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Boise State University ScholarWorks Student Newspapers (UP 4.15) University Documents 8-28-2003 Arbiter, August 28 Students of Boise State University Although this file was scanned from the highest-quality microfilm held by Boise State University, it reveals the limitations of the source microfilm. It is possible to perform a text search of much of this material; however, there are sections where the source microfilm was too faint or unreadable to allow for text scanning. For assistance with this collection of student newspapers, please contact Special Collections and Archives at [email protected]. SIN C E 9 J J BOISE STATE'S I N D E_P EN DEN T STU DEN T NEW SPA PER Ii CELEBRATING i THURSDAY 70 YEARS AUGUST 28, 2003 Sports- 6 Win free textbooks - page 3 A&E-9 Bronco volleyball Q&A with David Mikell Starlight Mints: / season preview -page6 fresh new sound FIRST COPY FREE WWW.,ARB1TERONLINE.GOM VOLUME 16 ISSUE 4 Dean sidesteps ASHe'ROFT VISIT SPURS LIVELY usual haunts for nationwide PROTEST IN BOISE campaigning BY RONALD BROWNSTEIN Los An~eles Times Los Angeles Times-Washington Post News Service AUSTIN, Texas From suburban Washington, D.C., to downtown Seattle and even President Bush's home state, Howard Dean has sent a message in the past three days to his Democratic presidential rivals with ail imposing display of nationwide organizational strength. Since Saturday night, Dean has crisscrossed the United States on a four-day, eight-state, lO-city "Sleepless Summer Tour" that reached Texas on Monday and ended Tuesday with a late-night rally in New York. Almost every event so far has drawn large crowds, and a coordinated drive to raise money through the- Internet while Dean was on the road approached its $1 million goal. "We wanted to demonstrate that we are a national '1 ! campaign," said Joe Trippi, Dean's campaign manager. PHOTO BY OAN WOLF/THE ARBr:rtR "We are running in 50 states and we are doing it right now." A group of protesters hold up picket sighs and chant "We want our rights back! Take away the Patriot Act!" As Attorney General John Ashcroft pulls up to Indeed, the tour underscores the Boise depot to give a speech to justify the Patriot Act Dean's evolution from a dark- horse candidate who typically Among this outspoken crowd several Butch Otter was one of only a handful U.S. would be forced to focus American flags could be seen waving, as well as elected officials that voted against the act. limited resources on Iowa and Protestors march to the lively protest signs showing their disagreements Among the many people attending the New Hampshire - the key early Boise Depot to highlight over the application of the post Sept. II bill organized protest was Sen. Elliot Werk (D-ID). contests on rhe vnomination Werk said he felt the need to attend the protest calendar - into a top-tier dubbed tbe USA Patriot Act. disagreements over With protest signs proclaiming such more out of a sense of personal obligation than contender with the money and statements as '''Patriot Act' Un-American" from an elected officials' duty. popularity to compete across PatriotAct and "The Patriot Act Terrorizes All Americans" Werk expressed concern that law the country. the crowd of approximately 60 people spent enforcement can now freely enter targeted "I think he is going to be BYJASON KAUFFMAN a warm afternoon awaiting the arrival of U.S. individuals' homes and leave without their ever around past Iowa and New News Editor The Arbiter knowing it. Hampshire," said Bill Carrick, Attorney General John Ashcroft. Ashcroft's visit was designed to promote "I don't want to see groups that are legitimate a senior strategist for Rep. Though they came to the Boise landmark tlle U.S. Patriot Act. The' Attorney General's in the United States targeted for investigation Richard A. Gephardt, D-Mo., from various walks of life, all said they came to schedule in Boise primarily consisted of because they don't meet with the status quo," another presidential contender. help forge a unified voice here in the shadows a closed-door meeting before' Boise law Werksaid. "He is going to have enough Addmg considerable numbers to the crowd ofthe Boise Depot. enforcement officials. money to take a punch or two While the many voices among the crowd The arrival of Ashcroft is especially poignant were students from Boise State University. and keep going." varied In speclfics, their basic message when one considers that Idaho Congressman According to Robby Parker, a volunteer with Dean still faces resistance remained the same. from many party leaders See Ashcroft page 3 who believe he has taken positions too liberal - such as his unrelenting opposition to "Pia. gia. rize: to present the ideas or words of another as one's own," -- The Merriam-Webster Dictionary. the war in Iraq - to effectively compete against Bush next year. But his current tour shows Plagiarism receives greater scrutiny at Boise State how much ground Dean has gained since he began his checking each student's paper. Five of the 12 students were also campaign as the little-known BYMONICA PIDCE former governor of one of the News Reporter "It was a mess," Jessing said. investigated for plagiarism in other Electrical Engineering 540, Advanced classes. Jessing said those students were nation's smallest states. His The Arbiter 1 fierce criticism of Bush's march Integrated Circuit Processes, is a brought before an appellate board. 'i to war with Iraq won him a core While grading final papers for his graduate level class with a senior class These cases are not isolated. iJ. of energetic supporters, and electrical engineering course, Boise taught simultaneously. According to According to Blaine Eckles, Boise State 1 he surprised many by raising State Professor Jeff [essing came across Iessing, 13 of the 14 graduate students student conduct officer, 58 students more money than any of his one of the biggest academic no-no's in were accused of plagiarism. were accused of cheating or plagiarism Democratic opponents in the the book - plagiarism. Jesslng said one of the cases was last spring. year's second quarter. Recent With the end of the spring 2003 considerably minor. This student The Student Conduct Board has 'polls have put him narrowly semester just a few weeks away, many simply failed to use quotation marks in tracked academic dishonesty since Fall ahead in Iowa, viewed as a of the seniors enrolled in Iessing's class the paper. 2001. During the 2001-2002 school year must-win state for Gephardt, were due to proudly receive their hard Other cases were more flagrant, 43 incidents were reported; in 2002- and in New Hampshire, where earned diplomas. Iessing said. In some of these instances 2003 104 incidents were reported. Sen. John F. Kerry, D-Mass., had All those plans came to a halt when Information was copied word for This trend shows an alarming been the early favorite. Iessing uncovered not one, but 13 word from technical manuals and the Increase, but Eckles warns against being Dean appears to have gotten counts of plagiarism. Grades and Internet. misled by the numbers. a new burst of momentum diplomas were withheld while Iessing "At the graduate levelI expect students "Its not the number of cases spent about a month and a half carefully to know right from wrong," Iessing said. PHaro BY KRISTA ADAMS/THE ARBITER See Dean page 2 See Plagiarism page 2 Mandarin Chinese course offering sparks student interest school students. students during the summer learn more about the Chinese English speaker, tone may not come easily to most students," Pu had taught English in China BYANNIE BERICAL and fall semesters have· taken language ill order to aid them in be discernable, but for Chinese so she is able to focus more on News Reporter for ~ix or seven years before the plunge and are learning their research," Pu said. speakers, changing the tone of students' reading skills. After all, . The Arbiter coming to the United States, but Mandarin Chinese instead. Pu finds that after just one a word can alter its meaning if one intends to spend any time her exposure t()~~tive English With a population of 1.4billion Professor Guofeng Pu summer session course, her altogether. in China at all, being able to read speakers was Iiniited, so she -;'-people, the world's largest arrived in the United States in students are able to hold simple Yet another difficult concept signs would be a beneficial skill. didn't have many opportunities standing army and the globe's 200lfrom Hubei Province after conversations in Mandarin for' English speakers to grasp Although she is a native to use what she knew in actual fastest growing economy, one receiving a graduate degree Chinese. One of her. favorite about Mandarin Chinese Chinese speaker, Pu remembers conversation. would imagine that the West in Educational Technology. moments in teaching the is its lack of verb tense. In being introduced to English as Pu recalls that-much of what ! would (a\.(e a serious interest in Though she still teaches courses summer course came when English, time is broken down her second language during she learned.· in sth~l·-'about China. in her first discipline, she has student~ were asked to give a into distinct, finite units. but. secondary school. ,I English was llinit~d: to :bQok I However, Chinese language is also taken on two courses in final group presentation entirely in Chinese, one verb tense "In China, English as a work and fuatuponarriviIlgin I often ignored, despite its ever- Mandarin Chinese; one for in Chinese.