FOCUS Is Published Quarterly by the Boise State University Office of News Services, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725
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M<mbcr, Falc<al Ocpo.it !Juur.lncc CorpoatJon Vol. IX, No. 1 Fall, 1988 38 18 MEETING OF MINDS 40 ON THE MEND Scholars discuss prospects DEPARTMENTS The marriage is gone, but for peace at the Frank 5 Campus News this family survives. Church Public Affairs 21 Long-range Plan Conference. 25 Foundation News 44 CRYING INSIDE 26 People Dealing with the agony of 30 TO THE RESCUE 49 KBSU Listeners' Guide Alzheimer's. Mediators and counselors 57 Alumni News have become lifeguards for 63 President's Comments 62 ICY LEGACY families in troubled waters. BSU fullback Bart Hull moves beyond his famous 38 SUDDEN SON COVER father's shadow. And then there were three The traditional family, reflected in . adoption creates photos and memorabilia, may parents overnight. become a relic in a society replete with divorces, blended families and working mothers. Chuck Scheer photo FOCUS is published quarterly by the Boise State University Office of News Services, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725. Offices are located in Room 724 of the Education Building, phone (208) 385-1577. PLEASE SEND ADDRESS CHANGES (WITH THE ADDRESS LABEL, IF POSSIBLE) TO THE BSU ALUMNI OFFICE, 1910 UNIVERSITY DRIVE, BOISE, ID 83725. If you receive duplicate copies of the magazine, please notify the Alumni Office at the above address. Friends of the university who wish to receive FOCUS can do so by sending their names and addresses to the Alumni Office. Correspondence regarding editorial matter should be sent to the editor. Unless otherwise noted, all articles can be reprinted as long as appropriate credit is given to Boise State University and FOCUS. The staff of FOCUS includes Larry Burke, editor: Marie Russell, Bob Evancho and Glenn Oakley, writers: Chuck Scheer and Glenn Oakley. photos and graphics: Lana Holden, alumni news; Brenda Haight, editorial assistant: Dana Robinson, typographer: and Melinda Ellis and Cindy Hartley, student assistants. The FOCUS advertising representative is Point of View Advertising, 411 South 5th Street, Boise, ID 83702, phone (208) 385-0338. 4 Tech building A gift unveiled on fast track Just 10 months after the idea first sur faced, Boise State University will break ground for a new technology education center billed as a key element in the state's economic development efforts. The building was put on a fast-track schedule last winter as part of ~he plan developed to encourage Micron Tech nology to expand in Boise. When complete next fall, the 50-60,000- square-foot, three-story building will house several of BSU's professional pro grams, such as electronics, construction management, pre-engineering and manu facturing technology. It also will include space for the Univer sity of Idaho's engineering courses in Boise. The accelerated construction schedule was made possible through a unique lease/purchase arrangement between Boise State and the BSU Foundation. Under the agreement, the foundation Forrest and Chase Church unveiled a bust of their father, the late Senator Frank wi ll finance, construct and own the Church, at a Sept. 30 ceremony. The bust was a gift from the Republic of China to Boise State. It will be located at the entrance to the Frank Church Collection on building on land acquired through a trade the third floor of the BSU Library. The piece, which was also unveiled in the U.S. with the state. The university will pay a Capitol in September, was created by Washington, D.C. , artist Gretta Bader. $500,000 annual lease for approximately Chuck Scheer photo 25 years, after which BSU will become the owner. The building and its furnishings will cost $5 million, which will be available after the foundation sells certificates of BSU sets enrollment record participation to investors. This fall's official enrollment figures University of Idaho, and 12 percent at Once the financial package is in place, reinforce what crowded classrooms and Lewis-Clark State College. ground will be broken this fall, with com jammed parking lots already indicate - Boise State also leads Idaho in "full pletion scheduled for a year later. The con that students are attending Boise State in time equivalent" students. (Fifteen credits tractor is Jordan-Wilcomb of Boise. record numbers. equal one FTE undergraduate student.) The building will be located across from BSU's "head count" total is the state's BSU has 8,363 FTE students, an increase the present School of Vocational Techni largest at 11,760, up 3 percent from last of 2.4 percent from last year, but still short cal Education. A three-story glass atrium fall. Of those, 6,479 are full time, an in of the 8,434 all-time high set in 1982. with open stairs and glass-enclosed crease of 8.4 percent. Another 4,640 are FTE figures are especially important (Continued on page 6) enrolled part time. because they are part of the calculation Student numbers were down, however, used to determine how the state budget in vocational technical programs. This fall will be divided among the institutions. About this issue 641 signed up, compared to last year's Graduate school enrollment grew only record-breaking 719. Despite its conservative, pro-family slightly, from 288 FTE students last fall BSU Executive Vice President Larry image, Idaho exceeds the national to 300 this year. Selland says the drop in vocational average in divorces per capita. Con Statewide, 3 I ,095 students are enrolled technical enrollment was probably caused versely, the state's day-care services and at the four institutions. That figure, an all by the booming economy in the Boise child custody dispute resolution ser ti me high, is I, 168 students more than last region. Because so many jobs are vices are lagging far behind the rest of year. available, especially in construction, many the nation. This issue of FOCUS ex potential vocational students are entering Fall, 1988 Enrollment amines the changing American family the work force rather than attending through stories that address these sub school, he explains. Head Count FTE jects as well as personal accounts of Overall, Boise State's enrollment has in BSU 8,363 adoption, the care of elderly parents 11 '760 creased by 7 percent over the last four fall U of I 9,444 7,697 and one woman's separation and semesters. That compares to 8 percent at ISU 7,616 5,895 divorce. C Idaho State University, 5 percent at the LCSC 2,276 1,680 5 RIDE THE TROLLEY CITY TOURS SHUTTLE SERVICE WEDDINGS Boise State's new three story Technology Building will be located on University Drive, PARTIES across from the current vocational technical complex. SPECIAL EVENTS CUSTOMIZED TOURS Building plans put on fast track (Continued from page 5) ''The intent is to create a very flexible and functional state-of-the-art audiovisual CALL ele,·ator ''ill mark the main entrance fac presentation capability that can be used by ing Uni,ersit} Drive. the uni,ersity a\ well as oubide groups," 342-4796 The first floor will feature two lecture !.ays design architect Neil Hosford. halls and three classrooms, all serviced by The second floor will be devoted mostly a common audiovisual corridor. to engineering offices and laboratories that will be ~hared by BSU and the U of I. That floor ''ill include labs for computer,-aided design, electronics and construcuon management. Boise's Own ... I The third floor will house BSU's pro grams in manufacturing technology and electronics. \\ hile the facility will meet the im mediate educational needs of the region, C)wphee Pla-3a 13SU Director of Planning Brian Chase -----------HOTEL----------- ~ays another building will be needed in two to four years. The Gamekeeper Only the best ingredients go into the preparation "If the construction management, of the finest food available in Idaho. engineering and pre-engineering programs continue to grow, then this building will be too crowded within the next three or The Plaza Grill Enjoy delicious breakfast, lunch, dinner or Sunday four years," Chase tOld the BSU Founda brunch in an informal setting that retains the tion in September. " That's why we are Owyhee Plaza's classic historical charm. \eriousl) looking at designing a second building just about when this one is The Gamekeeper Lounge Relax with your favorite beverage in the finished." comfortable atmosphere of the Chase added that this is the first of four Gamekeeper lounge. technology education buildings planned for the future. • Banquet facilities to accommodate up to 300 people In the meantime, it has not been deter • Comfortable guest rooms with Cable TV mined how BSU will pay the $500,000 • Free airport limo service annual lease. The State Board of Educa tion will submit a $42 million plan to the • Free local phone call s Legislature to finance higher education • Private meeting rooms buildings, including the BSU building.