Arbiter, September 26 Students of Boise State University

Boise State University ScholarWorks Student Newspapers (UP 4.15) University Documents 9-26-2005 Arbiter, September 26 Students of Boise State University Although this file was scanned from the highest-quality microfilm held by Boise State University, it reveals the limitations of the source microfilm. It is possible to perform a text search of much of this material; however, there are sections where the source microfilm was too faint or unreadable to allow for text scanning. For assistance with this collection of student newspapers, please contact Special Collections and Archives at [email protected]. I MONDAY SEPTEMBER 26 2005 THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT VOICE OF BOISE STATE SINCE 1933 HAPPY B IRT HD A Y MARIANA I VOLUME 18 FIRST ISSUE FREE ISSUE 13 Gay recognition debate continues B¥ RYAN MORTENSEN the length of time that mem- News Writer bers of BGLAD would like to be recognized. A bill designating a week in "I am not in support of. the bill October as Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, due to the length of time," said Transgender and Queer, (GLBTQ) Julie Klebenew, a BSU freshman. week continued to stir debate dur- "One week is too long for this type ing the ASBSU Senate meeting on of recognition. One day would be Thursday, Sept. 22. enough." _ The . bill "BGLAD is a would recog- , misunderstood nize the con- ---------- population on tributions of One week is too .campus. This gay students, long for this ty'pe week is not for faculty and a promotion of staff. of recognition. gay rights, only The bill recognition," was changed One day would said Ho Parker, to a resolu- be enough. coordinator of tion dur- the Cultural inganASBSU - Julie Klebenew, BSU student Center in re- committee ,. sponse to the is- meeting held sue of length of last Tuesday. time. The new wording is similar to ."People in the community should that of the original bill, but would be recognized all year long. These state ASBSU's official support of people are good people and con- 'Boise State University GLBTQ tribute to society ..The discrimina- Hecognition Week: tion comes only because people are "We must have diversity. This not being educated enough about designated week would be the the subject," said BSU student first of its type in BSU history," Adrienne Wright. The mural In the Educatlon butldmq Includes depIctIons 01 polmcel actIvIst Cesar Chavez, arUst FrIda Kahlo and BSU student Juan Morales. said Woody Howard, president Members ofBGLAD would be of BSU Bisexuals, Gays, Lesbians able to celebrate their own recog- and Allies for Diversity (BGLAD). nition week without the endorse> Howard also encouraged senate ment of ASBSU, but wanted to take members and guests to Join the It to the student body to be formally efforts of solidarity by supporting recognized by ASBSU. the bilI. "We don't want to be tolerated, we BY 'ESSICA CHRISTENSEN ed the mural to. depict the Latino Juan Morales. These students have by severaIor~nlz~t1on~, whiCh During his opening remarks, want to be accepted," saId Jessica News Writer community:' all been Inspirational to Gomez Included the Dean of CoIIege Howard also introduced a list of Clipson, memberofBGLAD. The mural hangs eight feet by 21 because of "the way they've been of Education, the Billngual prominent community members The blll wlU again be discussed .he fourth floor of the feet, and was produced in Gomez's served by the program,' Gomez Department and the Educational in favor of the bill. The list Includ- on Tuesday, Sept 27 at 4:45 p.m. It Education building at home. "I nailed it on the wall from said. "Their commitment to suc- Technology Department. ed Nicole LeFavour, of the House will be voted upon Thursday, Sept. Boise State University March through August working on ceed at Boise State Is inspiring." Gomez said Inspiration for the of Representatives for the state of 29. Students, faculty, and staff are T houses a new piece of it consistently In March through Other individuals that gather mural began with education. It Idaho, Dr. Lisa McClain, director welcome to attend and question or artwork. On the wall June. After that, I had it an addi- around Anzaldna in the mural in- represents students who want to of gender studies at BSU; Martin give their thoughts regarding this hangs a mural painted by Alma tional two months to do some final cludeavlatlon pioneer Alberto be teachers, Gomez said. Included Orr, chair of Cultural and Ethnic proposed blll can be e-mailed to Gomez, an adjunct professor of the work on it," Gomez said. Santos-Dumont, physician Antonia In the mural Is Boise State student Diversity, Dave Buechler, Boise [email protected]. Art Department at BSU. The mural Depicted at the center of the mu- Novello, political activists Cesar Juan Morales. State United Methodist Students was created to depict Latinos and ral is world-renowned Chicana ac- Chavez and Maria Gonzalez- "I met Alma last year, and she has education, and to symbolize the tivist, writer, and scholar Gloria Mabbutt, astronaut Ellen Ochoa, been an amazing role model in my and the Cultural Center Staff and , Advisory Board. significance of bilingual education Anzaldna. Judge Sergio Guiterrez, poet and life. When she asked me to be In If the bilI passes, the recognition Student Voice at BSU. Blllngual ~ducation Chair Children surround Anzaldna diplomat Pablo Neruda, poet and the mural, I was honored," Morales week' would be scheduled around Claudia Peralta Nash chose Gomez to represent the future. All things scholar Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz said. Oct. 11, and, according to Howard, Check out the Opin- because of her previous artwork represented In the mural have sym- and artist Frida Kahlo. Morales Is a sophomore stu- would commemorate the March ion section, pgs. specializing In Latino culture. bolic meaning and are purposeful. Gomez chose to Include each sig- dent originally from Guanajuato, Monarch butterflies throughout nificant person because of the Im- - on Washington in 1987 for Gay and 7-8, for feedback "The mural Is a celebration of the Mexico. Lesbian Rights that took place on triumph of the human spirit In each the mural symbolize the Latinos' portant contributions each make "My family moved to the Idaho that date. from multiple sides of the Individuals depleted," Alma journey from their country of origin to society through their work and Falls area from California because "Oct. 11 is also recognized as of this issue or join Gomez-said, "It was Claudia Peralta to the United States. passion. they liked Wyoming and wanted Included in the mural is former 'National Coming out Day'," said the discussion at Nash of the College of Education Nash said she wanted to "bring to give us a good opportunity to be Howard. who got this whole thing started, BSU College Assistance Migrant a reflection of what we do on the educated," Morales said. Some students opposing the bill i arbiteronline.com and Ithank herfor that. They want- Program (CAMP) students Isabel fourth floor." . i See Gmnez (page 31 said they were concerned' about L ed something different. Theywant- Aguilar, Perla Mendivil Abad and The mural was commissioned Enrollment increase meets BSU goals BY SARA BAHNSON increases is to direct Boise State's focus to the rollment numbers must align with the amount News Writer students who have the best chance of succeed- of financial aid and scholarships available. ing. "As we grow our enrollment, we need to in- The Boise State University administration's "We are hoping to attract a higher caliber crease' the scholarships we have available," attempt to hold enrollment growth to .t to 2 , student at Boise State and enhance our student Wheeler said. "Federal financial aid will con- percent appears to be ontarget for the class of profile," Fortin said. tlnue to Increase." 2005-2006. According to Mark Wheeler, interim vice According to university officials, the number Enrollments numbers came in at 18,599 stu- president of Student Affairs, managing growth of minority students at Boise State increased by dents, which Is 191 students more than last year is an Important goal for the university, and rats- 4.8 percent, with fourteen percent of the fresh- and a I percent Increase, according to Boise ing adml~lon standards is a way to do so. man class identifying themselves as students State officials. ·We could have well over 20,000 students, but of color. According to a Boise State pressrelease, we would. be stretched very thln," Wheeler "We've had an initiative to outreach to multi- minority students and a freshman class said .."We would be admitting students ethnic students and we're also benefiting from of .academically talented students that don't have a great likelihood of the demographics of the area," Fortin said. "We contributed greatly to the new en- success," are seeing more Latino people take advantage rollrnent numbers. With a freshman class of 2,262, of post-secondary education." To manage growth, the uni- . the largest In Boise State history, Wheeler said that everyone could beneflt. versity began raising admis- It 'is. important to provide the from a diverse student body. sion standards In 1997. new students with a. qual- "It's good for Caucasian students; because "The uniVersity did an' Ity education that Includes they're going to need to learn to work In a di- analysis of the admission more sections of 'classes, verse environment, ~..Wheeler' .said. "That's standards. and, decided Wheelersald. whattheworkplace Is like.7 . ·to. Implement. Incremen- "We recognize that we· Wh~elersaldth.atthe university makes a tal Increases in the stan- need to Increaseclasses on the conscious.

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