Boise State University ScholarWorks Student Newspapers (UP 4.15) University Documents 2-24-2005 Arbiter, February 24 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]. tHU /I 5 0 R Y FE 8R U·R R Y i! ~ aD 0 5 THE 'NO E P Ell DE III 5 T U 0 E II T V 0 ICE 0 F B 0 I 5 E 5 T R TE 5' NeE 1 9 3 3 VOLUME 17 FI II 5T '.5 5 UE FREE ISSUE 'IS READ US ONLINE AT Hoods thrash ) message boards, breaking news, archive search, photo Boise altdeshnws & weather ~enate..impeache.s Morriss I ! . President accused of appointing himself lobbyist I BY G A EG OilY AU TT Y . ASBSU president to make the appropriate Sen. Joe Holladay said he was tipped off allegations and confirmed that Morriss had in fact received the service I News Edrtnr appointment and did not think twice about about Morriss' self-appointment by an ASBSU award. Morriss' appointment of himself, saying, "we adviser the week of Feb; 13. On. Feb. 15, an "It's been a long 48 hours, an emotional 48 hours," Labrecque said. The Senate voted last Thursday to impeach just didn't even go there." anonymous post on the ASBSUWeb site ac- "As a VP with somebody, who ran a campaign with him ... this [the President David Morriss for failing to admin- Vice President Tom Labrecque said in the cused Morriss of "fleecing" the senate by news] hit me like a car." I ister the ASBSUbudget, for accepting monies senate discussion that Morriss had not in- giving himself a service award. Many of the promised to another ASBSU representative, senators said they found out about the issue and for awarding himself a service award just one day before they voted to impeach without going through the appointment pro- Morriss. cess. Labrecque said that after reading the anon- The impeachment comes after Morriss ap- ymous post online, he began researching the pointed himself a lobbyist, a job already con- stitutionally expected of the president, and I accepted a tuition waiver from the Alumni Center without informing any senator or ex- ecutive staff. "If there is any reason to impeach, this is it." It's nice Sen. Jefferson Day said during the Senate dis- cussion, "thisIs more than enough." ', The impeachment hearing is scheduled to take place Thursday, March 3 at 4 p.m. in The to see the Forum. For Morriss to be removed from office, a four-fifths majority ofsenators must vote for his removal.' Currently there are 10 senators. The hearing IS open to the public. Morriss declined to.comment on the allega- formed him of his self-appointment. "IfI had Senate in dons, saying onlythat it's "nice to see the sen- done this I wouldhave expected to be fired or ate in action." would have resigned," Labrecque said. According to Lee Denker, executive direc- Sen. Day likened the scandal to that of for- tor of the Alumni Association, Morriss SUb- mer Boise mayor Brent Coles, saying it could mitted his name, along with the name of an- be years before student confidence in student action.' other lobbyist, to receive a tuition waiver for government could be regained. Coles pled the spring semester. guilty in November 2003 to two felony charg- -David Morriss, ASBSUPresident Denker says that the Association trusts the es related to the misuse of public funds. Pre id Iltial candidate 2005: Four tickets vie for executive branch- i I i I J world . world nallOnal nalulnal iocal-tbsu The award recognizes students who ward with democratic reforms. the floor and crowded into doorways. to prepare their taxes. ,500 Palestinian excel not only in scholarship, but also Bush, on a five-day trip to repair "We'll have people there who never "We've done focus groups at other as leaders on and, off campus. Judges strained relations with European al- come to faculty meetings," said Arthur colleges, but what's great is they have prisoners set free also looked at each student's outstand- lies, touched on many global issues in Kleinman, chairman ofthe department the process down and do a great job of ing original academic or intellectual to bolster Israeli- his first address on foreign soil since of anthropology, who has been critical recruiting people from different areas product or endeavor. In addition to be- beginning his second term, but his em- of Summers. "We're going to see people of the university," Maron said. ing a 4.0 GPAstudent, Gribble is direc- Palestinian truce phasis on pushing Russia to honor prin- come out of the woodwork." The company uses its founders' tor of the Volunteer Services Board, a ciples of democracy was most striking, Some professors have been calling for campus connections and mathemati- student-run organization developed for it put Putin on notice that Bush in- a vote of no-confidence in Summers, cal formulas to determine how to staff TULKAREM, West Bank - Israel .to promote volunteerism to students tends to confront him over his recent but parliamentary procedure may pre- each brainstorming session and evalu- released 500 Palestinian prisoners and the university community. She Monday in an effort to bolster an infor- efforts to consolidate power. vent such a vote at tuesday's session, ate participants. The sessions are designed to harness also coaches junior varsity volleyball mal truce announced by Israeli Prime Bush said he believes Russia's future senior faculty members said. 150to 200 student ideas so companies at Bishop Kelly High School, where she Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian lies with the West, but added pointedly: Any no-confidence vote would be can capitalize on them. Students go attended high school and graduated in leader Mahmoud Abbas at their Feb. 8 "Yet, for Russia to make progress as a largely symbolic. The seven-mem- through a screening process and must 2000. summit. European nation, the Russian govern- ber governing, corporation that se- While Palestinian leaders com- ment must renew a commitment to de- lects Harvard's president said late last . participate in one test run before they plained the release didn't go far enough, mocracy and the rule of law. We recog- week that it fully supports Summers. can become paid as what the company for many Palestinians, including moth- nize that reform will not happen over- Summers is one of the members of the calls idea generators. BSU crew sends er Zahra Abu Zant, it was a feast of joy. night. We must always remind Russia, corporation, as is his mentor, former BrainReactions, started in July, has "Nader! Nader!" she shouted to her however, that our alliance stands for a Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin. hundreds of student idea generators dispatches via satellite 17-year-old sortover the din ofululating free press, a vital opposition, the shar- The current Summers imbroglio, in its database and more than 10 cli- from remote ocean Palestinian women, who broke through ing of power and the rule of law - and the latest in a series of controversies ents that include Intuit and Bank of a cordon of Israeli soldiers at the edge the United States and all European in Summer's three-and-a-half-year America, Chhatpar said. He said the stretch of this Palestinian border town to greet countries should place democratic re- tenure, was triggered by comments he company is profitable, although he the male prisoners arriving by the bus- form at the heart of their dialogue with made last month suggesting that innate won't disclose numbers. load. Nader saw her and grinned. wav- Russia." . gender differences might be responsi- "College students contain an incred- BOISE,Idaho - A crew of Boise State ing madly beforccrawling out of a bus Bush meets Putin Thursday in ble for the small number of women in ible creative resource that evaporates University scientists and students window, jumping to the ground and Bratislava, the Slovak Republic. Their top science and engineering positions. quickly after they are hired into real who are on a 41-day voyage to one of running into her waiting arms. meeting is widely seen as the first test world jobs," said Altfeather, a graduate the most remote stretches of ocean on "Thank you, God," she wept, as they of Bush's bold second-inaugural vow to student in biological systems engineer- Earth are sending backlive dispatches kissed each other and then the dirt. It end tyranny and confront "every ruler Brain drain: Company ing. and photos via a satellite link and so- was one of many such joyous reunions - and every nation", on their commit- harvests, sells students' liciting questions from Idahoans about Monday at five Israeli-Palestinian bor- ment to democracy and human rights. their adventure. der crossings in the largest release of ideas The public can read their first-person Palestinian prisoners since 1996. accounts, see pictures of life aboard In Brussels, Belgium, President Bush When software maker Intuit Inc. de- Senior recognized by ship and submit questions to the crew lent his support to efforts aimed at im- cided to create a Web site to help young at http://news.boisestate.Cdu/ocean- proving Israeli-Palestinian relations, people use its Turbo Tax program, the USA Today ·voyage.