Boise State University ScholarWorks Student Newspapers (UP 4.15) University Documents 9-22-1999 Arbiter, September 22 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]. L e LiSE ,->,.. ';' ..;.'.. C,. Ji, ."~-', .. ;1' , :i. i, .il.r..' : .: T .; TH IS'StJ NDAY! Last show at Sandy Point . this year! jetirxo.tul.L Sept. 26 -_:y-----~) ( ~) c. news 4-10 editor I came back empty- Like a Phish without a handed. bicycle ... An extremely trusting Actually, that wasn't my and gracious group of stu- intention. I did discover that dents, known as ASBSU, the students serving in the took the initiative to invite executive, legislative and judi- me to an annual retreat in cial branches think a great de~ Stanley this past weekend. about each other and the Why a group of possible future of BSU. future politicianswould want cover 14-15 It's not often students to invite a member of the who take such positions care media seemed beyond me; Because BSU accepts as much about others and the but nevertheless I accepted only the top 100% of university as these people. I the invitation. every graduating high felt proud to participate, I .drove up to Stanley school class ... Itwas a noble gesture by independently, rather than ASBSU to invite me to a riding in. a group van, retreat designed for bonding because I anticipating having and information within their to return so as write all the organization. I want to extend scathing details exposing our my thanks to everyone who student government in this a.ttt;nded and made me fee!' so issue of TIN Arbiter. .',. J~~rull de1ies'thel10rri: .•.... welcome. ···~lc;,iitaCCllrate, ()bscene· . ster~()~S.abol.Jr~· .rOckers>Reall1y! -.'. eolunmlsts: Iesleleh Owen Dale Slack IraAmyx cartoonists: Eric El1is Pboto Editor: Troy Kunz sports 21-23 Editor In OIIef: Erica Hili Pf\otogl'aphers: AssocIate Editor: jessl Loerch • lImAl1en EditorIal AdvlsoI'i Peter Antonelli· Rarael Saakyan Wol1helm . 0n1Ine EdItOrs: .Broncos return from DeslpI DIrector: jeremy Webster Carlos Cavia News Editor: Stephanie Matlock Stephanie Pittam Hawaii sans pineapples or News Writers: even a tan. Oh well, there's Justin Baldwin Genera1 Manager: Brad Arendt Hannah Bankhead BusIness Man8ger: Krista Hark- always New Mexico! Trisha Bennett ness Sean Hayes EIIIMclaughlin Ad DIrector: Mellca johnson C1assIfled lidIl1IIIIger: Laurie Meisner Bannister Branlee Sara Mitton Matt Moorman The opinions presented in editorials and Travis Riggs 1:1~H~rr cartoons within reflect the views of those who Esther Shepherd Stephanie Pittam Biter of the week goes to Troy jim Steele AdSlIes: created them and are not necessarily the views Amy Wegner Kurtz who spent his last weekend A&E EdItor: Justin Endow 0lIlce MInagers: of The Arbiter orits staff . A&E WrIters: Claire Bonner as photo editor with' us. Perhaps . Dominik Brueckner Emily Childs Russ Crawforth , DJstnbutIon 5upenIsor: It.was the twelve hour days or The Arbiter Is the official student Mark Hol1aday .: - Carlos Cavia jessica Holmes DlstrtbutIon: the dollar an hour we paid him newspaper of Boise State University. Its mis- Sports EdItor: Doug Dana .'Fernanda Barbosa sion .ls to provide a forum for the discussion of Sports WrIters: t.·..ha.t drove him away. Nonethe- issues impactingthepommunity. The Arbiter's Pete Erlendson ._. •. co . josh Jordan less, .he will be sorely missed for budget consists of fees paid by students and DaveStewan advertising sales. The paper Isdistributedto gracing The Arbiter with htscre- the. campus on Wednesdays during the atrve and artistic talents. We school year. The first copy is free. Additional copies cost $1 each •.payable to The Arbiter krlovvhe'llgo,far e ' ThanksTroyl offices. ,."., ..•. _, .. -,','."': . ',. '" .. :.'-:.","""-'::"':,,' -) (- SUB officials reconsider crowd control policy after mosh pit mishap Erica Hill event, prompting concert coor- audience member was pulled editor in chief dinator Sara Blackwell to tell from the pit and restrained. tudent Union Building individual dancers to stop . Another male walked S. officials plan to review toward the two officers with policies regarding concerts after "1 was very outstretched arms and was Ada County sheriff's deputies surprised. shoved back by one of the broke up a mosh pit last Mon- When they' deputies, who then pulled a day. billy club. And that could mean T- pulled the "I was very. surprised. shirted security but certainly club 1 thought .When they pulled the club I not an end to concerts in the they went too thought they went too far," says building, according to SUB far," says Story. direct~r Greg Blaesing. Story. But Sheriff Vaughn "A series of mistakes led Killeen believes the situation to this incident and I just want "We should have com- escalated to point that officers to make it clear that I and the municated the fact that slam had to react staff share the responsibility for dancing was not allowed, to the "If someone is being failing to communicate to stu- band and to the audience, threatened or injured, we will . dents how this type of situation through a formal announce- do what is necessary." should be handled," Blaesing ment,"says Blaesing. Killeen says officers stated. But many continued to decided to take action after wit- Student Programs Board mosh, causing concerns for nessing a series of possibly sponsored the Sept 13 per- both sheriff's deputies and con- dangerous situations including formance by Murder City Dev- cert coordinators. the shoving of those standing Murder City Devils, notorious for pro- . ils, known for their notoriously ''We all kind of moved in by and even pushing a young raucous live shows. at once," says Student Activities girl onto the stage. dUdng shows that encourage moshing. Small mosh pits formed Coordinator Wendi Story. Paul Wertheimer, a con- throughout the duration of the It was then that a male sultant with Chicago-based Crowd Management Strategies, injuries included permanent says such crowd management paralysis. is needed to prevent more seri- It's these kinds of prob- ous problems. lems that the university wants Wertheimer, a former to avoid Blaesing says he would public information officer for prefer to have prevented last Cincinnati, got involved in week's incident rather than crowd management after com- have officers step in. piling a report about The Who ''If you share informa- concert where eleven people tion with students they'll make were crushed .to death at rational judgements and we Cincinnati's Riverfront Sta- failed to communicate to the dium in 1979. band and to the audience what Now he's released an was allowed and what wasn't." annual .Rock Concert Safety Now Blaesing, Story and Survey since 1992, and testified Blackwell are developing a pro- as an expert in the growing tocol .to follow when such number· of lawsuits over instances occur. That could moshing injuries. includeT~shirted security com- His .1995 study, which prised .entirdy of· students, highlighted moshing, noted plain<1othes officers and rais- two: slam • dancing deaths '.in ing ho# lights when situations 1994-0ne in New York, the become unruly. other in London.. Other ..><!. ,·tn ...,. ......;. .l-)r----~) c'------.....c-.• Does your math text influ- ence your buying habits? i~~~~~,~~~~~:~h~!~~~~~~~~ exp~ds.·research.fo~uswith " products," BSU marketing pro-. the key factor," asserts Petkus. news writer fessor Ed Petkus agrees to N5FgfClrit " . If a writer randomly chooses to . , re advertisements in an some extent. He notes that if a use a brand name, the market- .....,..·B~ise StateUni~ersity wants , tofindoutexa~y A academic setting becom- company pays for their name to ing professor feels this does not '..A,'physics professor is howlayers of electrons, sel'- . ing a problem? Some Sunshine get mentioned in a book, that technically constitute advertis- the reCipient ora three-year arated, by only atomic dis- State officials think so. Recently, represents a form of advertis- ing. However, he knows it docs $1 ,000, National Science tanfcs".interact or. "talk to ing. 04 CaliforniaGovernor Gray Davis influence the students reading Foundation, Grant, the first ., each other" under various signed a measure into law ban- .Petkus wants this sort of the book. of its kind f~r die university.conditions.IIisproject, ning the use of brand names in implict merchandising banned, Linda Anooshian, BSU Charles Hanna. "Was. "Co~elat~d Electronsm school textbooks. So, starting especiallyat the elementary and psychology professor, doesn't awarded' agrantibythe Multilay~ Senliconduct?is," next year, math problems will high school level. He asserts, feel there's an issue unless math ',NSFs Division er Materials' in"9lves.devel0ping ,~the- no longer contain references to ''There has got to be someplace problems seem more like ads. Researell,toPutSueresearch .•..'matiCa1~~~~t()d~~cribe items such as Oreos or Nike where kids are not bombarded She says if it means just count- inthe~aef physics Caned, ·an4.·precn~tlle,effe$.~f shoes. with advertisements." ing marbles versus M&M's it' •Fon4~sedmatte.rthiory, a .th~ fo~~am~mgd~~s' A California official said Petkus also says writers probably won't distract the stu- fi~d()fstudY:thatin~lJd~s .in'la~d ~~~~~~~~, . he feels it is "inappropriate for should feel frce to express dent. Like Petkus, she thinks the .·;~~,I'l:t~9f .,..;~~~; ':" . school books to be pushing themselves. "Money would be practice becomes objectionable when companies pay for expo- sure. Mike Reed handles the purchasing of textbooks at the BSU Bookstore.