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Faith & FuryLiving Abroad

Stephanie CaSanovaAssistant News Editor

Remember that amazing se-mester you spent in Europe? Have you ever wished you could share it with others?

Or have you considered study-ing abroad but want to get an idea of what it’s like before you decide?

Connecting Our World encour-ages college students to share their study abroad experience through the 2011 Student Diplomat Video Contest.

Connecting Our World is a community that supports “public policies that strengthen and ex-pand international education.”

According to its website, Con-necting Our World believes “that international education and ex-change—connecting students, scholars, educators and citizens across borders—is fundamental to building mutual understand-ing among nations; preparing the next generation with vital cross-cultural and global skills; and creating the conditions for a more peaceful world.”

The 2011 Student Diplomat Video Contest requires applicants to submit a one- to three-minute video about their experience abroad. Eligibility is open to stu-dents who’ve recently returned or who are currently studying abroad. The videos submitted could be shared on Connecting Our World/NAFSA and STA Travel websites.

Students entering the contest are asked to consider how their experience affected them as a stu-dent and as a person, whether they are more prepared for school and a career and what valuable lessons they learned about the culture and people.

They should also take into consideration how they learned to adapt to a new environment and/or language, what opportuni-ties they may have had to correct misconceptions about the United States or Americans and what ways they were able to contribute something specific to the local community where they studied.

The Student Diplomat Video Contest launched Sept. 12 and will be open until Nov. 7 at 11:59 p.m. EST.

The grand prize is a $1,000 trav-el voucher courtesy of STA Travel and the title of 2011 Student Dip-lomat. Runner-up will receive a hand-held flip camera from NAF-SA and Connecting Our World.

Connecting Our World is pow-ered by NAFSA: Association of International Educators, and STA Travel, a NAFSA Global Partner.

Video contest asks students to share experiencesCheyenne perry

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Based on the 10th Day Enroll-ment Profile, campus now holds 4,254 freshmen, 3,762 sopho-mores, 3,612 juniors, 4,923 se-niors, 2,296 graduate students and 817 post-baccalaureate undergrad-uates. The total count of enrolled students reached 19,664 for the fall 2011 semester.

Though beneath the de-sired 20,000 total enrolled stu-dents, this count means positive things for advancing admission requirements.

Over the last ten years, changes have been made to the Boise State enrollment process that have af-fected the number of students who are eligible for acceptance into Boise State.

For incoming freshmen straight from high school, the university currently uses a combination of high school applicants’ grade point

averages (GPAs) and standardized test scores to determine accep-tance. Boise State also requires a certain amount of completed se-mesters of classes in compliance with Idaho core standards.

The class requirements and credits have remained constant in the last ten years, but the Boise State University Admission Index has been altered.

The admission index is a chart that displays ranges of high school GPAs on one side and standardized test scores on the other. Freshmen can find where their scores intersect on the table to determine their candidate category.

Boise State uses its Admission Index to show the ranges of excel-lent, possible and unlikely candi-dates for admission as new degree-seeking freshmen.

Freshmen fall into three deter-mined categories for admission based on the admission index.

An excellent candidate for ad-mission on the chart is represented by a dark gray region, an unlikely candidate falls into a white region and a possible candidate falls into a light gray region.

This light gray, middle accep-tance region in the admission index provides an opportunity to take a more personal look at the student.

“In (the light gray) area, that’s where we really look at students a little more one-on-one and look at more than just their GPA and test scores,” Admissions Director Jenny Cerda said.

The light gray area representing possible candidates on the current admission index has experienced change over the years, most re-cently last fall.

In previous years it was likely for students to be accepted “low in the [light] gray,” said Assistant Vice President for Enrollment Services Mara Affre. Yet recent (and future

changes) to the light gray region are making it harder for students who fall into that area to be admit-ted.

The change in this gray area oc-curred last fall and Affre said more change is coming.

“We’re looking again at fall ’13 to move it again,” Affre said.

In the 2001-2002 university catalogue for undergraduates, the admission index had two candi-date categories representing prob-able candidates and unlikely can-didates.

The 2001 index categories also included substantially lower GPA ranges and standardized test scores than the 2011 index categories currently used.

The increased admission re-quirements affect the numbers of new degree-seeking freshmen who enroll at Boise State.

“We did see a decrease in fresh-men, which we expected because of the increase in admission re-quirements,” Affre said.

Having only admitted 54 per-cent of the students who submit-ted applications this fall, Boise State anticipated a lower admit-tance number of degree-seeking freshmen.

Nine hundred and seventy-six applicants, equal to 12.4 percent of all new freshmen applicants, were denied admission this fall semester.

The number of new academic freshmen applicants who were denied admission in fall 2001 was 299, or 7.4 percent.

This, among other rea-sons, accounts for Boise State’s number of total enrolled stu-dents remaining beneath the 20,000 mark.

Boise State’s football distinction seems to play a role in attracting students to the university, which can increase applicants and impact the need for enhanced admission requirements. The 2007 Tostitos Bowl win drew national attention to the university, which has contin-ued to gain notoriety since.

“[Football] gives us a really good chance to start telling the story of what all is going on here,” Cerda said.

Student interest in Boise State football helps introduce the uni-versity as a college option, then allowing faculty, like Cerda, to explain the opportunities within academic programs makes the university a serious option.

“You’ll hear Dr. Kustra say this often … certainly our football team has opened up the doors of people being aware of Boise State,” Affre said. “While football may have opened their ears, it re-ally is the quality of the academic experience that’s bringing the students here.”

Admission changes drop enrollment

Top: 2001-02 Admission Index. Bottom: 2011-12 Admission Index.

Who wants to fire Kustra?

“We don’t know where they came from,” said Director of Communications and Marketing Frank Zang. Rick Rogers, clerk at Campus Security also reported the organization has no information about the Fire Kustra stickers that have appeared around campus seemingly overnight. The origin and motivation behind the stickers remains a mystery.

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Knox innocent, returns to Seattle

SEATTLE, WASH. —- Aman-da Knox was acquitted of all charges Monday by an Italian court of the murder of her house-mate, Meredith Kercher.

The Seattle native was study-ing abroad in Italy when she was arrested for Kercher’s murder for which she was found guilty in 2009. Her then-boyfriend Raffa-ele Sollecito, an Italian, was also found guilty of the murder.

They were able to appeal the verdict on the grounds of mishan-dling evidence. Multiple indepen-dent investigators, including Boise State biology and criminal justice professor Greg Hampikian,Ph.D., criticized the evidence gathered in the original investigation, saying it

was unreliable. The original trial portrayed Knox as a “sex-crazed monster” according to Forbes.

Knox returned to Seattle on Tuesday to cheering crowds.

By and large, the Knox trial took place in the courts of tab-loids and public opinion. Cover-age of the case was international and its possible this coverage will help the family pay off their exten-sive legal debts.

Knox’s parents used their re-tirement funds, mortgaged their house twice and her grandmother took out a quarter-million dollar loan to help pay.

Knox currently wants to return to the University of Washington to finish her degree.

Nine North Koreans defect via Japan

SOUTH KOREA —- Nine defectors who were found in a small wooden boat off the coast of Japan have been brought to South Korea to restart their lives.

They arrived on Tuesday, about three weeks after they were found off Japan’s western coast.

The three men, three women and three boys wore hoods,

masks and sunglasses to hide their identities in order to protect their families left behind in North Korea.

Their family members could be punished because of their rela-tives’ defections.

More than 21,000 North Kore-ans have defected since 1953, ac-cording to Times.

Proposed Syria sanctions vetoed by China, Russia

SYRIA —- Russia and China vetoed a resolution on Tuesday that was intended to condemn Syria’s response to the uprisings seeking to overthrow Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ re-gime.

The European draft was wa-tered down from the earlier ver-sion, which demanded financial sanctions and an arms embargo.

The new version called for the council to consider measures that were unspecified after a 30-day period, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Despite the vague language, Russia and China still vetoed the bill. According to some repre-sentatives, this is a political move more than any concern for Syrian city Damascus regime’s success.

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Jobs Act vote delayedWASHINGTON, D.C. —-

Senate Republicans demanded an immediate vote on the American Jobs Act Tuesday, but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada blocked the move.

President Barack Obama has repeatedly blamed Congress

for allowing the bill to languish over the past four weeks.

In a move designed to ex-pose the limits of support for the bill within the Democratic party, Republican Mitch Mc-Connell called for an immedi-ate vote.

“I agree with the president

that he is entitled to a vote,” McConnell, Senate Minority Leader, said, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Pieces of the bill may be passed before the end of the year, but it is highly unlikely the bill will reach Obama’s desk in full.

Arizona dust storms cause death, injuries

PHOENIX, AZ. —- A severe dust storm caused three separate pile-ups along Interstate 10 in Ari-zona on Tuesday, killing one man and injuring more than 18.

All lanes of traffic were closed after the lethal crash. It involved semis, cars and trucks all mangled in the massive pile-up.

There were 16 vehicles involved in the crash which took place just after noon. A 70-year-old man died in this pile-up, while his wife, the driver, was taken to the Uni-versity Medical Center in Tucson with life-threatening injuries.

According to the Arizona De-partment of Public Safety, 24 ve-hicles were involved in the three crashes.

There are currently 12 victims being treated, according to Uni-versity Medical Center spokes-people. Three of them were listed as being in critical condition while the other nine were listed as being in serious condition.

The blinding dust prevented authorities from using helicopters to transport them to a hospital.

This news brief was last updat-ed on Wednesday at 1 p.m.

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Obama has been waiting for Congress to vote on the American Jobs Act.

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$1 million donation buys 35 top-notch pianos

BOISE —- A $1 million donation from the Stein fam-ily provided new uniforms for the Keith Stein Blue Thunder Marching Band and provided 35 new Steinway & Sons pianos to the music department.

The donation made Boise State the first “All-Steinway” school in Idaho. This classifica-tion means that the Department of Music will only use Steinway & Sons pianos for teaching, re-hearsals and performances that need a piano.

There are 135 such schools in the world, including Yale, Carnegie and the Royal Welsh College.

To put it in perspective, one Steinway grand piano takes nearly one year to build, as many as 200 people and more than 12,000 parts.

“Steinway sets a standard. This transformative gift ele-vates us to an elite level of music schools in the country,” Boise State President Bob Kustra said.

Twenty skulls shipped, courtesy of Germany

NAMBIA —- Twenty skulls taken from Nambia more than 100 years ago have finally been returned home.

The skulls were taken from a former German colony by sci-entists to perform now-discred-ited racial experiments.

The skulls were greeted by warriors on horseback scream-ing war-cries and women in elaborate ceremonial dress as the plane landed in the capitol at dawn.

The skulls’ return to Nambia

took years of negotiation.Many Nambian citizens be-

lieve that Germany should pay reparations for taking the skulls, particularly since there are many more such skulls still in Germany.

“We trust that the Namibian government will engage Ger-many for reparations and that justice will be done,” Nambia Chief David Frederick, whose grandfather’s skull was among those taken to Germany, told the BBC.

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Thousands of dog lovers from all over the Treasure Valley gathered in Julia Davis Park to support the 19th annual dog walk and festival, See Spot Walk, an event that hap-pens every year on the first Satur-

day in October.The Idaho Humane Society,

along with many volunteers, has been putting on the event to raise money for the shelter and give the community a chance to have fun and socialize with other canine lovers. The event included a one-mile dog walk through the park, contests, demonstrations and vendors. This year, PRSSA at Boise State was there handing out dog treats, water bottles and Frisbees. The Boise State Pre-Veterinary Medicine Club also hosted a low-cost vaccination clinic for dogs.

“PRSSA at Boise State brought the ‘Cotton. From Blue to Green.’ campaign to See Spot Walk this past weekend because we want-ed to let the community

know about what we’re doing,” Ali McQuain,

PRSSA president, said. “Both insula-

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we thought the community members at this event would be a perfect fit for our campaign.”

This event is not only a great opportu-nity for dogs to get their energy out and socialize with their four-legged friends, but also a great way to promote causes that matter in the community. Idaho 1 of 3, a participant at the event, collected votes to change the current law Idaho has on animal cruelty.

“Idaho is 1 of 3 states that doesn’t have a felony pro- vision for ani-mal cruelty. We have an existing animal cru-elty law but there is no f e l o n y p r o v i -sion, con-victions are only a misdemeanors,” Roger Dittus, with Idaho 1 of 3, said. “If we get enough votes we can change the code.”

Idaho Humane Society usually brings about 20 dogs to the event. People ap-ply to walk the shelter dogs, which gives them a lot of exposure and hopefully a chance to be adopted and taken home.

“[See Spot Walk] started out as a fun-draiser for the Humane Society, which is still the goal today,” said Debi Closson, who’s been volunteering at the Idaho Humane Society for 20 years. “[The] very first time they were walking through Boise foothill trail, not anywhere near the crowds they have today. It has built every year better and better.”

See Spot Walk hosts four contests for the pooches: tail wagging, costume, musical chairs and howling (American

Idol). The winners of the costume contest were 6-year-old Bella, a Great Dane, and 3-year-old Mattie, a Saint Bernard.

“This was a third, first place win for Bella, she’s a pageant girl and first win for Mattie,” said owner Autumn Brazier, who has been coming to the event for six years.

Brazier has been also vol-unteering with the Humane

Society.“[See Spot Walk is] something

I believe in truly and love to partici-pate in and do everything that we can to raise awareness,” Brazier said. The Humane society is always overflow-ing with pets, so the more they can get adopted into homes the better. Brazier understands that money is always short, “so any money raised as a re-sult of this…is well d o n a t -ed.”

Dog delights campus community, serves owner

trevor viLLaGranaAssistant Lifestyles Editor

Boise State has more than one specially trained animal that helps lead its owner safely around cam-pus. One of which is Dolly, adjunct math professor Judy Wayne’s purebred Border Collie.

Wayne landed at Boise State with a scholarship for Science Competition Day in 1999.

From there she earned a bach-elor’s degree in mechanical en-gineering, a master’s in material science and engineering and a job

tutoring math, that would inevi-tably lead her to become an adjunct

professor.Unfortunately, a childhood condi-

tion left her with a complete hear-ing loss in her left ear, thus creating

the need for a companion to aid and alert her. Enter Dolly: a vibrant and playful beast of the greater good.

A seven-year kinship began when Dolly was only a year and a half. She had been abandoned by her breeder, but was fortunately picked up by a private trainer who was waiting for just the right person to come along and swoop her up.

There were two other dogs vying for Wayne’s attention when it came time to decide, but it was Dolly’s wit that triumphed over the competition.

“She was the only one who would fetch the ball, bring it back and sit and wait for me,” Wayne said about her initial visitation. “She was also the least bossy of the three.”

Wayne acquired her for free but was left with $1,700 in training fees. To her exuberance however, Dolly was transformed from a pup into a full-blown service dog in only six months.

The bond these two have built is quite extraordi-nary. Dolly is noticeably sensitive to extended peri-ods of time without her master nearby. A two-week stint is the current record amount of time that these friends have spent apart and Dolly doesn’t handle the loneliness very well.

“I’ll leave her with my dad every once in a while to kind of keep him company and she will just lay there with him,” Wayne said. “She won’t eat, she won’t drink. She just lays there until I get home.”

Around Wayne’s residence and classroom Dolly is the Dark Knight, watching over her disciples meticulously and lovingly. She is alert to those under outstanding circumstances and is quick to notify people nearby that someone is in need of assistance.

“She has kind of taken it upon herself to be the protector and caretaker of me and my

friends and family,” Wayne said.A story about a coworker of

Wayne’s who had undergone ACL reconstructive surgery was one of Dolly’s finest moments, as she ran

from room to room to find someone to help the disabled worker stand up after sitting on the floor to ice her knee. However enamored

Wayne is with her long time friend, she is still a cat person at heart and intends to re-align herself with the feline dark-side after Dolly has passed on.

“Dolly is the first dog that I have ever had so it’s been an absolutely wacky learning curve to

figure out how to interact with a dog versus the cats that I grew up with,” Wayne said.

Wayne is still undecided about whether or not to take on the responsibility of own-ing another dog, but encourages those who

would benefit from having a service animal to take advantage of the opportunity.

Adjunct Math Professor Judy Wayne sits with her companion, Dolly.

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More than 3,000 dogs and thier own-ers were in attendance at See Spot Walk on Saturday. Together they earned over $5,000 for the Idaho Humane Society.

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“You can easily judge the char-acter of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.” — James D. Miles.

Walking into the Humane Society, it’s hard not to conjure up sounds of Sarah McLaughlin crooning as little “take me home” eyes gaze up at passersby and pleading paws reach through cage bars as if beckoning one to come over and pet them. Standing among the hopeful little friends immediately makes someone wonder how anyone could ever hurt these creatures.

Few crimes are even compara-bly deplorable to animal abuse. Unfortunately, Idaho is one of only three states that still does not consider repeated cases of extreme animal abuse a felony. A grassroots organization, Idaho 1 of 3, is trying to change that. This group is working to collect the 60,000 signatures needed by

April 30, 2012 in order to get an initiative strengthening animal cruelty laws put on the Novem-ber 2012 ballot.

The initiative seeks to change Idaho Code by including: a defi-nition of torture, changing refer-ences for penalty classifications, increasing the fines for misde-meanor violations and adding felony penalties for third and sub-sequent violations and any viola-tions, including the intentional torture of an animal.

Animals are intelligent, sensi-tive creatures that deserve to have their basic rights protected. Local dog day camp, Camp Bow-Wow, is one of the locations voters can go to sign the petition.

Jennifer Willett, manager at Camp Bow-Wow, works closely with dogs.

“I think in the future we’re re-ally going to realize what a dis-service we’ve done them and how intelligent they truly are,” Willett said. “We see emotions in these guys every day. We have dogs that will look at you and smile. We

have dogs that if you tell them ‘no’ they will pout. They absolutely have feelings just like we do.”

The Idaho Humane Society is another big proponent of the campaign. Communication Out-reach Coordinator for the Idaho Humane Society Hannah Parpart encourages voters to step up.

“We need (the voters’) sup-port,” Parpart said. “We need them to take action. So whether that’s getting out there and get-ting their name on a ballot or tak-ing a ballot around with them and gathering signatures, it’s some-thing our legislatures that we vot-ed in aren’t willing to act on. So people, if you care about animals you really need to make sure that you’re taking action to show your legislatures that it’s something that is important to you.”

Between classes, work (for many) and social lives, college students may struggle to find ways they can make a difference without overloading their sched-ules. Supporting this petition is one way animal-loving students

can make a positive impact with-out working too much into their already busy agendas.

“Cruelty, torture and other forms of negligence undermine the respect deserved by ani-mals,” senior zoology and pre-vet double major Kyle DeYoung said. “Treatment of that nature is unac-ceptable and should not be toler-ated. A felony penalty will hope-fully result in greater deterrence of animal cruelty and establish Idaho as a state that prides itself in maintaining animal well-being.”

It’s time for Idahoans to make a difference for creatures that are not able to defend themselves. Supporting this petition does not mean throwing red paint on women in expensive fur coats. It does not entail sitting in a metal cage in front of meat packing plants painted in tiger stripes. It asks Idahoans to respect the ba-sic rights of other living creatures enough to make a step toward progress. It’s time to take a stand and make Idaho a more humane home for all.

Paws up for animal rights

Jessica swideROnline Editor

Suicide among young people is becoming increasingly common, particularly in gay and lesbian youth. With several high-profile cases in 2011 alone, much attention has been drawn to the issues behind these suicides—bullying. Most recently, a 14-year-old boy named Jamey Rodemeyer from New York City, committed suicide after being severely bullied.

Rodemeyer was a part of the It Gets Better project, a YouTube campaign that hopes to show young

people struggling with their sexual-ity that things get better over time.

Inarguably distressing, the sever-ity of bullying that occurs in our society is unacceptable. It’s impos-sible to prevent all forms of teasing, but the extreme lengths our youth is going to simply harass their peers is shameful and deplorable.

While bullying can manifest in several different ways, such as ver-bally, physically, socially or cyber-bullying, the act of bullying itself includes several things, according to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. The website defines bullying as repeated acts that involve an imbalance of

power and an intent to cause harm.This issue has led several well-

known members of society to speak out, including most recently, Lady Gaga. Gaga reached out to President Obama, urging him to make bully-ing illegal, tweeting, “I am meeting with our President. I will not stop fighting. This must end. Our genera-tion has the power to end it. Trend it #MakeALawForJamey,” according to ABC News.

Obama has also taken notice of the attention bullying is getting, holding a conference on bullying prevention earlier this year that ul-timately led to the creation of the StopBullying.gov website, which

seeks to give adults and youth the tools they need to help prevent bullying.

Matthew Van Kirk, president of Boise State’s BGLAD, a group for LGBT students, feels that the solu-tion to bullying lies in more than just passing a law.

“Unfortunately, in the LGTBQ community, especially at the ado-lescent age, kids are very impres-sionable, stress wears them down,” Van Kirk stated. “It doesn’t matter if you’re gay or straight. There isn’t a simple solution. Part of it is pro-viding a safe place for youth, which Idaho is working toward with the

Idaho Safe Schools Coalition.”Seven states have begun attempt-

ing to pass anti-bullying legislation, according to The Associated Press. Idaho’s Safe Schools Coalition is also working toward a brighter future. However, this is not enough. Bully-ing is no longer something seen as a “rite of passage.” It’s a serious issue that takes lives and we are not giving it enough attention. While a solu-tion is incredibly difficult, each step toward a safer future is progress.

Van Kirk acknowledges that put-ting an end to bullying won’t be easy.

“Every person needs to realize that every other human is just like them. They all have feelings and emotion and [people] need to real-ize that,” Van Kirk said. “Be proac-tive, seek out someone who will help. Contact the police [if you’re

being bullied], keep talking to someone until they listen. Message BGLAD on Facebook; we want to help as much as possible. If you see bullying occur, say something, talk to someone. People believe this is just now happening. People are just more aware of it because of the media. It’s been going on a long time and it’s not just the LGBTQ community, it’s adolescents in gen-eral. Everything I would say to a gay youth [who is struggling] I would say to a straight one. It’s about perse-vering until something is done.”

Bullying isn’t something that oc-curs to a specific group of people. Everyone can be subjected to it, so it’s crucial that lawmakers and com-munity members acknowledge the importance of putting an end to such acts.

Citizens should beat back bullying

ben MackOpinion Editor

Tensions were high Friday after-noon when a group of 150 to 200 students and a traveling preacher met on the Quad—so much so, that police were called in to mediate.

Idaho native Shawn Holes—or “Shawn the Baptist,” as he calls him-self—travels to college campuses across the country on a mission to convert others to Christianity.

But it’s his intense, oftentimes abrasive speaking style that makes him a firestorm for controversy.

Holes visits campus a few times each semester, and last Friday con-troversy ensued once again. But emotions ran higher than usual.

As if Holes’ usual caustic preach-ings weren’t enough—which fea-tured such themes as “women are by design inferior to men,” and “evolution is a lie”—the event soon devolved into what can only be characterized as a circus-like side-show worthy of a reality TV pilot. One individual, dressed in black and sporting a keffiyeh—tradition-ally seen as a symbol of Palestinian heritage—silently stood in front of Holes and bore a sign saying “Be your own God” featuring an up-side-down cross, used today as an anti-Christian icon. Another person wrote “Ice cream is good” on a piece of paper taped to a pencil and pro-ceeded to read aloud from a Wiki-pedia article the history of Baskin & Robbins.

Almost constantly, Holes and the crowd berated each other, using derogatory names, interrupting and shouting. At times it seemed they were about to come to blows.

Holes and the others there seemed to have forgotten the Bibli-cal Golden Rule: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”

Some non-Christians also seemed to have forgotten one of the

central tenets of paganism: “Do not do to others what you do not want others to do to you.”

In other words, the hateful rheto-ric—on both sides—needs to stop.

Friday’s event was so caustic that Boise Police were called in follow-ing a citizen’s tip, according to Boise Police Lt. Tony Plott.

Boise Police and University Se-curity stood near Holes and at times had to remind the crowd to be re-spectful. At one point, an individual with a bullhorn shouting obsceni-ties at Holes was told to stop.

“You can’t use amplified noise (on the Quad),” Plott said.

Despite the police presence, the hate went back and forth. Pam-phlets passed out by Holes were set on fire, prompting police to inter-vene again.

Even other Christians agreed that what happened between Holes and the crowd was not appropriate.

Jared Kopczynski, a senior com-munication major and intern with Cru (formerly Campus Crusade for Christ), believes the intolerance shown on Friday is counter-produc-tive for healthy debate.

“Nothing good can come from the situation as a whole,” Kopczyn-ski said. “When there’s that much hatred centered around a person or ideology there’s no conversation that can take place across boundar-ies. It becomes a shouting match.”

Cru Campus Minister Billy Mo-gensen wasn’t shocked by what hap-pened when Holes came to campus.

“I wasn’t surprised given that other people other than Shawn the Baptist have openly preached on campus,” Mogensen said.

Mogensen also said there were a variety of responses among Chris-tians who were at the event.

“Some Christians were pretty up-set,” Mogensen said. “They told me they thought (Holes’ preaching) reflected poorly on Christians and they didn’t like how abrasive he was

coming across.”The methodology used by Holes

and others, Mogensen believes, was not effective.

“There have been times and places where that has been effec-tive in history, even in the Bible,” Mogensen said. “But in the context of Boise State today I think it’s a fair question to ask whether or not (the way Holes and others were verbally attacking each other) is the most ef-fective or the best approach (to de-bate issues such as religion).”

Cru has no organizational con-nection with Holes and Mogensen said he has never had a conversation with him.

Holes, a former U.S. Ski Team member and professional coach who converted to Christianity when he was 40 years old and de-cided to give up everything in order to preach, is no stranger to contro-versy. Two days before he was in Boise, Holes preached at Central Mesa University (CMU) in Colora-do, according to the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel. Tensions on CMU’s campus were so high police had to be called to help calm the situation after a student threw a bottle filled with Gatorade at Holes, according to TV station NBC 11 News.

Violent shouting matches among divergent groups is not appropriate at an institution of higher learning such as Boise State. Rather, it makes the university seem like a slightly more civilized version of a barn-yard, where individuals bark back and forth at each other, making little sense. If individuals such as Holes and those confronting him want to have a debate about religion, then perhaps a more organized forum such as a formal debate with an im-partial moderator is in order. Or if the soapbox style is still preferred, they could at least have the decency to not interrupt each other.

Kopczynski agrees that provok-ing a firebrand speaker such as

Holes can only make a situation even more toxic and destroy any possibility of debate.

“Provoking that does nothing,” Kopczynski said. “We need to un-

derstand what the other side has to say (in a debate). There needs to be a sense of focus. With hate there’s no conversation.”

Boise State should be a forum

for civilized debate, not hate. Dis-respect for one another’s beliefs and views should not be tolerated. As Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Hate begets hate.”

Boise State is no place for hate

Idahoans should work to make animal cruelty a felony.CODY FINNEY/THE ARBITER

Vitriolic rhetoric such as the kind that occurred Friday on the Quad must end.CODY FINNEY/THE ARBITER

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Friday marks the first time in 15 years the No. 5 Boise State Broncos (4-0) and Fresno State Bulldogs (2-3, 1-0 WAC) will face each other as nonconference opponents.

The past and future conference rivals will meet in Fresno, Calif. on Friday with the game being televised on ESPN beginning at 7 p.m. ESPN seems to love this matchup, televis-ing these rivalry games since 2001 on either ESPN or ESPN 2.

The last time these two teams met, Boise State took the field wearing their all-orange uniforms, winning 51-0. Kellen Moore threw for more than 300 yards and four touchdowns.

It was a performance Boise State fans have grown used to but Moore’s performance last week against Nevada was far from normal. Looking uncomfortable and tense, Moore only complete 19 passes for 189 yards with two touchdowns and interceptions respectively.

Chances are, Moore’s sub-par performance against Nevada is forgotten and in the rear view mirror.

Helping pick up the slack last week was the Broncos’ running game. Doug Martin was finally

able to find some running room and show off his feet. Martin rushed 121 yards on 21 carries and two touchdowns against Nevada.

The Broncos’ running attack still needs a lot of work, as do all areas of the offense.

The running game Friday is important be-cause it increases the versatility and selection of plays Boise State can choose from.

For example, the Broncos were forced to throw the ball quite often against Tulsa two

w e e k s ago be-cause the run game was provid-ing zero offensive support.

Challenging the Bron-cos’ running game will be Fres-no State linebacker Travis Brown. He is coming off back-to-back double-digit tackles against Idaho and Ole Miss.

The downside for Fresno State is oppo-nents averaging total offensive 378 yards per game. Fresno State does have a pass defense that on average allows 209 yards a game.

Boise State counters with 303.2 passing yards per game.

The Bulldogs’ secondary poses a threat to cause problems for Moore and his receivers but this secondary is not close to what the Broncos have seen this season.

The best part about Boise State’s win last Saturday against the Wolfpack was the de-fense’s ability to contain an explosive offense averaging more than 400 yards per game and holding them to only 182.

Fresno State this season is averaging 387 yards a game. A big part of that is from junior running back Robbie Rouse. Rouse is averag-ing 120 yards rushing a game as is ranked No. 8 in the FBS with 600 rushing yards total this season. Another weapon for the Bulldogs on offense is sophomore wide receiver Jalen Saun-ders. Saunders had four consecutive 100-plus yard games this season giving Boise State’s sec-ondary a lot to do.

Fresno State has been the victor in all three. The No. 5 ranked Broncos makes them the high-est ranked opponent to play at Fresno State.

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ketball team will be hold-ing walk-on tryouts next Wednesday, Oct. 12. Try-outs will begin at 5 p.m. in the Bronco auxiliary gym. The tryout will be run like a regular practice, starting with drills and ending with a scrimmage, running for about 90 minutes. If you’re interested please email As-sistant Coach John Rillie at johnril lie@boisestate.edu. Interested candidates will need to take a physical be-fore they can be cleared to tryout. They will also need to be a full-time student, who’s also academically eli-gible. Emails need to be sent to Coach Rillie as soon as possible.

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Coming into Tuesday night, the Women’s Volleyball team was looking to end a two game losing streak before heading back out onto the road, but it wasn’t meant to be.

The Broncos (10-8, 1-3 Moun-tain West Conference) continued their losing streak against Seattle University (4-12). The 3-1 loss now puts Boise State on a three game losing streak, their longest of the season.

“I thought we just got out-played,” Head Coach Shawn Ga-rus said. “We got out hustled, we were outworked, I thought our energy was lacking. When we’re beat at every position, I just feel like it was preparation. We just weren’t as ready to go tonight and it’s disappointing.”

The Broncos came out early in the first set and gave up three points before going on a 5-0 run to take the lead. It was the one and only lead change of the set as Boise State won 25-21.

The second set was closer as the teams combined for 17 ties while swapping the lead six times. The Broncos struggled with a 13.5 hitting percentage and wound up losing the set 26-24.

Boise State continued to strug-gle in the third set. After going up 8-5 on the Redhawks, Seattle fired off a 9-0 run to take the lead. The Broncos tried to close the gap, but it was too much as they fell 25-19. They took their 5.4 hit-ting percentage to a 2-1 deficit.

In the fourth, Seattle went on another unanswered that put them up 14-7. Facing elimination, the Broncos fought hard, but

again fell short as Seattle took the set (25-22) and the match.

“We didn’t come out playing great at the beginning, Seattle just was kind of giving it to us a little bit,” Garus said. “When they picked it up, we didn’t respond and I thought it was a lopsided match after the first game. We just didn’t have the intensity and the effort that it takes to win at this level.”

The sting of loss isn’t helped by the fact all three losses came at home.

“(Handling the loss is) a lot tougher, especially when you have people who come out to watch you,” senior Amanda Remy said. “It’s disappointing to us and it’s disappointing to them. The people that we know and we talk to every day and tell them ‘we’re a great program, come out and watch us,’ that they have to see us lose.”

The Broncos struggled to at-tack all night, hitting 14.3 percent for the match. Junior Fiona Jones led the team in kills with 12, while Remy and junior Kersti Whitney had 15 digs apiece. Senior Breann Nesselhuf racked up 29 assists.

The Broncos now have to bring their losing streak with them as they head out on the road.

“After a loss, we need to be able to respond and come back,” Remy said. “It’s how we respond that de-

fines us as a team. This three game losing streak should not be defin-ing our team. We’re much better than this and we have more ability and we’re not proving it out there. It starts in practice and we need to bring it to the court.”

Coach Garus agreed that for the Broncos to get over the hump and back into the win column, it all starts in practice.

“It’s going to be tough,” Garus said. “We have to get in the gym and train and work hard. We have to get kids focused on getting bet-ter. That we just don’t come in and go through the routine, but we actually come in and work hard, challenge ourselves and challenge each other to get better every day.”

The streak continues

Wyatt martinSports Editor

Boise State:

Kellen Moore, Sr. Quarterback #11

Moore will most likely feel as though he has something to prove this week after his uncharacteristic showing last week against Nevada. Moore was overthrowing open receiv-ers, making throws off his back foot and turning the ball over in the red-zone. Expect a bounce back game from the Heisman contender this week against a defense which gives up an aver-age of 32.4 points per game.

Tyler Shoemaker, Sr. Wide Receiver #89

The senior wide receiver was sparsely used last week against Nevada (two catches for 25 yards), perhaps that could be one of the reasons Kellen Moore struggled. Shoe-maker should get into the mix a little more this week when the Broncos head to a hostile Fresno. Look for Moore to tar-get “Shoe” in key red-zone and third down situations.

Jamar Taylor, Jr. Cornerback #5

Taylor was forced to make the switch to field-side corner last week when senior Jarrell Gavins suffered a knee injury in practice the previous week. He made the transition with phe-nomenal ease and made things tough on a very tough and physical receiver, Rashard Mat-thews. Things won’t get much easier for Taylor this week against the Bulldogs number one—Jalen Saunders.

Fresno State:Derek Carr, So.

Quarterback #4That last name may look

familiar to some Bronco fans who witnessed older brother David play against Boise State back in the early 2000s. David went on to become a number one draft pick and eventual ca-reer back-up in the league.

Now it’s younger brother’s turn. Derek is built in the simi-lar mode, bigger quarterback with a strong arm, with the ability to make plays with his legs if needed. Derek has gotten off to a good start in his first year as a starter and hopes to continue the Carr tradition of extremely competitive games

against the Broncos.

Robbie Rouse, Jr. Running Back #8

Rouse burst onto the scene last season, rushing for more than a thousand yards for the Bulldogs and has carried that success over to this season. In the first five games of the year, Rouse has already accumulated 600 yards on the ground and has failed to break 100 yards in only one game. Expect Fresno to give a heavy dose of action to the junior with a young quar-terback under center.

Logan Harrell, Sr. Defensive Tackle #77

Logan Harrell got the reputa-tion around the WAC last year of being nearly un-blockable, finishing the season with 10.5 sacks and 46 tackles. Harrell already has 32 tackles and 3.5 sacks through the first five games of this season. Look for the Bulldogs to be aggressive with their blitz calling Fri-day night against an offensive line carousel for the Broncos. If Fresno can confuse Boise’s front five, Harrell could get his paws on Kellen Moore.

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The Philadelphia Eagles are strug-gling early and it could be because of the preseason hype along with an overpaid underachieving quarter-back at the helm.

First, they went out and spent way too much money acquiring a handful of big name free agents. Not that this is a problem, because I agree if you’ve built your team around the best, then you have a great chance of being the best; but they’ve got to perform and this squad has yet to do so. The new group of players acquired through free agency and trades, cornerbacks Nnamdi Asomugha and Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, along with the signing of Quarterback Michael Vick to a healthy contract, were prema-turely deemed the “Dream Team.” Through four games though it’s been a pipe dream.

Professional athletes pretend that they don’t pay attention to the me-dia—but I’m not buying that. How could anyone from the Eagles (1-3) have missed the debacle that Leb-ron James and the “Heatles” created in South Beach during the last NBA season?

That was a nightmare and I’d like to think people learn from oth-ers mistakes, but up to this point in this season, Philadelphia is what the Heat was at the same time early on — a hot mess. To Miami’s credit they made it to the NBA Finals and choked, if Vick and company can fol-low that blueprint it would be an ac-complishment and a trip to the Super Bowl hasn’t been completely thrown out of the window, yet.

Second, signing Michael Vick to a six-year $100 million contract. Ini-tially, when I saw the report the first thing that came to mind was, why? Vick is one of the most electrifying players the league has seen, and is also a killer in EA Sports Madden football game. But outside of that, what has he ever done as a player to deserve that kind of contract? Sorry but he’s no where near being men-tioned in the same breath as Peyton Manning or Tom Brady.

Vick has tasted playoff soup, but he’s never come close to eating at the Super Bowl.

Anticipation, Fear, PerseveranceThe City of Rocks through the Outdoor Program

nikki HansOnAssitstant Sports Editor

What is significant about rocks? We walk over rocks everyday, pos-sibly use them as a tool to hurt our friends or maybe we are one of the lucky ones who gets to study rocks in a geoscience lab. Either way, many of us do not see the beauty, potential and power that every rock has, unless you have experienced the thrill of rock climbing.

The Outdoor Program hosted a trip to the City of Rocks this past weekend. Those fortunate enough to attend had the opportunity to climb in the great outdoors away from the safety of the indoor climbing gym—a whole new experience entirely.

The City of Rocks became a land-mark in 1843 and has granite pin-nacles and monoliths some 60 stories tall that have rock climbers across the nation salivating. Not only did the group have the chance of a lifetime to climb these magnificent rocks, but they were led in their climbs by avid rock climber Tedd Thompson.

“He’s like a walking encyclopedia of climbing lore and knowledge,” Trip Leader Phil Hobbs said. “Tedd is a scholar and a gentleman. Tedd’s famil-iarity with the City was unparalleled

on this trip, he knows the place inside and out. He’s been climbing there almost 30 years. He’s the archetypal climber. There’s such a mythology around the old school climbers and I think he embodies that whole ideal really well.”

The City of Rocks trip left a huge impression on the participants of the Outdoor Program adventure. Many students in the group had not climbed in the great outdoors before and now realize what they have been miss-ing. Not just in the sense of climbing where there is no set route, but to climb surrounded by such a beautiful landscape is a rare treat in and of itself.

“The coolest thing I saw on the trip was really how far all of our participants progressed within three days,” Assistant Trip Leader Travis Pruitt said.

The destinations the group climbed during the trip included the Breadloves, Bath Rock and Bumble. Each location has a quirky name, but the routes are even more creative. For example, Bumble takes a tumble, New York is not the city, and Rollercoaster Wall were a few of the more innovative names the group encountered.

Climb-ing is a sport that is unlike any other. Many climbers adhere to this statement, but climbing is some-thing that needs to be ex-perienced in order for any person to fully understand the impact it can have on your life.

“I love climbing because no mat-ter how good you are, you can always be better,” Hobbs said.

There is nothing quite like waking up to the dawn revealing a city of rocks just beyond reach.

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Sophomore Pete Davis ascends Rollercoaster Wall at Bath Rock in the City of Rocks. Which is by far one of the most kick-ass places to climb in Idaho.

illustration By Bryan talBot/the arBiter