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Exotic dancers nixed from Homecoming event Students meeting minutes as saying, testify at , syrup and whipped cream, but his position for violating Boise what's beautiful and accept- By Jessica Adams "Maybe we should have guys at the time I thought it was for State University Student Code ed," Portis said. The Arbiter ~----- with just refried beans." an ice cream building contest," of Conduct. Portis said he was ' The committee refused his fee hearing Ultimately, the committee Haynes said. ' wrongfully fired, but when he first proposal, but passed the Former Student Programs members rewrote the proposal Haynes said she promptly appealed the complaints filed second one after he rewrote it Fees could rise Board Comedy Coordinator to redefine the event as a J.T. Portis envisioned bikini- cancelled the dancers sched- against him, the Student to include male dancers and heightened security measures. "Human-Sundae Contest" $149 per semester clad dancers and whipped uled performance the night of Conduct Program upheld their According to the minutes of where participants would use cream at last year's the event because she thought assessment. the Sept. 24 executive commit- ice cream and various other Homecoming party - paid for it would be inappropriate for According to Portis, he By Brandon Fiala tee meeting where the propos- condiments to build "human- The Arbiter ------by student fees. SPB to provide adult entertain- went through the proper chan- nels to plan the event by al was passed, there was heat- sundaes." Portis arranged for exotic ment. According to Portis, he also "It went outside the frame- , obtaining the Board's approval ed debate on the appropriate- Students and community dancers to perform at planned to have some of his "Foamcoming," a work of the event. We also had of the event and payment ness of the event. members attended a fee Some members said the male friends dance with the increase hearing Monday to Homecoming event sponsored a family event and it was in a request. event had the potential to draw female dancers. discuss proposals to raise stu- by SPB that took place down- very public place - The Portis said as part of the a large audience and that it "My male friends were dent fees as much as 10 per- town on The Grove last Grove," Haynes said. plan his goal was to challenge would resemble a beauty going to volunteer their scr- October. However, SPB paid $360 people's notions about beauty, cent. pageant. Others said the pro- vices," Portis said. About 100 people attended When the entertainers for the cancelled performance in keeping with SPB's stated posal was sexist and would "Some people said it was the hearing including members arrived, SPB Adviser Autumn to honor a' verbal contract mission to challenge the views bring bad publicity for SPB. objectifying women and that's of the Executive' Budget Haynes prevented the perfor- between Portis and Thomas of their audience, The committee proposed why it got cancelled and I got Committee, a significant mance from taking place at the Black, owner of Treasures of "This is different than several alternatives to removed," Portis said. increase in attendance from last celebration. the Valley, a local modeling where I come from [Sun whipped-cream bikinis. year's hearing. "I knew there was going to agency. Diego, Calif.] where there arc Meyer was recorded in the Fee proposals include a 10 be ice cream and chocolate Portis was removed from more liberal ideas about percent increase to the matriculation fee, housing increases and activity fcc increases for athletics, The Arbiter and Experts: Alcohol consumption related to media messages marching band. The State Board of Education set a 10 percent cap By BriAnne Anderson on fcc increases after approv- Special to The Arbiter --- ing a 12 percent increase last year. The National Institute on Alcohol II' a 10 percent increase is Abuse and Alcoholism reported envi- approved, full-time students ronmental factors common in col- will pay $149 more per semester $1,641 per semester com- lege settings contribute to a high pared to $1,492 this year use of alcohol and related prob- (excluding health insurance). lems. The Executive Budget Each year college students Committee, which met spend approximately $5.5 bil- Wednesday. to consider the lion on alcohol, more than proposed increases, will make they spend on soft drinks, recommendations to President milk, juice, tea, coffee and Charles Ruch. The State Board books combined, reported will then consider proposals in Mothers Against Drunk April. Steve Schmidt, director of Driving. Institutional Research, present- According to NlAAA ed information about the pro- studies, 500,000 unin- posed matriculation fee tentional injuries, increase, Schmidt has said he 600,000 assaults and requested 10 percent to provide 70,000 cases of sexual flexibility because state appro- assault and acquaintance priation levels are uncertain. rape arc alcohol-related Four students and a BSU incidents on college cam- alumnus testified in opposition puses. . , to the proposal, according to a hearing summary. BSU Health, Well ness and Glenn Miles, BSU alumnus, Counseling Services said college students in Executive Director Ferd Wyoming, Nevada and other Schlapper said the statistics states pay less for college than paint a picture of a sobering, Idaho students - therefore fcc unhealthy reality, both of the increases arc not justified, short-term secondary effects of Craig Thompson, director of high-risk binge drinking and Student Housing, presented long-term relationship develop- information about a proposed 8 percent increase in general ment. room and board rates in resi- Peter Wollheim, BSU commu- dence halls, and a 5 percent nication professor, said alcohol increase in apartment rental advertisements are only part of the rates. problem. One written statement was "... they arc permission-giving. received in favor and one BSU These don't model behavior. The ads Alumnus testified against the model life-style students want to proposed residence hall rate aspire to," Wollheim said. increase. Also, one student tes- Wollheim also said alcohol adver- tified in opposition to the apartment rental rate increase, tisements tantalize underage drinkers according to the summary. until students become the legal age of Illustration by David Habben, The Arbiter "If residence. hall rates 21. increase 8 percent, is there "Yet, ads are the symptom, not the alcohol availability and restrict alco- going to be an 8 percent cause. Everyone has to take responsi- an institution of higher education, The Higher Education Center rec- .hol marketing and promotion. increase in services or bene.' bility for his or her part of it; not just focusing on developing alcohol and ommended promoting responsible fits?" Miles said. Boise State Campus/Community shove it off on to everyone else. It is drug prevention programs, suggested drinking by addressing the issue of Chris Mathias, ASBSU Coalition Addressing High-Risk really irresponsible. We need to edu- that campus environments can influ- alcohol-related crimes and accidents. president, presented informa- 'Drinking will hold a meeting to cate the youth that are looking at ence students decisions to drink or Forming a leadership coalition tion about a dedicated fee for address campus alcohol policies and these ads to be more sophisticated use other drugs by working with cam- among students to promote responsi- club' sports that wouldn't practices on April 2, from .noon to 1 and even cynical -about them," pus norms, .enforcing campus policies 'ble drinking that also models a increase fees. p.m. in the .SUB Alexand~r Room, Twelve students and staff Wollheirn said. and procedures, enforcing of regula- healthy environment on college cam- puses can help reduce binge drinking. The Higher Education Center fOr tion laws and providing alcohol-free Fee hearing see page 3 Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention, social activities. Other approaches might be to limit Whiter recreational interests convene over Pilot Peak alongside the. federal govern-. By Jason Kauffman .winter recreationists.' ment have proven to be 'an effec- The Arbiter ------"Winter Wildlands is the first :t and only' national organization tive tool in negotiating tough Winter recreational use of -dedicated to this. We're' it, and land management issues. Pilot Peak, an 8,141-foot high the reason we came into exis- "It's a great process, it's real- mountain located 90 minutes tence was because of the sue- ly' wonderful that the' Andrus north of Boise, has recently cessful'collaborative process up Center and John Freemuth are come under scrutiny with con- in the Wood River Valley," participating to really guide it. I think it's a really effective part- . flicts between skiers and snow- Ferguson said. mobilers. According to Ferguson, the nership with the· Forest ' Recent collaborative success- goa(of everyone involved in the Service," Ferguson said. es in other regions of Idahoand Pilot Peak collaborative process Skiers 'involved in the collab- the U.S. have inspired the Boise is to mimic the successes orative process have proposed National Forest's Idaho City achieved by all parties, govern- separating snowmobilers" and Ranger District to promote a mental and private, in the Wood skiers into specifically agreed upon areas. . similar approach' to reach CGn- River collaborative experience. sensus. "Our goals as a national According to Ferguson, such The issue arose out of con- organization' are really about proposals are not anything out flicts between skiers who sought collaboration. Wfl are really proof the ordinary in an era where a quiet backcountry experience collaboration, and our hope increased use by various inter- and snowmobilers who feared from this process is that it ests has placed increasing pres-, losing a recreation area. remains an authentic process sure on resources. Sally Ferguson, grass~oots an~ that snowmobilers. and "A separate use area means coordinator for the Winter skiers WIll respect each others each group is able to enjoy their Wildlands Alliance, said her - needs," Ferguson~aid.. sport ina, quality manner," oraanizations . main. priorities. .. ,. According to Ferguson, col- Ferguson said: .. , .in~lude preserving the quality of la'?orative. p~~esses involv!ng experience for human-powered pnvate individuals working Recreation, see page 3 News Thursdaf. March 13. 2003 Page 2 • The Arbiter Campus Shorts

ing, books and parking permits ,L':' . East - and holding their spots once ';"'fUltt(jt;u"();8E.~~NG they return. ii'; < 8PQNSOtdHIP" ' Studies shelved when duty kt:'.,'-. -"::"_".,,,:_;'}.,,''-',}!~'._ »: ""~':"':;::":-:-.,-.--. calls ~"';':iBoi~",State>University's Journalism school may test 'stiident.P:rogtams Boaro Spring Last October, Melissa two-year plan : Flingi:()mmittCl:,wants top8(t- Henderson was a student at the ~per with 'amibuSillessesand College of Charleston, studying NEW YORK-The future of lorganizationSln I,. planning; 'the psychology and weeks from Columbia University's 25th amnUlISpriogFling. . graduating, when she got the Graduate School of Journalism -..' Spring Fling is an annual fes- call: is finally coming into view: tivalinJulia Davis Park at the Her South Carolina Army Columbia president Lee : Gene Harris Bandshell, This Reserve unit, the 360th Civil Bollinger said he thinks there , event features live musicby . Affairs Brigade based at Fort will be "experimentation" with "regional and national artists, Jackson in Columbia, was being a two-year program at the J- family activities such' as wax deployed to Kabul, Afghanistan. school, or a longer curriculum , hands and inflatable games and Her orders: Report at once. than the to-month regimen now food and product vendors. In the past two years, this I Instead of trying on gradua- in place. \ event has seen an increase in , tion robes, Henderson withdrew However, he told the New attendance of over 300 percent. from her last semester of school York Daily News, "I do not . More than 8,000 people attend- I " (which she must repeat), pulled' expect the current program to be r ed the 2002 event that combined '1 on boots and camouflage abandoned." Bollinger looked ahead as his Eanh Day and the Spring Fling. fatigues, and joined the massive Businesses and organizations 34-member task force, full of mobilization for Operation interested in becoming a spon- media heavyweights, approach- Enduring Freedom and a possi- sor may contact Skylar es its sixth and possibly final ble war against Iraq. Christenson with SPB at 426- session reviewing what the pres- She is among hundreds of 3655, fax 426~2160, or email tigious J-school should offer. reservists or National Guard specialevents@boisestate:ed~. members at Carolinas colleges - Bollinger, 56, a newspaper KRT Photo by Robert Lehser/Cherlotte Observer publisher's son and First thousands around America - Melissa Henderson, from Taylors, South Carolina, was a senior at the College of Craft artists Invited to being sent overseas or to state- Amendment scholar, halted a Charleston and was only weeks away from graduating when her reserve unit was summer fair side military installations as search for a new dean that pre- deployed to Kabul, Afghanistan. replacements for other reserve dated his arrival in July and pro- Sign-up packets for table said Susan Weigner, an employ- about $200 each week. or Guard units, or active-duty duced two finalists for his con- Businesses can suffer during space to display and sell your sideration. . school breaks ee at Aristotle's Coffee Garage troops. Campus Shorts compiled by items at the fair are now avail- "I saw this coming after Sept. Instead, ,he set off a lively, on West Tennessee Street, able. The registration deadline is which will close for the week. Brandon Fiala from U'Wire and II," said Henderson, of Taylors, often angry debate on campus TALLAHASSEE, Fla.-The May 16. "We don't have enough busi- KRT lIews services. S.C., who returned to Kabul this and in the media when he insist- aroma of coffee and sounds of Table reservations cost $45. ness to make it worthwhile," month after a two-week leave. ed on examining "how future mellow music fill dimly lit cof- All types of arts and crafts are "When I watched the news on journalists should be taught" fee houses around town as stu- said manager Shannon Meece. welcome - paintings •. quilts, TV, I knew I was going to be and indicated the J-school dents hunker down with their She said owners have tried to knitting, ceramics, beading.jew- going somewhere, and we have should do much more than train mugs of latte at cozy tables and stay open for the break but it elry, etc. The Summer Craft Fair a colonel who kept warning us students to gather and present cushioned seats, textbooks, "doesn't work out as well." is a fund-raiser sponsored by the' we'd be going away eventually. news. flash cards and highlighters in Wayne Harris, vice president Filipino-American "I had hoped to finish the Joel Gershon, - president of hand. of technology and development Organizntion, . a new group semester and graduate.' But Columbia's chapter of the Coffee shons are one of the for the Greater Tallahassee founded. by Boise State when the call comes, you've got Society of Professional businesses that thrive off the Chamber of Commerce, said: "I University students. think most people who start To request a sign-up packet, to go." Journalists, said Bollinger's patronage of Tallahassee's col- Waves of reservists and expressions of doubt about the lege students. businesses in a college town . call club president Evangeline Beaver at (208) 870-2337 or e- National Guard troops have current program soured the J- But beginning late last week, understand that it's a seasonal mail her at cbeavcr@mind- been called up since Sept. II, school experience for him and those students will board planes, market, and there is a huge vari- , spring.com. most for a year or more. College other students. cars and cruise ships, leaving ation in the amount of cus- The Summer Craft Fair will students from major universities Gershon also said he won- local businesses in the wake. tomers out there based on be held from 10 a.m.-3 p.m, to community colleges have put dered how many students - the It's spring break, and they're whether school is in or school is average age is now 28 - would heading to beaches throughout out." .Saturday, July 19, in the Student schooling on hold and will face Union Hatch Ballroom. repeating unfinished semesters. be drawn to a two-year program Florida and Jamaica, taking Harris said there are about Most schools have made pro- that raised tuition and living cruises to Mexico and exploring 60,000 students in Tallahassee visions for students to with- costs to $70,000 or more. the wonders of Disney World. and the expenditures of the draw, including 'total or pro- They'll be missed. average student are about rated refunds for tuition, hous- "We are greatly affected;" $10,000 a year, which equals ~

!L The Arbiter • Page 3 / Thursday, March 13,2003 News sensus between skiers and I Recreation from page snowmobilers. - According to Jerry Stuart, Participants voiced their. Region 4 director for the Idaho concerns in a meeting Feb. 26. Women still lag in science, says UWprofessor A second meeting, open to the State Snowmobile Association, the main issues of concern to general public, will be held on By J. Patrick CooUcan snowmobilers include preserv- March 12. "The Seattle Times ---~ ing access and improving park- "He wants to go away from ing in the area. a meeting that has people just SEATTLE-Joyce Yen says "We have given up a lot of expressing their opinions, to !hat when she goes to academ- areas over the past twenty years one where people are rolling up their sleeves and working on IC conferences, there's never a or so. We just don't want to solutions that everyone can line for the women's restroom. lose another area, there has got agree on," Freemuth said. .Though they've made many to be a give and take," Stuart 'said. "The next step is solution gams: women. still lag behind generation. 1 think that Dick's men. m the sciences and engi- According to Stuart, the importance of Pilot Peak lies in goal is to have a solution in neenng to the detriment of sci- place next winter," Freemuth entific .and technological its easy access and close prox- said. advances, Yen argued in a lec- imity to the Treasure Valley. "Areas within a couple Freemuth believes there's ture last week. room for disagreement on both "You don't want solutions hours of Boise are very important to both snowmobilers and sides of the conflict, as long as to the world's problems to skiers," Stuart said. the dialogue is eventually come from the same type of John Freemuth, BSU profes- brought back to solution gener- people. Y lJU end up with less sor of Public Administration ation. diversity, creativity and inno- and facilitator in the collabora- "It's a inter-recreational vation," said Yen, a University IEALITY: There is no difference tive process, said that Idaho conflict. It requires a give and .{::~~:~~f{<>;>...:-'.,;, .:.. ,,'< of Washington assistant pro- City District Ranger Richard take from both sides of the fessor of industrial engineering Markley hopes to achieve con- issue," Freemuth said. who spoke at Bellevue ~ij)abHitytolearn math and science Community College on the dearth of women in science ~~tWeenboys and girls. Fee hearing from page 1 David Wells, director of the and technology. Keith Stein Blue Thunder She pointed to early car air members spoke in favor of the Marching Band, presented proposal. An ASBSU senator bags, which were designed to Photo courtesy of KAT. information about a $1 increase protect the average male, a read Senate Resolution 32, for full-time students. Three "Support for Club Sports Fee students spoke in favor of the one-dimensional mode of neering bachelor's degrees, 0.6 bias for the slower rates of narian, said she had benefited Proposal," which was approved proposed increase. thinking that harmed children percent of master's degrees and progress than in other academic from the nurturing of female and small women. professors especially. unanimously by the Senate, OJ percent of doctoral degrees and professional areas. 1t11'1II0h.' \W\\" fllr uuuv IlV\' ....rill' I1hl!\'lIl..'\ Yen said women are more A professor at the lecture, according to the summary. nationwide. In 1996, the num- "It starts right from the Brad Arendt, Arbiter general h 'I" uuu L' Il~'\\ " h.1' lilt In' 11l'\\'" h" Ill' \;\..'IK" likely to think collaboratively moment you put some Legos in attended by about IS women, lor nuuv 111..'\\", lot nhll ...·1W\\...Illllllpl~' Ill" bers were 17.9 percent, 17. I manager, presented informa- tor 111/\h- 11l'\\ .. 1'1I1 \I\\ll\..' Ill'"'' Illl llllile 11\'\ than men, who she said tend to front of a l-year-old boy but not nearly all faculty and staff percent and 12.3 percent, tion about a $1 per credit hour I'll' 1l1.11'l' Ill'\\-' (1'1 IIUll" 1\,"\'," 1<1I 1.11''I .... Ill'\ think competitively. That's members, said she would love Itlr 1111 II"\.' Ill'\\'" h.1' 111111\' Ill'\\ ~ I, 'I nil 111,'lh'\ respectively. a l-year-old girl," she said. summer student fee increase. to nurture women students, if li.~l: 1111 II\..' 11\'\\'" tlll' 111\11'1..' IIl'\\'" hI! 1111 Ih' Ill" increasingly seen as an asset in Women have' made greater Women don't consider careers One student spoke in favor the corporate world and in the she could find some, Itlrllll1h'lll'\\ loI11111h.' Ill'\\"IPl IIlll1l'l\l" gains in biology, chemistry and in science and technology and one in opposition to the !Ill' 111,11',: 11\'\\ ·jlll' Illtl'L' lll'\\' t'll-llli Il~' lll'\ "Only a quarter of my stu- scientific community, she especially medicine, where because of "years of social con- proposed fee. IIII' 1111Ill' Ill'''''' hllllltll~' Ill'\\'" h" lllt'''''' 11\'\ dents are women," said profes- lill"lll'lll' IW\\ ... It,rlll,!I'l' lie'" 1'111111'11." Ill'\ added. their number enrolled in med- ditioning that tell them not to be Curt Apsey, associate- Data compiled by the sor Jennifer Laveglia, who fOrllll'll' 1\<'''' j'll" IIUIl\,' 11,'\\' Itll II;"\\" Ill'\ ical schools rose from 9 percent scientists," she said. Athletic Director, presented 1't11'111l,r"II\'"..,I'lrlllllICllj·\\,lllll111lll'lll'\ teaches calculus in BCC's math IlJllh' IIII' 1\1111,' Ill'\\'" IIII' Illllh' Ill" Association for Women in in 1970 to 44 percent in 1999. Women must be recruited information about a $5 increase fill" 1l\'~\\' department. "Yeah, we can till' 111111~' IIC'" 1"'!'IIl"I'\" Ill'\\,' h'\ 111'11\' Ill" Science seem to support Yen's Among women scientists, 77 into math, science and engineer- for full-time students. conclusion that women contin- reach out, but if there's no one 1't1l'llilllV Ill,\, ... lJ,r,lnc'll'lll·\" ltll'IIlI'I'l' Ill'\ percent believe it is harder for ing departments and then given Three students testified in !',.r"""·" ••..".' I'lllll"l\'" 111:'\\,1"11' 111'lI'l' II," to reach out to, it's hard." ue to be underrepresented in the women to succeed in science special nurturing, Yen said. support and one in opposition sciences. In 1966, women April Ibarra, a BCC student to the fee increase, Seven writ- ,:..t"~,~,~~'~:~~:,'..::,'::::::::::::::~:.:::'::::::_~:::~~ because of their gender. Ii II' lll\ lrl.' Ill'''' iill' 111\ In' lll~\\"'!'Il' 111111,' Ill" received 0.4 percent of engi- who hopes to become a veteri- ten statements, all in favor, Yen cited ingrained gender t~'lI'1I1lJl'L'Ih.'\ i.Irbilcn lIt1iltl~.Cl)ll1 were also presented. ... .-'--' -.-~.. ~-., .-~ --~ '---' ---~:'·;1 GUlfWar pollution worries environmentalists

to recover. The process was But the Pentagon says there ii, By Tom Avril "You have to step back," just ses, is no evidence that the said Jonathan Lash, president aided by high temperatures Knight Ridder Newspapers - residues from depleted urani- of the Washington-based that helped to break down the um have environmental or Your tRose ii' World Resources Institute. oil, he said. Others suspect PHILADELPHIA-When health impacts. "The worst thing about war is that dangerous toxins persist .qt.lldih/ r.',It·,\ ,It tlU~\nt;llil:' price, II.':,. Peter Hobbs flew over Kuwait The uranium in the muni- that it kills people." in the ecosystem. ·'BSCU s-rllli~t1t,U,,:'lIl1n . with a team of scientists in tions is not dangerously I Yet the same toxins and Oil droplets from the tires May 1991, it was three months radioactive, the Pentagon .'F,stt\'(' L'tlU,'JIl" ddldl'lIl tll1ttk, ,I:' dllht(111tI1rt,\i rllllltl'lh I': other impacts that affect ani- also fell on the desert, forming after retreating Iraqi forces set says. Uranium at high doses mals also can affect humans, a layer of "tarcretc" that per- more than 600 oil wells can cause kidney damage, but, whether through direct expo- sists in some areas to this day, ,I ablaze. U.S. soldiers were not exposed ~t the cor~r of Ii sure or indirectly, as they said Farouk EI-Baz, director About 500 of the wells to such levels, the government work their way up through the of Boston University's Center were still burning, sending says. 1\ food chain, Lash noted. for Remote Sensing, which Ii Cayito( &' 'University dense, black smoke thousands The Baltimore V A Medical The Gulf War had a severe used satellite images to study of feet into the air, forcing the Center is conducting long- impact on the environment, the issue on behalf of the researchers to wear gas masks term studies of U.S. soldiers although not nearly as bad as Kuwaiti government. l\",~.'7-,=--~~--.~.c~~=..=}1-~:'S.Q$~cc.-" " J\ inside the plane. Soot exposed to friendly fire with some feared at the time. The Iraqis weren't alone in , obscured the sun up to 250 uranium shells. Some .have At their peak, the daily soot causing environmental harm. miles away, in Bahrain, where elevated levels of uranium in A P P L: I C ~ T ION S 'D U E ! ! emissions from the oil-field Military activity by both average temperatures dropped their urine, but hospital fires were equivalent to 3 mil- sides, ranging from the move- seven degrees. ment of armored vehicles to researchers say they have The Iraqis also had opened lion heavy-duty diesel trucks the building of trenches and detected no significant health the valves on Kuwaiti oil being driven at 30 miles per berms, harmed the fragile effects to date. tankers, spilling an estimated hour, Hobbs wrote in a 1992 desert ecosystem, EI-Baz said. The debate likely will not 6 million barrels of crude, the paper in the journal Science. Such activity tears up the end anytime soon. largest spill on record, Yet the oil fires were extin- desert's protective surface lay- In the meantime, environ- "It was just like a picture of guished many months ahead nOls ..; S'TATR UNIVERSITY ers of gravel, exposing finer mental advocates such as Lash Dante's hell," recalled Hobbs, of the most optimistic projcc- sand that is then vulnerable to say the willful damage professor of atmospheric sci- tions, and little of the smoke winds, he said. wrought by Saddam Hussein ences at the University of escaped to the upper atrnos- "It clobbers the vegeta- is especially troubling. Washington in Seattle. phcre, he said in an interview. tion," EI-Baz said. In addition to causing the It was an illustration that. That meant it did not travel Environmental groups' say oil spills and fires in 1991, while war itself can be fast and around the globe,' as some had the U.S. forces also caused Iraqi forces also destroyed furious, the effect on the envi- feared. Local precipitation lasting damage in 1991 by fir- sewage treatment plants in ronment can endure long after cleansed the soot and other ing a form of munitions made Kuwait, spilling more than the other casualties have been pollutants out of the sky, from depleted uranium. Itwas 65,000 cubic yards of raw counted. Hobbs said. sewage a day into Kuwait Bay. That didn't do wonders for the first extensive wartime use U.S. military experts have To date, a ..'dozen nations the ground where the rain fell, of such weapons, which were predicted that Saddam have submitted environmen- according to Jack Hardy of used also by the U.S. military Hussein will unleash similar tal-damage claims to the Western Washington in the Balkans in 1999 and havoc this time around if there United Nations, totaling $79 ) , . ', < University, another scientist which are expected to be used is another war, perhaps order- billion. The United Nations who visited the region. in an Iraq war this year. ing the destruction of his has ruled so far on $1.9 billion "A lot of that soot came Shells and bullets made nation's own oil fields in a of those claims, awarding down over the water," said from uranium, a very dense "scorched-earth" strategy. In a about $1 billion, most of that Hardy, chair of the school's metal, are favored for their television interview last week to Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. environmental sciences armor-piercing ability because with CBS newsman Dan they do not blunt on impact. Whether such damage Rather, the Iraqi leader denied department. recurs in a new war is specula- "We saw what we thought U.S. forces fired 320 tons he would do so. tion, of course, Lash said. But > ASBSU Hall of Fame, at first were oil slicks. It of depleted uranium rounds Oil fires or no oil fires, the he worries that the potential is ,Student Organization turned out they were soot during the Gulf War, most of & environmental consequences there. ' slicks .... You could see kind it from cannon mounted on Student Organization of war are often devastating. Air Force A-IO Thunderbolt "It's a little hard to compte- Air pollution can be wide- of black, streaky lines on the Advisor Awards Ils, or Warthogs. hend an environmental story spread. Water supplies can be sand." that results not from the unin- The soot, along with the Some veterans' advocates endangered. Croplands ruined. tended or unforeseen conse- spilled crude from the tankers, suspect that the residue from Birds and fish poisoned. Rare quences of somebody doing spelled bad news for the coasts exploded uranium shells is a species driven out. something positive, but rather Pick up applications for of Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. culprit in the mysterious ill- Environmental groups that from an intentional destructive nominating outstading gra~uating Thousands of birds were killed' ness known as Gulf War syn- monitor the impacts of war are act," Lash said. "That's not students. student organIzatIons. or and prolific shrimp. fisheries drome. And Iraqi doctors quick' to point out that pollu- something I'm used to dealing student organizations. or were closed. blame the use of the munitions tion and birds and fish are not with." student organization advisors. Hardy, who made several for elevated rates of cancer Or~izations are responsible for the biggest immediate concern and birth defects in the local when missiles are' being. research visits to the gulf, said' nominating themselves. You can ' the coasts took about 10 years population. launched. piCKup appfiqltion~ at the Student , Involvement Center. 1sr floor Student l]nion. Applications' must' be turned in no later than April 4. 2003. Questions? Ca1l426-1223 - or (lrop by the Student' - Inolvement Center.

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I Observations on race for next Democratic presidential nomination affection for a veteran per- .I weak Democratic field and meat Democratic rhetoric and I been off the campaign circuit former who had shown some By John E. Mulligan beat Bush on bread-and- frontal assaults on Bush. for almost three weeks after signs of staleness. The thought I The Providence Journal-- butter economic Cheers rang out in the base- ! surgery for prostate cancer, ment ballroom of a Capitol HiIl balloons for the former \ issues. Democratic House leader might A few observations from the Kerry is now at the top of hotel 10 days ago, when Dean Nine candidates have read, "Let's not count Dick sidelines of the rapidly unfold- many insider lists of lead- are now in the demanded to know why his ing contest for the next ing candidates for the party leadership has backed out just yet." race; . others are At this stage of a presidential Democratic presidential nomi- nomination. President Bush's preparations stiIl flirting with campaign, so crucial but so little nation: Earlier than ever before, Still, the pros think for war. the idea of a run. noted by most voters, attending this race is fully launched. the nomination is up Wild cheers followed his Nobody wants to these candidate "cattle calls" is That is so, even if you have for grabs despite the shouted punch line: "I'm look back on the a bit like watching the rehearsal not noticed that Senators John early strength of Howard Dean and .I represent campaign mutter- stage where a hard-bitten crew. Kerry of Massachusetts and Joe Kerry, Lieberman, ing that he or she the Democratic wing of the Lieberman of Connecticut own North Carolina Sen. Democratic Party!" of old comics and hoofers and could have been a promoters run auditions for a serious claims to the right to John Edwards and contender. All the same, if there had challenge President Bush, and veteran' Missouri been thought balloons over the big Broadway show. Democrats who do The audience is wiIling to be even if you've never heard of Rep. Dick Gephardt Democratic National politics for a living entertained, even moved to another neighbor, former (who has been Rep. have developed a bone- Committee's candidate forum, Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, Patrick Kennedy's many would have read like this: laughter and applause by the deep belief that this best of the new talent. But these who is lighting up liberal longtime mentor in George Bush can also "Hmm. Nice bit. WiIl it play in Democrats with his stump the House). Peoria?'" are cold-eyed realists, for the be defeated. The most part, who are gathered for speeches. That's why the weak economy is the The prospective war is very field keeps expanding. professional and competitive It's conceivable, in fact, that dominant factor in unpopular with the activists who Last week's entry was purposes. .the nominee to be crowned at their rising hope. Less are a key part of the Democratic Sen. Bob Graham of "These people have seen a the Democratic convention in openly, Democrats base that selects presidential Florida, a home base that lot of speeches," said Boston in July 2004 could be also. calculate that nominees. But at the same time, promises ample campaign Massachusetts Democratic known by a year from today. Mr. Bush is deter- many pros fear that a strong cash and a key piece of Chairman Philip Johnston, dis- The crucial opening events, the mined to make war anti-war strain wiIl weaken the the general-election puz- missing any concern that Iowa precinct caucuses, the on Iraq and is thus party's presidential prospects in zle for Democrats. But Gephardt or Dean or the others New Hampshire primary and opening himselfup to a political world transformed Graham comes very late to had scored lasting gains on the South Carolina's first-ever real political peril. since Sept. II. the game, believe it or convalescing Kerry. Democratic primary, will all be The scent of poten- It is notable that the leading not, and unlike Kerry in Wait until after the first of done by the first week in tial vic:tory is remark- candidates, at least at this stage New Hampshire or April, said Johnson, who sup- February. . able, considering how when fundraising and organiz- Gephardt in Iowa - he ports Kerry. That's when this The top. few finishers will downcast Democrats ing are the main measurements, has no edge in a key year's first-quarter campaign run a crowded course capped on were just last November, have carefully balanced their opening contest. finance reports will show who is March 2 by the vote for the big when the Republicans criticism for Bush's diplomacy In this context, every- winning the money race. . prize of Califomia. seized back full control with provisional support for war body looks back at 1992, The richest rewards, in all of Congress. In the can- against Saddam Hussein. when several heavyweight ABOUT THE WRITER likelihood, will go to the candi- didate forums, labor Gephardt's personal hymn to prospects balked at chal- John E. Mulligan is the dates who succeed right now in conventions and other lunch-bucket populism also got lenging the popular victor of Washington Bureau Chief of raising the most money and party forums where a great reception at the DNC the Persian Gulf War, The Providence Journal. He can building the best national net- the candidates speak, meeting. It was less noisy than President George H.W. Bush. be reached bye-mail at jmulli- work of organizations in the there is almost a pal- the response for the rookie An obscure governor of a small early voting states. pable hunger for red- Dean, more in the nature of deep [email protected]. Despite the fact that he has state, Bill Clinton, mastered a

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Alive and conscious in misadventure had an outcome many forces pointing fingers. pare me for what transpired this smashed up car - that was of safer drivers, the witnesses Melissa L. Uanes Brownlee Brad Arendt More interesting is the amount that day. I was driving at the General Manager going to land somewhere, I of the accident, and anyone I Managing Editor oflawsuits that result, focused safest speed for seeing ahead 345-8204 xlOl had a brief thought that the end can share this insight with. 345-8204 x106 on compensating the victims. of me, an unfavorable 10 mph, of my life was near. Though I have ill feelings for I can understand the van- when I spotted a semi gaining Jessica Adams Andy Muinos Then I was interrupted the driver, they are not so News Editor tage of a "victim," being one ground behind me. I turned on Marketing Coordinator my emergency flashers and again when the trailer of the much the basis of blame, as 345-8204 x102 myself. 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Thursda March 13,2003 Pa .e6 • The'Arbiter Williams wrapsnpcareer as Bronco from a program where he was condi- By Andrea Trujillo tioned to win, only to The Arbiter join a program where he was expected to Senior guard C. J. lose. This time last . Williams went out in style year Williams was when he played his final not even sure he home game as a Bronco would return for his on March 1. senior season at Boise During the final home State. Now he's glad game of the season, the he did. team decisively beat "My experience Louisiana Tech, in front of here has matured me 5,910 fans at The Pavilion. a lot, it has been very The game was also signifi- positive. I've learned cant for first year head things, not only in the . coach Greg Graham. classroom, but in life The Broncos' 23-point . as well," Williams margin of victory was said. Boise State's largest of the Williams is not season. For Graham, the sure what his future victory represented how holds, or if basketball much the basketball pro- will be a part of it. gram has improved. "I would like to Williams said Bronco fans continue playing ball should definitely have if the circumstances something to cheer about are right, maybe over- in the seasons to come. seas or something. I "The system is good, hope to get that and it will only get better opportunity, but if I with time: We have a lot of don't, I'll move on, " players coming back next Williams said. year, and some key addi- Today, the tions that will make this Broncos will face team better. The program Southern Methodist is on the rise," Williams in the quarterfinals of said. the WAC For Williams, the victo- Tournament in Tulsa. ry signified a conclusion of The team is only three sorts. It was the last time victories away from a Williams would grace The berth in the NCAA Pavilion floor, wearing Tournament. Bronco blue and orange, in William's years at front of his home crowd. RJePhCID Boise State have Williams said the La: Tech brought him full cir- game was important to C.J. Williams earlier this season against Idaho, could possibly play his last game as a Bronco today against Southern Methodist. cle, back to where he him. started. But if he has "It was definitely sig- anything to say about losing in the Big West nificant for me. I had fam- attitude is a lot more positive," it, this time the team won't come the team returned home to hoops, something that had been Championship game. Not a bad ily here to sec me play. It Williams said. within one win of the NCAA rumors floating about of the pos- lacking. Graham inherited a team first season, but Williams was the first time they had of players, such as Williams, Prior to attending BSU, Tournament, they'll be invited to attended a home game and it siblc firing of head coach Rod Williams played for.a highly suc- expected more. Jensen. The rumors proved to be recruited and signed by former Williams was used to winning the dance. would be the last time I had the cessful California prep program. The senior, who has been coach Jensen. Perhaps more sig- and more importantly being a privilege of taking The Pavilion true. He was the starting point guard dribbling a basketball since he Enter coach Graham. He nificantly, Graham inherited a part of a winning program, but floor," Williams said. for Westchester High School as a was five years old, will graduate joined the Bronco program after group of guys who were tired of that did not describe his experi- A year ago, the Broncos fin- senior, leading the Comets to a from Boise State with a degree in spending the last five years as the losing. Williams said coach ences as member of the Boise ished the regular season with a California Division I state cham- Social Sciences and a minor in top assistant at Oregon. Coming Graham was a much-needed State men's basketball team the poor record, moving on to the pionship, while earning a num- Communication. But most off a Pac-IO regular season change for the program. past couple years. WAC tournament with little or ber 10 ranking nationally by ljSA importantly, Williams will finish championship and a spot in the "Coach Graham and the sys- Wins were hard to come by no hope of advancing into the tem are different, better really. Today. In his first season at BSU, what he started, and he'll finish it second round, much less the Elite Eight NCAA Tournament the Broncos fell just one game and fan support dropped off. with the Ducks, Graham brought There's more freedom to just Williams found that he had come as a Bronco. NCAA Tournament. After the play ball, and the team's overall short of the NCAA Tournament, team's first-round elimination, a tradition of winning to Broncos Boise State kicks 011 annual rock climbing competition ond oldest in the United States By Geneva Roman Special to The Arbiter --- and this year's competition will be its last. As the times move Boise State Recreation is cel- along, next year's competition ebrating the beginning of spring will be held in Boise State's new with its annual all-access Buck- recreation center. The old gym's off for the Indoor Climbing 2,600 feet of climbing space will Competition at the rock climbing be replaced with a new and gym in the Kinesiology building improved climbing space of this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 7,000 feet. . There will be one boulder p.m. Climbing Program route and five top-rope competi- Coordinator Jesse Weiss has tions. Equipment is not provided. been rock climbing for 19 years The competition is open to and will be running the show. participants of all abilities. There "It is the largest local, ama- is a $20 registration fee to be teur event," Weiss said. paid at Boise State's Outdoor Weiss is looking to pull in Center. Tickets will be available more than the usual 60-70 com- at the door for $25. This will petitors this year and is also hop- cover the competition entry, an ing to see a larger number of automatic T-shirt, and raffle tick- female climbers. The number of ets. male climbers is disproportional. Prizes to be raffled off range NEWLY REMODELED!! Weiss finds this gender gap in from fashionable clothing, quali- rock climbing odd because the ty climbing holds and free scenic r;'\,q qp (1w nnqn[7"~~f7\ r:p-:lr? ~-1!T'~\!l-'7~jil::l r'~ world's most successful rock flights. Winners will be awarded U'G.~1~lf) l..Q.E~ ,,-J.tJ \LJ L-;~'"1l~~L~ >,.:;.;;? LJ,~"..".,i:'~- J tJ \.":'-~~"L':":,J with paper certificates and five """"I ~T"'~!::U'"'C()'1:'> j','" \:'.•n"'7r'~'''''-'''''T'''' climber, Lynn Hill, is a woman. l~!r: f..J :_-_~~~,.\.:.\/I_.::·'j:"'iI f.)\ - :,,\~r.j t '~::1 t,_;~ L '\>, ~ L,~1 Lc' '. U _.j L... ,.J to, •. ".".I.~.._" ,.., While March is Women's extra raffle tickets. History Month, Weiss is confi- The best part of the competi- "~PFlIVA TE DANCES dent that more women will be tion is that, "It helps establish AVAILABLE determined to fill that gap and friendships," Weiss said. just plain have a good time. Information and registration o2-4-? DANCES are available at the Outdoor ALL DA Y & NIGHT! "It helps foster a local climbing community and to bring peo- Center office or call at 426- I946. Q VIP SEA TING . ple together," Weiss said. Climbing Competition at the rock climhing gym in the Kinesiology , . 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With that said, head coach Jen Warden .did just fine in her first year, but The men and women's hoops season expectations should continue to climb in has come and gone, and with the mere the next few years. formality of early-round WAC Tournament action, it appears we have As for the men, well, they played some reached the end to yet another year of games like they were the best team in the Boise State hoops. . . WAC, beating Tulsa, Hawai'i, Louisiana With both programs undergoing a Tech and Southern Methodist. Other change last fall and expectation at best times they played like one of the worst mediocre for both squads - it has come teams in home games against Rice and time to evaluate this season progress. Fresno State. Either way, the Broncos Let's start first with the women's exceeded expectation in Greg Graham's team. The first issue for the women's bas- first year at the helm. ketball was like the men, they were With the Broncos only losing one, picked to finish in the basement at the end player that saw considerable playing time of the season. Tallying only II points in this season (C.J. Williams), along with the preseason coaches' poll, which means many of the top WAC teams losing their one of ten coaches in the WAC went out standout players (Tulsa, Hawai'i and on a limb and placed the Broncos to fin- SMU), the Broncos should have no trou- ish ninth, this seemed to be a blatant indi- ble finishing in the top half of the WAC cation of little respect for the revamped . next year. program. With the emergence of Aaron Haynes, Well they didn't finish last or even who was named to this year's WAC ninth, but with six conference wins they Newcomer team, and Jason ElIis, along FhiD ro.rtesI r:i KRT did finish near the back of the pack at with the continued play of Bryan Defares, eighth. There were some bright ..spots, Booker Nabors and Joe Skiffer, the The Red Raiders' 16-11 record is unexceptable for Bob Knight and his second year at Texas Tech. however, as they won six of their last II Broncos should easily improve on its sub- games, including Tuesdays p-point win par record in the WAC next season. in the play-in game of the WAC tourney Many thought this team couldn't win over Texas-El Paso. While one of their more than a few games this year, but they best players is graduating (Abby did win more conference gaInes than last Knight is giving up his season, and with a win today against salary Vaughan), they have some newcomer's t SMU, the Broncos can surpass last year fill the void next year. . and Kansas preceded the Baylor total for overall wins (13)-a feat they shovel walks and do all kinds of Jamie Hawkins, who had an instant By Brian Davis game. Those two losses dashed should proud of and a foundation to build stuff to make a dollar. But if 1 impact with the Broncos, leading them in The Dallas Morning News -- Tech's hopes for making the scoring,' was named this year's WAC on for next November. shoveled the walk, 1 made damn If the men's squad could pick up a win NCAA Tournament with an at- Freshman of the Year and is obviously the Texas Tech basketball coach sure that 1 did a good job. I'm just or two in the WAC tourney it would keep not at all satisfied with what tran- large bid. future of the program. Don't forget about Bob Knight said Monday he will Knight also had to suspend two next year's seniors either. Camille the momentum going for Graham and the spired with our team in terms of . Broncos for next year and the future to not accept his $250,000 base salary players this season for missing Woodfield and Mandy Welch both tossed for the 2002-03 season because his our fundamental execution. 1 don't come. team functions, which drew up nearly nine points per game this season Red Raiders have not "played as think it's anybody's fault but mine. Knight has received more than national attention. well as we should have played." Knight did not grow truculent half of the $250,000. Tech's fiscal the WAC's Freshman of the Year, added Athletic director Gerald Myers with the media as the season turned year begins in September and 16 points, four rebounds, and was 6-of-7 said Knight was being too hard on sour. However his demeanor has from the floor. Junior Camille Woodfield himself and urged the 62-year-old coaches arc paid once a month, Myers said. The base salary is just changed slightly. Regular atten- i~ SPORTS added 13 points and three assists. Hall of Farner to reconsider. "But dees to Tech's post-game news None Wharcmate's 14 points, and his mind is made up," Myers said. one part of Knight's total package, which is worth an estimated conferences could tell Knight was Dragana Zoric's 12 points and I I "He's got high expectations, and down after the Kansas game. $900,000 annually. '~UPDATE rebounds led UTEP. he feels this is the right thing to His news conference after the Myers said he has never heard For Boise State, other scorers included do." Baylor game lasted 2 minutes, I) Simone Grant (9), Lynnette Grondin (8), of a coaching giving back any- Women's basketball team defeats The Red Raiders, seeded sev- seconds. There wasn't much to be thing, much less his salary. Knight Cariann Ramirez (5), and Jodi Nakashima enth in this week's Big 12 tourna- UTEP in play-in game will meet with senior associate ath- said. Tech was outplayed. (3). ment, finished the regular season "I can remember talking to Ted letic director Bobby Gleason, who The Boise State women's basketball 16-11 and went 6-10 in conference Williams about this," Knight said. Boise State gymnastics team hosts 12th oversees the business office, after team defeated Texas-El Paso 75-58 play. This comes one year after "Ted Williams not only turned ranked Washington the season and work out the Tuesday to advance to the quarterfinal Tech finished 23-9 and reached the down a raise but demanded a cut arrangements. round of the Western Athletic Conference NCAA Tournament in Knight's after one year in which he didn't The Boise State gymnastics team, Apparently, Knight has been Tournament. first season in which he was play particularly well. He and Ihad after three meets on the road, return to the thinking about this for some time. In the Boise State-UTEP game, the received a base salary of $12,000. a long talk about that and why he friendly confines of the Boise State Myers said Knight told him about Miners led at the half, 35-30, but Boise His contract called for the base Pavilion. The Broncos host the the decision Saturday after Tech felt that way. State but the Broncos turned on the heat in salary to rise to $250,000 this sea- "But from a basketball stand- the second half to out-score UTEP, 45-23, Washington Huskies tomorrow night at 7 lost to Baylor, 74-68. The two son. Knight signed a live-year deal point, I look at us play and there's p.m. . spoke' in the locker room, but in that period. worth an estimated $4.5 million in things that we just have to be able Both teams shot well from the field in The Broncos are ranked 32nd this Knight did not announce his deci- week nationally, by virtue of their March 2001. to do that we don't. I don't think I the first hal( Boise State was 12 of22 and sion until Monday. Regional Qualifying Score of 194.595. ,"I just feel like I had a product, UTEP was 15 of 27. But in the second The Baylor loss was an espe- get paid to be just a coach. I get Washington is ranked 12th nationally and it broke," Knight said by paid to get what should be done period, the Broncos held the Miners to 29 cially tough one for Tech. The Red with a regional qualifying average of phone from Lubbock. "You percent from the floor (10-34) while Boise and get the best out of what we had 196.060. Boise State's highest score ofthe Raiders came back from a 16-point State was a hot 15-of-19 for 79 percent. shouldn't have. to pay for it. That's that we can." season is 196.375. Washington's highest second-half deficit only to lose by The team's only senior, Abby Vaughan all I think. score of the season is an impressive mark six. Tough home losses to Texas led the team with 21 points and was 5-of- "When 1 was a kid, 1 used to 8 from three-point range. Jamie Hawkins, of 197.050.

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By Michelle Megna documents ~that eyery reporter needs, New York Daily News ----- to nail down a story. Journalists get hundreds of tips and rumors to check William Bastone and Daniel Green out, [and they don't] always have the co-founders or time to go through dusty files to find www.thesmokinggun.com are guys supporting documents [such as memos who don't round things off. Ask how and letters] for their stories." man~ visitors their expose Web site Kurtz refers to the period in 200 I had m February, and they'll tell you: ~hen a number of prominent journal- 4,756,767. ists wrote "embarrassing suck-up let- It's all in the details. ters to [Unabomber] Ted Kaczynski" in Consider the difference between an effort to get an exclusive interview. reading in the newspaper that accord- Kaczynski ultimately donated the pitch ing to court documents, 'Michael lett~rs to the ,University of Michigan, Jackson all~gedly mol~sted a young which turned them over to The . boy, or reading a graphic account of a Smoking Gun. "That story never would sexual act from the 13-year-old's 1993 have seen the light of day without the deposition, which was posted on the Gun site," said Kurtz. Web site. . Larry. Pryor, professor of journalism "It's a much more compelling narra- at USC's Annenberg School for tive," Bastone said. Communication and executive editor Remember Rick (Restraining of Online Journalism Review said Order) Rockwell of "Who Wants to print and broadcast media, constrained Marry a Multi-Mi1lionaire?" by space, time and advertisers' sensi- What about bondage babe Sarah bilities, can miss the essence of a story Kozer of "Joe Mi1lionaire?" by glossing over the details. ' The Smoking Gun broke those sto- "I saw TV reporters who started to ries by posting the restraining order read the Jackson document, (but) against Rockwell, as well as stills from because it was too graphic, they para- the Kozer videos. It also busted Busta phrased [it] with ambiguous language," Rhymes' concert contract rider request Pryor said. ' for ribbed condoms backstage. "What works really well in online Photo by Andrew Savulich, The New York Daily News. In fact, concert riders are such a hit journalism is documents. The Smoking with visitors to the site that Bastone Gun had the whole deposition, made Smoking Gun's founders Daniel Green, front left, and William Bastone, front right, work with reporters and Green created a "Backstage" sec- under oath. It's sensational, but it isn't Andrew Goldberg, left rear, and Joseph Jesselli to dig up newsworthy documents. tion that currently features 134 acts. gossip, and it leads the ~ublic to think Elvis Presley's drug use. "They're good at fact-gathering and Court TV's mailroom. There you'll discover that lLo must we have a right to prosecution. After turning down offers to sell the have a good sense of timing," said "We follow leads for months. Check have designer candles, white drapes, Where's the DAT' (A civil suit by the court dockets, municipal records, company for stock at the height of the white furniture and white lilies in her boy's family was settled out of court.) Pryor. Internet boom, the Gun guys sold the "They're topical. And they're things like that," said Green. dressing room. Before creating their niche in cyber- business to Court TV in 2000. Their focused on a specialized beat. That's Scott Pansky, president of the But it's not just sensational tidbits space, Bastone and Green worked in corporate parent makes Green show up one reason why they're capable of Entertainment Publicists Professional that make the site so successful. In print: Bastone was a crime reporter for for only one meeting a week; other- beating large organizations that have to Society, disagrees. He thinks the site is addition to exposing celebrity foibles, The Vi1lage Voice, and Green worked wise, they're left alone. According to focus on the bigger picture." more about digging up dirt than uncov- it posts documents such as prison, as a freelance magazine writer. As Bastone, Court TV is planning two Another plus is that it often takes ering compelling facts. "They're taking police and medical examiner's records investigative journalists, the two accu- half-hour specials this summer based less than 20 minutes from the time a advantage of people in the limelight, (such as those relating to the death of mulated a collection of FBI reports, on their material. document is discovered to con finn and and of the sensationalism of being a' Malcolm X). A flight manual investi- court affidavits and memos. As for the site's greatest hits, post it, said Bastone, giving the site celebrity," he said. gators believe was used by the Sept. II They realized the powerful effect Bastone said, "Anything bad that's what amounts to a journalistic fast Regardless of the topic the site .terrorists was also posted. . raw documents can have on readers - related to a reality TV show came out break. investigates, its approach remains the "You will always find something at seeing an FBI "confidential" stamp same. This focus is the main reason of this office. We sort of lump all those makes you feel like you're in on the Armed with little more than the together as our best stuff. It just never our site that you can't find anywhere Freedom of Information Act, help from The Smoking' Gun is still smoking. else," said Bastone. discovery; part of the gumshoe game. Bastone and Green say their site still ends." In 1997, they first posted their collcc- two other reporters (Joseph Jesselli 'and Washington Post media reporter Andrew Goldberg), computers arid looks and reads the way it did in 1997, Howard Kurtz said "The Smoking Gun tion on the' Web, never expecting their when they launched it with a previous- project to become a full-time occupa- scanners, Bastone and Green work in has become a journalistic gold mine an office in the East 30s that was once ly unpublished FBI report detailing because it produces the one thing - raw tion. Rock Hall of Fame lineup includes Clash, AC/DC, Police honor." The group's only other show the following night - their get in," says Jim Henke, chief Moody Blues or Patti Smith, By David Hinckley of rock's mainstream. plan is a 25th-anniversary re- only planned live gigs in 2003. curator of the Hal1's museum in most artists take induction as an New York Daily News --- "This is the first year there release of their recordings - a Perhaps the act that can take Cleveland. "Some of my own honor while reserving the right are no black inductees," notes gambit many record companies the most satisfaction from an favorites still haven't made it. to remain slightly bemused. The Police and surviving music business analyst Bob take when an artist is inducted. induction performance is the But if you look at the overall "It was worth all the pain and members of the Clash will Grossweiner. In what is likely to be Righteous Brothers - Bil\ picture, I think the inductees are anguish to finally, after 25 reunite Monday to join ACIDC, "It looks 'as if the Hall feels it Monday's most emotional per- Medley and Bobby Hatfield - pretty reflective of the music." years, get the gold watch," says the Righteous Brothers and has inducted all the '50s vocal formance, surviving Clash who likely would have been Henke notes that the museum Police guitarist Andy Summers. Elvis Costello and the groups it's going to, and there members Mick Jones, Topper inducted years ago if it weren't itself covers all of rock 'n' roll, Summers will join fellow Attractions. for induction into aren't any traditional soul or Headon and Paul Simonon will for Phil Spector's influence in not just inductees. Its current Policemen Stewart Copeland the Class of 2003 at the Rock R&B artists." pay tribute to lead singer Joe nominations. Their "You've featured exhibition is, on U2, and Sting to perform at and Roll Hall of Fame. There are also no women this Strummer, who died in Lost That Lovin' Feeling" was which is not yet eligible for Monday's ceremony, their first The Hall is now considering year, which is mildly surprising music publisher BMI's most- induction. Its summer concert show together since an aborted December. artists from the late '70s (per- since critical favorite Patti The other inductees also will played record of the 20th series last year featured, among attempt at Sting's wedding in formers are eligible 25 years Smith was nominated. The Hall perform. Costello will play with century. has often been accused of seeing others, John Mayer and A\\Til 1992. after their first recording), and is Sting says he's doing this the Imposters, while ACIDC rock as a male endeavor. Lavigne. will follow Monday's show also dealing with a time when But even as fans argue their one "because the Police were a "There's always going to be with an invitation-only club most black artists were split off cases for Rush, Lou Reed, the damn good band, and it's an into "urban" music and thus out disagreement over who should Song, dance fill cinema of India This approach to filmmak- By Eric Christ the songs," said Chris Stults, curatorial assistant in the film ing has a value beyond a sim- The Lantern pleescape from reality, Stults (Ohio State U.) ~---- and video department at the Ohio State Wexner Center. said. '~Alot of Westerners, they the international film sec- "Then it's a much more interactive experience when think of it as really hokey, tions of most video stores are cheesy fun, but there's more to often the most overlooked by you're watching the film, since everybody's kind of familiar it than that. It's another type of American audiences, evident filmmaking and with a good by the thin layer of dust, which with the songs already." Western filmgoers might be film it can just be a rapturous, clings to the skimpy selection transcendent experience where of videos filed in the foreign turned off by the singing and dancing and far-fetched scenar- it doesn't obey the formal section at mainstream video boundaries that a Western film stores such as Blockbuster ios, but these things are what give the films their entertain- would. It's just completely Video. ' unchained," he said. But as the popular cinema of ment value. Kerry Brown, a 'India, known as Bollywood, graduate student in art history begins to gain international said she was initially turned off popularity, this may soon by the idea of Bollywood films because of the singing and the change. Ron Green, professor of dancing, but after one film she film studies, said the film was hooked. industry in India is serious "There's always a happy ending. There's always this business. "It is the second largest sort of escape from reality," industry in the world and has she said. " Genevieve'Reiner, a gradu- been for decades behind the ate student in art history, said a U.S., so it is an enormous Western viewer must suspend industry," he said. The Indian Students disbelief to enjoy this kind of entertainment because of the Association at Ohio State is one student group which uses fantastic scenarios and non the films of Bollywood for sequiturs in the film!!. "They're not made to reflect entertainment and recreation. reality; they are made to make "I think we do it because it's you forget your life and to for- like a -connection for interna- get the everyday. We tend not tional students who arc coming think like that," she said. here, and it's something that still connects them to India," said Apama Donthi, president of the Indian Students Association. A major difference between the Western moviegoing experience and Indian moviegoing experience is the audience reaction to the films. . "It's definitely a different environment," Donthi said. "It's a lot rowdier, people make a lot of noise. It's not like -you have to be quiet the whole time like theaters here. It's more than just laughing out loud or something. It's like whistling -at a pretty girl or making comments about what just happened, loud c~mrn~nts so everyone can hear It. It s a lot more enthusiastic, I guess." Several important character- istics ofTndian films set them . apart from American films. 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