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Drew Wright (39) dives into the endzone for the Broncos’ only rushing touchdown against Toledo in Friday night’s ESPN game of the night.

Wyatt MartinSports Editor

Boise State 40, Toledo 15.The Broncos began their game

against Toledo in similar fashion to their game two weeks ago against Georgia: slowly.

Boise’s defense allowed the Rock-ets to drive the length of the field and score on their opening posses-sion, which consisted of multiple screen plays the Broncos were un-able to defend.

Luckily, the Broncos were able to counter-punch with their own scoring drive on the following pos-session. Kellen Moore’s 25-yard

touchdown pass to Tyler Shoe-maker, along with a successful PAT, put Boise State ahead 7-6 in the first quarter.

The Broncos added another score on the following drive, when Moore dumped a screen pass to Doug Martin, who then juked, jived and dodged his way to a 71-yard touch-down reception. Unfortunately, kicker Dan Goodale was unable to convert the PAT attempt.

The Rockets came out firing on their next possession, led by quarterback Terrance Owens. The Bronco defense was able to bend without breaking, forcing the Rock-ets to punt the ball. The game re-

mained stagnate until the Broncos’ final possession of the first half when they drove 64 yards to the one yard line. Moore scared Boise fans when an attempted QB sneak at the goal line ended up with the ball on the ground in the endzone. Luckily, the officials called Moore down on the play. He was then able to connect on a fade route to the corner of the endzone with wide receiver Tyler Shoemaker on the next play to put Boise ahead 20-6.v

The Rockets put together a nice drive of their own to finish the half and ended up with three more points off a field goal as time expired in the second quarter.

The second half consisted mainly of Kellen Moore surgically slicing through Toledo’s defense (aside from an interception late in the third quarter).

Bronco fans were forced to hold their breath early in the third when Moore came up limping after rolling out to the left sideline. He appeared to tweak his knee on the play and received some attention from Boise State medical staff, while sopho-more Joe Southwick finished the series. Moore was able to return the next series for the Broncos to lead them on a scoring drive.

Moore finished the night com-pleting 32 of 42 passes for 455 yards

and five touchdowns.The Bronco defense was able

to hold the Rockets’ offense to 15 points, making their biggest play of the night on an interception by defensive lineman Chase Baker. Baker was able to corral a tipped ball thrown by the Rockets’ Terrance Owens.

Doug Martin finished the eve-ning with over 250 all-purpose yards and a touchdown. Tyler Shoemaker grabbed only four passes, fortunate-ly three were for touchdowns.

The Broncos will have a little more than a week to rest before their home opener against Tulsa next Sat-urday at 6 p.m. in Bronco Stadium.

Lindsey HiLeMan Lifestyles Editor

Recognized as one of Comedy Central’s 100 greatest stand-ups of all time, Paula Poundstone is one funny lady.

This Friday, she will bring her mi-crophone, a stool and a can of Diet Pepsi® to Boise, where she will per-form live at the Egyptian Theatre.

Poundstone is a well known stand-up comedian, author and regular panelist on NPR’s “Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me,” a weekly quiz show where host Peter Sagal lobs questions at three panelists who are

competing for the prestige of being the most

informed on current events.“It’s like being a batter in a batting

cage,” Poundstone said. “And the guys I work with, I always feel like I should get a college credit just for sitting beside them because they’re very smart and very funny.”

Poundstone has various other credits to her name including her book “There’s Nothing in this Book I Meant to Say,” her comedy CD “I Heart Jokes,” HBO specials and appearances on numerous “late shows” and radio programs.

At her live stand-up shows, Poundstone interacts with mem-bers of the audience with the time honored, “Where are you from? What do you do?” With her sponta-neity and quick wit, which gets her audience rolling with laughter, she is often asked if she uses “plants” in the audience or preps people before the show.

“That would take far more en-ergy than I could possibly muster,” Poundstone said. “I don’t even dry my hair before I arrive.”

When she’s not traveling the

country telling her “little jokes" as she likes to call them, Poundstone stays busy caring for her three chil-dren, 16 cats, dog, bearded dragon lizard, bunny and the single ant left from her ant farm.

Poundstone is also a spokesper-son for the Association of Library Trustees Advocates Friends and Foundations (ALTFF)—or Friends of the Library as they were once, more simply known—a network of enthusiastic library supporters.

“The library is the best deal in town,” Poundstone said. “It’s full of sex and crime and how-to and Henry VIII and Pippi Longstocking. I’m never sure what’s not to love in a library.”

Poundstone to tell her ‘little jokes’

Paula Poundstone makes fans’ faces hurt from laughter.

CHeyenne PerryJournalist

The new 2011-2012 year brings a fresh outlook to the Associate Students of Boise State University (ASBSU).

With an executive council com-prised of a president, a vice presi-dent, a secretary of clubs and orga-nizations, a secretary of academic affairs, a secretary of external com-munications, an assembly speaker, a budget director and delegates, AS-BSU attempts to cover every basis to improve proficiency.

ASBSU works behind the scenes at Boise State and many students do not recognize the implications of its involvement. The student-led organization focuses on facilitation, “such as providing funding for clubs, but it also means helping students

get involved,” Vice President Eric Schuler said. “We’ve kind of taken a more personal approach to it.”

The major change in the con-struction of ASBSU this year is the Student Assembly.

Instead of having representatives from each academic college, the Student Assembly seeks to provide more specification by compiling one representative from each aca-demic department. Members of the executive council have high hopes for the Student Assembly.

"By switching to the assembly you have more confidence that you’re going to have equal representation,” Schuler said.

Another noteworthy transforma-tion from recent years is the replace-ment of the judiciary with the single position of Student Ethics Officer.

This station manages a commit-

tee that translates the constitution and performs the services of the pre-vious judiciary.

One item, President Brandie VanOrder is excited about is the “Get Involved with ASBSU” form. It allows direct contact for students with questions to ASBSU members.

“It’s like the best part of our job,” Schuler said. “When we get to talk to individual students.”

ASBSU also emphasizes advo-cating for the students. This means representing the entire student body and helping students represent themselves. Students serving on committees and making decisions allows for more involvement and student voice, something Schuler and the rest of the executive council try to assist.

“It’s less about us having our ideas … but allowing the students to give

feedback into those decisions so that what they want actually comes out,” Schuler said.

Finances present daunting tasks as well.

In the past clubs have had to sub-mit applications months ahead of planned events through the Finan-cial Advisory Board.

Changes have been made so that clubs can put in applications to the Student Funding Board two to three weeks prior to the activities.

“If I have an idea now, I can see it happen this semester, not next year when I remember to put it in my annual budget,” Schuler said of the benefits of this alteration.

Council members focus their efforts on making allocated funds open to clubs this year. Having only used a fraction of the funds set aside for clubs and organizations last year,

ASBSU looks to increase campus involvement and activities.

“We’ve just seen a lot more stu-dent interest and I think it has a lot to do with the different approach ... more students have been in here in these first four weeks than came in all last year,” Ryan Gregg, ASBSU Assembly Speaker, said.

Freshman and sophomore repre-sentation existed in the early years when Boise State was known as Boise Junior College. In 1967, the student government adapted the presidential, vice presidential, secre-tarial, treasurer and class presidential positions.

The Senate model, based upon the U.S. government, commenced in 1997. This model lasted until last year’s ASBSU decided to implement new structure changes to be fulfilled this year.

ASBSU strives to continue moving forward

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Palestinian statehood bid goes forward

JERUSALEM --- Palestinian ne-gotiators have accused the United States of failing to offer measures that might have headed off the confrontation over the coming United Nations’ decision regard-ing the creation of a Palestinian State.

According to Palestinian ambas-sadors, the proposal presented to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas avoided many key issues, including the fate of Jerusalem and refugees.

Abbas will submit a request for Palestine to be introduced to the U.N. as an independent state with East Jerusalem as its capitol. This is in face of heavy opposition from the United States, the European Union and Israel itself.

Many were prepared to take an-other look at proposals for peace-ful negotiations, but even after two weeks have yielded no results. Pal-estinian leaders have announced that they will proceed with their application for statehood.

Libya support mission gets go-aheadTRIPOLI, LIBYA --- The United Nations Security

Council recently passed a declaration to start a sup-port mission in Libya.

The purposes of this support mission are restor-ing law and order, helping set up a constitution and elections and assisting in the process of assimilating newly unfrozen assets.

The sanctions against Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi’s regime no longer apply, so asset freezes en-acted against Libya will gradually be undone.

This resolution came through shortly after the United Nations decided to welcome the National Transitional Council as Libya’s representation to next weeks General Assembly meeting.

TEHRAN, IRAN --- The lawyer for American hikers Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer says that their release will probably be delayed until Tuesday since the judge who needs to sign the release order is on vacation.

Last week President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that the two hikers would soon be freed on bail in a humanitarian gesture, but the judiciary has so far failed to sign the release forms.

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The Reno air races have multiple categories of flying and aircraft. This is the first time spectators have been killed since the races started 47 years ago.

Death toll at 9 for Reno air racesRENO, NEVADA --- A pilot

lost control of his vintage aircraft and crashed into spectators dur-ing the annual Reno air races Fri-day afternoon.

According to Reno police, sev-en people died on the tarmac, in-cluding the pilot. Two more have since died in the hospital. Close

to 60 people were injured during the crash.

The cause of the crash is un-known and members of the National Transportation Safety Board, three of which were in attendance at the races, are cur-rently investigating possibilities. One theory is that the elevator

trim tab, which was filmed break-ing before the crash, was a factor in the nose dive.

The pilot, 74-year-old Jimmy Leeward, is reported to have pulled his plane away from the stands as much as he could before the crash, which could have pos-sibly saved hundreds of lives.

Action neeeded for American Jobs Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. --- President Obama recently announced the American Jobs Act and the plan to fund his $447 million proposal will be presented today.

He asked that Americans call their congresspeople and tell them the importance of this bill.

On his weekly radio address, Obama said, “Everything in the Ameri-can Jobs Act is the kind of idea that’s been supported by Democrats and Republicans before. And if they’re ideas you agree with too, every one of you can help make it happen by telling your congressperson to pass this jobs bill right away.”

Similar sentiments were expressed during the Republican address by Congressman Peter Roskam of Illinois.

He also recommended changes to improve the bill’s effectiveness, in-cluding lessening certain regulations on businesses which he says slows hiring.

Violent crime rate falls 13%

WASHINGTON, D.C. --- New statistics released by the Justice De-partment indicate that violent crime fell 13 percent in 2010.

This drop is about three times larger than the annual declines for the past nine years.

This survey, done over telephone, does not include murder. It includes rape, robbery, aggravated assault and simple assault. Almost two-thirds of the crimes counted were assaults where the victim was not injured.

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Suspect arrested for aggravated battery

BOISE, IDAHO — Carl Streeter, 54, was arrested Saturday at noon on charges of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.

It is a felony that carries a sentence of up to life in prison, should he be convicted.

Officers had been called to an apartment near Idaho and Ban-nock streets around midnight Friday, and was declared armed

and very dangerous by the Boise Police Department.

Streeter was arrested without incident in an alley near Ban-nock, Idaho, 18th and 19th streets hours later.

He alledgedly stabbed an un-identified woman multiple times in the upper body Friday night. Streeter was an acquaintance of the victim and lived close to her.

Her injuries were serious, but apparently not life-threatening.

Search for A.D. begins

BOISE, IDAHO --- President Kustra has announced the mem-bers of a 14 person team that is to recommend candidates that can fill former Athletic Director Gene Bleymaier’s shoes.

Members include respected local community, business and campus leaders representing the Bronco Athletic Association, Boi-se State University Foundation, alumni, university faculty and ad-ministrators and the athletic de-partment.

Jed Hughes, senior partner of search firm Spencer Stuart, has been hired as a consultant.

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Unlike kittens, helicop-ters don’t like lasers

BOISE, IDAHO -- Sept. 14--Boise Police and the Trans-portation Safety Administra-tion are asking for the public’s help in identifying the person who pointed a green laser light at a LifeFlight helicopter last Monday night.

The LifeFlight crew had a pa-tient in the helicopter when the laser incident occurred at 8:53 p.m. A nurse on the LifeFlight helicopter could see the green laser coming from a vehicle in or near the intersection of

Glenwood and State streets.Pointing a laser into an air-

craft is a federal crime. Fines can reach up to $25,000. A conviction on federal criminal charges of interfering with a flight crew or acts of violence against public transportation systems may carry a 20-year prison sentence.Anyone with information should call Crime Stoppers at 343-COPS.

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Obama’s Ameri-can Jobs Act a chance at history

AlishA GrAefeJournalist

The debt ceiling and nation-al budget are hot-button issues, both political parties hate each other, elections are coming up soon and, in the middle of all of this mess, President Barack Obama is throwing a whole new pitch into the ballgame called the American Jobs Act.

But this “new” jobs act isn’t really all that new. In 2009, Congress passed the Ameri-can Recovery and Reinvest-ment Act or the Stimulus Bill. Obama signed it into law four days later. This new proposed bill is just a spin-off of the pre-vious one.

Even though this bill is al-most exactly the same as pre-vious incarnations, Obama is trying it again.

In the American Jobs Act, Obama plans on putting people to work by rebuilding America. He wants the Ameri-can people to rebuild roads and bridges, renovate and modern-ize at least 35,000 schools and houses. Putting teachers back to work is just another part of Obama’s plan.

Obama also plans on giving small and large businesses ini-tiatives to better themselves. This bill will provide a tax break for companies that hire new workers, especially unem-plyed and veteran citizens.

“(The tax breaks will) cut payroll taxes in half for every working American and every small business. It will provide a jolt to an economy that has stalled,” Obama said in an ad-dress to a Joint Session of Con-gress Sept. 8.

“Pass this jobs bill and the

typical working family will get a fifteen hundred dollar tax cut next year. Fifteen hundred dol-lars that would have been taken out of your paycheck will go right into your pocket.”

The president also said that this expands on tax cuts Re-publicans and Democrats al-ready passed earlier this year.

But as in the first Stimulus Bill, there are differing views as to whether or not the Ameri-can people will benefit.

Boise State Adjunct Profes-sor Jared Hoskins said he be-lieves most Americans will like this bill.

“It will provide income tax breaks and increase overall pay,” Hoskins said. “It’s going to give incentives for busi-nesses to hire veterans, so vets will be happy with this. Republicans won’t like it but (Obama’s) telling Americans

what this will cost. He’s ap-pealing to Americans. This is a populist cry.”

A different view comes from Idaho Senator Jim Risch.

“The last stimulus bill cost almost $1 trillion and we still lost 1.7 million jobs,” Risch said in a press release. “We can-not afford to keep doing the same thing.”

Yet, Hoskins believes the jobs act will help many lower-

and middle-class Americans.“This bill is aimed for the

majority,” he said. “It’s here to help out everyday Americans and not the rich. President Obama makes that clear.”

Obama definitely makes that clear when he says the govern-ment will pay for this bill by re-ducing the deficit by, “reform-ing our tax code in a way that asks the wealthiest Americans and biggest corporations to pay

their fair share.”If this bill goes through and

the changes are more notice-able, this could be a huge break in the economic downturn that has lasted since October 2008.

President Franklin Roosevelt is famous for the same kind of act Obama is trying to pass. If he can pull this off, Obama could go down in history as one of the most famous presi-dents as well.

As history beckons, the time for Palestinian statehood is nowBen MAck

Opinion Editor

For the Zionist movement seek-ing an independent state of Israel, desire became reality in November 1947, when the United Nations

General Assembly passed Resolu-tion 181 supporting the establish-ment of a Jewish state in the former British colony of Palestine.

That state was declared on May 14, 1948 by David Ben-Gurion and the Jewish People’s Council in a Tel Aviv museum. The state of Israel was

recognized that evening by then-President Harry Truman and by the Soviet Union a few days later.

More than six decades later, Pal-estinians are seeking similar recog-nition, firstly in front of the Security Council, asking for their own state based on the 1967 borders and free

from occupation and settlement of half a million Israelis.

More importantly, the Palestin-ians want to be able to determine their own affairs.

The idea of a Palestinian state should be uncontroversial. The United States at one time supported the notion, as did other nations such as the United Kingdom. Indeed, in his 2009 Cairo speech aimed at mending ties with the Arab world, President Barack Obama insisted: “Israelis must acknowledge that just as Israel’s right to exist cannot be de-nied, neither can Palestine’s.”

Yet now, Obama appears deter-mined to veto the move towards Palestinian statehood.

Should the Palestinian request fail at the Security Council, it will then go to the U.N. General Assembly, where it seems likely that close to 130 member states will vote to sup-port a Palestinian resolution, but will be able only to grant an enhanced status for Palestine to become the equivalent of the Vatican — an “ob-server state.” It would, however, be a deeply symbolic moment provid-ing a political, moral and diplomatic victory for the Palestinian cause that the world will find difficult to ignore.

Further, observer status would also allow Palestine to become a sig-natory to the International Criminal Court, permitting it to pursue legal claims against Israel for human rights abuses and territorial claims relating

to the construction of thousands of settlements in the West Bank.

The objections to a Palestinian state are dangerous and transparent-ly self-serving ones, not least in the midst of an Arab Spring sweeping the Middle East and North Africa where the U.S. and European Union have tried to present themselves as being supporters of democracy, free-dom and justice.

Equally contentious is the claim by some supporters of Israel that, in seeking their own state through the declaration of the international com-munity rather than direct talks, the Palestinian government is seeking to “delegitimize” the very existence of Israel.

The reality is that what those op-posing Palestinian statehood are de-manding is that Palestinians “make peace” with Israel, as if they are the sole aggressors in the decades-long struggle between the two entities. This is not true.

Unfortunately, violence in the region is common and widespread. The actions of the Israeli army in the occupied territories, as numerous re-ports and books, such as “Breaking the Silence” — a recent nonfiction account of Israeli soldiers’ experi-ences in Palestine — have demon-strated, there remains embedded in the Israeli government a desire to control Palestine and “put down” what is viewed as an insurgency.

There are risks, inevitably, in tak-

ing the issue of Palestinian statehood to the U.N. Moves on statehood threaten the long-fractious relation-ship between Fatah and Hamas, the latter of which opposes the state-hood moves — particularly in its stronghold of Gaza — raising the risk of more political violence be-tween the rival Palestinian factions.

There is the danger, too, that the tactic will feel like a waste of time the day after when Palestinians wake up to see nothing in their lives has changed.

But already the strategy has shed important light on a Middle East peace process in which the U.S. has long cast itself as an impartial bro-ker between Israel and Palestine (although it has vetoed every U.N. resolution criticizing Israel).

But now, America’s influence in the region has diminished.

That new reality was dramatized last week when Saudi Arabia threat-ened that relations with the U.S. would suffer should America choose to veto Palestinian statehood. Such a move would be disastrous for the U.S., which receives more oil from Saudi Arabia than anywhere else.

Israel was founded amid risk and uncertainty, which those who sup-ported it fully recognized. They did not argue that a Jewish homeland was possible only in the most ideal and secure conditions. That argu-ment should not be used to further delay Palestinian statehood.

Israelis pour concrete for the construction of new settlements in the Palestinian-controlled territory of the West Bank in 2010. Granting statehood would give Pales-tinians greater autonomy and allow them to pursue legal claims against Israel.

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Freshman retention rates on the riseTony MAdonnA

Journalist

College is all about getting to know people and networking within your discipline. Without those aspects, one question is whether or not to transfer to an-other university. The steps that Boise State has taken to retain first-year students definitely en-courages people to remain.

Boise State retained 69 per-cent of their full-time first-year students in the fall of 2010, a six percent increase since 2006. This put their retention rate above the national average.

Starting in 2006, the Freshman Success Task Force Action Plan implemented first-year programs (such as living-learning commu-nities) and increased employ-ment opportunities on campus. The plan improved other areas as well, but the first-year programs and increased job opportuni-ties focus more on basic student needs to improve student life on campus.

The living-learning communi-ties help students connect with other people with the same ma-jor. Not only do living-learning communities make friends, but the friends made in these com-munities can also act as a study group throughout the four years spent at Boise State, addressing the social and academic needs of students.

“I really enjoyed the living-learning community,” Arrianna Montgomery, a sophomore business major, said. “It helped me meet professors as well as students with the same major. It also introduced me to a job on campus, which has given me a chance to improve my résumé as well as feel a little more financially stable.”

Having a job on campus gets students more involved with cam-pus life and makes them more comfortable financially. Boise State has created more job oppor-tunities on campus in an attempt to keep students coming back. In addition to first-year programs

and increased job opportunities, another aspect of the Freshman Success Task Force Action Plan is increased student-teacher in-teraction.

“I do plan to come back be-cause the classes are amazing and the teachers are great,” Laura George, freshman human re-sources major, said. “They make themselves available to their stu-dents inside and outside of class.”

It’s difficult to retain students at a commuter campus. On-campus student life isn’t quite the same when only 10 percent of students live on campus and students have to be happy with their surround-ings to consider coming back. Boise State has made efforts to give first-year students the means to enjoy their surroundings and those efforts have, and will con-tinue to, increase the number of students that return.

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Since 2006, Boise State’s freshman retention rates have risen six percent.

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Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis

FOR RELEASE SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

ACROSS1 Make even, in a

way8 Key rings?

15 More thanconcerned

16 When forgingstarted

17 Juntas, e.g.18 Discarded

storagetechnology

19 Considernecessary

20 Round seed21 Blew, so to speak22 Moving

experience?24 Fine-grained soil25 Othello game

piece28 Corpulent29 Unfavorably

influence30 PIN holder’s

record31 Make fit33 Suffix with nanny36 Beyond unethical39 “Bambi”

character40 Wire function41 Man cave

channel of choice42 Wile44 __ vindice:

Confederacymotto

45 Parker whoplayed DanielBoone

46 Underlyingvalues

48 Like protozoa50 Has a turn51 Improved one’s

record52 Akkadian king

who conqueredMesopotamia

56 Kitchen tools58 “Olly olly oxen

free!”59 Dominions60 Mess up, as a

punch line61 Lot62 Slid (over)

DOWN1 Makes shake2 Fonda role

3 Ranch brush4 Long-odds bet5 Amalgamate6 Character flaw7 Meas. of some

field losses orgains

8 Sailingmaneuvers

9 Code word?10 “Psych!”11 Eat at, as one’s

conscience12 Classroom

response, attimes

13 Pulitzer-winningwriters Timothyand Jennifer

14 Times of prayer inthe Divine Office

20 Tried to buy atauction

23 She played Ellein “Kill Bill”

24 Onlineconvenience

25 Pulp figure26 Tiny paper clip,

e.g.27 Settings for

“Junkyard Wars”29 Loyal to a fault32 Zola portraitist

34 Droiddownloads

35 Chain letters?37 NYSE deals38 Cites43 Flipped46 Vandalized, in a

way47 “Chestnuts

roasting ...” co-writer

48 Like some forestground

49 Neck line?51 Cactus __: state

bird of Arizona53 Canter, for one54 “Memories __”:

Billy Crystal film55 Requisite57 “__ tu che

macchiaviquell’anima”:Verdi lyric

58 Uses Trillian,briefly

Friday’s Puzzle SolvedBy Tom Heilman 9/17/11

(c)2011 Tribune Media Services, Inc. 9/17/11

Today’s Birthday (09/19/11). Step into a leadership role this year in an area of your particular passion. Others are grateful that you step forward, and willing hands abound. Rely on experi-enced friends to teach you the ropes. You’re creating a positive buzz.

To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Aries (March 21-April 19) Today is a 9 -- A new phase of inspiration begins today, with Mars in the house of Leo for al-most the next two years. Listen to experience; practice with dis-cipline; and gather resources for home and family.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) Today is an 8 -- Go ahead and become your ideal self. You’ve been practicing, and even if you don’t think you know how, you can do it. Get a coach or mentor,

and your power grows.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) To-day is a 9 -- For the next two years, your reservoir grows. A careful, work-related investment may be necessary. Talk it over with respected friends and fam-ily. Gather up riches.

Cancer ( June 22-July 22) To-day is a 9 -- How would you do it if you were the boss? Speak out respectfully, and others appreci-ate your point of view. You know the rules. Explain them clearly, especially to elders.

Leo ( July 23-Aug. 22) Today is an 8 -- Inquire among your friends about a solution, or or-ganize a team to help you do it all. Your wish is their command. You’d do the same for them. Avoid spending for the time being.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

Today is a 7 You get by with a

little help from your friends. Your thorough attention to de-tail unjams something that was stuck. Let go of a preconcep-tion. Keep trying, until you get it right.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Today is a 9 -- Today requires patience when it comes to work and your significant relationships. You may be rewarded with a bonus. More work comes in. Keep it or-ganized, one task at a time.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -To-day is an 8 -- You’re in the mid-dle of a busy phase. Structure provides support. Take new re-sponsibilities. Put more energy than money into your projects. Do it for love.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Today is a 6 -- Romantic inten-sity could present challenges in the morning. Resist any urge to flee, and accept what you get.

Do what’s required to restore harmony. Talk about nest eggs later.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Today is an 8 -- Today may bring reversals in love and in com-munications. You could avoid this and bury yourself in your work. Call in reinforcements if needed. Contemplation rewards more than action.

Aquarius ( Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Today is a 6 -- There’s much to learn from young people now. Surround yourself by the cre-ative spirit of the youngest gen-eration. You can’t bottle youth, but it’s communicable.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) To-day is a 7 -- Choose family over romance. Focus on cleaning and organizing your nest and on hanging out at home. Compro-mise to avoid silly arguments that waste time.

Tuesday, September 20, 20115:00 PM - 7:00 PM Graduate School: Your Next Step?The Boise State University Graduate College, in partnership with the Honors College and Women’s Center, is hosting a graduate school information session featur-ing faculty and current graduate students in the Student Union Building, Hatch Ballrooms A & B. This information session will help to demystify the process of applying to graduate school and provide insight into what graduate school is like for students. This session will feature a presentation from the Associate Dean of the Graduate College on the benefits and costs of attending graduate school, as well as the process of finding, applying, and pay-ing for your next level of education. Breakout ses-sions give attendees the opportunity to speak with faculty and current gradu-ates from the College of Arts and Sciences, College

of Business and Econom-ics, College of Education, College of Engineering, College of Health Science, and the College of Social Sciences and Public Af-fairs. Representatives from Financial Aid, Graduate Admissions, and the Boise State Writing Center will provide additional resourc-es for attendees interested in applying for and at-tending graduate school.Presented by: Boise State Graduate College, Honor’s College, Women’s Center. Location: Hatch Ballrooms A & B Cost: Free Contact: Kali Furman For Invisible ChildrenPhi Eta Sigma and Invisible Children have teamed up with Better World Books to run a book drive through fall semester. College text-books are priority, however all books in re-sellable condition will be appreci-ated. Look for collection bins around campus. Stay up to date idahobookdrive.com. Presented by Boise State UniversityContact: Mary Hogan

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No rocket science needed in Toledo

John GarretsonOnline Sports Editor

After a convincing 40-15 victory over the Toledo Rockets at the Glass Bowl stadium, it is evident that Boise State is on a path to bust through the BCS once again and have their eyes set on New Orleans for the championship game.

Even though the first half was a bit mediocre, a few key players for the Broncos came in the clutch to help Boise State to their landslide win.

Kellen Moore, senior quarterback:The senior quarterback had a career night in Ohio,

setting personal highs in completions with 32, and tying his career-high mark of five touchdown passes. Racking up over 455 passing yards, there was no chance the Rockets defense was going to break down the Heisman hopeful’s aerial attack. Connecting with nine different receivers, a new trend for Moore, he filled the voids from Austin Pettis and Titus Young nicely.

There was an injury scare in the third quarter when Moore threw a pass from across his body and tweaked his leg, but he was able to play the rest of the game.

Doug Martin, senior running back:It wasn’t the running game that left Bronco Nation

in awe of the Muscle Hamster, as he carried the ball 19 times for 70 yards. Martin wowed the crowd with

his team high 122 receiving yards, breaking ankles left and right of the Rockets’ defensive backs. Moore’s 71 yard pass to Martin opened up the flood gates for Boise State, a pass that was originally a quick screen, but Martin’s elusiveness and lightning speed allowed him to go coast to coast and enter the end-zone for six.

Tyler Shoemaker, senior wide receieverWith his four catches, three of them touchdowns,

for 52 yards, we saw glimpses of Austin Pettis in Shoe-maker, especially in the red zone. His strong presence as an inside target as well as solid hands gives Moore a new go-to option. The other great quality from the Meridian, Idaho native is his ability to draw double coverage because of his incumbency and let the younger, lesser known receivers get open.

While those three Broncos provided the perennial offense for Boise State, there was one negative about the game.

Boise State’s kicking:It was obvious that Head Coach Chris Petersen did

not feel comfortable with the kicking game against Georgia, but it seemed like it had gotten even worse when they played against Toledo. Both Dan Goodale and Michael Frisina each missed PAT kicks and when it was fourth down, Boise State had typically always gone for it, which even included a fake 51 yard field goal run by Joe Southwick that came up short.

We can only hope the kickers gain some confidence against Tulsa this Saturday.

Who stood out Friday in Boise State’s win

Grant Hendrick (9) hands the ball to running back D.J. Harper (7) Friday.

Justin DalmeJournalist

The women’s volleyball team (8-4) entered the final game of the Sooner Legends Nike Invitational with a four-match win streak. The Broncos hadn’t dropped a game, sweeping every team in the tournament. Only the University of Oklahoma (13-3) remained in their path to complete the sweep.

The Broncos started the match firing on all cylinders, taking the early lead 6-5.

The girls never looked back, winning the first set 25-22. The Sooners rebounded by taking the second set 25-19.

With the game tied at a set apiece, the Broncos were able to get back on top with a win in the third, 25-17.

Boise State had the Sooners with their backs against the wall

facing elimination, but Oklaho-ma clawed back in the fourth set (25-16) to tie the match back up 2-2 and force a fifth and final set.

One more set for all the mar-bles. One more set to upset a ranked Oklahoma. But, it wasn’t to be. After being down 2-1, Oklahoma put the Broncos away in the fifth (15-4) to take the match 3-2.

Boise State finished the week-end 3-1 to improve their record to 8-4 on the season.

The Broncos started the tour-nament with a sweep over Texas Southern University (25-8, 25-15, 25-4). The girls set a new record for match hitting percent-age during the game, hitting 58.5 percent. During the match, red-shirt freshman Brittany Reardon recorded a 84.6 hitting percent-age, good for second best in the Boise State record books during a match.

Against the University of Ar-

kansas-Pine Bluff, the Broncos again went into the utility closet to bring out the brooms and sweep up the competition (25-9, 25-13, 25-14) to finish day one of the tournament unbeaten.

On Saturday, it was much of the same when Boise State took on the University of Arkansas-Little Rock. The Broncos took down Arkansas-Little Rock in three (25-19, 25-16, 25-15) to extend their win streak to four. Starting on Tuesday night against Weber State University, the Broncos hadn’t dropped a set, winning 12 in a row.

The Broncos made it 13 sets in a row against Oklahoma before having their consecutive win streak snapped.

Boise State will now start con-ference play when they take on the University of Wyoming this Thursday.

The Broncos beat the Cow-boys 3-0 in Laramie last year.

Broncos push No. 22 Sooners

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Broncos defeat Cal Poly in double OT

Nikki HaNsoNAssistant Sports Editor

Many of us watch soccer on TV and let’s face it, the action in the game is generally lim-ited to the ball going back and forth across the field for the entire 90 minutes.

Then, to the joy of the spec-tators there will be a heated moment where a ball goes in the net.

However, when a team scores three goals in a game, it’s an assault on the opposing team.

The women’s soccer team lost 0-3 to Cal Poly in the fi-nal game of the Viking Soccer Classic in Hillsboro, Ore. last

weekend. After the difficult loss, the ladies learned from their mistakes and picked themselves up — going on to win this weekend.

The Broncos won the game in their second double over-time game of the season, against South Dakota on Fri-day with a 1-0 victory.

The game winning goal was made by freshman Shannon Schueren in the 102nd min-ute off an assist from sopho-more Katy Oehring. Oehring dodged a Coyote defender, then served a cross to the cen-ter of the field to Schueren, who slammed the ball to the back of the net.

Schueren has proved to be

an asset for the Broncos this season, this being her second game-winning goal of the season. She leads the team in three goals and seven points this season, impressive statis-tics thus far.

Senior goalkeeper Liz Ruiz earned the win for the Bron-cos in a shut out. She has had a remarkable career as a Bronco, this match marking the 26th career win. She is now tied with Kim Parker as the win-ningest goalie in Boise State history.

Boise State will hit the road again this weekend, go-ing to Omaha, Neb. to take on Creighton on Sunday at 1 p.m. Central.

Hey, batter batter

Junior Lela Work pitches to the College of Southern Idaho during the double header Saturday at Mountain Cove. The Broncos dominated the Eagles.

Women’s soccer wins 1-0 in Omaha, Friday

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