdue's Bobby Iwuchukwu "We just don't ever get in portant play in football is the to force OT. It was a scenario a position where we panic Afterward, they demanded punt," Ohio State defensive to know how Ohio State had set up when Purdue quarter- because it's a close game," end Will Smith said. back Kyle Orton fumble on his Buckeyes defensive tackie Tim done it. And why. And what Indeed, Ohio State's B.J, own 29. Anderson said. "Overtime is Buckeyes coach Jim Tressel Sander dropped his last six IN TIlE The Buckeyes also could la- not a big deal to us." "LIFE made of the fact his team had punts inside the 15, including ment the fact that Mike Kudla's Considering these were two pulled' out a another victory three inside the 5, to make that so easily could have gone recovery of another Orton of the nation's top 10 defens- UNITED STATES es, no one shouid have been things that much harder on the other way. fumble at the goal line and tumble into the end zone for particularly shocked by the Orton. Ohio State's's 16-13 overtime Buckeyes fans no doubt will FROM A a touchdownthatmade itl3-6 6-6 halftime score, built on win over Purdue Saturday put spend this week wringing with 11:23 left in regulation did 45- and 47-yard field goals by the Buckeyes (l0-1, 6-1) in po- their hands over their team's not holdup. Jones and 26- and 52-yarders FOREIGNERS PERSPECTIVE" sition to battle Michigan for continued struggles on of- Instead, two possessions by Nugent. sole ownership of the Big Ten fense, but senior quarterback later, Orton marched his team Though both teams rang title next week in Ann Arbor, Craig Krenzel did make one and kept them in contention to down the throat of one of the up more offensive yards than most of their opponents this very salient point Saturday. defend their national champi- stingiest defenses in the na- season_Purdue had the slight "It was our first zero-turn- onship, tion. He connected on four edge in total average offense over game of the season and it Tressel, whose team im- passes for 63 yards and ran for 355-351_the Boilermakers had couldn't have come at a better proved to 12-1 in games de- another 18 yards himself be- a 24-15 edge in first downs time," he said. cided by a touchdown or less fore faking a pass and handing SPECIAL EVENTS CENTER Saturday. Orton; who found It was also the first time all the last two seasons, juked off to running back Ierod Void eight receivers for 249 yards season Purdue's defense came and dodged and evaded before on the old Statue of Liberty against a stout OSU secondary, away without forcing a turn- finally giving up on the ques- play. Void's 11-yard touchdown .'NOVEMBER18 2003 seemed always to be one play over. tions. tied the game 13-13 with 4:36 "No comment.the said as the left in the fourth quarter. room erupted in laughter. But after Nugent put Ohio It was as good an answer State ahead again with a 36- .thinking 7:00PM as anv after the Buckeyes had yardfleld goal in the overtime, .J\r~yolJ. won tor the third time this Purdue's Ben Jones, one of the season without scoring an of- NCAA's top kickers, pulled a Internatlonai Business? fensive touchdown and for 37-yarder wide left to give the the second time this season Buckeyes the victory. Jones, MASTER OF INTERNATIONAL in overtime while getting their who had only missed three A 16th straight victory at home. kicks all season, was also low MANAGEMENT (MlM) Truth is, though, the on a 28-yard attempt in the A IS-month accelerated program third quarter. COLLECTION Buckeyes could have turned. Study and internships abroad, Multi-national student body the better-lucky-than-good But then that is all part of the theory inside-out. They could mystique of the fourth -ranked Financial aid, grants and scholarships available OF Ar4ERICA'S

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