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Arbiter, April 3 Students of Boise State University Boise State University ScholarWorks Student Newspapers (UP 4.15) University Documents 4-3-1996 Arbiter, April 3 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]. 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The one week that most of us have off, yet consumes a ferlarger portion-of the have sometime to play and frolick out of resources. Members of our consumer society doors, and the weather jumps off the pleas- might do wen to reflect on thefact that when ant scale. they buy a product, the material used to There was nothing pleasant about last .make that product had to come from some- week's weather. where. -More often than not, raw resources Boiseansweren't ttleonlyones'who were . unlucky. I was in Colorado Springs for the come from the environment.' I'm no saint. I probably use as many first three days of the. break. Things weren't much better there. It started to snow the day resources as the rest of us. How many of us would be willing to go without some of the I left. It was also, cold and windy. Murphy's Law certainly applies here. things that make our lives easier? Electricity Scientists have suggested that abnormal is nice. I would find it hard to live without weather patterns are the result of abuse sus- electricity 'and I'm used to having a car to tained by the environment. Summers that get around in. I'm fatter, bull get there seem to get hotter and winters that are get- quicker. lI.ra .ting colder offer a forbidding omen of a The Idaho Statesman recently ran an arti- planet revolting against its inhabitants. cle on a couple who decided to get rid of Some scientists think the rise in deadly their television. The couple had twoadoles- viruses is one of the weapons nature uses to cents who weren't thril1ed with the prospect s finish their seasons and keep threats in check. Activitiessuch as of not having a television. After being prod- deforestation, amateur irrigation and the ded by their parents, they admitted to the ere are enormous piles of introduction of new species (usually live- reporter there were benefits to not having ium that's making it even stock) gives rise to many virus disease television. Time that used to be spent watch- threats to humans and animals. ing television was spent learning a musical o park It makes one wonder how realistic movies instrument .or a new sport. like OutBreak and The Andromeda Strain The benefits of doing without some of the are. While it is easy to ignore works of fanta- modern conveniences probably outweigh any sy and fiction, threats like the ebola virus "hassles" we think we might encounter. The Arbiter is the officialstudent newspaperof BoiseState University.Its missionis·to provide a forum for the discussionof issuesimpactingthe campusand the community.The Arbner's budget consists'of fees paid b£ studentsof BSUand advertisingsales. It is distributedto the campusand communityon Wednesdaysduringthe schoolyear. Thefirst copyis free, additional copies'are $1 each, payableat TheArbiteroffices. , Editor AdamRushB.usiness Manager Jeff ThompsonManaging Editor Kate NeillyBell • (208}385~3839 Photo Editor RickKosarichArts & Entertainment Editor Rhett Tanner Sports Editor Michelle.Schwend Copy Editor Jason Gonder'Ar,t Director .Pot Schmaliohn Production Manager Bryce·Schwartzenberger Sports Production Michelle Schwend Produdion idbsu.edu Assistant Angie Ambrosek Online Editor Mark David Holladay Cartoonist Eric Ellis Columnist BruceMcCluggageAdvertising Manager PatrickAcosta Advertising Sales bsu.edu Matt Pottenger,Joan SingletonCla~sifiedAds Manager RhettTannerStaH Writers Mary doven.idbsu.edu ·Doherty,DavidAugello,MatthewStanley, Matthew Haynes,MicheleTrowell,MichaelRoyal,Ted Rithmon,Josh Casten,ChrisEaton,Steve Jacoob, CoryOswald,E~cEllisSports Wri,tersDavid doven.idbsu.edu Nelson, Darren Elledge,BrianGaus, Jim KlepackiStaH Photographers John Tone, Amee Broumand,Aubri Walker, Stephanie Daleon Circulation Man~ger Sean lee Brandt Reception AprilJohnston, Meadow Riede~Walklin,BrandyNavarro Editorial Adviser Don MorrisBusiness Adviser WilliamHart .THE'wEimr ~:;--":':i~:,;:::;i/~;::: Asscorce as truth is,the supp~ has always beell"in ex(e~ofthedemand.· -Josh_BUlings 14 students' qua~ifyfor national competition Shane Lee took one championship and one third- place sport and Travis Hansen finished in first in one division and a fifth in another to lead 14 students from the BSU College of Technology's marketing/manage- ment technology program in a state business competi- tion recently. " Lee took first place in sales manager and third in full- , service restaurant management for the best performance by a BSU participant at the Idaho Delta Epsilon Chi Career Conference. Himsen took first in food marketing, and took,along with tearrimateJon Worthan, fifthin-internatlonal mar- keting. Other first-place honors went to Jim Andrews for entrepreneurship and Melodie Evans in fashion mer- chandise promotion. Paul Spieler finished second' in food marketing for Boise State while three other BSU students took third- place honors. The third-place finishers were Venugopal Chenna, general marketing; Craig Fisher, entrepreneur- BSUPHOTO • ship; and Sue Rucker, sales representative. BSU's award-winning horticulture students, from left: Tina Lynch-Teilmann, Trish Nichols, Kelly DeMasters and Michele Julie Russell was fourthin entrepreneurship while the Slaathaug. ' team of Heather Phillips and Jason Warren took fifth in In Ornamental Horticulture, BSU's Trish Nichols industrial marketing. ' Horticulture students captured first place in floriculture and second in hor- . The team of Spieler, Lee, Phillips and Fisher placed ticulture while Tina Lynch-Teilmann took second in second in the Quiz Bowl. fare well atstate floriculture and third in horticulture. Nichols also I~ addition, Kristie Kaes and Michelle Cripes quali- Led by Michele Slaathaug, four Boise State fared well in the other programs, taking first in land- fied to participate in Delta Epsilon Chi's National University horticulture students collected six first- scape nursery and second in specialized horticulture Management Institute national competition. place awards in the state competition of the 1996 in Employment Interview and Career Planning', All 14 students qualify for the competition at Delta Intermountain Postsecondary Agriculture Students respectively. 'Kelly DeMasters took first in forestry Epsilon Chi's national conference in Oriando, Fla., held Club in Twin Falls recently. and natural resources in Employment Interview and in late March. Some 2,000 business students from across Slaathaug took first in horticulture and third in first in forestry in Career Planning. , the nation will participate in the conference. floriculture in the Ornamental Horticulture Specialist Students from BSU, CSI, Ricks College, Utah The state competition included, competitors from Award Program. She was also first in floriculture and State and Lewis-Clark State College coinpet~~. BSU, Idaho State University, Eastern Idaho Technical specialized horticulture in the Eniployment Interview In addition, Lynch- Teilmann and Nichols each College,College of Southern Idaho, Lewis-Clark State Award Program and Career PlanningProgram, recently received a $500 scholarship from the Idaho College, Ricks College and North Idaho College. • respectively, to lead the BSU contingent. ' Nursery Association. INA scholarship awards are Slaathaug also teamed with, jill Cla~k of College· based on scholastic records as well as students' of Southern Idaho to take third place in the crop spe- needs, abilities and sincerity in pursuingemployment cialist competition. She was also elected state confer- in the nursery industry. I Speech and debate team cnce coordinator for the 1997 competition. wins Great West Regionals informative speaking and was 10th in impromptu speak- dental office management, public health and dental The Boise State University speech and debate team ing. hygiene, professional and legal concepts and clinical collected i'3individual awards to win the school's first Other award winners for BSU arc Jaime Bobof,a work. regional championship at the Pi Kappa Delta We~t sophomore who placed third in interpretation of dramat- Regional Collegiate
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