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FEATURES

DROPOUT DILEMMA 20 Hispanic students often quit school- and jeopardize their future. STUDENTS' STRUGGLES 24 The frustrations of crossing cultures. HISPANICS AT BSU 28 Is the college campus all that ethnically sensitive? SUCCESS STORIES 32 A look at four Latino leaders- all BSU graduates.

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CAMPUS NEWS 8

GIVING 19

SEARCH 36

ALUMNOTES 40 FOCUS is published quarterly by the Boise State University Office of News Services.

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MOVING WEST By Charles Ruch, President

ast month, I had the privilege of sign­ need for additional funds to expand our ing a letter that accepted an invita­ women's programs calls for a change in con­ tion to Boise State University to join ference affiliation. Lthe Big West Conference. Conse­ The move to the Big West will allow BSU quently, effective July 1996 all our athletic to take advantage of the opportunities that teams will compete at the NCAA Division exist in an expanding market. Additional I-A level, the most demanding in intercolle­ gate receipts, more attractive media poten­ giate sports competition. tial, an expanded conference affiliation and While the major impact will be on foot­ possible expansion of facilities all argue for ball, the move to the Big West will be felt the change. across the entire athletic department and, There are, of course, costs to the proposed indeed, marks an important milestone in the move. Divisioni-Afootball permits 85 schol­ development of the entire institution. arships. It demands exceptional student-ath­ It is, of course, important to understand letes to be competitive, placing additional the context, anticipated consequences and pressures on the coaches to recruit. I am potential pitfalls of such a move. confident in the accuracy of our projections, Athletics has always played an important which indicate that the costs of Division I-A role in the life of Boise State University. football will be exceeded by increased gate Since our founding days as BJC, the oppor­ receipts and other revenues. Those addi­ tunity to be a student-athlete has provided tional funds are pledged to underwrite an access to a college education for many young expanded women's program. men and women. Athletics has enlivened In granting approval to step up to Division the community, brought recognition to the I-A, the State Board of Education wanted institution and, perhaps most important, set assurances that the move would not be made high standards of excellence that symbolize at the expense of academic programs or the university as a whole. President Ruch enjoyed the Homecoming student fees. I share those concerns, and Since 1970, Boise State has been a mem­ spirit as a judge in the chili cookoff. have insisted from the beginning that the ber of the Big Sky Conference, enjoying move be self-supporting. long-standing rivalries with a number of in­ The Big West provides additional oppor­ stitutions in the West, as well as with our in­ sure Valley. The group concluded, rightly tunities beyond the playing fields. Larger state sister institutions. So, why leave the so, that the immediate market -expected universities in the Big West will provide new conference now after such a long affiliation? to reach 600,000 people in 15 years-would partners for joint faculty and institutional There are several reasons. The most com­ best be served by moving the athletic pro­ collaboration. Exposure in new media mar­ pelling is that BSU has outgrown the Big gram to a higher level, which would in turn kets will provide additional opportunities Sky. This is as much a realization of the enhance our ability to expand Bronco Sta­ for institutional enhancement. Student re­ unusual growth in the Treasure Valley as it is dium. cruitment, faculty identification and alumni a recognition of the development of our BSU's growth and growth potential is one affiliation will benefit over the long term. institution. Our athletic budget now exceeds dimension. The ever-changing nature of Our goal is to position BSU for a major $5.5 million. Less than 35 percent of that NCAA sports is another prime consider­ leadership role in higher education in the comes from state funds and student fees. ation. Cost containment, conference realign­ West as we approach the 21st century. Our Rather, the bulk of the budget comes from ments, and changing NCAA governance move to the Big West is one of a number of gate receipts and private donations, both suggest a very unstable environment. strategies designed to accomplish this goal. directly related to the tremendous support In addition, the demands of gender equity As always, I welcome your reactions and the program enjoys in the community. -the national mandate to provide propor­ thoughts. 0 Average attendance for football this fall tional participation opportunities for women will exceed 21,500, more than double all but in NCAA sports - mean we simply cannot one school in the Big Sky. Last year, we maintain the program at its present level and averaged 7,500 spectators for men's basket­ meet our obligations. ball and 4,000 for women's basketball. By all Thus, the national scene suggests that Di­ financial indicators, BSU is outpacing other vision I-AA conferences face an uncertain Big Sky members. future. The Big Sky leadership is faced with The task force that recommended our a series of future policy initiatives, such as move to Division I-A wisely looked at the possible scholarship reductions, that are not long-term implications of growth in the Trea- favorable to BSU. At the same time, the

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PROJECT TO CREATE HEALTH-CARE LINK A federal grant to Boise State University's Center for Health Policy will help health­ care agencies in the Magic Valley and north­ em Nevada create a rural version of the information superhighway. The $138,284 grant will fund the planning phase of a Community Health Information Network that will link six hospitals, 200 phy­ sicians, public-health agencies and other health-care professionals. The project, says BSU Dean of Health Science Eldon Edmundson, is designed to improve medical care in rural communities by improving communication between health-care professionals. "Our goal is to tie computer systems to­ gether so they can share patient data and other information," Edmundson says. The ground-breaking for BSU's new child-care center was kids' stufffor the building's The problem with the current system, future tenants. Construction is scheduled to be complete by next fall. See story below. Edmundson explains, is that care providers have access to only a portion of a patient's records. For example, an individual may see BSU NEARS $ 1 MILLION CHALLENGE GOAL several different physicians, have tests taken The BSU Foundation is planning to join $800,000 had been raised. Included in that at a hospital and receive immunizations at with the Warren McCain family to give Boise amount are $100,000 from Key Bank, $90,000 the local health district office. All of those State's Library a huge Christmas gift. from foundations, $151,000 from the annual records are kept in separate places. It was one year ago when the retired phonathon appeal to alumni, $67,000 from Edmundson adds that systems already exist Albertson's chief executive and his family the BSU faculty and staff, $70,000 in miscel­ in other states, but the Idaho project is unique offered a $1 million gift ... if the BSU Foun­ laneous corporate donations, $100,000 in because it is the first one to include public­ dation could raise a matching $1 million. cash and pledges from individuals, $155,000 health agencies. The BSU Foundation is now 80 percent of from an estate gift and $50,000 from BSU It will take another grant - this time for the way toward its goal and should have the Foundation trustees and directors. $4-5 million-to fund the costly conversion full $1 million in hand in early December, The $2 million will be invested to create of software and hardware to an integrated says Peter Hirsch burg, who was foundation an endowment that will support the general system. Much of that money would go to­ president during the fund drive. library collection and the Warren McCain ward new equipment. "We will still imple­ "We have been pleased with the response. Reading Room. McCain played a key role in ment the system if we don't get the grant; it People have been willing to support the fund the $6 million gift from Albertson's in 1990 will just take longer," Edmundson says. drive because they recognize the importance that was combined with $4 million from the The project will serve as a model for health­ of the Library to the university and commu­ state to fund a project to renovate and add care information communications that will nity," he says. to the Library. In 1992, the university named be used throughout Idaho and in other rural By the end of November, more than the reading room in McCain's honor. D areas of the country, he adds. D CONSTRUCTION OF CHILD-CARE CENTER SET; CHAFFEE TO EXPAND The fall construction season at Boise State The project will accommodate 150 chil­ began in earnest with mid-October ground­ dren compared to 55 in the Pavilion. breakings on a new child-care center and an The added space will allow the center to addition to Chaffee Hall. Both projects are expand its services to include care for infants funded from student fees that were approved and kindergarten-aged children. two years ago. BSU has also begun construction on a $2.8 The $1.1 million child-care center will million addition to Chaffee Hall. The three­ nearly triple the number of children who story, 32,600-square-foot addition will in­ receive care on campus. The single-story, clude 66 rooms housing 132 students. With 11 ,000-square-foot building will include eight the Chaffee addition, BSU will have space classrooms, an enclosed courtyard, a kitchen, for 890 residence hall students on campus. a family conference room, administrative Construction on both projects is expected offices and an outdoor play area. to be complete for the 1995 fall semester. D Artist's rendering of Chaffee Hall addition.

8 FOCUS ENGINEERING SCHOOL? NOT BSU'S CALL Will Boise State get its own engineering where BSU offers required core courses such school? That, says BSU President Charles as English and social sciences, as well as Ruch, is the question he is asked the most on basic science and pre-engineering courses. his daily rounds through the community. Students in electrical engineering then presents The answer rests in the hands ofthe State transfer to the U of I program, located in Board of Education, which has asked uni­ BSU's Technology Building, to complete versity president's to propose how-and for the final upper division course. Students who Handel's how much - engineering should be deliv­ want to major in other fields of engineering, ered. The board also has appointed a task such as civil or mechanical, have to transfer force to report on Idaho's long-term needs in to the U ofl campus or to another university. engineering education. The proposals and Last year BSU delivered 92 percent of all the report may be discussed during the De­ credits earned by engineering majors in the cember board meeting, which will be held program, including 77 percent of the engi­ prior to FOCUS publication. neering credits. The engineering question was first raised To maintain and expand the cooperative Saturday, last summer when State Board of Education program the Idaho Legislature needs to ap­ member Joe Parkinson pressed for an inde­ prove a $1.9 million recommendation from December 10 pendent school at BSU. This fall Micron the state board. Of that $1.9 million, $1 8:00P.M. Technology offered the board a $6 million million is recommended for BSU so the At the gift for engineering - if BSU would be school can hire additional faculty needed to Morrison Center allowed to develop its own engineering col­ offer more science and math classes. Enroll­ lege. ment in the engineering curriculum has grown "We believe it is critical that the engineer­ from 310 in 1989 to more than 500 in 1994. ing program at BSU be administered locally. That growth, explains Ruch, has led to a It is the best way to have a program that is '"pipeline' problem because engineering stu­ accountable to the community it serves," dents have to wait to take their required says Micron chief executive Steve Appleton. classes." In the last seven years BSU has James Ogle "We have to decide whether we want to increased the number of math classes by 40 Conducting the provide this education in Boise, and if we percent and engineering by 64 percent. But Boise Philharmonic decide to provide it, then we have to decide even those increases are not enough to keep how to provide it," board president Roy up with demand, says Ruch. and the Mosman told the Lewiston Morning Tri­ The other $900,000 of the request would Boise Master Chorale bune following the November board meet­ go to boost the University of Idaho's Engi­ ing. neering in Boise program, which hopes to Only electrical engineering currently is earn accreditation of its degree in electrical featuring offered in Boise. That degree is delivered engineering and add mechanical and civil through a joint U of I/Boise State program engineering in the future. 0 Diane Owens BOISE STATE RELEASES TWO NEW BOOKS Soprano Emily Lodine Boise State has added two new books this in the book. fall to its growing list of publications. The suggested retail price is $34.95 for Mezzo-Soprano Snake: The Plain and its People was re­ hard cover and $24.95 for soft cover. For an David Noland leased in September and is now in most additional $2 postage, books can be ordered Tenor southern Idaho bookstores. The Broncos: directly from the BSU University Relations An Illustrated History of Boise State Univer­ Office, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID John Shume sity Athletics, 1932-94 will roll off the presses 83725, phone (208) 385-1577. Baritone in early December. The Broncos was written and compiled by Snake is the first book ever published that former BSU history professor Patricia examines the plain from the perspectives of Ourada. The 302-page book chronicles the geology, ecology, prehistory, history and story of every varsity sport from the school's current political issues. There are nine au­ junior college era to the present. thors, seven of them university professors. Included is a special interview with former The book, edited by BSU history profes­ coach and athletic director Lyle Smith and a sor Todd Shallat, includes more than 400 first-person account of the 1980 football color photographs, maps and illustrations. championship by Tom Scott. The book is designed for readers who More that 500 photos illustrate the book, Tickets Available want to learn more about the unique region which is divided into chapters that feature at Select-A-Seat Nov. 1 that is defined by the Snake River. The administrators, facilities, players, coaches, formation of the magnificent canyons, the fans, support staff and the Hall of Fame. evolution of the plain's plants and animals, The Broncos, which sells for $34.95, can the development of irrigation projects and be ordered directly from the BSU Athletic the current social and political changes in the Department, 1910 University Drive, Boise, region are just a sample of the topics covered ID, phone (208) 385-1222. 0

FOCUS 9 BSU READY FOR PRIME TIME AS DIVISION I·A BIG WEST MEMBER

By Larry Burke could include seven. schools: BSU, Nevada, ners of the stadium. That would bring the Pacific, Utah State, New Mexico State, North capacity to 36,000. In two years, Boise State's Broncos will Texas and Idaho. That will allow BSU to Division 1-A allows 85 scholarships com- encoUI)ter some strange, unfamil- pared to the current 63 in the Big iar members of the animal king­ Sky. But Bleymaier says it will dom, like Anteaters, and - are take time for BSU to get to that you ready? - Mean Green level because theN CAA only al­ Eagles. Gone will be those lov­ lows 25 scholarships per year. Af­ able, comfortable Bobcats, Griz­ ter BSU's last season in the Big zlies and Wildcats. Sky, the team will lose 24 seniors. Yes, BSU will have to get ac­ That means the school can add quainted with a new menagerie only one new scholarship in time when it officially joins the Big for its debut in the Big West. West Conference and its Divi­ The only Big West team that sion 1-A football program after currently offers more than 80 24 years of competition in the Big scholarships is New Mexico State. Sky. When it comes to basketball The State Board of Education and other sports, the Big West granted approval for the confer­ takes on a different look than it ence switch in September and does in football. There are 12 the Big West followed a few teams that play men's basketball weeks later with BSU's invita­ -Long Beach, Cal State-Irvine, tion. Cal State-Fullerton, Cal Poly-San "This is a move in keeping with Luis Obispo and Cal State-Santa our growing market. We see new Barbara in addition to the foot­ possibilities for the athletic pro­ I ball schools. gram to add revenue that we need There will be two divisions-a to address gender equity," says Pacific division comprised of the BSU President Charles Ruch. California schools and a Moun­ Or, as football coach Pokey tain division made up of the oth­ Allen puts it, "This is a Division ) ers. Division opponents will play 1-A university in a Division 1-A home-and-home and interdivi­ city. It's logical that we should sional opponents will play once play Division 1-A football." -=:'\ each season. The Big West won't feature An artist's rendering of an expanded Bronco Stadium. Even without power Nevada- the intermountain coziness of the Las Vegas, the Big West is strong Big Sky. Instead, the conference reaches schedule five non-conference games, includ­ in men's basketball. The conference is part from urban California to the plains of Texas. ing one visit to a "marquee" opponent for ofESPN's "Big Monday" package of nation­ Is Boise State sacrificing comfortable ri­ what Bleymaier calls a "revenue game." ally televised games. And two years ago the valries for a conference of unknowns who The rest of the schedule will include a mix Big West placed three teams in the NCAA won't stir the emotions of Bronco fans? of opponents from mid-level Division 1-A tournament and one in the NIT. The Big Sky BSU Athletic Director Gene Bleymaier programs in the Midwest and some Division has never sent more than one to the NCAAs. doesn't think so. First, he points out, the in­ 1-AA schools. The conference includes all of the Bron­ state rivalries will still be there. Idaho has "This gives us far more options because cos' current sports, except wrestling, which also accepted an invitation to join the Big there are 33 Division 1-A programs in the will remain in the Pac-10, and indoor track. West and Idaho State can remain on the West, compared to only eight Division 1-AA Gymnastics, which currently isn't in a con­ schedule as long as it wants to, he says. And programs. We are already talking to teams in ference, could join this year. new rivalries will develop over time in the the Pac-10 and WAC conferences, and some BSU doesn't participate in two Big West Big West. Old Big Sky rival Nevada will be of them are willing to consider a home-and­ men's sports-swimming and baseball. The back on the schedule. And Utah State should home arrangement," says Bleymaier. Big West also sponsors women's soccer, develop into a spirited rivalry, he says. It will take two or three years before the swimming and softball, all sports that offer With the addition of four new members transition to Division 1-A is complete. Most potential expansion for BSU's women's pro­ this fall, the Big West's makeup will change teams have already set their 1996 schedules, gram. by the time the Broncos join in 1996. Four so it will be difficult to fill the non-confer­ Given the California flavor of the confer­ football-only schools - Northern Illinois, ence slots with Division 1-A teams, he ex­ ence, the Big West is especially strong in Arkansas State, Southwestern Louisiana and plains. tennis, golf and volleyball. Since 1985, Big Louisiana Tech-may not be in the confer­ BSU could attract a Pac-10 or WAC team West teams have won four national volley­ ence by then. Nevada-Las Vegas and San to occasionally play in Boise, but realistically ball titles and finished second three times. Jose State will depart for the WAC and that won't happen on a regular basis until Baseball teams have gone to the College Hawaii's membership for women's sports Bronco Stadium is expanded. A committee World Series seven straight times, and last will end in 1996. is currently working on a plan to raise the year the conference produced first-team All­ Thus, the football portion of the confer­ estimated $10-12 million needed to add an­ Americans in football, softball and two in ence by the time the Broncos enter in 1996 other 12,000 seats by rounding the four cor- volleyball. 0

10 FOCUS THE NEW OPPONENTS

Full Big West members Pacific Tigers Stockton, Calif. Enrollment 4,000 New Mexico State Aggies Las Cruces, N.M. Enrollment J5,788 Nevada Wallpack Reno, Nev. Enrollment J2,400 Utah State Aggies Logan, Utah Enrollment J7,555 University ol Idaho Vandals Moscow, Idaho Enrollment J J,448 BIG WEST IS BIG NEWS FOR WOMEN'S TEAMS North Texas Mean Green Eagles By Matthew Fritsch step up in quality of play. Denton, Texas "This is one of the top four [volleyball] con­ Enrollment 26,460 The Big West Conference's much-ballyhooed ferences in the country," proclaims volleyball courtship with Boise State was consummated coach Darlene Bailey. "Long Beach State is the this fall, and the Broncos are headed for a new defending national champion and [the 49ers] Full members era in intercollegiate athletics. along with Pacific and UC-Santa Barbara are in Non-football With the transition will come a period of the top 10 in the polls this year. UC Santa Barbara great change and growth for all of Boise State's "Moving into one of the top conferences can Gauchos athletic programs. be good or bad, but I feel we'll be competitive Santa Barbara, Calif. Though the shift from the Big Sky to the Big with some of the teams right away." Enrollment J8,200 West has been precipitated by BSU's change of Top 20 foes and tough competition from Cal State fullerton Titans NCAA divisional status in football, the move California schools have women's tennis coach Fullerton, Calif. into a new conference has greater potential and Mike Edles eagerly eying the future. "This is a Enrollment 22,500 possibly greater impacts on Boise State's big step forward into a real prestigious confer­ Cal Stale Long lcKxh 49ers women's athletic programs. ence in tennis," he says. Lang leach, Calif. The biggest impact will probably be in the "They have several ranked teams and tennis Enrollment 25,4JO quality of the student-athletes BSU will now be in California is real strong overall. This is defi­ able to sign up, observes Assistant Athletic nitely a step up." UC Irvine Anfeaters Director Carol Ladwig. "The name of the game Gymnastics coach Sam Sandmire looks for­ Irvine, Calif. Enrollment J6,700 is recruiting," she says. "If you can't compete ward to membership in a conference for her with great athletes, you can't be competitive." team that now competes as an independent. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Simply moving from 1-AA to 1-A status will With most of the Bronco gymnasts' scheduled Mustangs bring a new level of recognition to Boise State, opponents already in the Big West, Sandmire San Luis Obispo, Calif. a recognition that in terms of recruiting cannot hopes BSU can compete for the conference title Enrollment J6,500 be obtained any other way. this year. Women's basketball coach June Daugherty Increased revenue from more seating at Football-only members says, "As far as recruiting goes, a lot times kids Bronco Stadium and a larger slice of television Louisiana Tech Bulldogs don't want to go to school where their parents revenue will help Boise State meet gender­ Ruston, La. and friends won't get to see them play." equity requirements that eventually will mean Enrollment J0,308 Because BSU will be playing more athletic additional sports for women. contests in California once it joins the Big West, "The nature of sports in this country is that Southwestern Louisiana Daugherty surmises that more student-athletes men's basketball and football generate more Ragin' Cajuns Lafayette, La. from the densely populated Golden State will money than they put out," Ladwig says. "With Enrollment J6,655 be willing to consider Boise State. increases in gate receipts and game guarantees, "This has opened new avenues in recruiting I think we'll be able to address the gender­ Northern Illinois in areas where in the past we were only been equity issue." Huskies DeKalb, Ill. able to grab a kid here and there," Daugherty If Boise State needs to increase participation Enrollment 23, J77 says. opportunities for women, new sports such as An increase in the level of competition has fast-pitch softball or soccer (sports sponsored Arkansas Stale Indians other Bronco women's coaches excited as well. by the Big West) could be added to give women Jonesboro, Ark. Volleyball, tennis and gymnastics will all take a more opportunities, she says. 0 Enrollment J0,300 0

FOCUS 11 COMPUTER SCIENCE PROGRAM GETS OK Boise State's program in computer sci­ ence received a national stamp of approval last summer from the Computer Science Accreditation Commission. BSU's is now one of 124 programs that OFFERING PERSONAL SERVICES IN PRIVACY & COMFORT are nationally accredited. BSU has offered the degree for only four years. To achieve accreditation in such a BODYCARE TIPS~ short time "speaks to the quality of the pro­ gram," says Provost Daryl Jones. All facets of the program were evaluated 6tt during the accreditation review: curriculum, library resources, equipment, faculty re­ For skin that is youthful, soft, search and student success, to name a few. glowing & feels good... "Accreditation is the only way to deter­ mine how we compare to programs on the Try a European facial treatment! national level. It is a very rigorous, objective evaluation of what we do and how well we do it," says Jones. Deep Pore cleansing, facial mas­ Enrollment in the program, which is of­ sage and treatment masks work fered by the mathematics department, has together to restore hydration and grown from 80 in 1990 to 143. revive the skin's healthy glow. The degree is designed to prepare stu­ Konnie •Vel•on dents in problem analysis and in the design, Licensed Estheticlan testing, debugging and documentation of & Electrologist New CUent Speelal... software systems. 8 368-7970 European Facial Reg. 35 "We began this degree in response to NOW '&IJ Through Dec. 31st industry's need for more computer scien­ tists," says Steve Grantham, mathematics department chair. Many of the students are already working for local high-tech firms and have enrolled in the degree program to enhance their careers. One ofthe strengths of the program, adds For a career Grantham, is the close relationship between BSU and local industry. Hewlett-Packard, for example, funds a joint teaching position with financial and has donated equipment. 0 ENROLLMENT DIPS, growth, you BUT JUST A LlnLE This fall Boise State didn't experience the enrollment growth spurt that has been an can depend annual occurrence since the mid-1980s. BSU's 15,100 fall head-count total was short of last year's 15,'1:17, a drop of 1.2 on Farmers. percent. This fall marks the first decrease since 1985. BSU President Charles Ruch says the hia­ ' • Unlimited Earning Potential• Be Your Own Boss tus in growth will allow BSU to "catch its breath" after growing 40 percent over the • Get Paid While You Train • Set Your Own Goals last seven years. Ruch says the slight drop in Enjoy the satisfaction of helping others to achieve stability, enrollment is probably due to tightened dead­ lines, increased fees, especially for out-of­ financial security, & peace of mind. state students, and higher admission stan­ dards. Steven D. Capps BSU enrolled 1,888 new freshmen, a drop 8030 Emerald, Suite 105 of223 from last fall. Sixty-two percent came Boise, Idaho 83704 from Ada County and 91 percent from Idaho. Their high school grades and ACT test scores (208) 3 77-1764 America can depend on Farmers. were the highest of any class in the 1990s­ a 2.99 GPA and a 20.8 ACT. 0

12 FOCUS BOI1SE STATE SEEKS FUNDS TO BEGIN BRANCH CAMPUS IN NAMPA The ink was hardly dry on BSU's strategic "A branch campus is many, many years in "We have to take care of our immediate plan before one part of it was in the head­ the future. We want to take the first step by needs first" says Ruch. "We could be serving lines. purchasing the property and then develop­ many,manymore students in Canyon County The plan endorsed the concept of a "dis­ ing the campus a building at a time. But we if we had the space. Long term, a branch tributed" campus-the idea that the univer­ need to start as soon as possible because the campus will serve southwest Ada and Can­ sity would offer courses at a multitude of cost of land is going up rapidly," says Ruch. yon counties." locations, including a branch campus in Can­ In the meantime, the university has also Once land is purchased and the branch yon County. requested $2 million to expand the current campus is under way, Ruch says BSU plans A few weeks later, BSU was mentioned as Canyon County facility located on Nampa­ to sell the existing Canyon County Center, a key player in a mega-development planned Caldwell Boulevard. A $2.3 million addition which has been designed so with little reno­ east of Nampa. As proposed, that develop­ opened last winter, but demand for space vation it could serve either as a public school ment would include a new site for the Snake has already exceeded supply. or office building. 0 River Stampede grounds, an amusement park, an agriculture museum - and BSU's branch campus. BSU President Charles Ruch says some conversations have taken place with land­ owners of the proposed site. And BSU has included $3 million in land acquisition in its DAVE VAUGHAN capital budget request to the Idaho Legisla­ ture. BARBARA BURNELL But that is as far as it goes. CRS, GRI, Associate Broker "The new development is something we would like to be a part of," says Ruch, "but the university will continue to evaluate other proposals because we want to be sure we get the best site at the least cost." BSU won't be in the land business, how­ ever, unless the Legislature approves the $3 million request, or a portion of it. Boise State University International Progratns

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FOCUS 13 PROGRAM IN VIETNAM BEGINS 'PROCESS OF UNDERSTANDING' By Steven Anderson Vu Thahn Hung cracked his knuckles ner­ vously and smiled incessantly. Among the unfamiliar faces beaming back at him: Bethine Church, widow o{ the late Idaho senator who, among other things, was an early opponent of the Vietnam War. Hung and Ngo Minh Hang, both students in Boise State's new MBA program in Hanoi, were visiting BSU and local businesses in October, and had spent much of the day meeting the local media. "You were on all three channels," Church said. "Yes," said Hung, nodding and smiling. "You looked very calm," Church added reassuringly. "Yes," he said, cracking his knuckles again. Calm Hung may not have been, faced as he and his colleague were with some two Vu Thahn Hung, left, and Ngo Minh Hang, right, of Vietnam's National Economics dozen well-wishers who had gathered for a University visit with Liam McMillan of the University of Hong Kong on BSU's campus. dinner party at the home of Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs Carol Mar­ be in on the ground floorofVietnam's devel­ strained by a variety of taxes and fiscal regu­ tin. The Americans towered over their guests, oping market economy," adds Wines, who lations, clearly has been recognized as key to talked loudly in their broad, unsubtle ac­ will return to NEU next May. the country's future. cents, and shook hands more forcefully than Napier, who taught at the Vietnamese Hang, 36-who got a Marxist foundation most Asians might consider necessary. But university in April and May, returned for a when she earned her economics degree at a no one could mistake the warmth of their second three-week period in September and university in Varna, Bulgaria - acknowl­ greeting. October. Course work completed by her edged in an interview that thinking in capi­ "The support has been absolutely phe­ students included manuals, in English, on talist terms was "difficult at first" for the nomenal," said Nancy Napier, an associate the formation ofjoint ventures with Western Vietnamese. "But now we are determined. business dean and administrator of the new companies. "They're meant to be very prac­ We will not imitate entirely the model of MBA program. tical," she says. other countries ... we have our own model." The $6 million grant from the Swedish Like Wines, Napier returned full of admi­ Some Idaho companies are already look­ International Development Authority calls ration for the Vietnamese and their effort to ing into possible business ventures in Viet­ for training 26 National Economics Univer­ transform their economy. "It's something nam. Boise Cascade Corp. has indicated an sity faculty members (including Hung and that's bigger than we are, and you get capti­ interest in taking on several ofthe Vietnam­ Hang), plus four managers of state-owned vated by that," she says. "You feel like you're ese interns next summer to study prospects enterprises, in Western economic methods. making a difference." for tree plantations. It is administered by an agency of the Uni­ The commitment shown by the BSU pro­ "We're excited about working with BSU versity of Hong Kong and BSU provides the fessors in the face of cultural and language and this MBA program in Vietnam," says academic program in Hanoi. difficulties has not gone unnoted. Liam Nancy Budge, manager of planning and de­ The program, which is to include intern­ McMillan, a Hong Kong faculty member velopment for BC's Timber and Wood Prod­ ships for the students with Boise-area com­ who accompanied Hung and Hang, put it ucts Division. "It gives us an opportunity to panies next summer, will culminate next Sep­ this way: "This program is difficult to do .. . learn a lot about the country through people tember in the awarding of MBA degrees to things rarely go as they're designed to go .. . who live there ... as opposed to going over the 30 Vietnamese-degrees from a school that makes flexibility, commitment and en­ there and trying to figure it out for our­ accredited by the American Association of thusiasm important ... we've found more of selves." Collegiate Schools of Business. that in Boise than anywhere else." Other firms are being enlisted in the in­ Those students will then become the core Vietnam, he notes, is changing, but is "so ternship program, says Kevin Learned, a faculty for NEU's own MBA program. Bill far away" that few in this country realize it. BSU associate business dean. He called it a Wines, chairman of BSU's department of "There'salegacyinthemindsofmostAmeri­ "win-win situation for Idaho companies," management, lectured at NEU for four cans that is not current or accurate," he says which would be poised to participate in newly weeks, in February and March, and came -adding that he is convinced the govern­ opened markets. back brimming with enthusiasm for a people ment has done everything it could to resolve The MBA program is the first to be of­ who, he says, "are rebuilding a whole society the MIA issue. fered in Vietnam. Napier cites a Vietnamese from the ground up." Adds McMillan, "What a program ofthis proverb as illustrative of BSU's coup in ob­ Wines, a Vietnam-era Army veteran, kind does is start the process of understand­ taining the contract over more prestigious called the NEU program a "wonderful op­ ing ... that's 99 percent of the battle." schools. "The heart is more important than portunity for Idaho to develop significant Though still a one-party state, Vietnam the face," the proverb says, "and they felt links to the next generation of leaders in has been liberalizing its economy since 1989. BSU was more committed." 0 Vietnam. What Marx called "naked self-interest" may Steven Anderson is a reporter for The Idaho "We're one of the first areas ofthe U.S. to never run free, but the profit motive, re- Business Review.

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This Is Radio News The Way It's MeantTo Be Brewed. 1 1 STRATEGIC PLAN OUTLINES AGGRESSIVE1 BRIGHT FUTURE FOR BSU Boise State's new strategic plan will help the university adapt to • Upgrade technological facilities to ensure students access to state­ rapidly changing local and national environments, says BSU Presi· of-the-art technology in classrooms and laboratories. dent Charles Ruch. • Develop and implement a long-range parking and transportation Released last fall, Meeting the Challenge is a blueprint for the plan to accommodate growth. university's future that will endure well into the next century, adds Ruch. Enhancing academic quality and reputation BSU's response to growth is a central theme in the plan that was The challenge: Improving the perceived and actual quality of the drafted during the last academic year. university's contributions to Idaho and ensuring that resources are BSU, says Ruch, will plan for growth by extending its reach available to support BSU's commitment to making every student through technology and by extending its campus beyond the current successful. site in central Boise. Programs will be added and modified to meet • Introduce "laddered" admission standards to ensure appropriate local needs, and the student body and staff will instruction at all levels. become more diverse, he adds. • Improve the university's ability to "tell its The planning process began in January 1993, story" effectively. shortly after Ruch's arrival. Input for the plan The plan analyzes • Encourage partnerships with business and was solicited from university employees, stu­ industry, government and public-service provid­ dents and from the broader community. Boise State's ers and with other institutions. "The plan lays out an aggressive and bright • Establish a major scholarship endowment for academically talented students and students who future for BSU," says Ruch. "It states that we add to the diversity of the campus community. must grow to serve the citizens of our region; it strengths and • Undertake a concerted effort to improve stu­ argues that we need to build a distributed cam­ dent retention and increase graduation rates. pus with multiple sites to continue to take our weaknesses and • Direct increased amount of faculty and other academic programs to the citizenry. It notes that institutional resources toward services to first- and our most valuable resources are our own human second-year undergraduate students. resources, and that we need to further invest in charts the university's • Develop and implement a proactive, central­ their continued development. It also recognizes ized public relations and marketing campaign a greater role for and investment in technol­ stressing academic quality, convenience, benefits ogy." course for the of location and affordability. The strategic plan, which was drafted under the leadership of Provost Daryl Jones and mar­ Improving management and administrative keting professor Doug Lincoln, focuses on four next decade. functions major initiatives that will be university priorities The challenge: Organizing resources and for the rest of the decade: managing growth administrative units for greater efficiency and while preserving and enhancing access, enhancing academic quality effectiveness. and reputation, improving management and administrative func­ • Purchase and install a student information system with options for tions, and developing the university's human resources. degree audit, touchtone registration, etc. Those initiatives will be achieved through the accomplishment of • Allocate a significant budget for maintenance, repair and replace- 78 goals listed in the plan. Goals are prioritized into three categories, ment of technology. depending on how critical they are. In this abridged version of the • Enhance effectiveness of academic and administrative computing. plan, only the first and second priority goals are listed. • Computerize room scheduling to enhance space utilization. • Identify and track key performance indicators. • Streamline critical processes and procedures. Managing growth while preserving and enhancing access • Consolidate administration of the Academic Advising Center, ori­ The challenge: Addressing an increasing number and diversity of entation program, the tutorial program and academic-skills courses by demands for university programs and services while striving for establishing an academic support unit. enhanced quality in services provided. • Develop a mechanism to promote cooperation and reduce duplica­ • Enhance the community-college function by offering additional tion and competition among units that provide community outreach and associate degree programs, a bachelor of liberal studies degree, applied non-credit programming. technology programs, certificate programs, short courses, workshops Developing the university's human resources and non-credit programming; and deliver these programs on the main campus, a branch campus in Canyon County, other off-campus sites and The challenge: Enhancing the motivation, abilities and diversities through distance education technology. of BSU employees. • Acquire significant new campus space in Canyon County. • Develop a program of faculty/staff development and training. • Ensure that commuter students enjoy reasonable access to pro- • Give budget priority to funding tenure-track faculty in order to grams, services and support. reduce dependence on part-time faculty. • Improve course availability and scheduling. • Develop a focused effort to encourage teaching excellence, im­ • Increase utilization of distance education technologies. provement and innovation. • Enhance opportunities for students of diverse backgrounds through • Give budget priority to appropriate student/staff ratios in areas of increased financial support and an enhanced campus climate. high contact. • Explore other modes of offering courses to shift fall and spring • Increase training opportunities so faculty can incorporate new semester peak demand for courses to other time periods. media and technologies in their teaching. • Manage enrollment by setting admissions standards in appropriate • Increase appreciation for ethnic and cultural diversity through the degree programs and raising minimum standards for general admission. curriculum and other activities. 0 • Develop a procedure to predict student success and help students For a copy of the strategic plan, contact the Provost's Office, 1910 avoid admission to programs where failure is likely. 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Make checks payable to: Subtotal: BSU Library Shipping: 1910 University Dr: TOTAL Boise, ID 83725 (208) 385-1534 ORDER: BSU HELPS SCHOOL WIN A BLUE RIBBON By Maria Stafford As part of the 10-year-old program, BSU College of Education staff and students play BSU's College of Education played a key an important role in Lowell's classrooms. supporting role in a Boise elementary BSU students earn credit hours for ass; sting school's metamorphosis from just another teachers in administering instruction and in school to a nationally recognized blue-rib­ outside-the-classroom activities. Under di­ bon winner. rect supervision of the teachers, student­ Displayed on the bulletin board of Lowell interns may help the elementary students Elementary's main hallway are the flag and with spelling and math using flash cards and plaque attesting to Lowell being among 276 exercises that sharpen reading skills. schools in the United States and one of two "[The interns] help give the element to the in Idaho to win a National Blue Ribbon student of more one-on-one time with some­ Award for excellence. one," says Linda Schumacher, a Lowell first­ Eichelberg, along with a Lowell teacher grade teacher who has attended BSU. and a parent, accepted the award at an Octo­ Conventional academia aside, Partners­ ber ceremony in Washington, D.C., where in-Education also provides more creative President Bill Clinton, Vice President AI ways of learning that entertain the students Gore and U.S. Attorney GeneralJanet Reno while expanding their cultural awareness. spoke on education issues. BSU students participate in Lowell's new "BSU has been supportive and certainly "Total Physical Response" program, where helped us win this award," says Elaine children learn Spanish by responding to ver­ RAYMOND NAMED Eichelberg, the principal of the North End bal instruction with their bodies and by sing­ school. ing songs. IDAHO'S TOP PROF Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Last year Lowell students experienced an Greg Raymond is best known for his re­ Education, the Blue Ribbon School pro­ intense lesson in African culture. Made pos­ search in the area of international relations. gram judged about 71,000 public and private sible by a grant from the Idaho Commission In fact, he's considered one of the nation's elementary schools for leadership, relation­ on the Arts, two BSU artists-in-residence leading experts on that subject. ships with their communities, teaching envi­ immersed students (and teachers) in the cul­ But the chairman of BSU's political sci­ ronments, curricula and success in overcom­ ture of their African heritage, as the children ence department also happens to be one ing obstacles. explored African dances, language, art and heck of a teacher. And he has the Carnegie Indeed, the story of Lowell's success is artifacts. Foundation for the Advancement of Teach­ one of overcoming some major hurdles after As a partner, BSU also donates prizes to ing 1994 Idaho Professor of the Year award suffering from a shift in student demograph­ Lowell for use in its new discipline system, to prove it ics. In 1991,47 percent of the school's enroll­ an incentive program based heavily on re­ The award is considered among the most ment was children from low-income fami­ warding students for good behavior. prestigious higher education teaching awards lies. By 1993, that had jumped to 72 percent. Children who receive no more than one in the United States. Recognizing the effects of the changes­ behavior report slip a month are awarded Raymond, 47, was selected based on his a decrease in parental involvement, an in­ prizes that include free tickets to Boise Hawks "extraordinary dedication to teaching," said crease in student behavioral problems, lower games and to BSU activities, such as Bronco CASE. standardized test scores, and lower staff gymnastic meets and an aeronautical assem­ In his letter of nomination, BSU President morale- Lowell's staff and parents began bly display. Charles Ruch noted that Raymond is "clearly working to create new programs and im­ Today Lowell boasts an increase in stan­ one of our nation's leading scholars on for­ prove current ones. One such effort was dardized test scores as well as a PTA that for eign policy," but that his research-based ex­ Lowell's involvement in the Boise School two years in a row has won an award for pertise does not come at the expense of District's Partners-in-Education program. having the largest increase in membership. teaching. "It really is a neat partnership that brings Teachers and parents attribute the school's Raymond has been with BSU since 1976. community resources to the schools," improved operation and new positive image He holds a Ph.D. and M.A. from the Univer­ Eichelberg says. to the collaborative effort. D sity of South Carolina. D

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FOCUS 19 Opening Closed Doors Idaho grapples with solutions to the high dropout rate among Hispanic students

By Kristin Tucker

eenagers like Ramon tell a fa­ "Everybody is blaming everybody else. We miliar story. Just 10 when he don't really know who or what is responsible. left his native Mexico six years There are lots of dimensions to the problem. ago, now he works at an occa­ But we do know intervention works. We have Wban adllrlt8lllglb8 sional odd job. But most of to get to these kids at an age when they can tum the time he hangs out with his their lives around," says Baker, who will inter­ -CIIIoaal COICBI'III ol friends. School is not part of view Hispanic students, administrators, teach­ the picture. ers and parents over the next three years. llllqlanlcsln Idaho today, When he did find time to go Even without the data Baker's study will to school, he found it an alien place where he eventually provide, there is no shortage of analy­ didn't feel comfortable among his mostly Anglo sis-or suggested solutions- to the problem. 7lassmates and teachers. Like hundreds of his The latest report, "Educating the Children of to bdll. In IIIII peers, he first skipped school, then just left. Idaho Farmworkers," was presented to the State Ramon's story is repeated in practically ev­ Board of Education in October by the FIJCII8, WBtalull look It I eryschool district in southern Idaho, where His­ Farmworker Resource Committee. panic students are closing the door on formal That report said education of farmworker IBW oltbol8 .._. - 1111 education-and often on their future. children "continues to be hampered" by the Last year Idaho schools enrolled more than failure of some school districts to take owner­ ... BllbB pei'IOIIIIIIIBI 8,500 students who are classified as "migrants" ship in the children; lack of adequate funds under federal guidelines. And in the last 10 devoted to their educational needs; a shortage wha .... lbllaPIIII'Onl ol years, the number of students with limited En­ of certified teachers, books and materials for glish has increased 169 percent statewide. Many teaching English as a second language (ESL); of them will never make it to their senior year. racism; and inadequate funding to train teach­ Exact statistics do not exist, but state officials ers. estimate that between 40-60 percent of Idaho's "Whatever your political, philosophical or Hispanic students drop out of school. religious beliefs about why children of "If we don't deal with the dropout rate now, farmworkers have come here, the thing we can we are going to pay 10 years down the road with agree on is that they are here and they need to social problems," says BSU sociologist Richard be served," says Phil Bowman, a labor market Baker, who this fall began a study of the factors analyst for the Idaho Department of Employ­ surrounding the dropout rate of Hispanic stu­ ment who presented the report to the board. dents at Nampa High School.

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k are specifically assigned as ESL teachers. rate for Hispanics. Some are even turning to go to trial within the next year. 5 Instead, most schools use teachers' assis­ the courts to make the changes they see as The case alleges discrimination in three iE tants to help students with limited English necessary. areas: administrative and discipline prac- ; skills, the report says. In Caldwell a few years ago a group of tices (Hispanic students are expelled and ~ Following the report, the state board rec­ Hispanic parents formed an organization to suspended at a rate higher than Anglo kids, ~ ommended that the Legislature approve a work with the school district to lower the says Johnson); recruitment and hiring rates ~ $3.4 million appropriation to help of Hispanic teachers and adminis­ school districts hire more certi­ trative staff; and failure to provide fied ESL teachers. bilingual curriculum for students With federal matching funds, with limited English skills. the board's recommendation The issues aren't much different in would fund one ESL teacher for Nampa than in Caldwell, according every 30 non-English-speaking to AI Sanchez, former chairman of students. an Hispanic parents advisory group A similar recommendation in Nampa that formed about four passed the Idaho Senate last ses­ years ago at the invitation of the sion but was never brought to a school trustees. Violence, discrimi­ vote in the House. nation and large class sizes are Within the last five years, two among the many challenges faced state task forces have analyzed by Nampa students, says Sanchez. Hispanic education in Idaho. But A similar lawsuit could happen in their recommendations have yet Nampa, says Sanchez, "but Nampa to bring the systematic and consis­ didn't have parents willing to come tent changes their authors envi­ forth." sioned. Last year, Sanchez and the par­ A 1989-90 task force to study ents advisory group developed seven Hispanic youth participation in recommendations for reducing the vocational education programs dropout rate- including hiring bi­ submitted a 40-page booklet de­ lingual/bicultural staff, providing tailing six goals (see box). The more staff development and train­ State Board of Education then ing programs, developing special­ commissioned its own "TaskForce ized programs for Hispanic students on Hispanic Education," which re­ and promoting culturally sensitive leased a report in January 1991. instruction. Conclusions of the two studies In 1990, 25 Glenns Ferry kinder­ overlapped significantly: both garten students participated in "Two urged school districts to hire more Way Immersion," a bilingual pro­ Hispanic staff members (bilingual Despite his school's rough surroundings, Principal Jesus gram that presented half the day's and bicultural persons for admin­ deLeon wants Van Buren Elementary to be a "bright star. " lessons in English, the other half in istrative, teaching and other posi- Spanish. Although the program was tions), make guidance and counseling pro­ dropout rate and resolve other school-re­ renewable for four years, the district opted grams more relevant to Hispanic students lated problems. to scrap it after just one. At the time, an and their families, and develop "partner­ When initial efforts proved unsuccessful, estimated 25 percent of the district's stu­ ships for success" between state and private they turned to Idaho Legal Aid for help with dents were Hispanic; that has risen to about agencies. a lawsuit that gave teeth to their complaints. 30 percent today. Four years later, task force participants The case is now in the discovery (research Cancellation of that program was one of are less than thrilled about the impact of and investigation) phase and is expected to the issues of a complaint filed against the those recommendations. school district, alleging discrimination against "If we take a look at the whole, the total Hispanic students on the basis of national effort, it's very limited," says Sam Byrd, Idaho Hispanic Population origin. The complaint also alleged failure to special populations coordinatorfor the State provide students with limited English skills Division of Vocational Education, who 1980: 38,815 13.9% total Idaho population) (LEP, or limited-English-proficient) an equal chaired the first task force and was an active 1990: 52,927 (5.3% total Idaho population) opportunity to effectively participate in edu­ In 1990, 87.8% ol Idaho's minority population participant in the second. cational programs. was Hispanic; 4.1% was blacll, 11.8% Asian or "The task force did a good job," reflects An investigation by the U.S. Department Pacific Islander, 15.9% American Indian, Eskimo of Education's Office for Civil Rights in Eric Johnson, director of the migrant farm­ or Aleut. worker law unit ofldaho Legal Aid, which is Seattle revealed inconsistencies and inad­ based in Caldwell. "There just has not been Change in population, 1980·1990 equacies in staffing, testing and services. The a lot of implementation." Hispanic origin lot any race): 44.5% increase settlement required specific procedures for Concerned about that, in October the state identifying limited-English-skills students board reconvened the task force so it could Percentage olldaho's Hispanic population that is and placing them in appropriate programs promote the implementation of its recom­ Mexican: 81.8% (43,213) and for monitoring student progress and mendations. Cuban: .3% 1184) program effectiveness. In the meantime, parent groups have be­ Puerto Rican: 1.3% 1885) The Farmworker Resource Committee come active in their push to improve the Other Hispanic: 18.8% 18,885) report said "attitudes and awareness con­ school environment and lower the dropout tinue to change, if slowly." Schools, the re-

22 FOCUS port continued, have improved programs for farm worker children, but most rely solely on federal funding, rather than using those funds Goals of the Task Force On Hispanic Student Participation in Vocational to augment state programs. Education Programs One ofthe most succesful federally funded July 1990 services is the home-school coordinator pro­ gram that hires paraprofessionals to be liai­ • Develop "partnerships for success" between the state's departments of education and sons between parents and the schools. Fifty employment, Private Industry Councils, the Idaho Migrant Council and other organizations school districts participate in the program from business, industry and the community. that keeps parents involved in their children's • Provide "school improvements" such as Hispanic role models in all staff positions. education. • Revamp guidance and counseling programs to better meet the needs of Hispanic "I think many districts have made a sin­ students and their families. cere attempt to address the issues, but they • Encourage active participation of parents and the community to better support educa­ are spread so thin financially that they can't tion and career planning. provide the support they would like," says • Eliminate prejudice and bigotry. Jerry Evans, Idaho superintendent of schools. • Develop community-based partnerships to identify employment opportunities, per­ Programs to serve these populations are sonal development resources and financial assistance. very expensive, and faculty are difficult to recruit. "Progress has been slow and parents are frustrated. From the state level, we will Goals of the Task Force on Hispanic Education provide all the support we can, but the ulti­ January 1991 mate question comes down to funding, not the will to provide these programs," Evans • Strengthen statewide leadership to reach the task force goals. says. • Provide preschool program for Hispanic children. Despite the problems the task forces and • Develop school improvements through cultural awareness training, tutoring programs, parent groups have identified, there is bilingual/Hispanic staff, interpreters for parent-teacher conferences, alternative credit pro­ progress in many schools. grams for migrant students, other programs. Caldwell's Van Buren Elementary, with • Develop comprehensive guidance/counseling programs to better meet the needs of its colorful mural of happy children painted Hispanic students and their families. on the front wall, is located in a decaying • Encourage active participation of Hispanic community leaders, organizations, and area with busy streets and industry nearby. families in education career planning. "We really have to be a bright star in this • Elliminate prejudice and bigotry through a Cultural Awareness Training Model and other neighborhood," says Van Buren Principal programs. Jesus deLeon. • Increase Hispanic enrollment and graduation in Idaho colleges and universities. More than 35 percent of Van Buren's 640 students are Hispanic. "Our goal is to meet the needs of all children," says deLeon, "to make sure all The brainchild of Jon Sandoval, DEQ panic students. children get an even break ... Twenty-six director, the program is beginning its third He also believes more federal dollars kids in a classroom require 26 different lev­ year. Its goals are to motivate students to should be made available to track Hispanic els of instruction. Adding limited English stay in school, and to "open some doors to youth who leave school and to help local skills to that is one more thing for teachers to educational and vocational opportunities that comrn unities. deal with." these kids would not otherwise have," Byrd, who came to Idaho at age 9 as a Parents see Debbie Elizondo's Sandoval explains. Spanish-speaking farm worker, says the need multicultural classroom in Marsing as an The first year, 18 DEQ employees signed for changes goes beyond the educational enrichment opportunity for their second up for the mentoring program. The next system. Byrd says he was surprised by the graders. year, the program expanded to reach 75 prejudice and racism heard by the task forces. That wasn't the case when Elizondo, a Wilder students, with employees from other "Although many of us had experienced it BSU graduate, began teaching at Marsing agencies and corporations in Ada and Can­ throughout our lives, we were surprised by Elementary School19 years ago. yon counties joining in. how much came out," he recalls. Then, some parents resisted having their The mentoring concept has a solid sup­ Changing those attitudes takes a long­ kids placed in a second grade classroom with porter in state Rep. Jesse Berain, Idaho's term commitment to bilingual programs - a Spanish-speaking teacher. only Hispanic legislator. He and his wife, and a lot more, says Byrd. In Wilder, where 86 percent of the stu­ Maria Andrea, have mentored more than Curriculum must be relevant: classroom dents are Latino, active recruitment of His­ 100 young people, most of them Hispanic, lessons in history, geography, literature and panic staff (13 of the 42 staff are Hispanic), and were instrumental in starting a mentoring art must reflect the contributions of differ­ small class size and support programs (in­ program for Hispanic students at BSU. ent cultures. Hispanic students need His­ cluding tutoring for at-risk students and an "We in the Hispanic community actually panic role models and mentors. Parents need in-school "adopt-a-kid" program) have made need to be involved," he insists. "I think a encouragement and support to be involved a difference, according to Superintendent strong mentoring program will go a long way in their children's education. Bedford Boston. ... When these kids return to the community Byrd predicts heavy growth in the His­ A mentoring program that matches they will do the same thing for others." panic population that will force some Wilder students with employees from the Be rain believes local school boards should changes. Idealistically, he says, change can state Department ofEnvironmental Quality take more responsibility for hiring more bi­ only happen "when Idahoans realize these (DEQ), headquartered in Boise, has be­ lingual teachers and taking other steps to are not Hispanic issues, but issues that ben­ come a model for other districts. stem the dropout rate and better reach His- efit all Idahoans." 0

FOCUS 23 Fighting the Odds BSU Hispanic students talk about their experiences in Idaho schools

How did your school react to the fact that you couldn't speak English Q very well? Martha: My school was pretty good because my teacher was bilingual. He was the only bilingual teacher in the whole school and he happened to be my homeroom teacher. They also had a teacher who would help us learn English and help us with other classes. They did have a lot of students who were migrants who would come here. A lot of them were from Texas. So they had a lot of students that needed help. Antonio: When I went to high school sometimes the teacher did not know how to treat me. They wanted me to be there, but at the same time they did not know what to do or how to communicate with me. The same thing with me-I did not know how to communicate with them. Lucy: There was one experience that I had in the first grade that I will always remember. There were three of us in the class-we were the only Hispanic students. We were put in the lowest reading class. The teacher taught us how to get rid of our accent or to pronounce words "right." We would go to her class twice a week. They automatically put us in the lowest reading class. They just ass~ed that, "Oh she's just a Hispanic student- she probably doesn't know English very well." I still remember that experience. Martha: In Mexico I think the math classes were a little more advanced. When I got here I was doing things that I had already done. They put me in the lowest math class with the bilingual teacher- they didn't realize that I could do better and they really didn't care.

You hear a lot about the high dropout rate ofHispanic students in Idaho. Q Do you have any theories as to why that is? Martha: I think it has a lot to do with wanting to belong. When they see that their friends are dropping out, they think "What am I going to do when my friends are gone? Who am I going to eat lunch with? Who am I going to sit with in class?" They don't think they can make it by themselves when their friends start to go. When a white student would think about dropping out counselors took more interest. But when there was a Hispanic student going to drop out they thought, "Oh well, that's what they do." They didn't think, "Let's see what we can do to help the situation." Lucy: When my best friend dropped out, another one dropped out too, then another one, and by the time I got to high school all of my friends from junior high had dropped out. I had totally new friends in high school because the others were all gone. I think family was she was.:8 ~ olcL $~e i$ another thing. Some of them had parents who were divorced. Some of them were the tlie~~.QfDEf,.A. oldest, so they did not have anyone to tell them to stay in school. Others had brothers and A~, She~to sisters who did not want to go to school either. maJodn:ps.yehology. Antonio: My situation was a bit different because I came to the U.S. to study and I was also older. But it still is very complicated for people like me to understand the the community.

24 FOCUS We have to change societies, and it is really confusing. In Mexico I had a lot of friends. I was very sociable. Here I feel like I can't be that way because of the language barrier. It is difficult to understand how the Americans behave. I have to be open-minded because the culture is different. Lucy: You need a support system. The teachers, like Antonio said, don't know what to do. They think "What can I do with this kid? I can't communicate with him; he can't communicate with me." They need to hire bilingual teachers. It is a necessity because at my high school communication with non-English-speaking students is a problem. The number of Hispanic students who come into the school and don't know English has gone up. The language barrier for those types of students is definitely a problem. Martha: There is another issue. A lot of the students don't really try to get along with people who they feel have authority over them. They rebel. When a student doesn't respect a teacher, the teacher won't take the time to respect him back. A lot of Hispanic students have that "you-can't-tell-me-what-to-do" attitude. So the teacher says, "Okay, then I won't tell you what to do." Then they phase off and drop out. The teachers don't care about them.

You have gone to college. You have done something that is a little different than your Q friends. Do your friends resent that?

Martha: By lOth grade that pressure is phased out. I had an accelerated honors English class and the other students' reactions would be, "Wow, how can you do that? There is no way I could do that." I wished they could have all done it, but they didn't want to try. They weren't interested in getting into a higher class. They were content with their Cs when they could have got Bs or As. Nobody told them any better. It has a lot to do with your family.

Lucy: It does. Our families come from Mexico and they can't help us with our homework. We have to help them with what they need. Instead of my dad helping me with my math class, I helped him with his math class and his English class. A lot of the students don't have Martha Mosque/a the motivation from their families. Some may be dysfunctional families or low -income families where they don't have a lot of education.

Martha: I think anything that we did in school we did because we wanted to. Any efforts we made came from us because nobody was going to help us. If we asked the teacher they would always be happy to help. But we could never go home and say, "Mom, I can't understand this problem, can you help me out". If I came home and said "Mom I got an A," she'd say, "That's great; what's an A?" Q Do Hispanic students need more role models? Lucy: We need someone to look up to. It is sad that some people don't have someone to look up to. Martha: Usually Hispanic students who don't have role models are not very positive. They don't see anything good. They just see negativeness of things. It takes a while before you can really see how people bring you down. When you first get here you think," Oh, this is the U.S.- the land of opportunity." You come here wanting to do everything, but after a while you start seeing that maybe they don't want you here.

Some have observed that students who have recently Q come from Mexico are more motivated than those who were raised here.

Lucy: When they barely arrive they are more motivated and work harder to understand all of Antonio Tellez their studies. This is a big difference. A lot of students come here to work. I know a lot of students drop out because they get behind in school. I know a lot of students wbuldn't go to the

FOCUS 25 first semester of school because they had to work in the harvest. They get really behind when they finally start school and they can't do it, so they drop out. Martha: I knew a family where the dad came here to work. Once the harvest season started, he would pull his kids out of school. - Q Have you personally experienced discrimination? Martha: Not from my teachers. In grade school there was this little girl who came up to me and said, "The other day me and my mom were driving by a field and she told me, 'Look at all those wetbacks out there working.' I bet you work like them too, huh?" I just looked at her. Then she said "You're just a wetback aren't you?" I just sat down and didn't know what to say or do. It gave me a really bad attitude, and that is why I never really had any white friends, just acquaintances. It is hard to think that just that one person changed my view that much. I can see why white people would be prejudice against Hispanics because I can see how it happened to me. One person can make that much of a difference. Antonio: I am very proud of being Mexican. Here it is different than in Mexico. Here, being a Mexican is being a troublemaker. The other day I was playing soccer and this guy asked me if I was Mexican. Sometimes it bothers me that people ask me. I just don't see why it would matter. Why are they asking? I don't like it at all.

Do you feel that young Hispanics are be­ coming more aware of their culture? And Q becoming more proud? Antonio: A friend of mine was not very proud of being Mexican here. He did not know his roots. The American society doesn't open the door to say: "Come, you're welcome to our culture." Martha: When I was little I was pushed into changing, but I still kept my parents' tradition and values. You have to realize that you are in a different country. You also have to be open-minded enough to at least try to live with it if you can't accept the way things are done here.

If you could make our schools better for His­ Q panics, what would you do? Lucy: One main goal would be to hire more Hispanic faculty or Lucy Ramirez counselors. The percentage of Hispanic students to percentage of white students would be how we would figure the faculty numbers. Here our biggest problem would be Hispanics and Anglos but in California we would also concentrate on blacks, Hispanics, Anglos, Orientals - all kinds. I think they need to do that because it is really important for the students' progress. Antonio: I think the professors have to be aware of the situation of the Hispanics. They have to receive training so they can understand Hispanic students. Also there is a need to hire more Hispanic faculty. Martha: I think a good solution would be to have students be more aware of their own culture, educating themselves about themselves along with other students and teachers.

What do you think the role ofyour generation is to make life betterfor future Q Hispanics? Lucy: What I wanted was more role models; then I should be role models for other students. I'm going to put my education to use in educating our sons and daughters. Antonio: My responsibility is to get my degree first and once people see that I will be a good role model for them even though I don't speak English very well. I will be a role model for those students who are like me and want to get somewhere. Martha: I would like to use my experience. I would like to become so educated myself about my own culture that I could educate other people We are lucky because we could take the best out of the Hispanic culture and the best out of the white culture, and live with both of them to make our lives better. 0

26 FOCUS BSU PLAN OUTLINES GOALS, STRATEGIES TO INCREASE DIVERSITY National demographic changes point to a nate ethnic and cultural affairs, such as spe­ opportunities and improve academic sup­ society that is becoming more ethnically and cial events and faculty development. port services to minority students. culturally diverse. And Boise State now has "We are doing a great deal, but it is piece­ The plan recommends that BSU adopt a a plan in place to respond to those changes. meal. A coordinated effort is what is needed required core course that focuses on cultural BSU's plan, adopted after a yearlong se­ now," says Jensen. and ethnic diversity. That proposal, highly ries of discussions under the sponsorship of The plan also calls for the establishment of controversial at other universities, will be the Western Interstate Commission on a university wide ethnic/nationality heritage part of a wider discussion this year when the Higher Eduction, outlines a series of goals board that would assist the new director. core curriculum is revised, says Jensen. designed to focus the university's efforts to The plan contains several strategies to The plan also recommends that BSU: increase ethnic diversity on campus and in­ boost the number of minority faculty and • Provide funds to support course devel­ crease understanding of ethnic diversity in staff at BSU, including a local mentoring opment and acquisition of materials. our culture, says teacher education profes­ program for prospective employees and im­ • Encourage all departments to include sor John Jensen, chair of the committee that proved recruiting networks. culturally diverse perspectives in existing wrote the plan. "We must recruit minorities even before courses, develop new courses that focus on The plan, says Jensen, has implications for they have their doctorates. If we want His­ diversity and develop a multicultural speak­ the curriculum, the composition of the stu­ panics as professors, then we have to go to ers program. dent body, faculty and staff and the alloca­ the Southwest, "adds Jensen. • Encourage research in the areas of plu­ tion of resources. To recruit and retain more minority stu­ ralism, ethnicity and individual cultures. The top priority for the first year is the dents, BSU should increase its admissions • Establish an office of cultural and ethnic establishment of a new position to coordi- counseling staff, offer more financial aid affairs. 0 In The Mode!

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By Bob Evancho he ivy-walled college setting is viewed by many as a bastion of liberal leanings that fosters multiculturalism and ethnic diversity. And amid a culturally homoge­ neous, predominantly white citizenry such as Idaho's, the dichotomy may be more pronounced: where the campus may be considered an oasis of cultural sensitivity in a desert of class consciousness. But from the standpoint of some BSU Hispanics and their advocates, that metaphor may be somewhat generous. To them, BSU's campus is America in microcosm, where the forging of a unified society from highly diverse constituencies is far from automatic. When it comes to providing support for and assistance to its Hispanic students, Boise State seems to do as good a job as any of its sister institutions in Idaho. With the largest Latino enrollment in the state (473 students in fall 1994), well-established federal assistance programs for migrant and seasonal farm-work students, and an institutional mandate that embraces ethnic and cultural diversity, it appears the university is addressing such issues from Like other a platform that is proper, pluralistic and politically correct. schools, But has it been enough? The challenges posed by rapid diversi­ fication certainly don't make the process simple. It would seem, BSU has found however, that plenty is being done within the institution to ad­ vance and enhance the "Hispanic experience" at BSU. (See box, ethnic diversity Page 31.) But not everyone is impressed. Some people consider such difficult efforts nothing more than widely used nostrums designed to to achieve. placate an underrepresented group. Indeed, despite these en­ deavors to enhance the cultural and educational opportunities of BSU's Hispanic students, there seems to be no shortage of fault­ finding. Assistance is available, programs are in place, and goals and objectives are outlined in the university's recently released Cultural and Ethnic Diversity Plan; yet critics still persist.

28 FOCUS Minority admissions counselor Fabiola Juarez­ Coca is one of many Hispanics who work at BSU, but critics claim more Latinos need to be included in the school's faculty ranks.

The concerns range from minor complaints to charges of institu­ as many Hispanic students at Boise State." tional racism. Some critics are diplomatic; others such as financial And according to education professors John Jensen and Jay aid counselor Francie Pei'ia are more outspoken. Fuhriman, the Hispanic students who are at Boise State often "Talk is cheap," she says of the Cultural and Ethnic Diversity Plan struggle with college life. The reasons, they say, range from insuffi­ and other efforts to assist Hispanics, dismissing them as "fluff." The cient institutional support to, in some cases, out-and-out racism. university, Pei'ia contends, "would rather 'celebrate diversity' than "We are bringing in kids who are not only from a different culture, address the issue of racism, whether it's individual or institutional." but kids who are at relatively high risk," says Jensen, director of Although Pei'ia acknowledges BSU is "trying " in various ways to BSU's Center for Multicultural/Educational Opportunities. "A lot augment the Hispanic experience, she argues that, given local demo­ of these kids are low-income, first-generation college students, and graphics, the campus has an insufficient amount of Latino students: college itself is a different culture for them." "Idaho's population center is in Ada County and the largest Administered by BSU's College of Education, Jensen's office Latino population is in [neighboring] Canyon County, and all we directs the university's High School Equivalency Program (HEP), have is about 450 students here? Before I came here [in 1984] I was College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) and the university's the director of Talent Search [a TRIO program] at Idaho State three TRIO programs (Educational Talent Search, Upward Bound University, and I opened a satellite office here. I had one woman as and the Student Support Program), all of which are designed to assist a recruiter and she had over 250 students coming here. And now we minority students, the vast majority of whom, in BSU's case, are have all these support services and we can only get another 200 kids Hispanic. over a 10-year period? I don't think there is a commitment by the While the HEP and CAMP programs provide young Hispanics institution." with opportunities that might otherwise be lost, that doesn't protect Ada and Canyon counties currently supply two-thirds of BSU's them from the sharp sting of prejudice. While the reality of a world undergraduate Latino students. According to U.S. Census figures, in transition has brought men and women of all backgrounds to­ the Hispanic population has risen 45 percent in both counties gether, racial and cultural intolerance still exists at times-even at between 1980 and 1990. BSU. "What these students encounter is not what an Anglo student "We are the largest minority in the state," notes Pefia, who is will typically encounter," says Jensen. nearing completion of her doctorate in higher education administra­ Jensen, who has worked at BSU for 25 years, says some whites tion from the University of Idaho, "yet we are the forgotten minor­ typecast young Hispanic students as undisciplined and troublesome. ity. I think if we [at BSU] were doing our job, we would have twice As a result, they have been subjected to incidents of discrimination

FOCUS 29 -some having taken place in the Education "First, there are not a lot of Hispanics who make any promises. g Building where the HEP, CAMP and bilin­ have Ph.D.s, and so we are competing with a "We need to find someone who is the right ~ gual programs are housed. lot of other schools for a small number of match for that program," cautions Ruch. ~ "Not every brown face on this campus is people," Hecker adds. "Second, we are not "What that person's background is ... we'll :::~ enrolled in HEP, but I get comments like, able to compete salarywise; we have lost let the process sort that out." :

30 FOCUS "For me it's a big concern," says Garza of the lack of Latino instructors. "Something all of us need are mentors who we can look HELP FOR BSU'S HISPANICS up to. I see very few [faculty] minorities on By Bob Evancho ducted interviews and compiled informa­ this campus; any minority professor would The 473 students of Latino descent tion about migrant workers in Idaho's be nice at this point." constitute the largest minority at BSU. Canyon County for his book Los Dos While there is an obvious paucity of His­ This fall, 5.4 percent of Boise State's new Mundos: Rural Mexican Americans, An­ panic professors on campus, efforts to in­ freshmen are Hispanic-the highest per­ other America, which is scheduled to be crease the number of Latino support staff centage ever. published by U tab State Press this month. are more apparent. But most of those em­ In response to these numbers - and He is now conducting research on the ployees are in jobs working with fellow mi­ the fact that Hispanics also make up Hispanic dropout rate in the Nampa norities - a source of yet more criticism. Idaho's largest minority - BSU is en­ School District. Baker is also organizing a "We tend to 'ghettoize' Hispanics," states gaged in several programs and projects one-day conference on Mexican-Ameri­ Hecker. "We have not been good about that focus on Hispanic students and offer can studies this spring. giving them [job] opportunities elsewhere opportunities to learn about Hispanic • The sociology department will intro­ [on campus]. What we need to do is help culture. Here are some of them: duce a Mexican-American studies minor [them] with career development." • The College of Education's Center beginning next fall. Says Pefia, "We know we can sweep the for MulticulturaU Educational Opportu­ • The sociology department has pro­ floors and clean the johns, but we need more nities has brought in several million dol­ duced a Hispanic-issues video to supple­ [Latino] professionals here. The message lars in federal funding for its College ment the 18-part telecourse "Dealing the university is sending to Hispanics is, Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) With Diversity," which is part of its "In­ 'We'll educate you, but we won't hire you."' and High School Equivalency Program troduction to Multiethnic Studies" course. If the Hispanic talent pool for profes­ (HEP). In recent months both programs • Adjunct sociology professor Laura sional jobs is inadequate, then "we need to have received grants to continue educa­ Edles conducted a study that was de­ grow our own," avers Peiia. tional support for area migrant or sea­ signed to teach immigrants their legal "The university says it wants to hire Mexi­ sonal farmworkers or their dependents. rights and how to access agencies de­ can-Americans, but [it says] there are none. • In addition to HEP and CAMP, the signed to help them. HEP and CAMP and Talent Search have College of Education has placed an em­ • One of the strongest and most active been around a long time. There is no reason phasis on recruiting and retaining Latino student organizations on campus is OELA why we cannot mentor some of these stu­ students through Educational Talent (Organizacfon de Estudiantes Latino­ dents, p'rovide them with internships, and Search, Student Support Program and Americanos.)The group promotes Latino eventually move them into professional po­ Upward Bound, as well as the college's awareness and Hispanic studies. sitions." bilingual teacher preparation program. • BSU's College of Social Sciences and While it's true that the number of Hispan­ • The College of Education is part of a Public Affairs and anthropology depart­ ic staffers is low- all told, BSU's full-time program that received a$245,000 gift from ment have implemented a Cultural Learn­ work force is 95 percent white -Fabiola U S West to coordinate an education ing Program that is designed to give stu­ Juarez-Coca, minority admissions counse­ consortium called TEAMS, which stands dents and faculty firsthand experiences lor, believes the university is working toward for Teacher Excellence Appropriate for with cross-cultural issues. The program diversifying its faculty and staff and improv­ a Multiethnic Society and is designed to includes workshops and lectures by com­ ing its support system for Hispanics. The better prepare Idaho's teachers to work munity scholars and summer institutes. Parma native is a product of that system. in the state's racially mixed classrooms. • A Multiethnic Center has been started "Of course it's hard to justify putting mi­ • The College of Education's bilingual by the Office of Student Special Services. nority people in administrative jobs if they teacher preparation program publishes The center offers workshops and other don't have adequate training," says Juarez­ the Journal of Educational Issues of Lan­ support serviceS for minority students. Coca, a 1993 political science graduate, "but guage Minority Students. The journal is • The university's department of mod­ I think BSU has taken a lead role with its designed to present information and ar­ ern languages and College of Health Sci­ [Cultural and Ethnic Diversity] plan. ticles to second-language learners in the ence have co-produced a video to help "As a student I was encouraged by many education field. With a readership that Anglo health-care workers better under­ people at BSU and supported with a covers all 50 states and 25 countries, the stand basic Spanish medical terms. mentoring program. I think it has a lot to journal is the largest bilingual education Through the Continuing Education cur­ offer minorities." publication in the United States. riculum, the modern languages depart­ Whatever the point of view, it is apparent • The bilingual education program has ment also offers Spanish language classes more needs to be done. also received three major grants from the for health-care workers and law-enforce­ "I think the university is learning how to U.S. Department of Education. One is ment officials. adjust to diversity, and I think our situation for $126,462 per year for four years for • A Spanish radio show titled "LaHora mirrors society," says Ruch. "The question graduate-level bilingual teacher training. Latina" airs on KBSU-AM weekly. It for me is, do we have a way to say it's OK for One is for $190,828 per year forfour years features news, commentary and music men and women of goodwill to differ, and do for undergraduate bilingual teacher train­ for the Spanish-speaking community. we have a thoughtful and orderly way for ing. The third is for $158,479 per year for • The Admissions Office is piloting a everyone to have their say and arrive at three years to train bilingl!al teachers at Minority Access Program (MAP) that is decisions that seem to fit Boise State? the College of Southern Idaho for the designed to provide educational oppor­ "I think that's happening. Is it as orga­ first two years, then transfer them to BSU tunities to a limited number of minority nized as we would like it? Perhaps not. Do to complete their course of study. applicants who otherwise would not be we have a long way to go? Of course. But I • BSU sociologist Dick Baker has con- eligible for admission. 0 believe we are taking steps to accomplish that." 0

FOCUS 31 Going to Work for Dirk

By Chris Yolk

From the young boy scampering barefoot through the dirt that what I lacked were the proper tools. And they agreed." streets of the tiny mountain village of Michoacan, Mexico, to his CAMP offers migrant or seasonal farm workers and their children current post as head of U.S. Sen. Dirk Kempthome's Caldwell a free year of college. Then, after the first year, students are on their office, Daniel Ramirez has come a long way. own. At 5, Ramirez was an illegal alien almost too young to remember Ramirez admits he was bewildered when he started at BSU in the being smuggled into the United States by his mother - she was fall of 1988. determined to find her husband who had disappeared across the "I was shocked to learn that there were Mexicans who were border two years earlier. lawyers and doctors," he says. The good news was that his "And I lacked both study skills parents were eventually re­ and confidence. Looking back, united. The bad news was that there are two things that really his father had become an alco­ helped me get through BSU: holic and would try to kick the one was the CAMP program, habit for the next 20 years be­ and the other was the Student fore finally succeeding. Support Program." By 6, Ramirez was working The Student Support Program in the potato and sugar beet assists disadvantaged students fields around Minidoka. He can through tutoring, study skills show you the scarred finger that training, confidence-develop­ was smashed that year while he ment sessions and counseling. and his mother were coupling a Six years after he began, length of aluminum irrigation Ramirez graduated last May pipe. The workdays seemed to with a 3.3 GP A and a bachelor be interminable, stretching from of arts in political science. 4:30a.m. until9p.m., often seven "Education is the most valu­ days a week. able thing you can have," he "I often felt like my youth DANIEL RAMIREZ: "Education is the most valuable says. "Once you have it no one was being taken away," he says. thing you can have." can ever take it away. The big- "I didn't go to school because gest joys and honors in my life my parents felt that we were there to work rather than get an are graduating from Boise State University and becoming the first education." Finally, someone notified the authorities of possible Mexican-American to work for a U.S. senator in Idaho." child-labor violations, and Ramirez was enrolled in school. But he He credits Idaho's Republican Party for his career success to date. was regularly taken out of classes to help with busy times in the fields. Why? For a number of reasons, he says. For one thing, it was a GOP­ When summer rolled around and his friends were off to summer sponsored internship program that first took him to Washington, camps to ride horses, shoot bows and arrows, and frolic in swimming D.C., as an intern/aid for Sen. Larry Craig. Later, a Republican pools, Ramirez was bent over in the fields under the blanching sun. fellowship program on minority leadership propelled him to Wash­ As the seasons turned, Ramirez grew older and stronger. He also ington, where he met Sen. Kempthorne. grew to assume more responsibility. By the time he was 15 he was Ramirez says he has political aspirations. His greatest strengths managing a field crew of 15. Still, his early formal education left a lot are his compassion for others and his determination to succeed, he to be desired. By the end of high school Ramirezwas sporting a says. whopping 1.8 grade-point average, hardly enough to get the atten­ "I care about people," he says. "And my early life in the fields tion of most college admissions examiners. where I made $30 a day has been a big motivation for me, though I !3 "What happened next changed the course of my life forever," he certainly don't define success in terms of money, but in accomplish­ iE says. John Jensen from Boise State's College Assistance Migrant ing worthwhile goals." ~Program (CAMP) called to see whether Ramirez had considered "You know," Ramirez says musingly," people stereotype Mexi­ ~ going to college. cans as being lazy. B utthink about it. Would you be willing to travel g "I convinced [CAMP recruiters], despite my poor grade-point 3,000 miles into a foreign land without a car to work under hardship 5 average, I had the initiative and intelligence," Ramirez says. "I felt conditions for minimum wage?" 0

32 FOCUS Breaking Bilingual Barriers

By Glenn Oakley

U nable to speak English, Consuelo Quilantan began first grade English instruction available in the schools, a lack of Hispanic role in a segregated, all-Mexican Texas school. She graduated from models, and the belief on the part of some Mexican students that Minico High School in 1964, in the top 20 percent of her class, still they will be returning someday soon to Mexico. speaking only rudimentary English. "I had some teachers who were "The Mexican people have always come here with the idea they empathetic and who went the extra mile," she explains. "They were going back," she says. "My dad who lived here 40 years was allowed me to use my language." always going back." Quilantan says such students must be made to Thirty years later, Quilantan has a bachelor's in education from feel like they belong in the schools. Idaho State and two master's She credits a handful of teach­ degrees from Boise State in edu­ ers with making her progress cation. through school possible. "I was As administrator of supple­ a migrant all my school years," mentary services for the Nampa she says, often in a single year School District, Quilantan di­ attending school in Texas, Ari­ rects the migrant and bilingual zona and Idaho. education programs. It is her In Idaho alone she attended job to help the 560 limited-En­ schools in Nampa, Marsing and glish-speaking students, grades Minico. "My parents always K-12, in the Nampa schools made sure we went to school," learn English and graduate. she recalls. Educational techniques for Despite low wages and tough teaching limited-English-speak­ living conditions in the labor ing students have changed, but camps, her parents bought her a Quilantan notes that bilingual dictionary and typewriter for her education remains very contro­ studies. But neitper parent versial. spoke English, an~ Quilantan And Hispanic dropout rates learned this new language by remain very high. Students are CONSUELO QUILANTAN: "We need more bilingual teach· osmosis. While she could un­ no longer docked one whole ers and curriculum." derstand English quite well, her grade if caught speaking Span- English speaking skills re­ ish, or fined 5 cents per Spanish word spoken, as was Quilantan in mained limited. One teacher at Minico allowed her to write school Texas. But, she says, classes teaching English remain limited. Pres­ papers in Spanish, and then found someone to translate them into ently, says Quilantan, federal funding supports bilingual education English. in junior-high math and science classes. All grades offer 30-45 For Quilantan, that gesture was as important symbolically as it was minutes per day of English as a second language (ESL) class, she academically. "It was that feeling of acceptance and respect for me says. and my language," she says, that encouraged her to continue and A summer migrant education program, also directed by Quilantan, develop her English skills. provides five weeks of instruction for elementary-grade students Today, she says, "We need all teachers to learn sheltered English and evening programs for students in grades seven through 12. Last teaching techniques [teaching courses in both English and Spanish], summer the number of elementary students jumped from a previous and we need more bilingual teachers and curriculum." average of 200-250 to 400. The evening program drew 150 students, Quilantan was among those who helped to design Boise State's most coming to class straight from the fields. "They're so moti­ bilingual education program, which started in 1977. She recruited vated," she says. "They want their education." Spanish-speaking teacher's aides, many who have earned their But Quilantan acknowledges, "I have to say that our graduating teaching degrees and work in area schools. o record for limited-English-speaking students is very low. Mostly Still, she observes, anything that has to do with minority education ~ they drop out ...They are highly motivated [but] they are extremely is a political issue. If it were her choice to make, Quilantan says she ~ frustrated ... It's hard to keep that motivation high when you're would divorce language from politics. "I think of it as an educational ~ failing so much." issue," she states. ~ . ~ Quilantan attributes the failure and frustration to the limited When that day comes remams to be seen. D Sl 0

FOCUS 33 A Judge of Character

By Chris Yolk

At14, Sergio Gutierrez was a high-school dropout. Today, at After graduating from law school , Gutierrez returned to Idaho to 40, he is the first and only Mexican-American appointed to the Idaho take a job with Idaho Legal Aid to "work for the underrepresented." judiciary. He was with ILA for nearly 10 years before joining a Boise law firm. The path he followed to his Caldwell, Idaho, post as judge for When the firm dissolved, Gutierrez appealed to Key Bank for a loan Idaho's 3rd District Court was neither straight nor narrow. He was to start his own firm . born in the state of Chihuahua in northern Mexico and came to the "They took a risk with me, and within a year we had a very United States at 18 months of age. His father was a Hispanic United successful practice in Canyon County," he says. States citizen living in Califor­ His appointment to the bench nia. His mother was a Mexican came lastNovemberwhen Gov. national. Cecil Andrus selected his name As a migrant worker, he was from a shortlist prepared by not a very good field hand, in Idaho's Judicial Council. He part because he didn't like the took office on Dec. 1. Last May work. So he tried restaurant came one of the greatest chal­ jobs and then smoothed out lengesofhiscareer-apolitical dents as an auto-body repair­ race to retain his office. man. Healsotookahigh-school "This was a contested race," • equivalency test to obtain his he says. "It wasn't one of these GED. 'breezers,' especially since I was At 17he married his 15-year­ new. But I was determined to old girlfriend, Mary. Together, not have my career short-cir­ the young couple soon began cuited only six months after get­ their family. In 1975 the ting started." Gutierrez family drove to Idaho Gutierrezwon. Today,80per­ from Washington state in a '69 cent of his time is spent hearing Chevy van. criminal cases where a large "I fell in love with this area," SERGIO GUTIERREZ: "You try to make a difference as a percentage of the defendants he says. "There was a return­ judge." are Mexican-Americans. ing-to-home kind of feeling for "You try to make a difference us." as a judge," he says. "But what I do is very structural. Still, I very In 1976, Gutierrez was recruited by BSU education professor much care about the defendants- as much as I care about protect­ John Jensen to participate in a program to train bilingual school ing society, which is my job." teachers. He and Mary were unable to decide which of them should Gutierrez points to the breakdown of morality and the family unit go to college while the other stayed at home with their two young as the primary reasons people get in trouble today. The antidote, he daughters. So they decided to both go- and to take the kids with says, is to build stronger family ties and "neighborhood cohesive­ them to evening classes after working all day. ness." Gutierrez recalls keeping one set of eyes and ears turned to the Canyon County Public Defender Van Bishop says he thinks front of the classroom and the other set tuned into his children who Gutierrez "has an even temperament and tries hard to do the right were playing with toys and eating their sack dinners outside the door. thing." Soon he graduated from BSU with honors. "He's much more diligent than other new judges and real compas­ "I had wanted to be a teacher, and I was proud to be the first sionate," Bishop says. "And he's got a good legal mind - really graduate of the new program," he says. "It meant a lot to me because good." g some people had told me that I would not do well in college. But two Bishop has been representing Canyon County's disadvantaged ~ weeks later I was in law school at the University of California at for 12 years. Approximately 30 percent of his clients are Mexican­ ffi Hasting." Americans. Ironically, he says he thinks Gutierrez delivers tougher ~ "It was at this point that I really began to mature," he says. "I sentences to Mexican-Americans than to Anglos. Gutierrez sen­ (j began to understand what the family was going through for my tencing has "generally been harsher overall, which is bad for the ~ education." defendant and good for the state." 0

34 FOCUS Empowerment Advocate

By Maria StaHord

M aria Nava knows that one of the few things tougher than bilingual assistance to workers so they can effectively use the infor­ being a migrant farm worker is not being one. mation and complete job applications; determining occupational A professional advocate of education and opportunity for agricul­ interests and needs; assisting with job searches, including non­ tural workers, she broke through the barriers that tend to keep farm agricultural jobs; and referring workers to supportive services that laborers in the fields generation after generation. As a child, she will aid them in obtaining or retaining employment. experienced the lifestyle of toiling on farms for survival. As a "It is definitely a challenging role," she says. "People may argue divorcee in her 30s and parent of three girls, she earned a degree in with this, but institutionalized racism is alive in Idaho." education from Boise State Uni­ A constant barrier to support­ versity. "I did it the hard way," ing migrant farm workers is she says. people's attitudes toward His­ Nava has long since left the panics, who make up the largest fields, but she has not left the ethnic group in Idaho and the workers behind. majority of the nation's agricul­ Traveling a rocky road away turallabor force. from a life of low wages and "We all have prejudices and physical labor, Nava knows well there's nothing wrong with the route out of the fields. Now, that," Nava says. "It's how you she works to smooth that route carry them out. It comes down for others. to respect." According to Nava, the aver­ Racist attitudes, lack of money age migrant agricultural laborer and language skills, and resis­ rarely has the option~r the tance from employers whose know-how-to switch careers or interests are best served by a lifestyles. work force lacking options per­ Meanwhile stereotypical petuate a limited lifestyle for American dreams like alterna­ many migrant families. tive job opportunities and more MARIA NAVA: "People may argue with this, but "That occupational group is freedom to choose a life seem institutionalized racism is alive in Idaho.'' caught in a cycle," Nava says. out of reach to many of these "Many want to get out. Some workers. are trapped and never will." Nava is in her sixth year as the monitor advocate for the Migrant Education is a vital tool to supplying people with the power of and Seasonal Farm Workers (MSFW) Services of the Department of having some say about their destiny, Nava says. Migrant farm Employment. Working within the system, she strives to improve the workers, she adds, need more educational assistance for adults, like lives of farm workers by keeping them informed about their legal the College Assistance Migrant Program, as well as better quality of rights and linking them with opportunities in other work areas. education for their children. "Empowering farm workers sometimes has to do with educating In a state that ranks among the bottom five in the country for them as to what recourse is available," Nava says. school funding per student, Hispanic children in secondary school Federal law requires the department to offer the same quality of have a dropout rate of 40-60 percent. Many of these children drop job placement services to migrant and seasonal farm workers as it out for one important economic reason: they need to supplement the does to non-farm workers through Job Service offices. To pursue family income. that goal, services are also routinely delivered outside of offices and Nava attributes her own academic and job success to a bilingual into the fields. education in southern Texas and to educated parents who taught her In enforcing that law, Nava regularly visits and assesses the and her siblings how to read and write their native language of @ functions of 11 of the 24 local employment offices in Idaho. Along Spanish. This works on the premise that children who know one ~ with some 12 to 15 outreach workers, Nava travels to farms to check language fully have an easier time learning a second one. g on living and working conditions and meet with the workers. "Bilingual education is the key, and there is still intense opposi- S Her responsibilities include ensuring that job information is con­ tion to that," Nava says. "It has to begin in kindergarten and first :l! spicuous and accessible to farm workers at all local offices; providing grade; if you lose them then, you've lost them forever." 0 ~

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WHERE HAVE ALL THE DOLLARS GONE? By Chris Volk While there is a growing movement to toss incumbents out of office by imposing man­ datory term limits, BSU political science professor Gary Moncrief says this is not a good idea. "I call this the weed-eater approach to political reform," he says. "I think voters will be genuinely disappointed with there­ sult. After you mow the old incumbents out of office, another crop will just grow back in a few years because you're not getting to the root of the problem, which is campaign fi­ nancing practices." Moncrief has a few ideas about how our election process can be improved. To sub­ stantiate his notions, he has undertaken an exhaustive study of state legislative cam­ paigns. He and several colleagues plan to comb through the records on candidates who ran for legislative office in some 23 states during 1986, '88, '90 and '92. As far as he can tell, this is somewhere between 20,000and 40,000 people. A $193,000 grant from the National Sci­ enceFoundation (NSF) is funding the project. Five areas of information are being investi­ gated: background information about each candidate; previous election data; current and historical voting records; financing in­ formation; and variables such as percentage of seats held by each party and the degree to which legislatures can be considered profes­ sional or amateur. Moncrief got a head start on this project in 1990 and '91 with a $15,000 grant from Idaho's State Board of Education to collect and analyze data from Idaho, Oregon, Washing­ ton and Montana. He drew five key conclusions from this study. First, there has been a dramatic growth in campaign spending in recent years. Sec­ ond, there is a tremendous variation in the amount of money spent on legislative races from one state to the next. Third, there is an increasing disparity in the amount of money spent by incumbents and their challengers. Fourth, fewer candidates are running for office each year. And fifth, there is a substan­ tial difference in the amount of money spent in races for senate and house seats, with senate candidates often spending three to four times the money used by house candi­ Moncrief sees signs that point to a need for "structural changes "in campaign financing. dates.

36 FOCUS The results of this and other studies Moncrief has been involved in have caught the attention of a number of regional and national publications, including Pacific BeautiControl Cosmetics Northwest, Governing and State Legislatures THE WORLD'S PREMIER SKIN CARE AND IMAGE COMPANY magazines. For the new project, Moncrief has teamed up with fellow researchers from Appala­ chian State· University in North Carolina, "Become a BeautiControl Image Consultant Rice University, the University of Vermont and Mississippi State University. and change lives- starting with your own!" About 15 people will pool data and collec­ tively follow a standardized, consistent ap­ PART-TIME & FULL-TIME OPPORTUNITIES proach. Moncrief is not sure what the study will reveal until it is completed next year. But he has an inkling the conclusions will point to a Complete, professional need for "structural changes" in campaign training provided! · financing. This is not heresy, he says. "Our nation has had a long list of re­ forms," he comments. "Typically there has • Work flexible hours been one every second or third generation • Determine your own income beginning with the Jacksonian reform move­ ment of the 1830s. This movement was Rita Jacobson • Be your own boss! characterized by a widespread distrust of (208) 378-4955 government followed by changes that al­ lowed more people to vote for more candi­ dates than ever before." Moncrief is an advocate of what he calls "community-based reform." COMPLETE SKIN CARE LINE a COSMETICS "One of the things I like about Idaho is Featuring Alpha & "Sculptique" The New Body Contouring Creme that the small scale of the political system makes things workable," he says. "Politi­ cally, smaller is often better. Look at Cali­ fornia. The system there is simply not work­ ing. It has become too large and complex. Part of the quality oflife we enjoy here is our ability to have a real influence at the polls." The author of more than 30 articles on electoral systems, political reform and legis­ latures, Moncrief, 48, holds a doctorate in political science from the University of Ken­ tucky. He co-edited the 1992 book Changing Patterns in State Legislative Careers. He has been a professor at BSU since 1976. He has also served as a visiting professor at the University of Washington in Seattle. FOOD MART This past June, Moncrief turned down an offer to direct the California State Senate BOISE'S Fellowship Program at Cal State in Sacra­ FINEST mento. Despite opportunities to make "a lot more MOST money" and work closely with the California COMPREHENSIVE Legislature, Moncrief says he couldn't bring himself to leave BSU. SELECTION OF Want to help improve the political pro­ WINES cess? Moncrief offers the following sugges­ tions: "I think people need to return to the AND notion of citizenship - this means inform BEERS yourself. "We've forgotten how to inform ourselves. Case Discounts Available Insist on something more thoughtful than the usual 10-second sound bites. Ask for 1674 Hill Road • 342-6652 issue-oriented campaigns rather than mudslinging." 0

FOCUS 37 sor MARION SCHEEPERS appeared in The]our­ RESEARCH BRIEFS nal of Symbolic Logic. Scheepers also pre­ sented "Small Infinite Cardinal Numbers Idaho School of and Infinite Games" at the Combinatorics COLLEGE OF EDUCATION Seminar of the University of Calgary. MAsSAGE Three texts by physical education profes­ Piano professor MADELEINE HSU's Ph.D. sor WERNER HOEGER are currently in press: dissertation recently was accepted for publi­ THERAPY Principles and Labs for Physical Fitness and cation by the Associated University Presses. Wei/ness, Instructor's Manual for Principles The dissertation is titled "Olivier Messiaen, and Labs for Physical Fitness and Wei/ness the Musical Mediator, and his Major Influ­ and Wei/ness: Guidelines for a Healthy ences-Liszt, Debussy, and Bartok." Hsu 's Lifestyle. The books are being published by writings on Bartok and Liszt appeared in the Morton Publishing Co. January-June 1994 issue of Journal of the LINDA PETLICHKOFF and Hoeger co-pre­ American Liszt Society. sented "Effects of Aerobic and Strength GERALD SCHROEDER traveled to Budapest Training Exercise Participation on Depres­ and Prague last summer to attend a confer­ sion" at the American College of Sports ence on Hungarian sacred music. Medicine. Two articles by Petlichkoff also were published. COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCE Ruth "Coaching Children: Un­ Haefer, C.M.T derstanding the Motivational Process" ap­ Cindy Langston, C.M.T. Nursing professor INGRID BRUDENELL pre­ peared in Sport Science Review and "Rela­ sented several papers at conferences recently: tionship of Player • Trcauncnt Tailon:d To Individual ccds Status and Time of Season "Women's Experiences of Alcohol/Drug to Achievement Goals and • Clas~es & Workl.hops for Personal Perceived Abil­ Recovery and Transition to Parenthood" at Growth & Profes~ion:~l Applkation ity in Interscholastic Athletes" appeared in the International Family Nursing Confer­ • Swcdi. h, Conn tive Ti'suc. Spon~ . Pediatric Exercise Science. ence in Montreal and "Alcohol Recovery & Reflexology Together with graduate student STEPHEN and Transition to Parenthood" at the Cel­ DORIGAN she presented "Childrens' and Par­ ebrating Nursing Science conference at Or­ Celebrating Freedom of Movement ents' Perceptions of the Little League Expe­ egon Health Sciences University in Port­ rience," and with University of Missouri pro­ 5353 Franklin Rd. land. fessor Cynthia Pemberton presented "Gen­ Brudenell also participated Boise, ID 83705 • 343-1847 in the Neona­ der Differences in Achievement Goal Ori­ tal/Perinatal Medicine Conference in Sun entations" at a conference of the Associa­ Valley with a presentation of her research tion for the Advancement of Applied Sport with mothers in recovery who are pregnant Psychology. or parenting an infant. In addition, the Quali­ tative Health Research conference at Penn­ COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES sylvania State University accepted a paper Artist JOHN KILLMASTER's enamel artwork by Brudenell on the use of qualitative re­ is currently being exhibited at Russia's St. search methods in uncovering a theory of Petersburg Peterhof Museum and the St. alcohol/drug recovery for women who are Petersburg Institute Vera Muchina Museum pregnant and/or parenting an infant. of the College of Arts. His work is also being shown in the Museum of Arts in the historic COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES Russian city of Jaroslawl. Killmaster also AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS exhibited two enamels in the Enamels South­ Communication professor PETE LUTZE par­ west Exhibition, an international show held ticipated in the development of a one-hour at the Spanish Village Art Center in San documentary on local artist James Castle Diego. and served as assistant director of the BSU­ Art professor DON DOUGLASS was awarded produced film Not This Part of the World. the 1995 Silver Design Fellowship from the The movie was directed by theatre arts pro­ Idaho Commission on the Arts. Douglass fessor PHIL ATLAKSON . will receive $7,000 and 50 troy ounces of SUZANNE MCCORKLE, communication pro­ silver. The third biennial silver design award fessor and College of Social Sciences and was provided by the ICA and Coeur d'Alene Public Affairs associate dean, presented" An Corporation and Hecla Mines. Analysis of Maya Angelou's Inaugural English professor TOM TRUSKY published Poem" at the International Communication an article titled "Animal Drives," which Association meeting in Sydney, Australia. chronicled films made in Idaho and the for­ Communication professor DAN MORRIS mation of the Idaho Film Collection at BSU. recently completed a Professor in the News­ Mathematics professor JOANNA KANIA­ room fellowship with the Indianapolis Star. BARTOSZYNSKA presented "Topological Morris' fellowship culminated with a by lined Quantum Field Theory and 3-manifolds" at story on the front page of the newspaper. the American Mathematical Society held at Historian NICK CASNER conducted research the University of Oregon. atJohns Hopkins University's School of Pub­ "Meager-nowhere Dense Games (IV): N­ lic Health and the Carnegie Institute as part tactics Continued" by mathematics profes- of a faculty research grant.

38 FOCUS Public affairs professor LES ALM wrote Clip & Save o;;:- "Regional Influences and Environmental Policymaking: A Study of Acid Rain," which appeared in Policy Studies Journal. Social work professor MARIE HOFF deliv­ ered a paper on environmental injustice and social work interventions at the National Conference of the Bertha Capen Reynolds Society in Seattle and wrote the article "An Free Weekend Day With Avis! International Comparison of Strategies to Avis offers free unlimited mileag~. too. Support Women in Rural Development" in Social Development Issues. Get a third weekend day free when you rent an Intermediate through Full Size 4-door MARK LUSK, social work chair, co-authored car from Avis. Just clip this ad and present it at one of the Avis locations listed below. "New Opportunities, New Responsibilities: Then you can receive the third consecutive weekend rental day free of the daily time Welfare Reform in Wyoming," in the Jour­ charge. An advance reservation is required. Offer expires May 15, 1995. nal of Sociology and Social Welfare and Offer valid at Avis aiq~ort locations in Idaho only: "Fieldwork with Rio's Street Children" in Boise Children in Brazil Today. Idaho Falls Historian TODD SHALLAT is working on a Halley/Sun Valley documentary film about the Columbia River, Twin Falls a project sponsored by the Oregon and Wash­ Pocatello ington state humanities councils. His research For reservations and information, on the Snake-Columbia system will be pre­ call 1-800-831-8000. sented at the annual meeting of the Society TerDI8 and Conditions for the History of Technology in Lowell, Offer of one weekend day free of the dally time charge applies to the third consecutive day of a minimum :Hlay weekend rental of an Intermediate (Group C) through a Full Size 4-Door (Group E) car. Weekend rental period Mass. Shallat's book Structures in the Stream: begins Thursday noon, and car must be returned by Monday II :59 p.m. or coupon will not be valid. Coupon Water, Science and the Rise ofthe U.S. Army must be surrendered at time of rental; one per rental. May not be used In conjunction with any other coupon, promotion or offer. An advance reservation is required. Offer not available Corps of Engineers was recently published Rental Sales Agent Imtructlons during holiday and other blackout periods. Offer not At Checllou.t: by the University of Texas Press. available on one-way rentals. Taxes and optional items, A vIr • In CPN. enter 11Jf11090. • Complete this information: such as LOW, additional driver fee and refueling, are extra. ~ RAt______Psychology professor PENNIE SEIBERT along Renter must meet Avis age, driver and credit require- Vole trf. ments. Minimum age is 25. bardeT· Rental Location• .,.,.,. ___ _ with President CHARLES RUCH presented a • Attach to COUPON tape. workshop titled "Shared Leadership in Aca­ Cll!&l Wlzlfd Co~ lnc. ~ OTPD deme: The Walls Come TumblingDown" at the national meeting of the College and Univesity Personnel Association held in Vancouver,British, Columbia, Canada. Anthropologist MAX PAVESIC's book, Backtracking: Ancient Art ofSouthern Idaho was selected as a "notable document" and featured in a recent issue of Library Journal. Continuing.· / ;:E:~ti~i~. '·, ·.. \ _/ / ..... ::f: ·.. ~· '·>.

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS Computer information systems/produc­ Setting A New ~:$e ;~>,;1{! !:~,;, :;:> tion management professor TOM FOSTER's •:"''• book review "Managing for Quality and In Education Through :: ::I '· Survival: A Personal Journey Toward Ex­ }:::::··· .:,. ,.:::~ cellence by Eugene Bonacci" appeared in a recent issue of Quality Progress Journal. Telecommunicatior\S,:~' c<:: l:' ,, ·,··,!.!,:: .•.i'' .' ••·· 'ji •' Z' "North-South Airlines," also by Foster, was published in Cases and Readings in Produc­ :· ... ·. tion and Operations Management. Economics professor CHRISTINE LOUCKS Telecourses- Broadcast~nrLI\ID : ~ Chi~~el4 recently presented a paper at the Western Economic Association meeting in Knowledge Network- Cl~S.s·es broadcast to Vancouver, British Columbia. convenient locations around. the Treasure An article on international mergers and Valley. acquisitions by NANCY NAPIER appeared in a recent issue of Human Resource Planning Journal. Registration for the Spring 1995 Management professorGUNDARSKAUPINS Semester begins November 7. presented his paper "Why Don't My Rus­ sian Students Believe in American Motiva­ Call 385-1709 for more tion Theories?" at the Organization Behav­ information. __ ior Teaching Conference in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. D

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CAVES CARVES NICHE IN MEDIA MARKET By Bob Evancho You might say Boise sportscaster Jeff Caves has a knack for finding his niche. A self-described "role player" and "special teams" performer in his early days with the BSU football program, Caves' versatility became his most valuable asset. And with the persistence and pluck he displayed on the football field more than a decade ago, Caves' professional career has followed a similar path. Not one known for his modesty, Caves nevertheless downplays his accomplish­ ments as a BSU football player from 1980- 83, saying he was "always a journeyman." Yet he will admit he was able to parlay his spot on the Broncos' national championship team into a niche in Boise's radio and television market. "I was a marginal football player that knew this town respected and appreciated marginal football players on that team," says Caves isn't afraid to ask the tough questions on his television and radio shows. Caves, referring to the Bronco squad that captured the Division I-AA national title in stations in the Boise area, Caves and Polowski There seems to be, he says, "a fear of risk" the 1980 Camellia Bowl. "My feeling was, if will celebrate Idaho Sports Talk's lOth anni­ among other stations when dealing with BSU. that's my little crack in the door, I'm going versary in January. "It's nothing but softball and cream puff to bust it down." In 1992 the California native expanded questioning," he says. "They are either sta­ Caves saw plenty of action as a 215-pound his reach in the Boise media market when he tions that have contracts with the university freshman nose guard that championship sea­ founded CaveSports and began producing or other news organizations that fear loss of son. In the following three seasons he also his own television show, One on One With contact with the university. And in this town, played linebacker and defensive tackle, earn­ Jeff Caves. On the show, Caves interviews if you lose that contact, you're done." ing second-team all-conference and Most sports personalities, most of them local, a Ia Being an independent producer and own­ Inspirational Player honors his senior year. syndicated TV talk-show host Roy Firestone. ing your own company has its advantages, Caves earned a BA in communication His TV guests have included Olympic says Caves, "So I'll ask that question that from Boise State in 1985 and was hired the gold-medal winner Rafer Johnson; former maybe isn't asked. I have always been com­ previous year by Larry Polowski, another NFL stars Jimmy Johnson, Wayne Walker fortable doing that." former BSU football standout, to work for and Jerry Kramer; former NBA player Sam Nevertheless, he admits he sometimes KIDO-AM as an advertising salesman and Jones; and ex-major leaguer Dale Murphy. falls into the "we" category when discussing the station's sports director. "The TV show evolved essentially be­ BSU sports. "It's no different than when Now 32 and a fit 210 pounds, Caves is cause nobody is doing it on TV locally, and I Frank Gifford is pumping up a former USC general manager and minority owner of felt some of the stronger material in our athlete he sees on Monday Night Football or SportRadio KTIK, Idaho's first all-sports [radio] talk shows were the interview seg­ when [Dan] Dierdorfsticks up for [the Uni­ radio station. The majority owner is Idaho­ ments," says Caves. "I personally enjoy fo­ versity of] Michigan. I don't think there's based Diamond Sports Inc., which also owns cused, intelligent, important conversation anything wrong with that; I think you get the minor-league baseball Boise Hawks and with individuals. I'm probably not the great­ into trouble when you try to hide it." the Idaho Sneakers of World TeamTennis. est 'how's-the-weather' kind of guy .... Ifl'm And when it comes to the role Boise State Formerly KANR-AM, SportsRadio KTIK going to talk to somebody for the first time, played in shaping his life, Caves is quick to offers national, regional and local program­ let's put it on film and get down to business." give credit where it is due. "I'll never be able ming. Its fare includes play-by-play cover­ To no one's surprise, much of the discus­ to repay [BSU] for what it did for me as far age of Boise State women's basketball. sion on both shows focuses on Boise State as developing me as an individual," he says. Along with Polowski, Caves also hosts athletics. Despite his emotional ties to the "It if weren't for the opportunity to get a KTIK's Idaho SportsTalk, which, as Caves university, Caves is not afraid to question college education by playing football at consistently reminds everyone, is Idaho's the athletic department's judgment - a Boise State, I would be living a drastically longest-running sports talk show. While practice that is rare among the rest of the different lifestyle that would be much less similar shows have come and gone on other Boise media, he says. productive and satisfying." 0

40 FOCUS THE JOY OF BEING 1 MRS. MAILMAN1 By Bob Evancho Sure, it's nice being the wife of one of the most famous athletes in the world, says BSU alumna Kay Malone. Who wouldn't enjoy the affluence and the fame associated with being Mrs. Mailman? After all, her husband, Karl "the Mail­ man" Malone of the NBA's Utah Jazz, en­ joys the superstar status that commands mil­ lions of dollars in contracts and endorse­ ments. OK, so what if the NBA's worldwide popularity and Malone's chiseled good looks and immense physical talents have helped make him one of the richest and most recog­ nizable men around? So what if his wife is a former beauty queen? Big deal. So, they own some nice things -like a palatial home that Despite their fame and fortune, Kay and Karl Malone stress old-time values. overlooks Salt Lake City, and a ranch in Arkansas, and a trucking company, and a ... was Miss Idaho/USA in 1988. "Our parents more years," says Kay - what will the well, you get the picture. So, is it a crime for struggled when they were younger, and we Malones do? What can the couple that has a couple to be wealthy, glamorous and happy? want to instill in our children what our par­ everything possibly want? Boise looms as a Well, the Malones probably don't worry ents instilled in us when we were young." possibility. about what others think, because "happy" is · Life is good for the Malones now, but it With family and friends in Idaho (Kay's the operative word here. wasn't always that way. Kay's dad was in the parents reside in Idaho Falls and Kay's sister "We have a great relationship, and that's military, and the family moved a lot. "In and brother-in-law live in Boise), Malone what counts," says Kay Malone, the former fact," Kay says,"I didn't have many close says she would like to possibly live in or Kay Kinsey. And that, she adds, is what is friends until I came to Boise State." (She around Boise someday. The Mailman has needed in the fast-lane life of the NBA, attended BSU from 1986-90, majoring in befriended a few of Kay's friends from her because she and her husband have seen their sociology.) Karl had a tougher row to hoe: days at BSU, and the Malones regularly share of "groupies and psycho people who His mom raised nine kids on her own in the come to Boise for Kay to visit family and can't stand to see people who are happy." rural South. Karl to hunt and fish. And the Malones' happiness, says Kay, But because of those hard times, the One of the Mailman's fishing buddies is stems from the virtues of strong upbringings, Malones developed an appreciation forfam­ Dyke Nally, BSU's alumni director. a facet of their lives they plan to pass on to ily and friends. "For us, family is first and "Karl is just a common guy, very down-to­ daughters Kadee, 21/2, and K ylee, 18 months. [Karl's] career is second," says Kay. earth," says Nally,"He's gracious to people "Traditional values mean a lot to us, it comes So, when the Mailman's career comes to and doesn't think his fame is any big deal." from both our backgrounds," says Kay, who an end-"He figures to play for four or five No big deal at all. 0 VARIOUS MUSICAL PURSUITS ALLOW CLARK TO STRING ALONG By LaVelle Gardner Clarke currently performs with Apollo, a released on CD in February. She has re­ small period instrument chamber orchestra corded for the Dorian, Leonarda, Titanic, Karen Clarke's musical career, if you'll based in Ithaca, N.Y. Last year the group Smithsonian and Denon record labels. pardon the bad pun, has been hitting some recorded three Haydn Symphonies that were Clarke has been a member of the first high notes lately. violin section of the Baltimore Symphony Clarke is that rare classical musician who and Aspen Fesitval orchestras and was con­ combines recordings, tours, live perfor­ certmaster of the Berkshire Music Center mances and teaching into a very busy sched­ Orchestra and the Wisconsin Chamber Or­ ule that would tire even the most avid rock chestra. As a member of the Rogeri Trio, star. Clarke performed in 21 states. Clarke, a 1962 BJC graduate, has been a Clarke comes from a family that is well­ string professor at Florida State University known to Boise music lovers. Her father, since 1980, where her proteges come from all John Best, a professor emeritus at BSU, parts of the globe. The chair of FSU's string taught cello, string bass and other music department, she has been concertmaster of classes; her mother Katherine taught piano ~ the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra for and played the organ for many years at three ~ the last 10 years. local churches; and both sisters are musi- ~ After graduating from BJC, Clarke, who cians and educators. ;;! was born and raised in Boise, went on to earn Regardless of all the time she devotes to ~ bachelor's and master's degrees in music the teaching and performing, Clarke still ill from the Peabody Conservatory of Music. enjoys her visits home, where the family get- ~ She also served a residency at Yale Univer­ together always includes an evening of cham- § sity from 1977-78. Violin virtuosa Clarke: From BJC to FSU ber music. 0 Cl

FOCUS 41 Idaho. He previously was employed by the his own CPA firm in Sandpoint for 12 years. ALUMNI IN TOUCH ••• Idaho Department of Employment for eight DAIRO SKJOLD PEDERSEN, BA, elementary years as an employment consultant and education, '76, is principal at Kamiah Elemen­ Our policy is to print as much "In managed the CETA and JTPA programs for tary School in Kamiah. CRAIG w. HURST, BM, music, '78, is assistant Touch" information as possible. Idaho and Lewis counties. MARK w. CLEGG, BA, economics, '74, is professor of music and director of band at the Send your letters to the BSU president of Clegg Investments, Inc., a University of Wisconsin Center in Waukesha, Alumni Association, 1910 Univer· commercial and investment real estate Wis. Hurst received his doctorate in music sity Drive, Boise, Idaho 83725. In brokerage in Boise. education from the University of North Texas in addition, if you know someone GLENDA S. HARRINGTON, BA, elementary Denton, Texas. who would make a good feature education, '74, is teaching first-grade math and FRED PAUL MIWR, BS, nursing, '79, is a nurse story in our "Alumnotes" section, third-grade English for the Council School practitioner at Council Rural Health Clinic in contact the oHice of News Services District in Council. Harrington previously Council. Miller previously managed the at the same address. taught in the Jerome and Kuna school districts. outpatient clinic for the National Guard at SCOT B. NELSON, BA, social science, '74, is Gowen Field in Boise. branch manager of SOS Temporary Services in RONALD E. (LUNDQUIST) McBURNEY, is self­ 60s Boise. Nelson previously was vice president at employed and currently writing a book on WIWAM RICHARD KIMBALL, diploma, general Industrial Ventilation, Inc. and a regional sales philosophy and psychology. McBurney lives in arts and sciences, '60, is president of McFall, manager for Motorola Inc., both in Boise. Monmouth, Ore. Konkel & Kimball Consulting Engineers in STEVE AWN REIDHAAR, MBA, '75, recently Denver. Kimball also has been elected a fellow received his doctorate in education from the 80s in the American Society of Heating, Refrigera­ University of Idaho. tion and Air Conditioning Engineers. SHARON E. (KOHLS) RORMAN, BA, communica­ KAREN (VAUK) BRIDGES, MA, education, ROY McNEIL LARSON, AS, general arts and tion, '75, is administrator of communications for curriculum and instruction, '85, has been sciences, '65, is vice president and district Southwest Gas Corp. in Las Vegas. selected to serve on the advisory board for manager at U.S. Bank in Ontario, Ore. Larson CATHY M. (CRYDER) WILSON, BS, biology, '75, is BSU's Center for Management Development. began his career with the bank in 1982 as a loan a research scientist for Shamrock Seed Co. in Bridges is a training manager at Micron officer and previously was the assistant vice Las Cruces, N.M. She is currently working on Semiconductor, Inc. in Boise. president at the Ontario branch. the development of new onion varieties. She was a 1980 top scholar at BSU. GREGORY LEE CHARLTON, BA, elementary THOMAS LEWIS GIBSON, BBA, accounting, '76, JAY L HAWKINS, BBA, marketing, '82, has education, '68, has been named president of the is an investment executive for D.A. Davidson & been selected to serve on the same advisory Idaho Independent Bankers Association. Co. in Coeur d'Alene. Gibson previously owned board. Hawkins is director of manufacturing at Charlton is president of Seaport Citizens Bank in Lewiston. HARVEY Y. NISHIMURA, BA, marketing, '68, is a TAKING CARE purchasing agent at Envirosafe Services in Boise. OF BUSINESS DAVID CLARK RUNNER, BA, music, '69, is By Glenn Oakley professor of music at Milligan College, Tenn., teaching organ, music theory, ear training, If Jane Damschen's journey through music history and handbells. Runner has taught coUege at Boise State was long and slow, at the college since 1972. she has made up for it with her rapid rise through the financial business world. 70S The 1981 accounting graduate began RUBEN GAONA, CC, auto body, '70, is owner coUege in 1973 and put herself through as and manager of Ruben's Body Shop in Nampa. a single parent working fuU time. "I was LINDA SUE HEINRICH, BA, social science, '71, is going to be an artist," she recalls of her teaching freshman and sophomore English at early years at Boise State, when her name Kimberly High School in Kimberly. Heinrich was Mullin. previously taught English, social studies and history at Jerome Middle School in Jerome. "This was in the '70s when it wasn't ERIC V. JEPPESEN, BA, history, '73, has been cool for anybody to be in business school," appointed trustee of the King County Bar much less women, she says. But her ac­ Association in Bellevue, Wash. Jeppesen is the countant father encouraged her to try managing shareholder of Hawkins Jeppesen business courses, and when she did, "it Hoff P.S. and practitioner of estate law. He has clicked." been with the firm since 1979. Damschen won the Boise State busi­ ANNE MARIE MIUBROOKE, BA, history, '73, has ness school's Wall StreetJournal Award, received a Visiting Professorship for Women Award from the National Science Foundation. was named the Outstanding Business Stu­ ing me with a really solid base in account­ Millbrooke will teach history and philosophy at dent, was a Top Ten Scholar and gradu­ ing ... I've worked with people with ac­ Montana State University in Bozeman, Mont. ated with honors. counting degrees from all over the United She previously was manager of the Archive and After graduation she worked for two States, and I don't think any of them have Historical Resource Center of United Tech­ accounting firms and then was hired by a leg up on me with accounting." She has nologies Corp. in Hartford, Conn. Millbrooke West One Bank. Two years ago when remained active with the business school, was a recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Bank of America decided to open offices helping formulate the BSU accounting Award from BSU in 1989. in Idaho, the bank recruited Damschen fraternity chapter Beta Alpha Psi and EMMm R. WILSON, BA, history, secondary education option, '73, has been selected Region as vice president controller. She was re­ working with accounting students. She is VI Correctional Education Teacher of the Year cently promoted to senior vice president married to a Boise State accounting ma­ by the Region VI Correctional Education chief financial officer. jor, Rick Damschen, and their son is also Association. Wilson is an instructor for the Damschen credits BSU with "provid- attending BSU. 0 Idaho Department of Corrections in north

42 FOCUS Dixon has taught first and fourth grades in the resource room for 11 years at East Canyon Elementary in Caldwell. BRIAN CHARLES HATHHORN, BBA, marketing, '84, is regional manager for Transamerica Commercial Finance in Denver. CHARLES EUGENE WARD, BA, elementary education, '84, is principal at Sacajawea Elementary in Caldwell. Ward previously was assistant principal at Woodrow Wilson Middle School in Caldwell. SCOn HERBERT JOHNSTONE, BA, elementary education, '85, is assistant principal at Woodrow Wilson Middle School in Caldwell. Johnstone has taught at Washington and Sacajawea elementary schools and most recently served as director of Sacajawea's summer school program. KEVIN W. HAWKINSON, BBA, economics, '85, is second vice president and financial consultant Micron. DENISE P. EDWARDS, BA, English, secondary education option, '80, has received a commen­ dation award from Mountain Plains States Education Association for her outstanding contributions to adult education. Edwards lives in Vernal, Utah. BARBARA JEAN (ROSS) NAU, BBA, general business, '80, is vice president at First Security Bank in Emmett. Nau previously was a consumer loan officer and has been with the bank since 1981. DEBRA K. (RIEDEL) THOMPSON, BBA, adminis­ trative services, '80, is second vice president and financial consultant for Smith Barney in Boise. Thompson began her career in the securities industry in 1980. KATHY J. SORENSEN, AS, radiologic technol­ ogy, '80, is product manager at Quinton Instrument Co. in Seattle. JUDITH C. COLE, BBA, accounting, '81, is manager for Shannon & Associates, CPAs in Kent, Wash. Cole is a licensed certified public accountant in Washington and Idaho. She was a 1981 top scholar at BSU. JANE M. (MUUIN) DAMSCHEN, BBA, account­ ing, '81, is senior vice president and chief financial officer at Bank of America in Boise. Damschen previously was vice president and controller for the bank and also worked four years at West One Bancorp in Boise. She also was a 1981 top scholar at BSU. SAMUEL E. MIUER, BS, biology, '81, is a major in the U.S. Air Force. Miller presently is assigned to the 611th Logistics Support Squadron at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska where he works as a radar-communications specialist and chief of quality assurance evaluations for the Get Your Free Mail Alaskan Radar Warning System. He was Order Brochure recently selected as 11th Air Control Wing Call: 1-800-992-8398 or Company Grade Officer of the Year. He was a 1-208-385-3080 1980 top scholar at BSU. 1-208-385-3401 KEUY LEE SunON, BBA, marketing, '81, is BSU Bronco Shop 1910 University "Drive manufacturing manager for Ore-Ida Foods in Boise, ID 83725-1225 Ontario, Ore. STEVEN ROBERT APPLETON, BBA, management, lFfE BOOKSTORE '82, was recently named chairman and chief «, Boise State University executive officer of Micron Technology Inc. in Boise. Appleton started as a production line operator at Micron in 1983. nMOTHY D. JESKE, BA, political science, '82, has received his doctorate from the University of Washington and currently is teaching political science at Yakima Community College in

FOCUS 43 at Smith Barney in Boise. Hawkinson has been SOLE SURVIVOR RECALLS WWII CRASH with the firm since 1988. DAVID CHARLES PIERCE JR., BBA, management, By Bob Evancho aviation option '85, is a project engineer at Glaxo, Inc. in Research Triangle Park, N.C. He Editor'snote:Onlune6ofthis year, the is currently working in the laboratory design 50th anniversary of D-Day, former BJC and construction services area of the company. student and World War II veteran George H. ARUNE (GAUOWAY) DEVUN, MBA, '86, is Emerson, 69, visited the BSU campus. senior vice president of administrative support for Key Bank of Idaho in Montpelier. Devlin Now living in Mexico, he was not part of has worked in the banking industry for more the Allied invasion of France in 1944, but than 13 years and joined Key Bank in 1988. She saw action in Europe a few months later as is a recent honoree of the YWCA's Tribute to a tail gunner on a B-17. In early 1945 his Women in Industry. plane crashed while on a bombing mis­ HUD HUDSON, BA, philosophy, '86, is an sion over Germany. The crew's sole survi­ associate professor of philosophy at Western vor, Emerson himself was nearly killed in Washington University in Bellingham, Wash. the crash. He was captured and spent the DOUGLAS R. HOUOWAY, BS, physical education, '86, is owner of Canyon Athletic remaining months ofthe war in a German Club in Nampa. Holloway previously was vice POW camp. president of ParkCenter Health & Racquet Inc. George Emerson tells a harrowing tale in Boise. JAMES w. HUI, BA, economics, '86, is a loan of survival - of plummeting earthward officer at West One Bank in Payette. Hui joined semiconscious after a midair collision the bank in 1991 and has six years' experience in during a bombing run 25,500 feet over consumer finance in Seattle and Boise. Nazi Germany; of being captured while DWAYNE SCOTT LEADBEmR, BBA, production dazed and bleeding by an angry mob of management, '86, is a site maintenance manager German citizens; of imprisonment by at Hewlett-Packard in Boise. Hitler's army. RANDAU R. AHRENS, BS, criminal justice After growing up on a farm near Me­ administration, '87, is a field service specialist for information systems support services with ridian, Emerson attended Boise Junior Micron Semiconductor in Boise. College before joining the Army early in was kicked and spat upon," he recalls. DOREEN MARIE (WINSLOW) ATTERBERRY, BA, 1944. He was in basic training on D-Day, "One guy had a gun and I thought he was elementary education, '88, is teaching second but was soon shipped to Europe where he going to let me have it, but another guy grade at Meridian Elementary in Meridian. was assigned to the U.S. Army's 303rd pushed the gun away. I was scared as hell; Atterberry is in her sixth year of teaching and Bomb Group in Great Britain. I figured I was going to be hanged." was selected the schools teacher of the year last On Feb. 9, 1945, he was the tail gunner Emerson surmises he may have avoided spring. on a plane that was part of a fleet ofB-17s the mob's wrath because of his youthful GARY BRET BROGAN, BS, biology, secondary education option, '88, is principal of Grace High assigned to bomb an oil refinery near looks and the extensive facial bleeding School in Grace. Brogan previously was Eisenberg, Germany. About five min­ from his injuries. "My face was bloody as principal at Wendover High School in utes from Eisenberg, the B-17s tightened hell, and I was only 19 at the time; I could Wendover, Utah. their formation and maneuvered in to see that some of the women in the crowd RICARDO 'RICK' YANCI, BA, elementary drop their bombs. Inexplicably, had taken pity on me." education, '88, is teaching seventh grade at St. Emerson's plane collided with the plane Emerson's captors turned him over to Joseph's School in Boise. above it. "I was in the tail section, so I the German army. He was interrogated KENNETH WAYNE WROTEN, BBA, finance, '88, never saw what happened," Emerson re­ and eventually transported to Frankfurt is a Joan officer at West One Bank in Nampa. Wroten has been employed with the bank since calls. "What I was told later was that the and then to a prison in Nuremberg. For­ 1993 and previously worked at Norwest propellers from the plane above us basi­ tunately for Emerson, his capture oc­ Financial and First Interstate Bank. He also is cally cut our plane in half." curred only three months before the Al­ an economic counselor for the Nampa High The eight crew members in the front lies' victory in Europe. School junior achievement program. half of the ship were killed. Emerson was "We had clues that our troops were JOHNNY D. CHACARTEGUI, BBA, general knocked unconscious by the impact and getting near," says Emerson of his time in business, '89, is manager of Ponderosa Paint & recalls very little. "I don't remember the POW camp. "We could hear our artil­ Glass in Meridian. Chacartegui was assistant pulling the rip cord on my parachute; I lery getting closer and soon American manager at the store for three years. RICK J. CHOATE, BBA, finance, '89, is think maybe it caught on something as I planes were flying over the camp." commercial loan officer for First Security Bank was thrown from the tail of the airplane In late April he and the other POWs in Buhl. Choate began his banking career in and the chute must have opened itself." were freed by Allied troops. "In fact," 1990 at Farmers National Bank. Emerson was unconscious during most adds Emerson, "[Gen. George] Patton WIL E. OVERGAARD, MA, education, curricu­ of his descent, but came to before he showed up at the camp after the [initial) lum and instruction, '89, is vice principal at reached the ground. "I was kind of in a troops got there. It just showed us how Weiser High School in Weiser. Overgaard state of shock, but I managed to unbuckle close he was to the action." previously taught and coached at Borah High the chute," he says. "As I was doing that As the 50th anniversary of the crash School for 16 years. I looked up and saw about 30-40 German approaches, Emerson says he often thinks civilians coming toward me .... They had of his friends who were killed in the war. 90s guns and farm tools." But most of all he remembers the crew DAVID R. ORMOND, MS, education, educa­ The mob surrounded Emerson and that perished in the midair collision. tional technology, '90, is a veterinarian who marched him to a town near Eisenberg. "I "I was the lucky one," he says softly. Q owns and operates the Mobile Small Animal Clinic in Boise. The mobile unit makes house

44 FOCUS calls for pets. DEANNA SIENKNECHT, BA, music, '90, has been selected for the 1994 American Choral Directors Association Northwest Convention's Collegiate Honor Choir. Sienknecht is in the BSU Academic Hall of Fame and was listed in Who's Who in Music in 1989. BRIAN LEE CROSSLAND, BS, physical education, '91, is a regional loan officer at Norwest Mortgage in Boise. Crossland specializes in residential mortgage loans. JAMES I. FORDHAM, MBA, '91, is assistant vice WITH CORRESPONDENCE STUD'{, your titre president at First Security Leasing Co. in Boise. is your own. You can study during your lunch Fordham previously was a leasing officer for the firm. break, read after the kids go to school and TODD R. HIU., BBA, management, '91, is an take exams when it's ~nient lbr you. You assistant manager at First Security Bank in set the pace and the place! Correspondence Meridian. Hill previously worked as a Study of Idaho offers 0\er 150 undergmduate consumer loan officer and as an assistant to the and gmduate courses-plus high school vice president of marketing. classes. For more infOrmation and a free LINDA SCHREPPLE MOYER, BA, elementary catalog, call or write Correspondence Study in education, '91, is a third-grade teacher in New Idaho, U~sity of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844- Meadows. 3225 (208) 885-6641. JANE (MICHAELIDES) SMITH, BA, advertising design, '91, is purchasing agent and marketing Yes! Send me a free Correspondence Study Catalog. representative for Interline Design Group Inc., Name ______in Tucson, Ariz. DAVID ALVIN CANTRELL, AS, nursing, '92, works with St. Alphonsus Life Flight in Boise. A~•------NADINE FRANCES CHAFFEE, BFA, art, '92, recently published The Good Victim, a pop-up City ------State _____ Zip ______book on domestic violence. CHRISTOPHER GEORGE BRAGG, BA, communi­ Return to: cation, '93, is a speech and drama instructor at Correspondence Study in Idaho the College of Southern Idaho in Twin Falls. University of Idaho JOSHUA LESTER LUCK, BA, political science, '93, Moscow, ID 83844-3225 is stationed with the Marine Aviation Training Support Group, Naval Technical Training Center, Corry Station, Pensacola, Fla. Luck joined the Marine Corps in 1993. FERN SUZANNE SARGENT, BA, social work, '93, received her masters degree in social work from New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, N.M. She graduated with a 4.0 grade-point average. ERIN MICHELE AWN, BS, psychology, '94, is working in Washington, D.C., as a fund-raiser • II A Mountain Inn I ' I ., , for the Oliver North political campaign. .S- • • . ' DEBRA KAY BACUS, BA, elementary education, ..;.,;_A~,...... ' , Per Person '94, is a special education teacher at Indian Creek School in Kuna. ~ ' -Ji - ~. .~! ~- ~ _. ,__Dbl. occupancy RICHARD WILLIAM BEAN, BA, theatre arts and :J' ...... · ~ .~ ~-~-:"~ .... ~ \:~ playwriting, '94, was script supervisor for the film Not This Part of the World, a local movie filmed south of Kuna. Bean is now a graduate Historic Hotel Mccall student at Boston University. Mccall, Idaho (208) 634-8105 JIU. KATHLEEN BERRYHILL, BA, elementary education, '94, is teaching second grade at Hubbard Elementary in Kuna. ANNA ELIZABETH BOSSARD, AS, radiologic technology, '94, is a staff technologist at St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise. GEORGANN BRADLEY, BS, physical education, '94, is teaching physical education and coaching volleyball in Nyssa, Ore. JODI D. (CARLILE) CLARKE, BBA, computer information systems, '94, is a business analyst in the information services division of West One Bank in Boise. EVE RENE COSTEU.O, BA, English, '94, is working part time as a copy editor for Womens' 8189 WESTPARK 81 BOISE Times and freelancing as a copy editor for small projects. Costello works full time at Finch­ 323-1399 Brown Co. in Boise. 800-303-1399 TODD H. EVANS, BBA, computer information

FOCUS 45 systems, '94, is a programmer for Micron Semiconductor in Boise. LILA JEAN FlADWOOD, AAS, business, mid­ management, '94, is office manager for the Chamber of Commerce in CaldwelL THOMAS A. GARCIA, BA, political science, '94, is stationed with the National Guard's 4th Tank Battalion, 4th Marine Division in Boise. BARBARA R. GARRm, BA, art, '94, is working for the Idaho Commission on the Arts in the Artist Services/Literature Program, Boise. Okidata® SHAUN R. GREEAR, BBA, finance, '94, is employed at the corporate records center of Albertsons in Boise. Microline® 520/521 MERRin L HAGEN, BBA, finance, '94, is a financial consultant with Dorn, Helliesen & Hassle-Free Paper Switching In AReliable 9-Pin Workhorse. Cottle in Boise. JAMIS JOHN HARMS, AAS. business systems • Automatically adjusts for Patented OKisMART Paper Handling'~ and computer repair, '94, works in retail paper thickness ensures virtually jam-free performance computer sales at The Future Shop in Eugene, and excellent forms handling capability. Ore. • 430 cps draft - 26% faster than MORGAN SHANE HICKS, BBA, accounting, '94, the competition One of the next generation of ,__------. is credit manager and assistant controller at • 200 million character printhead Idaho Pacific Lumber Co. Inc. in Boise. "intelligent" OK/SMART ROBERT GORDON HINCKLIY, AAS, manufactur­ • OKIDATA rugged and reliable printers. PAPER HANDLINGW ing technology, '94, is a computer-assisted draftsman for BBCE, a consulting engineering firm in Caldwell. RONLEY J. HUCKINS, BA, elementary educa­ tion, '94, teaches fourth grade at Homedale Elementary School in Homedale. CURnS ALLEN JANISH, BBA, management, '94, Business to business. Person to person. is employed with Albertsons in the Dallas/Fort 4795 Emerald Boise • Phone 344-5545 Worth area. Janish is in the company's accelerated management training program. OK IDATA Reg. T.M .. M.D" OJ(! Ekmic lndusi!J C.., Lid; MK'.ROUNE Re~ T.M., OK! Ekmic lnd"'"l' Co., Lro; ROBERT WILUAM JONES, BBA, management, OJ(f.swm l'ilpe< H>mllmg T.M., OJ(! Ekmk lndnmy Co., Lro. human resource, '94, is business manager at Bronco Motors in Twin Falls. ,.------I ...... I JOHN E. JOZWIK, BBA, accounting, '94, is a I I staff accountant for Deloitte & Touche in Boise. Jozwik was a 1994 Top Ten Scholar at BSU. I I GLORIA ANN KEATHLEY, BA, social work, '94, is I I care coordinator of senior programs for·Boise I I city and Ada County. Keathley previously I I worked for the BSU homemakers program. I Earn income exempt from I Valley View Retirement Center and Hillcrest Care Center. I Federal and Idaho income I GLEN LARRY KERSHAW, BA, elementary I taxes by in vesting in the I education, '94, is teaching first grade at Lincoln Elementary in the Caldwell School District. Go ahead. I I TODD RICHARD KETUNSKJ, BBA, management, Dream. I I human resource, '94, is eastern regional sales I I representative for Quality Thermistor, Inc. If you love beautiful homes, Lindal's new, Ketlinski lives in Boise. 266-page ORiGINALS is a must. With over I • "No-Load" I CRAIG VERL KING, BS, psychology, '94, is now 680 color photos and 115 plans, this 1I" x 14' I • $1 ,000 opens account I attending Kansas State University where he is in hardcover idea book is packed with ' 1 • Monthly dividends 1 the doctoral program in industrial organi.7ll­ ideas, design tips and inspiration. tional psychology. I For more complete information, including I Unconditional money-back guarantee. I management fees, charges and expenses, I KEUY BRIAN MACKEY, BBA, computer 0 Rush me ORJGINAlSfot $H.95. 1 obtain a Prospectus by calling or sending the 1 information systems, '94, is a programmer for I coupon. Please read the Prospectus carefully I Micron Semiconductor in Boise. N~------I bef~you ::e~ Ca~800-SATURNA I CYNTHIA ANN MAimN, BBA, accounting, '94, Address ------is employed with Coopers & Lybrand in Boise. 1 To: Northwest Investors Trust 1 CAMY MEUNDA MIUS, BA. political science, Phone ( I c/o Saturna Capital Corporation I '94, is working in public relations and legislative research for U.S. Sen. Dirk Kempthorne in Please add $5.00 for shipping and handling. I 1300 N. State St. I Washington, D.C. AUndal Cedar 1bnes I Bellingham, WA 98225-4730 I Independently distributed by: ERIC DOUGLAS MIUS, BS, health science, '94, is I Name I a respiratory therapist at St. Alphonsus Custom Cedars of Idaho I Address I Regional Medical Center in Boise. I City St __ I DARALYN R. (BRUNING) MOSS, MSW, '94, is 2223 W. Airport Way, Boise ID 83705 employed for the state of Idaho's Family & (208) 336-3122 or 1-800-788-4468 1 Zip Phone 1 Children Services in Jerome. L ______:oc~~~J MICHAEL JOHN McCARTHY, BBA, management,

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FOCUS 47 entrepreneurial, '94, is a network administrator MARYBETH ROWE, BS, physical education, '94, management, '94, is a tumor registrar at for Hewlett-Packard in Boise. is manager of membership services and Mountain States Tumor Institute in Boise. SHAUN P. McMIKLE, BBA, production/ retention for Boise Family YMCA. KIMBERLY S. WALKER, BBA, accounting, '94, is operation management, '94, is operations DOUGLAS (LUKE) SCHROEDER, is teaching history an accountant with Steele, Stoltz and Associ­ manager for Boise Electric Service. and coaching football and wrestling for the ates, an advertising firm in Boise. JULY A LOUISE ORMOND, BS, nursing, '94, is a Kimberly School District in Kimberly. DEREK BRETT WELLER. BS, physical education, nurse on the post parturn floor at St. Luke's SANDRA LEA SHOOK, MPA, public administra­ '94, is the athletic director and physical Regional Medical Center in Boise. tion, '94, is employed by the BSU public affairs education/health teacher at Sacred Heart GREGORY W. PARKER, certificate, surgical program where she is conducting research for Elementary School in Boise. Weller also is the technology, '94, is a surgical technologist at St. the Idaho Kids Count Project in conjunction wrestling coach at Bishop Kelly High School. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise. with the Governor's Office for Children. LAURA A. WHm, BA, elementary education, RANDY W. PARKER, BS, criminal justice, '94, is KATIEANN RACHELE SKOGSBERG, BA, theatre '94, is teaching fourth grade at Westside employed with the Salt Lake City Police arts, performance, '94, will spend the winter in Elementary School in Payette. Department's crime lab. Florida working with show horses for interna­ ELAINE B. WIWAMSON, AS, respiratory MARIE EUZABETH POUTANO, BS, nursing, '94, is tional competition. therapy, '94, is a respiratory therapist at St. an apheresis staff nurse at the American Red GINA LUENE STIVERS, BM, music, '94, is Luke's Regional Medical Center in Boise. Cross Blood Center in Boise. Politano also has teaching elementary and secondary music and ANTHONY RAYMOND WISE, AAS, electronics, been appointed to the state of Idaho's HIV choir for the Payette School District. '94, is an electronic technician with Bricks Prevention Planning Group. MICHAEL PHILIP STOCK, BS, construction Electronics in Juneau, Alaska. Wise works on WESLEY BRYON POWELL, BBA, marketing, '94, management, '94, is working for Micron marine, commercial and horne electronics. is a credit manager at Sears Roebuck & Co. in Construction in Boise. ANGELA DIANE YOUNG, BA, elementary Boise. CHRISTOPHER M. SWEmNG, BA, computer education, '94, is teaching first grade at Pioneer RICKY LEE PRILE, AAS, electronics technology, information systems, '94, is a computer network School in Weiser. '94, is employed as a process engineering administrator with Bahamas International Trust technician with Micron Custom Manufacturing Co. Ltd. in Nassau, Bahamas. Sweeting is in Services. charge of bank network systems and installa­ WEDDINGS APRIL J. RENFRO, BBA, accounting, '94, is an tions. MICHAEL PHILIP STOCK and Michelle M. auditor for the state of Idaho Legislative NITA A. TORRES, BS, computer information Shellhorn, (Boise) May 15 Services in Boise. systems, '94, is employed as an applications KELLY SUE AKERS and Steven Hicks, (Coeur CHRISTY MICHEW ROBERTS, BS, radiologic programmer with WestOne Bancorp in Boise. d'Alene) May 21 science, '94, is an X-ray technician at St. Luke's TANETTE NOEL TRAVIS, AS, medical record MARK JOHN HElL and Michelle A. Spiers, Regional Medical Center in Boise. technology, '93/ BS, health information (Boise) May 21 BRIAN JAMES LANE and Shelley Lynn Barnes, (Caldwell) May 21 DEGREE A DECADE FOR LUCILLE TRACADAS scon THOMAS JOHNSON and Jennifer Lynn TeVogh, (Boise) May 27 theatre arts in 1990. By LaYelle Gardner EUZABETH HELEN COLWEU and MATTHEW DAVID When Lucille Tracadas first showed Her sons weren't far behind. Duane MCLAUGHLIN, (Caldwell) May 28 her husband George and their young sons earned a degree in accounting in 1979 and JODIE MARIE GILBERTZ and Paul Michael Smith, the Boise State College campus in 1969, an MBA in 1987, and Roger earned a (Boise) May 28 little did she know an educational chain degree in economics in 1987. Duane, an MICHEUE WILSON and Rick Mooney, (Coeur reaction would follow. accountant, lives in Payette. His wife, d'Alene) May 28 Her boys, Duane and Roger, ages 13 Jerilyn, also graduated from BSU in 1987 ERIC D. MILLS and Karen F. Palmer, May THOMAS A. DOAN K. and 5 at the time, "were turning somer­ and teaches at New Plymouth Elemen­ and Connie Thorndyke, (Caldwell) June 1 tary School. Roger is a research analyst saults on the beautiful lawn- they were CHRISTY ANN COON and Brent Kaeo Ho, quite taken by it aU," she says. at the Department of Transportation (Boise) June 3 Both sons went on to graduate from After so many years away from school, MONICA RAELENE ARMSTRONG and Shane BSU. In the meantime, mom was busy Tracadas was worried that she would not Beutler, (Banks) June 4 getting three degrees, one in each decade succeed as anon-traditional student. Now, SHERRY A. CASSIDY and Robert Mancuso, since the '70s. 25 years after that day she showed her (Boise) June 4 Tracadas originally planned to get a family the campus , she credits Boise SUSAN DAWN LARSON and Greg A. Boyer, college education immediately after high State with turning her into a confident, (Boise) June 4 DARREN MICHAEL OKE and Pamela Sue self-assured individual. school. She enrolled at the University of Fleischmann, (Boise) June 4 Wyoming, but left after only a couple of "Before college, I didn't feel like I CARTER L FRITSCHLE and NANCI L HENMAN, quarters. After raising two daughters could join a conversation and be comfort­ (Boise) June 5 and two sons, she began to think about able. I can join a conversation now," says KRISTINA K. FISCHER and Clay L. Rudd, June 7 college again, and in 1969 she applied at the grandmother of seven with a smile. D MELISSA GRAY BRADLEY and Cory Matthew BSC. "1 was upset with my­ Freese, (Boise) June 11 self that 1 never went on [to MARSHA D. DEEDS and Ted R. Weasrna, finish college], so 1 grabbed (Boise) June 11 DEREK GLENN SPRAGUE and Korinda Jensen, at the chance to attend." (Boise) June 11 And did she ever grab the JASON LAWRENCE THRONGARD and Tarni Sue chance! By 1973, she had Kaufman, (Boise) June 11 earned a bachelor's degree JOHN-MARCUS NEIL and Leslie Goodro, in English. Then came a (Caldwell) June 12 master's in education in 1982 BRIAN ANDREW BARBER and Kristen Brunsting, and the latest, a bachelor's in (Boise) June 18 GREGORY JOHN BRIGANTE and CHERI DAWN Lucille Tracadas and son EVERm, (Boise) June 18 FRITZ XAVIER HAEMMERLE and Jennifer Kroos, Roger. (Ketchum) June 18

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·------·ORDER FORM Name ______Allow one week for shipping. Address ______Please make checks payable to Boise State University. City------State ------Zip ______Send orders to: Boise State University Phone ( ) ______Office of University Relations 1910 University Drive __ hardcover at $34.95 $ ______Boise, ID 83725 __ softcover at $24.95 $ ______Phone (208) 385-1577 __ shipping $ ---"2=.00~-- TOTAL $ ____ KELLY GERALD MITCHELL and Kaisa Marie JASON RENO TIMMONS and Keri Means, Iranian government and operating Gray Gambrel, (Boise) June 18 (Caldwell) Aug. 13 Engineering Services in Cascade. He joined the SHEilA GAY SPARKS and Lance Fredrick JAY c. COOPER and Andrea Field, (Boise) Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation for Criner, (Boise) June 18 Aug.20 two years until health problems caused him to NICHOlE LYNN YKEMA and John Poynter, retire in 1980. (Boise) June 18 Former registrar AUCE HATTON died Sept. 14 DARBY IKE HEIDEMANN and Amy Lynn DEATHS in Bainbridge Island, Wash. Hatton came to Carlson, (Twin Falls) June 24 KINNETH WILSON ALPERT, AA, general arts and BJC in 1959, and was registrar during the years DOUGLAS LUKE SCHROEDER and Kelli sciences, '39, died July 20 in Boise at age 75. when the school made the transition to a Skabronski, June 24 Alpert received his masters degree in vocal university. She retired in 1974, and lived in DAVID MARTIN and ANNE MARIE MULlANEY, performance from Trinity University in San Boise until1993. Memorials can be made to a (Boise) June 25 Antonio, Tex. Alpert was president of the Boise scholarship in her name in care of the BSU JILL LEIGH SANDERS and Doug Mabe, (Boise) Music Week Board and produced and directed Foundation. June25 eight consecutive music week productions. He ROBERT L. "BOB" JOHNSON, BS, geology, '84, TERRIL LOUDERBACK and JosephS. Klauser Jr., also founded the West Boise Sewer District, died Sept. 16 in Boise at age 53. From 1984 (Boise) June 25 serving as chairman until this year. until his death Johnson was self-employed as an WALTER T, FENNELL and CINDY A. THORNGREN, IDA MATILDA "TIWE" ANNEKER, BA, elemen­ independent registered geologist. At the time of (Sedona, Ariz.) June 28 tary education, '70, died Aug. 9 in Boise at age his death, he was driving truck for the BLM JAMES DAVID CONGER and Ronda Sue 66. Anneker taught fourth grade at Us tick during the fire season. Johnson also served in Fountain, (Everett, Wash.) July 1 Elementary for almost 20 years. She was a the U.S. Navy for 20 years. JODI D. CARLILE and PAULJ, ClARKE, (McCall) charter member of the VFW Auxiliary #63 and Former BSU music professor KATHRYN E. July2 the National Education Association. MITCHELL died Sept. 15 in Hayden Lake at age LARRY RANDALL CHASE and Brenda Suzanne EDDIE VINTON BARNETT, BA, psychology, '76, 91. Mitchell studied at the J ulliard School of Schwartz, (Ferdinand) July 2 died July 22 in Lake Charles, La. at age 62. Music in New York and also studied for three MElANIE RAE FILLMORE and Robert A White, Barnett established a personal counseling years in Vienna, Austria. She retired in 1968. (Nampa) July 2 business which included alcohol and drug SID uSTEVE" NELSON, AA, general arts and MICHAEL JOHN RUSSELL and Julianne Curtis, rehabilitation and marriage counseling. He also sciences, '53, died July 24 in Long Island, N.Y., (Boise) July 2 served as a director for the Reachout crisis at age 60. Nelson was a model in the United SHELDON C. WATSON and Jeanie Tiribault, hotline. Barnett previously was employed in States and Europe for 24 years and an actor on (Central Point, Ore.) July 2 real estate and insurance. stage and in numerous TV commercials and MICHAEL DAVID BENNION and DANIELLE BONNA A. MAXINE (CUMMINGS) BROWN, diploma, soap operas. His most recent stage appearance MONEl{, (Caldwell) July 16 general arts and sciences, '55, died Sept. 18 in was in Sam Shepard's "States of Shock." He was RON DION BlACKSTEAD and Dawn Horning, Boise at age 66. Brown worked for the Federal a partner in the development an operation of (Boise) July 16 Land Bank in Boise for 22 years. She also the Bellport Kitchen, the Great South Bay Inn JERRY NICOlONA and Randi Casey, (Boise) played saxophone in Gib Hochstrasser's original and the Handmade Bellport, which specializes July 16 dance band. in custom furniture and interiors. PATRICK D. GEERTSON and Christina VORIS LEE "80" CONYERS, AA, general arts ROBERT EARL POUGH, diploma, general arts and Borschowa, (Caldwell) July 22 and sciences, '56, died Sept. 1 in Boise at age 67. sciences, '68, died Aug. 7 in Boise at age 52. MARK A. KINNEDY and TAMI HALLAM, Conyers worked several years for various BARBARA PURDY PAYNE, BA, social work, '70, (Middleton) July 23 electrical contractors in Boise. He joined died Aug. 12 in St. Maries at age 58. Payne TERESA MARIE SCHUmR and Kevin Smith, Midland Industrial Electrical Co. in 1959 worked for the state of Idaho and was the first (Kenai, Alaska) July 23 working throughout the United States and female probation and parole officer in the MELODY LYNN HUSKEY and Michael S. overseas in uranium plants and copper mines. history of the department. Payne worked in this Crowder, (Boise) July 28 He later was promoted to general superinten­ field for 26 years. VINCENT A. COOK and Jacki Nolet, (Boise) dent responsible for all electrical work with the EDITH PECORA, whose affiliation with Boise July 30 company. Conyers retired in 1985. State began when the junior college was located PAUlA LAFAYE NEWMAN and Wesley Curtis VIRGINIA DODGE, AA, business, '57, died July in St. Margaret's Hall, died Oct. 23 in Nampa. Flaherty, (Boise) July 30 25 in Boise at age 79. Dodge worked as a CPA Pecora worked as a student for business PAUlA GARNER and Brent Michael for companies in Boise and Portland, Ore. She manager Clyde Potter and registrarflibrarian Wangsgard, (Boise) July 30 also worked in the trust department for Idaho Mary Hershey. In 1955, she became a full-time 11MOTHY ASHLEY RIHA and Jennifer L. Martz, First National Bank and the Bank of Oregon in employee, working in the bookstore, accounts (Nampa) July 30 Portland. She retired as an accountant from payable and cashier's offices. She retired as GINA KAY THURSTON and Travis C. Bernstrom, Morrison-Knudsen. head cashier in 1972. (Boise) July 30 DAN THOMAS GARRETT, BBA, accounting, '87, TIMOTHY R. STMRS, BS, general business, '74, ERIC COLE ANDERSON and Sabra A Tucker, died Aug. 4 in Cottonwood, Calif., at age 52. At died Sept. 25 in Boise at age 43. He had his own (Hailey) Aug. 6 the time of his death, Garrett was employed by interstate commerce commission practice GILANT DEE BORGHOlTHAUS and Jacqueline Holiday Quality Foods as a quality controller. serving primarily trucking industry transporta­ Michelle Grant, (Boise) Aug. 6 ELWOOD HOWELL "WOODY" GRAY, diploma, tion problems and representing transportation WENDY AUCE COX and THOMAS E. DVORAK, general arts and sciences, '47, died July 16 in industry firms in administrative courts in the (Boise) Aug. 6 Boise at age 75. Gray served in the U.S. Army United States and Canada. ARLEEN KAY DAUGHTERS and Joseph K. during World War II for five years. Gray lARRY N. TREGELlAS, diploma, general arts and Lothrop II, (Boise) Aug. 6 worked for the Idaho Department of Highways sciences, '63, died Aug. 14 in Cavendish at age ERIC CANNON DmMAN and Barbara Nuffer, for nine years and was assistant district engineer 51. Tregellas worked at the U.S. Forest Service (Boise) Aug. 6 in Shoshone until1958, when he left to accept a office at Orofino. He previously worked at JAMES w. NOURSE and Mary Ellen Murray, position with the Ministry of Roads in Iran. Mountain Home Air Force Base and for the (Eagle) Aug. 6 After completion of the projects in Iran he was State Highway Department at Lewiston on the DEBORAH SUE PETERSON and Gregory Wade a consulting engineer for projects in Peru and survey crew. Nelson, (Boise) Aug. 6 Chile and later with Trans-Arabian Pipe Line GUS URRESTI of Boise died Aug. 7 at age 81. CHENmE LE GOULD and Sam Fretwell, Co. (Standard Oil). Later he was project Urresti attended BJC and played football from (Caldwell) Aug. 13 engineer responsible for the design and 1934-38 and was later inducted into the Boise JENNIFER ANN HEARNE and TIMOTHY R, SHAUB, construction of a highway that stretched 525 State University Athletic Hall of Fame. Urresti (McCall) Aug. 13 miles from the central oil fields to the northern spent 34 years as a Boise police officer and was SHELLY KAYE HINER and DAVID VICTOR part of Saudi Arabia. Gray was self-employed named inspector and assistant chief of police STOLHAND, (Boise) Aug. 13 until1977, which included consulting to the before retiring in 1974. 0

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For the Dec. 3 game against nationally As a relatively young university with the highest enroll­ recognized UCLA, all alumni with current ment in the state, we continue to experience growing alumni cards can purchase tickets for $1.50 pains. The tremendous need to expand programs, add each at the athletic ticket office in the Var­ additional faculty and build more classrooms will be the sity Center. challenges to meet as we move toward the year 2000. Simply present your card anytime after In orderfor a university of our size to meetthe needs of the students and community, Nov. 10 to receive the discount for you and a strong Alumni Association is essential. This year the Alumni Board has established your immediate family. numerous committees and activities for our alums to become involved in. The discount tickets will be honored the We welcome all interested volunteers to contact the alumni office. You needn't be night of the game at Pavilion Entrance No.2. a graduate ofBSU to be considered an alum. A person qualifies as a Boise State alum The athletic ticket office is open Monday­ if he/she has earned 16 credit hours or more at the university. Friday 10-4:30 p.m. 0 We are beginning our 1995 membership campaign, and we sincerely hope you will consider joining. Over the years we have maintained minimal dues of only $25. Your ALUMNI OFFERS dues help pay for many programs and functions that are hosted by the Alumni Association throughout the year. Our past alumni boards can boast a scholarship fund MEXICAN CRUISE of more than $855,000. This year we will be adding to that total from money raised at A BSU Alumni Association excursion is Auction '95. As we grow in number, we hope to establish endowed scholarships in part of an eight-daycruise aboard the Crown each college. If you or anyone you know would like to establish an endowment in your Odyssey scheduled for Jan. 4-12, 1995. name, please call the Alumni Office and we will contact you. Ports of call include Cabo San Lucas, The board will be supporting the university this year in its request that the state Mazatlan, Puerto Vallarta, Zihuatanejo and Legislature help fund the expansion of our Canyon County campus. As a commuter Acapulco, Mexico. This is a fund-raiser with campus it is imperative that the university is sensitive to the needs of a community that $50 per ticket going to the Alumni Associa­ reaches far beyond the city of Boise. tion. I would like to close with a reminder to support the Boise State Foundation in its For more information call Tammy Selee campaign to meet the Warren McCain Challenge. If we can raise $1 million this year, at Harmon Travel 208-343-7915 or 1-800- the McCain family has generously agreed to donate $1 million for the new Library. 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