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Application materials are available at the . Universily,meels Admissions Office in the Administration Building . and at the New Student Information Center in the Pi Kaps.gellheir money MceainChallenge Student Union Building. ASBSU senators agreed unanimously to give the Pi Kappa Delta Speech and Debate Praternity$l,OOO for the National BSU President Charles Ruch accepted a $2 mil- Invitational in Shreveport, La. lion endowment for the library Dec. 8. Allocated funds will be given to help the speech and debate Just more than a year ago, retired Albertson's ISU professor named team with travel expenses. chief executive Warren McCain and his wife edilor of iournal offered a $1 million gift if the BSU Foundation could raise a matching million dollars for the Garvin Chastain, a Boise State psychology pro- library. fessor, has been named editor of the Journal of Senalors wanlmore Now that the challenge has been. met, the $2 General Psychology. He will serve as the editor of million will be invested in a library collection the publication for the next six years. hours allhe library touching on all aspects of the West. Most of those Chastain has been one of the 8 con- ASBSU senators unanimously voted to pass a resolution in books will-be located in the Warren McCain suiting editors for the journal since support of extending library hours on the BSU campus. senators Reading Room. In 1991, BSU named the read. 1986. Heldref Publishers in sent a memo to head librarian Tim Brown requesting that the ing room in McCain's honor and .. Washington, D.c., appoints an editor library be open until 1 am, Sunday through Thursday with refer- held an auction that raised ., ,G1 for the journal from the eight con- ence services open until 11 pm, sulting editors. more than $500,000 0...... A professor at BSU since 1978, forthe •• ., .10\\ \'t\ Chastain's teaching load will be room ... \,~ott ....t-~ #\,\- \(\v \S he serves in his new position. ASBSU sen. Bob McKie was named the new President Pro Tem 0 C • \\(\'J,\S tC, \\'\c \0 t {(\\,,&-\\\'\'i The Journal of General an example of put\(\\1, \\c\'J,\\'\c~ .,.J'ff>\'\cs \ 'J,(\o" of the senate after receiving a majority of votes in an election held how someone ct . t\(\, 'J,\ct ,.,. Psychology is available in (\Su«\ o,j\,>/'J, '(\\1, 0 {(\'J,\' iast week with ASBSU senators. McKie's duties as Pro Tem include can give' back to CP c/'J,t\(\ s\(\\1,\dJ ty libraries across McKie is optimistic about the current ASBSU senate. McKie 'c1.c s\U 00\(\\1, ~c,tt\\\\'\" 'J,(\o\\ co{(\eS' leadership helped \. ~\0 .(\\1,c'- \'J,\C ou\ . S America. It is published named sen. Dave Nielsen as Assistant Pro Tem. ctUC\'J, ~c'f.\'i u~ \dJ ¢{f\\'>/c ((\c \\~ the university and '($.\c\'\c ~'J,'i\~ \'\'J,'>/c'rI ~\ct sO every other month. s community come 'J,\1,cts'Jo'i, ~c\(\C c.'Jo(\ ~ o,j\,>/'J,t\(\:cc\'.. z.:--. lOgether to meet this uC\'\c.'Jo :v.ctS0 \\(\'J,\S challenge. 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'J,«\ '"(00 {(\ ,>/ous'rI \ee)' ~ (\ct 0 ISU·1da1Io 1001Ilolga.. s, h's good 10bow that what IIapptlld Gt a sllllll_1n A record $151,000 was pledged by \ee\\(\~ Callfonla RY. ylOn ago tltr1ag I" World StrIts WOI'llIapptl at1t0lK0 51"'111 alumni during the university's annual ... lVIatol ...... fund drive and faculty and staff donat- Dav. Cooper, alsodat. ardlltld for J5U, said the po,sl1lllty 01 a. tartllqtak. was I"" lata ed $68,000 to the challenge. In addition, _at sladl.. was tlts1g114 25 ylOlS $367,000 came from businesses, $196,000 w!IIII'" .;p. -'too IIIgId IOtkt eadI sIdt 01the st 1s dIv1dtd 1110tint ,..s,· CoopIl'said. "1IIat's 10 came from individuals, foundations donat- ..... 1.... 10 assWi yoo 's a 10101 stHl nIIIOfCIlIIOI whWI ... COICfII••• ed $170,000, directors and trustees donated _".1_ $44,500 and $3,400 came from other sources. 1oIst1las HVII'lII poIogJcaIlnhs, OM btIIg ... 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"'1fIPIl' list sIdo.. options remain. ule for courses offered via interactive television tei Stephen Spafford, dean of Admissions, says area worksites, hOspitals, libraries, campusesaitd people can apply for non-degree-seeking status, milirary intallations. which allows them to take up to seven credits per. CIasses for credit 00 the KnOWledge Network semester. However, this status restrietsstudents include cOurses. in business,. nursing,coniputer sci: from applyingforfinanCIalaid ' , . " . enceand core classes'applicableJo manydegtCC5. '.' BSU is currently aCcepting degt~seeking' Students who y.'ouldlike to know more about ,applications for the!alll995 semester.The dead: . this optionofatteOding schooldoser to home or' hne: to have all materlaisteCeived in th~ at wOrk can coniacithe BSlJDivlsioo of ..' " .AdmlsslQilS Off1~I;Juiy 26. . .Cootln~IOgEduca~onat~i709.,;: lA: • • '. '. , __ ., ,~ _:' ". ;'. '_ .; ," ."" ,"' "',' ." . ,- :.', ,':'. -:\ .-:....,.-,- '"'-- ...: ....

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14,1994 3 o SI'EVE fUCKS Micron offers ISU Staff Writer Boise State University's Financial Aid Office has released a list of scholarships offered through outside institutions. $6 million for engineering According to an Times article which was reprinted in the Statesman Dec. 2, there was a 41 percent increase in debt incurred for student loans from July 1993 through June 1994. Students can avoid Supporters of idea await answer from going into debt by applying for any of the following scholarships and assistantships they are eligible for. Unless otherwise noted, application forms are available in the State Board of Education Financial Aid Office, Administration Building, Room 117.

Peter D. Courtois Concrete Construction Scholarship- MARY DOHERTY and an uncoordinated effort in and will be, that before we • Applicants must have six or more credit hours each semester and student recruitment. expand engineering we need to StaffWriler must be seniors (not necessarily at the time of application). A significant advantage is BSU ~ake sure that we can deliver our Awards are made on the basis of demonstrated interest and-abillty Engineering is the fastest grow- faculty in the program can con- part of the job so that students 10 work in the field of concrete construction management. ing occupation in Idaho, with a centrate on dealing with lower- don't get caught in this pipeline." Deadline, Jan. 10,1995. $1,000' projected 91 percent increase in job division students and their con- Idaho's largest private sector demand between now and the cerns, while the U of I faculty can employer, Micron Technology, ,- The American Indian Graduate Program In Public Health, U.C. year 2000, according to Vocational take on the concerns of the upper- currently employs 900 degreed • BerkeleY-Applil~tnt must have bachelor's degree, acceptable grade Technical Education Facts. Within division students. engineers and has 121openings in point, and work experience, along with official transcripts and the next six years, there is an esti- But if BSU had its own com- this field, with a comparable num- GRE three letters of recommendation. Deadline, early January. mated 3,500 job openings in five plete program, students could enjoy ber of technologists/technicians. major local firms, according to a advantages of staying in Boise. Starting salaries at Micron range Micron study. The necessity from $36,000 to $65,000 per • The Elle Wiesel Prize in Ethics-This is an essay contest open to' for an enhanced engineering year for engineers. full-time undergraduate, senior-year students. The topic is ethics program in Idaho is appar- ...if BSU had its own "Boise needs a locally and the essay must be 3,000 to 4,000 words. Essays must be accom- ent. However, when Micron managed engineering pro- panied by a completed entry form. Deadline,January 13,1995. Five awards to $5,000. Technology offered $6 mil- complete program, gram. People who wish to lion to fund an engineering stay in the area can finish GlaMour ro, re. Col.... WOM•• COM'-""oll- program through Boise State their degrees here and seek .,ad••. students could • Open to female college and university students who are full-time University, the Idaho Board employment here also," said juniors. Applicant will be judged on leadership activities, personal of Education Ilesitated. Kip Bdard, vice president of enjoy advantages of involvement in community/campus affairs and academic excel- Boise State and the Public Relations, Micron lence. Deadline,January 31, 1995. $1,000. University of Idaho current- staying in Boise Technology, Inc. ly have a cooperative engi- "Only 18 percent of Tschudy Family Memorial Scholarship-Applicants must be U.S. neering program in which Micron's engineers graduat- • citizens and residents of Idaho, planning to enroll as full-time stu- degree-seeking students take "Students clearly and routinely ed from Idaho's colleges. If Idaho dent at BSU, Idaho State University, Lewis and Clark State or the undergraduate courses at BSU, express their desire for a quality had a more centralized engineer- University of Idaho. Must be a graduate of Emmett High School then transfer to U of I to graduate. program, preferably accredited .. ing program, more Idahoans could with a GPA of and must have taken the ACT test. Deadline, Only those students involved in They want an avenue of reason- have those jobs," said Bdard. 26 the electrical engineering program able progress through their pro- Board member Keith Hinckley January 31, 1995.$2,000. may complete all four years and gram according to individual prior- of Blackfoot mused a stir when he earn a degree at Boise State. ities and needs. They want to com- was quoted in The Idaho Thefollowing scholarships have no specific deadline. Students in engineering programs plete their degree requirements Statesman saying Micron's propos- al is a "$6 million bribe." other than electrical must transfer without leaving the Treasure The Hebrew University of Jerusalem-olTering grants and inter- "C.11l it what you like, but when for upper division courses. Valley. BSU could deliver accred- • est-free loans for students studying abroad at the university. Aid is itable baccalaureate programs in you consider the fads, that's what it In the past seven' years, the num- need-based. ber of declared engineering majors electrical, civil, mechanical, and is. Micron wanted an engineering possibly chemical engineering that program in Boise, and the only way in the cooperative program has AIrForce Scholarships for Medical S'udents-Applic.lnts must would serve a greater number of they could convince the [State] increased from 187 students to 483 • be enrolled or accepted inan approved school of medicine or students at less cost than the exist- Board to approve it was to come up students. Only 40 students earned ostcpathy, Obligations include Air Force service. Pays fees, books electrical engineering degrees in ing cooperative program," said with the money for the program and monthly allowance. 1994 under the cooperative pro- Ruch at the Dec. 1 SBE meeting. themselves," Hinckley told The But Ruch didn't express such Arbiter L1Stweek. "Idaho Power and gram This number is due to weak- Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas Junior/Senior Scholarship- nesses in the cooperative program gung-ho support for engineering Boise C.1SC:Ideare pleased with the • Applicants must be juniors pursuing an associates or baccalaureate According to An Assessment of just a few months ago. cooperative engineering program degree in an allied health field or nursing program. Upon gradua- the Engineering-in-Boise Program, On Sept. 7, The Arbiter quoted we have now. Micron is looking for tion, one year commitment to work at the Presbyterian Hospital of a report presented to SBE by BSU Ruch saying, "The Board of a program they will have a great Dallas for each year a scholarship is received Scholarships applica- President Charles Ruch, these Education has said that our role in deal of influence on: ble to tuition, books and related fees. Up to $2,500. weaknesses include the students' the engineering program is primar- Micron's. CEO Steve Appleton, poor acceptance of the undergrad- ily the first two years... We still President Ruch and U of I u.c.r.• etarded Cltllens reacher Scholarship-Applicants must uate video courses delivered by U have what I call a pipeline prob- President Elisabeth Zinser have all • be taking studies which will help them teach and' work with the of I, the hassle of transferring to lem. We still have students who made formal proposals to the State mentally handicapped, Up to $750. Moscow's campus, unavailability come and can't get in the class Board of Education and are wait; of BSU career planning and place- they want because there aren't ing for the results of the delega- Handicapped Idaho News Scholarship-Applicant must be ment programs to upper division enough classes. We're just tions. Hinkley says he doesn't • enolled or planning to enrolled this year in an insitution of higher students, lack of a single scholar- stretched about as thin as we can know when the State Board of learning. Submit a letter outlining academic and career goals. ship program and award process go. So my argument has been, is, Education will reach their decision. - 4 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14,1994 Grade averaging• I am conerned about a recent decision made by Faculty Senate. We pay them to make the policies here at BSU and, to my knowledge, many of you have never heard of them. A new academic policy they approved changes the current course retake system. It had been the case that if you receive a bad grade in a class, you could retake the class and replace the old grade with the retake I have enjoyed the Tangerine grade. The policy they have decided Pony section and coverage of the is to average the two together. arts and entertainment opportunities Old policy-if you get an F in that are available at school and M204 but retake it and get an A, your around town. final grade is an A. I want to applaud The Arbiter's New policy-if you get an F in support of the local music scene, M204, retake it and get an A, your However, the previous quote final grade is a C. from Pat Schrnaljohn comes to mind The Faculty Senate has three when I saw this week's edition of rationalizations for this. First, the new The Arbiter. policy is seen as a stiffer standard , Needless to say I was disappoint- which will supposedly increase the ed when there were three pages credibility of your degree. Second, wholly devoted to sports, i.e. football they argue that this will give stu- (the front page and two inside) and dents more incentive to do well the one entire page for reviews of the first time. Finally, they say that we, movie Interview With the Vampire. the students, are apathetic and don't I am not interested in the sports care what they do (0 us. They have that go on at this school one bit. stated that student opinion doesn't However, it is good that The Arbiter matter because we do not know covers it because, after all, it is relat- w ha t is good for us. ed to school and the school paper I don't know about you, but I do schould at least cover school events. know what is best for me as a stu- It was very disheartening when I dent If this outrages you also, call discovered in this week's edition that David S. Nielson, your student senator there was no mention whatsoever, al the office at 385-1440or at home at except in the calendar section, of the 378-9874 or come in and see me at Senior Show Art Exhibition. ASBSUand see what we can do. I, a senior BFA student graduating David and Usa Nielson this semester, am very dismayed that Weather vanes to ,the there was no coverage on this very important school happening. This makes me question the edi- tor and his above quote, whose deci- winds of social change Canons of sions seem to be in favor of the local an and music scene. Why didn't this hypocrisy important art event get covered, at . DAHSrlHHER Craig and Rep. Helen Chenoweth inviting motorcy- OK, so this is my gripe. The least in a tiny little blurb? (Perhaps cles and snowmobiles into the Wilderness. This was , replacing Tom Cruise's face.) StaHWriter Arbiter and last week's issue (Nov. 30), so far out there that even the lackadasical Statesman First of alii want to compliment Maybe The Arbiter will be able The Arbiter on the great job it has to receive this gripe in time to see I have held my tongue long enough. I have to came out against it. this art exhibition of graduating done in this year's presentation and speak about the elections and the future of Idaho. I had a guy tell me the other day that maybe it coverage of different happenings. senior art students of BSU before it I like the editor's notebook in the comes off the walls Dec. 7. I was reading the other day It would probably show that The Oct 19 issue when the editor, Pat that Idaho is now the most Schrnaljohn, states, "It's nothing person- Arbiter editor wasn't such a hyp- ~ ~ P1III iIl g .·00 ls... ~ al, Annette and Mark, but I think ocrite, as I found out in this last issue. Republican state in the union. homecoming sucks. It's boring and stu- Holly Gilchrist We will soon have a governor, ~v

PAT SCHMAl.JOHN learned scholar, [on is just an effec- Editor • tive tool for the expression of Homerian ideals, inspirations, and visions, evoking tremendous emo- haverejected religion for self- tional responses from audiences: reliance and find that the huge- •...God takes the mind out of the ness of the universe: and the those poets, and uses them as his servants, sickness of humanity, the distor- I and so also those who chant oracles, ti"ns of the truth, the power of ritual, " and divine seers; because he wishes the scary, weird trump card of us to know that not those we hear, human nature-dark ness-swallows who have no mind in them, are those the thesis that human nature is who say such precious things, but benevolent and loving, that the God himself is the speaker, and human race is, at its core, good. The through them he shows his meaning throttling has gone on forever, for as to us." long as there have been human The Flies, a play by Jean-Paul beings, one inflicting his will on Sartre, is a work of divine inspiration, another. God is held up as the cali- without a doubt. A friend has read it bration light, a distraction, for it is several times, and he agrees with me God who separates thesheep from that Sartre has a connection with a the goats, the cursed goats damned higher power, one that channels spe- for all time to an ever lasting fire. the editor's cific details through him to us. We The fire has served as an eternal dis- arc certain, however, that Sart re traction for all us sheep, scared to notebook would reject this notion, instead death of being mistaken for a goat, choosing free will as his only master, we pay scant attention to the cruelty and intelligence, craft and skill as the and torture humanity inflicts on devices of construction. The play itself. Greed and guilt strangle any , , , covers much human nature ground- innate good the collective human work, as the young Philebus wrestles race began with. And the inability to with questions of his own identity, explain these forces away, to dis- "~nce freedom lights its beacon in a man's heart, the gods are powerless against his past, his future, and his role in prove their advantages and to set him. It's a matter between man and man, and it is for other men, and for them determining it. As he becomes humanity on a fresh course, one that Orestes again and gradually comes to is more loving and full of light, is only, to let himgo his gait, or to throttle him."-Zeus, The Flies, Jean-Paul Sarlre the conclusion that he must act on exhausting. Bertrand Russell spelled behalf of the citizens of Argos, rather it out, in 1927, when he said ·_1 think Illustrations by E.J. Pettinger than capitalizing on their repentance all this doctrine, that hell-fire is a pun- and pain, the play strikes a morality ishment for sin, is a doctrine of cruel- and universal health and happiness, stop opposing his will to his inter- Delights or other works. What is chord, and good conquers greed, ty. It is a doctrine that put cruelty but I'm sad that so many of these ests ...that science itself will teach amazing about this rryptlch piece is albeit after a lot of blood is spilled into the world and gave the world secrets are saved for us until death .. man.ithat he has neither will nor the surrealistic qualities and detail it and his sister Electra is carted off to generations of cruel torture ...• Not The rash has taken over. The sore is whim-never had, as a mailer of contains, some elements and tech- serve Zeus. powers of thought, nor prayer, nor too large. I should leave it alone. But fact-that he is something like a piano niques not seen again until the 20th Art is an expression of the con- will of force, can protect humankind Icontinue to poke at it, picking at the key or an organ stop: that, on the century, but seen so much in the late cepts held in universal trust, and the from itself. I harbor a longing for tissue. What is human nature? other hand, there arc natural laws in 20th century that some of the impact person touched by the urge or access to the universal trust, the invis- My biology teacher, on the first the universe, and whatever happens and intensity of the techniques and desire to translate these universal ible bank which stores the powers of day of class this term, said it is to him happens outside his will, as it elements has diminished, Imitations concepts is at the. mercy-of. the the universe and the fruits of human human nature; to organize informa- were, by itself, in accordance with of Bosch's style have lost their impact Inspiration. BiJl It takes more than dignity and the work of all genera- tion, to categorize and catalog. She the laws of nature: Therefore, all in recent times because the insight raw inspiration to create great tions, the fog above the fields where was talking about human nature there is left to do is to discover these and inspiration that separated his work-it is up to the individual bear- truth resides. What powers of confu- with reference to biology and the laws and man will no longer be work from that of his contempo- er of the artistic gift to develop sion have we conjured up, to think other sciences, of course, but her responsible for his acts. Life will be raries has been turned into a science," enough energy, discipline and intel- this might be accessible, and why? statement applies to all of human really easy for him then. All human a specific set of skills that a painter ligence to turn this sensitivity into The lazy inquest has become nature. It is part of our human nature acts will be listed in something like can be trained in, a learned-style. material form. The discipline of obsession. In logical, compounding to want to know why we are like we logarithm tables, say up to the num- What made his work miles ahead of craft, the acquisition of concrete progression the biggest questions of are. We would like to be assured that ber 108,000, and transferred to a his contemporaries' crops was its human skills as interpreter, the insis- humanity get asked, each new our reasoning is complete, that we timetable. Or, better still, catalogues ground-breaking melding of form tent yet intuitive attention to detail, inquiry expanding on the previous, have a compartment for every will appear, designed to help us in and content. The recombining of his the tuning of the work (which is the easy answers being crushed and human behavior, that everything fits the way our dictionaries and encyclo- style and his elemental images by but a physical incarnation of the" replaced with bigger, more agonizing together neatly in an explainable pedias do. They will carry detailed neophytes is generally ineffective. It artists' original vision), and the questions. What began casually with package. Since we have already calculations and exact forecasts of was his openness to a new path, a allowance for insight along the way: a look at conditioning, biology; and acknowledged our inability to change everything to come, so that no new SCi of instructions from the uni- these arc the tools of the artist. The inspiration, the connection to truth: socialization has become an open human nature, the best we can hope adventure and no action will remain versal trust, a few more clues about sore between my eyebrows, swollen for is a thorough cataloging of it, the possible in this world. the nature of humanity, his willing- these are the gifts. And properly with the pus of humankind, itching creation of scientific tables that will ".,,01' course, you can't ness to let go of the work and let it pulled-off, be it a song, a for the relief of the Furies' salty define and predict everything guarantee ...that it won't be deadly flow that makes it an amazing piece Bosch painting, or a novel, art has the power to move thoughtful tongues. As we march through theo- human, allowing for Improvement of boring ...Golden pins arc stuck into of work. human beings to new levels of ries of economics and governments, the sum through predictability. people out of boredom. But that's This is not to suggest that an artist insight into the fog, paving the way divine artistic inspiration and free Dostoevsky. writes about these tables nothing. What's really bad.Js that the doesn't need to develop technical for succeeding generations of will, the question is intriguing, even in The Mouscholc prologue to Sales golden pins will be welcomed then. skill, just that insight and inspiration inspired artists to tap into the con- inspiring. Then we add to the mix Front Undergrou n d, sardonically The trouble with man is that he's stu- play an important role. A guitarist- ceptual collective. Effective works these: good and evil, religion, myth, allowing us to observe that this math- pid. Phenomenally stupid." songwriter-recording artist friend of of art hold a universality of feeling, spirituality, rationalism, self-under- ematical logic would create ;\ better, mine says, "Of course you have to a tapping of the Jungian collective standing. and reality. We look for more controllable and understand- ometimes deviation from learn to play, but some of the best unconscious, a familiarity of essence. answers in documented theories and able human nature. But he adds out standards and schedules is stuff comes from just letting go, free Some would say God planned it this the great art and literary works of that it is human nature to defy these where human achievement is forming, ~lmming." Plato might agreeto some extent, 'way, that She intends art to reflect the human race, and day-to-day expe- tables, that for every steadfast rule most incredible-in areas of S Her master plan, to be an expression although The Republic would pro- riences are pulled in and mulled over there is somebody who will deviate, art, literature, music, and yes, even vide more detail. [on suggests that of Her. as well. An arena that should clear its for any number of reasons, not science. When artists or writers or Plato's ponderous question is Bertrand Russell, however, would own air as we learn more about it excluding boredom or deviation musicians break away from the answered by Socrates even before it not, he PUL~all his faith in science. lie instead fogs up with the thick black purely for deviation's sake: tables of human predictability they is asked. It is not by skill, training, or might be a proponent of smoke of a million generations of ·._there's no doubt in your mind can crack the universal trust and knowledge of that. which Homer Dostoevsky'S bittersweet charts and flies. With a vague feeling of that he will learn (to follow his rea- mine its riches, giving flesh to con- writes, no, poor Ion is but a servant tables, pointing out that man has remorse I light another cigarette and son) as soon as he's rid of certain bad cepts held in that fog, concepts of of Homer, who is the servant of GOd. indeed adapted to his environment, resign to the knowledge that I cannot old habits and when common sense truth, beauty, and human nature. The poet is. "an airy thing, a" winged in terms of evolution: he would agree define human nature.J have been a and science have completely recdu- Although his commissioners at the and holy thing; and he cannot make that human behavior is distinctly fool to try. I find comfort in my cated human nature and directed it time may have wanted lleironymous poetry until he becomes inspired and . human, at the least, and probably belief that this incarnation is transito- along the proper Channels. You seem Bosch to stick to a more traditional goes out of his senses and "no mind is insist that free will plays the bigger ry, that there are indeed answers, that certain that man himself will give up map, if he had he never would have left in him," Rather than a skilled or role in exceptions to the rule. ·_In this there is a potential for world peace erring of his own free will and will " created The Garden of Bartbly _---:.____:''__ ~____:"___.;;_.;.... "__ __ "__ 'THEARBITER . 6 WEDNESDAt DECEMBER 14, 1994, The G-word again: . replace said oppressars.Thls a nat- world we can now begin a little to a commune it Mexi~ known as Los how much reinforcement we pro- Greed wlrts Is ural, process, as' described' by both understand lhings, and a lillie to mas- Horeones, where a spirited group of vide." lri.terms of economics, it Is Karl Marx etc) ter them by help of science, which behaviorists (lhe ~ of psychology The Los Horcones experience Is. human nature lodeslre the mainte- (German Ideolosy, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau has forced its way step by step pioneered by Skinner) have artempt- largely an experiment In soclallsm- nance' and improvement, of '.one's (Tbe Soctal but for vivid illu- against the Christian religion, against ed to create an ideal community, they even share their clothes-end material existen~e. Sumner says It Contract),. mination we look. to Arthur the churches, and against the opposl- . where the self surrenders to the the intellectual socialist approach should be understood: It is nature. Koestler's novel tion of all the old precepts. Science whole. What they have encountered taken by the community's founders "The law of survival of. the fittest Darkness at Noon, which deals with post-revolution can help us to get over this craven is tremendous sacrifice and long have yielded some Interesting results, was not made by man and Cannot be Russia and the fragmentation and fear in which mankind has lived for work days, the latter of which espedally with regard to economics abrogated by man" After the funda- so many generations. Science can Skinner never imagined when he and government,which are tremen- menta Is of life-food, shelter-are disintegration of the united force teach us, and I think our own hearts proposed a similar community in his dous Influences on human nature In acquired and incorporated, we as that ousted the czarists. can teach us, no longer to look 1948 novel Walden Tuu In Walden and of themselves Marx tells us that humans seek to expand our exis- Rubyshov, a key party member around for imaginary supports, no Two, the dtizenry worked but four all of history is the story of class tence, to fulfill greater abundance who had been Instrumental In the longer to invent allies in the sky, but hours a day, and had time for recre- struggle, and that economic deter- and comfort; and we grow accus- revolution, now finds himself impris- rather to look to our own efforts ational, educational and entertain- mininism has shaped our humanity tomed to each new level, unable 'to oned as a traitor to the party. He here below to make this world a fit ment pursuits, everyday. The prob- for hundreds of years. Our methods adjust to reversions to earlier stan- feels. maligned, but when his crimes place to live in, instead of the sort of lem swings back to Dostoev iky and .of production-in the middle ages it dards of life quality. When we feel are presented to him· within the con- place that the churches in all these our free will to err. No matter how was the sharecropper-serf-lord sys- these areas diminishing, or hear oth- text of the revolutionary leader centuries have made it. much we love our community and tem; during the industrial revolution ers demanding a share, we are threat- Number One's struggle to enforce. "(A scientific person) would say, fellow community mcmbera.wc will it was workers.tmanagement, and .ened and will take up arms to defend strict adherence to the official party 'Here we find in this world a great always find traces of self-interest, of owners; today the corporation what is ours. Even though aparticu- line, he sees the difficult situation deal of injustice, and so far as that our free will, something will rub embodies our economy-have a large lar tax package does actually decrease they are in. Number One, an oft-ref- goes that is a reason for supposing wrong or prove too difficult or not impact onwho we are as societies, the tax burden on a large chunk of erenced but never encountered party that justice does not rule the world; worth it, and the self always butts its head, will tolerate but one set of and therefore so far as it goes it way back in. I agree with Dostoevsky principles, one vision for the future affords a moral argument against deity that we are unpredictable beasts. of the newly established Union-his. and not in favor of one.' Of course I Rubyshov, however, has a morality know that the sort of intellectual argu- yfather, a PSYChOlog.ist of. his own, and he is prepared to die, ments that I have been talking to you who was in graduate in fact he does, in defiance of about arc nOI what really moves peo- school during the Number One's dogma. Rubyshov has ple. What really moves people 10 Mbehaviorists' heyday his own idea of where thc new believe in God is not any argument .u (the sixties and seventies), accepts nation-state should go, and he under- all. Most people believe in God Skinnerian principle on a rudimenta- stands why his old comrade has because they h.ive been taught from ry level. lie taught me how to read turned on him. Both men arc fiercely early inf:mcy to do it, and that is rhe very well when J was six using a sys- proud of their revolution and arc main reason," tem of M&Ms and reading aloud on soaked in love for the motherland, And psychologist B.I'. Skinner his lap. While this may have been a but only one of them can prevail, would agree with Russell, I'm sure. trick (I liked the M&Ms, he wanted and it is Number One. Skinner made science out of behav- me to like reading), il worked. I sailed Thomas Hobbes, author of ior. First with animals, then with pco- through elementary and secondary Leuiatban and a 17th century English ple. He was not irueresred in the school, always being a step or two social philosopher who spent much inner workings of the soul, only in ahead of my classmates in the. area of of his life in war-torn England, mighr developing methods for controlling reading comprehension. I am grateful agree with Number One's approach: the external behaviors of the human to my father for doing this, but I that a supreme leader, a monarch or organism. In an article titled "The agree with him when he warns that philosopher king, will know more Town B.I'. Skinner Boxed," Steve behaviorism is limited in its applica- about what is in the best interest of :I Fishman wrote, "his fundamental dis- ble scope. "Humans arc a funny ani- citizenry and therefore should !""J coveries, made 55 years ago, rest on mal," he says. "We can train people to with absolute authority. It's easier to this idea: If any particular behavior is do things, but if they do not feel that get things accomplished under the reinforced, it will continue. If not, it what they are jumping through direction of one; debate and discus- will cease." Skinner described the hoops for is relevant to their lives, sion only lead to a bogging down of inner workings-the brain-as a black especially with adults, they just won't cultures and individuals. As we the lower middle class, any congres- systems and the truly important goals box, and said it did not matter how it do it. They may act like they are unfold into the digital information sional delegation will swear up and are overlooked in lieu of petty works, just that something works, incorporating new concepts into their age, away from the rusty mechanics down that it's bad for the middle details. The problem is that what may that individual behavior can be lives, but the behavior modification of industrialism, what shape will our class-it's good for the lower middle be considered petty details to the shaped to accommodate society. His often fails because it's all just acting. collective morality, our human class; not necessarily bad for the mid- ruler-food, standards of living, health theories and utopian fantasies have Behaviors, especially embedded pat- nature, our methods of trade and eco- dle class, just not as good for the care, education-arc very important been playing out, to a mild extent, at terns, are hard to break, no matter. nomic exchange, take? upper middle class, whom the dele- to those without them. When the The corporate organization gates report directly to. (It is human state is but an executor of the general behind the unfolding order appears nature to cling to each other when will, as Rousseau illustrates in The to have an ear to the ground in an we feel the ship sinking.) On the Social Contract, the people and the attempt to hear the humanity that other side of the coin.when we have state can achieve harmony. When the rumbles below the glass ceilings on grown too tired of struggling in the interests of the state, however, are in which it stands. The technology mud with most of humanity while a direct conflict with the people, it's marketplace is fiercely competitive, fraction basks in wealth and luxury, revolution time. I believe Hobbes was yet the organizations which succeed we will revolt. We will mess things just tired of war. are those that operate from a space up plenty then (for ourselves and Which brings us back to the of cooperation within their own our citizenry), too, but at first our problems we see played out with all walls. That is, they have an under- approach shall be noble. To see this revolutions. When oppressive gov- standing that to win in the game we look at any revolution and the ernments are overthrown, it is near- our team must work together, coop- ensuing brutality and injustice that ly inevitable that the new powers eratively, within tight competition- inevitably follows as new leaders will again usurp the general will, driven controls. Digital technology wrestle with old problems. and often the citizenry is as bad or offers the possibility of a cashless worse off than before the revolu- society, the accountability of every he basic human evil- tion; Only the new rulers have transaction, every debit and credit greed-is what creates accomplished change. They have logged and stored, a history of social and economic class improved their own situation, but everyone on a single master list. T, distinctions in the first quickly encounter the same prob- Will these tools be used to maintain place. Oppressive forms of govern- lems as the deposed: dictating con- class distinctions, to protect great ment, which emphasize social 'con- trol over the population. In pools of wealth, or will they be trol and repression of the human Darkness at Noon, the revolutionary implemented in a benevolent, social- spirit in the name of nationali~m or forces controlled by Number One ly responsible redefinition of economic preservation for those at (Stalin) are under particular strain human nature? While I would like the top, are inevitably undermined from the rest of the world. As to be optimistic and wish for a bet- and extinguished as a result of their Winston Churchill stated, the west ter distribution of wealth and work, nature. They demand too much, or tried to "strangle the Communist Ihave ari overwhelming feeling that fail to recognize the needs of the cit- baby while it was still in the cradle." it will be used to funherdivlde us, izenry, who band together, and Stalin insisted on absolute unity of and create greater clasS distinctions. through their colleetive strength ideal and interpretation of the dic-. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14,1994 7

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There arc hot llnlctcmper-cmd I want to 1-800-423-USAE With pressure from outside, the different expectations for their lives. encourage these traits, while sirnul- internal grindings grew too loud, While both roles are important, soci- taneously promoting an interest in and the beating of the masses into ety has deemed it necessary that books and things beautiful, to AI.HIGH submission did not accomplish what they be kept separate. Carol Gilligan encourage a more whole human iCi): its perpetrators thought .it would. suggests that boys and girls, who being, one with a balance of tradi- Health Professions People are any community's greatest inevitably become men and women, tionally viewed male and female resource. I like to believe that coop- grow up differently only because of qualities, than myself. or her mother cration, not force, will motivate a the conditioning they receive during (who have been conditioned into nation to its highest grace. childhood. They play different roles that se~ve us well, but that Darkness at /\'0(111 is an example games, are treated differently at sometimes lead to misunderstanding \ of art imitating human nature. It is a school, and receive different rein- as ;\ result of different perspectives). " succinct dipping into of the univer- forcers from the community. There An aggressive sensitivity, a propensi- 6~~'~ 811E4lCe~4 sal trust. It is an effective illustra- are researchers investigating physio- ty for both math and lucid imagina- tion-in whatever degree of fiction logical differences between. men and tion: these are the qualities that will December 14-20 .. that it exists-of human nature. It is a women, with some reports ("SiZing help my daughter and her peers political statement, and art can be Up The Sexes," Time magazine) into the 21st century. and has historically been used for showing that our brains arc wired I began this essay longing for a political and moral purposes. IJigb differently, to specialize segments of tap source into the universal trust, Noon, a Hollywood classic starring the species. I believe that if there is a where the whole of human experi- Thursday~~F:tQU'~~_D4!i:eftI~"'t5It Monday oecember19 < .' Gary Cooper, is an example of how difference in physical structure, it is ence is stored and from where great COMEDIAN men should lead their lives (like a result of thousands of years of works are drawn. This sounds mys- Adam Fenara··· Gary, a real man). When evil threat- conditioning, that evolution has got- tical, Platonic, Socratic. I view this 8:30 p.m. December 13 •.. Jordan D BaIlIOOm .. '., ens the peace and tranquility of the ten in on the gender game, respond- concept as spirituality, and although lIckels QvaIIabIeat the door' . town, it is so overwhelming that the ing directly to the needs of the I realize that the bulk of my life's or donation of eon foods for the. Idaho Food Bank work may be blind, quick Slabs at public goes limp. The pure guts and species. And the species can, has, and .... 1ffD'iM.. . coffee.&, leadership provided by the retiring will change, as changes arc needed. the fog, I look to it for inspiration FREE~SNACKS. ••....' marshal sets an example for men and wait i'or the light to come on. I everywhere. When your town is tar- s our society approaches have no natural talents or propensi- geted, you fight back. You have no . the 21st century I can ties for art, music. or literature, but I choice. Hobbes would be proud of only hope that gender will try to maintain patience and you, take charge, Stalin would be roles and sexual discrim- practice my human skills, so that A when the light does flood through proud of you, slay the enemy. And ination go away, but it is Mill a when the evil has been driven asun- tough fight. As my mother points me I'll be ready, and it will be my der, the' citizenry rejoins its leader at out, new generations of women turn to walk with the power of a his side, in celebration of the victory must have their independence and thousand generations, without the of good over evil. This is art confidence nurtured by individuals flies or the guilt or the greed. Just propped up as moral standard, how- who believe in social change pure, blinding light, the. flurry of ever unrealistic and Hollywoodish it because the society at large is not the typer, the rush of creativity might be. While it doesn't reach very offering the support it should. It is pouring through me. Please indulge far into the cloud ofthe universal important that I remind my toddler me this fantasy. --,-.---,-.---,-.- .:-.- ~------THE ARBITER 8 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14,1994 Miracles happen. Work one today.

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provides the perfect closure for Screamin' one of the most innovative, rock- •• • ing bands to come out of this area. These guys have taken their act to the powerful unit Stuntrnan so . IDll~l~IIIr~vmw Adual Re-Enactment don't spend too much time mourning the death of our CZ Records industries marketing, not an indi- kids would be at an immense dis- old SpoU5CS,In a video world beloved Treepeople. cation of artistic defiance to gold advantage; how would you like to where the meanings of songs are -fasou Sieiers Actual Re-Enactment is the chained record executives, have to write "Bob Willson-Pi per- of len spelled out it's refreshing to Treepeople's glorious curtain call, Just as overly complex and lay- Rodharn-Clinton will not throw use the imagination again, This I30isc band, born in 1989, ered is not necessarily good, nei- projectiles in class" 100 limes on The musicianship, vocals and made some great albums and was What is ther is overly simple. The best the chalk board), however, this lyrics are all pushing greatness on known for their fierce live show. song on this release is a catchy guy delivers. Sometime, But this group is not Actual Rc-Enactincnt lives up to this crap? remake of Van Morrisons "Wild ·Without changing the sound trying to compete with each other their best work. Nights." The original is better. of The Church beyond recogni- and show off, rather, they compli- still define the john Cougar Mellencamp In the title track Mellencamp tion, he has succeeded in giving ment each other. Content to forgo Treepeople, layers of guitars Dance Naked says, "I want you to dance naked, it a fresh angle. In "Two Places at narcissistic soloing and rancid ora- going in different directions and Mercury but only if you want to," Thanks Once," the seven minute plus tory The Church leaves their ending up in the same place. for the option john, and put some first release off Sometime, he musical egos at the door and con- Scott Schmaljohn and john Polle Rolling Stone gave john a good clothes on, This CD is nothing offers not only solid work, cern themselves with integrating let their guitars wander all over review for this stripped down 10- more than a bunch of generic but also a nice vocal compliment their talents into constructing this record. Yes, departed gui- track release. They seemed to songs, stripped down, yes, but to Kilby. great songs. tarist is missed, but think it was much better than drafty. The guitar work is dazzling, The sum of the parts \s defi· nitely greater than the individuals, this line-up has a chemistry all many previous Mellencamp offer, -joe Relk but in a sneaky way. Taken alone, and Sometime Anywhere is the their own. ings because of its lack of corn- the guitar parts oscillate in hyp- plexity, Its rawness and notic yet hyperactive and mar- greatest Church effort to date. lack ofinstrumental veJously unpredictable ways, but -joe Relk clutter. Go to Church within the complete songs they With the advent of weave wonderfully between the The Church unplugged mania and other instruments and vocals. the general trend Sometime Anywhere Equally outstanding, in a 3 albums in against polished perfor- Arista sneaky way, are the lyrics. Instead mances, it has become of getting in our face and yelling one year? popular to appear less Church fans (of the group, not about how deep and meaningful Beck than perfect. Acoustic necessarily the institution) will not he is, as many groups do, Steropathetlc Soul Manure be disappointed with Sometime and even out of tune Kilby actually sings with the Flipside guitars are in, synthesiz- Anywhere, Their latest effort con- music and lets the lyrics do their er and slick production wins all the traditional Church cle- own talking. Label-hopping alternative boy arc out. Bands are ments fans have come to expect: Kilby does not need us to rec- Beck is back with a collection smaller now, effects the wonderfully wispy guitars, the ognize how smart he is, so he col- appropriately titled Stereopathetic minimized and mistakes lucid dreamlike quality of ors his opinions in language and Soul Manure. Although the record- revered as proof of sin- singer/bassist Steve Kilby's voice, metaphor. One gets the impression ings on this album precede those cerity, instead of being the richly layered orchestration that he doesn't much care if we on his previous LPs, Soul Manure extracted and replaced that makes a four man band "get it" or not. serves as a good smorgasbord of in studio. People In"Two Paces at Beck's musical stylings. want their music to be real, Once" the lyrics are _ The best moments on this There's something here for not slick. well, interesting: album are those when the guitars everyone. Beck does country with This is all hunky-dory But there's an old are loud and Eric Akre beats on pedal-steel accompaniment with me, until people confuse man here/He claims the drums like only he can. "Feed ("ROWboat" and "Modesto"). Beck realness with lack of talent or that he knew you in Me; "Boot Straps" and "Wha'd I does punk/metal ("Pink Noise" originality. A good song will another life, I'm not Mean To Think You Said" best and "Rollins Power Sauce"). Beck sound good whether per- sure what/he's say: represent this formula. Others like does folk ("Satan Gave Me a formed by a lone guitar and ing but could it be "Slept Through Mine; "Heinz Von Taco"). Beck does what we don't drum kit or by a symphony, a he still thinks your Foerster" and "Low" turn it down want to understand and probably songs value should be defined his wife?, _/Ghosts a notch and succeed in showing couldn't anyway. by the song. not strictly the have laid their final another dimension of the band; He's saturated the market, but claims to rest/But poppier and less aggressive, but medium this stuff is well worth the listen. Mellencamp is jumping on who they left and still effective. Stereopathetlc Soul Manure Is a the "stripped down" bandwag- what they thought SChmaljohn, the only original collage of drugs, aliens, Pac-Man, on and while Dance Naked is they'd stayed for Treepersoo, gives his finest vocal dead wild cats, an aphid manure stripped down, the songs on it are sound like a symphony. has/crumbled in their laps/They performance on this album His heist, a burrito-eating sasquaich boring predictable and Though it retains that unmis- - were so blind voice, which leans towards low, and a gifted, but disturbed Mellencamp's worst to date. takable Church sound Sometime Though I've listened to the transfers well from the barn-burners young man with a-guitar and a Even the cover is a stripped also brings something new to the song several times, I'm still not to the "qUieter" ~ He is backed deep voice. down print of a male torso group, namely guitarist Many sure if it's about a married women confidently by PoIIe, who takes lead Don't be surprised if we see a (Mellencamp's?) and barbed wire, Wlllson·Piper.) had to wonder who leaves her husband and kids, on "Liver Vs. Hean" and "Bag of Beck Christmas album on yet what could be more gritty and what kind of music to expect or about ghosts who wait for their Wood" (a delightful pop tune). another record label - from a guy with two last names significant others to pass away, or Actual Re-Enactment, the final eanhy? Making music appear raw -Jason Sievers and sincere is now pan of the (if he married the first lady their the reincarnated who find their chapter In the Treepeople saga,

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• TIle House of Hoi Polloi al the Blues • The Myslies al Ihe Blues Bouquet 1010 Bouquetlhrough Dec. 17. 1010 Main. 345- Main. 345-6605. 9.20 p.m, $1 cover. Ages 6605. 920 p.m. $2 rover. Ages 21 and over. 21 and over.

• Rebecca ScOlt al Ihe Neurolux. 111 N. • Fell Neighbor CD Release Party wilh 8- I1lh. ~ 9 p.m. $3 cover. Ages 21 BaU Break and Slushpuppy al Ihe and over. Neurolux. 111 N. 11th. ~ 9 p,m. $3 rover. Ages 21 and over. thurs satur day 171hday COPPERFIELD 151h • NUlcracker in the Morrison Center al BSU Ihrough Dec. 18. 385-1110. 2 p.m. • NUlcracker al Ihe Jewett Auditorium, BEYOND IMAGINATION and 8 p.rn. loday. 2 pm. only on Dec. 18. Alberlson College 8 p.m. $15 generaL $12-$30. Children are half price al mali· $12 children. Tickets available throllgh nee. $5 Rush TIckels available for BSU MORRISO NCENTER." Select·a·SeaI studenls on day of performance. TIckers available through Select-a·Seat. DECEMBER 14 • Special Occasions a romic drama play at the Stage Coach TIlealre 2000 WEDN ESDAY 5:30 & 8:30PM Kootenai. For reservalions call 342·2000. • A Christmas Carol allhe Nampa Civic Center. 88S0007. 7 p.m. $8 general $6 TICKETS AT SEl.ECT-A-SEAT 8:15 p.rn. $6 generaL $5 students and children. OUTlETS all. CALl_: seniors. Malure audiences'only.

• Special OccIsions a comic drama play • Max Sand al. Dino's. 4802 Emerald. 345- al the Stage Coach Theatre 2000 2295. 9 p.m Men's Nighl and Sumo Kootenai. For reservalioos (':111342·2000. Wrestling wllh $1 COver for women. $3 IU5 PJlt $6 geileral $5 students and' rover. Ages 21 and over. seniors. Mature audiences only. FInal performance. fflEARBITER WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1994 sGlur Ihurs 24thday 29th day

• Slay home and rent "Christmas • Caught in the Act 01 Dlno's. 4802 Vacation" starring Chevy Chase. Be Emerald 345-2295. 9 pm Men's Night happy that it's CHRISTMAS BREAK!'! and Sumo Wrestling with $1 rover for women. $3 cover. Ages 21 and over.

• The Rocci Johnson Band 01 Hannah's. 3- 621 Main. 345-7557. 9.30 p.m. No rover. sun Ages 21 and over. day compiled by Laura Delgado • The Tourists at Tom Gralney's, 6th and 2Sth Main. 345-2505- 9.30 p.m. S3 cover. Ages 21 and over. • Think happy thoughts, Tomorrow is the best shopping day all year. • Pirate Radio Concert Series featuring Hee Bee jee Bees at Mountain Billiards. 151h and Grove. 342-9974. 9 p.m. S2 mon cover. All ages. . • Subterranean Pop Night featuring 26thday Happenstance and 01 Grainey's Basement. 107 6th. 345-2955. • Chicken Cordon Blues 01 Tom Rebecca ScoII and Vicki Stagi at the Open mike with Dug at the Neurolux. Hoi Polloi at Tom Grainey's, 6th and Doors open at 8:30 p.m. S\ cover. Ages • • Grainey's, 61h and Main. 345-2% <>.30 • Flying M Espresso 5th and Mnin 34~ 111 N. 11th. 3-13-0886. 9 p.m. No cover. Main. 345-2%. 9:30 p.m. S3 cover. Ages 21 and over. p.m. S2 cover. Ages 2\ and over, 8 p.nt to \0.30 prn No cover. All ages. Ages 2\ and over. 21 and over. • D. J. Timothy Tim at the Neurolux. 111 • Bingo with Bingo Bob at the Neurolux. ti Dopamine Record Release Party N. \lilt 3-1}0886. 9 p.m. SI drafts, No 111 N. Illh. 34}0886. 10 p.m. 10 midnight. • with Sublime and Butterfly Twin at the Pirate Radio Concert Series rl';lluring cover. Ages 21 and over. • No cover. Ages 21 and over. Neurolux. 11\ N. ll1h. 3'U,0886. 9 p.m. S.\ Wed Whipping 1Jo)' at Mountain Billiard' ,.~- cover. Ages 21 and over. 151h and Grove. }IZ·997·" 9 pill. $2 nes . cover, All ,IAl'S- friday 21stday • Subterranean Pop Nigh! featuring lues sun Nuked Parade and Godzounds ;11 th . Grnincy's Basement. 107 ()tll. }6·29S':; 30 Max Sand 01 Dine's 4802 Emerald. 3-lS- • Doors open .11 Hjl.l p.m. $1 cover. Ages 27thday 18thday 229S.9 p.m. 'Prize Drawing Nigh!. 51 • Caught in the An a' Dino's through 21 and over, ('(J"C'r, Ages 21 and over. Dec 31. ';802 l.meraid. }i5-22')';. 9 p.m. $3 • The Clutch at 1innnah's. 621 Main. ;\-tS. cover. Agl"S 21 and over. Richard Paylor 01 the Flying ~I Till' Pranksters at Dutch G(X)S(.'B;lf & The Rocci Johnson Band :1\ ll:mnah's. 7SS7. f}:"~ p.l11. A~Ws 21 .md o\'er. • F,,"prcs-'><),Sih and M.\in. ?r-~')..'i320-10 :l.In. • Grill. 35\5 W. S"u". 342·8887. 9 p.llI. S3 • 021 Main ..\4S-7SS7. 9.30 p.l11. l.:uli,,""S·Night • The..' Rocl'1 Johnson Band at Hannah's (0 nfi No (·O\'l~r.All ages. CO\'N. Ages 21 :lOd o"cr afll'r 9 p.m $2 rover for men. Ages 21 and over. • Fal.lohn and Ihe Three Slims 01 Tom Ihrough Dec. jL 62/ Main 345-7557.9.30 Gminey·.s. 61h and Main .•'145-2505. 9.30 p.m. $3 rover. Ages 21 and over. TrC':1sure Valley Sloglcsdotnre wilh IJve • • Over -10's dance with live music a( rhe p.m. No cover. Ages 21 and 0\'Cr. music 01 Ihe Mardi Gws. 615 S. 91h. 342- • lloochic Coorhie Men allhe lJIues Mordi Gras. 615 S. 91h. 342-555J 8 p.m. to • The Tourists :11 Tom Grainey's through 5553- 8 p.m. to midnight. $4 cover. Ages Bouquet 1010 Main. 345·6605. 920 p.m. SI midnight. S3-5Ocover. Ages 21 and over. • Open mike wilh Dug :11 Ihe Neurolux. Dec 31. 6th ond Main. 345-2505- <>,~ p.m. 21 and over. well drinks. No rover. Ages 21 and over. 111N. I1lh. 3'l.'l·0886. 9 p.m. No cover. $3 cover. Ages 21 and over. Bois Howdy al Tom Grainey·s. 61h and • Tauge ond Faulkner 01 Ihe Lock Siock Ages 21 and over. • & a,rrcL 4507 Emerald. 3364266 8 p.m. • jackmormon at Grainey's Basemenl Main. 345-2% <>_~p.m. S2 cover. Ages • D.). Timolhy Tim at the Neurolux. 111 to midnighl. No rover. Ages 21 and over. through Dec. 31. 107 S. 61h. 345-2955. 2\ and over. N. 11111.343-0886 9 p.m. SI deafls. No Doors open 01 8:30 p.m. S3 cover. Ages cover. Ages 2\ and o\'er. Wed 21 and over. The Groove Mongrels at the Blues • Hoi Polloi at Tom Grainey's.·6th ond Main. 345-2505- 9:_~ p.m. S3 cover. Ages • Bouquet. \010 Main. 3'1s-6605. 9:20 p.m. 21 and over. • Cohen 01 Ihe Flying M Espresso. 51h S\ cover. Ages 2\ and over. nes and Main. 345-4320. 8 p.nt 10 10.30 p.m No cover. All ages. Ramblers Blues Band atlhe Neuroiux. 111 • Rumbledoll 01 Grainey's Basement 107 S. 6111.345-2955. Doors open at 8:30 p.m. thday • N. I1lh. 34}Gl86. 8 pm Ages 21 and over. S3 cover. Ages 21 and over. friday 28 • The Hoochie OJochie Men allhe Blues Bouquet through Dec. 3L 1010 Main 345- • Caught in the Art at Dina's. 4802 rd 6605. 920 p.nt $2 cover, Ages 21 and over. • Cold Fron! 01 Ihe Blues Bouquet. 1010 23 Emerald. 345-2295. 9 pm Prize Drawing Main. 345{i60S. 9:.20 pm. SI cover. Ages Night. SI Cover. Ages 21 and over. mon 21 and over. • Max Sand 01 Dine·s. 4802 Emerald. 345- • Caustic Resin, Soul Craft and Stunlman 2295. 9 p.m. S3 cover. Ages 21 and over. 01 Ihe Neurolux. 111 N.llth. ~ 9 • TI,e Rocci johnson Band at Hannah's. p.m. S3 rover. Ages 21 a~d over. • Godzounds. Sound of La and Dig Mud 621 Main 345-75'57. 9:.30 pm Ladies' Nigh!. 19thday • The Rocci johnson Band 01 Hannah's. Wagon 01 Ihe Neurolux. 111 N. 11Ih. 343- S2 cover for men Ages 21 and over. 0886. 9 p.m. S3 cover. Ages 21 and over. 621 Main 345-7557. 9.30 p.nt S3 rover. TI,e Rhythm Mob of Tom Grainey·s. Ages 21 and over. • Over 40's dance wilh live music at Ihe • 6th and Main. 345-2505- <>.30p.m. S2 Mordi Gras. 615 S. 9th. 342·5553- 8 pm 10 cover. Ages 2\ and over. sGlur midnight. S3-5Ocover. Ages 21 and over. • Hoi Polloi 01 Tom Grainey's. 6th and Bingo wilh Bingo Bob allhe Neurolux. Main 345-2505- 9.30 p.m. S3 cover. Ages • Tauge and Faulkner at thi: Lock Stock 31stday • 111 N. IltlL 343-0886. 10 p.m. to midnight. 21 and over. Ihurs & Barrel 4507 Emerald. 336-4266 8 pm No cover. Ages 21 and over. 10 midnight No cover. Ages 21 and over, • Rumbledoll at Grainey's Basement. 107 • Children's New Year's Overnighler at 22ndday S. 6th. 345-2955 ..Doors open 01 8~~ p.m. Skaleworld 7 p.m 109 am $15 through • The Tourists at Tom Grainey's. 6th and S3 cover. Ages 21 and over, Select·a-Se:>t. Ages 5-11. . Main. 345-2505- 9:.30 pm $3 rover. Ages • Idaho Shakespe-Jre Festival pr<'SCnts 21 and over. readings from A Olild's O"istmas in • Darkwood 01 Ihe Flying M Espresso. 5th • TIle Black & White Boll al Esther Simplol Performing Am Arndemy. 8:30 lues Wales allhe Ada Counly Library. 10664 and Main. 345-4320. 8 p.m. 10 \0.30 p.m • Jackmormon al Grainey's Basemen!. 107 ay W. Virtory.362·0181. 7 p.n;,>No Charge. No cover, All ages. p.m, to IlI.m Call 345-3531 for lickets. S. 61IL 345-2955. Doors open at 8:30 p.m S3 rover, Ages 21 and over, . 20t .... • Max Sand 01 Dino's. 4802 Emerald. 345- • S1ree1wise wilh Cyndi Lee 01 Ihe Blues • OJ. TimOlhy Tim's New Yeal's Eve 2295. 9 p.m Men's Nigln and Sumo Bouquel Ihrough Dec, 24. 1010 Main 345- Parry 01 Ihe Neuralux. 111 N. 11th. 343- • Chicken Cordon Blues Ihrough Dec. 'J9 The Clulch 01 Hannah's. 621 Main 345- WreSliing with SI cover for women. $3 6605. 9:20 p.nt $2 rover. Ages 21 and over, 0886. 9 p.nt $I rover, Ages 21 and over. at Ihe Blues Bouquet. 1010 Main345{i60S. • 75'57, 9:.30 p.nt Ages 21 and over. . cover. Ages 21 and over, 9:20 p.nt $I cover, Ages 21 andover, • Pintle Radio New Years Eve Concert featuring Midline al Mounl3in Billiards. Fat john and Ihe Three Slims at Tom • TIle Rocci johnson B:1nd at Hannah's. 3- • Wrath1>:lst, 8-Boll ~k and Bonenower' • Grant Ave., BUlterOy Tl':lin and E1 15th' and Grove 342·9974.9 pm $2 . • Grainey's. 61h and Main 345-2505- 9:.30 621 Main 345-75'57, 9.30 p.nt No cover. allhe Neurolux. 111N. 11Ih..3430086. 9 Dop:unine at the Neuralux. 111N. 11th. 343- p.m No rover, Ages 2\ and over. Ages 21 and over. pm $3 rover, Ages 21 and over. rover. All ages. IIlll6. 9 p.nt $3 cover. Ages 21 and over. LAURA DELGADO Slciff:.Wriler

'Starting December! BSUSenior Seminar Class publishes a iournal Special! The BSUE498-02Senior Seminar class has published a three 50 C Domestic Beers volume journal entitled, The Rag and Bone Shop, The class was based on the production of a literary journal. Production included

& 75C Margaritas writing, editing, layout, graphics; primingartwork and distribu- Mondays thru tion, BSUstudents involved are: Cyndi Beckwith, Nicol Chandler, Thursdays Andrea Day, Cheryl Durrant, Kathy Gale, Pattie Harneck.jerry b Hendershot, Heather Katula, Mei Koh, Brill 'McCombs, Maureen Moore, Krista Oberlindacher, Lisa Price, Brian Shaber and Carmen The Booze Brothers Band Whitworth. Dr. Helen Lojek is the instructor for this talented group of students. The journal can be found at the BSU Library, Play Wednesdays, the BSU Writing Center, the English Dept. office or from members Fridays of the seminar. and Saturlays S~akespeare Festival Players 150 N. 8th Street (next to Piper Pub) will perform in Nampa ' ,

The Downtown Nampa Association, a non-profit organization, Is privileged to host a free performance of the Idaho Shakespeare , 'Festlval Players on Thursday; Dec.' 15,7 p.m. at the rormer Senior

Center, 1303 Third Street South, in downtown Nampa. Question Joseph Golden and Thomas WillmOrlh, the founders of the The wildly successful "Green Show" at the Shakespeare Festival, are Kno""ledge fashioning a show in the"Elizabelhan style, based on people, busi- nesses and events in Nampa. Golden and Willmorlh said, "The A filM 8Y JOHN SINGlHON best thing about our show is that the entire room becomes our theater, We not only break the fourth wall, but some of your lamps and furnishings as well. The fools are coming-break out the slipcovers!" The public is invited. For more information, can- ''t ~mU[~ tact Carol West or Kathy Wonderlich at 466-0992 l[A~NIN~ Auditions for The Tempest' Boise Actor's Guild will hold auditions for William Ii Shakespeare's The Tempest on Dec. 19 and Dec. 20 at 7 p.m. at COlUM81A PIClURfS ~R[s(NlS the Alano Club. Rehearsals will begin after the holidays and the A NfW DfAl ~RDDUCllDN production will open Feb. 9. No experience is necessary to audi- A filM DY JOHN SINGlHON tion and the production requires 11 men and five women. For 'HIGHfR lfARNING' . those with fear of working with Shakespeare, there will be spe- STARRING JfNNlffR CONNRl Y ICf CU8f cial work on how to speak verse. Backstage help is also needed. OMAR fPPS MICHAfl RAPAPORT Call 344·2069. KRISTY SWANSON AND lAURfNCf flSHHURNf .,STANUY ClARKE .Holiday films for children ~DWIGHT AlONIO WilliAMS The Boise Public Library, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., will show holi- ,.., JOHN SINGlETON AND PAUl HAU day films during the school break. The films are based on favorite _'JOHN SINGlETON I_IWII lfI_IUII .~ children's books and are scheduled to run Dec. Z3 and Dec. 26-30. IRI"lRfiiliiL ~ The films are 30 minutes and will be shown at 10d0 am. andldO At Th•• tr •• Soon pm, For morelntormauon caU 384-4200. incense and candles, the group put on an life/Can't be counted with its hands/I prepare for a spring/summer tour, Their honest, no bullshit set. At home theyprac- believe in past lives/because life seem to tentative scheduled stops include Portland, tice their rock 'n' roll about five nights a pass me by/All Isee, and all Ibelieve/The Ore" , Wash, Sacramento, Calif, and Even though Jason Serna isn't on the CO week with the incense burning. river of life/Flowing in my veins." Roark Salt Lake City, y Happenstance, his bare chest is on the "We try to bring the basement to the and Waite said that their, songs aren't direct- The CD can be found in Boi'se at CD cover. stage," said Serna. ed towards anyone or any. specific situation. Merchant, Silver Discs, The Record After releasing their debut CO last sum- 111is same awareness of the senses is con- ''Certainly, Ifeel all the things that Ising Exchange and Hastings. Outside of Boise, the CD is available in mer, the local band changed bass players. veyed through their lyrics as well Songwriters about; said Roark. Portland at Portland Locals Only and will Serna is the new man, but said he's known Roark and Waite have put together quite a The best cuts from their CD are, "U," "Railroad" and "State of Mind" With good soon be available in Russia. Yes, Russia. members Chad Waite and Jason Roark since few thought provoking lyrics. guitar rifts and rhythm, it's hard to tell that Roark said that loCal label SCreemin' Fez junior high, so thatmakes them old acqualn- Like good poetry, "Slipping Through the band is just three deep. They don't have. Records recently shipped a collection of lances. Time" holds a different meaning for every plans to add a fourth member and are keep- CD's by local bands, including Happenstance performed at The Crazy listener: "The clock on the wall/Doesn't tell ing their bookings to a minimum while they Happenstance, to Russia. Horse earlier this month. Amidst an aura of me anymore/The measure of a mans

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- DAN SKINNER make icy spots much more con- them a try. Prices range from Stoff Writer trollable. around $150on tip to nearly $300 Shoes are now offered in a for top of the line. The best thing Longbefore there were tele- selection of different sizes. There about the purchase is that this and markskiers scaling peaks for fresh are small high-performance shoes a pair of poles is all you need. Any turns,there were people using designed for running on packed boot will work with the bindings snowshoes staying afloat in win- trails. The mid-size shoes made by and there is no maintenance as ter'sblanket. With the new shoes various companies are around with skis. on the market, hikers, campers or 9"x30"and offer the best overall As an avid backcountry skier, I snowboarders can get to the back- performance. Larger decks are have to admit that telemark gear country and explore uninhabited best for larger people and those with climbing skins is easier to wildlands. carrying heavy loads. According to walk with than shoes. We of the Anyone walkin~ in even just a Backpacker magazine, mid size Peak Spirit have gone on trips footof snow knows how difficult shoes are currently about 60 per- with snow boarders and we peak' travelis when any given step cent of the market. first with usually more spirit. sinksto your knees. When we One thing to consider in sizing More snow is displaced by havea winter as we do now, a a shoe is ease of travel. With a snowshoes and breaking trail is stepinto the backcountry may large shoe, stepping one foot in much more difficult. This, how- meanyour crotch hits the snow. front of the other is impossible. In ever shoutd be considered ';1 Snowshoes represent the easi- lieu of this, more snow must be ag~inst the amount of gear neces- estmeans of floating across th~ pushed to break trail, making sary for telemark skiing. winter while considering the movement much more exhausting. Outfitting yourself with shoes is substantially more affordable amount of gear needed. Whether Turning a smaller shoe is also than with ski gear, you are interested in afternoon much easier in the midst of a tra- With this in mind, if you can ~lUl1lS. or overnight trips, snow- verse. With the largest shoes, this walk, you can hit the generally shoesarc a simple means of win- takes considerably more effort. A human-free winter backcountry: ter travel. larger shoe will give you more Whether it be for the afternoon Nikos Sawyer of Idaho flotation, but this is at the cost of on flat ground or to the top of Mountain Touring said the popu- maneuverability and bulk. Pilot's Peak surfin' turns, snow- larityof shoeing has risen to be Sawyer said the best part of shoes will get you there. about even with cross country ski- snowshoeing is "you can put them ing.He said the majority of users on and go without any instruction. are going out for day hikes in and Anyone can get into the alpine around Nordic ski areas or they go world." He added that going off trail to explore mountains not downhill on shoes is very easy accessibleby groomed trails. compared to trying to control The snowshoe market has cross country or telemark skis. changed drastically in the last few "Using ski poles is a good idea," years.Rather than the wood frame said Jeff jayo of McU Sports. "They Withsinew lacing, snowshoes give you much more balance and today are made from high-grade make it a lot easier to get up if ..... aircraft aluminum and synthetic you fall." decking. The lightweight designs Both McU Sports and Idaho and solid decks offer excellent Mountain Touring sell and rent hoots by notation and maneuverability. shoes. They also have Park N' Ski maps which detail areas where alrwaJk, n, bWdnllBS The bindings are now integrat- tb8 warl4'. an-t ed with steel crampons and often access is made easy by plowed pivot to allow the nose to rise parking lots and permanent ot the largest When taking a step. Heel cram- restrooms. oards ·in Iilaho. pons have been added to stabilize Investing in a pair of shoes the shoes under. the foot and should only be done after giving 18 WEDNESDA~DECEMBER14,1994 THEARBITER when you want to hold our first meeting. We can cal! one of those disgusting lillie adult bookstores in Garden City and see if they'll allow us to use their building. There's bound to be hordes of . people that want to join us. ,·','C .. - ',' ... ' ; If you don't think you can .'g~br slab of metal between tile handle the leadership by.yourself, ------,.---,.-- . horse's legs is a penis. My God, how about giving Tipper, Rush or Stoff Writer you are 50 right Dan a call? I'm sure they can We had better form a commit- break free from their busy agen- Send your questions about school tee and get a proper penis placed 'da of proclaiming what's wrong and life to Max at the Arbiter. on that statue right away. We can with the world to help you with Call 3458204. Leate afllessagc if call ourselves the Penis Planters. your quest Oh, and by the way- Max isn't in. YOIl don't need to QlII me soon and let me know get a life! leave your name. Or YOIl can mail your questton to The Arbiter at 1910 Uniterstty Drive, 837251/ you uorl: ill a dept, all campus; . send your question tbrougb tnter- Office mail

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THEARBITER WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1994 19 Dec. 14 Dec. 21 Bronco women's basketbalJ vs. Western Kentucky. Pavilion. Jan. 16 10:30 a.m. 4 p.m. Cinnamon rolls baked fresh by Martin Luther KingJrjHuman Ada Community Library Board Attention culinary arts students will be sold Rights Day. BSU closed. Meeting lasts until 6 prn. 10664 W. Jan. 3 until 2;30 p.m. in the foyer of the Victory, Boise. Culinary Arts Building, 1310 Noon 10 a.m. POETS! University Dr. Proceeds will be 7:05p.m. Brown Bag Lunch Program featur- Reconciliation Service features rep- used to upgrade equipment in the Bronco men's basketball vs, San ing Irene Hegg. "The Brown resentatives from various religious lAURA DELGADO culinary arts program Pre-ordering Jose State. Pavilion. House: Free. Idaho Historical and special interest groups as part Slaff Writer is encouraged. Call 385-1957. Museum. Sponsored by Friends of of Dr. Martin Luther King Dec. 23-27 the Historical Museum. Jr./Human Rights Celebration 6:30p.m. Christmas holiday. BSU closed. Week. Maggie's Cafe in the Student If you are a poet, there The Native American Students Union Building. Jan. 4 are two COntests currently Association announces a special Dec. 29 election/nomination and finals 7p.m. 11 a.m. open for you to enter. The • I relief party/meeting to be held at 6:05 p.m. Bronco women's basketball vs, As part of MLK/Human Rights first is through The the SUB Annex IIBuilding. Vacant BYU. Pavilion. Celebration Week, there will be a Albertson's Holiday Classic: National Library of Poetry, march to the Capitol Building. officer positions are president, sec- Davidson vs. Lafayette, Pavilion. retary, and sergeant-at-arms and Jan. 7 Meet at Maggie's Cafe, which is the largest poetry public relations; all current I'ull- 8:05p.m. organizatton in the world timeBSU students are eligible for Albertson's Holiday Classic. 7:05p.m. Noon Gov. Phil Ban will address the The NLP has announced the positions. Bucknell vs BSU. Pavilion. Bronco men's basketball vs, Rice University. Pavilion. community in the Idaho Capitol that $12,000 in prizes will be Rotunda as part of MLK/Human Dec. 15 awarded this year to over Rights Celebration. 8:30a.m. 250 poets. Entries must be Idaho Small Business 6:30p.m. postmarked by Dec. 31, Development Center presents Celebration Dinner for 1994. The contest is open to "Powerful Marketing Tools for MLK/Human Rights Celebration. everyone and entry is free. Small Business: Direct Mail and Program will include address by the Honorable Sergio Gutierrez, Telemarketing," a four-hour work- Any poet, whether previ- shop. Jim Acee, a marketing Justice,3rd District Court of Idaho. ously published or not, can Grace Jordan Grand Ballroom. instructor and former director of Tickets (512 for students. SIS gcner- be a winner. I3SU's Center for Management commUHITV al) available at the SUB Ticket Development, will speak on a vari- Every poem entered Office. ety of topics. Hall of Mirrors West also has a chance to be Conference Room. Cost is 534. Call CALENDAR Jan. 17 published in a deluxe, hard- .:'3S-3875. bound anthology . Spring Semester classes begin. 10:30 a.m. Compiled by Hollee Blankenship To enter, send one origi- Cinnamon rolls baked fresh by 1:40 jim. nal poem,any subject and culinary arts students will be sold . and Kate Neilly Bell As partofMLK/Human Rights any style, to the National in the foyer of the Culinary Arts Week,Joseph Campbell, assistant BUilding until 2;30 p.m. professor of philosophy, presents Library of Poetry, 11419 "Objective Morality'- Workshop Cronridge Dr. P.o. Box 704- Noon will investigate the various con- 1982, Owings Mills, MD SPB Brown Bag Lecture Series pre- nections between objective morali- sents "Acting is Natural-Roles ty and cultural diversity. 21117. The poem should be People Play in Everyday Life," by Dec. 30 Jan. 8 Farnsworth Room of the SUB. no more than 20 lines, and Dr. Charles Lauterbach. In the Senate Forum. 2p.m. 3:30 p.m. the poet's name and address 6:05 p.m. A series of slide shows and speech- The film Let Freedom Ring will be should appear on the top of Albertson's Holiday Classic. es on Idaho history begins today in shown as part of MLK/Human Pavilion. Consolation game. the page. A new contest 6 p.m. the Boise Public Library auditorium Rights Week. Quiet Listening SPB Fall Lecture Series presents opens Jan. I, 199;. 8:05 p.m. Lounge of the SUB. Program gives student open mic. night at the Jan. 12 an overview of Dr. Martin Luther The second contest is Albertson's Holiday Classic. Brava Stage. Lasts until 8 p.m. Dr. King Jr. and the civil rights move- Pavilion. Championship game. through the International Michael Blain will begin the Noon ment. evening with a 5- to IO-minute Audience Enrichment Brown Bag Library of Famous Poets. speech. Lunch on "Camelot: Esther 6 p.m. This contest is free and Dec. 31 Simplot Academy. Presented by An interactive forum "Inter-racial IJA productions. Free. Call 343-6567. open to everyone in the 2p.m. Marriages and Children of Dec. 16 Diversity' will be held as part of Boise area. There arc 25 Bronco women's basketball vs. Cinnamon rolls baked fresh by 6 p.m. MLK/Human Rights Week. University of Washington. prizes, worth over $2,500 CUlinary arts students will be sold Student Activities Fair during New Lookout Room of the SUB. Pavilion. in the foyer of the Culinary Arts Student Orientation. North lounge and the grand prize is Building until 2;30 p.m. on the second floor of the SUB 7p.m. $1,000. The deadline for 8:30p.m. until 8:30 p.m. A panel discussion addressing the The Black & White Ball at the entering is jan, IS, 199;, and issues surrounding workers com- Dec. 19 Esther Sirnplot Performing Arts Jan. 13 pensation for farm workers in winners will be announced _'I Academy. Lasts until 1 a.m. Idaho. Farnsworth Room of the on March 28. A winner's list Presented by Boise Opera. Tickets: Noon 7p.m. SUB. Part of MLK/Human Rights Fenucdne Forum at Noodles, will be sent to all entrants. call 345-353l Bronco women's basketball vs. Week. located at 8th and Idaho. Todd Eastern Washington. Pavilion. To enter, send one Shallat speaks on "Technology Isn't Everything: A Reappraisal of the Jan. 2 Jan. 14 poem, 21 lines or less, to: Snake River Darns." Presented by IYllts for tWs 'SIH faxtd, Free Poetry Contest, 421 BSU's College of Social SCiences New Year's holiday. BSU closed. 7p.m. IIlIIW or 10 11It ArWter N. Rodeo Dr.. Suite S44. and Public Affairs in conjunction Bronco women's basketball vs. U Glleasr. wMlt Wort lIesInd,..... Beverly Hills, CA 902l0. With Noodles. 7p.m. of I Pavilion. cItioI ...... 'j

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