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She walks, she talks, she's a feminist. • 0 Gloria Steinem speaks at Boise State
BY Io4RRIRNR BEKKER movement. is also working towards "Atleast discrimination will not be News IIJrlter redefining work and families, enshrined in your state's constitu- "Allproductive human labor is work tion," she said, The Student Union Building's and should have at least an attributed Steinem concluded by urging the Jordan Ballroom was at full capacity economic value," audience to do some homework and Tuesday night as an audience of both When you call homemakers "wom- become involved in the Idaho legisla- women and men gathered to hear en who don't work," that is deeming ture's current bills regarding abortion Gloria Steinem speak. them invisible, she said, and immigration laws that she said An internationally renowned writer According to Steinem, it will take . need to be stopped. and speaker, Steinem travels around another 60 years for women and men "The Idaho state legislature is not the globe as a feminist organizer and to be equally paid, and 75 years for going to know what hit it after this a spokesperson on issues of equality, women of color to equal white men, evening," Her main interests center around a "In the end, it's not about mascu- broad spectrum including the shared line, feminist, or hyper-feminist, it's origins of sex and race caste systems, about humanity," said Steinem, gender roles and child abuse as the Another problem society. faces, roots of violence, and non-violent Steinem said, is the stigma that a sin- conflict resolution, . . gle parent family is a broken home, Steinem initiated her lecture by According to her, the only two clear , In the end, . addressing the definition of "femi- statistics regarding a traditional fam- nism," ily household are: a man in the house She said it is important to clearly de- will most likely increase income, and fine it because of the way people have a man in the house increases vio- it's not about been dehumanizing the word in the lence. sallie way they have done to the terms Steinem had many criticisms on the "affirmative action" and "liberal." current national government's poli- masculine, According to Stelnern, feminism is cies and agenda particularly on ab- the belief in full social, economic, and stinence-only sex education calling it political equality in men and women, "absurd" and a "cruel joke:' "That means both women and men "There is more sex, not less, There feminist, can be and should be feminists," she are more sexually transmitted dis- said, eases, There are more unwanted According to Steinern, to be free of pregnancies, and there are more or hyper- the masculine role should be as mo- abortions, This administration is in- tivating for men as it is for women be- creasing the number of abortions," cause men, too, are in a gender pris- Stelnern said, on, Steinem commented on many of feminist, She said that men are being denied Idaho's current state of affairs, in- a substantial part of their humanity cluding the Taco Bell Arena contract, because their masculine role and ex- also adding that she has joined forces pectations shun them from develop- with ShermanAlexi in the wage battle it's about ing qualities and characteristics that against the fast food chain, society deems feminine, "What is remarkable about Taco "Whatever it is that is being called Bell is how cheap they are, $17,34 a humanity. feminine that is truly human, men are day is all that you're [Boise State I get- being deprived of. Indeed the mascu- ting for selling out?" - Gloria Steinern line role is literally killing men," However Steinem did applaud Steinem said that along with freeing Idaho legislators for quashing the gay people from gender roles, the feminist , marriage ban last week, , P1111l'lJBY H1CllAE SWANBECI\ITHE ARBlITCH --7 Glorta Steinmen signs books alter her speech on Tuesday ntght In the Jordan Ballroom. '" . . , . I President's house to Residential colleges modeled 'after be put on market Oxford, Cambridge
BY RRNDRLL POST this year the COBE Residential' students get to knowrne ami any Rsslstant Naws Editor College was used as the proto- inhibitions,' about, 'well I don't type for next fall's launch. ' known what to do here.' They can Looking for a way to live on Anson, who is a professor of just knock on mydoor: campus with other students in computer Information systems.. Thisyear'Anscns student resi- your field of study? Perhaps sign- said Boise State is tryingto~p- dents. are opening, up a coffee ing up to live in one of the seven peal to the non-tradidonal.stu- shop in the frontlobby of Keiser new residential colleges that dent who commutes to school, HalL The COBE 4.0 Cafe was open up next fall will satiate your so they can get a feeling for the funded with a ,$4,000. startup appetite, university, loan and will be operated and Students will be able to live "We're trying to help people maintained by the COBEstudent with other students and a faculty bring together their living expe- residence. . ' member relatedto their major. rience with their learning expe- The students are doing all the The Faculty in Residence- (FIR) rience," Anson said. Boise State work for the cafe, all the market- will organize themed dinner wants to accomplish this by in- ing research, the business plan- discussions, community service creasing the number of students ning, working with the health projects and visiting lecturers. who live on campus, Anson said. department and financiers. Rob Anson and his wife Cindy Anson says informal interac- Student Housing is call- are the FIR's at the College of tion with students is just one of Ing . the Residential Colleges Business and Economics (COBE) the advantages of being a FIR. a "bridge between living and Residential College. Anson said, "Students can drop by and the learning." Housing Is modeling PIIum BY MARY DAWSON !THE ARBITER The Langroise House located on Warm Springs Ave. See College [page 3]
BY DRNIElLE UERHULP chair and servants' quarters, dents an approximate $80,000 News IIJrlter The house was willed to the each year, - university in 1977 by well- In a letter responding to the The Idaho State Board of known Northwest philanthro- resolution, President Robert Survey: Many gradsof high Education approved a special pist William H, Langroise and Kustra wrote that the house is proposal on Jan, 24, and un- his wife Gladys, Mrs, Langroise lacking in many modem ame- continued to live in the manor nities and any renovation at- like many proposals involving U,"".J..school.J... UUC~Y they'reL..L.L\",.. .It not.L'-.t'JL nrtln;-arl3iJ."""p.....JL""'''''':.- buildings and their acquisition, until her death in 2000, at which tempts would be a costly en- point the manor became the deavor, In order to make the the latest involves the sale of The poll of 1,487 recent stu- property of BSU and the resi- residence "useful" for the uni- BY DRLE Io4EZZRCRPPR work are not prepared for their the Langroise House, the offi- dents, 300 college professors and' dence of then-university presi- versity, $500,000 to $1 million KOight Ridder Newspepers current jobs. cial residence of the Boise State 400 employers was .,conducted dent Charles Ruch, Ruch resid- would be required. Only 26 percent of the students president. who went on to college and one- for Achieve Inc., a bipartisan, The Langroise House, located ed in the house during his term, The house is only permitted Nearly four in 10 high school graduates say they were not pre- - fi~ft of those'who went to work nonprofit organlzatlon of gov- at 929 Warm Springs Ave" is a but it has remained vacant since -to be sold for a value equal to or sa ,that they felt c~a.llalged an,d ernment and business leaders part of the BSU campus that is his retirement in the summer of more than its' appraised value pared adequately for the de- f ed with high academic expec- focused on increasing academic unfamillarto most. The tudor- 2003, of $1.25 million. Proceeds from mands ofcollege er work, accord- tations in high school, Sixty-five standar~S'.1i-,.e giql!-piscospon- style house boasts 5,400 square TVe house's vacancy came the sale will be used to create ing to a new survey. College instructors say that 42 percent of the college students soring a summit on higb.school feet, complete with two chim- into question last year when an newly endowed scholarships. and 77 percent of those who did reform at the end of the month neys, diamond-shaped stained ASBSUsenator drafted a resolu-. The sale of the Langrotse House percent of their students have large skills gaps, while. 39 per- not go to college said they would in Washington with the National glass windows, and an ivy-cov- tion requesting it be used or sold wiII make BSU the only univer- cent of employers say high school have worked harder if the expec- Governors Association, The, sur- ered brick exterior, The interior by Dec, 31, 2004, According to sity in the state absent of a pres- graduates who went straight to tations had been greater. vey was conducted bYPetei Hart of the manor has an elevator the resolution, maintenance of ident's house. the empty manor costs BSUstu- 5.. Sutv.vlPags Sj ••. - nat.ronal . wh'at the? world world . national and held her at gunpoint. The owner said their pledges offered Israelis' and Department budget 1percent, to $56 bil- Crash ratsesquesdens pulled out a gun and said he'd let the Al-Sistani to have Palestinians a real chance at peace and lion, cutting $2 billion from highschool guy go if he released his wife. The guy programs such as Upward Bound 'and on.plane's past detailed involvement in the fact that they met at an opened the refused, so the owner shot him in the possibility - however remote or difficult Gear Up, which help low-income stu- head, killing him instantly. HACKENSACK,N.J. - Two aging cor- _that serious negotiations could follow. dents and their families prepare for col- They did a DNAtest on the dead man, Iraq's political process porate jets off the same production line, The two leaders' pledges to halt at- lege, and trimming' $355 million from and, In a delightful development, found carrying an identical load of passengers BAGHDAD,Iraq - The main parties of tacks were explicit.. grants for the safe and drug-free school that he was the man who had raped and equipped with similar engines, a cleric-led political ticket set to sweep "We have agreed on halting all vio- programs. Increase Pell grant funding three women over the previous two have aborted takeoffs on Runway 6/24 elections in Iraq are planning to vet lent actions against Palestinians and by 48 percent, to nearly $18 billion, and at Teterboro Airport in New Ierseyin the months. their prime minister candidates with Israelis wherever they are," Abbas said. spend $2 billion on math and science past 14months. . the nation's top Shiite Muslim cleric. Sharon made a similar pledge, agreeing partnerships and advance-placement The Canadair CL·600 Challengers And the cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al- to "cease all its military activity against tests to help struggling high school stu- Perfectly reasonable skidded off opposite ends of the same Sistani, will oversee the drafting of the all Palestinians everywhere," easing his dents. runway - the latest and more serious constitution if he is unhappy with the government's long-standing demand requests incident' coming last Wednesday morn- direction it is taking, a lead al-Sistani that a Palestinian cease-fire precede a U.S. military still ing when a chartered flight to Chicago Awoman who worked at a kebab shop spokesman, Murtadha al Kashmiri, said halt in Israeli military action. careened through a perimeter fence, in Wellington, New Zealand. was, she Despite the promise of peace, a sorn- Sunday. transforming itself for across morning traffic on Route 46 and said. repeatedly harassed and belittled While the general effect of al-Sistani's ber atmosphere pervadedthe meeting, into a warehouse. Twenty people were in front of others by her boss, I1han words and wishes on the political pro- at which the two leaders read their clos- distant battles injured, one critically. Ramadan. Then, he asked her out. She cess has been widely understood, it was ing statements without expression. Not The deadliest accident involving a refused. He asked her to marry a friend his insistence on elections that set the participating in the summit but impor- WASHINGTON- When he was a pres- first-generation Challenger occurred of.his. She also refused to do this. So he timetable for them in the first place, tant players in any possible peace were idential candidate in 1999, President in Hailey, Idaho on Jan. 3, 1983. Two flredher. such a level of detailed involvement had the Islamic militant groups. including Bush vowed during a speech at South people died when a CL·600 slammed The company was ordered to pay her not previously been publicly acknowl- Harnas, Islamic Jihad and the al Aqsa Carolina's Citadel military academy that into the side of a mountain ridge while $15,000. edged. ' Martyrs' Brigades> that are principal- he would "skip a generation of technol- attempting to land. NTSB investigators Many in Iraq are growing worried that Iy responsible for the many attacks on ogy" to create armed forces that would found that the pilot might have been the sectarian rift between Shiites and Israelis over the past four years, and leave the United States without rival in having heart problems during the flight Oh yes, we think she's the minority Sunni Muslim population over which Abbas has little control. the 21st century. and attempted a visual approach de- may widen to the point that it causes "The best way to keep the peace," Bush spite cloudy conditions that obscured very cool massive unrest. And the increasing calls said, "is to define war on our terms." the mountain ridge. for Islamic-based rule in Iraq stand to That was before al-Qaida terrorists A 40-year-old Colorado woman held The earlier accident at Teterboro oc- disrupt, ifnot derail, U.S.plans for secu- national :' shattered the peace on Sept. 11,2001, weekly parties for high school boys in curred on Dec. 13, 2003, when a Las lar democratic rule. and redefined war on their terms. The which she supplied them with drugs Vegas-bound CL-600 aborted its take- AI-Sistani's representatives have said Bush administration counterattacked and alcohol. Police said she also had Budget features steep off, skidded off the end of the tarmac that he' has no interest in the political In Afghanistan and found itself battling sexual relations with five of the lads. and got stuck in mud 75 feet from the process, but many in the Sunni com- insurgents in Iraq, but the administra- She told a police detective she just increases and cuts south end of Runway 6/24. None of the munity suspect the Iranian-born cleric tion and the Congress have continued wanted to be "a cool mom." passengers or crew members onboard of having the ultimate goal of installing WASHINGTON - President Bush's to transform the military not to fight a theocratic government or, at the least, 2006budget is a fiscal roller coaster, with such unconventional wars, but for an were injured. NTSB investigators concluded that one in which major political decisions steep raises for some federal programs old-fashioned showdown with a major Ok now, where was I? during the plane's acceleration roll, the are guided by the religious direction of and sharp drops for others. Here's a look power such as China or Russia. pilot aborted the takeoff when he could men such as him. at some of the more dramatic elements: In other words, the military is still 'A Toronto man, whose 9-year-old son Agriculture. Slashed Agriculture transforming itself to fight the war it not get the nose off the ground. In their was benched by his hockey coach for Department spending 9.6 percent, to wants, not the wars it's got. It's con- final report, investigators said the jet missing practices, responded by heck- Israeli, Palestinian $19.4billion, cutting payments to farm- tinuing to invest in multimillion-dollar was overweight and questioned why ling the coach during a game and then ers by 5 percent, largely by lowering the stealth aircraft and new nuclear weap- the flight crew chose to take off from reaching over the Plexiglas that separat- 6/24 - at 6,013feet, the shorter of the two leaders vow to end annual ceiling on payments to $250,000 ons research. The ballistic missile de- ed the team from the fans and choking runways at Teterboro. They also cited violence from $360,000. fense program receives more funding him into unconsciousness .. Defense. Increase the Defense than any other weapons system: The the pilots for failing to provide written The game resumed after the father evidence that they had calculated the SHARM EL SHEIK, Egypt - Israeli Department budget by 4.5 percent, to Bush administration plans to request was arrested and the coach came to. plane's weight and balance before tak- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and $419.3billion. about $9 billion for it in the next bud- ing offwith a full tank of fuel. Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas Transportation. Cut the get. Look here, I really need pledged Tuesday to end four years of Transportation Department budget by 1 The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and fighting between their peoples and percent, to $57.5billion, partly by elirni- the shadowy "Global War on Terrorism," that gun! promised to meet again, to resolve nating subsidies to Amtrak, the nation's however, suggest that what the military A convicted felon left his loaded, un- outstanding issues that have brought passenger-rail carrier. Amtrak received needs most are more and better trained registered gun in a hotel bar in Ann Israelis and Palestinians into conflict $1.2billion this year. troops; better armor and much better His, passing won't be Arbor, Mich. Though possessing such repeatedly; Medicaid. Trim Medicaid spending intelligence. a weapon was, for him, distinctly ille- The sweeping declarations by each by $45 billion over 10 years, mainly by mourned gal, he went back and demanded that leader to end attacks fell short of a for- tightening payments to state govern- A man attempting to rob a store in it be returned to him. The police were mal truce, and the summit at this Red ments, which already are howling at the Camden, N.J., grabbed the owner's wife called. Sea resort produced no joint state- budget strain from Medicaid. ment or signed document. Still the two Education. Reduce the Education
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Research Associates, Inc., and said in a briefing last week. "We Public Opinion Strategies. all have to do more to assure our "There arc alarming gaps be- states' graduates are better pre- tween what young people know pared for success. We are raising and need to know to succeed," the bar for graduation, but we're said Michael Cohen, president not going far enough." of Achieve. "A sizable minority Nearly half of the non-col- say they're not adequately pre- lege students said that they had pared for the work they must do, received no preparation for the whether in college or the work- work habits expected of them in place, and employers and college the job market and 45 percent professors largely agree." said they didn't have adequate Only 14 percent of college stu- computer skills. __ PHaro COUIlIESY OF OEWEY OYllSfIlA Boise Stale physics professor Dewey Dykstra wllh Tibetan students. dents said they felt adequately The jobs of the future in such prepared in all skills areas ad- fields as biotechnology and ge- dressed: ora! communications, netic engineering "require in- science, math, ability to do re- terdisciplinary knowledge, ad- search, and quality ofwriting. vanced math and science skills, Even among those students and the ability to write, analyze, Dykstra instructs Tibetan who felt adequately prepared, 31 interpret and communicate ef- percent took at least one reme- fectively," said Art Ryan, chair- dial course in college. Among man and CEO of Prudential those who did not feel prepared, Financial and Achieve cochair. 46 percent took at least one reme- The high schools designed at dial course. the height of the manufacturing monks on science, physics "This should be a real wake, economy "have not kept pace. up call for governors across the This is as important an agenda country," Ohio. Gov. Bob Taft for state leaders as there is." sociate director of the Center the Tibetan language. monks-view the world versus how BY LIZ HUERTR HRLE for the Advancement of Math Academic excellence is very im- the'West sees it. News Writer and Science Education at Black portant to the Buddhist monks, "To the monks, black and dark- I Hills State University. The work- who spend an average of 18 to 20 ness are considered colors, where- Physics professor Dewey shop took place at the Tibetan years studying Buddhist manu- as we don't even consider their Dykstra recently returned from Children's Village School for scripts. At about their 18th year existence. To us, someone blind teaching a three-week work- Gifted Students. of study, the monks participate in doesn't see at all, but the monks shop for exiled Tibetan monks in About 50 Buddhist monks, all in debate contests in order to earn believe that the blind person sees Dehra Dun, India. Dykstra was their late 20s to early 40s, attend- a title, similar to a doctorate de- total darkness instead." Dykstra one of about five professors cho- ed the workshops focusing on gree. In the Science for Monks considers the monks' response sen to participate in the Science scientific knowledge and meth- workshop, monks study subjects to the material very similar to the for Monks project, a workshop ods. The monks were exposed like astronomy, genetics, math- responses he sees in students at requested by His Holiness Dalai to Western science and learned ematics, and physics in order to BSU. Lama. Dykstra said his opportu- about the physics of optics and advance their knowledge and From his journey. to India, nity to travel to India came after a light. Due to some ofthe monks' gain a better understanding of Dykstra returned with a better colleague recommended him. limited English, Dykstra and the world. understanding about the life and Dykstra worked alongside Johnson worked with translators According to Dykstra, there culture of the Tibetan monastic co-leader Andy Johnson, assis- to convert tile Western texts into were a few differences in how the scholars. tant professor of physics and as-
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BY JRNE EISNER cussion of another bill, on "post- pression. Even C. Everett Koop, Knight Ridder Newspapers abortion depression." I put those when he was President Reagan's words in quotes because there's surgeon general (and personally Mine Ener was a respected actually no scientific agreement opposed to abortion), concluded professor at Villanova University that such a syndrome exists, and after an exhaustive study that p until a ferocious bout of postpar- certainly no indication that it af- the psychological effects of abor- tum psychosis led her in 2003 to fects as many women and families tion are minuscule from a public kill her infant daughter, who was as depression after childbirth. health perspective. born with Down syndrome, and, Both bills went nowhere after That didn't stop U.S. Rep. Joe later, herself. . the public hearing. Rush intends Pitts, R-Pa., from introducing leg- Grappling with how to memo- to reintroduce the Blocker-Stokes islation last June to provide $15 Use it or you risk losing it rialize Brier, the university this Act next week, but he is sud- million in research and $1.5 mil- week decided to remove a recently denly having trouble getting any lion in treatment for a condition hung plaque from a library study Republicans to sign on as cospon- for which there is, at best, very Knight Ridder/Tribune News 5arulce Amendment are certainly less in- and civics. But often, the focus area and, instead, host a sympo- sors. Yesterday his office reported weak evidence. clined to exercise it, and they'll is on specific information found sium to educate the public on the only three brave souls from across But postpartum depression - The First Amendment is a mus- be less skeptical and more easily on state history and social stud- . mental illness that led to these the aisle were willing to put their and its extreme expression in psy- cle that must be used, or it will conned by government officials ies tests, not on broad concepts. tragic deaths. names on legislation that could chosis - is real, and devastating. become flabby. A survey of high who want to twist and limit it. Schools need to convene more I hope the U.S. Congress will be save thousands oflives. It affects not just the mother, but school students by the John S. Ignorance is not kids' fault. discussions of controversial is- invited. I guess it wasn't pro-life enough also the family she has created and James 1. Knight Foundation Unawareness starts at home. sues and to promote civic involve- That's because, for years now, for them. and, tragically, sometimes leaves reveals a frail Constitution: Kids Parents' understanding of the ment outside of class. the Republican-controlled U.S. Sci,let's review: The connection behind. Itis an illness that, to bor- . are weak in knowledge of their First Amendment isn't much The Knight survey of 100,000 House has delayed action on between childbirth and psychi- row the words of Melanie Blocker- rights. better. Even in the best of times, students in 544 high schools the Melanie Blocker-Stokes atric illness has been recognized Stokes' mother in her courageous -73 percent said they didn't three out of 10adults believe that found a clear correlation be- Postpartum Depression Research since Hippocrates described it testimony before Congress, "kind know how they felt about the First the First Amendment goes too far. tween knowledge of the First and Care Act, named for another more than 2,000 years ago, but of creeps up on the new mommy Amendment or took freedom of That belief jumped to half in the Amendment and participation young mother who killed her- it is still too often cavalierly dis- before anybody really knows what speech and the press for granted. months after Sept. l l. Talk-show in a school radio station or news- self in 2001 after the birth of her missed. Asproof, just consider the has happened to her." -More than a third (35 percent) hosts like Rush Limbaugh make paper. One-quarter of schools no daughter. It's hard to understand inane comments made last week Melanie Blocker-Stokes' hus- thoughtthat the FirstAmendment good money assailing the cred- longer publish papers, and many who could be against legislation by radio show host Craig Carton band, a physician, could not rec- goes too far in protecting rights. ibility of mainstream journalists of those that have dropped them to fund research on postpartum to New Jersey acting Gov. Richard ognize the severity of his wife's -One in six students indicated and of anybody who disagrees are in poor communities. depression and psychosis, and J. Codey, who dared defend his symptoms. Obviously, there that people shouldn't be allowed with him. The exhilaration that Iraqis felt provide services for the families wife, a sufferer of postpartum de- needs to be widespread public to express unpopular opinions. In school, First Amendment- in voting for the first time should devastated by these related, but pression. education, access to treatment, -Only half said newspapers rich electives are getting left be- remind Americans of rights they poorly understood, diseases. Mary Io Codey has been brave and creation of safe havens for should be allowed to publish free- hind in the race to raise test scores often don't appreciate. Anatro- But then, it's hard to under- enough to acknowledge a kind of mothers at risk to themselves and ly without government approval in math and English. California phying FirstAmendment is harm- stand the mind-set in Congress depression that afflicts about one others. of stories .. requires three courses in social ful to the nation's civic health. these days. in five new mothers. Much, much The apathy is alarming. Those studies, including a semester The Blocker-Stokes Act lan- rarer is the extreme postpartum ABOUTTHE WRITER who don't understand the First course in American government guished in committee until con- psychosis of Ener and Blocker- Jane R. Eisner is a columnist gressional leadership finally Stokes, which affects about 1 in for the Philadelphia Inquirer. made it the subject of a hearing 1,000women who give birth. Readers may write to her at: last September. It wasn't, howev- Unfortunately, congressional Philadelphia Inquirer, P.O. Box er, the only subject. leaders chose to conflate that real 8263, Philadelphia, Pa. 19101,or Against the wishes of the spon- and present danger with the, so bye-mail at jeisner@phillynews. sor, U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., far, unproven assumption that com. included in the hearing was dis- abortion causes widespread de-
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haps In the next seuen days ... TODRY [2/10] 5 - 7 p.m. in the Student Union Building Coffee House Concert Series featuring Larry Conklin. "Conklin breathes the Blues, without being tied to the genre." - Audio. Check out this talented local musician on the Brava Stage. Free admission.
8 p.m. at The Big Easy Interpol and Blonde Redhead in concert. Tickets are $18.50. FRIDRY [2/11] 3 p.m. at the Cultural Center, upstairs in the Student Union Building Happy hour: Learn Japanese origami with instructor David Pennington. For more information, call 426-5950.
9:30 p.m, atThe Big Easy Marc Broussard and David Ryan Harris in concert. SRTURDRY [2/12] 9 a.m. in the Student Union Building VSB Service Saturday. A unique way to meet other volunteers while participating in service projects around the community. . Call 426-4240 for more information. SUNDRY [2/13] 4 p.m. in the Morrison Center Recital Hall. PAS- faculty Brass Quintet. Admission is $5, $3 and free to BSU faculty, staff and students. MDNDRY [2/1~] 9:30 and 11:30 a.m. in the Morrison Center Main Hall "Tom Sawyer," from the Kennedy Center Imagination Celebration. For more information call 426- 1034. TUESDRY [2/15] , 5:30 p.m. at the Cultural Center, upstairs in the PHOTO COURTESY OF JELLE WAGENAAR Student Union Building Dark New York rockers Interpol bnnq their brondtnq to the Bi!JEasy toruqht, Diverse Perspectives Film Series - "On A Roll." Light refresh- ments will be provided, and parking is free in the SUB visitor's lot. .Call 426-1223 for more information. WEDNESDRY [2/16] Atypical scphomoraPrrucs': 7 p.m. in the SUB Special Events Center Movie - "Constantine" sneak preview. Come check out Keanu Reeves' latest film before it even hits theaters. Admission is free. Interpol eleuates the eueryday
7:30 p.m, at the Egyptian Theater The Log Cabin Literary Center presents Readings and BY MARY GRACE LUCAS ered masterpiece leaving miles Fogarino thumps at the standard Strokes, Interpol can rest secure Conversations. Don't miss poet and Pulitzer Prize-winning News UJrlter of sonorous byways in its wake, 4/4 with a sensible bit of rhythm' in the notion that they have a bit novelist N. Scott Mornaday, author of "House Made of Dawn" Tipping it's hat to their first al- bijouand complimenting the hall-: more to offer. and "The Way to Rainy Mountain." Like a repetitiously unsatis- bum "Iurn On the Bright Lights:' way resonance of Banks' voice. The band will make their way fied busy signal churning out of the first track on "Antics" mean- All the while, bass player Carlos into Boise's Big Easy Concert a dangling phone receiver. Like ders through a sweeping intro, D. walks under the at-times fussy House tonight, touring in support four bored, famished tires de- setting a pace akin to a stretched, guitar with demiurgic variation, of this, their second full length vouring the scams in ancient yet relaxed sine wave throughout a far cry from the redundant bass American release. Tickets cost a bridge concrete. Like the chaste the ten tracks. lines that underscore most of to- mere $18 and show-starter Blonde So, echoes of a halting Gregorian Coaxing from cognitive reten- day's retro-rock singles. Redhead promises to delight. chorus caroming against the tion the implacably interwoven formed in New York, the band In the meantime, "Antics" lies ~anyway. walls of a crumbling cathedral, notes and tones from city life- reached its current lineup in 2000 in wait at any local record store. A the album "Antics" by Interpol grinding gears, airport security and began playing shows soon shapely follow-up to their haunt- capers into - and from the depths and smoke inhalation, Interpol thereafter, wearing enough black ing debut, "Antics" appears to of - American sonic memory. To guitarist Daniel Kessler renders a to give the nearest undertaker a have circumvented the proverbial the first time listener, "Antics" familiar, yet sheer groove, and in run for his money. But, although sophomore jinx. This new albums seems Interpol's take on the age- doing so takes a half-step in front they are unavoidably linked to stings and entices like the gin- old formula of 4/4 verse-chorus- of guitarist/vocalist Paul Banks' other New York fashion-fren- soaked olives that surely begat verse-chorus-bridge-chorus, but murmuring voice. Drummer Sam zied throwback g~oups like The some ofits darker notes. a deeper-foray reveals a multi-lay- BY TRAUIS ESTUOLO entine, about the most extrava- Culture Columnist gant present I could offer would be a piece of gum. Don't get me Yep, 1watched the SuperBowl wrong; I love gum. Gum just last weekend. It wasn't the best doesn't scream romance. (And if game I've seen in a while. The it ever does, maybe it's time to do Patriots won ." again. My fa- some tests on the gum). vorite team, the Seahawks, were I got a new laptop last week Boise treated to Blonde Redhead, watching the game from whatev- and, due to its clever jokes and er bars they must frequent before long nights spent listening to me they play on Sundays ". again. whine about my problems, I've And as a marketing student, I decided to make it my new best have to say I was thoroughly dis- friend. It's ironic that my parents second cousin to Sonic Youth appointed by the commercials purchased it for me in that par- this year. ents are the ones who usually say The best of the bunch was stuff like, "Money can't buy you BY JDSEF FIRMRGE With each new album, Blonde probably the one where a man happiness." 1, for one, now think Culture UJrlter Redhead made drastic changes was at a store counter talking that statement is completely to their musical structure, such on his cell phone when he said Bolshevik. Happiness, at least for "Their music is an indiepop/ as eliminating the bass guitar _ emphaiically, "You're getting me, can be acquired for around a artwank alloy with some truly completely. However, "Misery is robbed. Do you hear me? You're few thousand dollars. cunning grooves, and it's much a Butterfly," controls a completely getting robbed!" The owners re- Now that I have this new mon- fun to listen to, as is, by extension, different sound altogether. This is act, and proceed to mace him, ument to technology by my side this new album. I hope they get to due partly to the fact that around hit him with a bat and, at the everyday, I feel like I can take on stick around."-US Rocker the year 2000, Makino fell off end, I think even throw a rock at the world. "What was Edward This was said of their 1997 re- her horse and it stepped on her him. I'm not sure what the com- Norton's girlfriend's name in lease and third album, "Fake face, shattering her jaw. "In some mercial was for (maybe base-- 'The 25th Hour?'" my friends Can Be Just As Good:' released by ways [the accident! was a bless- bali equipment?), but I enjoyed might ask on any given day. "Let Touch and Go Records. However, ing in disguise because it gave us watching a beating nonetheless. me consult my best friend," I can it may hold even more true today, a chance to work on the record Moving on to next week, now sav and tvue rnv way over since evolving due to a tragedy more deeply ... We were forced to it's Valentine's Day, I think. to the Internet' Movie Database. that perhaps was a blessing in dis- live with it a while longer." You know what, that means, "Why, it was Naturelle Rieviera, guise. But first things first: Blonde The critics say "Misery is a right? Yessir, time to put out of course," I would answer, Now I Redhead is a band that has more Butterfly" is "the band's most the Christmas displays at local realize that this fictional conver- than paid their dues. accessible album ... The grittier stores. It's February now; what's sation may sound a little "foo- 1993, New York. In a chance moments that drew comparison taken them so long? Okay, not re- foo," but keep in mind I used meeting in an Italian restaurant, to Sonic Youth have here been re- ally; I lied. I(II be the Halloween to play with My Little Ponies. JapaneseartstudentKazuMakino placed by cello and clavinet, for I displays. Actually, strike that. Don't keep. and twin Italian brothers Simone instance." Now I've heard enough times , that in mind. and Amedeo Pace met and went But this is not to take anything that Valentine's Day (which I af- So, anyway, let's summarize on.to form Blonde Redhead. This away from the band. "Misery is fectionately refer to now as VD my wandering today. Pats equal name, they gobbled from New a Butterfly" cannot be dubbed a because it's a day for lovers) is a winners.'Seahawks equal losers. York new wavers, DNA. They were sell-out album. Indeed, the group \ soon and often compared to Indie I holiday made up by the greeting VD equals bad. (Unless you're sought and has been picked up by Live, I .can only imagine what Gods and Sonic Youth, and signed and Amedeo. Makino's volce is card companies, but that doesn't rich. Then enjoy the heck out of 4AD records, the European label haunting, scratchy, and treat concert goers are getting. on to Sonic Youth drummer sweet.. mean it's any easier to deal with VD if you'd like!) Laptop equals that produced bands such as the strong. Their sound is original. I And you get your chance tonight, Steve SheIiey's label, Smells Like I . not havirig a valentine to smoth- friend. Money equals happiness. Pixies. heard bands with similar Feb. 10, as Blonde Redhead opens I Records, which produced their have cl-- er with expensive gifts. The aw- And I equals done ~ortoday. "Misery is a Butterfly" contains 'up for Interpol.Y0!l will not forget first two albums. ements, but Ihave never heard a ful part is that being a broke col- eleven tracks sung by Makino band quite like Blonde Redhead. it.- lege student, even if! had a val- , \1, r:
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ist ~rian Arthur, and drummer tinguished tracks on the album singer Feldmann • "With animal l' BY ERIC RRUENSCROFT Br!}}.'.' "1l,,,.II!I' :~~.~":. Culture WrIter ~E:~~~;:~::~b~~~~:5Ul1.~:::,~~~7~J~~o:'~~i'~q': Mixing ska, pop-rock, and punk :?C~~~£=;~~: e~";~:'·'··R':'.· intoitsnewalbum "Disconnection heart. to an end that emphasizes path than the first half of the al- this album is the band's need to ',-g" ,., - \ " , " Notice," Goldfinger produces an the desperate measures of love, bum, which is slightly stuck in a express their social perspective. .i', :- : " .v.' \ ':.' ~ : ',;' .' •~ '": introspective record that high- The hardest rocker flrsttrack, "My similar sound. "Damaged" pairs One down side is that the re- :.. '" . ~' . :: ~_-';,;.~ ;-1:;:,-': .': . lights the band's social beliefs. ~~~~~t~n~::~a~yw~~~~~:~~ ~~.e;~~~~c;~~a~~v~~p~c~~~~:~ .~~r~:n~~::~~~:s~~:~~~e:h~~~: (~'." ,~" -' "Disconnection Notice" is, as \~F":'.' ~ '~" lead vocalist John Feldmann puts while the desperate but hilarious vocal. Another track, "Too Many jority of songs being under three '.' 'Af . • it, "about being really discon- mid-tempo "Stalker" has a cho- Nights," sparks itself with an minutes.JP'· . nected from society. My diet and rus line of "Oh, oh, oh, she's fol- opening of cowbell and organ. The new album is out Feb. 15, " .~ .. ':1:. . :..~ my beliefs have, in a sense, dis- lowing me/ oh, oh, oh, she's out then straight into guitarriff. the same day Goldfinger starts . I connected me from the major- of her tree/ oh, oh, oh, she's off "Behind The Mask" begins a nationwide tour. However, the ,;.., ity of society." Feldmann's credits of her rockerll wanna marry my with a woman speaking about be- closest they will come to this :"'~ '\JI'I.\fjPo'~ also include writing and produc- stalker." ing in a slaughterhouse and say- area is Salt Lake City on March 9. ing for Good Charlotte and The Goldfinger doesn't fail to ex- ing, "Meat to me smells like hot For more information, check out Used. He is joined in Goldfinger periment with "Disconnection death," The song combines heavy their official site: www.maverlck, by bassist Kelly LeMieux, guitar- Notice." By far the two most dis- skawitha hint oftechno. Sayslead com/goldfinger. Hard rock loses'its edge at Snow Core Tour They put on a good perfor- They spent as much energy draw- noise rock with a driving beat that be~n more about featuring top tar sound heavy most of the time mance. It was obvious that they BY JUSTIN PRESCOTT ing from the performance as they fans have been appreciating since Culture Writer acts from different genres. and the bass and drums keep up the early nineties. This particular put a lot of time and energy into The first three bands, Strata, with each other to provide a de- aid from past experience with the crowd, young and old, had a lot of their stage presence and light This year's Snow Core Tour was Future Leaders of the World and cent backbeat. The vocals have band, i.e., listening to the radio love for Helmet even despite their show (which was the most im- homogeneous in comparison to Crossfade, had only superfi- equal doses of melodic serenity or the CD, memorizing the lyr- near opposite approach to music pressive of the night). That says past tours. All of the bands were cial differences between them. and pained screaming. ics and just getting into the songs from the other bands. Though that they are serious about what ~ hard rock bands', and with the ex- They all followed the same basic The crowd fed off the energy and rocking out. The perfor- their new album falls short of any they do. Itshowed in the audience structure that most modern rock . though. It seemed to be the per- mance is their holy grail and the .~~~;:::~,ceptionofHelmet, they all seemed of their earlier material, Helmet who was one of the most ener- .;,\;;:to be coming from the same vein bands follow. They keep the gui- fect audience for a rock concert. bands know that. The fourth band, Helmet. was still can turn the energy more to- gized groups I have ever seen. At il,~~\~\:;ofsongwriting. Past tours have least half the crowd sang every ",~:'y~,~ " the one who stood out the most. ward thinking than to feeling and IjS,...------'------~ They have been around longer still rock thewhole way. word to every song in the set. Not than any of the other bands and Chevelle, the headliners, fell many bands can boast that kind their sound is definitely more back into the same genre as the offanbase. metal, and the themes are less first three bands, although they The final judgement is this: The personal and more about society are obviously the leaders of this Snow Core Tour is a chance for a at large. style. They offer more creativ- few artists with radio hits to get Their performance was top ity in the songwriting, with some out there and please the people :Career Center Services who listen to them and for 'one notch. They played mostly older more interesting guitar riffs and Call: (208) 426-1747 to make an appointment songs with as much frustration sounds. But, more often than not, group to reestablish their base and energy as if they were all they reverted back to that basic audience and maybe make a few -or- new fans. . Visit our website at http://career.boisestate.edu brand new. It was the minimalist hard rock sound.
Career Planning Interview Training senes welcomes Major Exploration Job listings Conklin tomght Job-Search Advising Resume ft Cover-Letter Internship Information Assistance BY TRAUIS ESTUOLO cal resemblance to Dire Straits' trip for the senses. Though he is a local product (and can be found Culture Editor front man Mark Knopfler aris- es. Conklin's voice is a little less performing at Satchel's Grill in The rap sheet on Larry Conklin raspy, but its gentle nature blends downtown Boise on nice evenings says he is an acoustic guitarist. seamlessly into his bluesy, bor- in the summertime), his sound singer-songwriter, an instrumen- derline folksy guitar playing. The reaches beyond regional borders. tal finger stylist, a slide guitar- sound is also a little reminiscent Autumn Haynes, Student ist and interpreter of traditional of early Clapton. Activities program coordinator, blues and a music journalist. Conklin makes his way to the said that she's "excited to have a Listening to Conklin's album, Student Union Building at Boise local performer coming in" who "Bittertruth," easily makes one State this evening for his round in doesn't have. the same sound as want to describe him in a far less the Coffeehouse Concert Series. the usual acts they book in the sterile or cerebral sense. In the semi-intimate setting that SUB. The show is scheduled to Upon reaching track three, the Brava Stage provides, the con- run tonight from 5 to 7 p.m. "Change MyWays," a strikingvo- cert promises to be a laid back
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Dorothy said there's no place like home, and the Boise State Gvmnastics on men's basketball team may com- , pletely agree with her. The Broncos are coming off a 0-4 road trip and have lost nine of the road theirlast 12games. The Broncos host Nevada to- The Bronco gymnasts travel to the state of Utah this week to night at 7:30p.m, and Fresno State compete at conference rival Southern Utah, tomorrow night at at 2 p.m. on Saturday. Both games 7 p.m. in Cedar City. The Broncos are ranked 45th nationally are at the Taco Bell Arena. with an average of 190.762.The Southern Utah Eagles arc ranked The trouble with the two games 18th nationally with an average of 194.194. Next weekend, the this weekend is that Nevada (16~ Broncos will be back home to host Utah State at the Taco Bell Arena. 5 overall, 9-2 Western Athletic Conference) and Fresno State (13- 7, "-4 WAC)are first and third in the conference. "Weare going to obviously have Wrestlers finish to first of all versus their big guys," Boise State head coach Greg Graham said regarding Nevada. "They're very good' and hard to regular season stop." . Something has to give for the The Boise State wrestling team will finish off their regular Broncos. Only once did they lead season in Oregon this weekend. Tomorrow night Oregon State at halftime during the four game will host the Broncos in Corvallis, Ore. beginning at 6 p.m. skid. They shot over 40 percent locally. Then. on Saturday t11PBroncos will travel north to just the once against SMU, when Portland to take on Portland State at 3 p.m. local time. Boise they actually had a lead at the State then will prep for the Pacific 10Conference Championships half. Long-range shooters were in San Luis Obispo, Calif. on Feb. 27-28. getting their shots, but it seemed like every team dominated the Broncos down low. "My big thing is I just want (the All-WAC academic team) to take good shots. I just get upset when they took bad shots or feel they have to shoot," Graham team membersto be said. "I don't mind them shoot- ing, I just want them to take good shots." As Jason Ellis heals from his honored hernia operation, and Tez Banks learns the conferences big men, the Broncos have struggled to post up and hold the post against Twenty Boise State student athletes will be honored tonight at other teams. "I think [Ellisj still hurts some. halftime of the men's basketball game. They arc all from the fall The first weekend he did real well 2004 teams. Check out the full list of the honorees on page 9. .hecause he didn't do as much and it was just good to get him back," Graham said of the return of Ellis. "Now he's just trying :0 get right back into that mold. It's takes a while to get back. He
worked all spring and summer to PIIOTO OY STANll'Y OIlE'l/STEIIITilE AIllIlTEII gct in shape." The BoiseState men's basketball team hosts Nevadatonightat the TacoBellArena. Nevada may have the two best Nevadahas the best record in the WAC. players in the WAC, and sopho- more Nick Fazekas, in the mind of points per game. from being able to come in and 20 begins. The Broncos do have the abil- Graham, is the conference MVP. Saturday, it will be the speedy to 25 to get them rolling," Graham ity to score and play well, it's just "Pakzekas right now is prob- Fresno State. The Bulldogs arc the said. going to take some time, accord- ably the MVP of the conference surprise team in the conference The compensation for Boise ing to Graham. "It'll come around and [Kevin] Pinkney is probably this season. The Bulldogs were State is the comfort of being in and that's how we are going to really close behind him:' Graham picked ninth in the preseason front of a home crowd for the first play. We can make the game in said of the sophomore that is 3th coaches' poll, but have used seven time in three weeks. the 40s if we want, but that's not in the nation and first in WACin freshman to run up the score this The Broncos have won three of Men's hoops scoring at 21.0 points per game. season. Ia'Vance Coleman leads their last four at home, and need the way we're going to play. We're He is also third in the conference the way for Fresno State. Coleman to establish continuity among going to get up and down." Tonight vs. Nevada, 7:30 p.m. In rebounding with 8.8 boards averages 17.1per game. their players with just a few weeks Sat vs. Fresno St., 2 p.m. per game. Pinkney averages 13.4 "Wehave to slow down Ia'Vance left before the WAC tournament Women's hoops Tonight @Nevada, 8 p.m. More than just talent, new recruits are great people
Sat@ Fresno St., 5 p.m. BY TREVOR HORN his face. He's very positive. He works Sports Editor hard, a great sense of humor. He's al- ways on time, always takes care of. Indoor track and field Recruiting has many layers for any business, and that was Ierard Rabb. collegiate coach, but for Boise State Then he says he a heck of a player." Fri-Sat Jackson's Track in Nampa head football coach Dan Hawkins, Last Wednesday at the press con- Holiday Inn Invitational he takes on an all too important role. ference, Hawkins spoke about each He looks at a player's personality, recruit, not as a player, but as a per- family, humor - almost those things son. He told the media that he was you look at when trying to find a sig- excited about Kyle Wilson's father Gymnastics . nificant other. Probably the same coming to Boise so everyone could Tomorrow @Southern Utah, 7 p.m. reason Hawkins sometimes says that meet him and listen to his stories. when he is talking to recruits about These are not just players to Boise State football and what it can Hawkins, they are student-nth- letes. They are his children j provide, he compares it to dating. A Wrestling style he says is a way to get through for the next four to five years. ! Tomorrow @Oregon State, 8 p.m. to them. Another aspect tv bringing in these t Not to say that his players can only . young men to a program that excels Sat @Portland State, 3 p.m. comprehend a simple idea as dating on trickery and complex offense and compared to what they will get out of defenses is that you need intelligent, playing at Boise State .. hard working players. I Skiing "Iknow it's kind of popular to think Of the incoming freshmen, 10 of .! football players are dumb guys, but the 13 were at least members of the Fri-Sat New Mexico Collegiate the reality is that in our system you honor roll. Richie Brockel had a 4.0 I Taos, New Mexico can't be dumb:' Hawkins said. GPA. Jeremy Childs was named a ! Hawkins spoke numerous times scholar athlete. Quarterback Nick 1 over the last week about the new re- Lomax was a four-year member of cruits and what they bring to the ta- the honor roll in hig'. school. Ant' Men's tennis ble. Long before Hawkins wanted to Matt Schweitzer and Kyle Seever; Tomorrow @Oregon, 7:30 p.m. speak about how they are as players, were members of the N~' ional Honor he was more excited about who they Society. Sat vs. UC Santa Barbara, 6 p.m. are as people. Not to take anything away from One in general was about how they anything that the current Broncos came about recruiting junior college have done. During the fall srnem- Women's tennis transfer receiver Jerard Rabb. One ster, 43 players on the football team of Rabb's JC coaches was on cam- earned GPA'sover 3.0 during and one, Tomorrowvs. Utah/liTEP/Nevada, all pus and was really excited about this .freshman Nick Schlekeway, earned a day player. perfect 4.0 GPA. And of those 43 players, eight were Hawkins had this to say ofwhatthe BoiseStatehead coachDanHawkinsspeaks aboutthe In Salt Lake City, UT coach said about Rabb, "We got this named to .the All-WAC academic new Icotballrecrulls at the BroncoAthleticAssociation kid on our team, you'll love him. He's team this week. luncheonon MondayInthe HatchBallroom. just a great kid, always got a smile on 1/ •... "--"--"- ..._-_._-_.- _._-_.--- - ~. __ .._------_. __ .__ .-~.. --~....
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As early as 9:45 a.rn. on Saturday morning, lans were llnlng up to get a linal gllmpse 01 the 2004 Borsa State football team. All of the players were on hand at one point or another to sign autographs at the Boise Towne Square lrom 10 a.m. to noon. Players were signing rosters and It was the nlltctal release date 01 the DVDlor the 2004 season. Of the players In attendance, 55 went on to 1 dtllarant Albertson's locattons throughout the valley to sign autographs lor the rest of the afternoon. 'Ithink tt's amazing to see the heart of the clty has to come out and support us and show the love they have lor us: outgoing senior Klayton Adams said. 20 Bronco athletes earn academic honors SPECIAL ADVANCE SCREENING
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Boise State has 20 student-athletes from four dif- ferent 2004 Fall sports honored as Western Athletic Soccer: _ Conference All-Academic awardees. The Broncos Maureen Shea (junior. Psychology) , awarded for their academic prowess consisted of Liane Tom (sophomore, Computer Information eight football players. seven soccer players, four Systems) BreeAnn Milligan (senior, Psychology) volleyball players. and one cross country runner. To be eligible as a WAC All-Academic honoree, Stephanie Campbell (sophomore, Psychology) one must have a 3.2 cumulative GPA and have Brennan Lau (sophomore, undeclared) competed in at least 50 percent of one's team's Kim Parker (sophomore, undeclared) Molly McDonald (sophomore, undeclared) competitions. True freshmen were not eligible for this fall honor's list. What follows is a listing ofBoise State's 2004 Fall Volleyball: . ' Heather Malaschak (senior, Marketing) WACAll-Academic honorees. They will be honored Christina Melvin (sophomore, undeclared) at halftime of the men's basketball game tonight. Jackie Stroud (sophomore, undeclared) Mindy Bennett (senior, Exercise Science I Football: Biomechanics) .Chris Carr (senior, Political Science) Jeffrey Cavender (sophomore. undeclared) Robert Jones (senior, Social Science) Cross Country: Tess Collins (junior, Psychology) . Tyler Jones (senior, International Business) Tad Miller (sophomore. Criminal Justice) Austin Smith (sophomore, undeclared) Kyle Stringer (sophomore, finance) Timothy Yolk (junior, Communication)
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The Boise State women's bas- ketball team takes to the road for a pair of away games this weekend. Tonight, they face last Personalize a valentine for your sweetheart in our February , 14 issue. Cost is $5 per entry. See the classifleds page for place Nevada, only to jump back actual sizes and colors. Please contact the Arbiter by phone, into action with Fresno ';tate on 345-8204 or by [email protected]. Saturday. This will be an impor- tant stand when you consider the Broncos have just one road vic- tory this season. ' The Broncos (8-12 overall, 3-8 Western Athletic Conference) re- corded their first conference vic- tory this season over Nevada (5- 16, 1-10WAC)last month. Going together with the two impressive upset victories over the last two weeks at home, Boise State has the confidence when confront- ing the Wolfpack's home court I advantage .' I I "Overthe weekend we had some I I really top performances from a I couple of players," Broncos head I coach Ien Warden said. In the first game, Boise State charged out of the gates and led the entire game. Nevada poses an impressive duo up front with senior guard Talisha Anderson (11.1 points per game) and freshman forward Meghan McGuire (13.3). Nevada can certainly mim- ic the Broncos as a second half team. They have outscored their opponents in the second half against some of the top confer- enceteams. After hosting Fresno State (13-7, 5-6WAC)for a discouraging defeat during an overtime thriller, BSU heads for the Save Mart Center to reciprocate. Fresno seems to do better on the road (9-2) than at home (4-5), giving Boise State the -c! '. ", slight advantage. The Bulldogs have a trio to watch for in Saturday's game, spreading talent and depth across the classes in similar comparison to the Bronco bench. Sophomore guard Chantella Perera was the .n j~j!~~~fi~~;~,~~rz:~,:;~S;~,:::.".~ warrior and emotional spark for , PlII1lO BY STANl.I:Y BfiEWSTElliTHE ARBITER the team in the two teams' first This week's The Arblter Top Performer Cassidy Blaine and the Broncos hit the road beginning tonight. confrontation. Senior Center Mindy Clark sets up major battles own Cassidy Blaine, both ofwhom 20 turnovers apiece in the previ- for BSU in the rebounding war, were nominated for WACPlayer of ous match up. While Fresno stays standing at a height of 6'4". From the Week last week. strong in rebounds, the Broncos there, junior forward Amy Parrish Saturday's game looks to be a outscore them from the three- ranks up there with Boise State's turnover battle where the two had point range.
did I mentioned that dynasty part is not the appeal ofthe game itself. yet? The Pro Bowl will never create the But as Hollywood shows us, the same intensity as the season. And real ending to any great story is it should not try. The concern lies the sequel. The only way the NFL in the Randy Moss enthusiasm could follow up this season is ... that NFL superstars bring to this the Pro Bowl? game. How are fans supposed to Surely you jest Paul Tagliabue. . Invest interest In the half-speed Surely you don't plan on ending version? this season with the worst of any Oh, sorry. Philadelphia calls all-star game. Surely you don't that the "hurry up" offense. - mean that sorry excuse for com- petition. FIVE WAYSTO IMPROVETHE Seriously? NFL PROBOWL Coach Krzyzewski just hit the The Roche Approach isn't all floor again. about criticism. TRA also likes to This Sunday the NFL once extend some helpful thoughts as again ships the game's best to well. Here Is TRA's five best ways Hawaii for a weekend of fun, sun to Improve this NFL snooze bowl: and ... well, football. This is a 5. Create NFL Hall of Fame NFL leaps from Super game where the fiercest athletes scouts that only view the Pro Bowl Bowl to super bull in the world play grab-ass for four for their consideration. quarters. Here, record breakers 4. Make teams run the wish- BY MIKE ROCHE worry more about the fourth hole bone offense and see more pan- Sports COIUllllllst at Waialae than offensive forma- cakes than at IHOP. lions. And, frankly, no one cares 3. I call' this the Ramo-factor. It started with a three-point to watch it either. Let former Raider linebacker Bill New England victory over The Pro Bowillves up to the rich Romanowski get as juiced up as Indianapolis and ended with a American tradition of awful fol- possible on steroids (we'll see If three-point New England victory low-ups like "Caddyshack II," U.S that no blitz rule Is enforced). ; i over Philadelphia. The full circle Presidents named Johnson (both 2. Like golf, make the Pro Bowl i i of this NFL season birthed a dy- of them), "Joanie Loves Chachl," a Pro-Am. Enlist the talents of all Ii nasty in the era of salary caps. No and every Bears. quarterback the celebrities that confuse high 11 profile football games for the red : i one thought it possible. As with since Jim McMahon. And what , f any storied season, a proper end- happened to them? They were carpet. Michael Douglass, Will , I Ignored, impeached, hated, can- Smith, Nicollette Sheridan, Ashlee ; I ing is the only part left. ) I An argument can be made that celled and traded. Simpson, Justin Timberlake and Do you see a pattern Tagliabue? Janet Jackson are all possibilities. " I the 24-21 defensive showcase did 1 ! the job in Super Bowl XXXIX.You The NFL will .argue that since And the number one way to j! moving the game to HawaII in improve the Pro Bowl: The en- i i had the spirited underdog team. 'j j You had the construction worker 1980 it has never failed to sellout tire losing team is traded to the ; \ Aloha Stadium. Maybe so, but it's Cardinals (and you thought los- j i turned-Super Bowl starter. You ill had the beaten warrior returning the pathetic reputation Tagllabue Ing teams only cry after the Super for one last fight. You had the ... should worry about. The concern Bowl). J,I Ij i ; I I. I ------~ - --- ~------~------~ - ~ -~------~~ 11' . , 111 -' . . j I . . , I Get Involved I Applications are now available for the following positions: 1. ASBSUElection Chair ,I 2 ASBSUFee Proposal Committee I i 3. BSUStudent Radio Advisory Committee I: 4. BSUChildren's Cehter Advisory Committee 5. BSUNon-dlscrimination & AffirmativeAction Committee 6. BSUParking &Transportation AdvisoryCommittee 7. BSUParking Citations Appeal Committee 8. BSUcampus 10 AdVisoryCommittee 9. ASBSUAnancial Manager 10. ASBSUAnancial Advisory Board 11. ASB5UElection Board 12. ' ASBSUBuilding& Structures Committee Formorw liIfonnatlon, ..... contact Penonnel Reaultment Coo:dlnatotJoyce ,W.rd at 426-1147.
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The Boise State Indoor track and field team hosts some 01 the nation's best teams thts weekend, Bronco host nations bestthi "...... kend OK THE BRSQUE BLOCK BY TREVOR HORN Boise State freshman Alina and Robin Wemple has posted Add Arizona States's Seth Sports Editor Schimpf set a school record last great times in the mile carlyon Arnoo, and you have four ofthe 15 612Groue Street week at Iackson's Track with her this season. best times in the 200 all running This friday and Saturday will 12 feet, 5.5 inch pole vault. The Idaho pentathlon competetor this weekend. be the strongest competition of Boise High graduate broke the Manuela Kurrant is the reigning Fans will get a second look at the season for the Boise State previous school record of 12-4, set WAC indoor track female athlete Oregon's Tommy Skipper. Two indoor track and field team. It by Sadie Sweet in 2003. ofuhe week. The Germany native weeks ago, the 2004 indoor pole is also the last tune up for the Sprinter Antonie Echols has set an NCAA automatic quali- vault champion was on hand in Broncos, as they get ready to host had a stellar season so far for the fying mark with a total score of Nampa, and will look to improve TANduSOLEIL the Western Athletic Conference Broncos. Echols is first in the 4,061 points at the McDonald's on his national leading vault of Championship in two weeks. Western Athletic Conference in Collegiate Invitational last week- IB-B. TANNING & DAY SPA This weekend it is the Holiday the 400-meter dash, and second end. Her total is second in the Texas A&M's Fabrice LaPierre Inn Team Invitational at Jackson's in both the 60 and 200 meters. His nation, first in the WAC and a leads the nation in the long jump. lONE FULL MONTH ••....•.•.....•····.·,· ••·.·i7····;7···~,;:·~·:;··---··;;~·<'··1 Track at the Idaho Sports Center 200 meter time is also ranked 14'h University ofIdaho record. The women's side will be show- in Nampa. in the nation. Five of the men's teams coming cased by two of the fastest in the \.H~H~E.~~.}:~~~~·.e~~"!~~~~l~~:2f?I'::>S...L,,""'.~iO:.,,Ll NCAA Indoor Champions LSU The men's weight throw com- in are ranked in the top 50 in the nation. LSU's Ashley Owens leads men and women's teams will be in petitors are running away from nation, and three of the women's the nation in the 60 meters and competition, along with Arizona the pack in the conference. teams are in the top 15. LSU by far Hazel Ann Regis has the top time State, Washington State, Idaho, Mattias Ions, Collin Post and has the most compete men's and in the 400. Texas A&M, Utah, Utah State and Eric Matthias have the top three women's teams. The LSU men are Currently ranked second in the ranked Il'" in the nation, and the WAC overall on the both sides, USC. throws in the WAC. Ions' throw ~CONlACr MICHELl.I: FOR !.!C)RI; I.NIQ. . '.: w." 'I :", field events begin at 6 p.m. to- women's squad is ranked third. this' weekend's team invitational' . of 67-10 is currently eighth bestIn .... 'L;\ td~Pln '111 C;{'llB:,t-::\I' C lfH'IJ.,.: morrow night, and the running the nation, and Ions and Post both The Tigers have the two sprint- may be the first true test to see' ,::' _,.. ~ , ,,) ':'."1, gA',l p;;r;-: ('1'u.~}:~ BlVD events begin an hour later. Field have NCAA provisional marks. ers that are probably the best duo. how close the Broncos are to com- events then start up at 11:30 a.m. A couple of women to watch for Kelly Willie and Xavier Carter peting in the WAC championship on Saturday with field events be- the Broncos are Jackieann Morain have the second and third best in Nampa in two weeks. ginning at nbon. In the 400 (second in the WAC) times in the nation.
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University of Washington (7-0). A Stepping up into seniority are BY AMBER FUGER match of the season against Alissa Ayling, Anna Curtolo and Sports Writer the UTEP Miners (1-2 overall). valiant effort on the part of soph- The Miners racked up their first omore Tiffany Coli and freshman Carolina Pongratz. These seniors exhibited leadership qualities as After a tough season opener win Feb. 4, 6-1 over Air Force. Nadja Woscheck gave the Broncos juniors. Pongratz had an excel- loss, the Broncos are back in ac- UTEP's Samantha Attard and Teri one match against the domineer- lent 2003-2004 season ending tion on the road this weekend in Wilkerson battled their way to ing stature of the Huskies. Coli and Woscheck defeated with a 16-4 overall season record. Utah. victory in the number two dou- Curtolo finished 12·8 in singles, Boise State will begin a three- bles spot to secure the doubles Saskia Nauenberg and Allison Rainey B-5. Opening the season and 5-3 in doubles with Coli as a match weekend against the point for the Miners. against the now 9'h ranked tennis junior. Ayling was named to the 6928 W. State'· Boise, Idaho 83703 University of Utah tomorrow. The Sunday's opponent will be the' team in the nation is not an easy all-conference doubles second- Utes are coming off a 7-0 victory University of Nevada Wolfpack, (208) 853-0526 obstacle to conquer. The Broncos team last season along with the over the University of Montana another conference match. The took this last week off to contem- lone junior, Megan Bjorkman and have a 4-2 overall season re- Pack are 1-2 with their last two plate the full schedule ahead. brings some leadership qualities cord: At the top two singles spots matches accounting for the fig- Boise State bid farewell to two of her own after setting precedent playing for the Utes were fresh- ures in the right-hand column. dominant elements to the line-up as a sophomore last season, fin- men Elizabeth Ferris and Emily The Pack played two tough op- last spring. Jemima Hayward and ishing with a 16-9 overall singles Kwok. Ferris played a solid match ponents in both losses. On Feb. Erin Polowski lead the Broncos to record. against Annabelle Janeiro (6-1, 6- 6 against 66'h ranked University a 14-B overall season record and a Mark Tichenor returns for his 3). Kwok came through in a close of Pacific California and Jan. 30 th fifth seed placement in the WAC sixth season as head coach of the' match to defeat Cheyne Urisch [7- against 45 ranked UNLV. tournament. The Broncos ended Broncos. 6 (4),6'-2]. The Boise State women's tennis the season with a quarterfinal 4-1 On Saturday the Broncos will team opened up the 2004-2005 loss to Rice. serve up their first conference season losing to the number 10 Men's tennis continues road swing
completely dominated their corn- petition: Matias Silva is 55th in the tion. ARBITER SPORTS STAFF th petition with three wins. On nation and Thomas Schoeck is 89 Following this weekend com- in the country. Super freshman petition, the Broncos will com- The 41" ranked Boise State Saturday, Boise State defeated Luke Shields is the top ranked pete in the National Team Indoor men's tennis team travels to the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 7·0. In Bronco, as he sits 41" in the nation Championship in Chicago, Ill. states of Oregon and California Sunday competition, the Broncos in singles competition. on Feb. 17-20. this week to play the University of defeated Pacific 6·1, then shut out The doubles team of Schoeck Oregon tomorrow and UC Santa San Francisco 7-0. and Shields is highly regarded, Barbara on Saturday. Currently three Broncos are currently ranked 12th in the na- This past weekend, the Broncos nationally ranked in singles com- Boise' Perfect Look, 1217 S, Broadway sse» (208) 338·7888- Loc4red itt lite Broadwaf/Plaza We. offer a full One.of retail products including: NloXiIi. /olco, Alllpllfli. StxlIHalt COilapLS. BloSllk .. Biolage.Tlgf. Paul Mitchell, Stbasllan, ISO. Redken,Abba, Amerlcan Crew. KMS. Arlee, Per/eel/arts. Nexxus AIR NATIONAL GUARD . Regular PrIces: Adulls $11.00. . ChHdren (Through age 10) $9.50. senJorC1tlzeu (from agt621 $10.00 Upto $3,000.00 Per Semester tor Full-TimeStudents If!
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