Boise State University ScholarWorks Student Newspapers (UP 4.15) University Documents 2-15-1995 Arbiter, February 15 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]. 2 NnVS--- ---------------- ------ WEONESOAtFEBRUARY 15, 1995 THEAR'"ER newsbucket PhysicsD~partmenttakes tfJppriority in new m~lti-clil5sroombuilding . Don't panic-stay on the line Classrooms. will be scheduled each semester for Since Boise State Universityintalled its new enhanced 911 MARK DAVID HOUADAY Slaff Writer their specific departmental assignments, provldlng system, the campus patrol unit of the Ada County Sheriffs . more options for registration. Officehas been receiving a lot of "accidental" 911 calls. Previously, it was critical that the top floors of the When livingon campus, this is easy to do. Overcrowding in classrooms and computer labs wiII ease up when a new multi-user classroom build- new multi-classroom building were finished for the Ifa student dials 9 to get off campus, then 1 to make a '96 fall semester. The Physics Department was to be long-distance call, then another 1 accidentally, the call is rout- ing is complete in .the summer of '97. The legislature approved of $6.2 miIlion for the moved out of the science and nursing building to ed to a 911 dispatcher. new multi-classroom structure last year. It ~ill make way for renovations and the expansion of the Unfortunately,the BSUPatrol Unit has to follow up on include a new computer lab, Physics Department, var- chemistry and biology departments. However, the these accidental calls, sending a car out to the location. ious classrooms and lecture halls. Construction will company appointed to design the building overran Sgt. DickKerstingsays ifa person accidentally dials 911, begin in the fall of 1996. initial cost estimates in excess of $1 million. they should not panic, but they should stay on the line and Current plans call for the first floor to hold the ZGAassociates of Boise is now designing plans for tell the dispatcher they dialed the number accidentally. computer lab, large lecture halls and classrooms with a 54,()()().square-footstructure. This is hoped to bring Kerstingsays the BSUPatrol Unit receives two to four acci- tables with swivel chairs for seating. The lab will con- costs down to the original estimate. dental calls every day. lain 14o-plus computer terminals and will be open 24 Delays in planning and construction cost more hours a day with full access to two restroom and money in the long run because construction and vending machine areas. material costs increase over time. An example of this Second and third floors wiII contain standard-sized is the cost of the building's size per square foot; the BSU is given a classrooms, seminar and student study rooms. Part of original estimate ran around $98 while subsequent the third floor wiII also contain physics lab rooms, estimates ranged from $100 to $118. according to the specifications. University Architect Victor Hosford has called for The fourth floor wiII contain the remainder of the different variations of the new plan in order to be silver mine? Why? Physics Department, including classrooms and faculty prepared for future cost hikes. offices, The building will be located adjacent to Brody The building wiII include raceways and conduits Street south of the Nursing/Science Building and west AARON SWITZER for wiring, whichwlll make the buildingupgradable. of the large communications satellite dish. Slaff Writer BSU has inherited a 15O-year-oldsilver mine. Alice and Robert Harper of Greenfield, Mass. donated the mine, which lies in the mountains 12 miles northwest of Hailey. Plans for the. mine remain Between A undecided The mine could either rock Will 1996 be used as a geology field camp or the mine and its surrounding 200 . and A . acres may be swapped for some graduate. other land. The benefits to BSU in these two areas are great, and an evaluation of the mine's potential students be is pending. In addition to the mine itself, ar ace the university has also been given sent to documents, photographs and even a diary of one of the original mine Cheryl is not alone. owners, Henry Applington, Students impacted Kathy James, bureau chief for the mine to English professor Tom 'l'rusky, Department of Health and Welfare's Bureau of the man who spoke directly to the when child care Family Self-Support Programs, says that 750 Harper family concerning acccp- families who were receiving aid as late as WO rk off tancc of the mine, sees the mine as November have now been denied assistance, a cultural mother lode. Mining funding ran out bringing the number of families helped records primarily deal with mine statewide down to 1,250. output and offer little information KATE NEIUY BEU Some of the 750 families whose funding delinquent about the lives of those who Managing Editor was cut off include students who were forced worked at the mine. But Trusky to drop out of school in order to take care of says the documents that BSU has Cheryl, a 31-year-old social work major; was their children. student inherited give a more complete put in a real bind when she received a letter ''Your education is how you get out of that cultural picture. from Child Care Connections-a child-care circle of poverty," said Krista Easteppe, who ? The full story of the mine's resource and referral agency-a week after works at The Women's Center.. Ioans. heritage awaits historical prospect- spring classes started, informing her that feder- Idaho receives $6 million a year to aid fami- ing, but some of the initial prob- al funding for child care for her three children lies who can't afford child care. Because so ings hint at some interesting returns. The mine was originally developed had run out many families in Idaho met the income eligibili- by French prospectors in the 186Os.It was then purchased by the Pass It was too late for this student to get a ty requirements, funding quickly disappeared Mining Corporation. refund of her tuition and fees, so Cheryl had to and, in January, Idaho had to restructure the Horace Thurber brought his family to Hailey in the 1890s and per- restructure her class schedule in order to take mcome-guideflnes, making less families eligible ished looking for silver in the mine. In 1895,Applington, 14,comes west care of her two-year-old twins and four-year- for funding. The state also had to kick in $3.4 to view the mine, leaving photographs and a dairy of the journey. old. Cherylstill has one day class and is looking million, says James, in order to keep the pro- ·Alice Harper, the daughter of Applington, assumes control of the for a babysitter. She says it will probably cost gram running through the end of 1995. If the mine in 1%5 with her husband; Robert Harper. her $600 to keep her day class. But she's in a state hadn't put this money into the program, Exxon looked for precious minerals in the mine in the 1980's. bind-if she drops below full-time status, she'll the program would have run out of money at In a last ditch attempt at silver, the famous dowser Henry Gross is have to pay back her financial aid. the end of February, says Melanie Curtis- asked to dowse a mailed map of the area for silver. A thick band of sil- ''If the letter would have come a week earli- Campbell of Childcare Connections. ver was projected. However, Gross's prediction of the band was never er, we would have been fine," says Cheryl. With the new eligibility requirements, James followed up on and the mine is turned over to BSU.,~,- With a year and a half until she graduates, says the program should be. able to survive on Will 19%.graduate students be· sent to mine to work off delinquent ., Cheryl says she is glad that BSU's new child- federal money next year, unless the federal student. loans? Whatever happens, the university is.certainly appreciative care center will.be ready soon. government reduces funding; , of this donation by theHarpers .- •• ~.". - "'~- f ..... -'l..- _ THE ARBITER WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1995 ------------------------NEWs3 faculty effort and not by the repression of educational reward" ASBSUlries 10 slop Davis said the policy is intended to increase academic commitment and to more closely fit "the real world [in) that you don't have infinite opportunities:' grade averaging policy••• "It's a judgment call and it's a judgment call on the part of the faculty. "Nobody gets into the faculty business to do students in-the pay just isn't worth it," CORKY HANSEN Yunker said Ruch "paid very close allen. ing," he said. Davis said. Special10 TheArbil,r tion" to students' concerns, and SUbsequent. Yunker said students hit with emergen- ASBSUremains unsatisfied. ly refused to. approve the grade averaging cies but who did not apply for a complete "This is a policy that inhibits the main The ASBSUSenate is seeking to reverse a policy until the Faculty Senate drafted a withdrawal may apply to the university goal of this university-education," said new grade averaging policy, but according grade exclusion or "forgiveness" policy.