Boise State University ScholarWorks Student Newspapers (UP 4.15) University Documents 1-29-2004 Arbiter, January 29 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]. SIN C E 9 IN D E PEN DENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER B 0 I S E STATE,'S .. THURSDAY JANUARY 29" 2004 Sexual What has assull student allegation government rocks BSD done for Student charged with battery, BSU professor you lately? under investigation BYGRETA KRANZ BYKYLE GORHAM News Editor News Reporter A Boise State student faces With much of the spotlight battery charges and a BSU shining on the student govern- faculty member is under in- ment's efforts to increase fund- vestigation by the Ada County ing for Boise State, many of their Sheriffs office, following serI- more micro activities go unno- ous accusations by a female ticed. BSU student and member of This semester ASBSU is work- the Keith Stein Blue Thunder ing on issues ranging from im- Marching Band. The student proved recycling methods to a alleges that she was sexually teacher evaluation program ac- assaulted on the return trip cessible by Boise State students. from the Rose Parade in which ASBSU President Ali Ishaq said the Idaho All-Star Band per- a system where students can ac- formed earlier this month. cess teacher evaluations is a big In the early morning hours issue for student government. of Jan. 2, the female student "This is a service students have alleges that fellow' student PHOTO COURlESY OF THE CULTURAL CENTER been requesting for a long time, and band mate, 21 'year-old ~ think it's very well warranted," Eric Turner, initiated inap- Vietnamese exchange student Trang Doan will be remembered by the Boise State community as a young woman with heart and ambition. he said. propriate sexual contact with After researching different her while she slept. The stu- methods and firms the ASBSU dent says that the incident decided to go with "Pick-a-Prof' .was not consensual and that - a firm with a comprehensive she woke to find Turner using and nationally recognized evalu- Boise tate 10 es tudent ation service, he said. Ishaq said her hand to perform a sexual act on him. the program would help students The student also says that to find teachers best suited to when she told a faculty mem- their own individual styles. ber about the incident, her The current teacher evalua- leader inauto accident tions at Boise State are not ac- claim was not taken seriously. cessible to students. The trial run Instead, the student says that jured in the ac- BY JESSICA ADAMS . ' ganize the Vietnamese New Year eel- will cost $2,500 per year, down the faculty member told her cident, Castro Managing Edttnr' '"' ..............·ebration. Memorial from the company's initial es- that was "getting too up- was transport- she "Just a couple of weeks ago we were timate of $5,000, and will come set" and that she should "keep ed to Portnuef Service for Boise State student Trang Doan, 23 putting flowers together for the New from ASBSU's budget, he said. in mind that it was probably a Medical Center was killed Saturday in a weather-related Year and we were arguing, as always. She Trang Doan Also undergoing change in the dream." in Pocatello. traffic, accident on 1-86 near American kept telling me to keep working," Lam near future is the method used to The student also alleges that His injuries are Falls, Id. Doan and seven other BSU said. "Almost every time I'd see her we'd fund Boise State clubs and orga- the faculty member claimed not, considered Thursday, 7 p.m. students were returning from a cul- argue, but she never became angry." nizations. Ishaq said the student the assault was due to exhaus- life threaten- SUBJordan Ballroom tural diversity workshop at Idaho State "You never know how much a person government is looking at ways tion and that "these sorts of ing. Castro is an Persons wishing to University when the 12 passenger uni- touches you until she is not there. She ease fundraising efforts for clubs. things happen when guys get ASBSU senator versity-owned van carrying the students was always joking, making everyone donate to her funeral "Instead of spending their time over tired and that he couldn't from the College laugh," Lam said. fund are asked to raising money, they should be guarantee that the same thing wrecked. of Applied Doan, a Vietnam native was a stu- Lam and another of Doan's close call (208) 426-1551 able to spend more time doing wouldn't have happened if he Technology. dent at Boise State for five years and friends, Godfrey Chow, organized activities, going to conferences,' had been the one sitting next Doan's memorial service slated for Five other stu- was an active leader and a student em- dents who were and holding events on campus," to her." ployee with the BSU WOl11en's Center, Thursday at 7 p.m. in the SUB Jordan he said. Finally, the student says that passengers in- and Cultural Center. She was also in- Ballroom. Currently, ASBSU matches the in the middle of the meeting, curred minor injuries. They were treat- volved with the Vietnam Student "At the beginning we were planning dollar amount raised by clubs the professor took a one' hun- ed and released from Harms Memorial Association, the International Student .for about 50 to 75 people to attend the and organizations. Ishaq said by dred dollar bill from his wal- memorial, now we are planning for SOD, Hospital in American Falls for minor Association and the Filapino-American injuries .. working with club presidents and let and handed it to Turner, maybe more," Chow said. researching how other schools, saying that he wanted Turner Organization. According to Idaho State Police re- Student Union Director Leah Barrett In addition, the university is collecting fund organizations, they can. to "take her out to a nice din- ports, the van slid into a ditch, jumped said Doan, an international student, money to bring Doan's family to Boise come up with an effective pro- ner and movie and that once a cement barrier, struck a tree and came lived with her host family for the last five from Vietnam for her funeral services. cess. Ishaq said he expects to see people saw them together in Anyone wishing to donate to a fund to rest in an embankment. years and they were very close. change in the method sometime public, that this whole thing for this purpose is asked to contact the The accident was among several Doan completed a bachelor's degree caused by snowfall and drifts between next year. would just blow over." in computer infonnation systems in Student Union at 426-1551. Student government is also It was because of this re- , Banett said the phones have been 5:30 p.rn. Saturday and 9 a.m. Sunday, December and was working on another Idaho State Police said. During that pe- tackling' campus recycling this sponse the student says that ringing off the hook. degree in business management. riod, state police responded to 27 slide- semester. Ishaq said ASBSU is she felt she had no other alter- Described as soft-spoken, yet not shy, "The number of people that are af- working on a proposal to take to native but to go to the police. offs in the Pocatello area, including five Doan 'was instrumental in organizing fected by this tragedy is reflective of how the administration outlining a Turner, who has already many lives she touched," Barrett said. property-damage accidents and two many cultural events on campus. dedication to campus-wide re- been charged with battery, a Another student leader, Ramiro other crashes in which motorists sus- Minh Lam, one of Doan's closest cycling .. misdemeanor that carries a tained minor injuries. friends, recalls working with her to or- Castro, 23, of Burley was seriously in- The current program is decen- See Assault page 2 tralized, each buildlng'ts respon- sible for their own conservation practices if they choose todo it, he said. Ishaq .said this causes Ada County equipped with GPS technology much waste and inefficiency' at the university. After looking at The Federal deadline. different models of recycling monitors flash information things get complicated. While Ada Countyhas the BYMONICA PRICE If the call to dispatch is from Communications Commission at other universities. he said, News Reporter such as name, address and is requiring that Enhanced technology tolocate.cell call- ASBSU should have a proposal phone number. a cell phone.. then the name ers, not all cell phones have' that appears is the cell 911 (commonly referred to as completed towards the end of the Each. dispatcher has four thatof . the chipset to aUow for an ex- . In a dimly lit basement room phone provider, while the ad- E911lbe' able to pinpoint a semester. monitors dlsplaying-> ~ffer-,. act location. In order for the of the Sheriffs Office, a hand- dress is that of the nearest cell cell phone signal within 5Q1O ASBSU Vice President Jim ent information. When' a call E911 system to work, the cell fiJI of people are busy taking .tower.