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4-1-1998 Arbiter, April 1 Students of Boise State University

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Starr and Bott for ASBSU Executive Fellow Students,' 1 On April Hand l) we will have the 01', portunity to make an important choice ,for the coming year. These arc the dates for the ASBSU elections for President, Vice President and college Senators. I hope that we will all take a few seconds and letter. ,,, punch the ballot to choose our representatives. The positions of President and Vice President arc crucial to our student body. In many cases, they are the only voices rep- resenting we, the students, to the administration at Boise State, the city of Boise and the State of Idaho. These offices demand a combination of experience, ability and drive in order to be effective. Thus, I encourage you to vote for Christine Starr and Matt Bott. In my years of involvement in ASBSU, I have seen good executives and bad. I have seen leaders who accomplished their goals and were recognized voices of thc students. I believe that Christine Starr and Matt Butt arc the ticket capable of doing the joh in the corning year. They represent the broadest hase of experience and involvement, and they are committed to ethical, professional student government. When y(~upunch the hallol for Starr-Bon, you arc choosing the right people t(; do the job thc way we want it done, ." . , Christine Starr is a non-traditional student studying communication. She has demonstrated the ahility to push for our issues. working against thc One Percent Initiative, fighting for increased library hours. initiating the Hispanic mentor pro- gram, chairing the Martin Luther King Human Rights Week Celehration committee. and constantly working to provide funding for our c1uhs in her terms as a senator. Matt Bott is a criminal justice major who has managed two years of involvement in ASBSlJ, helped organize the Homecoming Scavenger Hunt, and fired us up as Buster Bronco; Together, these two students arc the choice we need working for us in ASBSlJ. So, when you go to the polls on April X and \) to punch the ballot and choose your representatives. make the hest choice. There arc several people vying for the senate scats in the respective colleges who would appreciate your ballot punches as wcll.Tf you arc ready to have your isslles worked on, your concerns addressed, and your voices heard, votc for Christine Starr and Matt Botl.

.; );, • j. ( ..• _ll:j)(,:':li)l~JL .~.;:jJ:';dJ,l'r-il i;Jiji;':ir':jJ·t:I-L·I�-----_.. ~:...iii.;_.:I.I:~ . ·DAVID S. NIElSON ~ '. \, ,~~~~:.: '-i\,Vjl ~iI.rfll~P.11~t,1.1.":J,LfIi~;p.~,II.('1rr'"lll}'" , _:;:~:::::::.-- ~-_~.:;:;:_ty:,:,,:;.·~_>~~:,:,::"=:;:·:::"=--:·':'~~.:'.:':=~='=:\:'::~·:El'::':=';:';::':=~:-'~:f:~~:::;:; :::::-:;:- - -:::: -.:-, lliiIiiiiiii~liIrtii_iI WEDNESDA't APRIL 1, 1998 NEMItket "The Grapes of Wrath" is speaking and Informative also serves as the vice presi- directed by professor Richard Pavilion parking speaking. The BSU team cap- Boise State dent of the Associated Student Klautsch, last season's director tain also earned two excellence of Boise State University. seeks applicants of "Cabaret." II features a cast limited during awards, given to the top 20 per- Mireles, a criminal justice of more than 30 university and cent of competitors, in extem- major with an emphasis in i IIEnough is for entrepreneur community actors, singers and poraneous speaking and parlia- counseling and correction, \ instrumentalists. Michael mentary debate. of the year graduated from Homedale Enough" progtam Baltzell created the settings, 1 Rob Perueca, a junior from he Boise State High School in 1995. He is the i. son of Narciso and Norberta Ann Hostc the costumes and he BSU Pavilion Flower Mound, Texas, took TUniversity chapter of Mireles of Homedale. He also Fred Hansen directs the light- I once again presents four awards. Perucca garnered Alpha Kappa Psi, the univcrsi- works as a student adviser in. ing. motivational speak- superior honors in impromptu ty's professional business fra- T BSU's Academic Advising For more information, call er Milton Creagh, April 6-7. and extemporaneous speaking, ternity, seeks applicants from Center and serves as an 385-39~~ .c:-/ .I This is part of the "Enough is and excellence awards in per- local businesses for the 1998 .\i ASBSU senator. If Enough" suhstanee ahuse pro- suasive speaking andparlia- Entrepreneur of the Year Rodriguez, a junior bilin- ( joining the club, call 343- rI gram heing held statewide. On mentary debate. award. The deadline for appli- ,I gual education major, graduat- 8709. April 6 and 7, students will not Jessica Dempster, a junior cations is April 7. ~l ed from Hermiston High he able to usc a major portion from Coeur d'Alene, also came To be considered, the busi- 'I School in 1995. She is the \ of the general parking lot in home with four prizes. ness must operate from the daughter of Amador and Film and video \ front of the Pavilion. It will be Dempster received excellence Treasure Valley and have start- \. Guadalupe Rodriguez of employed as a staging area for awards in rhetorical analysis, ed in the past three to live \ Hermiston. She currently festival set for 95-100 huses dropping off persuasive speaking, parliamen- years. The winner will be works as a student assistant to grade school students; Campus tary debate and speech to enter- selected through an interview April 16 a minority counselor in BSU's ! officials arc also reserving 250 tain. process and honored at the fra- New Student Information l spaces for volunteers and par- Superior awards were also ternity's annual' spring banquet by SHAWN GROSSMAN Center. 1 ticipants. presented to BSU's Autumn on Saturday, April 25. Last SPEOAl TO THEARBITER For information, call the Haynes, a junior from Twin year, The Sign Center in Boise Department of Campus Safety Falls, in dramatic interpretation, received the award. Theatre depart- he deadline for sub- at 385-1681. and Melinda Schulz, a junior Interested entrepreneurs Tmitting entries to the from Boise, in speech to enter- should send a brief description ment presents Boise State University Film tain. Excellence awards went to of their business along with a and Video Festival has passed, Talkin' Broncos Haynes, in program oral inter- contact name to Amaya "lhe Grapes of but film and video fans still pretation; Jaime Thompson, a Orrnaza, Alpha Kappa Psi, have a chance to attend a "best close out 1997- junior from Eagle, in extempo- 1704 Potter Drive, Boise, ID Wrath" of' festival April 16 at 7 p.m. raneous speaking; and Brook 83706. in the Special Events Center of 9B season with Smith. a freshman from For more information, he BSU theatre arts the SUB. impressive win Montvicw, Idaho, in extempora- contact Orrnaza at 342-8660 or Tdepartment will pre- The amateur film and neous speaking. by c-rnail at sent Frank Galati's stage ver- video festival for both high he BSU debate and Boise Stale University was [email protected]. sion of "The Grapes of Wrath" school and college students is Tspeech team closed the also presented the R.H. on April 10-11 in the Morrison hosted by BSU's video produc- 1997-98 season with a domi- Mahaffy Award, given to honor Center Main Hall. tion club, Dead Eight neering performance towin the the region's outstanding colle- Three Boise The four performances Productions. BSU faculty and Great West Regional Forensics giate forensic program. The State students will take place at 10:30 a.rn. Boise area media professionals Tournament at Linfield College award is based on competitive and 8 p.m. on Friday, April 10, will judge entries based on in McMinville, OR, March 13- excellence, community service awarded and at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. on production quality, concept, 14. and commitment to academic Saturday, April 8. For opening theme and Impact. The Great West Regional achievement. $1,000 CHELA night, tickets will cost $8.50 Categories for high school championship is the second scholarship • through the sponsorship of students include fiction and consecutive regional title for Honors Program KBCI-TV Channel 2. BSU non-fiction. Categories for col- BSU and the Broncos' fifth Alumni Association members lege students include narrative, hree students at BSU tournament victory of the can pay $5.50 for the April II documentary, experimental, continues its were awarded a 1997-98 season. The Broncos T shows. All other performances music videos, instructional, $1,000 California Higher also captured the Northwest ledure series cost $12.50 and $10.50 gener- public service announcement Education Loan Association al, but arc free to students and Forensic Conference Division and animation. scholarship 10 help defray the II season title. SU's Honors Program BSU faculty and staff at all costs of loans for their college For all those in attendance The Great West Region is presents Michael Select-A-Seat locations. Senior B educations. who may not agree with the composed of four-year institu- Cohen tomorrow night at 7 p.rn. citizen discounts arc also avail- A CHELA scholarship is judges' official award selec- tions from the states of in the Hatch B room in the able, awarded to a student who has tions, the audience will be California, Washington, Student Union Building. Cohen John Steinbeck's famous been successful in his or her allowed to vote for its "best Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, will speak on "Oldest Living Depression-era novel about the college career and who is com- of' at the end of the evening. Montana and Alaska. BSU Trees Tell All: Tales of Change plight of Americans fleeing the mitted to assisting others while scored 285 points to second- in the Great Basin." dust howl of Oklahoma and in school. Scholarship money place Linfield's 120. Pacitic He serves as a professor of seeking a new life in supposed- is applied directly to the loan Lutheran University took third, English at Southern Utah ly golden California aroused dcbt incurred hy the student. Willarncttc University finished University and is a natiorially controversy when published in Nico Martinez, Boise, fourth and the University of respected environmental histori- 1939. II became a classic Ignacio Mireles, Homedale and Puget Sound took fifth. an. Cohen also authored The American work. Lupe Rodriguez, Hermiston, Patti Dowdy, a senior from History of the Sierra Club and The movie version, star- OR all received the award. Boise, led the way for BSU The Pathless Way, widely ring Henry Fonda. also earned Martinez, who is pursuing and finished her outstanding regarded as the best book on widespread acclaim and a graduate degree in school debate career with four awards. John Muir. He is currently Galati's 19QOstage production counseling, graduated from Dowdy reeeived superior working on a cultural history of . featuring the Steppenwolf Borah High Se'hool in 1988. Theatre Company received awards, presented to the top 10 the bristle cone pine. She is the daughter of Dornella glowing reviews. percent of the competitors in Martinez of Boise. Martinez BSU's presentation of an event, in both persuasive WEDNES~~'f,°APRIL··1,1998,

Starrwins longtime battle, senate addresses major issues before break

Saturdays as well as dudng.fipuls week and holidays. clarities certain parts of the ASBSU code and by TOBIN STEISKAL After addressin~issues surrounding library hours, Resolution No. 12; requesting time uniformity on the senate voted to hold a.constitutional conventionto clocks campus-wide, were sent to ASBSU President NEWS WRITER .~-.~ . ,. TJ. Thomson for signing. The senate ulso enacted Bills change the current ASBSU Constitution. Pro-Tern Anne m~1] .. '.,..' Taylor strongly supported the idea. She wants to recog- 23 and 24, which made structural changes to senate. number of issues fIlCfi}@ nize the U.S. Bill of Rights in the document to clarify rules and procedures. . took precedence at certain issues on campus. The executive and judicial Senate Bill No. 27, introduced by the howling Aj. he senate meet- l!iCD\iXB[][llIiIf.BOTfCl branches of ASBSU have also agreed to the conven- team, asks for $350 in funds for the c1uh to use at their ings held the week before Spring tion, and student leaders will soon set a date to discuss national tournament in Omaha, Nebraska. B1II No. 28 Break. First, Senator Christine Starr announced that, those changes. requests that $600 he earmarked for the Annual after a year-long battle, University Librarian Timothy Senate members also approved two new Associate Intertribal Native Council Pow Wow. Finally, Bill No. Brown and members of the Albertson's Library com- Justices, Elizabeth Roberts and Korrin Eveland. Both 29, appeals to the senate 1<) allot $700 for the Students mittee have agreed to extend library hours. students passed the interview and selection process, in' Free Enterprise to collect toys, raise proceeds and Starr says Brown supports lengthening access and the Senate approved them unanimously. fund events. times, and if all goes as planned students will sec those Senate members also looked at some pieces of leg- changes next semester. The new hours will allow them islation before Spring Break began. Bill No. 22, which to spend more time at the library on Fridays and BSU and city to examine parking situation

by JOHN THREET Bob Siebert, BSU Director of Campus Safety, said that his office receives numerous complaints about parking around BSU. On campus, only 4,962 SPECIAL TO THEARBITER parking spaces are available. With the BSU Framework Master Plan propos- ing parking garages, the document calls for reassigning many current parking esidents'who live on areas to pedestrian space. Siebert added that the structures would provide a eleven streets adja- "guesstimate of6,OOO parking places/'...... •...... Rcentto, the Boise .. WardelcaJled parking in the aiea"a seven day aweek,d·'ioura day ... State Univen.ity Campus have problem, BSU needs to address its r>arking'problem. U'scrltical thatBSU requested that the city im'prement addresses building parking garages. They're in a neighborhood; they need to new parking restrictions, and a be a good neighbor." special parking district for. the Parking restrictions on the eleven streets currently under application area may be the final result. could be' approved by the Boise City Council via resolution without a public Boise City Parking Control hearing. However, the ordinance for setting up a special parking district took comments from area resi- requires that officials conduct a public hearing. dents and businesses prior to The Ada County Highway District must also review requests for parking March 6, according to Parking ~_IIOo'I-·""~~'" restrictions on Potter Drive, Joyce Street, Verna Lane and Belmont Street Control Division Manager Tana "'~ ~ :101l..... I'''~_.' Wardel. Wardel said that early L- --I because some restrictions arc already in effect there. examination of the results seemed to favor proposed restrictions. The applications requested 30 minute time zones on portions of Belmont Street, Martha Street, Chrisway Drive, Oakland Ave., Verna Lane, Michigan Ave.,Joyce Street, Potter Drive and all of S IU DEN.IS Belmont Circle and Donald Circle, Some residents also requested, one hour restrictions for a portion of Belmont Street. Many people Jiving in this area have no driveways or off-street EARN ...IBHILE '1.0U .SI:,UDYI parking and oth':rs suffer from unauthorized parking on lawns and , blocked driveways because oftheir,proximity to the BSU campus . Newdonors·earn.$20 today . Wardel said that for oyer the past couple of years the parklng: ($18 first vIsit plus $5'for'$ludent ID) division has received applicati()Os"one block at a tiiTie/, As one street became,restricted, parking problems on adjacent streets wors- . for your blood' pla'smaclonation! ened...... - com« visit our clean facility·' Seekil:lS a more perrilanent an'd area-wide solution to these and meet ourfrlendlystaff~ concerns, Wardel said that she is considering bringing a tasK force , together made up of area residents, busiitesse:;and BSU officials. ' Bring ·frlends and earn an additional . She wants the force to consider a special parking district that would $10 per fri,endttl~t donates. extendfromBroad~ay Avenue to Capitol Boulevard and from Beacon Street to the BSU campus. Yourpl~sma saves lives! Wardelpoints tothe Boise High School arcaspccial parking district as a success in solvinghoth resident and student parking conflicts. In that area~the school issues 400 parking permits sold to students on a lottery system, and residents and'btisi_ne~ses receive -'S;~:'IIJI ..(·,A.'R·;>~~. free parking permits. " , '. , Wardelsaid she.is waiting tohearfr~)mBSU Executive -J·OI.,1. 8rOD~UlOY As.sisiani t()theP~esident,JohnFr.tnden·and BSU's attorney,. . ,,'~, ; ....., Amanda .Hqrto·n,·.regarding 'the·crea~ion.o.f aspecial.district·; ..., '.• •.. :'Frandensaid~tl1atB~Usupports surr()llOding: n~ighb~lrhoodj;~: ..:' 'i~ i'kadde

i ,WEDNESDA'f"APRlfh 1998

FredD'rasner Chief Executive Officer An Open Letter to Students Planning to Attend Law School "

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Dear Student: DON'T YOU JUST HATE TO BE GRADED? Well, by their shrill protests about U.S.News & World Report law school rankings, so do most of the deans of the law schools you are considering. However, as a law school graduate with both a' . J.D. and a LL.M. degree, I can ten you that these same deans will subject you to rigorous grading.' You will be required 'to endure lectures from tenured professors who have not changed theirdass notes since the Battle of Hastings. Then," after attending class for a full semester, you will be given one exam to determine your grade. One exam. one semester, one grade. One roll of the dice to measure your per:for~ance. .

At U.S. News & World ~eport we are far more equitable (to use a legal term). We have a multi-faceted, multi, dimensional, sophisticated ranking system developed and evolved over many years to give you guidance on what' may be one of your largest financial investments and' certainly one of the most important choices for your .career in law and perhaps beyond. While our law school rankings should notbe the only criteria in your choice of a law school, they should certainly be an important part of the analysis.

Get your copy of U.S.News & World Report's Best Graduate Schools guide on newsstands now. Or, to make it easier for you to sec the book that 164 law school deans would prefer you not see'{notwithstanding their commitment to the First Amendment), call 1,800-836,6397 (ask for extension 5105) and I will arrange for a copy of the book to be sent directly to you at $1 off the newsstand price." This will also ensure that you have a copy of these important rankings because, as ' a result of pub1icity surrounding the deans' determination to have you ignore the rankings, they are a very hot item.

'These law school rankings arc 'a small part of our philosophy of News You Can' USC": information we bring you in each ' issue of the magazine to help you manage your life.' "

Good luck in law school and good luck on making theright choice.

Kindest Regards; ,

Sincerely, .~' • Shippin~ .111," hJndhnlt ch.u!!,cs ••ddili,'n.,L .~------. 1290 Avenue ofrhc'Amerlcas.Suite 600,' www.usnews.com KBSU: Deja .Vuan over again , by CARIS~A WOLF, They have no right to take it away from us. It will _ takeover of the station .NEWS WRITER mean .Ie~s deci.sion. power by the students. If it's a stu- " ... it is too late," he said. "Durin' an SPB 'soa - ANO .KELLY MILLINGTON .TEAL, ~:;t r~dl~.stall~n, It shoul~ ~e staffed by students so box' meeting held just before finalslas~ year, Dr.ianfcs NfWSEOlTOR . y can ave ands-on tram mg. KBSU should .try to Paluzzi proudly announced 'We (KBSU) . I' find another s~lUrceof mone~ b~fi.)re going to CPB." a college radio station.' An~one who has t~~:~(;n (:(~~~: cir~ling.na of events, students arc again th Ahnothe~student at the lime, Pat Fletcher, said she, station lately knows this to be true ;, Edwards wrote clamoring tor the programming and access oug .t stu e~ts "should have some say in it;, He asked why each student w~s re uired to a' $3 that was taken from them twelve years ~O~~lImes thln~s can be too professional. If they can toward the operation of KBSU calling 10r peoPI~ t~ agl~.ln 1985, 1986, 1987 and part of 1988, In a wa~ to keep student control and still get the take a stand. ' . . BOIse State University witnessed a collision grant,F"I think'. that would be best"' . " Seek out your ASBSU representative,". he exhort- ~t InterestsIbetween KBSU-the university radio sta- d ,:n ~lIy, danl?kthersupporter, Don Stelms, said, ed, "Tell thelll..Y0u want student funding to KBSU to "It lion-and a conglomeration of students. From 1976 to stuoesn. ) t soun .' I er.,a very.1 good ldca. I kiInd 0flik'. e the be revoked. If enough of us .take. a stand, maybe we can 1985, those involved with the campus radio club had' . , lIt n the way I.tIS. If It becomes more professional, kick the bastards right off our campus." . run ~B,SU, playing alternative music and hosting dis- ~.:: be ~t~~ekt~p:~ablof the other 15 radio stations in the. 'Students did not take that stand for nearly two cussions at a transmitting power of 10 watts. a ey. m. It setter to have the station student-run years. . ~hen: in Sept~mber of 1985, General Manager whef.ret.herel.ls s(~:ne diversity involved and not so much Edwards also pointed a finger at the management Debbie Finley resigned and the station moved from its pro esslOna Ism.' takeover,'. blaming.. It for the loss of a. monthly program' location on University Drive to the second floor of the guide, increased looting in the album room,and the C?mmu?ication Building. This marked the beginning Boosting wattage and booting students move to a smaller station facility "which amounts to ot a sta.tlon management takeover, sparking debate thai little more than a large closet." lasted tor over two years and leading to accusations fter.dealing with numerous bureaucratic . Edwards named Paluzzi and then-Program i.nvestig~tions and a radical transformation ultimately in measures, CPB moved in and the KBSU Director Rob Dugas as the reasons for these changes favor of KBSU's close affiliation with National Public A:. . ffiliation was nearing completion, all laying the heaviest blame on Dugas. He acknowledg~d Rudio. . despite vocal student dissent. that the two had retained student management, but said In the front page of the March 5, 1986 issue of The those students were merely puppets taking action only Equal voice and the CPB ~n!~ersit~, News, reporter Steve Lyon wrote, "The pos- when Dugas pulled their strings. sibility of KBSU, becoming a Corporation of Public The former dee jay said he attended an initial meeting of new management and staff, hoping that . The changes students arc protesting now began Broadc~sti~gaffiliat.e with five professionals managing problems encountered during the takeover would be over a decade ago. . , the station IS becoming a reality, according to Friends' eliminated by teamwork. "Unfortunately," he wrote then November 6, 1985 issue of The of KBSU President Marla Legette." , , "such was not the case." .' University News, reporter Karen Kammann Legette noted that KBSU would be managed by a professional staff which would make all decisions con- Edwards said that "things' have become worse I. wrote that then-BSUpresident John Keiser had instead of better. Many of tbe announcers stiR a.\lbe . cerning policy and programming.Bhe alsosaid, "the asked BSU.Director of BroadcastServices Dr. Lee station are there merely to preserve their area of music ... c.urrent.m,usics~owformat willbecutback' and inter- Scanlon",t~,seek,a,gr~ttt. fromtheforporationior ...... sucli·as'.tberio\v~defunct·~cq,,~try~~rnt.'"'Ho\Veve,r.:': .. : sperSedwithprogr:dm,"~~gthat is n~floca"yprodlJced~ Public Broadcasiirig(CPB)ibiitilccordinj(to AS13SU: 'though he claims he is iricreasing;tati~n~ip':;'f~~ion~'.:· . KBSU as wekno~it.)odaywiUnolexjst." . attorrieyJohnSchr6edcr, it is unclear who has the ism,' many of the recent programming c~ange.~ seem to Lyon reported th~(the CPB affiliation aimed to power to make decisions about the student radio station reflect no more than the personal whimsdf Rob boost the station signal from 3,000 to 54,000 walls of and its programming." Dugas.'" . broadcal>ting power and increase the station's geo- Kammann added that a CPB memo specified a sta- The next week, The University News rdn an arti- graphical range. Officials also had to sort through tion must employ a minimum of five full-time profes- per- cle titled "Hetherington requests report on KBSU man- sonnel and legal matters before a"partnership could sionals with at least three in managerial and/or pro- agements." Reporter Karen Kammann wrote that then- solidify. Lyon wrote that the Idaho Educational Public gramming positions. ASBSU President John Hetherington had ordered an B~oadcasting'system was responsible for non-commer- This worried advocates of a student-run KBSU. investigation of the past and present management of cial broadcasting in Idaho, and that the ultimate author- But Kammann reported that Keiser .said becoming KBSU. ity for KBSU rested with the State Board of Education CPB-qualified would probably benefit KBSU by Hetherington appointed Marla Legette as chair of which held the FCC license. increasing the station's broadcast area, "providing pro- the Community Advisory Board, which was supposed Dr. Scanlon, Director of Broadcast Services, told fessional-quality training for the students, allowing to conduct the investigation and deliver a report by . Lyonthat if the station received CPB affiliation, offi-' more students to work on the staff and increasing the semester's end. That report had to include the current cials plannedto' acquire three programs that would .. quality of programming:' situation at KBSU, the stati()n's pa ..tmanagement, and comprise 16 percent of the broadcast day. Not long after, Keiser and then-ASBSU President community and student satisfaction with the station. "I see no reason to change the alternative music," Steve Jackson signed a contraCt stating "the radio sta- Kammann reported that station mariager Paluzzi' he added at that time. tion will develop student staff positions to parallel said he would willingly cooperate with the investiga- Lyon then asked Dr. Robert Boren of the commu- every professional staff position. Specific job descrip- tion, "as long as it is conducted professionally and in a nication department for his input. Students relied on tions will be developed to ensure that students will be manner that does not adversely affect student opera- Boren for suppor!of a student-run radio shit ion. Boren engaged in paraprofe~ional duties and responsibilities tions," . . said that professionals brought in would answer to the and opportunities .... thcsllidcnt paraprofessional staff Department of Communication and, through the depart- . '!Viii have equal voice in programming matters." The shakeup continues ment, to the dean. Kammann then'wrote that Keiser had explained "As long as the Communication department is "equal voice" did not includedecision-'making power. involved, our fight will be for student involvement," The former BSU president said, "We want students to Boren said at the conclusion ofihe article. ' lcarnfrompcoplc:who know more .• do.n'tthink a uni- versitY,should beembarrasscdtosay t~at.~' . 'WEDNE$DAljAPRIL,l,1998

had co~e to youi house withhisentlIe record collec- eral manager and the revocation of dedicated student tion.", These ~entiJDents have been resurrected in the an situation directly parallel to current events, fees to KBSU, and the demaildtbat offlcials hire five current protest as well: ' .!anuary of '1988 foti~d stu.dents petitioning dur- parallel student staff positions,oneJor each of the pro- Img drop/add and regtstration to "Help us stop fessionals required bytheCPB affiliation; , CPB certification, hard times' KBSl,J from using your fees if you dislike recent Later,' in May of 1988, another group of students 'changes," according to' a large sign set up on campus. met to discuss, the possibility of establishing their own Over.1;OOO students signed the petition during the first radio station, not as a hostile reaction to, the he AUgust ..31, 1987 issue of The University .... KBSUlNationai PUblic Radio takeover, but as an outlet ,. .' News was the next to nmthe continuing. two days of the drive that-was set to lastthrough early .T. . for student expression. ASBSU budgeted $500 toward story of the KBSU saga. "KBSU to boost February of that year. programming and power," written by reporter Stephen The petition read, "We, the undersigned, believe theeffort.Organiiation members traveled.to the , King, detailed officials' plans to increase power from that KBSU is no longer a student activity, nor-a legiti- University of Idaho and Idaho State Universityto exam- 3,000 to 19,000 watts as well as expand programming. , mate student radio station, and we ask that the $2 per- ine each institution's student-ron radio stations. Rick King also reported that KBSU became certified as a semester dedicated fee currently being used by the sta- Overton said that by broadcasting over a cable service, ' fully qualified public radio station by the Corporation of tion be rescinded." ,he expected BSU's student radio station could become , Public Broadcasting in July of 1987. He quote

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The Scottish battle BSU by ERICA HILL Katz, relatively new to the They do this by sponsoring celebrations of Celtic her- ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR band but not new to the itage. In 1997, they brought Boise its very first music as he has played Ccilidh, a Scottish-Irish festival of music and dance. bagpipes since he was The event packed 400 people into the Mardi Gras ,enuine love for Celtic and Scottish ten; and Davy Steele, Ballroom in Boise. They also hosted an arts and crafts music has prompted the BSU-born whose voice has graced fair in 1997 consisting primarily-of works from Celtic ~ cottish American Society to spon- bands such as Coelbeg lovers around Idaho. sor cultural events for years. The group was at it and Clan Alba. The society is currently considering how to bring again Monday night with a concert in the Grace Their presence at Scottish history and language instruction classes to Jordan Ballroom by the Battlefield Band from BSU results from a Boise and plans to hold a Celtic Festival and Highland Glasgow, Scotland, The troupe mixes old instru- national tour promoting' Games somewhere in the Treasure Valley. They also ments such as the bagpipes and fiddles with have plans to establish a Celtic Heritage Center which modern ones such as synthesizers. They have their newest release Rain, would house classes for dance lessons, Scottish-Irish played in 17 countries including Germany, Austria, Hail and Shine as well as the pipe instruction and a traditional pub Scottish style. Poland, Egypt and Australia as well as over 60 cities hard work of the Scollish American Society. Membership is open to anyone interested in throughout the United States, Originally the society started off as the Scottish- Celtic culture. Anyone can call the society's president, The current line-up for the band includes Alan America Student Association of BSU and eventually Pete McBride, at (208) 331-1942 or Vice President Reid, who introduced keyboards into ancient Celtic spanned out into two chapters, one in the Treasure Shawn McWilliams at (208) 459-9259. Their e-mail music; John McCusker, the fiddling maniac who Valley and another in McCall. The society's mission is address is [email protected]. joined the band when he was only 17 years old; Mikern----=-~----=---=-.:....-----~---,----_Ito promote pride and awareness of Scottish traditions. A debut by the new Van Halen \,.(I" ,.r r by MARK TAYLOR into the canon of what one expects from Van Hulen. I f-i ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT WRITER The song eerily recalls old school Van Halen with lots of harmonies and lyrics about satisfying the libido. he new Van Halen album was recently There are a disproportionate number of slow released to a media blitz and followed a brooding tracks t()/~the worst offender among Tgreat deal of speculation as to the band's, ,_\.(t,l!Jem the ponderous "Yeirroihe Day:" It isn't clear staying power. The album's title/II? signifies the rtL I what they were shooting for, but self-indulgence is the entrance of new lead singer Gar{Ch~iOiic, and mut

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I" ,.: ". r," .r , ..,"'. - .. ',' .~, ...... , . , '13 70111.annual Academy Awards recap .... by MARK TAYLOR . , ' wrong. Helen Hunt took the prize. I stated at the time BEST SCRf:ENPLA Y (written directly for the ARTSAND EIfTERrAlNMENT WRITER that she might but it was hard stomaching a prime-time screenJ:MiirkAndrus and James L. Brooks for.,6li '" , television star taking it. So much for the prestige