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Boise State University ScholarWorks Student Newspapers (UP 4.15) University Documents 8-30-2001 Arbiter, August 30 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 j I 1 , - save the world! RIde your bIke! -PQ.3 Vol. 15Issue 3 First Copy Free Thursday August 30, 2001 Detour: Campus construction updates Numerous delays However, a portion of stu- cause contention dent fees this year have been going toward the maintenance and upkeep of a building that is By laura Wylde not yet finished. The Arbiter "Students approved a fee increase for the maintenance Mind the gap, the tom up and operating costs of the sidewalk, missing lawns and recreation ce~ter on the construction vehicles roaring assumption tha\it would open through campus; BSU is get- this fall," said Nate Peterson, ting many facelifts. president of the Associated The largest project, or at Students of Boise State least the most visible, is the University. tennis center project. Adding to the controversy Construction began this sum- are other projects also behind mer, but '~becauseof problems getting the bidding process schedule. i North of the Liberal Arts I underway, we are behind building is the Theatre Lane ! schedule," said Larry Blake, renovation. The entire street is director of facilities planning. tom up, "we wanted to get it This project should be com- done earlier," Blake said. pleted in three months, Blake Blake explained it is a pro- said, however a few more ject under the division of public months will be needed .to works. It is this division estab- build the adjoining structure. lishing bidding contracts, and Plal~S are to build a long managing the contracts. narrow building housing lock- Blake confessed the project er rooms, showers, coaches did not get started as early as offices and storage spaces. administration wanted. Built on .the·top of this struc- "It should be a short dura- - ture will be an' area with tion project, and finished with- bleachers to watch tourna- in a few weeks," Blake said. ment matches. The project will be replacing The Student Recreation deteriorated pavement, and !=enter project is also behind "gaining some green space schedule and now suffering .south of the communica,tion political controversy. department to provide a nice "Construction of the stu- sitting area," Blake said. dent recreation center has Also disrupting students is been going on for over a year the renovation of Campus now," Blake said. Lane, which is undergoing an According to the contract intensive' lighting 'and land- established by BSU, work on scaping project. this structure should have Campus safety has re-rout- been done in July. ed the shuttle busses because of "The contractors are doing a reasonable job," Blake said, this project. "but they are pushing time see DETOURpg. 2 back." Work continues on the Appleton Outdoor TennIs facility, which Is scheduled to be finished by January 2002. August, Lemke asked the three Parking relief hospitals in the Treasure Student sacrifices time, money Valley to join her cause. She asked for old equipment like measures suggested stethoscopes, blood pressure to help a Third World country cuff , or even a box of latex glovesr to help the island. three weeks on the volcanic aspirin from one individual is However, she has nothing to Bv Laura Wvlde island. She has seen people not enough to help the people show for her request. The Arbiter suffer because of the lack of of Ometepe. The island is Lemke confessed her visits medical goods, and realized impoverished and medical to Nicaragua have changed her Evelyn Lemke studies pre- the blunt fact that with com- services are barbaric at best. life. "It was hard for me to med. at Boise State, and after passion she can save lives in a The country lacks any tech- come home," she explained. obtaining a degree she wants third World country. nology or common goods to Because she had carpet, trans- to "donate her medical knowl- "It is unbelievable what a create a sterile environment. portation, a hot shower and edge to a country." bottle of aspirin, which costs She explained that at the medical services, she realized In May, Lemke went to a dollar in the United States main hospitals, nurses need how greedy she had been, and Nicaragua on a medical foray how greedy Americans can be. with the Good Samaritan "If it does not involve you Mission. The group estab- directly people don't care," she lished the trip to work with said. "But somebody has got to orphaned cnildren on the care and that's my job." island of Ometcpe. The solo visit Lemke made in For the trip, Lemke packed August gave her a much l'hOIo by Ted Hannon donations including shoes, greater understanding of why The parklno lot outside of the Morrison Center looks calm now, clothing and money to pur- the people of Ometepe need but come mornlne the automotive .vultures wlll circle the lot In chase vaccinations for the little medical assistance. search of the few spaces that open up as other students leave •.. children of the impoverished She examined least 50 peo- isle. She spent time with chil- ple in the total of nine days she By Matt Neznanskl Drive every eight minutes, dren in the orphanage visited Ometepe. The Arbiter was designed to transport stu- Lemke returned alone to "Fifty is low estimate," she dents from the outlying lots to Ometepe in August, funding corrected herself. "Because 1 Parking concerns continue to the main buildings has been in the venture with a title loan on went to at least 40 different weigh on the minds of stu- usc since 1992. her 1993 Mitsubishi. Her mis- families and the average fami- dents as the fall semester Traffic Control Supervisor sion was to make a documen- ly has at least eight children." begins. Long lines at the per- Charles Wilson said, "The tary detailing the life and During the second visit, mit office and waiting for shuttle is definitely underuti- struggles of good people living Lemke acted more like a moth- parking in heavily used lots lized. People don't realize that in a poor country. er than a doctor. She checked seem to be the order of the the best place to park is at the Photo courtesy of Evelyn Lemke. people's blood pressure and For her second visit, Lemke day. k h f stadium and use the shuttle." cleaned out her medicine cabi- Evelyn Lemke and some of the kids she worked with at the distributed aspirin to those us semester mar s t e irst Tltime that permits have been "We have even offered prizes net to bring medical aid to the orphanaoe. with either a fever or muscle people .of Ometepe. She pain from being ill for so long. made available on-line. With a for riding it," said Siebolt, "1 can do." She explained that to re-wash latex gloves don't know why--students brought and begged the "Nearly everyone has a credit card, students can log don't use it." one bottle of 100 aspirin because the establishment Treasure .Valley for any med- fever," she said. "You think on to BroncoWeb via the Boise A new parking struC\ure is would save two lives and lacks a constant supply. people are walking around ication, specifically aspirin and Between her first trip in May, State horne page and cIick on slated to begin construction ibuprofen. help about 25 people. see LEMKE on pg. 2 the Parking-Transportation,. next summer with completion However, a bottle of and the second trip. in She has now spent a little over link to purchase permits. planned by summer, 2003. As of the first day of classes, this explains the increase in 600 permits had been pur- this year's parking fees. Grade replacement policy chased on-line according. to "All fee increases are suggest- Bob Siebolt, Director of ed by a student and adminis- Campus Safety. tration committee," said takes effect this semester "We're still seeing lines at the Siebolt. "Permit fees were News in accordance with the past icine. main office," Siebolt said. raised across the b031'd, not Nearly 1,QOOstu- policy. But if a student retakes "People who have already Parking permits are also being just general." • Student fees highest a class this semester that he or _ graduated are coming back to sold in the Brink room of the The proposed parking garage I ever- pg. 3 dents dropped she had already retaken, the retake classes to get into gradu- Student Union in conjunction wilI differ from the existing 1 most recent grade will be cal- ate school," said Candi with Student ID pictures and one in that it will be exclusive- Opinion from classes cu1ated into the GPA, not the Vipperman, a customer service orientation in an effort to Iy permit holder parking. At Bv Brandon Fiala average of the past two or three representative in the reduce' lines. present, permit holders must I classes, Ebner said. Registrar's Office. "Before, it • Why college sucks The Arbiter About 5,000 general permits share access to the garage with -pg.4 From 1995 until this sernes- took forever to raise a GPA." are sold every year, while hourly rarking.