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At~nRne ..... 8 Ishaq-Wolfe win ASBSUpresidential election Newly elected leaders dismayed at passage of Constitutional Convention By Jessica Adams Moore stresses The Arbiter ------ Ali Ishaq and Jim Wolfe importance of easily beat their closest rivals by nearly 300 votes in this fundraising year's student body presiden- By Linda Cook I tial races. The Arbiter ------ Ishaq and Wolfe garnered 601 votes, out of 1291 total Dr. Perry D. Moore, senior I student body votes in an elec- vice president and provost of tion that saw voter turnout dip Wright State University, by about 2 percent compared answered questions from the to the Spring. 2002el~.ction. public Wednesday during the Voter turnout this year totaled final round of interviews for the 7.8 percent of the student body presidency' of Boise State population, as opposed to a 9.7 University. percent turnout last year. Prior to the open forum, he ASBSU President Elect ~ave interviews to the media, including The Arbiter, and Ishaq greeted the news of his throughout his two-day visit victory with a combination of met with several campus groups excitement and apprehension. to talk of his goals If he were "This is a huge responsibil- chosen. ity," Ishaq said. Prior to his current position, "The first thing we're going Moore spent 16 years as thc to do is get together with all the dean and two as associate dean candidates and brainstorm for Photo by Ted Harmon, The Arbiter of Wright's liberal arts depart- ideas. There were some out- ment. standing candidates in this race Pam MaGee congratulates ASBSU President Elect Ali Ishaq after the electiun results were announced. He holds a doctorate in gov- ernment from the University of and we want their input." contested this year: the College The ASBSU Elections changes primarily because the as we can and make ASBSU's United States when he was 10 Texas at Austin, and a master's years old, and he graduated of Social Sciences and Public Board announced the results on new GPA requirement for stu- presence known," lshaq said. in government and a bachelor's dent body elected leaders would lshaq and Wolfe, both 20, from Centennial High School in Affairs and the College of in government and history from Friday in the Student Union Applied Technology. 'Forum-to a crowd that con- . exclude students with a GPA met earlier this semester while 2000. Midwestern State University. Wolfe is a second-generation Robert Green emerged as the sisted mostly of candidates. lower than 2.5 from student serving ASBSU as senator's-at- Moore said that if he were Boise State student whose winner of the SSPA race. Additionally, more than two- government involvement. large. chosen as president, one of his father played Bronco football Ramiro Castro, from the main focuses would be funding thirds of voters approved the "We're huge advocates of Ishaq, a member of the Boise from 1975 to 1979. Wolfe's College of Applied for the university. ASBSU Constitutional student involvement, and we State debate team, also serves grandfather was dean of admin- Technology, beat incumbent "I think over the longer term Convention, a mish-mash of feel this is an exclusionary on the Martin Luther King Jr. istration at Boise Junior College James Ball by only 17 votes in there needs to be much more amendments to the student gov- move," Ishaq said. Committee and was formerly a and oversaw the transition of the closest race this election. fundraising. As I understand it, ernment constitution. Ishaq and Wolfe, who cam- member of the Idaho BJC to a state university. Wolfe New student government the university has not had a for- To Ishaq and Wolfe's disap- paigned on a platform of Progressive Student Alliance at currently chairs the Senate leaders will be inaugurated mal capital campaign, an effort pointment, the Constitutional increased student involvement, BSU. Budget Finance Committee. An April 24 at 5 p.m. in the Student dedicated to raisl11l:l private Convention passed in a vote of said their plans include a proac- Born in the United Arab Idaho native, Wolfe is almost Union Farnsworth Room. funds ... and I think that's defi- 728 to 368. tive approach to the problem of Emirates, Ishaq speaks fluent nitely in the future for Boise fluent in Spanish. Ishaq and Wolfe said they student apathy. Urcu, Punjabi and Hindi. His State if I come," Moore said. Only two senate seats were voted against the constitutional "We're gonnajump in as fast family immigrated to the "That needs to be preceded by friend-raising ... and the president needs to be pretty much out in the community raising friends, who in turn China combats SARS with ancient herbal remedies hopefully will want to give to the university and support the worker. She also worried that drome. said through a university. At Wright, I tried to By Michael Dorgan her son could contract the dis- Vice Minister surgical mask bring together all clements of Knight Ridder Newspapers - ease at his crowded junior high of Health Ma as she waited the university into an integrated in a long line school. marketing plan." BEIJING - Fear of the dead- Xiaowei told at the Tong "I don't know if this (the At BSU, Moore believes that ly disease SARS is mounting in reporters that Ren Tang herbal concoction) is any good, enrollment marketing is not Beijing despite days of govern- thousands of city Drug Store, but I'm willing to try it," she currently needed due to an ment assurances that the virus is health workers which has said. "It's better than nothing." already high number of students under control. would be sent out been dispens- The article promoting the but that "image-marketing" Some people dread the virus to spot undetect- ing ginseng herbal formula ran Tuesday. On should be a priority, so much they rarely venture out ed SARS cases to root, wolfber- Wednesday, the drug store Moore said he regards ath- of their apartments. Others line prevent the ries and other received orders for 30,000 letics as an important way of up at pharmacies and Chinese spread of infec- ingredients doses, a clerk said. On marketing fund raising. He is medicine shops to buy face tion. He said spe- " for herbal Thursday, strong sales contin- also interested in bringing more masks and herbal remedies to cial procedures medicine for ued as a conga line of worried graduate-level programs to protect themselves, measures had been put in _-·:':~:'.(Ii,ii:);·,;_·,.· more than residents, young and old, Boise State, particularly engi- that may have little effect if the place at hospitals Photo by Miranda Kuo . KRT 100 years. snaked through the shop to a nccring, epidemic follows the same to isolate and A woman wearing a mask purchases herbs that arc claimed to pre- Li was at rear room where the herbs were "It seems to me there needs explosive pattern in Beijing, a diagnose sus- vent the contraction of SARS at a pharmacy in Beijing. the old shop dispensed. to be a doctoral program in crowded city of 13 million, as it pected SARS in central Many in line agreed with engineering here, given the has in southern China's cases, and that opened in both Chinese and Beijing to buy an herbal concoc- Li's assessment that the herbs high-tech nature of the Boise Guangdong province and Hong certain hospitals had been des- English to provide information tion to ward off SARS that had may not work but were better area and the importance of that Kong. ignated to treat SARS patients. to the public. Arriving foreign industry here," Moore said. been recommended on the front than nothing, which, unfortu- The government on All trains, buses and taxis, as tourists will be given cards with He said he would also stress page of a local newspaper. nately, Is what Western medi- Thursday announced new sur- well as the Beijing International SARS control information as increasing retention rates and "Everyday 1ride a crowded cine has to offer to date when it veillance and containment mea- Airport, will be disinfected well as contact numbersfor hos- improving graduation rates. bus to work and everybody's comes'to preventing SARS. sures to prevent the spread of daily, he said. pitals. breathing all over me," com- the virus that causes SARS Telephone hotlines and "I'm really afraid," Li Dong. See Moore page 3 plained Li, a city government -severe acute respiratory syn- SARS Web sites have been .1 ~, I i ! Springtime weather highlights bicycle safety . ' J By Jason Kauffman easily spent the rest (If his life in a According to Officer Leavitt, bicy- The Arbiter --------- wheelchair," Anastasio said. cle commuters using Boise's roadways Anastasio 'said that Boiseans con- must be aware of their own safety at all , With the warm weather of spring, cerned with bicycle advocacy could . times, because of their low visibility.