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11-14-1988 University News, November 14 Students of Boise State University
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Shanties become favorite protest t_oolat campuses across U.S.
(CPS)-The makeshift "shanty," "Symbols are always fluid," noted -until recently an icon of the campus Todd Gitlin, a University of Califor- anti-apartheid movement, seems to nia at Berkeley professor who have become everybody's favorite authored The Sixties: lears of Hope, symbol this school year. Days of Rage. . Indiana University sports an anti- "People are always lldapting a rape shanty and briefly had a shan- symbol with one meaning and giving ty protesting IU's crackdown on stu- it another," Gitlin added. "Thllt's dent alcohol abuse. what happens with flags." In early October, volunteers at an Dr. Ohnuki Tierney of the Center off-campus soup kitchen built a for Advanced Studies in Behavioral shanty on the University of Penn- Sciences near Stanford said, "People sylvania campus because Penn has can read symbols upside down. One yet to help establish a promised "sur- group can see it one way and another, vival center" for Philadelphia's another way." No one is quite sure who invented homeless. 'Io object to "U.S. money to Israel the shanty as a political symbol, subsidizing the oppression of Palesti- though Rob Jones of the American nians,". Muzmil Ahamed's Muslim Committee on Africa, the New York- Students Association built an anti- based group which has helped Zionist shanty at the University of organize many anti-apartheid efforts in. the United States, remembers We sent Brian out to get a cute photo of a squlrrel ln the r~ln, and this Is what he came back with. This Michigan, where shanties protesting racism, the Reagan administration's someone coming up with the idea_at Ii!Ue fellawas shetterlngIn a maple outside the Student Union. ' meeting as early as 1984. GeJltmL~merica!1PoJicies.a.n.';.";', ~:;;~}~' - - .~, -,' ,;, -' "-/'TP, .:.:_· i..•· .<,,> Brokaw said political action com- lb' 'R";;"':';":' .' '" .:'i·;:~,·;:.:_,:;':;:,;r;:.';·:'·: .. . Increased dollars, decreased t,h;e". -toi" ,debat~~; mittee's are a primary hindrance to : y.o,5.'!mll~. .' '."", ronnilt ~ 'pglitieal' the American political system today iTheUtiiversit '-':c"* ..,. , tJ1l~'·ilillJ(,tlJe for~' support for state colleges f' .. ' , ...,.' ." .:"-.::";:'m; .··b}t;~I1~politl¢liilis·i and often contribute to a lack of pro- gress. "PACs don't give money to : -Th~ t.i.ro~w,·;N:. 'Y;N~w.$··;;'L.. "...... v:.>: .'. r.tYt()'teiribl~.con:; (CPS)-States are spending 12.4 Novak added that evensome seem- ancho~, .. 'was '··-~n·. e':,f0t·sttictedforniats,"·b(said; ".:-:., Congress in the interest of good percent more on their public colleges ingly prosperous states have cut their ·sev~ralh()~rs.~Q~.JL:, . !l'appeared·{:>j-I~suggest(id.sQlutiOn:·isJorthe citizenship. " than two years ago, but colleges are campus funding. Still, Americans have "no real :ill aq~e$~on '.. ·t§sWerJ'irigdJit'\lletworks,tCl ¢Stllblisfitheir own for~ getting a smaller share of their state "There is a disparity in spending the Morrlson .. .teTtspon(l!'ld, by .':matS,as;onJ'I/BC'sMeerThePress . right to complain" if they do not par- budgets, a new accounting of state among the states. Some are okay KTVB.llSJ)artothes~ti()Ii's3S th :I.\ndtell tlie;p()iiti~ianswhaL time ticipate in the process, he said. Ac- to funding has found. . economically, but there are recent :annh'er~ary.c~I~"'~ti<)~.,...... :'. ..showup."Those that sho\~ up; get tivism, public service and public life In al1, state legislatures devoted notable exceptions/' Novak said. punng a pressconf~rencepriprto on, ?headded. . . are not held in high esteem in the $36.2 billion to run public col1egesin New York, California and Jlis·.p~entati~n;'};l~QTil\W:.fielded .....Brokaw said h,esupportsunifornl United States today. Instead,we "pay 1988-89,. the Center . for Higher Massachusetts, he said,'have strong hOlT\ageonly to our self-interest." He questio~s: frorri~em1iers pfthc:16cMpoIl •.times around the country so economies, but their support of press about thc:rec~ntc:lectiOnsand . presidenHillwinners' would no( .be· Education at Illinois State Universi- stressed that such indifference could ty found in its report, issued in late higher education "has leveled offor 9mpaigns, G~()rgc:B\.I~~·flJ1dtelevi-.'tJredicted by networks before voters declined in the last couple of years." not continue. sion'srole in polities llndpolitical ..'on the West Coast have a chance to October. "It's easy to make a buck, a little But the figures reprcsent a smaller New York siudents may have a debates.' _.'(" yote ...... •. ...•.•..•.... ." . . tougher to make a difference," !tarder time getting financial aid,. He said dlc:.negll.tivec.ampll.ign.· '. He said :a more eqliitablesystern financi.al commitment to campuses, Brokaw commented. accordmg to Rich Novak of the since state aid declined I percent, thc ~?vc:rtisement~:~Nc~IJ1~~dated the" would betohave. al1pollsopcn at the' Brokaw added that all citizens are American Association of State Col- Center for Higher Education's study aJf\'lllves at Iq~:nahonllt.a!1d J()cal' same lime around the country and qualified to participate somehow in leges and Universities in Washington, showed. levelsdurillgthc:.1988el~ti()nseason . close at the same time 24 hours later. the public arena by virtue of our ex~ In general, though, states have in- would result!'jn.a 'l()tofrecrirnina-' "Do iton the weekend so it wouldn't D.C. istertce on this earth. Just because "In 1980-81 higher- education creased' their student aid by an tions in the.po§.t.el~ctionanalysis/' .interfe.re..with. school·' an~ work" there is no Vietnam, no civil rights . He also said the;ilegatiyc:advei:-Brokaws!iid, , ...• •.' represented 9.2 perccnt of state average of 20 percent since the movement or some other prominent tiserneilts.paid Jor b}'pOlitiCalcam- C!la!iging.·voting procedures re~ budgets," Novak said. "In 1987-88 1985-86 schoOl year. national issue to rally around does states spent 8.1 percent of thei; paignsneed tob~thoroughIYexamin~. quir~anacf of Congress. Brokaw no.! mean the problems the nation cd andsaidi~'(We}leed)toput ...... " budgets to support higher See 'Funding)' page 10 faces today are any less important somc:body fulHiriieon that case." . ..' education." than those of the past. . . Brokaw:sai,dhe wouidliketo see ···$¢e7!rokat-v,;,'.pagel0 YOU QUALIFY Fon'l INSTANT. CREJ)ITlI - I Start making credit pur-I English competencyexa.m set chases IMMEDIATELYI\~el DlJRIN. G' GAME: ALL BOTTLES will send you a Members r '. $'1• lie CANS The English Minimal Competency Examin~tion' for all stude~ts will be held Nov. 16and 17, from 8:30 a.m-S p.m. In the Student Union Big Credit Card .~~ withl SPECIALS . NO CREDIT CHECK. l.IuyanYI Four Room. Jewelry, Clothing,Sport-1 Photo identification is needed. The fee for. transfer and returning Lng Goods,Wntches, Elec-I students is $10. The exam is free to all other students. tronics & MOREl All withl lVEW installment payments outl Satalite of our "Giant 100+ Pagesl Big Screen T.V. Hobos net over $22,000 for Vo.:rech Catalog." Take 12 ~onths-I Dany llam-2am S&S 7am-2an1 tocreditrepay.card Yobris apersonall.·-~econdl L------~ Students from BSU's School of Vocational 'Iechnical Education set a I.D.- valuable for checkl new record, raising more than $22,00 in their anna~1 Hobo Mareh Oct. cashing, etc. plus yourl 21. All the money raised will be used for scholarships and financial aid Students Credit Group I for Vo.:rechstudents. . A-I reference will be onl fi1~to help yOU obtain I . other credit cards. So I JTPA training available at BSU send lnyour $5 catalog I The Ferrari of Dance Clubs deposit now. (refundablel I with your first order} now serving alcohoBc beverages People interested in office occupations can receive free training and I job placement through a program sponsored by BSU and the Southwest , to those ,of legal age Idaho Private Industry Council. Participants must be students who are I EsUblsh yoor credrt TOOl'll eligible for Job Training Partnership Assistance and. have a high school I 1100% Sllls~dion Gurnntoed ~ I FRIDAY and SATURDAYS 9-2 diploma or GED. " I':.;' MonDY Blckl ~~ For more information, call L.ezlieEllard at 385-1115or Jane Giles at I -- Ctr _ SPECIAL FRIDAY 385-3353. People outside the Boise area may call toll free at 1-800-632-6586. ISlIlJ llt_ I . I $3.00 with University LD. IMEMBERS P.O. BOX 4&49, I : I Students FllRT LAUDERDkll, I 10th &: Grove ,18 lie OLDER I GJ""" G~ noRIOA 333311 I 336-0672 BSU offices increase their hours 1__ ..:------_1
In conjunction with The Year of the Student. BSU is trying to. im- prove services for the students. Beginning Nov. IS, due to increased de- mand for the services of the Cashier's office, hours will now be from 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Friday. The University News The Parking Services office will be open from 7 a.m, to 5 p.m., Mon- is currently hiring reporters, account representatives and day through Friday. Hours of enforcement and times affecting regula- tionswill remain as they presently are. a copy editor. Call 345·8204 for details. For more information, call 385-1212or 385·1681. Apply In person at 1603V2 University Dr.,across from the Student Union Recreation Center Idaho Deaf athletes need-funds to attend games in New Zealand
As their fundraising deadline approaches, three young Idaho athletes are still more than $6,000 short of the $13,500 needed to pay their way to the XVI World Games for the Deaf in New Zealand in January. Jonas "Sonny" Cabbage, his brother Roddy and Ken Anderson must each raise $4,500 by Dec. 3 to cover the cost of a two-week training camp V' fE AGAIN and a two-week stay inNew Zealand for the games. So far they have rais- ed only $7,000. . They are the only' Idaho representatives and the first to represent the state at the Deaf Olympics in 16 years. Donations to help the youths attend the games may be sent to U.S. TeamIWDG, clo Mountain State Savings Bank, 645 Main St., Gooding, ID 83330. The AS.BSU elections for the senator- at-large positions were declared void Hispanic in pen club needs sponsor because of an error in the process (see The board of directors of the Mexican American club would like the the story o'n page three for details). assistance of the Hispanic club as an outside club sponsor. The club con- sists of Hispanic men at the ISCI, and the organization tries to provide New elections have 'been scheduled its members with services to better prepare them for release and integra- tion back into society. For more information, contact: Mario Chacon, President-(ISCI) Boise, for Nov. 21 and 22. 10, 83707.
The candidates are: Noetic institute offers $5,000 prize Karen Scheffer A$5,000 prize will be awarded by the Institute of Noetic Scicncesfor Phil Bartle the best scientific test, conducted by a student, of a controvcrsial new theory of biological organization. Ron Craig The hypothesis describes how living things take their shape and sug- Todd Reed g:sts that the growth and development of each species is not directed by biochemical and genetic mechanisms alone, but also by a unique mor- Curtis Osterloh phic field which exists outside the organism. E~periments willbe accepted from any field to which Sheldrakc's theory Cory Haun applies, such as chemistry, biology, animal behavior or psychology.The ~ntry dc:adline is Sept. 30, 1990. The experiments will be judged by an Steve Moser international panel of scientists: . 1b receive an entry packet for the competition, please send $5 alon~ Jeff .Kezar ~ith you~ name and address to: Morphic Resonance Research comp~ti- non Institute of Noetic Sciences 475 Gate Five Road No. 300 Sausahto. Dan Perata CA 94965. . '.'
• Vote again Nov. 21 and 22 ASBSUelectionvoided
by Rosemary E. Hardin added, "There is no reason to suspect The University News election fraud. It wasan innocent mistake." ASBSU elections held Nov. 9 and For the new elections next week, 10 were declared "null and void" by according to Russel1, ASBSU will use. the BSU Elections Committee and Ada County voting booths, which the ASBSU Senate because of a' they could not get for the last elec- discrepancy in ballots and election tions because the county was using register signatures, according to them in the general election Nov. 8. ASBSU President Jeff Russell. The ballots will be the punch kind . "When. we were counting the which are used in general elections ballots (and signatures on election and Ada County will use their com- registers), we found we had more puter to tally the votes. ballots than signatures;" Russel1 said. Russel1 said their computer will On Nov, 9, when the BSU pol1s count votes from each polling place opened, according to Russell, on campus and will enable the Elec- everything was in place for students tions Committee to "cross match to begin voting except the official names" with votes. election registers on' which voters According to Russell, anxious in- print and sign their name .and their cumbents and opponents were disap- student number. He said poll watch- pointed about the Elections Commit- Area high school students rehearse for the final· concert of the BSU Orchestra Concert, held Nov. 11-12. ers allowed students to vote before tee's and the Senate's vote to declare Photo by Carol Johnson the registers got to the polling places. the election' void, but said they As a result, Russell said, there were understood the problem. more ballots than signatures. "We gotta be fair," Russell said. "The (BSU) Constitution states for Results of the new election will be BSU-U of I game nets more than playoff berth every vote cast. we must have a name announced Nov. 22 after the pol1s and student number," he said, arid close. Canned food driveat 9.ameNov. 19 - was depleted before the year .ended. Vietnam. vet Cole still at war by Chuck McKay , "The President said, 'Let's not ex" "Food raised during the holidays ,Tile University News peet government to do everything for . withAgen~Orangeeffects us. Instead, through private enter- usual1y lasts through the year. There This year's canned food drive has prise and individual initiative, let's .is something' happening out there that I am unable to identify which by.Jane Fritz a goal of 8,000 pounds of food, or roll up our sleeves and pitch in to do is causing a greater need. Folks are The University News double the amount collected last what we can:" Henderson said. year, according to University Rela- He said the Working Partners pro- obviously hungry," Beursmeyersaid. Beursmeyer said officials keep say- Disabled veteran Joe Cole said he tions Director Larry Burke. gram is divided into seven regions in ing the economy is strong and we believed a build-up of public This year's drive, to be conducted Idaho. "Each region has its own have record employment, but the' awareness is the first step to ending at the Nov. 19 BSU-U of! football chairperson and determines how they need for help continues to grow. a war which began in Vietnam. game, is the second one in two years, • will raise donations in their own Th establish need, the Salvation Cole, from Olympia, Wash., spoke , and it is sponsored by Working Part- region." Army uses the same guidelines which to ISO people on Nov. 7at, BSU, ners and the BSUstaff. ' Henderson said a press conference determine eligibility for foodstamps, about the health tragedy which has Burke said the drive will benefit will be held Nov. 17 to publicize the Beursmeyer said. Under those resulted from the use of chemical the Salvation Army foodbank, and food drive, and an announcement guidelines, a family of three with a warfare. 'The weapon' he addressed al1 donations will stay in the com- wil1 be made about the involvement. gross income of under $1,000 per was Agent Orange, an herbicide . munity. Everyone attending the game of Club Wholesale. "Club Wholesale Disabled veteran Joe Cole. .month qualifies. A -single person formerly manufactured in the United is encouraged. to donate a can of has donated a semi-load of. food. - Photo by Carol JohnsDn working for minimum wage and States by' Dow, Chemical Corpor- food. They said 'You. pick out 20 pallets earning less than $600 a month ation. . found him doing as much research as There will be food bins located at and we'll supply them: These are not would be eligible, he said. Millions of gallons of .Agent . he could on the subject of chemical stadium entrances. "Cash donations dented ordamaged ...They are front- , Many people are underemployed, Orange were used as defoliant on the warfare and Agent Orange. will be accepted in lieu of food for line products," Henderson said. Club according to Beursmeyer, as many jungles of the DMZ, Danang, and After a long ordeal, Cole went on those who forget to bring food or Wholesale management wants to employers hire two part-time workers other areas of Vietnam to deter total disability in 1983, but the birth . 'Would rather give money," Burke unload the truck and challenge the instead 'of one ful1-time worker to enemy operations and to destroy of his daughter transformed his in- said. "The main emphasis of this public to fill it up again, he said. avoid providing benefits such as croplands. terest into a "2a-hour-a-day, seven- drive is to energize students as well Joy Beursmeyer, Salvation Army medical insurance and sick leave. A periodical available at the day-a-week" commitment, he said. as the general public. This is timely business administrator. said "We're in "It is critical to us that there be a lecture-the November, 1988 issue of She was born with a cleft palate, a because of the upcoming holiday sad shape. 1\vo-and-a-half weeks ago good food drive to keep us going un- Veterans Outlook-says the defolia- genetic effect of chemical poisoning. season. This will make a nice we _had no reserves. Fortunately, a til the traditional school drives come tion program in Vietnam was futile "This was no longer something Thanksgiving for some families." couple of churches 'gave us' some in during the holidays," Beursmeyer and perhaps even counterproductive' that was just hurting me," Cole said. Al Henderson, a member of Sen. food. " said. in its effects on the enemy, but that "This just might have been a result Steve Symms' Boise staff, said Presi- Beursmeyer said last year was ex- U.S. military men and women expos- of some idiot'deciding it was okay to dent Reagan initiated the Working traordinary, as 63,000 pounds of edto Agent Orangecame home with expose me to thiaI didn't want to see Partners program two years ago. .Tood were donated, but the foodbank more than they bargained for- another father see a child born that unexpected health problems which way. They had stepped. over the line," their government failed to warn them he said. Students upholc;lrighttothrow.1oast at games about. Cole began speaking publicly on (CPS)-Students at University 'of Penn," according to Steve Hurlbut, We have no intent to try to stop the Joe 'Cole was one of those ser- the subject two years ago. He travels- toast tradition. We intended to stop Pennsylvania football games have Penn's sports information. directorl vicemen. Six days after a spray mis- "on request" as often as his physical . "Like fans at The Rocky Horror people from bringing frozen bagels." coudition allows. He tells his au- won the right to throw toast, but not sionin Vietnam, he got very sick. Picture Show, the students decided Bagels, he said are heavier and The.diagnosis was "an illness of an diences the U.S. government, aecord- bagels, from the stands. Security officials infuriated some to throw a piece of toast instead of could hurt people. unknown origin," because his health. ing to the rules of war, 'told the Penn fans by confiscating toast atthe raising their hands as if they held a Hurlbut agreed, but added the ban records were lost. He had begun to should extend beyond bagels to large Sept. 24 game at Franklin Field glass," Hurlbut said. . fight a new kind of war-for his See 'Orange, , page 10 packages of bread. against •Bucknell University. Penn After. security officers took toast physical and mental health-which "We don't want anyone getting students had been throwing toast on- from some fans, students began, writing protest letters, circulating a whacked with a whole loaf," he said. -----~I'i;::===:=··a...... :====::11----, to the field when Penn's band gets to r a certain point of the song "Drink A petition and threatening to pelt Penn Epstein said Penn would let securi- ty officers at the games confiscate Highball." '. 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. .' . . 4emII~ltThe University News NOVCll1ber 14, 1988 , ....·.__~_-----~~~~~~....~~ 'Deficit payment underway
, Because. we receive student funding, provide student training and serve students as our primary audience, we feel we should be accountable to students for precise- ly where their.money goes, Most of it, as explained in an earlier series on' student fees and how they're'spertt; covers the cost of putting out the paper.. . We receive $4 per full-time student, per semester, which covers about 55 p~rcent of our budget. The rest is raised in advertising revenue. 'Ien percent of the dedicated fee is set aside for capital improvement, and ASBSU matches that 10 perc~nt. One dollar of the dedicated fee is earmarked for paying off a budget deficit Incurred in previous years-but more about that later. . .: - " As for the rest of the fee and our ad revenue: All our employees are paid. We have to pay to have the newspaperprinied off-campus/as we do not have a web press on campus. We pay all the overhead ofan~ other office, m~ntai~ ~ur own darkroom and recently purchased an Apple Macintosh 11 for use in.building ads, writing articles and bookkeeping. We buy all the supplies, from pencils to $60-a- . roll photographic paper for our typesetter. " , '. . The first part of the deficit was incurred when a few previous editors spent more than they had. At that-time, the paper's funding came directly from ASBSU, and we were pretty much at the mercy of whatever political wind happened to be blow- ing. Nevertheless,' that is no excuse for overspending, and we do not expect anyone else to take responsibility for previous editorial errors. . The majority of the deficit, however, was incurred when our old typesetting equip- mentdied, refusing to print, anything but meaningless strings of gibberish. The Voters mandate edu,cation'funding ASBSU president who was in office atthe time authorized us to buy the equip- In the realm of higher education, some im- ment we now have, which cost aproximately $15,000. Although he signed a con- by Russell T. Gould tract guaranteeing ASBSU would .purchase it, he never paid for it. It was after this The UniVersity News portant decisions face the state. First is the need to fairly and equitably distribute state fiasco we began. to receive a dedicated fee and became independent of ASBSU. funds. In the past, BSU has ended up with The deficit went. unaddressed for several years, because one of .our business Well. the election is over. and now is the the shortend of the stick. This practice must managers misunderstood the nature of the debt. He trained his successor to believe time for all of the political analysts to step in and tell us why we did or-did not vote for stop. Faculty at this institution are being over- that, because the university had covered our purchases and we owed' the money taxed with larger and larger. class sections, to BSU; we would not have to repay it. The business manager receives a computer any particular individual or issue. On Ihe state level, one issue dominated the political ,some of which are taught in temporary spaces printout of our finances from the university, and he translates the series of numbers located off campus. It is hard to believe this into a budget statement the editors and the Newspaper Advisory Board, which scene, and proved to dominate the polls. Voters in Idaho have provided a mandate for practice benefits the students in those oversees the newspaper's finances, can understand. Because each business manager classrooms. More classroom space and was told by his or her predecessor the deficit was not "real" and we would never education. The fact that economic wel1-beingis link- teachers are needed at BSU. which grows have to repay it, it was never brought to the attention of the editorial staff or the ed to a high-quality education system has larger in student population with every pass- NAB. ' finally become common knowledge among ing semester. The first year we had a faculty adviser was the first year of our financial in- Idaho voters, who sent a message last week While BSU's central administration has dependence. For some reason, that first adviser asked the university comptroller's that they will no longer tolerate a substan- made attempts to improve faculty quality by office for a complete financial statement for the paper but never shared his find" dard system. The individuals and issues promoting research, their efforts are thwarted ings of the deficit with anyone on the paper or the NAB. which succeeded in the pons had been link- by those watching the higher education purse The comptroller's office chose not to pursue the matter, so it was left to our ed to improvements in education. strings. If faculty research is to become an current adviser to discover the problem. That was last year, and last year's co-editors On the local level, the Republican hierar- important criterium for judging individual askedBSU President John Keiser to add a dollar to the dedicated fee in order to . chy of the legislature was toppled simply performance, two issues must be addressed . payoff the debt. They said they felt it would be unfair to ask ASBSU to be respon- because they were identified with the poor The first is a commitment to developing a ,sible for the mistakes of past presidents-at least, when the mistake was a $15,000 treatment of education in the past. Likewise, research-oriented library. This will require one and other campus organizations would lose funding, if ASBSU were forced the lottery was identified by its proponents much greater financial support for the sore- to cough it up. Also, the newspaper would have. had to cease publication for a as a supplemental funding source for educa- ly underfunded BSU Library. Periodical and semester to payoff its own share. Asking each person on campus to pay $1 toward tion. But, with this fervor for improvement book holdings, staff and floor space willhave the debt and continuing to provide a newspaper seemed to be the alternative which in education, the question remains as to how to be increased.' The second is that release time from classes must be granted to produc- was fairest, easiest and least financially taxing for everyone. Keiser agreed to add improvements will be made. tive researchers. It benefits no one to have the the extra doIlar, temporarily, to payoff the debt, effective this semester. I doubt that any single body, or individual, most talented researchers teaching 12 hours This is where we now stand. The record shows last year's editors actually added is capable of contending with the scope of of lower-division courses every semester. $3,000-4,000 to the debt, but ASBSU never transferred its matching 10 percent, problems facing education. One thing is cer- Under these conditions, burnout is inevitable. more than $4,000, to our university account. Additionally, more than ,$5,000 in tain: A body of experts needs to be developed to deal with the many different aspects of But 10 create release time from classes is go- late revenue received over the summer was not deposited until after June 3D, the education. A good first move would be the ing to require additional faculty-an essen- end of the university's fiscal year. division of the State Board of Education in- tial step for the improvement of quality at As soon as we receive the money from this semester's dedicated fee, we'll apply to two bodies-one to oversee elementary BSU.,. . the first instaIlment of the extra doIlar to the deficit. We estimate the debt to be and secondary education, and another to While it is doubtful that all the issues will' paid off by the end of the next academic year at the latest. deal with colleges and universities. be successfully addressed during the next For the people who have questions about the future-and, based on the past, While this idea was brought up during the year, these are important long-range goals. it is only fair people ask questions about ASBSU, the comptroller's office and last session, the legislature took no action, Since the people of Idaho have determined especially The University News-we can guarantee no such debt will again be in- But with the number of issues facing education is the number-one priority in the curred. In addition to thelesson learned by students who work at the paper. our educaton in the state, no body could possibly state, legislators ahd members of the SBOE adviser signs all our requisitions, and the NAB, which has ultimate financial over- 'be expected to deal intelligentlywith all levels. should take heed of this mandate and ap- sight of the paper, now receives copies of the computer printout which shows our A division would allow a more thoughtful propriate funds accordingly. actual financial standing. handling of decisions. Adios. President voids AsBsu election
Editor, The University News; pletely guarantee the legitimacy of the elcc- On Thursday, Nov. 10, 1988, the ASBSU , tion results. FaIlSenate Election was declared void by Pat It is important to note that the decision was Duman, ASBSU election board chairman, not based on suspicions of any election Jeff Russell, ASBSU president, and confirm- wrongdoing on the part of student voters. It ed as void by the ASBSU Senate in a special was, however,necessary for the election to be ruled void and a new one scheduled because TIle University News is published weekly during the academic year session that evening. of the mistake. This was the only alternative by.the Studentsof BoiseStateUniversity. Officesare locatedat 1603ih The reason for declaring the election void University Drive, Boise, Idaho 83725, telephone 345-8204. Adver- was based on an honest mistake made by the course of action which would maintain the tising rates and subscription information are available upon requ,est. ASBSU Election lloard: The mistake occur- integrity of the election process on campus red on Wednesday,Nov.9, 1988(the first day and stay within the bounds of the ASBSU Editor in Chief: Valerie Mead; Managing Editor: Karen Kammann; of polling on campus), when election ballot Senate Code. The ASBSUSenate Code, Business Manager: Michael Hardaway; An Director: Lee Arnold; boxes were sent to the polling places at 9 a.m, which is very clear regarding this matter, AdvertisingManager: KellyMcGee; Chief Copy Editor: RosemaryHar- Mistakenly, the official election registration states: _ din; CopyAssistant: James L. Kincaid;Photo Chief Mark Jones;Enter- sheets werenot taken to the polling places for 44-420 In order to receive a ballot, each tainment Editor: HollyM. Anderson;Opinion Editor: RussellT. Gould; a half an hour to an hour afterward, because qualified voter must print and sign Sports Editor: Tom, Lloyd; Production Artists: Darin Scruggs; Jeff they were not prepared the night before and his/her name and BSU student iden- Young; Cartoonists: Jim McColly, Damon Thleet;Senior were being copied in the ASBSU offices. tification number on the official Photographer: BrianBecker;Photographers: Carnl Johnson, Sue Ellen During this period of time, poIl workers registration sheet at the polls. Koop; Advertising Account Representatives: Reporters; Kathleen allowed a considerable number of students In summary, 1, and all the members of the Cressler, Robert Franklin, Jane Fritz, Lisa Langdon, Emmanuella to vote without having them sign the official ASBSU regret the inconvenience this situa- Mavromichalis, Chuck McKay, John Odziemek, Cynthia Yuen; registration sheets. These sheets are used to tion has caused the candidates and the stu- Reviewers: Lee Arnold, Phil DeAngeli, Steve Farneman, Cliff Hall, -verify that every ballot cast can be cross- dent voters. We feel as though, given the Steve Michas; Secretaries: Tieneke Pavesic, Maria Thomas; Typeset- " checked with a corresponding signature and situation at hand, the best possible decision ters: Karen Scheffer, James Trent; Distributor: Jennifer Bringman student number of the fun-fee-paying BSU was made for everyone concerned. student who cast the ballot. Because the Jeff RusseIl sheets were not there, it is imposible to com~ ASBSU President November 14, 1988 The University News 5
'Poet'rema rkable 0'Neill 'Coverup' is frightening film by,Jane Fritz Iy vicious, the next minute he's apologetic The University News .' and regrets the things he says. He is a by Hall" illustration says morethan any amount of clirr man out 'of control, clinging in memory The University News narration. " ' is a. play only for to the man he once was. He sees himself the movie you will see at The Flicks is A Toucn of the Poet those willing to grow. It is theater which as an "officer and a gentleman," but also a filmshot on video and then put on Coverup: Behind the Iran Contra Affair slices right through attempts to fool, to as a man with "no future but the past." began as a television documentary which, film. Because of this, the quality is not lie about what we areand what we aren't. He is alone, isolated from those who love because of its topicality and theme, has high and the resolution is low, butthis The story is about illusion and yet has no him, reassuring his painful condition with been issued to movie theaters. It is a' slight technical problem can be overlook- tolerance for it. The play isn't entertain- poetry from Lord Byron; "I stood among frightening filmandis extremely cd, since the information is the important thing here. . ing or comfortable; but it does teach, it them but not of them." important. can transform one'sawareness. The story eventually breaks through The film' deals with America.iour own The main reason that Coverup was a, A Touch of the Poet calls us to look at Melody's duality without destroying him. government leaders and the laws of this video production is the movie's total life as it really is, within and without, His mask of pretense torn away, expos- budget of less than $50,000. The film- Is land. While watching Coverup, I found abandoning delusions while embracing ing his nothingness, his foolish behavior, myself saying, "This is This makers felt the essential thing was to get America! deep joy. Playwright Eugene O'Neill in- but revealing his beauty, his sensitivity" can't happen here!" But the facts speak the, movie seen by as many people as possible, and they used the money' tended to communicate to his audience his true self. .. for themselves. this glorious acceptance of life, derived, As he transforms, so do all of his rela- accordingly. ' Elizabeth Montgomery is the narrator, in his own words, ,"from seeing somebody, tionships. Dreams die and are buried, and And, because most United States' and she relates: the information in a on the stage facing life, fighting against an enormous capacity for love erupts. His theaters are run by a syndicate-a net- soundly chilling way. Her voice gives the external odds, not conquering, 'but ' transformation finds everyone else making' work of studio-affiliated screens which go many signals at once-alarm, shock, perhaps inevitably being conquered." In the necessary adjustments in their iden- dismay, bitterness, sarcasm-and her in- through major distribution-they are not free to show just any film they would . this way, it has a deeply spiritual tities to survive. tensity is just right, considering the significance-people's willingness to be ' Sara discovers her own personality like. When a film arrives in Boise- material and its significance. broken and to be renewed. woven with her father's. Now its predic- especially an independent or "small" The visual images-actual, brutal Eugene O'Neill is America's most tability is shattered, Her own dreams for film-c-it gets only the smallest amount of. photographs of the assasinated, footage decorated, and according to some, rising in power and position leave her and publicizing, mainly because a "small" of the Iran Contra hearings and inter- greatest playwright, unafraid of tackling 'the audience wondering whether she will filmis not expected to do the kind of views with folks on the street-hit the hard-core issues. A is beableto abandon this former willful business that a Beverly Hills Cop or a Touch of the Poet observer on a visceral level, startling O'Neill's last full-length play-and is a and manipulative pattern of behavior for because of the proximity of the material. film with studio money for television, powerful commentaryon isolation, family her fiance, Simon Harford. We watch world images of war, famine, newspaper and radio ads behind it will do. , _ relationships, and American society. I found A Touch of the Poet to be un- heartbreak, and more on the evening news Set in 1828 near Boston, the story canny in its contemporary message, 1 am bringing this to your attention and are not affected. It becomes. more unveils the personality of Irish tavern especially looking within today's family because Coverup is a film with no money difficult to watch when the same kind of owner, Cornelius Melody, by exposing his struggles with alcoholic parents. I suspect to spare for advertisements, promotions, pictures are taken in America and of embittered relationships with wife, Nora, many women who have had love/hate and such. It should be seen and given the Americans living outside the United and daughter, Sara, and his barstool bud- relationships with their fathers will find proper word-of-mouth notices it deserves. States. dies. His life 'is in ambivalence; he spins' this a painful yet healing play because of Even if the facts are dismissed by the 1 cannot force anyone to see a movie, and my words can only express so much. It is tales of his heroic past,' as a British of- its hopeful ending. viewer, it is troublesome to forget the ficer, yet in the present, speaks with Although the local production of the not very often 1 get so stirred up' about a back visual stimulation presented here. One ex- disdain towards Mother England. play has closed, it would be worthwhile to movie that I feel like writing my family ample of an image too strong to forget is Cornelius Melody is a veritable Dr. see it wherever and whenever is being and friends urging them to see it. This is it the miles and miles of shredded Jekyll/Mr. Hyde.. One minute he's verbal- performed. documents the film shows repeatedly This one of those movies. R.E.M. in major league with release of latest: 'Green'
"Sometimes I feel like I can't even sing." and nuclear disarmament .rolled together. by Steve Farneman album which doesn't rock as hard as Green first single, "Orange Crush," Document or 1986's Liles Rich Pageant. . Over Peter Buck's chiming accoustic The University News guitar, Stipe achieves a magical bears a certain resemblance to "The One Green is on a more sublime and subtle I Love" and will probably be as big a hit. scale, with a few acoustic numbers and evocativeness as he struggles with the The surprise about Green, R.E.M:s Biting and menacing, it directly and simp- drums not as beefed up as on Document. irony, meaning and feeling of love. "You sixth album, is that this solid work Are The Everything" is evocative in a ly decries the usc of Agent Orange. revives the feel of the band's early records The vocal harmonies arc beautifully ar- "Orange Crush" has thick layers of har- ranged and have a certain litheness. The' way that is reminiscent of their classic and takes a step forward. 1983 debut album Murmur even though monic vocals that give the song a shroud R.E.M. is finally in the major leagues listener can understand nearly all the of mystery and comes complete with words Michael Stipe sings. Stipe's clear all the words arc clearly audible. with their first release for Warner Bros., helicopter sounds. artieulatioii on Green' replaces .his mum- The word evocative has become a where their upcoming world tour will Likewise mysterious arc the album's last bled delivery, which became one of R.E.M~s platitude in appraisals of R.E.M:s sound, bring larger venues and arenas. This . but the' word fits the album's other ac- two cuts, "I Remember California" and comes after years of unsurpassed cornerstones, and his voice has never . an untitled songThe former is concerned sounded better as the band's lead coustic cuts, "The Wrong Child" and popularity on college radio and R.E,M~s "Hairshirt." "The Wrong Child" speaks with the perils -of progress, stating that critical billing as the major American instrument. "history is made to seem unfair." The With-the same production team as of childhood loneliness and distance from band to emerge this decade.' Green follows peers, with Stipe handling both lead and untitled closing cut is out of focus but last year's Document their first platinum- Document, (R.E.M. and Scott Litt), appears to appeal for personal and global Green begins with soporific themes of backup vocals. "Hairshirt" features man- selling release, which contained their first dolin work from Buck, while Stipe peace. bona-fide hit, the top-to breakthrough, sleep, which permeate the albums first, . Green has slack moments. The beefy, three cuts. The opener, "Pop Song 89," . sounds' lost in his lyrical abstractions. It ' "The One I Love." over-bearing "Thrn You Inside Out" an~t sounds like an awakening to the challenge is truly wonderful in its mysterious, self- Document was something of a disap- the goofy, clumsy "Stand" would pro- of tomorrow, Stipe dispelling his past . indulgent way. pointment, though. It seemed a little con- bably make better single Bssides. than obliqueness and distance from the listener "World Leader Pretend" is the first trived to appeal commercially and con- .' R.E.M.' song to have 'all its lyrics printed album cuts. Even so, R.E.M. is cutting tained some genuine filler material (see with lines like "Hello, I'm' sorry, I lost . ahead in rock music and Green is some myself/I think I thought you were some- on the sleeve. Even so Stipe makes the "Odd fellows Local 151"). Now that the of their best work inrecentyears. Half one else/Should we talk about the .song seem oblique as he sings "This is band has gained the attention of rock's mymistake, Let me make it good.!I rais- accessible, half awkwardly strange, Green musical mainstream they seem to be do- weather/Should we talk aboutthe invites the listener's own interpretations to government..." , ed the wall and I will be the one to ·ing a little bit of healthy experimentation knock it down." With some great pedal its moods-and meanings. while trying tv remain accessible to the "Yell The Everything," one of Green's sharpest moments, follows, with a drifty, steel-touches, "World Leader Pretend" listener on Green. , sounds like a call for personal redemption t Green is a strange and, at times, eerie, late-at-night feel, with Stipe opening, " "Good friends don't let Qood.' mends' smoke cigarettes!' .. Larry Hagman .I 4 _ _ _ . ' '
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II ' sa Blakeslee and Doug Rule, 01!1fey on Ice, 7:30 p.m., ug¥J lp,yri~1 The exhibit Imsges,.nd Ideas Pavilion ~ns (s'Ofl)aihtings and photographs ..~Takethe kids, Sun., Nov~ 20 ['~\ . , to the Boise PUbli.CUbr:ary and celeb.rat~. lonat Cultural Fragments,sponsored - I 8 Volleyball team gives' Bailey 200th win by Tom Lloyd The University News The BSU women's volleyball team already had the rights to host the post-season tournament, but they had two mare regular conference games to play and some unfinished. business. The first order was to dispatch the NAU Lumberjills, giving coach Darlene Bailey her 200th career win, and the team their third consecutive 20:win season and their 17th con- secutive win, tying a school record, , keeping their conference streak unblemished. This they did, but not without some hand wringing and. anxious moments. The Broncos won the first two games handily, 15-7, 15-5,before the visitors threw a scare in BSUby . winning the next two 13-15, 14-16. Too much Was on the line for BSU . as they rallied to end any final threats of an upset, 15-5. The Broncos traveled to Ogden, Utah Nov. 12 for their final match beforetournament play. They spent too much against NAU, as the Wildcats took advantage of their let down by sweeping the Broncos 2-15, 6-15, 8·15. . BSU finished regular season play 20-6 overall and 15-1 in the conference. Tournament play is scheduled Nov. Sandy Stewart (7), Alissa Victor (6), Kelly Baker (12) and Debbie Hansmann celebrate their victory over the NAU Lumberjills. 18-19 in the Human Performance Photo by Sue Ellen Koop Center. Buckle Up, Idaho! AI04 • Physical Education My first time tutoring was a night to remember. My student was some- thing called Bone Crusher Reed, a.k.a. Make ItYour law Billy Jo, defensive tackle for thefoot- -for Life. ball team. l had the shock of my lite when . he answeredhis dorm room door. He was about six foot seven ...in diameter. And when he shook my hand, I thought Id never get it back. So there I was, face-to-knee with the big man on campus, wondering how I was going to relate American Literature to The Hulk. ""''''i%~ But then he pulled out a can of Orange Cappuccino. I was shocked! Could it be that.this tough jock .liked its delicate taste? And when Bone Crusher brought out the bone china, I was beyond belief Reading the expression on my face, he said, "What can I say? I like it. The Cafe Francais is pretty good, too." Well, who's goirig to argue, I thought. As we sipped our Orange Wed. NCW.16 7:30PM Cappuccino, I discovered that BiBy jo {Y}!m!A AU nCKElS $2.00 om - K1VB at. 7 FAMILY NIGHT loves. reading novels; his only problem Too. NOv. 17 7:30PMt was poetry. So I ~ave him tips on FII. NOV. 18 " 7:3OPM Sat NOV. 19 II:00AMt 7:30PM reading Emily DICkinson, and he Sun. NOV.20 1:30PM 5:3OPM tSAVE $1.00 On Kids Ages 2·JJ! gave me a copy of Ann Beattie's . Compliments of K·I06 te:l0Sm "Falling in Place." . 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I,' l'~.·~·.··".·...... 5 ·mmm.. ------....---....------November 14, 1988....The----University News 9 Broncos beat Panthers, 12-7 by Tom Lloyd job of catching the ball and getting The University News his feet in the end zone." "You talk about a big play," Hall The beauty of BSU's Nov. 12 game said, "that was the one. Like in against the Eastern Illinois Panthers baseball, you get one big hit, one was a 12-7 victory. But it was beastly. home run-this one for 'us was a ""It wasn't pretty, but it was a win," home-run ball." BSU Head Football Coach'Skip Hall . After a rugged Big Sky schedule said to'BSU Athletic Director Gene and the big one Nov. 19, Broncos Bleymaler after the game. "A win is welcomed a non-conference foe like a wiri is a win is a win," he con- ' Eastern Illinois Panthers. tinued, "and that is number eight for "They were a class team," Halli- us and that hasn't happened since day said after the game. "They didn't 1982." . pull a lot of stuff that we'd seen by .The Broncos were faced with some of the other teams. They were several obstacles interfering with their a .real class outfit." concentration. "I thought they were one of the , "It;was tough for me to push them better teams we had played," Heff- (Idaho), out of my head before this ner added. "They kind of reminded game," BSU wide receiver Terry me of Sam Houston State-hard- Heffner said, referring tonext week's nosed kind of players, 'a good ball showdown with the U of I Vandals. team." . for the Big Sky Conference The Panthers play in the tough automatic playoff berth. Gateway Conference and the 5-5 Coaches Can prepare for that, but record they brought to Lyle Smith not quirks on the field during the Stadium was deceiving. The week game and in the weather. 'before they had upset the number , "Our problem wasnot so much be- five l-AA team" Western Kentucky. ing emotionally ready." Hall said, "It was our last game of the year," "but mechanically; We had so many EIU's Jeff Wilson said after the game , breakdowns of offense." ' about the hard-fought contest. "We Say "Thank you, defense, " which wanted to go out winners." is exactly what BSU quarterback' Comparing the two teams and Duane Halliday said as he entered the conferences, Wilson said, "The other media room for post-game inter- teams in our conference are much views, slapping high-fives with defen- bigger. You have better athletes, but sive players Rod Johnson and Ken- not as big. These guys (BSU) are ny Kuehl, both of whom made time- more finesse types. I saw more trick ly interceptions. plays today then all year." "That was my fault," Halliday OK, the game is over. Now BSU said. "I just threw it too hard on a can think about U of I. line. That guy was able to get up and "I've dreamed about this since I Sid-elines get a hand oil it." . was a little kid," Halliday said. An indication of the first half: "Yeah (responding to a background BSU got the first half down for either comment by Heffner), and in our team with 13:37 to go in the first half. own stadium. We've worked har-d to The third quarter was more of-the get where we are at." by Tom Lloyd Montana. But they will not care. is the older institution, which used to same-nothing. The BSU faithful "We can push it to the front of our The University News They will be vying for the I-AA play in the Pacific Coast Conference, started getting restless as the minutes mind now," Johnson said. "We can championship.' If U of I wins, they forerunner of the now Pac-IO. BSU, ticked off in the final quarter. Then, really start thinking about it, getting I must be getting old-no, the ag- win the Big Sky crown outright and establlshedIn 1932, enjoyed early suddenly, the Bronco prayers were jacked for it, just thinking Vandals ing process is accelerating at a pace the berth to the playoffs. The loser football success at the junior college answered by the defense. BSU's Rod now forseven days." not to my liking-because I no has a chance for an' at-large berth, level and later in Division II. Idaho Johnson picked off a Simon pass, .'.'It's the only talk," Kuehl added. longer have that intense enmity for but it is not guaranteed. Couple this fans don's let BSU fans forget the and the Broncos were in business on That says it all. BSU will play the my opponent. Some may call it be- with tradition and it puts the inten- junior college status. Ironically, the the EIU 36-yard line. , U of I Nov. 19 in Bronco Stadium for ing soft, but actually I've never felt sity off the Richter scale. educational shift is moving south. Five plays later, Halliday hit Jeff the I-AA automatic berth to the that strongly about someone I com- BSU was not supposed to be at this I've followed the series since 1.971, Lindsley at thetwo-yard line and the playoffs. A Bronco win will also peted against. I have not-liked my dance; U of I was. The Broncos are and that is part of my problem-I big tight end avoided a would be Pan- mean a Big Sky championship. share, but never, felt enmity to the young-s-rcally young; they play remember the fans marring the ther tackler and tiptoed down the Game time is 2:30 p.m. and, as Hall point of hostility. come-from-behind, squeaking out events. After the ISU debacle, I'm not sideline to put the Broncos back on said, "Get ready for the Big One!" I say this because the Broncos play victories. The Vandals are veterans; sureit is limited to the fans. top. "It was a great play-action their arch rival, the Idaho Vandals, they blow you out. However, Uof I More often than not, I found the pass," Halliday said. "He did a great Nov. 19 in what is being termed "The was beaten on the road at Montana, toughest competitor to be a friend Big One." Beyond tradition lies more and Boise State is unbeaten at home off the field. That made the competi- than bragging rights. this year, which included Montana. tion 'keener; it was left there. But "This is what coaches coach for, Both teams are quarterbacked by sportsmanship does not get left on players play for and fans wait for," players from the same hgh school- the field. It carries over into the BSU Head Football Coach Skip Hall Coeur d'Alene-one year apart. stands. said after the victory over Eastern Il- . "He (John Friesz) played ahead of Both BSU and U of I have the op- linois, "a chance to play in a cham- me his senior year," BSU quarter- portunity to develop a healthy rivalry, pionship game with all the marbles back Duane Halliday said. one of mutual respect. The Big One on the table. Winner take all." Right now the series stands even at may' truly be the one for the future. If BSU wins, they will have to 8-8-1. share the Big Sky title with Idaho and This rivalry is not that old. Idaho X-country teams finish in top 10 at Big Sky' meet by Torn Lloyd The University News BSU's" men's and women's cross- country track teams finished seventh and sixth respectively attheBig Sky , Conference meet in Salt Lake City, Utah, Nov. 12. BSU's Danny Crane was, the top men's finisher at 31:19, good for sixth place. Other Bronco finishers were Bruce Davidson, 19th, 32:10; Duke Batchelor, 22nd, 32:21; navis Guse, . 47th, 33:56; and Sid Sullivan, 5~th, What more can we say? 35:37 for atotal of ISO. NAU won the meet with a perfect . score of 15. NAU's Bo Reed was the winnerin 30:08. Get yOLJr tickets for The Big One For the women, Kathy Karpel finished fourth with a time of 17:51. wh ile you can, NAU also won the women's meet' with a score of 32. BSU had 140 Photo by Brian Becker points. ,., .t . , , C.£;:··-7,:: ..:;::~-:::ii~~:.':-~;-~·~J:;::,.~:;,,:~~~~;,~:,-,~~~~:,::,~::~;".....:""~~4~ . " " .~ .. " ., -, ', .. -, .. " " , .. ~" "." 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I,members The University News There are scholarships for "woman Students at Syracuse University, ,who. helped -build IU's anti-rape (if Washington's Students Against flyers who prefer' helicopters;" coming close to inspired invention, . shanty, said she was looking fora Apartheid voluntarily dismantled For students who are desperately students whose last name is Ander- pitched a "tent city.". . way for !U's administrators to see theirshanty,although UWhasyetto in need of a scholarship and cannot son,' Baxendale, Borden, Bright, But on Apri121,J985, students at they "were only paying lip service to divest itself of all its stock in firms seem to find one that applies; The Downer, Penn oyer or Murphy;. for Cornell University' opted . for the issue of women's safety. There that do business in segregationist National Scholarship Research Ser- left-handed freshman with financial something sturdier than tents and wasn't the- work being done or the South Africa. vice has compiled"The 'Ien Most need; Ph.D candidates studying bliiltwhaUlpparentlywas the flrst money being given." "Thls' doesn'rmeanthe shanty Unusual Scholarships For 1988." . f??gus; Briti~h and ro- , In recent wceks, for example, State tific ramifications of herbicide use function with undiagnosed illnesses here for hope," he said,adding that grams "devised to achieve specific University of New York at New Paltz and of dioxin's extreme toxicity, but because of the current government "we have to start recognizing the pro- purposes of benefit to both higher officials announced state budget denied the dangers and sprayed II apathy toward helping them, Cole blem, changing the public percep- education and the state," Edward R. woes would force them to cut 14 million gallons of the oil-based . said. "It's not a matter of bad tion, . getting . people involved in Hines, the Center for Higher Educa- faculty and support positions. defoliant over vast areas of Vietnam gov,:rnment; it's a few people. in writing their Congressmen and teU- tion's director said. The cuts are pari of stringent between 1967 and 1969. government who have bad ideas," he ing them, 'Hey, let's d~elop better The Center also found states which . measures which will affect the entire The Center for Disease Control said, commenting on the. lack of ways to live, rather than better ways spend the most on colleges are slow- SUNY system and all New York state and the u.s. Veteran's Administration recognition and help for those ·to die.'" ing down. The 11 "big spenders" on social serVices. Governor Mario continue to deny diseases and veterans who are experiencing the ef- "Back in the '60's, people stopped education, the states which have Cuomo instituted the cuts' rather damages stemming from exposure to fects of Agent Orange exposure. one war. People can do it again,'~ spent more than $1 billion a year on than raising taxes to make up a state chemical warfare in Vietnam. They "If you served in Vietnam, the law Cole said. higher education, increased their debt caused by major tax cuts in the maintain that Agent Orange is not says the government is supposed to campus budgets by 11 percent, about early 1980s. 1 percent less than the national The final decision on the propos- Visit average. '. ed cuts wilT be made in March after continued from page 1 Those _who monitor education review by SUNY's trustees, the gover- budgets have said they expectap- The press, too, should be prepared nor's qffice and the legislature. . propriations to continue to rise. to .make changes, according to "mkaw. "The press has an obligation to improve the quality of informa- tion"Brokaw said, ad~ing that he A tale of two students. •• would like that infonnation to be of a more sophisticated nature. Ideally, by Cynthia Yuen Idaho and raised seven children.' ·.'Idaho Brokaw said, he feels.the press should The University News is home ... Ibelong here," she imid•. deal '.'Iess with titi!lation and more Amber· Inlow, .an 18-ye~r'old with substance." Thking BSU and Idaho for granted is freshman from Livermore, Calif.; has Brokaw's visit to Boise was spon- something many natives may do, but lived in Emmett for three months. She sored by KTVB Channel 7, Boise's not two women who are attending BSU. saidtheBSU campus is· "big." She local NBC affiliate, to celebrate the for the first time. These women are ' addCd there are many differences be- station's 35th anniversary. each of a different generation and each tween her home state and Idaho. came to the campus with her own ex- . very behind, like 20 years behind. The Wisconsin-suspends pcctationof BSU and Idaho. main difference is the freewaYs; peo- "I like it here pretty well, of course . pie do not know how· to get on the frat for racist party Ihaven't ever been on a campus before· freeWays here. People arc so laid back as a student. People are really helpful, here, they don't .•J:Ilsh anywhere. In they really are, and even the young pea- California,even when you don't have pie talk withme and try to help·m!lif. somewhere to go, you still hurry." . (CPS)-The president of one they know something. Sometimes I can . . She added· she' has met several fraternity involved in a racial'insult help them:" Mary Cloud said.' "bigots here" and she does. not feel as r~igned last week, while the Univer- Cloud ~aid she is a 53-year-old accepted '. in Idaho a~ she did in sity of Wisconsin suspended·an en- freshman who is currently taking 12 California. ' . . tire fraternity for being involved in another. • credits. "I'm not quite sure yet what I'm InloW said,. "I miss California a going to be when I grow up," Cloudlo!. .. the people mainly. I like to go to ..' . FIRST Idaho Appearance EVERt Both cases arose from frat parties with racial themes. said" aiuI addc;d, "I'm going for a social San Francisco; can't do that here. " The , Opens This Wed. Night thru Sun:NOV. 20 At Wisconsin's Madison campus, work degree right noW, but I'm taking .most drastic change for .Inlow is officials su~pended Zeta Beta Thu a 101 of courses that could lead .10 "there's no place to go for coffee after BSU PAVILION anything." 10 p.m." .' .. . after hearing ZBT had held a "slave auction" party Oct. 20 in which stu- Cloud said she has found help from Inlow said she plans to attend BSU dent "would put on skirts, and then the "Second Wind" class for students for four years and she is enjoying her W:~~:'~,~~~.~.=.~;O;M2~~~:i:s over 35. In the cll!Ss, she was given ad-' classes. Currently, she is talcing courses (11)KTVIIA KTVB Ch. 7 FAMIlY NlGIfT IN PERSON:as.u BOXOffiCES (PaVilion, the pledges.would be put on auction - - ALL nCKETS $2.00 OFF Morrison center, Student Union BUlkJlfIJI) and a" for the sale of their services," UW vice about the Financial aid office and in' economics,psychology, •an- Thu NOV. 17 730PMt ~~E=~~~~= . ~ Assistant Dean of Students Roger the reading center. '. thropology, English, an~ art, she sailJ. Fri. NOV.IB " " 7:30PM gate' 80' ~ ALBERTSONS (Boise. N '. Born in Florida, Cloud moved to Howard said. sat NOV. 19 I1:00AMt ,,: 7:~OPM ~II a:JOntario), GEM STATE SPOffi~ . Sun. Nov, 20 1.30PM 5.30PM GOODS (Men. Home). POPCORN ALLEY (Mer;. At DePauw University in Indiana, tSAVE $1~o~~~:e~~~~·gs.., dian).SEARS (Boiselbwne Mall) Alpha Thu Omega President Jay celebrants dressed as prostitutes and wouldperfonn '1000 hours Of com- ALL SEATS RESERVED' PRICE INCWDES TAX (COOl'eflIence d>at/le added BI outlets) . 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