Boise State University ScholarWorks Student Newspapers (UP 4.15) University Documents 9-12-2002 Arbiter, September 12 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]. Local band goes from backyard to big gigs Volleyball teemlooks to Page 9 improve last year's record Page 6 • Boise State University •• ._u_~ ~~-..__ ....~,~ '"~_~~ __..,, ....__._.~~ .__ ._~.. _~.__ ~~......_."_ ...._ .. _._ . __.,,'~._.•.. ~~e... Thursday, Sept8mber 12, 2002 otter www.arbiteronline.com . "~"---'-'" Vol. 16 Issuo t- Eirst Copy Free ASBSU wants part in selection process Student leaders involvement in the selection "The board hasn't final- Foundation unchecked- fear shut out, process. ized anything yet, but we are provost at Virginia whom they would pick as - ASBSU President Chris power, placed a heavy Commonwealth University, looking as a smaller screen- emphasis on athletics and the next president. Thirty- State Board says Mathias has been lobbying to ing committee." Stivers said. was eventually selected for one chose Cox, and only two see four student positions on hired his personal friend, the position. committee not Stivers also said SBE plans Tom McGregor, as Dean of chose Ruch. the search commIttee. to provide for student and However, Ruch was not Respondents were also finalized According to ASBSU the College of Technology. the favorite candidate of the faculty representation on the In response to the SRE's asked If they trusted the SBE Chief of Staff China committee, but the number student body; ASBSU to select the right candidate By Andrew Be~son Veldhouse, the SBE has not actions, over 1,000 students endorsed Joseph Cox, presi- The Arbiter _ of seats has not been deter- marched to the Capitol for the position. Two out of respondedto attemJ?ts to con- mined. dent of Southern Oregon three said no. firm if students WIll receive Building to protest Kaiser's College for the job. The State Board of The last search process ten firing. Ruch was eventually seats on the committee. years ago proved to be a con- Cox also emerged as the selected in a closed-door Education is organizing a "We can't even get them The SBE formed a 23-per- overwhelming favorite tentious one. Students and son committee to search for a meeting which violated search committee to find to return our phone calls," choice in a phone survey of Idaho's open meeting law. Boise State President Charles faculty were angry with the new president. The commit- Veldhouse said. "Chris staff and faculty members The SBE was then forced to Ruch's replacement when he SBE after the university pres- tee included three BSU stu- [Mathias] has tried to contact ident at the time, John Kaiser, conducted by the Arbiter in reselect Ruch in an open retires next summer. Rod Lewis [chair of. the dents and three faculty mem- September 1992. Eighty- was summarily fired with no bers, as well as representa- meeting, putting an end to a However, SBE staffers and search committee] and Blake seven random participants trying selection process. board members are keeping notice at a SBE meeting. tives from the legislature, Hall [board president] to no After Governor Andrus were selected from the BSU details about the make-up of avail. It's frustrating. It's SBEand corporate communi- campus directory and asked the committee quiet until a called on the board to justify ty. going to be our president the firing, the SBE provided formal announcement later runnmg our institution." The committee narrowed 1/ this month or early October. their reasoning: Kaiser had the list of applicants to five Gary Stivers, SBE execu- pursued projects such as the This isn't sitting well with tive director said nomina- finalists who then visited We can't even get them to student leaders who want to Pavilion and the Morrison campus to meet with BSU 11 tions are still being collected Center without consulting see substantial student for committee membership. students, faculty and admin- return our phone calls. the SBE, allowed the BSU istrators. Dr. Ruch, then the ASBSU Chief of Staff Student senator ( Chitta Veldhouse seeks change in core classes Ishaq: 'real education for the real world' should require a multicultural education By Elizabeth Puckett The Arbiter ------- _ ASriSU Senator Ali Ishaq wants to make Boise State live up to its promise of providing a 'real education for the real world' by requiring students to take multicultural classes as part of the core curriculum. Ishaq says that the cultural climate of the uni- versity's campus does not reflect the cultural cli- mate of the real world, and therefore Boise State falls short on its promise. He will present his resolution to the ASBSU Senate today. The resolution is based on a 1994 report by the Western Interstate Commission on Hil?,her Education. The report stated that Boise State was lacking cultural diversity in three essential areas: academic, campus climate and student life. H successful, Ishaq's resolution will add classes to the three core areas, answering the academic issues stated in the WICHE report. Ishaq said his resolution would give students more flexibility in fulfilling their core require- ments and would provide an opportunity to learn about other cultures. The resolution would require students to complete one class on a non-dominant culture before graduation. According to Ishaq, his resolution wouldn't cost the university anything to implement as Boise State already offers the necessary classes. Students could fulfill this requirement with any- thing from African-American literature to American Indian history. "We just want students to realize there are other cultures out there. Idaho has a terrible image as a racist territory," Ishaq said. Marcy Ne,,:,man,. pr~fessor of E~glis~, also said that BSU ISbehind m terms of diversity. ·In a recent Idaho Statesman article, Newman wrote "the global emphasis implied in BSU's motto would necessarily enable all students to think critically about the multi-ethnic, multi-lin- guistic and multi-cultural world in which we reside." . She also said 62 percent of colleges n?li~n- wide have a diversity requirement or are m the process of establishing one. Since WICHE presented their report to University officials in 1994, some changes have been instituted. Boise State has developed a Cultural and Ethnic Diversity Board, and established a Cultural Center where interested students as well as ethnic students can go for support and learning. However, Newman said these changes are mostly cosmetic. "Ethnic studies have been relegated mostly to elective courses, and while it's nice to know that a student is in your class because they. want . to be there; electives simply don'tget the kind of institutional support that core classes or classes Ieading to a major do,'! she said. Newman also said non-core classes are not .promoted or talked abo~t unless a student specifically .seeks ethnic culture classes. Newman and several others are working on expanding the ethnic collections at Albertson's Library, but she said it is slow·/?oing. "Not having adecent collection of non-dom- inant literature is like saying this collection of books by brown skinned people just .isn't as important as this collection- of Shakespeare's works. It's all important." Newman said. ,. She also said non-dominant perspectives should also be integrated in every course if uni- versities.want to prepare students for the real world. .. .:' Ishaq's prop-osaI, if passed, wiII be presented by the end of the semester to the Faculty senate. where he hopes it will be p~ssed on to Ute C:ore. Committee fodmple~entation. New_ Editor " Andy Benson Phonel 345.8204 xl02 E-mail: • [email protected] News Thursday, September 12,2002 Page 2 • The Arbiter News>," Campus Shorts Bucket- Changes to the 'SAT, which East are expected to be incorpo- rated in 2004 and will include Boise State to Penn State student falls the addition of a writing compete in from 8th floor balcony component to the SAT I test, College Bowl have not gone unnoticed by UNIVERSITY PARK, the WU admissions office. 'ii" Tarbouni noted that the writ- The first of two cam.- Pa.-A 20-year-old Pennsylvania State ing component could level pusCoilege Bowl, tour- the playmg field by &iving 'naments will take place University student suffered serious injuries early Sunday students tne opporturuty to from' 4-8 p.m. show their wntmg skilIs in Wednesday, Oct. 2, in morning after she fell from an eighth-floor balcony at addition to their reasoning the Student Union Hatch abilities. Ballroom as part of the Beaver Terrace apartments, Homecoming Week fes- 456 E. Beaver Ave, the State tivities. College Police Department Admission is free to said. spectators. The woman was initially West Student teams may taken to Centre Community pick up. a registration Hospital. She was then trans- Second chance for grades at packet at the Information ferred to the Trauma Center u. Northern Colorado Desk in the Student at Altoona Hospital, and has Union until Sept 30. A $5 since been taken to the' GREELEY, Colo.-SRC Vice non-refundable registra- Ashley Johnson of Jackson, Mo. (left), ant;J Trisha Smith !!f Eldqrado, Ill. (ccn.te~ gray shfirt), Hershey Medical Center, examine their new laptop computers dur-ing freshman or ierrtntton at St.