Boise State University ScholarWorks Student Newspapers (UP 4.15) University Documents 8-28-2006 Arbiter, August 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]. FIRST ISSUE FREE THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT VOICE OF BOISE STATE SINCE 1933 ISSUE 04 MONDAY August 28 2006 www.arblteronllne.com VOLUME 19 NEWS -----------7---------------- PAGE 2 Check out the What The's! And be aware, Idaho has a high percentage of drunk driving.' Students access free textbooks OPINION BY JESSICA CHRISTENSEN textbook costs. Some professors say they take book price PAGE 3 Asst. News Editor Into consideration when deciding on require- The Arbiter editorial board The Associated Students of Boise State ments. Sheila M.Puffer, an international busi- exposes another costly blunder University opened up the first-ever "textbook ness professor at Northeastern University's To donate books or ask College of Business Administration, knows of ASBSUstudent government. library" on campus this semester. Housed at Albertsons Library, it has been created as about the subject directly. Her son goes to questions, contact Taylor a resource for students who cannot afford to MIT, and at the end of the spring semester, Newbold at 426-1440 or she went to the college bookstore, tried to sell CULTURE pay for their own textbooks. The textbook li- brary will house two copies of each book, and back five books, and only got money for one, [email protected]. will be available for students to check out for receiving $25for a $109psychology book. The PAGE 4 two hours at a time. leftover books were either outdated editions According .to a 2005 Government or not being used the next semester. Mark Wahlberg protrays Accountability Office report, it showed text- Alternatives for textbooks are available. football legend, teens are book prices almost tripled between 1986 and BSU Adjunct faculty member Carment stili upset over weight and 2004 - rising by 186percent. McClish said in her class she has put all class The Arbiter reviews the latest Several states have introduced legislation materials on reserve at Albertsons Library. groups just in time to lose your this -year to encourage professors to consid- "Printing or copying all these materials will still be cheaper than making you buy a book," hearing. er cost when deciding on required texts and choose fewer bundled materials, which in- McClish said. SPORTS clude extra pieces such as CDs. According to Newbold, BSU houses the However, will these measure make a dif- first-ever textbook library for a four year col- ference In policy, or will students continue to lege/university in the nation. PAGE 7 either pay full price or find books from alter- "The growth of the textbook library cannot nate sources? continue without the help of all instructors Get your first look at new The textbook library project is not meant who want to ensure the success of their stu- offensive and defensive as a substitute for students who do not want dents, and without the pressure of students coordinators. to pay for their textbooks, but rather offer to ensure that their instructors provide them students who might find themselves in un- with available textbooks when possible," fortunate circumstances a way to still suc- Newbold said. Albertsons Library Dean Marilyn Moody ONLINE ceed. Coordinating and leading the project is Taylor Newbold, ASBSU'ssecretary of public said she has been looking for ways to really relations. support to help students at BSU. Newbold Post your comments online at: "The growth of the textbook library cannot said the' cooperation from the library has WWW.ARBITERONUNE.COM continue without the help of all instructors been great, considering without its help and who want to ensure the success of their stu- support the textbook library would be located dents, and without the pressure of students at the ASBSUoffices. to ensure that their instructors provide them "I think it's been a great idea. We wanted to O~ CAMPUS with available textbooks when possible," see what we can do to expand. It's a great way Newbold said. to work with ASBSU,"Moody said. MONDAY, AUG. 28 According to Businessweek.com, publish- Faculty may donate new or old editions of Faculty/Student Grill and Chili ing companies determine wholesale prices, textbooks at any time of the school year, and there Is no limit on donations. The books will at the Quad. college bookstores decide on final retail pric- es and then faculty members choose materi- be placed on reserve at the library and there 11:00am - 2:00pm. FREEl als for individual classes, textbook costs can will be a two-hour time limit on each. What a fun way to start be expensive. On average, bookstores mark- A book may be donated by giving it to the the semester! up textbooks 33 percent on new books and 50 reserve section of the library, by bringing Grab some great food, enjoy percent on used books. New editions, which the textbook to ASBSU'soffice in the Student the company of Boise State's come out about every four years, also add to Union or by arranging for a pick up. fabulous faculty and meet new friends. TUESDAY, AUG. 29 Nutrition Q & A t~ationalGuard at The Student Recreation Center Mapping drunk driving fatalities Location: Fitness Testing and Wellness Room, Recreation Percentage of total U.S. fatal crashes that involved legally drunk provides students Center. Tuesdays at 4: 15pm- 5: 15pm (Excluding scheduled .drivers,* by state, 2005: school breaks and summers) D15% and ~ 16% ·20% I 21% ·25% I Above 25% with aid for college lower BY CEAN SIEGEL News Writer WEATHER ------------~--------------- MONDAY R.I.• High: 95F / Low 67F Conn .• Del.• '~~,!;:~f: ..;.:}rf(t':;~ 1('" , D.C.• TUESDAY High: 92F / Low 54F U.S. Lowest, WEDNESDAY average High: 75F / Low 47F Utah '20% 9'0 CONTACT ---------------------------- NEWS *Drivers and motorcycle operators (208) 345-8204 x 102 [email protected] with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 grams per deciliter or higher OPINION (208) 345-8204 x 112 Source: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration letters@arbiteronline.!=om Graphic:Pat Carr, Angela Smith ",. @ 2006 MeT CULTURE (208) 345-8204 x 104 Ad campaigns by the National Highway Traffic SafetY Administration [email protected] are seeking to reduce drunk driving between now and Labor Day. ' Officers in Boise are aggressively looking fof drunk drivers and those SPORTS, violatingalcohotarld druglaws~A~c()tdlng,t()BoisePoliceDepartrn.eMt (208) 345-8204 x 103 [email protected] .officials, crime trends involving drug and alcohol violations have been on the rise frol'll Jan.,tto J\Jn.e30:D~l~rre~tsare'up2,2,percent, " ADVERTISING llquor;law.vi()latipns;~r~,.'.UP,,27,.•,p~r~~nt,aF'l,(j'c:ltug'paraphernaJia••,vi.(j!.a~ (208)34S~8i04X 118 busln,[email protected],," . ,.tion~.·ar~~p '13.perF~h~•.;':[ytQ}.~9:·,R~Q~$W9,ffor,:·th.eJu"storY.··", :'0'> .:. ";' '; .,', .,~:.' ._".-,- '"."'" ,,--:'_-~;'\.> .• ",<c:'.~".'l·c f.·C''''';'>'-':''>"''':'i,~;,_·;'~<_':i:-::r:''~_:J'·: .~:; ... "--,,,'-.--.............~ World/National/What the? stories courtesy. of MCT Campus Wire Services unless otherwise credited. Local/BSU .stories are courtesy of the Boise State Web site at www.bolsestateledu. All stories are complied by News Writers. world ' sitting In tracksuits on the floor In are known," said Mouln Rabbani, and the group didn't explicitly Nason said. Pilots will spray roughly 82,000 front of a plain black backdrop. a' Jordan-based Middle East se- threaten to kill its captives. Alcohol-caused car crash deaths acres in Canyon County, primar- "We are alive and WeII, In fairly nior analyst With the International were down in 23 states and up in 27 ily along the Boise River corridor, Fox News joumalists states last year, according to statis- including the cities of Middleton, good health/ Centanni said in a Crisis Group. "This is a more worri- national kidnapped in Gaza subdued voice. "Our captors are some set ofcoincidences." tics released Wednesday. The big- CaldwelI, Notus and Parma. Cities treating us well," In the past, most kidnapped gest successes were in Utah (down that are not on the Boise River but The undated video was the first Westerners were released within a 50 percent), Maryland (down 34 are also proposed for spraying When two Fox television jour- news of the journalists' condition few hours. A British aid worker and Pluto established as percent), Rhode Island (down 24 are Nampa, Greenleaf, Melba and nalists were kidnapped in the since armed gunmen kidnapped her parents were freed after two- part of a variety of percent), Massachusetts (down Wilder. Gaza Strip last week, It was widely them on Aug. 14 in Gaza City near and-a-half-days in captivity last 21 percent) and Oregon (down Weather permitting; spraying assumed that the pair would be the Palestinian security services of- December,' and a French journalist Kuiper Belt objects 19percent). will start Monday night and con- quickly released like two dozen fices. was released almost exactly a year Drunk-driving deaths increased tinue evenings through Thursday. other Westerners briefly abducted While such videos have become ago after being held for nine days. Much of the mourning sur- most in Hawaii (up 21 percent), Risch met with Canyon County by Palestinian groups over the past routine in Iraq, this is the first time The statement itself was also un- rounding Pluto's so-called demo- the District of Columbia (up 31 Commissioner David Ferdinand two years.