Boise State University ScholarWorks Student Newspapers (UP 4.15) University Documents 4-14-1992 Arbiter, April 14 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]. I-IE RBITER Issue 14 Volume 1 Tuesday, A'p r H 14, 1992 . .• x ," >::: Sholty/Sanchez win election By Melanie Delon Staff Writer ~li~"':t:::PTodd Sholty and Lisa Sanchez were victorious intheir bid for .the st~dent body presidency and vice presidency, I~§~t.),.,.,;respectively, m the ASBSU elections on April 8 and 9. They will be sworn into office on April 16. Over- '~~~~I$.·••·fJt·•••<1i.~l)•••••"····all, 1,600 students voted in the elections-a 241 per- cent increase from the 664 votes cast last year. <1IaSSic "We just want people to know that we are here for ~~~)" the students, and that we are going to take ASBSU in a new direction," Sholty said, the student body presi- dent-elect for the 1992-93 school year. -Sholty and his running mate Lisa Sanchez de- feated competitors CJ. Martin and Jenni Thom~son by 35 votes. Sholty and Sanchez received 527 votes Martin and Thomason gathered 492 votes and wer~ followed by the ticket of John O'Hara and Laura 1~II~f'tfllaware> Walters, who finished with 382 favorable ballots. The ticket of Wes Garvin and Jackie Cauthron fin- ished fourth with 117 votes. '0~.~lilGreg Blaesing, director of the Student Union Building and Student Activities, said, "I am thrilled that 1,600 people voted." state Board l Student involvement in this year's election became even more apparent, as more than 50 students turned out for the announcement of the election results. I Photo by Mark Barnard approves See Election on page 4 ASBSU President-elect Todd Sholly and Vice President-elec; Lisa sanchez. fee hike By Dawn Kramer Russian experts analyze Cold War aftermath Staff Writer Fees will increase for all stu- By Rob Bergin " , ' dents attending Idaho's four-year News Editor institutions because of a proposal , Historic changes, which are. passed by the StateBoard ofEdu- occurring in. \h~ aftermath of ....." cationon Thurswiy,March9, the dissolution of the rorlner' ' The university presidimts,as Soviet Union, were the focus . of the Fraflk Church Conference' well as. the student body presi- on Thursday, April 9 and dents of the schools, testified be- Friday, April 10 at Boise State fore the SBE for increases based University. upon their needs. Several leaders of the former Boise State University will Soviet Union were featured as have the largest increase with keynote speakers and lecturers. 9.71 percent, compared to Idaho The most prominent State University at 5.04 percent, speaker was Georgii Arbatov the University of Idaho at 4.85 Russia's top analyst of the percent and Lewis and Clark United States and its foreign and State College at 5.05 percent. domestic policy. Tamara Sandmeyer, ASBSU Arbatov, an adviser to Boris 'president, said the reason for the Yeltsin, spoke on the "United difference was BSU is the only States and the Commonwealth: campus planning to build new . What's at Stake". His lecture, housing. held in the Student Union Build- "We think we put together a ing,was attended by students, fair proposal," said Larry faculty and the local community. Selland, B~U's interiin presi- Also featured at the confer- dent. ence was Andrei Kortunov, a 1 The SBE recommends that leading commentator on events I in the former Soviet Union. He " institutions keep their increases below the cost of living index, is frequently featured on Ameri- plus two. The current cost of liv- can news shows as an expert in Russian affairs. Recently, he has Photo by Shawna Hanel ing index is 3.5 percent-so BSU been on 'Nightline.' was the only campus not to meet Dr. Andrei KoItunov; a leading commentator on events in the former SOviet Union. BSU political science this criteria. However, the Board addressed issues concerning recent changes in his country Thursday, April 9 in the professor Greg Rayniond also will allow up JO, but not in ex- Student Union Building. KoItunov was a speaker in the Frank Church Conference. participated in the week-long cess of, a 10 percent increase. session. Currently, in-state residents pay $689 per semester in fees at BSU, $594 at LCSC, $618 at U Shuttle program may ease parking woes of I and $615 at ISU. The new By Stuart Bryson beginning of September. and operated by Boise ,.Urban other proposals. "You can build increases will widen the gap be- Staff Writer Thesystemwillhaveapproxi- Stages. a parking garage at $5,500 to tween what BSU students will You may soon be able to park mately 20 stops on and around BSUemployeesandstudents $10,000 a space ... if you own the. pay and what students at the your car and ride a bus to class if campus, with two separate runs- would also be able to use the city land," he said. Franden said he other state institutions will pay. a proposed shuttle bus plan is one around the campus and the bus system for free by showing thought outlying parking lots BSU students will pay $749 per implemented by the Transporta- other behind the , " . their student ID might be used more if people had semester, $642 at LCSC, $648 tion Task Force, a groupmade up College of UVOU can buDd a ' cards. a way to get from their carsto at U of land $646 at ISU. of eight student, faculty and staff T e c hn 0log y, n.'.:IIrlnn ,'. at . Franden said class. One such example is the '~We're willing to go 9.71 members. The group is trying to over to Boise .-- ..... g garage. thepuiposeofthe s~ium parking lot· percent bacause the legislative get a $250,000 chunk of federal Avenue and $5,500 to. $1 O,OQC) system is,to help ,The system is a follow-up of appropriation was so small this moneys to stan a demo-program down to Capitol. a space •••• 'alle~iate . the a. trial ron that was in effect for year," Sandmeyer said in for ':W or three years. If the task. It will use three . -J ,parking problein two weeks ,last spring. Accord- 0 defense of the proposed increase forcegetsthemoney.Chairman buses with, om Fran.den on campus. He ing to Franden, the two-week test before the SBE. John. Franden said, the, system roughly 3S to 40 indicated that abe run was too sl\Ort to determine if see Board on page 8 m~y beimplemen.tedby .the passengers, whichwill be owned system is a good alternative to . See BSU on back page " ,", 1beArbua: April 14, 19.9~~lseSt:atel!nlveislt.y . .' '- " -''':.',. ,....' 2 .> Inside/Out ... Cry1?abiesshotild go on . '. ' ... '. .. home to their mommies What's wrong WIth this picture? whatever they wantjust so I might The game is played by an Before I get started, I just happened to the democratic savor the experience of attending interesting hodge-podge of want to say a couple of things. process? When did the senate such a big-time professional government, business. and reli- Thumbs upBSUl The stu- become so elitist? All students center of learning. gious elites. Whoops! Did I miss dent body finally proved it is not have a right' to vote,' whether education elites? No; they usually apathetic. The ASBSU elections they live in the residence halls Dick McKinnon was right. We need to build a giant menu- fit pretty easily into one, of the were a tremendous success. or are non-traditional commut- other categories. 1,600people voted in this year's .ingstuden~. The students chose ment to him and call it McKinn~n Hall. Issues of public policy The game has rules that keep elections compared to last year's Todd Sholty and Lisa Sanchez the spectators safely behind a wall measly 664. Don't get me for president and. vice-presi- should be decided on the basis of one's religion. The director of of apathy. Students are blessed wrong; there is still room for dent, respectively. ' with the right iokeep their mouths improvement, Unlike recess in kindergar- Student Residential Life has a re- sponsibility to' provide us with shut and watch the grown-up All of the presidential can- ten, you can't make up the rules world go by. didates and most of the senato- as you go along. This is not the moral guidance. i Elizabeth Zinzer is right. The The game has high stakes. rial candidates had legitimate, land of make-believe. Just be- Millions of dollars and hundreds timely and important planks in, cause you don't get things ex- Mack Sermon columnist University of Idaho is the state's diamond institution. Anything we of jobs are held ransom for our their platforms. Their campaigns actly the way you want them; education. We can ill afford an- They were right; I was wrong. can do; they can do better. And were well-run and dealt with the doesn't mean you can take your other long-haired, loudmouth Gov. Andrus was right to veto their daddies can beat up our dad- issues rather than opponent- marbles and go home. ' . pissing on our utopia for the sake bashing.