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challenge, however. BS already has to face the music news next week, with its presenta- editor tion tothe Joint Finance and The second regular ses- Appropriations Committee Cap in hand or cap on sion of Idaho's 55th legisla- concerning the costs of the ,enrollment? ture got back to business PeopleSoft conversion. The Monday after a week-long expenses for the new system delay due to the untimely have doubled the estimated death of Senate President budget set in 1997. BSUoffi- Pro-Tern Jerry Twiggs. cials have some explaining to What many collegestu" do. So milking more cash out dents hope is that when law- of the state for students does- cover makers return, they don't n't seem likelygiven the con- forget them. Some possible servative majority in the Damage control begins measures that might affect State's legislature, and the BSU students include provid- anticipated tension between for Broncos after con- ing scholarships and impos- budget writers and the univer- ference losses. ing a one-year moratorium on sity after next week's presenta-: fee increases. State Represen- tion. But who knows? Maybe titive Ken Robison is one students will be surprised with lawmaker pushing for such a move of generosity. In the changes. Check out his guest meantime, however, I'm not editorial in our opinion sec~ taking any chances. I'll be sav- tion this week. ing .up even more for tuition Providing the univer- next semester' and hopefully sity with more funds to help graduate before I become BAM goes disco. out students may present a even more broke.

Columnists: Ira Amyx Damon Hunzeker Leslelgh Owen Dale Slack cartoonists: Eric Ellis sports EdItor In ChIef: Erica HIli Photo EdItor: Jim Allen AssocIate EdItor: [essi Loerch Photographers: EdItorial Advisor: Peter Antonelli- Ted Harmon Wollhelm Rafael Saakyan DesIgn Directors: Tirrany Thompson Wresders win three , Stephanie Pittam OnlIne EdItors: jeremy Webster matches. Gefteral Manager: Brad Arendt News EdItor: Stephanie Matlock Business Manager: Krista Hark- News Writers: ness Hannah Bankhead Ad Director: Mellca johnson Trlsha Bennett Classified ad manager: Sean Hayes Bannister Brownlee Ad DesIgners: laurie Meisner Michelle Van Hoff Sara Mitton The 0plnlons presented in advertise- jim Steele Ad Sales: ments, editorials and cartoons within reflect the Amy Wegner Greg Malmen Biter of the week goes toorganiz- Cameron Wiseman joslyn Seyfried views of those who created them and are not Office Managers: , necessarilythe views of The Arbiter or its staff ABEEdItor: Brlttney Raybould Claire Bonner ers and participants in this ABEWriters: Emily Childs Dominik Brueckner D1strlbuUon Supervisor: week's MLKcelebration. This Mindy Butler The Arbiter is the official,student news- Mark Holladay DlstrIbutIon: year's line-up of speakers and Jessica Holmes Fernanda Barbosa paper of Boise State University. Its mission is jordl Figueras events certainly impressed the to provide a forum for the discussion of issues Sports EdItor: Doug Dana Sports Wrtters: . Arbiter staff. Thanks for your impacting the community. TheArbiter'.r budget Pete Erlendson consists of fees paid by students and advertis- josh jordan hard work and dedication to Dave Stewart ing sales. The paper is distributed to the cam- helping Boise State students pus on Wednesdays during the school year. The learn and celebrate human rights. first copy is free. Additional copies cost $1 each, payable to The Arbiter offices. ( �~-----') Ruch responds to growth

$500,000 to plan the first build- Boise State purchased Which leads to a prob- says. ing. 150 acres for the West campus, lem: if funding for the new If not, students may find news writer In the next few years the which is actually larger than the facilities isn't approved, there there isn't space available in teady growth in the Trea- university also intends to ask 140-acre main campus. , likely won't be space for every- classes need, or there aren't sure Valley has left Boise they S for construction money for the It "could be as big as this enough faculty members to go State with a problem: the uni- West campus, and planning campus or even bigger," Ruch around. versity is bursting at the scams. Boise State will funds to build another multi- says. "We're going to work like Boise State President ask for $].5 mil- purpose classroom facility on The facility will help to the devil to avoid it," Ruch says. Charles Rucb called for the- main campus. In 2002 case pressure on Boise State's lion from the leg- As Boise State grows, a increased growth during his Boise State will request money Canyon County Center, located islature to finish need for more parking spaces state of the university speech for phase' two of the multipur- on the west side of Nampa on the infrastruc- last week. Ruch stated that BSU continues to manifest itself, a pose building, which likely Nampa-Caldwell Boulevard. ture of the West must expand, specifically into situation that the university is would connect to the current Eventually, it would replace the campus and satellite campuses, or face dealing with by building park- Multipurpose Classroo~ Facil- Canyon County Center. imposing a cap on enrollment. $500,000 to plan ing garages. The first one is ity. Currently, the tenter's With the fall student numbers the first building. under cons truction. Soon after "That's a very aggressive available space is about 60 per- construction finishes, the uni- topping out at over 16,000-a schedule. -Certainly, that's the cent utilized between 8 a.m. record level-and no end in versity hopes to build a second order that we would pursue," and 3:30 p.m. However, it gets one at Boise State. sight, Boise State will request garage, attached to the first. Ruch says. fully utilized in the evening. "If we sit around doing The issue remains fund- money from the legislature to Boise State bought the The main campus feels nothing, our growth will ing. Boise State needs to find a build more facilities to accom- land for the West campus in similar pressures. During the exclude folks," Ruch says. way to pay for the building with modate this growing student 1996 and got the first money to day, its facilities average 95 per- However, two new class- _ the revenues it generates, which body. begin work on its infrastructure cent utilized, while evening use room buildings-s-the Multipur- may mean taking out bonds. The university hopes to in 1998. If the legislature agrees comes to 63 percent. pose Building addition and a Eventually, a third park- fund growth at the West cam- with the university's timeliric, "There's not a whole lot classroom facility in Nampa- ing garage will be built some- pus in Nampa as well as more classes could' begin in a new of room left in the inn," Ruch would address that issue. where around University Drive buildings on the main campus. classroom building there in says. "If we get -those two and Lincoln Ave. Boise State Boise State will ask for 2004-05. classroom buildings, we cer- hopes to receive federal money $3.5 million from the legislature tainly would be set for a to fund that facility. to finish the infrasrructureof period of time," Boise State isn't the only the West campus and Rue h university in the Treasure Valley dealing with growth. Albertson 'sCollege in Idaho has seen its undergraduate enrollment increase from 598 students in 1995 to 747 in 1999, its largest class in .over 25 years. Approximately half the university'S student body comes from the. Treasure Valley. Albertson's goal is undergraduate enrollment of 1000, which could be accommo- dated by its physical facilities. _I-)""-~--~)

Summit to discuss meat and potatoes of Idaho-Canada trade relations

''What it does do is pro- The summit may also vide the federal government solve a dispute over the avail- news writer with a strong message that these ability of production data. , , The Canadians are a very issues needto be resolved," says "We make more data important trading partner for Idaho Department of Agricul- available and we would like to the U.S.," Idaho Cattle Associa- ..: ture Marketing Specialist Greg see that same type available tion Executive Vice President Russell. from them," Braasch says. Sara Braasch says, "but we'd John Thompson, the The summit comes in the like to expand on that. Our goal communications director for wake of unsuccessful World is really fair trade." the Potato Growers of Idaho, Trade Organization talks in With an Idaho-Canada says there are two major issues Seattle. The topics of the WTO trade summit scheduled for Idaho's potato industry would negotiations and the PNWER Wednesday, Jan. 19 and Thurs- '!-.. : .:~ like to discuss at the summit. summit, although not depend- day, Jan. 20, trade representa- First, potato acreage in ent on each other, are not unre- tives will find a venue to discuss Southern Alberta continues to lated. their differences. increase, which could prove "The importance of this Most of the summit, problematic in an industry that meeting was somewhat acceler- sponsored by the Pacific is already saturated. ated by the failure of the other Northwest Economic Region, "It's just more competi- one," PNWER Chair Max will be held in the, Student tion for a market that's not Black says. Union Building's Jordan Ball- growing fast enough to keep up room and is open to Boise with it," Thompson says. State students. It will deal with Second, seed potato trad- livestock and potato trade ing between the United States issues between Idaho and 'and Canada has been mostly Canada. one-way, with more coming "We're . really excited into the United States and little .about the opportunity to sit going into Canada. down with our neighbors to the ''We would like that to north and try to work through change, obviously," Thompson these things," Braasch says. says. "I'd be surprised if you can On Wednesday, a wel- pinpoint any levels of seed come reception and dinner for potatoes that have gone from delegates will be held at the here to there." Owyhee Plaza Hotel. Among Three key livestock issues the speakers are the Honorable will be highlighted. Roger Simmons, the Consul First, livestock growers General of Canada, and Idaho hope to have some animal Governor Dirk Kempthorne. health . restrictions lessened, Thursday, industry sector allowing more American cattle committee meetings, which will to cross into Canada. deal with livestock and potato ''We want to maintain the issues, will begin at 11:15 a.m. health and safety of our animals Most likely, the summit ... but we think they have. very won't result in big decisions. trade-based restrictive require- However, the participants can ments right now," Braasch says. work toward understanding In addition, feed grain both sides of the issues better trade is limited, with some and laying a groundwork for Canadian practices making it future negotiations. less available in the United States. Fares may be higher Sunday, Monday, lbursday, and friday

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an opportunity to reach a wide audience and to try out some . new ideas." ou don't have to drive to Shapiro, a former Boise y campus--or even leave State adjunct. art professor, your own home-to take in a adds, ''There's always a ques- new art exhibit presented by tion of how people identify the Hemingway Western Stud- with the past. The intimacy of ies Center at Boise State Uni- place is ·very tangible in these versity. All you need 'is reach photographs." for a computer and type in The exhibition offers a wwwboisesrate.edu/heming- dramatic view of Boise's way/imagingboise. changes since the' early 1900s, "Imaging/Imagining along with some pithy reminis- Boise," a photographic explo- cences from long-time resi- ration of Boise's past and pres- dents. It leaves.viewers with a ent, offers the center's first sense of what has changed-s- ''The richness of these on-line exhibitibn. It includes and endured-in Idaho's capi- paired with a modern view of Shapiro and BoiseState images and their capacity to historic and contemporary tal. Boise Cityoffice buildings,with students Shawn Records transport us to another time photos of Boise locations, For example, visitors can the Capitol dome behind. poured through archives at the Idaho State Historical Society can lead us to a false nostalgia interviews with long-time' click on a map site for the Some landmarks are eas- for historic photos and oral his- an image of the past in black Boiseans, and a textual com- Chong Wah Low Restaurant to ily recognizable because they're tories, and Records then shot and white that suggests that life mentary and interpretation by view a 1927 photo of a man still part of the landscape. The photographs to show how the was less complicated." Shapiro curator Lawrence Shapiro. and his wife standing in front of Union Block on Idaho Street, locations look today. Boise writes in the commentary that According to Tom the building at 719 Grove. An the Egyptian Theater on Capi- State art professor Stephanie accompanies the exhibition. Trosky, a Boise State English accompanying photo shows the tol and Main, and the Idaho Bacon designed the site. ''The intention here is to pro- professor and director of the Boise Centre on the Grove that Building on 8th and Bannock The on-line exhibition duce a more critical mode of Hemingway Center, the exhibi- sits there today. Another page are shown next to horse-drawn should interest anyone who seeing the relationship between tion also raises important ques- features the originalNatatorium carriages and bicycles in his- lives in or occasionally visits past and present." tions and makes timely with its elaborate Moorish tow- toric photos, and fronted by Boise, according to Trusky and suggestions about the future of ers and arches completed in cars and trucks in' modern Shapiro. And it may be of spe- the City of Trees. 1892, next to a photo of the shots. The emergence of the cial significance to those inter- "I've been pretty more modest' building on the automobile and its effect on ested in Boise's history and the intrigued for a while with the site today. A 1910 image taken 'city development is among the development issues the city idea of doing an electronic at Seventh and Main of the themes explored in the photo- currently faces. exhibition," says Trosky. "It's Capitol under construction is graphic essays. I CAMPUS REP Pregnant? WANTED and need help ... The NaUon's leader In college marketing Is~klnll ..:::rJ..,\ The next I' an energ~;'~ii(eI"eurial Fighting For Your stude'l~.for th_ poslUOIl of Relatiollship:A Couples Wksp. FREE camp~''''p. ~ sales Involved. Pregnancy test Place 'lidYertlsl~g on bulleUn is scheduled. for Sat.. 2112 & Sun. I! boards'fOi"Coriipanle. such as Amerlcari~ Microsoft 2/13. Register today! I and Columbia' ....,-,.,... BIRTHRIGHT ~ Course No. COUN 297 002, I credit I 1101 N~28th Bois~ Idaho 83702 • Eabulou,:., PtF. For information call 426-3089. . .,.rtTImt.U ! • Cliooea Yiiur . ours 342-1898 .li;10"'fiCRiIS~Week BSU COUNSELING & TESTING CENTER ·iJ- . 426-1601 c', :...... •:...:'.'... •....•...... •..•.... All help /s confident/al American Paseage Media, Inc. 6th Floor Education Building Campus Rep Program and free ".. , 841att1e, WA: .HablamosEspanol 1-800-550-4900 ·e·...... I • 800-487 -2434 Ext. 4444 _r------') (

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New faculty member to develop l j 1 'J specialty in computer engineering i , ers. His team created the first that affect our daily lives such operational desktop computer as cars, airplanes and electrical News Services using Pentium chips, and in a power systems are developed n electrical engineer who .competition sponsored by "PC by large teams of engineers and headed up a team that A Magazine," that computer was are typically controlled by com- developed the first operational determined as the best in the puters. Computers, Russell desktop computer using pen- world. noted, increasingly manage tium chips will join the electri- Computer engineering mote, household appliances. cal engineering department at includes the design of popular Today they operate microwave Boise State University in Janu- computer chips such as the ovens and telephones; tomor- ary. Pentium,computers and larger row perhaps the billing of utili- Joe Hartman, a former systems. An example of com- ties, controlling window shades vice president at Unisys, will puter engineering'~ applications, and, watering lawns depending help develop the new specialty' says Lynn Russell, Boise State on rainfall. , in computer engineering in engineering dean, is air travel. Hartman has extensive , Boise State's College of Engi- All domestic commercial flights experience in these systems and neering beginning this semes- are controlled by two or three was a pioneer in the use of ter. His position also includes separate systems developed by integrated circuits in computer- collaborative research and con- Hartman's teams, Russell controlled telephone switching sulting with industry. explains. systems, which millions of sub- At Unisys, Hartman Most of the large sources scribers daily. In addition, he oversaw development of all of energy and transportation innovated the use of commer- that company's small cornput- cial off-the-shelf computers packaged for harsh military environments. This innovation has saved the country billions of dollars in reduced procure- ment costs, Russell notes. "We are fortunate to have Joe join us," Russell adds. "He served as a member of our Electrical engineer Joe Hartman joins the engineering 'advisory board while working at SCP Global Boise State team this month, Technologies. Now he will bring both practical and theo- "I am excited to be join- computers today. When I retical computer engineering ing this new department and worked in industry, we· hired experience to BSU." help continue the development . thousands of excellent engi- Gary Erickson, chair of of a computer engineering neers and programmers, but the Boise State electrical engi- expertise here in Boise," says normally had to train them in neering department adds, "[oes Hartman, who received his additional techniques required appointment now gives: BSU doctorate in electrical engineer- for coordinating the efforts of four experts in computer engi- ing from Carnegie Mellon Uni- over 100 engineers working neering in addition to those we versity. simultaneously on a single pro]- have in the production of inte- Speaking about the com- eet." grated circuit chips. We plan to puter engineering field Hart-. The faculty plans to , develop programs in computer man says, "The public will buy teach students the techniques engineering that will provide these systems, but will want to work in coordinated teams strong support for our indus- them to be very re1iable--cer- and to design ultra-reliable tri:l1'partners in the Boise area." tainly more reliable than ~ur products. _~D-~) C",-: "';"0..-'""'1_

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165 pounds, recorded his tenth coach Dirk Koetter has standing secondary play win of the season with a 9-4 announced the hiring of shouldn't miss a beat under his victory over Kenneth M~ray. Kenny Lawler' as the team's tutelage." WhIte is to-3 this season and new defensive backs coach. While at Mt. SAC, Lawler ranked third by AWN and The 40-year old Lawler joins coached 15 players who went Intermat. th~ Bronco .coaching staff on to receive either Division 1- Boise State's other effective immediately. A or I-AA scholarships, includ- nationally ranked wrestler, Lawler.'comes to Boise ing two players who earned Bronco Wrestlers post handed Fresno State a 21-15 Rusty Cook at 197 pounds, State from Mt, San Antonio junior college All-American third straight win defeat. The Broncos picked up improved his overall record to College in Walnut, Cal., where honors.' One of his former The Boise State Univer- their second win of the week 17-5 this season with a 7-2 win he served as Co-Defensive players, Chris McCalister, was sity wrestling team had little on Jan 13 in a 22-18 victory over Babak Neiadmaghaddarn. Coordinator and defensive taken in the first round of the trouble winning its third over Cal Poly. Cook is ranked sixth by AIV'N backs coach from 1995-1999. 1999 NFL Draft. straight dual match as the Two of Boise State's and eighth by lntermat. During his time at Mt. SAC, "This is a tremendous Broncos downed Cal State individual wins against Cal Boise State, which is Lawler helped lead the team to opportinity for me," says Fullerton, 40-6, in Pac-to Con- State Fullerton came in the way ranked 19th by the National a 1999 Mission Conference Lawler. "It's a new challenge ference action last Saturday. of pins. NCAA All-American Wrestling Coaches Association championship, an undefeated for me, and a step I wanted to Posting victories in, nine Larry Quisel, ranked eighth by and 21st by [ntermat, travels to and national championship sea- make after spending five years of the team matches, the Bron- Amata« If/rest/illg News and Provo, Utah, for its next match son in1997 and a Southern Cal- at Mt. SAC. Boise State's pro- cos improved their overall dual tenth by lntermat, pinned Ben on Saturday against Brigham ifornia Bowl championship in gram is a great fit for me, and match record to 4-3 on the sea- Nakamura at the 6:40 mark in Young University. 1996. I'm excited to bring the same son, and now rank 2-0 against his 157-pound match, while "We're excited to have a spirit and commitment to Boise Pac-l0 teams. The' win also Cash Edwards pinned Yzidro Bronco football team coach of Kenny's caliber and that I had as a part of the great completes a successful three Lago in 4:55 at 1,84pounds. hiresassistant coach with his qualifications join our things we accomplished at Mt, match swing through Califor- Bronco Kirk' White, the ' Boise State head football staff," says Koetter. "Our out- SAC." defending national champion at nia. On Jan. 12, Boise State Need INTR~MURAL SPORTS A

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Slowly Do the Right Thing established her farm in Kansas with her story. Shot in black and white ever. Bonnie (Faye Dunaway) connecting with his .fellow him as the premier black direc- dog Tiro. A tornado sweeps her and loaded with symbolism, leads a bor~d life in a small patients, he shows them a dan- tor to date. up, transporting her to the mag- High Noon offers a timeless rep- Texas town. Clyde Barrow gerous alternative to the estab- ical and colorful world of Oz. resentative of its genre. (Warren Beatty) is a bank rob- lished doctor-patient Pulp Fiction (1994) Here she must find her way to ber and her ticket to freedom. relationship which leads to a Rated R 154 min. the wizard, accompanied by Psycho (1960) Together with his gang, they powerful climax. The movie Arguably the best movie, unforgettable creatures like the Rated R 109 min. rebel and break taboos, enjoy- was the second ever to sweep of the 1990s. With his uncon- Scarecrow and Cowardly Lion, The masterpiece of the ing headlines and fame. The all five major Academy Awards: . ventional technique, Quentin TlJe W'izard oj Oz combines master of suspense, Alfred film sways back and forth Best Picture, Actor (Nichol- Tarantino started a new trend musical elements with the intro- Hitchcock. Psycbo is so powerful between comedy and tragedy, son), Actress (Louise Fletcher), in Hollywood. True to pulp fic- duction of Technicolor while that it remains scary, even but serves as social commen- Director (Milos Forman), and tion, rhe.movie.weaves together portraying a child's world even through the third watching. tary throughout. Its greatest Screenplay. four different stories about two adults can relate to. With all the Marion Crane sees a way to importance: the production of hit men on their job, a mob re-runs on television it's possi- escape her boring life and flees Bonnie and ClYdewas taken away Do the Right Thing (1989) boss and his wife, a boxer at the bly the most-watched movie to her lover with $40,000, but from the studios by Warren' Rated R 120 min. ' end of his career, and a gang- ' ever. ster duo getting in trouble. A on the way she stops at the Beatty. It also presented a 180 The significance of Spike masterful performance by Bates Motel. This film includes degree turn from tile conven- Lee's Do tbe Ri,gbt Tbil{g can be Citizen Kane (1941) Samuel L. Jackson .overshad- the infamous shower scene. tional stories told in Hollywood measured by the amount of Not Rated 119min. ows the great acting of John Hitchcock may have been more up to that point. And it cap- discussion and controversy it Charles Foster Kane is Travolta, Uma Thurman, Har- artistic in vemgo or Notorious, tured the sentiment of the hip- sparked upon its release in the one of the richest people in vey Keitel and Bruce Willis. but in picho he exploited both pie movement and inspired summer of 1989. It portrays America. On his deathbed.vhe Most memorable: the dialog, the viewer's expectations and many more movies of social life in Brooklyn on the hottest utters the word "Rosebud," and with discussions about foot fears to the maximum. The victims turned criminals day of the year. Moving slowly, a reporter gets assigned to dis- massages and the French name black and white adds to the (Thelllla & Lauise, Natural Born it shows the growing racial ten- cover its meaning. 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unhappiness with his role on the coaching styleof Jensen the a cousin of. Bergersen. The two the team. A meeting with his likable head man who came to players asked to fill the point father and Jensen resulted in Boise State 16 years ago as a • guard shoes of Washington this Armstrong deciding to return part time -assistant and took year-combined to average just to the squad the next day, but over as head coach for the 4.1 points a game. More signifi- the hasty decision didn't help 1995-96 season preaches candy they average more the team's already fragile"psy- intense, in-your-face defense turnovers, 4.2, than assists, 4.1. This leaves Woods as Jensen's" che. and a motion offense that's only seriouslyimpressive recruit Despite a decent 6-8 about as exciting as a Friday and now he isn't even allowedto record the team has been night in Firth. sit with his teammates on the inconsistent during the entire These philosophies are season. After a controversial hard to sell to young players in bench~ Under former coach Dye one-point loss to talented San this day of highlightreels,hang- the Broncos made it to the Francisco on the road, the on-the-rim dunks and lazy NCAA tournament three times Broncos came home and lost defense. A close look atJensen's and received three NIT invita- 53-52 to a bad Pacific team recruiting shows just how hard tions in the eight-yearspan from which had been winless on the it is. Washington was 'a Bobby 1987 -1994. Since Jensen road in fivetries before coming Dye recruit; Bergersen followed became head coach the te~ to the Pavilion. So, the ques- his high-school coach Ed has failedto reach either tourna- tion that must be asked is how Boyce to Boise; both Abe Jack- ment despite his popular quote, a program that looked promis- son and Clint Hordemann are "One thing drives this program. ing just last season can have local kids who garnered few We want to spend our March tumbled so quickly and Division -1 scholarship offers. playing in the NCAA Tourna- abruptly, Even next year's star in waiting, ment. Everything we do at The answer might lie in USC transfer Quincy Wilder, is Boise State is built around reaching that goal." c This is undoubtedly how ~ fans and boosters fed also, but .5 the words have begun to ring a ,;; .... bit hollow, Last season was ~ I -1' Jensen's perfect opportunity to if I -e I i achieve his goal, With a roster I ~ ~ chock full of go-to guys and f ~ hard working role players, the , ~ Broncos lost in the conference exactly a mark that frightens Boise State ahead against more I ~ tournament to a New Mexico opponents. athletic teams such as San Fran- ! cisco and Washington, but the ::l - State team they had - beaten Over the past few twice in the regular season, and years, as the football team archaic motion offense allows watched the post-season tour- struggled through numerous lesser teams like Idaho State naments from the same place problems, the basketball pro- and Northern Arizona to stay in games that the Broncos others did-the couch. gram had an opportunity to People' are quick to point become the _biggest show on should win handily. Young, to the BigWest Conference as a campus. Instead, attendance promising playerslike freshman perimeter shooter Scott Fraser- step above the old Big Sky,and records show that fans have have been .patient as the pro- begun to tire of the Broncos' Dauphinee end up spending gram builds into a contender. If slow offensive tempo. Num- the early portion of their this were football that -would bers are down this season by careers struggling· to under- undoubtedly be the case but the almost 1,100 people a game stand the complex defense and truth is the Big Skyat least com- despite averaging in the 11,518_ their role in the offense. Long pares to the -Big West when it who carne to watch Cincinnati. stints watching from the bench comes to hoops. This season The problem-people don't get form regular aspects of many Big West teams stand a com- too excited for a defensive players' freshmen year. Despite bined 7-12 against Big Sky struggle in which the Broncos acknowledging the need to play squads. The Big West is 10-45 might prevail55-50. underclassmen in the early sea- on the _road this season, not The defense does keep son to prepare them for the c"'- _ _ rO-' J)

as a larger one. Clay McKnight. The lead was hadn't even tried to get him in Things may improve next cut to 52-50 with 37 seconds for the last play. year. Wilder will bring some left. An angry Jensen immedi- "Probably could have much-needed athleticism to the ately pulled Hordemann from been another shooter I guess if squad and a team with only one .., the floor, replacing him with we had him on the floor," senior will have gained another freshman Joe Skiffer. explainedJensen. "But after the On the Broncos' ensuing turnover I don't know if he season of experience. The fol- ' .. ~. possession, Heizer fouled point would have been ready to shoot lowing year is when the pro- gram's' weaknesses should guard CJ. Williams,who missed the basketball anyway." the front end of a one on one. The fact is, there is no appear. Boise State enters the Pacific guard Tom Cockle got excuse for leaving Hordemann Western Athletic Conference the rebound and pushed the on the bench. The team's most beginning in the 2001-02 sea- ball upcourt before dishing to consistent player watched as the son. The WAC is home to sev- Nathan Davis, who made a Broncos lost to an inferior eral consistent' top 25 teams, wide open three-point shot, Pacific team. Granted, the late including current #19 Tulsa, which gave the Tigers a 53-52 turnover was a costly mistake who will undoubtedly be look- lead. Boise State called a time but sitting the heart and soul of ing to exploit the Broncos out, one of the three, they had the young team certainly looms weaknesses like no other con- remaining, to set up a play.Mid- ference has before. way through the stoppage, Hordemann, the Big West three-point percentage leader, rushed to the scorers' table to

III check back into the game, but it ~ was too late. ~ This left the Broncos with only one true offensive threat, Abe Jackson, on the c court and their second leading ~ scorer sitting on the bench :§. because of Jensen's quick tem- per and poor substitution man- agement. conference schedule, Jensen mentally and physically. With two time outs continually sits players afte~ There's little doubt the remaining the Broncos inexpli- minor mistakes. The result Broncos' intense defensive pres- cably chose to leave the lineup appears to produce 'players sure requires hard work, com- on the floor. Everyone in the who hesitate on the offensive bine this with the possibility of Pavilion, especially the Pacific end for fear of long periods players' frustration over offen- Tigers, knew who was going to riding the pine. sive stagnation and it's easy to take the final shot for Boise People have even ques- see why Boise State struggles in State. When the Broncos tried 1..-- tioned Jensen's ability to adjust the second stanza. to run a play to Jackson he had tothe competition. Boise State All these problems came three defenders on hirn and no has held a lead at halftime in 10 to head in the Pacific game last way to get the ball. of its 13 games. Opposing Thursday. Boise State staged a The coaches apparently teams average 35.1 points in . ferocious second half come- hadn't counted on this as no the second half while only 23.8 back, keyed by their signature second option appeared on the' in the first Field goal percent- defense, to take a 52-47 lead play.Justin Lyons finallygot the ages rise from 37.4 to 46.8 and with just 49 seconds remaining ball to Jackson with five sec- turr~overs drop to 6.9 from in the game. onds remaining. His hurried 10.8after opposing coaches get After Tiger guard Peter shot with several defenders a chance to adjust to the Heizer made one out of two rushing at him missed every- Bronco game pIan. If this isn't free throws, Bronco Clint thing as the final horn sounded. a result of Jensen's' lack of , Hordemann allowed a costly After the game. Jensen adaptability, it might represent turnover in the backcourt, tried to explain his decision to a sign ?f player fatigue, both resulting in a layup by Pacific's bench Hordemann as he c...... ,...__•. " . _-J.,...----.J) c_~ _

lnnue.n.dotfon !roppo melds phil0s.0llhy, absurdity m BOIse Art Museum exhibit stopped, each head would be mechanical inclination stems slides upward and transforms Jessica Holmes a helicopter spinning on the ceiling transforms into a seen as a slight variation from from his father's fixedup autos. into a tire, a square, then sheds a6ewrlter -\." cherub. the one preceding it, one head "If you know a car," the rubber to become a human osted at the Boise Art The exhibit, Innuendo with mouth closed, one open as Barsamian notes. ''You know form again. The naked man is Museum are red-letter P Non Troppo, melds philosophy most machinery and their then led to a bed in the form of warning signs. "Caution! and the absurd details of assembly technique." a mousetrap. Strobe lights are used in this "Cautionl Strobe dreams with machinery. A philosophical bent "The audience can exhibit," they inform. "Do not lights are used in Barsamian'sart is likea 3-D flip stems: from a degree received interpret what it means," attempt to touch sculptures. this exhibit," book. In an early experiment from the Universityof Wiscon- remarks interim director, Mari- They are spinning very fast and they inform. ~~Do Barsamian used pictures of a sin in Madison. The words of lyn Allen. "Their firstimpres- will cause injury;" The signs not attempt to man walking,cut them out and, Nietzsche flash by in "Cake sian is their own," stand on black partitions and as he explains, "matted them touch sculptures. Walk." A cut out semi-truck Barsamian's unusual pulses of light and odd sounds on a wheel, synchronized a They are spin- runs over a slumped clay figure art attracts a high turnout. seep out underneath. strobe light to it and sure ning very fast beneath the words "Die at the Touring groups, from elemen- Enter the surreal enough, the paper cutouts and will cause right time." . tary schools to adult programs, world of Gregory Barsamian. walked. It was at that moment injury." A fascination with the step in and out consistently. In ''The Scream" a man opens that it dawned on me that they inner world of dreams led "It has been well his mouth until the pink inner didn't have to be two-dimen- Barsamian to keep a tape received," Allen notes. "I t is cheek swallows his head. A sional. I could animate wholly in a yawn, one gaping wide. recorder by his bedside. On· breaking attendance records. stereo emits the inhalation three-dimensional objects." Spinning at up to 30 miles an waking he talks into the tape We've had 9,000 people in four sound of sucking. In "Dipping Fabric, clayand foam lay- hour, the strobe light flashing describing absurd images. weeks. All ages respond." Digits (Always Get Wet)" six- ered with bright acrylic paint in time, the head appears to be These details become his art. teen pairs of green hands dip spin on Barsamian's wheels. If in motion. In Die Faile (The Trap) a naked into the pages of a liquid'book "The Scream" was un~lugged, Barsamian's past human form emerges from a and lift out a lizard. In "Putti" and the motor and strobe light comes out in his art. A sleeping man's head. The form

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But when I saw him start now, the policy can be asleep, breathing out of his implemented nationwide by mouth like a kid with no atten- Christmas. tion span flunking remedial What a festive time it will English, I was suddenly com- be! Imagine the sight of gig- Will Dress ,Up Like Frosty the Snowman pelled to poke him with a stick. gling cops sneaking up on a And now, simply because I snoring homeless guy and stick- for Food caught him in an episode of ing a corn-cob pipe in his The changes were implemented take when you began to sepa- public slumber, I think of hiin mouth. If he stirs, the cops will Damon Hunzeker the day after Thanksgiving (tra- rate the socks from the shirts, as nothing more than a big, cry- dart into an alley and stifle their Columnist ditionally the most irritating day but men how would you handle' ing, pooping baby. laughter. Then they'll return to love watching homeless of the year), because. the may- the moral quandary-put him Which brings up anomer affix a button nose and couple Ipeople. When I see a guy in ors wanted to render the shop- back in the dryer for the next point: sleeping renders you vul- of eyes made out of coal. We the rain holding a wet piece of ping season more pleasant for person to find, or fold him nerable to attack. If Mike . would all share a good laugh the illegible cardboard, my spirits people who really deserve it- nicely and leave him on the Tyson were sleeping, Woody next morning as we're accosted soar. I reflect cathartically upon people who have to deal with table? Allen could kick his ass. Reflect on our shopping rounds by . my good fortune and grammat- the harsh burdens of life such Furthermore, sleeping is upori your adolescent years. dozens of homeless people ical acumen. Don't misunder- as leaky roofs and squeaky : an embarrassing activity. It's When did you inscribe horrible dressed up like reindeer and stand rne-e-rny sympathy for faucets. impossible to look cool while graffiti on your friends' faces? snowmen. ("Hey, buddy, can the house-free members of It's a little strange that the sleeping. To test my theory, Unless we're talking about a real you spare a dime ... or at least society is genuine and deeply homeless choose sidewalks as select anything you do when pansy, it probably occurred dur- help me remove these stupid embedded in my soul. Some- their place of rest. I mean, as a you're asleep and try doing it ing the hours usually reserved antlers?") times I give them money. I like spectator, I'm happy about it when you're awake. Drooling for sleeping--cither that, or Also, my plan allows for them. In fact, I'm thinking but concrete is obviously suggests rabies. Rolling around following a drinking binge. the possibility of a genuinely about getting one. I hear they're uncomfortable, not just trying to get comfortable with Nobody has ever said, "I can't heart-warming Yuletide story. great with kids. It's just that because it's made out of cone one arm behind your head believe you guys shaved my eye- Years down the road, as we set-- their plight-ridden journey illu- crete; but because people amble looks a bit epileptic. And i~ you brows off when I was in tle into the new millennium, minates my relative glide down up and down sidewalks cease- snore during the day, people court." Eyebrow shaving can people will be telling their kids easy street. The Germans have lessly. It's just not conducive to will think you're just plain bra" only happen when the target is about Santa Cop and the time a word for such perverse pleas- a good night's rest. Can't they ken. ("What happened to him? passed out. As I said, sleeping that his headlights went out. ures: "schadenfreude." refers It .find a nice forest to sleep in? He was working fine yesterday, equals vulnerability. That's why Visibility was poor, so he could- to the delight we extract from An alley? An abandoned build- and now he makes weird aard- fraternity morons are able say . n't see well enough to chase the misery of others. But a ing? A bridge? Hell, that's a vark sounds. Maybe he has a things like,"Hey, man, remem- down and capture the crack- pestilent trend in public policy roof-and you don't even half short.") ber when we got those pictures addicted Gooch who stole a threatens to limit my moments to worry about disturbing the So why would you want of you making out with that Chrysler. But then, Randy the of precious schadenfreude. neighbors upstairs. Or they to sleep in public? What hap- donkey?" It's because the don- Red-nosed Hobo jumped on Recently, two rnayors-e- could scout out an apartment pened to dignity? It doesn't key was sleeping. Santa's hood. His nose illumi- Michael White of Cleveland complex and climb into an exist, because we have forgot- So getting back to my nated the' road brilliantly. The and Rudolph Giuliani of New empty dryer for the night. Of ten about the .function of main point, we don't need to streets were kept safe for York--enacted new homeless course, then other problems shame; It used to be shameful remove bed-impaired people Christmas,and everyone lived policies. They ordered police to would arise. What if your to do private things in public, from the sidewalks. We should, happily ever after. . direct beggars elsewhere and to clothes got mixed up with and the avoidance of shameful instead, take advantage of the remove the ever-present sleep- someone else's homeless guy? I activities elevated. people to a homeless while they're sleeping. ing .rabble from the Sidewalks. guess you would notice the rnis- common standard of decency. Afrer the initial bouts of shock "".~II

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from earning minimum wage, I of probably the' thoughts scurry behind Dirk's than ,they might expect, The say let's offer farm workers the hardest working' pretty blue eyes, what words lie difference lies not in our legis- only realistic advice we can. ot employees in trapped between those gleam- lators' racism and our farm ---....-II1II P this country: ingwhite teeth. "How many of owners' well-spent political dol- Let's tell them to stop farm workers. them work here legally, let lars. Rather, it stems from the working so damn hard .. Oh come on now. It's a Lesleigh. Owen This may come as a surprise, alone vote? I bet not even one difficulty level of farmwork Columnist but, the reason 'most migrant of them carries an Idaho Farm and its vitalness to our 'econ- simple matter of logic: as soon ver notice how the farm workers don't drive to Bureau membership card." omy, as compared to other jobs. as they stop, breaking their E, harder a person works, work in their Beemers stems Maybe I'm not giving the Don't get me wrong; flipping backs and other body parts the less she or he gets paid? from the simple fact that many guy enough credit. After all, he burgers doesn't rank up there working for their mast--oops, Sure you have! Every time you don't even earn' minimum did declare this the Year of the with wine-tasting as one of the employers, we'll all have to stop call a business and ask to speak wage. Child, and I did see him inter- cushiest jobs. Still, nothing taking them for granted. Like to some uppity-up, through Wow! Talk about your act with one or two African- ,beats sweating in the fields or doctors, executives and legisla- whose papcrwork bridges' and pats on the back. What better American children after last orchards for sixteen hours a tors, we'll start realizing how filing cabinet 'gates must you way to tell someone Gmdas for year's Human Rights March. day with no benefits, no over- truly invaluable farm workers pass if not the receptionist's? fulfilling your dietary needs Perhaps he even knows that time, pay and no guaranteed have become just as soon as Not to mention when they than by payi.ng them one-third seventy-five percent of migrant wage to prove how invaluable they stop working so diligently, yanked your tonsils out in the the median Idaho wage? farm workers have legal resi- farm workers truly are. Instead of sending third grade. \X'hen, you were We've all heard a lot of dent status, if not an actual U.S. This is where the farm Idahoans for Farm workers screaming for a shot or mor- guff lately about Martin Luther citizenship. Perhaps thelegisla- workers have gone wrong. Not monetary donations or leaving phine like a heroin addict for King jr., I had a dream, racial tors and he worry instead about only have they made them- a pro-migrant farm worker message with your legislator's her fix, who rushed to answer equality, equal pay for equal farm workers who might lose selves priceless to our economy clerk,why not go straight to the your crazed plea: the doctor work, blah, blah, blah. Ida- their jobs in the event that their but quite simply, they just work source and send the workers who wielded the, scalpel like a hoans for Farm workers even employers start shelling out too hard. Instead of spending themselves some water coolers magic wand before an audience organized a twenty-mile Walk semi-livable wages. "Better a their time on the golf courses, and golf pants? That way, they or the nurse who emptied your for Wages onJanuary 16 and 17 tiny paycheck than none at all," at cocktail-hour work "func- can gather together and discuss bedpan? Let's be honest - how which stretched from Nampa, might better sum up their view. tions" or surfing the Internet Monday Night' football and many Oscar categories include to Boise in an attempt to gen- Of course, it might not for that perfect quote to end MIV videos while wondering "Best Grip" or "Best Foley in a erate some visibility and funds, occur to Dirk just then, but their speeches, they acruaJly and how soon they can ditch work Dramatic Movic"? Nosiree, it's to help push through a bill when he orders a Quarter painstakingly toil for hour after for the golf course. them prima donnas whose requiring the elimination of Pounder that night he probably hot, sticky hour. No sick or Oh sure, some of you sequins sparkle in the limelight legislation that exempts farm won't see the irony in accepting vacation time for them, no probably choose to attack who earn the big buckeroos, workers from the minimum his food from a seventeen year mental health days to help will this issue head on, marching for not the rest of us who spend wage law. old high school student who them better swallow the bitter- hours sewing their costumes or Other locals pooled their earns minimum wage in one of ness of scarcely-compensated farm workers, attending rallies training the light in their direc- collective grey matter and came the top-grossing restaurants in labor. Nope, these foolhardy and helping to increase visibil- tion. up with some hard-hitting the good ol'. U.S. of A. Further- migrant farm workers rise early, ity of the whole issue. Me, I The good news: at least questions and comments for more, he might not want to labor for as little as $1 per hour intend to sit back and stop all the above-mentioned receive Dandy Dirk after the MLK think about where the lettuce, for countless hours, and then reminding myself of the essen- a steady paycheck, meager as it march on the seventeenth. You pickles and onions on his actually get up the next day to tial nature of these workers and may seem, and at least these know, stuff like: "Let's really burger came from and how start the process all over again. stop relying on them to provide paychecks meet the federal make this they year of the child agriculrure contributes $170 This cycle must stop, and consistent and dedicated work. minimum wage requirements, , and pay migrant farm workers billion annually to our national we all must help. Rather than When they start earning wages ungenerous as they are. Why? enough to keep theirs in school economy. worrying about the perpetua- comparable to a secretary or Quite simply because, although and out of the fields" and "On ''What's the difference , tion: of racism in our grand even a schoolteacher, whose much harder workersthan their this day of racial equality, let's between 'the fry-vat boy, at state and the high mortality cite mailbox do you think they'll fill higher-paid counterparts, they stop discriminating against Micky D's and a migrant field of these workers, rather than with thank-you notes? , \ ' just don't work hard enough to migrant farm workers, ninety- laborer?" some of these radical contacting our legislators ,and earn nothing. eight percent of whom are His- people may, even ask Dirk. I urging them to end therestric- For those who doubt, panic." applaudthe question but offer tion banning these workers take a quick peek into the lives Db, 'I can imagine what them a slighdy different answer ·I-J----~) c'------rc-.

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