Boise State University ScholarWorks Student Newspapers (UP 4.15) University Documents 3-19-1997 Arbiter, March 19 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]. £ ______ ..;.......;. ..;.......;.---------------'-- WEDNESDAY, MARCH THEARBITER 2 INSIDE 19,1997 Letters, let- If you thought five ters' letters! These are the students would save communica- 15,000 others from general tions that keep education fee The Arbiter in touch with stu- ;';':,';'.<,:.:\' increases, . .~- " you could be dents and tell us what's on your mind. wrong. We appreciate knowing Additional .. '·•..'.....)·,.;,i\ ,•.,.;~ ~1.\t1'ft\tI1~IE;IiNews what BSU students have to say. Believe us, one let- testimonies at ter can make a big difference. Id(Jh()~~9(,~~UqfRepresentatives may the fee increase hearings March 13 leiters can be dropped off at out offices in the baflLiseofpyplic funds to fight ballot basement at Michigan Street and University Drive measures.·.>········',." could have carried greater weight with the Executive Budget Committee than (below the-Women's Center), or you can e-mail P-,."" ';""';; ',;'\:<~::': the few it did hear. your leiter to [email protected]. .-(·i'",·~;>:-:'-'.:\,;~:!,\.tj-{/:f;'~ y;,;i] While a roomfull of concerned students showed BSU's tennis team ••••••••••. w,1;""1~2??~tlm'··· HBF kicks butt-it up to testify during the RecCenter fee increase St(Jte,B(iaf(/~f:,~ducation may decide to hearing, only one student stuck around to protest ranks fourth in elim/q(Jte.;~t9,;ltement to teach HIVjSTD matriculation fee increases. It's not a question of the nation! prevention:)}' .... whether a Rec Center is more important than gener- And after a I al education, but of how much BSU students care recent trip to about their costs rising again. Corpus ...........).; kQtenanny We can't expect fellow students to testify for-us. Cristi, Texas, A rewewofPrivate Parts. If you want the Executive Budget Committee to the men nearly know how you feel, you have to stand in front of missed their committee members and tell it how you see it. If flight to Salt Lake fees do increase, don't blame the five people who because they had to accept an award. They then landed in Utah and testified . drove to Boise in seven hours, arriving Monday (Did anyone notice the fee increases reported on ..... _ ' ,1.Ici'!i~.s\SDorts morning before classes. The tennis men may have the front page of The Idaho Statesman last week? to catch up on sleep, but they prove schools such as Tennis willplayat home Saturday J;"d They were wrong. Refer to the March 12 issue of Stanford will have to catchup to them in athleti- Sunday.···· ' , The Arbiter for the correct proposed fee increases.) cism. The Arbiter is the official student newspaper of Boise State University. Its mission is to provide a forum for the discussion of issues impacting the campus and the community. The Arbiter's budget consists of fees paid by stu- dents of BSUand advertising sales. The paper is distributed to the campus and community on Wednesdays during <~BITER the school year. The first copy is free. Additional copies cost 51 each, payable at The Arbiter offices. ' THE STAFF 1910 University Drive, Boise, Idaho 83725 Editor in Chief Kate Neilly Bell Business Manager Chris Adams News Phone - (208) 345-8204 Fax.- (208) 385-3198 Editor Asencion Ramirez Hootenanny Editor Josh Casten Sports E-mail· [email protected] Editor Amy Butler Health/Beauty/fashion Editor Ariel Spaeth Out Sports: [email protected] of Doors Editor Clint Miller Opinion Editor Kelly Millington Online Editor Mike Moore Art Director Jonathon H. Smith Photo Editor Kara News: [email protected] Brown Ad Designer Brenda Zipfel Advertising Manager Matt Letters to the Editor: [email protected] Pottenger Local Advertising Sales Sean P. Murphy Staff Writers Erin Arts and Entertainment: [email protected] Burden, Jarod J. Dick, Mary Doherty, Matthew Haynes, Erica Hill, Mar~ Holladay, Seth Jaquith, Dan Robbins, Mark Taylor Columnists Melissa Albert, Damon Hunzeker, Jennifer Ledford Photographers Ronny J. Grooms, Rick Kosarich, Jonathon Smith Cartoonist Eric Ellis Computer theArbit~~aractiva Systems Administrator Mark Holladay Circulation Enric Figueras, L1uis for back issues visit us at: Figueras Reception Yvette Bryant Editorial Adviser Peter Wollheim . :<:~,:,,:.::-,',:_::':.:, ..~'? hltp:llwww.idbsu.edu/orbiter "'0 .. ··..'t; ',,'. Business Adviser William Hart ;;f::<'---\:_:;~ ______________________ ---:-_OPINION3 THEARBITER WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1997 and redistribute income will cause serious harm to mil- lions of Americans throughout our economy, then I urge you to return this check today, along with a check of The buck stops here your own made out to the National Republican Senatorial Committee in the amount of $20, $25, $50, by Damon M. Hunzeker some money to the National Republican Organizaiion of $75, $100, or more." Politicians Who Think They're Winston Churchill. We So the Republicans gave me a buck. And now they don't know what we'll do with it. But, what the hell, just expect me to not only give it back but return it with a pretend you actually care about balancing the stupid much larger check. It doesn't sound like a very good The Republican Party must think I'm stupid. They budget or something like that." send me fund-raising letters almost deal. daily. I've never offered them a Anyway, the most recent letter to grace I guess I just don't understand the catch. I mean, dime, and it's not just because I my mailbox is the strangest yet. It's from what's keeping me from cashing the check? Will I be don't have one. It's because I think . Senator Mitch McConnell. He writes, punished? Maybe my name will be handed over to the they're a bunch of parasites. "If you believe President Bill FBI and I'll be unfairly malignedin the media. It's a Clinton's 1997 tax and spending poli- They're worse than bums good thing I sold all my bombs to Richard Jewell. cies will help your financial situation standing on a busy corner desper- Senator McConnell continues his argument: and the U.S. economy, then feel free ately hoping someone will toss a "What's more, now that he is safely reelected, Bill to cash the enclosed $1 check I have quarter in their direction. At least Clinton will almost certainly unleash Hillary Rodham sent you today." the bums are honest. They simply Clinton, AI Gore and the White House super-liberals; say, "I'm screwed. Give me some What tax and spending policies? That means bigger government programs, more deficit money for cigarettes." But the President Clinton is a tedious moron spending, more burdensome regulations, and more Big Republicans are deceitful. They routinely applauded for saying things Brother intrusion into our private lives." For some rea- tell me they'll save the world if I write like, "Our children should grow up next to son, I have a hard time imagining AI Gore, adorned in a them a check, First of all, how do they know I even want parks, not poison." His last significant policy proposal cape and tights, swooping into my living room with an the world saved? And if I did, I'd want it to be saved by had something to do with building an imaginary bridge updated copy of the Federal Register. to the future. Batman or Keith Richards-not Trent Lott. So I cashed the check and wrote a letter back to If they were sincere, I would consider making a Senator McConnell continues, "But if you believe Senator McConnell. It reads: "Dear Senator, who are donation. But to be sincere, they'd have to say, "Send Mr. Clinton's ongoing drive to preserve the welfare state you? Thanks for the dollar." down a long side-track as he tries to figure out where Patrick could have gotten such huge sums. Thompson finally concludes that the saint may have sold his fami- ly's land in Britain. -'.'-'-.... ':.:=1'"f,:i1'.,:....'.......'.'." ~ . .J ~1.....'..~'i!l2t;. 'l5~"'"..'.. ee: Besides all this, Ireland was a hardship post. No one t . n ' asked Patrick to go there; in fact, he was probably e~ turned down at first for the bishopric he wanted so badly. Ireland was a poor, cold, savage land, full of petty kings and marauding bands. It was also where Patrick was enslaved for six years. Throughout his career as a The real St. Patrick bishop Patrick was repeatedly kidnapped. His writings reveal how the possibilities of death and slavery hovered by Jennifer Ledford takes pains to establish that it never occurred to fifth- perpetually about him. People who cared for him tried to Columnist century Catholics to carry the Bible's message to any of stop him going to Ireland, but he believed he had a call. the peoples outside of the Roman Empire, even though Does this column mean to defend the character of they believed that message meant salvation. Thompson Since his day fell on Monday, allow me to introduce Christian missionaries in general? Yes, in a way. I suggests racism as one reason for their negligence; some to you Saint Patrick. I think you will like him. He was believe Patrick-like missionaries are smeared and tainted writers considered barbarians, such as the Irish, sub- one of those endearing, heart-on-their-sleeve people unjustly by the bloody shadows of their more Cortez- human.