Boise State University ScholarWorks Student Newspapers (UP 4.15) University Documents 4-28-2003 Arbiter, April 28 Students of Boise State University Although this file was scanned from the highest-quality microfilm held by Boise State University, it reveals the limitations of the source microfilm. It is possible to perform a text search of much of this material; however, there are sections where the source microfilm was too faint or unreadable to allow for text scanning. For assistance with this collection of student newspapers, please contact Special Collections and Archives at [email protected]. , .........Music: It's all inthe family .. 8 University comes together to select new president By Linda Cook pie were worried about," she The Arbiter ------- said. Another committee member, The screening committee in Dr. Lynn Russell, dean at the charge of selecting the next uni- College of Engineering, has versity president is comprised of worked at BSU since 1997. community members from var- Sheila Sorensen is a state leg- ied backgrounds-reflecting islator who chairs the State Boise State's diverse community. Affairs Committee and serves on The Idaho State Board of a health advisory board at the Education selected them from university. many nominees and volunteers No fewer than five members with the-goal of having all inter- of the business community are on ests represented. the screening committee but To that end, the nine members most have a history of involve- of the committee include faculty ment with BSU. members, a student, a state sena- Ed Dahlberg is the president tor, business leaders and the past and CEO of St. Luke's Regional presidents of the athletic and Medical Center, a major employ- alumni associations. er of BSU graduates. Charles "The committee was put Wilson, owner of Wilson together based on nominations Properties is a member of the from various campus constituen- BSU Foundation, which raises cies," said Randi McDermott, and manages money for the uni- plans and policy officer for the versity. Board. Mark Dunham, executive vice Former ASBSU president president of the Idaho Chris Mathias is serving on the Association of Realtors, is also a screening committee. In a recent member of the BSU Foundation interview, he stressed the impor- and is the former president of the BSU Alumni Association. tance of student involvement in Tiariyi ~u, with her husband Van. holds a photo taken one year ago in Boise of her dog Huahua. the decision-making process. Milford Terrell of DeBest Mathias said the next president Plumbing and Mechanical is the would help determine student former president of the Bronco fees and the role of BSU in the Athletic Association. state and region. He said the can- Roderic Lewis is the chair of didate selected should have expe- the committee. He is the secre- rience in dealing with students tary for the State Board of Alum's dog mauled by pit bull and student representatives. Education and the chief legal Dr. Carol Martin, from the officer of Micron Technology. Department of English, has been The committee accepted input had to put Huahua to sleep after a pit that afternoon, she was told the dog at Boise State for over 30 years. on the candidates from the public bull attacked her in Ann Morrison Park would have to be put to sleep. The through April 23. On April 24, Walk in Ann She said that she looked for, on April 13. Pomeranian's spine was damaged in "someone who is strong in reach- the screening committee met "Huahua was like my baby," Pu two places, leaving Huahua permanent- ing out to the community. with the representatives of cam- Morrison Park ly crippled. That, on top of the other pus organizations to hear their said. Someone who understands acad- "We took her on visits to China injuries, convinced the Pu's to put their emia." She noted that all of the feedback .on. the .candidates. dog to sleep. Those organizations were the turns deadly twice, and my family' Just 'iovcd her. candidates have strong back- My mother even weaved her a "I just want to know why that dog grounds in those areas. Dean's Council, ASBSU, the Faculty Senate, the professional sweater." was not on a leash," Pu said. "On campus I am probably By Elizabeth Puckett Ann Morrison Park docs' have a regarded as representing faculty and classified staff senates, the The Arbiter --------- Pu said she and her husband were Bronco Athletic Association, the walking Huahua in the park when the leash law, as do most other city parks in because I am a faculty member Boise. The only area where dogs arc and there is a dean on the search Alumni Association and BSU In 2000, Tianyi Pu came to the attack happened. allowed off-leash is at the Military committee. People would per- Foundation. United States from China with her hus- "We were just playing, and it all ceive him as the administration In the past month, each of the band to complete her master's degree in happened so quick. All of a sudden Reserve Park in North Boise .. representative," Martin said. four final candidates has visited there was a pit bull charging at us, and The law currently states, however, BSU and met with those same accounting. that infractions of the leash law receive She said some people were Lonely, in a new country, the Pu's then he had his mouth around Huahua's , campus organizations as well as only a $25 fine, plus court costs and concerned at first that faculty and decided to adopt a pet, hoping an ani- neck, shaking her. The owner didn't the media, and have also partici- goes on the defendants record as an students were underrepresented mal would help them acclimate to even call the pit bull back when it came on the committee, but that those pated in open forums to answer' infraction. This law recently changed Boise. Immediately, they became running at us," she said. fears were unfounded. questions from the public. The from a $300 fine, a misdemeanor and attached to· their dog - a Pomeranian "That pit bull was probably about "I think it was a good com- four candidates arc: Guy Bailey, possible jail time. Brad Bartel, Robert Kustra and , named Huahua. 150 pounds." mittee and certainly all of the Huahua was not killed in the attack, people on the committee are Perry Moore. They expected the dog to live a long strong supporters of Boise State. No date had been set for the life, and were deeply hurt when they but when Pu took her to a veterinarian There were no hidden agendas or final decision. any of the other things that peo- Bush has advantages his father lacked in '92 fate (as his father)," Pitney said. father, he doesn'thave the baggage .2004, less than two weeks before the By Ron Hutcheson third anniversary of the Sept. 11, That's why Bush talks constantly Knight Ridder Newspapers --- of a broken promise on tax cuts, he about the economy now - to avoid doesn't have to worry about a 2001, attack on the World Trade Center. That offers Bush a prime- his father's mistake of appearing President Bush has fol1owedhis Republican chal1enger from the indifferent to the problems of aver- right such as Pat Buchanan and he time opportunity to remind voters of father's path for most of his life, but his leadership when the nation was age Americans. Almost every now he has a chance to break the doesn't have an ornery Ross Perot chance he gets, Bush touts his tax- threatening to run as an indepen- shaken after Sept. II. pattern by winning a second term in However, no one, including cut plan as the best way to help the White House. dent. unemployed workers. In 1992, Perot spent about $50 Bush's political advisers, doubts After the fall of Saddam that a bad economy could torpedo . Whether his plan actually would Hussein's regime, one line of instant million in the campaign's closing help tile economy is another ques- weeks bashing the elder Bush's eco- Bush's re-election. As bad as things analysis held that Bush could suffer were in 1992, the country ~ained tion; the nonpartisan Congressional the same political fate as his dad: nomic stewardship. Budget Office concluded last month And this time, unlike 1992, the more than 2 rnilIion jobs while the riding high in polls after winning a elder Bush was in the White House. that its economic impact might be war with Iraq, only to lose re-elec- war isn't real1y over. Cor-tinuing positive or negative, but either way, problems in post-war Iraq and the History shows that the economy tion because voters were unhappy was actually wel1 on its way to it would be smal1. with a weak economy. ever-present threat of terrorism Bush's anti-tax" message also mean that voters are likely to focus recovery by Election Day 1992, This President Bush is hardly a although it didn't seem that way at reassures conservative activists who shoo-in, but he has several advan- on domestic issues and national were infuriated in 1990 when the security concerns. That's bad news the time. tages that elder Bushlacked in 1992. Under .the current President elder Bush broke his "no new taxes" Bush enters his re-election cam- . for America but good news for Bush pledge by including higher revenues political1y, because voters give him Bush, the economy has lost more paign backed by' a unified 10 a massive deficit-reduction com- high marks as commander in chief.