Boise State University ScholarWorks Student Newspapers (UP 4.15) University Documents 9-5-2002 Arbiter, September 5 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]. Broncos beat Vandals Artprofessor into page 6 monkey business page 10 e r iter' www.nrbiteronline.corn Thursday, September 5, 2002 ;';';'";;0." '_"" .." ... 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Affairs Peg Blake said stu- non-essential position or financial aid and work-study viously given to out-of-state would need to take a budget Positions were cut in the dents would instead notice two, and so there are not as funding has also taken a hit. students who wanted to cut and learn to live with the English and mathematics the cuts when dealing with many people available to However, Blake said the work at the university are decision. departments, but few profes- administrative offices. talk to students or to take impact to financial aid is rel- also no longer available. Administrators called a sors were lost. "Students are really feel- phone calls." atively small. Blake said despite the meeting, which was open to "We mostly eliminated the ing [the cuts] when they try However, Blake empha- "The funding cut [in finan- See Budget Cuts page 3 "Why would new faculty apply or stay at BSU, knowing that job stability is a roll of the dice from year to year? The legislature needs to do somethind-outrktv to show these people that they are important." ----;:g~~r;~~,~~~i,~ Idaho Suicide Hotline expands Mathias experiences Israeli unrest Hotline develops new portive environment than statewide suicide previously available. The new call center also features He went there for a bet- prevention plan ASBSU president instant messaging, which ter understanding of the Wollheim said would allow Israeli culture, and the com- ISPHS to help more people. travels to Holy plexities that students face By Jessica Adams The Arbiter ------- "What we find is that Land in a country often seen as a younger white males find it battleground by the rest of The Idaho Suicide difficult to talk, but they like the world. Mathias said Prevention Hotline Service the anonymity of instant By Kelly Morse prior to his trip that he gains momentum this year messaging," Wollheim said. The Arbiter ------ believed Israel to be a dan- with the development of a Wollheim said that certifi- gerous place. statewide suicide prevention cation would allow the cen- ASBSU President Chris "When I got over there, I plan and movement towards ter to expand its operations. Mathias' perception of the thought Israel was this war- a national certification pro- "National certification media was recently put to torn, blood-stained country, gram at Boise State. means that we will have the test when he came with- [aj speck on the map, but Boise State is leading the access to federal monies, in a few miles of a it's not. It's a gorgeous way for suicide awareness in which are out there for sui- Palestinian car bomber in a place-often forgotten Idaho with the development cide prevention," Wollheim small hamlet" outside about." of the plan fostered under said. Jerusalem. Mathias is not disclaim- the campus-based ISPHS. Right now, ISPHS is tak- Mathias was en route to ing the mayhem that takes Currently, there are only 8 ing steps to achieve national his hotel room in down- place in the tiny certified crisis workers in the certification based on criteria town Jerusalem when the Mediterranean country, but Intermountain West. outlined by the American suicide attack happened. said the media portrays the ISPHS Director and com- Association of Suicidology. He said the climate sudden- violence to be more preva- munication professor Peter The volunteer-based hot- ly became tense, and it was lent than it actually is. Wollheim is the only certi- line would make Boise State apparent that something During his visit a suicide fied crisis worker in Idaho. the first university in the had gone terribly wrong in bomber killed five students Serving Idaho since 1989, nation to offer a national cer- the area. When he got back at the same university he ISPHS represents an atypical tification program to hotline to his room, CNN and other was scheduled to visit. hotline in many respects, pri- workers. "We're the first and only international news agencies "Because of the bombing marily in that it relies heavily we didn't go to the Mount on volunteers from Boise ones in the nation to have were already running the this program; I think that breaking news. Scopus campus. We went to State's Department of Communication. says something really good Yet even as headlines their medical school about BSU," Wollheim said. instead," Mathias said. Wollheim cites the depart- depicted? terro~zed peo- ".c .11 .- ment as "strong in teaching The program would pie, Mathias realized there. ' '. " . '.. "The president of their. enable certified crisis work- student government is a listening and interpersonal is a balance between life ASBSU President Chris Mathias. communication skills." ers to go anywhere in the and death,' truth and per- ,...,--,--"=-.,----""' .•"'.,.~,--:-..,.------,,-...,.....- ~~--...., Muslim, so they don't hate United States and work in each other as much as we The Department of ception in Israel. Communication was first to crisis intervention. "People should treat the think they do." offer academic credits for "People who do volunteer news and the media more Despite his new view ISPHS volunteers by way of work for us know that they like Cliff's Notes, and not that Israel is a not as per- a practicum; campus depart- are being. trained and certi- '. the actual book," Mathias ilous as Americans think, ments such as social work, fied at a national level." said. he said there are still signs psychology and nursing later Prerequisites for hotline "The news tells us Israel the country is in a state of agreed to similar arrange- workers include their com- is 'a horrible place to go and unrest, like the fact that his ments. ISPHS provides peo- pletion of a crisis interven- that's it dangerous, when group . was constantly ple who are not social work, tion workshop at Boise State. actually it's not." escorted by armed guards. psychology, or nursing Wollheim, a certified suicide In late July, Mathias was "We weren't allowed to majors the opportunity to prevention instructor, offers in Israel attending an inter- leave, and '[the guards] just gain experience in crisis a training course three times national Project Interchange had guns on them. We' intervention. a year without requiring hot- conference, sponsored by never saw the guns. They "I'm not a mental health line work. Suicide preven- the American Jewish walked behind us every- pro, I'm really a mental tion training involves exten- Committee. The 'organiza- where we went. They were health amateur. That's the sive role-playing that pre- tion works to promote tol- dressed in civilian clothing basis for suicide hotline pares workers to take hotline erance, both in the States and you couldn't tell they work, we're not giving calls. Wollheim said anyone and abroad, by giving stu- were soldiers. It made you callers a diagnosis, we're giv- over 21 who is interested, wants to really listen and is dents the opportunity to see Photo courtesy of Chris Mathias. feel a little safe." ing them empathy," Mathias said most of the Wollheim said. willing to learn, should Israel firsthand. Chris Mathias takes in Mt, Zion in Israel. volunteer. The project primarily Israelis he met were aware The center currently ojJer- focuses on student leaders too pleased to find out I'm with too many precon- of their national image, but ates the only around-the- from Midwest and from Vermont:' ceived notions, because it's refused to let the negative clock hotline in the Intermountain West states Mathias said he knew harder to shed notions than exposure outweigh the "Intermountain West. Before ISPHS had a cam- like Idaho. that his belief system was it is to build and grow hopes for a promising "They [AJc] don't feel going to be challenged as them. [I learned] just the future,and that most had pus office, volunteers worked at home on-call at they need' to round up . soon as he touched down in basics: what they use for unfortunately become used the Middle East.