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Arbiter, November 10Students of Boise State University

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Volunteer Services Board seeks ASBSU, student participation -BY TESS~ SCHWEIGERT

Assistant News Editor

As mid-November approaches,the Boise State Volunteer ServicesBoard Is spotlighting pover-

. ty issues and Is asking studentsto participate.

Hunger and Homelessness Weekwill be held Nov. 12 to 18 and will

\04 candidatefor presidentto visit BSU

BY HIC~H HCL~UGHLINNews Writer

2004 Libertarian presidentialcandidate Michael Badnarik willspeak at Boise State Thursday Nov.10 and Saturday, Nov. 12, aboutthe United States Constitution andconstitutionality.

The lecture will be held from7 to 8 p.rn, In the Student UnionBuilding's Jordan Ballroom.Admission is free. There will be anopportunity for questions after hespeaks. Saturday's seminar willlast longer wllI be held between 1and 5 p.m, in the Barnwell Room ofthe SUB. The seminar Is availableto those who have registered; theprice $50 and Includes a book.

The lectures will focus on theintent of the Founding Fathers Inwriting the U.S. Constitution, ac-cording to Robbi Kier, adviser toStudents for Liberty.

The seminar will also providean in-depth discussion of impli-cations of the Constitution, saidKier. Students can expect to gain "aheightened awareness of what ourcountry was based on and a morereal Idea of what the intent was,"said Kler. That is, Badnarlk will bespeaking about the reach and scopeof tbe Constitution.

"I do believe that it would be[from] a. Libertarian standpoint.However, I think it's a very valuableclass because [ Badnarlk Is] ... veryeducated" and an expert on the U.S.Constitution, Kier continued.

According to Kier, the lecturesare of particular value to politicalscience, economics and pre-lawstudents. However, anyone with aninterest should find these lecturesinformative.

Badnarik's visit is sponsoredby BSU's resident Libertarian or-ganization, Students for Liberty.Students for Liberty is a studentorganization advocating the reduc-tion in government size and the ex-pansion of individual rights.

Badnarik, an independent com-puter consultant since 2001, hasbeen studying the .Constitutlon.since 1983. He was the Libertariancandidate for the Texas Houseof Representatives In both 2000and 2002 for the Austin area. TheLibertarian Party nominated himas its presidential candidate for the2004 elections. He won less thanone percentaf the popular voteduring that election. Currently,he is the Libertarian candidate forTexas Congressional District 10, ac-cording to his Web site.

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include several events relating tolocal and global poverty.

VSB Director Taylor Newboldsaid BSU students and employeescan donate to an ongoing food andclothing drive that directly benefitslocals in need.

Items can be dropped off in theStudent Union Building near theAssociated Students ofBSU offices.

"We'll take [donations] and makesure they go to the appropriateagency," Newbold said.:As'·;; .part· of Hunger-'. and

Homelessness Week, VSB willprovide a free hunger banquet onTuesday, Nov. 15.

The interactive banquet willplace attendees into three catego-ries -Jower-class, middle-class and

upper-class. Meals are determined .based on the class system. Lower-class meals may consist of only rice,while the upper-class diners will besomething more hearty;

"It's ·not a typical banquet:'Newbold said. "I wouldn't recom-mend showing up hungry."

On Friday, Nov. 18, VSB willshow the documentary "Born into

Brothels" at 7 p.m, in the Hatch CBallroom of the SUB.

The Oscar-winning documenta-ry focuses on children who are theproduct of prostitution in Calcutta.

Newbold invited ASBSU senatorsto Hunger and Homelessness Weekevents in their Tuesday meeting,and also encouraged participationin VSB's other events.

Service Saturday begins at 9 a.m.this Saturday.

It's the last Service Saturdayfor the fall semester, and is aprogram where BSU studentsvolunteer throughout theBoise community."If you're a good-hearted stu-

dent or senator, please show up,"Newbold said.

SPEAKER INTRODUCES STUDENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO·

The. BSU International StudentAssociation hosted "The Artof Living," a six-day workshopaimed at reducing stress through

breathing techniques, at Boise StateNov. 3-8. The seminar, in which mil-lions of people have participated in-ternationally, ended with a gradu-ation ceremony for 27 students andcommunity members Tuesday night.

"Stress is like a veil that preventspeople from living life at its fullest,"said Iani Koka, the leader of The Art ofLiving seminar at BSU. "People pickup so much stress and it builds up asemotional garbage."

Koka said he uses the experientialworkshop to teach practical- tools toeliminate stress and "give the feelingoflightnes_s." Koka said he has person-ally felt reduced stress and a greaterquality of life in .using the program,which includes breathing exercises,yoga, meditation and knowledge.

Koka, who currently is based in

San Francisco but was brought up inLondon, said he first learned aboutthe Art of Living during graduateschool at the University of Californiaat Santa Cruz. He said he took thecourse in May 1995 and has been ex-periencing the benefits since then.

Koka said the techniques he learnedin the Art ofLiving workshop gavehimclarity of mind and a better attentionand retention span during school.

"I felt a shift right away. [The course]helpedme focus much more. I didn'tneedto study so much, but I got bettergrades," Koka said.

Koka said he continued to use TheArt of Living tools when he enteredthe business world.

"I worked as a software engineer for12 hours a day in Silicon Valley, andthe breathing techniques gave me.mentalstalllina," Koka said. "I wasable to have fun at work."

Koka said his relationships haveimproved and that he "gothissmile

back,' He said smil-ing for children is nat-ural; it's as if their "joy wasbeaming out."

"That smile starts to wear off as webecome adults, and the workshophelps people get [their] youthfulnessagain," Koka said.

Koka said he has been teaching theArt of Living course for four or fiveyears. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar foundedthe Art of Living Foundation in 1982and introduced the Sudarshan Kriya,the breathing technique central tothe course. Koka said the Kriya hasbeen helpful for people with anxiety,depression and sleep disorders.

Koka said the Art of Living courseis particularly beneficial for collegestudents and the stress of school theyexperience., "So many students have anxietyand depression at such a young age,"

worldRiots in Franceintensify; restoringorder is' a priority

PARIS- As violent disturbancesintensified Sunday in cities acrossFrance, President Jacques Chiracsaid restoring public order and se-curity was his government's "abso-lute priority."

Chirac, who has been nearly in-visible during 11 days of the worstunrest France has experiencedsince the student protests of 1968,warned that "those who want tosow violence of fear, they will be ar-rested, judged and punished."

But his words did little to deterthe angry young men who live inthe squalid housing projects thatring the' outskirts Paris, Nantes,Orleans, Rennes, Rouen and othercities, As darkness settled, theywere out again in force, setting fireto curs, buses and shops, terroriz-ing their neighborhoods and revel-ing in self-destructive violence,

Rioters armed with bricks, base-ball bats and Molotov cocktailsclashed with police ill the southerncity ofToulouse.

In St. Etienne, a city in centralFrance, rioters attacked a bus, forc-ing the passengers offbefore settingit on fire: The driver and one pas-senger were injured, City officialsannounced that they were shuttingdown public transport until furthernotice.

Near Paris, the violence spreadto the southern suburb of Grigny,where rioters allegedly shot at po-lice with hunting rifles, accordingto French television, Two police-men were reported to have beenhospitulized with serious injuries.

Since the trouble began, at least'800 people have been arrested and3,500 to 4,000 vehicles have been

torched. mostly in the outlying dis- ,tricts of Paris. according to the un-official tallies of various news out-lets.

By midnight Sunday, another 95'people had been arrested and an-other 528 cars had been set ablazearound the country, according topolice.

Residents of some communitieshit by the violence have started toset up neighborhood patrols to pro-tect schools and businesses.

"We are at the point now wherewe have to call in the army:' one be-leaguered shopkeeper in Paris toldFrench television.

The rioting was triggered by anOct. 27 incident in which two im-migrant teenagers who thoughtthey were being chased by policewere electrocuted when they triedto hide in a power substation in theParis suburb of Clichy-sous- Bois.

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Tornado rips acrossKentucky, Indiana,killing at least 22

EVANSVILLE,Ind. - Hearingthe winds whip outside his mobilehome and the sound of breakingglass, Dustin Watts ordered his wifeto get in the bathtub and then wentto get his sons, ages 5 and 2.

Watts, 28,doesn't know what hap-pened next. But he thinks the tor-nado that killed at least 22 peoplewhen it struck northern Kentuckyand southern Indiana 'early Sundaytossed his home into the air.

"I don't know if it flipped over butit felt like it did:' Watts said as he saton concrete steps that used to leadto his trailer but on Sunday after-noon connected to nothing. Theframe of his trailer sat about 20 feetaway in Eastbrook Mobile HomePark outside Evansville, Ind.

Though one of his boys sufferedhead injuries and was hospital'ized, Watts and the rest of his fam-ily were relatively lucky comparedto their neighbors in the trailerpark, the site of the most fatalitiesfrom the tornado. By Sunday eve-ning, Vanderburgh County officialsestimated that at least 17 peoplehad been killed in the trailer park,where 144of the 350 mobile homeswere either obliterated or left unin-habitable. Five other people died innearby Warrick County, Ind."If we're lucky that's going to be

it, but I've got a' feeling it's going togo up," said Don Erk, VanderburghCounty coroner, who said threechildren were among the deadfound so far.

The death toil from Sunday's tor-nado, which struck aroundza.m.,was Indiana's worst since 1974,when a string oftwisters hit 13statesand southern Canada, killing 351people, including 47 in Indiana, ac-cording to the Indiana Departmentof Ilomeland Security.

Sunday's tornado more than tri-pled the U.S. tornado death toll forthe year. Until Sunday, only 10peo-ple had been killed in tornadoesthis year, according to the NationalWeather Service.

EPA cites factoryfor choco-pollution

C:H1CAGO- The sweet smell ofchocolate wafting through down-town Chicago isn't fattening, but itcould be bad for you anyway.

Considered by many to be anolfactory delight, the BlomrnerChocolate Co. factory is being ac-cused of releasing too much choco-pollution while grinding roastedcacao beans for 10-pound candybars and other delectable treats.Someone apparently isn't cuckoofor cocoa powder lingering in theair.

The U.S. EnvironmentalProtection Agency sent an inspec-tor to check out 'the factory aftera neighbor complained about thearoma of burnt chocolate. The un-identified person didn't care for thepowder-filled plume churning outof a roof duct, either.'Based on what the inspector

saw during two mornings in earlySeptember, the EPAcited Blornmeron Thursday for violating limitson opacity, or the amount of lightblocked by the factory's grinderdust. Environmental regulatorsmeasure opacity to help determineif factories arc releasing too muchpollution that can trigger asthmaattacks and harm people suffer-ing from heart and lung diseases- whether those tiny particles aresoot from a power plant or cocoadust from a candy grinder.

But the EPA rarely cites compa-nies just for violating the limits.The agency's decision to take ac-tion against Blommer comes amidrepeated complaints that the agen-cy has failed to address opacity vio-

lations at coal-fired power plants inthe Chicago area.

Couple," starring Nathan Lane andMatthew Broderick.

Tour members will also have theopportunity to visit several cul-tural sltes.. including RockefellerCenter, the Empire State 'Building,the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island,the New York Stock Exchange andthe backstage of the MetropolitanOpera.

Cost is $2,900, which Includesround-trip airfare from Boise, sixnights of hotel accommodations inthe theater district, tickets to the-ater and music performances, ad-mission charges, guided tours, ad-ditional sightseeing and activities,selected meals and credit or non-credit fees,

Space is limited. For more infor-mation or for a .complete itinerary,contact the Division of ExtendedStudies at 426-3293' or (BOO)824-7017,ext. 5.

An additional study tour to Pariswill run from May 21-2B.

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BSU offers music, .theater study tourto New York City

Just where do youthink you are, lady,. E' I dl1In un an ..Boise State music Professor Del

Parkinson will lead an educationalmusic and theater study tour ofNewYorkCity March 27-April2, 2006.

Parkinson has led more than adozen previous study tours to NewYork City and London, The trip isorganized through BSU's Divisionof Extended Studies,

Participants will attend world-class performances of carefully se- 'lected music and theater produc-tions, enriched by informal discus-sions tailored to accommodate alllevels of interest.

Shows will include "Wicked,""Monty Python's Sparnalot,""Disney's Tarzan" and "The Odd

A Finnish woman visitingPushkar, India, took a naked swimin a lake the locals consider holy,then walked, still in the nude, backto her hotel. Citizens were out-raged. The police charged her withindecency.

Is there a problem,Your Honor?

A man came to court in Benton,Ark., to appeal his second drunkendriving conviction. He showed updrunk.

.' PHOTO COURTESY KNIGHT ruDDER THIBUNE

Allison Cox, a bartender at a club in Orlando, Fla., wlll hand out the Rejection Hotline numberwhen customers persist in getting hers.

Dial 'R' for rejection

Faculty recognition deadline extended

So he recorded a Ilejection Hotlinemessage, Iirst ns a joke, but thenword spread. Today, about 1.6 mil-lion callers dial the number each

It's an age-old mating ritual, month, Goldblatt says. Local num-not unlike a courtship ceremony bers are available for about 30 cit-you might see on the Discovery ies. Goldblatt, an MBA student atChannel. Emory University, also runs rejec-

The male species puffs out his tionhotline.com, a site that makeschest, struts over- to the female, a profit through advertisements,fumbles through some conversa- sponsorships and products for saletion, perhaps buys her an Appletini, such as Rejection Hotline under-and, if all goes well, scores her cell- wear.phone number. Goldblatt estimates that 98 per-

After the respectable three days cent of callers dialforfun.have passed (remember the movie As for those who take it serious-Swingers?), the male calls the fe- ly, Goldblatt says, "We like to thinkmale. But if she has given him the it's a public service." (By "we,"number (407) 970-8278, he is in for Goldblatt is referring to himself anda rude surprise. his tribe of unpaid interns.)

"You've reached the Ilejection . He.says it's a service to both sides,Hotline!" a cheerful voice says. " ... particularly the reject, who savesUnfortunately, the person who gave .face instead of enduring a publicyou this number did not want you to rejection.have their real number." Then the' ......Nice it is not..·voice rattles off a host ofreasons for . Receiving the number could betMiejectIon, arrogance, body odor, crushing, says Elayne Savage, au-a "psycho-stalkervibe." thor of "Don'tTake it Personally!

The man behind the voice, Jeff The Art ofDealing with Rejection."Goldblatt, originated the Rejection "You don't know sorneone's his-Hotline four years ago. He was at tory, and you don't know how theyan Atlanta bar and observed a man may have been hurt in the past,"flirting with an uninterested worn- Savage says. "Youdon't know whatan, who ultimately told the man to kind of reaction someone mightget away from her. have."

Even the man's friends were She adds that the hotline couldlaughing at him. There had to be dredge up painful memories, per-a less humiliating way of reject- . haps childhood traumas.ing someone, Goldblatt figured. "There arc classier ways to do a

BY ALINEMENDELSOHNThe Orlando Sentinel

BY TESSA SCHWEIGERT~sslstant News Editor

past Tuesday's ASBSUmeeting."We hope to get a lot more appli-

cations," Rupert said.She said the more applications

they receive, the more meaningfulit is to the winners.

Nomination forms can be ac-cessed at the ASBSU Web site,www.asbsu.org.

Students can nominate pro-fessors and adjunct faculty fromthe Larry G. Selland College ofTechnology, the College of Artsand Sciences, the College of

The deadline for faculty recog-nition nominations is extended toDec.9.

The 20th Annual ASBSUFacultyRecognition Dinner will take placeTuesday, Jan. 24 instead of Dec. 8.

ASBSUSenator Katie Io Rupertinvited students to nominate facul-ty who are worthy of recognition.

Rupert said only abOlit30 appli-cations had been received as of this

decline," Savage says.John Fuhrman, author of "Reject

Me, I Love It! 21 Secrets for TurningRejection into Direction," recom-mends offering a reason for reject-ing someone. Constructive criti-cism, ifyou will.

Youcould tell a person, What I'mreally looking for is X, and you arenot that.

There's always the cop-out, It'snot you, it's me.

But when faced with a particu-larly obnoxious person, Fuhrmandoesn't rule out a direct, Youknowwhat, it is you.

"There is definitely a need for it(the hotline)," says Fuhrman, whois known in some circles as "Mr.Rejection." "If you've got someoneyou can't shake off, absolutely, usethe number."

Allison Cox has done so severaltimes.

Cox, a bartender at UniversalOrlando's CityWaIk, once was pur-sued by a man wearing a shirt thatread: Hi, You'll Do.

Charming.He wouldn't take the hint{ so she

gave him the number."I thought I would never sec him

again," Cox says.She thought wrong. He came to

the bar again and told her thatgiv-ing the rejection numher was reallymean. It hurt his feelings.

And then he asked for her num-beragain.

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Business and Economics, theCollege of Education, the College ofEngineering, the College of HealthSciences and the College of SocialSciences and Public Affairs.

Once completed, nomina-tion forms can be turned in tothe ASBSUoffices, located in theStudent Union Building.

For more information, contactMike Williams, ASBSU Directorof Student Affairs, at 426-1440 orMJDubya05@aol.com.

Patchwork Quilt ShowSecond Floor of the Library

The annu~l PieceWorks quilt show featuring quilts made by ESU employees wlll continue until the end of semester.

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College carries a cost in Ohio, IdahoKNIGHT RIDDER NEWSPAPERS

With reporting by Emily Poltevln

Idaho differs from other states in the factthat it costs more for students to attend pri-vate schools than it does for public schools.According to the Albertson College of Idaho'sWeb site, students pay an average of $15,200 ayear in tuition and fees at the college, regard-less of whether or not they are Idaho residents.Out-of-state students at Boise State Universitypay $11,280 a year to, attend.vln .general, thecosts of attending a publicinstltutlon in Idahoare similar no matter which college or univer-sity is chosen.

Overall, however, the cost of attending a col-lege in Idaho, regardless of whether it is private,is much lower in comparison to other states,such as Ohio.

Those were findings in the College Board'sannual Trends in College Pricing survey re-leased last week.

David Creamer, vice president for adminis-tration at Kent State University, said he wasn'tsurprised that Ohio has the sixth most expen-sive public four-year colleges and the fifth mostexpensive public two-year colleges in the 2005-06 academic year.

State support for higher education has stabi-lized or dropped in recent years, tipping morecosts toward students.

"When we look at the total costs we spend fora student, it's a matter of the state share thatmakes the difference," Creamer said.

While the state share of per-student funding state averages.has dropped $1,611 over the last three years, the Although the published price for college canstudent share has grown by $1,311, said spokes- seem shockingly high, most students don't payman Bret Crow of the Ohio Board of Regents, that amount, the report pointed out.the coordinating body for higher education in Sixty-two percent of full-time U.S. under-the state. graduates received grants and federal tax cred-

"There's almost a direct relationship be- its and deductions for higher education lasttween state support and the amount that stu- year, according to the College Board's compan-dents pay," he said. ion report, Trends in Student Aid.

Hegents Chancellor Hod Chu said Ohio's costs Those subsidies can dramatically lower the"have always been up there in the top quarter of cost of a private education.the country", and, Inthetop.Iu for the ~lJstI'CY-,.,., At.the College, o[,Wooster, for, example, the, I ,eralye~r~:, .. 'd' , : ..•.. , ..",: "wpicapIIf:;Oming.frl;Jshman got$20,H0,iJ1a.i~.:

The College Board said students at four-Year. this year, said Derek Gueldenzoph, dean of ad-public colleges in Ohio are paying an average missions.of $7,040 this year; students at Ohio's two-year At $35,290 for room and board, tuition andcolleges are paying $3,650. fees, the cost to atteud the Ohio college is one of

Ohio's private colleges did better when com- the highest in the state. More than 90 percent ofpared with their peers, although such schools' Wooster students get some type of award.costs still are much higher. At the same time, many students are borrow-

The average tuition cost of $18,910 was well ing more money to pay for their education, ac-below the national average of $21,235. cording to the College Board.

Jhat put the state in 18th place in the rank- While undergraduate funding via grantsings, which weighted tuition prices by the insti- dropped from 50 percent to 46 percent over thetution size.' last three years, the percentage in loans rose

Idaho's average tuition costs of $3,890 for from 43 percent to 46 percent.public schools and $13,330 for private residents "If they continue on the current track loansarc also well below the national average. The will exceed grants in coming years," said Sandycost of attending a public university or college Baum, a senior policy analyst at the Collegein Idaho increased by nine percent from the Board.year before, and the cost of attending a private Some of that debt may come with high inter-university or college increased by six percent. est rates. As many as 25 percent of students may

This was the first year the not-for-profit mem- be relying on credit cards to finance their edu-bership organization in New York City provided cations, the College Board said.

PHOTO BY SAIIA BAIINSlINi1HE ARBITER

Jan! Koka led the recent Art of Llvlilg seminar at BSU.

r.Li,n, en" [frompagall they're not so violent andI .... -:I have less negative thoughts,"

Koka said. "[The course] re- Koka said. "We help them re-ally helps people who feel integrate into society."

. like they don't have time [to] Koka said his vision for theget things done more effi- Art of Living is to developdently," a' stress-free, violence-free

The Art of Living workshop America.also focuses on eliminating "Stress is the real core andthe anxiety people feel about that stress for some peoplepast hardships, Koka said. causes violence," Koka said.

"When you think of an "If there's peace of mind onevent from the past, you feel an individual level, it canlike you're feeling it again," eventually effect people on aKoka said. "The Kriya breaks global level."the bridge [from the past to Th~ Art of Living coursethe present]." has been taught in 144 coun-

Those who take the course tries to six million people,learn a 10 to ts-mlnute Koka said. The Art of Livingbreathing routine to do at Foundation is the largest vol-home. unteer-run non-profit orga-

"When people finish the nization in the world and iscourse, they ask how they United Nations-charted. Thecan feel like this all of the Art of Living course fees fundtime," Koka said. He said the service projects that havehome practice breathing rou- benefited 25 million people,tine will continue beyond the Koka said.seminar to dramatically de- "We're inspired in the spiritcrease emotional toxins that of service," Koka said.build up from stress. Sara Fix, coordinator for

"I find myself waking in the the Art of Living Foundation,morning and being excited said she was impressed by theto get up and face the day. number of students who wereDifficulties don't seem so dif- interested in the course. Sheficult any more and I seem said 60 students expressedto be taking everything as it interest in only four days ofshould be taken; with a cen- tabling in the BSU Studenttered thought, and a stress 'Union Building..freemind/l.sald BSU snident».» Koka said the next-Art-ofAntonio Bommarftowho' at-: . 'liVing cotitse'at BSU will be \ r) Itended the' course. Jan. 31 to Feb 5. It is a six ses- I;~!I

Koka said the rhythm of sion course and you must' Ithe breathing techniques are attend all six sessions. Thel ~lparticularly important. weeknights will be 7 p.m. to -'M ': •

"Your emotional state. ef- 9.30 p.m. and the weekends;:i ~ Ifects the rhythm of your will be 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. More ~breath and the rhythm of information is available by ,t!,.your breath can effect your calling (888)760-3970 or byemotional state," Kokasaid. emailing idaho@artofliving. -- .

TheArtofLivingFoundation org.teaches on courses for the "When everything goesgeneral public, youth, corpo- well, it's easy to be happyrations and prisons. and smiling," Koka said. "We

"Prisoners go through a work on developing the un-real transformation because conditional smile."

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,~-,h';",'1Analysts concerned about gender imbalance on college campuses

nally making some headway in asociety that has treated them asinstruments formale superiority;at a time when women are in po-sitions to ensure that medical re-search more effectively extends towomen's illnesses; at a time whena woman is the U.S. president'ssecretary of state and could pos-sibly mount a viable campaign forpresident in three years - there isan outcry that perhaps the nationhas done too much for women, that

America may have gone too far.About 57.4 percent of college en-

rollees eligible for federal studentaid two years ago were women; 42.6percent were men. The gender im-balance has some college admin-istrators, according to USA Today,wringing their hands as they figureout what to do.

Initially, this may seem like anoverreaction, until one reads thewords of Jim McCorkell, founder ofa college-preparatory program for

low-income kids in St. Paul, Minn.,who was concerned that only 30percent of his clients were boys lastyear.

"We actually did a little afflrma-tive action," he told USA Today. "Ifwe had a tie (between a male and afemale), we gave it to a boy."

Analysts are concerned about thefuture of boys, whose careers weremade in blue-collar jobs. Thosehave dried up in the dust of techno-logical advancements that require

BY ROCHEL.L.E RIL.EYDetroit Free Press

The irony was overwhelming.Newspaper reports heralding a

drug that could extend the lives ofwomen suffering from breast can-cer competed for attention withreports expressing concern thatthe number of men attending col-lege continues to decline below thenumber of women.

At a time when women are fl-

college experience for many jobsthat once didn't have such a learn-ingcurve.

McCorkell wondered why thereisn't more of an outcry. Perhaps, it isbecause there is nothing wrong.

Perhaps, instead of concentrat-ing on the differences between boysand girls and whether more girlsare going to college, America couldconcentrate more on children in el-ementary school. One college pro-fessor suggested that, if the gap per-

sists, preferences should be given to I, "llmen. Such ill-advised action might II ",help a few boys. But it also might [;II';~harm the future career of the worn- :; .ilan who discovers a cure for breast 1""1cancer. And that would set America 1"1\back by quite a few decades. d J:.h

..~nl'Boise State University'reported a ,1 :'l

greater amount oj gender imbalance IJ.O"iin 2004 than previous years. In 2004,' i1,:,the ratio oj male toJemaleapplicants ~J" -lwas 46 percent to 54 percent.

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As If gas wasn't the only thing hurt-I ing my pockets; food, entertainment,

rent and everything else Is gettingI pricier, too. Going to the movies can

break your little bank. It's almost $9 to

I' watch a movie, and I'm not even goingto mention the cost of snacks becausethey're ridiculous.

I I've noticed that while prices on ev-erything keep going through the roof,

I now just about everywhere I go, thereceipt Includes a blank for a "tip," Are

I you kidding me? I don't mind tipping awaiter, but this tipping thing has got-

I ten out of controll Like the other dayIAGREETO PAYABOVETOTALAMOUNT I picked up a pizza at a Pizza Hut and

.. 'ACCORDIN,G'T(])iCARDiSSUERAGREI!MEtlI'nI 1_ rt /.,. .when iwent to' pay, therecelptlnelud-(MERCHANTAGREEMENTIF.GREDITVOUCHER)',) ,,!', ,,e~ ~ spo,~fllt atiplCall me cheap, but I

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BY LIZ HUERT~ H~LE don't Include a tip, you either get adirty look or feel like a cheap dirtbag.But this Isn't the only place that hascaught my eye. '

Places like George's Deli, Polio Reyand Shanghai China Express make it apoint to include a blank for a tip whenyou pay with your debit or credit card.Yes, these are places where they serveyour food, but you're the one who hasto get up and pick It up from the coun-ter. It's not like the personnel are wait-ing your table.

These places are just slightly above afast food joint; why should I add a tip?, The last time I checked, the peoplewho make the food are already earn-ing a decent wage. People making icecream somehow think they deserve atip, too. AtCold Stone, all they do is mixyour ice cream goodies on a stone andpile the blob into a foam cup. The Icecream's already pricey as it Is, so you'repretty much tipping for the "show."

Hell, even the emissions testing vanI went to had a huge sign that flat-outasked for tips. It's as if everybody's outto make a quick buck; It's crazy.

I know most of us students are ona tight budget. So next time you pur-chase anything from places like theones mentioned above; look at' yourreceipt before you sign It. Every dollaradds up and things aren't getting anycheaper. It's so sad that today's econ-omy has forced us to be such penny-pinchers and coupon-clippers.

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BY BR~NDON NOLT~Opinion Writer

Whatever happened to the bon mot, thewell-turned phrase of insult? Such phrasesused to be par for the course in politics; Ifyoudon't believe me, get thee to the library andlook up some ofthe journalism from a centuryor more ago. Those whiners on both sides whothink the media is biased one way or the oth-er would be surprised and perhaps appalled;some of the political rhetoric of the 19th centu-ry, ifapplied to modern politlcos, would simul-taneously curl the hair' and summon a bunchof slavering lawyers for the ensuing libel suits.Although campaigns in the United States areoften dirty by modern standards, you haveto turn to the English to find good (I.e.,witty)insulters. Winston Churchill Immediatelysprings to mind in this regard; supposedly, theLady Astor once told the great English bulldog,

"Winston, !fyou were my husband, I'd poisonyour coffee." Churchill replied, "Madam, ifI were your husband, I'd drink it." And thisis one of his milder zingers; Churchill oncedeclared of the British Navy, "The real tradi-tions of the British Navy are rum, buggeryand the lash."

But Churchill does not stand alone In theglorious pantheon of Insulters. John Wilkes, aBritish radical and journalist of the late 1700s,once responded to the Earl ofSandwich's dec-laration, "I do not know whether you will dieon the gallows or ofthe pox," by saying, "Thatwill depend, my Lord, on whether I embraceyour principles or your mistress." During anelection campaign, a member of Wilkes' dis-trict said he would rather cast his vote for thedevil. Wilkes responded, "And if your frienddecides against standing, can' I count on yourvote?"

And then, there's the king of British wit Ininsult form: Oscar Wilde. Some scholars mightgive George Bernard Shaw the edge here, butWilde had Itdown to a science. Plus, Wilde hadthe knack of making his insults short, sweetand eminently quotable.

Of his fellow countrymen, he declares: "Todisagree with three-fourths ofthe Britlshpub-

lic Is one ofthe first requisites of sanity."Of America: "America Is the only country

. that went from barbarism to decadence with-out civilization in between:

Of God and humanity: "I think that God increating Man somewhat overestimated hisability."

Wilde probably was smart In dying relative-ly young; another few years with that mouthand attitude, and he would have had some se-rious trouble.

There's hope, though, for American politi-cians. Sure, most of our wit and Insults comefrom our commentators and columnists,but every now and then, a good one slipspast a politician's internal censor. In 1963,Bob Dole said of a Washington social event,"History buffs probably noted the reunion ata Washington party a few weeks ago of three.ex-presidents: Carter, Ford, and Nixon - SeeNo Evil; Hear No Evil, and Evil."See, now youknowwhy he got that Pepsi gig;

Keep all this in mind, especially dur-ing any election season, and remember,as H.L. Mencken once said, "Democracyis the theory that the common .peopleknow what they want and' deserve to get' itgood and hard."

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Isn't it funny what people will I 'Pick-up lines ~emind me asay to you as a pick-up line these I lot of bad Valentine's Day gifts.days? I mean, who actually thinks Somewhere, somebody convincedthat telling someone they are you that she really did want a vac-better-looking than a new set of I uum cleaner for the special day.snow tires Is a desired feature. After all, It's practical and gets the

When I hear pick-up lines in a I job done.bar or at work, I just can't help but Well, somehow guys seem tolaugh. It is too much of a desperate think pick-up lines are also practi-attempt to break the ice of conver- I cal and get the job done because itsation. Though pick-up lines usu- breaks the Ice and gets you in the'ally get the words across between I door. But much like the Valentine'stwo people, the converstation Day vacuum gift, you'll quickly re-never seems to turn out the way we I alize you were wrong, very wrong.want lito. Take a page from Nancy Reagan

Most ofthe time, just the honest and 'just say no' to the pick-up linetruth Is the best pick-up line avail- I Ifyou're guy.able. For example, "HI, my name Is However, if you're a girl, pick-upJohnDoe,andIjustcouldn'thelpto I lines will work just fine. A couplecommentonwhat a great smile you of weeks ago a girl came up to ahave!" Honesty is simple, smooth I friend of mine and said, "Hey, doand most important ... honest! you know how much a polar bear

The only way that I have ever weighs?" I guess she knew he waswitnessed, oryes even myself, been I confused because he just staredsuccessful with one those cheesy blankly ahead; so she killed thepick-up lines is just to make them I suspense and said, "Just enoughInto a joke. ' to break the ice. HI, my name is the

-Gettlng them to be so far out 'I girl who is way out of'Yourleague.", "there, and then laughing at your- . OK,she didn't say that last part, butself for saying 'it seems to work - Itwas true. . ;- '.some ofthe tlme, This usually does I See, when a girl drops the plck- 'what a pick-up line Is supposed to ' up line it comes off as cute, evendo, break the lee. I brave and a little adorable. Yeah, I'

The Important,thlngis, just to know it's a double standard fellas,be yourself. Don't say" anything I but It's something we will have tothat Isn't you, because It is' true deal with for now. It might help Ifwhat they say - first Impressions we don't act like we just got pickedmean a lot. I first for tee-ball when a girl actu-

ally talks to us first.Questions for Team Drew? Too bad because we're not writing anymore.

Sorry, but Weis vs,Willingham is nocomparison

In the top 3, but everyone keepssaying "Ty started 8-0" and didn'tget anything in return.

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Jason UhfSioux City, IA

I was a big fan of Willinghambut his teams never Improved, es-pecially on offense. Many of thoseloses were just not acceptable, get-ting destroyed by USCfor 3 straightyears comes to mind. His 8-0 startIn 2002 was very misleading be-cause that team couldn't scoretouchdowns If their life dependedon it.

What Weis has done in 8 gamesIs simply amazlng, Notre Dame isplaying with NFL level confidenceand the offense Is breaking recordsleft and right every game. His teamcould/should be 8-0 right now and

Willingham didn'twin enoughIf Ty WilIlngahm had won two

more games In 2004 he would stillbe the coach at Notre Dame. I amsure the University of Washingtonwill extend his contract at the endof the year.

Joseph F. DobosOhio

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In addition, and against mybetter judgment (I think), I setmy alarm clock 15 minutes fast.I think I revel in the idea thatif I ever were to forget that myclock was fast, I would arrive 15minutes early everywhere I'mexpected. However, in reality, Iwait until I was supposed to besomeplace 20 minutes ago, thenleave in a hurry because I knowI'm five minutes late.

Apparently, I'm not as goodat tricking myself as I thoughtI would be. The funny part is ifI were to reset my clock back tonormal time and tell a friend to

- sneak into my room randomly toset it fast again, on the day it wassped up, I would be pissed off.

I don't want to show up tothings 15 minutes early! I don'teven want to be one minute ear-ly.

These questions, then, beg. tobe asked: Why the mind games?Why the relentless attempts totrick myself when I don't evenwant to, and am unable to, betricked? And why the heck doI smack my alarm clock everymorning when I could just get upand out of bed, or better yet,' setmy alarm later In the first place?

I think the answer can besummed up in one word: con-trol. Though I seemingly havecontrol over my bedtime, it in-variably pushes itself to sometwo-plus hours later than Ischedule it every night.

However, when I wake up,I am firmly in control of whathappens. I can smack my alarmcluck as many times as I want.Heck, I can smash the thingwitha hammer if it makes me happy.

So, anyway, the psychology ofinteraction with - and manipula-tion of - one's alarm clock mightnever be fully understood. But... in the meantime .. , somebodyfigure out why in God's name myclock goes off every nine minutesinstead of 10. I'm tired of doingcalculations in my head when Ifirst wake up. Thank you.

Culture Columnist

Did you know that nine times17 equals 153? Can you do thatcalculation in your head? Can

• you do it quickly? How aboutwhen you first wake up? OK,now ask me.

Yes, yes, yes and yes. How,you ask? How am I able to ac-complish such a feat? It's easy.I have an alarm clock - with asnooze alarm.

According to clockhistory.com, and in quite possibly themost detrimental action ever ac-complished by human beings,developers at General Electric,

- back in 1956, revolutionizedthe alarm clock: they installeda button on their company'smodels that would forever makeevery single person in the west-ern world late, every morning,for the rest oftheir natural lives.And how did the population at-large react to the unveiling ofthe most damning product theuniverse has ever known? Whatelse would they do - they bought

. it like crazy! _.There is a powerful duality

to the relationship Imaintaiilwith my snooze alarm. On onehand, the bar on my clock is oneof my best friends - not that it re-ally contributes anything to ourfriendship, though. It's morelike one of those pals who callsyou up, knowing full well you'reon a diet, and insists you go getfast food because they are hun-gr~ ~

You can never have enoughfriends like that - oh wait, yesyou can. And yet, this button isreally only an enabler, one that Iuse over and over and over again(sometimes up to 17 times in asingle morning) to make me feellike I'm sleeping in - and gettingaway with it.

Unfortunately, my troublewith timepieces doesn't end atthese little, evil, black, recessedpieces of plastic.

Contestantsrhymed on stage

in the Hatch Ball-room of the SUB as

they competed fora variety of prizes,

including a $100 forfirst place.

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pieces that kept the event dynamicand engaging. fohn Volk's poem,"Fallout," displayed a young daugh-ter hiding from the uncertain fu-ture, the "fallout," under a sheet oftinfoil, evincing the speaker's dis-

-gust with today's situation and to-morrow's future, and earning him a26.5. Suzette Snyder presented theaudience with a narration of a me-dieval battle scene, and, using vo-cal crescendo and decrescendo, aswell as rhythmic tempo variances,effectively mimicked the pace andpulse of such a battle.

Bernice Olivas presented a poementitled, "I am," about the speaker'sexperience as the daughter of a mi-grant worker. Through repetitionand amazing expressive reading,she moved the audience to wild ap-plause, and earned a score of 25.Roughly 20 poets participated, andeach brought a unique style andexperience onto the stage, not oneof them scoring below a 21, and allof them greatly appreciated by theaudience.

Regular poetry slams are held onthe third Tuesday of every month atthe Funny Bone. On Nov. IS, spe-cial guest Christa Bell, the high-est-scoring poet from the 2005National Poetry Slam, will presenther poetry.

Anyone 21 and older Is welcometo come watch, and is also encour-aged to participate. Come see yourfellow students and Boiseans showoff their skiII wlth the spoken word,or come flaunt your own amazingoratory talents! -

plete with bursts of crescendo and aquick, demanding pace, led him totie with O'Leary, with a score of28.5and a $75 prize.

Erik Leavitt won third place. Hisround-one poem responded to thequintessential English assignment,"describe your relationship to lit-erature in 500 words or less." Bypersonifying literature and trans-forming it into the schoolyard bul-ly who was pushed in the mud, orthe frightening backyard neighborwhose fence is as intimidating asthe Berlin Wall, Leavitt presenteda unique piece of work that wascertain to please and entertain theaudience full of poets and Englishstudents. His final-round piece wasread as a plea to the judges, and likehis first poem, made strategic useof humor, as well as insight into thedifficulties and purposes ofthe cre-ative literary process.

Though Neal, O'Leary, Baker andLeavitt walked away with the mosttangible rewards, cash and honor,the audience and all participantswere treated to the performanceof the feature artist (not a com-petitor, but aspecial guest),CherylMadlena. This talented slam poetpresented several pieces, mainlydiscussing the female body and itsmany roles, as well as the angst ofmotherhood. Her poetry and ora-tion was energized, concise and in-telligent, an entertaining interludebetween competitive rounds.

Only four poets won prizes, butpoetry slams can be highly subjec-tive. Many talented poets presented

tent, terse phraseology. Coupledwith her dominant stage presence,Neal's poetry induced roaring ap-proval from the audience, as wellas the top score in the final round,a 29 out of 30. Scoring only a half-point lower than Neal were the twosecond-place contestants, CaseyO'Leary and David Baker.

O'Leary presented a total of threepoems over the course of the eve-ning, her first being a calibrationpoem, a performance intended asa warm-up for the judges, and nota competitive piece. Her two com-petitive pieces varied markedly insubject matter.

Her round-one performance, alucid and humorous description ofan erotic experience in the producesection of a grocery store, effec-tively used double-entendre, wit,alliteration and extraordinary ora-tory skills to present the only per-formance of the night that scored aperfect 30.

Her final-round piece concerneda more politically and ethicallycharged subject, focusing on thecentral image of the monstrous,superfluous SUV as opposed to thecharming, simplistic imagery of thespeaker riding a bicycle.

O'Leary would have swept secondplace, but David Baker's fast-pacedand politically-charged poem en-titled "Individual Sovereignty"scored high enough to earn him aspot in the final round, where hepresented his poem on sex,religionand procreation. A powerful sub-ject and a strong presentation com-

BY HEATHER FLYNNCulture Writer

On Monday night, the StudentUnion Hatch Ballroom became anopen forum of discussion on topicsas varied as homosexual rights, me-dieval battlefields and erotic infat-uations with the produce section ofthe grocery store. Student Activitiespresented the BSU Poetry Slam, achance for local poets to demon-strate their talented presentationsof the spoken word, and competefor a $100 grand prize.

What is a poetry slam? Poetryslams are poetry competitionsemphasizing the role of thespeaker and the sound of a poem.Contestants read an original, self-written poem, and qualified judgesscore their performance on a oneto 10 scale. The highest scoring po-ets move on to a more competitiveround. There are no style or subjectregulations, and poetry slams areopen to any poet who dares to bravethe spotlight. The audience playsan active role in expressing theirapproval or disapproval of a poet'sperformance, and at this particularpoetry slam, most of the audiencemembers doubled as contestants.

While all of the contestants of-fered a fresh and talented perfor-mance, the most notable poet wascertainly Kate Neal, who placedfirst in the competition and walkedaway with the $100 grand prize.Her lyrical, rap-style poetry broad-casted her ideas about homosex-ual rights and gay pride with po-

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The filmmakers should be ap-plauded for avoiding the typicalblood and gore that audience mem-bers are forced to sit though duringmost war movies.

It's much more difficult to tell agood story that can hold an audi-ences attention for two hours thanto just blow something up, and thisfilm was able to do just that.

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movie is the ending seemed a littlerushed and left out some explana-tions of how the characters got towhere they are now.

However, this minor flaw doesnot detract too much from an over-all great movie .

On a personal note, Icannot be-gin to explain to you how poeticwatching this mcvie was for my-self with my friend, Alex Dorais, bymy side. Two days after watchingthe movie with some of his closestfriends, Alex left to join the Navy.

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When forced by the FBI to ratout mob boss Angelo Marcello '(Michael Kagan), Carmine "TheBeans" Pasquale (Mark Decarlo)is a wanted man being hunted byhit man Little Nicky Cappuccio(Joe Maruzzo). Taking along wifeGina (Jeanette Puhich) and sonVincent (Clay Taylor), Carmine en-ters the Federal Witp.essProtectionRelocation Program and is given anew home and a new identity.

Now known as The CheesemanFamily from Omaha, Nebraska,these fo-rmer East Coast mob-sters are relocated to the middleof a church-going, straight lacedMormon neighborhood in Utah.Much to Carmine's frustration, hecan't even find a decent cup of cof-fee let alone a horse track.

Life for the locals of this conser-vative suburbia becomes anythingbut normal once the Cheesemansmove in. Many of the neighbors arewary, if not outright afraid of theseslightly off-color and rough outsid-ers, while others go to exasperatinglengths to try and embrace them.Despite the efforts of well mean-ing neighbor Michael Iaymes (ScottChristopher) to help Carmine feelwelcome, Carmine can't help butwonder if being this much of a fishout ofwater is any better than sleep-ing with the fishes.

As his wife and son attempt to fit

in, Carmine cannot help but standout; and aching for his former life,away from the monotony of 40-hour weeks and boring neighbors,Carmine instigates a plan. to gethimself out. Stopped only by an ex-.perience that makes him recall hisrelationship with his father doesCarmine start focusing on the onething that truly matters - the fam-ily. But this time, it isn't mobsters,he spends his time with, it's his ownfamily.' "

Despite his newfound fam-ily-focusing efforts, most of theirneighbors cannot shed their prej-udice against the Cheesemans.And though the laymes' and theCheesemans come to realize thattrue friends can come in all faithsand sizes, the neighborhood's bi-ases eventually extend to MichaelIaymcs, who becomes guilty byassociation. Carmine realizes thisneighborly conflict can only endone way - by taking it to the mat-tresses. Carmine takes a stand anddefends the Jaymes' reputation.

About the filmmaker:John E. Moyer (Writer, Director

and Producer): While attend-ing school at Brigham YoungUniversity, John Moyer took firstplace in the Vera Hinckley MayhewScreenwriting Competition.Ironically enough, that sameweek the clean-cut BYU graduate

also won the Anhueser Busch StandUp Comedy Competition. 'Sincethen John has performed at comedyclubs and colleges throughout theUnited States and Canada. In thesummer of 2000 John started work-ing on a script called "The SinglesWard" which was based on John'sown life experiences as a stand upcomic and a single member of theLDSchurch. The success of "SinglesWard" allowed John to establishhimself as a prodUced screen-writer leading to several more ofhis scripts being produced, with"Mobsters and Mormons" markingJohn's directorial debut.

About the cast:Mark DeCarlo(Carmine "The Beans" Pasquale):

Mark DeCarlo has an exten-sive background in comedy andtalk show hosting. He has actedin television shows like Seinfeld;Boy Meets World; Evening at theImprov; Curb Your Enthusiasmand The Ben 'Stiller Show. He ismost known for his voice charac-terization of Hugh Neutron in theAcademy Award Nominated film(& TV series) "Jimmy Neutron,Boy Genius." Within the last sev-eral years DeCarlo has appeared inmovies such as "Buffy the VampireSlayer" (1992); "Raising Helen"(2004); "Black Hole" (2002); and"Mobsters and Mormons" (2005).

He is currentlyshooting the series"Taste of America" for the TravelChannel.

Scott Christopher(Michael Jaymes):

Scott Christopher was born inMichigan and moved to Utah atage 11. He began acting at agefour and went on to win the IreneRyan National Acting Scholarshipwhile attending Brigham YoungUniversity. Long-time radio andtelevision veteran, Christopherwas the voice of KJZZTV and for-mer morning 'show personalityon K-96, Q99, KKATin Utah andKDONin Salinas, CA. Christopherhas appeared in several local mov-ies such as Clubhouse Detectivesin Scavenger Hunt (2000); SinglesWard (2002); The Best 'Iwo Years(2003); The RM (2003); Downand Derby, (2004), Mobsters andMormons (2005) and Joseph Smith:Prophet of Restoration (post-pro-duction). Christopher has had sev-eral recurring TVroles in televisionshows such as Everwood; PromisedLand and Touched by an Angel.Christopher currently resides inOrem, Utah with his wife Elizabethand their five sons.

"Mobsters and Mormons"opens in Boise tomorrowat Edwards Cinemas 21

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Bulldogs favored/ but theBroncos are still the champs

BY TREVOR HORNSports Editor

Just looking at the records is notenough to solidify that these are thetwo best teams in the conferencethis season, emphasis on the use ofthe word team.

Of the 29-team statistical catego-ries, Boise State and Fresno State arein the top three in 14 of them.

Fresno State is the top scoringteam in the conference at 41.9 andBoise State is averaging 37.9 ~ergame.

The biggest category is runningthe ball.

The two teams are the best at run-ning the ball, yet are the best at stop-ping the run also.

"There is going to be a lot of runs, "Jared Zabransky said.

See Broncos [page 15J

This is it.When it comes to football games

in the Western Athletic Conferenceover the past five years, no oth-ers compare to Boise State versusFresno State, and that is no differentthis season.

Five games into conference play,both Boise State (7-2 overall, 5-o WAC) and Fresno State (7-1, 5-o WAC) are the lone undefeatedteams in the conference. That willall change tonight as the two teamsbattle in Fresno at 6:00 p.m, (MT) onESPN.

"It's a big game, definitely. I'm justlooking forward to it," Boise Staterunning back Lee Marks said.

Fresno forces challengeBY DUSTIN LAPRAY

Assistant Sports Editor

The class of the WesternAthletic Conference plays to-night to decide which team,the Boise State Broncos or theFresno State Bulldogs, is thebest.

The WAC has no champion-ship game, but tonight's con-test is the most a fan could askfor: two teams, undefeatedin conference and with onlythree 'losses between them,both having dispatched of ev-ery other WAC team either ofthem has played in 2005 andboth at the top in nearly everycategory in the league.

Check outthe Dogs ...- Fresno State enters this

week having won 13 of its last14 games dating back to last

'Season, the only loss was a37-34 falling at No. 14 Oregon.

- In those 14 games, FresnoState is averaging 47.3 pointsper game and has won 10straight WAC games.

- The Bulldogs' defense hasbeen equally impressive, al-lowing just 17.1 points pergame. This season, the FresnoState defense ranks loth in theNCAA in scoring average (15.8points per game).

- In WAC games, the Bulldogs

allow just 11.6 points per game.Fresno State is 21" nationallyin total defense, allowing just307.0 yards per game.

- For the season, the Dogshave allowed a WAC·low sixrushing touchdowns whileleading the WAC with a 3.4yard-per-rush average.

- Fresno State is 12th in theNCAA with 25 quarterbacksacks.

- The Bulldogs are averag-ing 41.9 points pergame this sea-son. That'sgood for fifthamongst NCAAteams.

- Fresno State is 21-2 inregular season games afterOctober, including wins in 20ofthe last 21 overall.

- The Bulldogs are N o. 1in the nation in convertingthird downs with a 55.2 per-cent conversion rate. Lastseason the Bulldogs rankedsixth with a 49 percent sue-cess rate.

- The Bulldogs are No. 1 inthe WAC in (NCAA ranksare in parentheses):scoring offense,41.9 ppg (5), scor-ing defense,' 15.8

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BSU wrestling grapples. at .Cowbov OpenBoise State Wrestling Squad'BY DUSTIN LAPRAY

Assistant Sports £dltorDec. 20 at Taco .Bell 'Arena.That matchwill be the firsthome matchof the seasonfor BSU. OSUis the defend-ing nationalchampion.

ArizonaS tat eUniversityand Cal Polyare the onlyother Pac-1Oteams in thetop 25. TheSun Devils areNo.9 and CalPoly No. 22.

Broncosenior ScottJorgensen is ranked No. 8 at 133

_pounds, Ben Cherrington is No. 17at 157pounds, K.C.Walsh is No. 20.at 184 pounds and Casey Phelps isNo. 18at 197pounds.

Earlier this week WrestlingInternational Newsmagazine(W.l.N.) released its pre-seasonranking with Jorgensen also No.8at 133 pounds, Cherrington No.9at 149 pounds (the weight class hecompeted in last year) and Phelps19th at 197 pounds. Walsh was notranked by W.I.N., while Broncoheavyweight Eric Smith was 16th.TlieWrestlingMall.com did notrank Smith.

Four Boise State University wres-tlers have received 2005-06 pre-season ran kings in their respec-tive weight class from WrestlingInternational Newsmagazine(W.l.N.). They include ScottJorgensen at 133 pounds, BenCherrington at 149 pounds, CaseyPhelps at 197 pounds and heavy-weight Eric Smith.

Jorgensen and Cherringtonare defending Pac-lO ConferenceChampions. Both advanced to theNCAA National Championshipslast year. Phelps and Smith are alsoreturning NCAA national qualifi-ers.

Jorgensen posted an overall re-cord of 30-8 last year and won hissecond straight league title. He alsoadvanced to this second straightNCAA National Tournament in2005.': Cherrington, a senior from

Buhl,ID

Jordan BrockWal1la,AKSr. 141

Nick BueterCedar Falls, IDSo. 149

LexCaseAshton,IDJr. 165

Mike CaspersonSt. Geoge, UTJr. 174

Jason CatesSandpoint, IDSo. 174

Ben CherringtonGranby, COSr. 157

Daniel FalkowskiTonopah,NVFr. 184

Cory FishSpokane, WAFr. 125

The Boise State wrestlingsquad begins the 2005-04 seasonranked No. 21 in the nation by the

.WresltlngMall.com web site. FourBronco wrestlers are also ranked in

_their respective weight classes.The Broncos open their sea-

son Sunday at the Annual CowboyOpen In Laramie, Wyo.

The Broncos- finished 33'd at na-tionals last season and took secondin the Pac-l0 Conference.

Oklahoma State and Oklahomaare ranked No. 1 and No. 2 re-spectively. The Cowboys visit theBroncos in a dual match at 7 p.m.,.

Granby, Colorado, while rankedninth at 149 pounds, will moveup a weight class this season to157 pounds. He won the 149-pound crown at last year's Pac-1OConference Tournament, and madehis third straight appearance at theNCAA National Championships.His record last year was a team-high 34-8.

Phelps placed third at last year'sconference tournament to ad-vance to his first NCAA National

. Tournament.Smith will not be eligible to com-

pete until the second semester. Hewas.one ofthe surprises of the 2004-05 season for the Broncos, placingthird at the Pac-1Otournament andadvancing to his first national in-tercollegiate tournament, postingan overall record of27-11.

Boise State University wres-tler Andrew. Hochstrasser wasnamed the Pac-lO Conference'sFreshman of the Year for the 2004-05 season. Competing as a truefreshman last season, Hochstrasserposted an overall record if 29-B. He placed third at the Pac-lOConference Championships inlate February; and advanced to theNCAA National ChampionshipsMarch 17-19in St. Louis, Missouri.Hochstrasser won his first twomatches at nationals, before los-ing his quarterfinal match to NickSimmons of Michigan State. He wasknocked out of the tournament .inhis first consolation bracket matchby Bobbe Lowe of Minnesota.Hochstrasser placed second at theCowboy Open last season.

Ben GillilandSr. 174 Battle Ground, WA

J.D.GouldBuhl,IDSo. 149

Scott JorgensenEagle, IDSr. 133

Nate LeeFr. 174 Payson,AR

Derek LopezSeattle, WAFr. 165

JeffNewbyBrigham City,UTFr. 141

Jonathan NunezSo. 157 Mt. Home, ID

Tommy OwenSpokane, WASr. 141

Andy PatrickBoise, IDFr. 197

Casey PhelpsRathdrum, IDSr. 197

Jacob ScolesJr. 149 Princeton, ID

Tyler SherfeyKenewick, WAFr. 149

Todd SiglerSo. 184 Boise, ID

Eric SmithJr. 197 Boise, ID

Luke SmithFr. 165 Idaho Falls, ID

K.C.WalshSr. 184 Tacoma, WA

Patrick WalshSr. 165 Tacoma, WAiJD BDillJ1I\]1J

Former Bronco in camp for StampedeArbiter Sports Staff Harris is

joined byformerIdaho VandalsTyrone Hayes,Lionel Davisand DandrickJones.

Another for-mer WACoppo-nent of Harris'that is in train-ing camp fortheStampede lsfor-mer SMU starJustin Isham.le If e r s o n

Sobral alsosigned withIdaho, it wasannounced.The former LALakers signeehasplayedintheNBDLas well asthe professionalleague in hishome countryof Brazil.

TheStampede alsoannouncedthe signingof center EricChenowith.A former collegiate standout atKansas, Chenowith was selected inthe second round of the 2001 NBADraft by the New YorkKnlcks.

.Chenowith completed his careerat Kansas as the second leadingshot blocker In Jayhawks historywith 242.

He averaged 9.2 points and 6.7re-bounds per game.

,Recently,Chenowith workedout with the Denver Nuggests and

The Idaho Stampede will opentraining camp with at least 10 ros-ter players and a busy week ofplayer transactions on the horizon.The initial camp roster includesformer Denver Nuggets guard EricWashington, who played with theStampede late last season.

l.ocal players have garneredsome of the training camp posi-tiSJl1S,including Franco Harris fromBoise State University.

Harris played two season at BoiseState. Last season, Harris averaged8.6 points as a part-time starter forthe Broncos team that advanced tothe Western Athletic Conferencetournament championship game.

The 5 foot, 11 inch guard fromRichmond, Calif., was the most ac-curate three-point shooter for theBroncos. Before plying at BoiseState, Harris played at Diablo ValleyJunior College.

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Former Bronco basketball player, FrancoHarris is in fall camp for the Idaho Stampede.

also played for the NBDL RoanokeDazzle.

Other players in camp for theStampede include Ierrnaine Boyettefrom Weber State, Terry Smith-Harris from Minnesota and NickVanderLann from Concordia.

Opening night for the IdahoStampede" at Qwest Arena (for-merly Bank-of America Centre)is Saturday, Nov. 19, agalpst theYakima Sun Kings at 7:10p.m,

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Gordy Presnell coaches his first game as thewomen's basketball head coach tonight vs. NNU.

Women's basketball begins Presnell era ~.::~

impressive home court history under returning players Nadia Begay, Benita sition as a center. Freshman Ienna .. ~Presnell, going 221-29 and recording Buggs and Tasha Harris, as well as Galassi will also split time at two posi- . :five unbeaten home seasons in his ten- newcomers Jenna Galassi and Jessica tions. She is primarily a two-guard but .,;, =ure. Thompson. has the talent to play small forward as '. "': :

Presnell guided the Falcons to 13 At Forward well. ";postseason tournaments and reached At forward, Boise State has three At the Post Position •the NCAA Division IIElite Eight three athletes who are true forwards - one The Broncos have the most experi- ~times. Just last season, Presnell's team junior, one sophomore and one fresh- ence at the center position. Leading .:';~ i

advanced to the 2005 NCAA Division II man. They also have a couple of play- that group is 6-2 junior Michelle ""~~~national championship game. ers who are capable of moving into the Hessing and 6-2 senior Heather Little. "<~~'

Presnell assembled his coaching positions when needed. Six foot, three inch sophomore ,. ".iistaff quickly over the summer, retain- The junior is Jackie Thompson, Amanda Stewart is another returning :~~

. ing Bronco assistant and 1995 Boise a 5·11 junior college transfer from centerfor Boise State who came out of .:......State graduate Heather Sower, and then Alamogordo, New Mexico. her redshirt year when Hessing went'3eadding two St. Mary's (Calif.) gradu- Jackie Leeisthe one returning player down with injury. -~;~ates in I.R. Payne (1999) and Toriano in the group offorwards. She played in nine games as aTowns (1998). The 5-11 sophomore averaged 4.2 freshman, all in the Western Athletic

They were welcomed by a group of points and 3.2 rebounds in 17games in Conference season, and averaged 3.0 -'1seven returning players, who despite 2004-05 as a freshman. points and 3.1 rebounds per game. I

an overall record of 10-19, showed Freshman forward Rebecca Kepilino Boise State also has a junior col- isteady improvement In the very dif- rounds out the group of forwards. lege transfer in 6-5 sophomore lficult WAC season highlighted by an Kepilino graduated from Edison High Camila Nass. ~incredible upset victory over perennial School in Huntington Beach, Calif., in She is a transfer from Cowley County :national stalwart Louisiana Tech (62- the spring of 2005. Community College and is the first :59 on January 27 in the Broncos' Taco In addition to those three, there are Brazilian ever to sign with Boise State :Bell Arena). two other athletes who will see time from loinville, Sao Paulo, Brazil. At6-5 :

At Guard at the forward positions. Sophomore she is tied for the tallest player ever to :The Broncos have a large stable of Amanda Stewart will play both the put on a Bronco jersey. :

ds. At that position, the Broncos have power forward and her primary. po- ~

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As the Boise State University wom-en's basketball team enters Its fifthseason as a member of the WesternAthletic Conference, the Broncos alsowill mark 2005-06 as the beginning ofa new era In the program.

In Iune of 2005, Idaho native GordyPresnell took the reigns of 'the BoiseState women's basketball program.

He is the Bronco team's sixth headcoach in Its 36 year history, replac-Ing len Warden who returned to herown home state to be named ColoradoState's head coach in May of 2005.. Presnell returns to his home state

after coaching at NCAA Division IInational Presnell and the Broncosopen the exhibition season tonightwith a home game against NorthwestNazarene at 7 p.m.

Presnellguided powerhouse SeattlePacific forthe past 18seasons. At SeattlePacific, Presnell guided his teams to anoverall 396-127 win-loss record for aWinning percentage of. 757.

Seattle Pacific also accumulated an

Broncos will solidify rotation, 'tightenthe screws' in final exhibition game

BY TREVOR HORNSports £dllor

It's easy to build off of exhibitiongames when a team plays well. Theentire Boise State men's basketballteam did that against Albertson lastThursday. I

"I think the big thing is we playedwell, but there is still a lot of thingsto clean up' and polish," Boise StateHead Coach Greg Graham said. "Ithink a big part of our success thisyear is how well we pay attention todetails and get betrer at what we dobecause the (WAC) is good and thepreseason schedule is good, we justneed to continue to get better."

The Broncos had 16 assists on 35made field goals en route to a 91-64victory over the Coyotes last week.Saturday, the Broncos will hostConcordia Saturday in the Taco BellArena at 7:30 p.m. The game will be

. the final tunll up before the regularseason opener against Montana athume UIl Nov, 18.

The starting lineup should be staythe same fpr the Broncos, accordingto Graham. Forward Seth Robinsonplayed just six minutes last week

because of asprained ankle,but he is expect-ed to start.

"I expecthim to playon Saturday,"Graham said.If Robinson

is not ready toplay, Grahamsays sophomoreTyler Tiedemanwill start in hisplace. Tiedemanplayed 25 rntn-utes againstAlberisonand scored 13points.

Much likeRubi'nson,Tiedeman is a lanky guardl for-ward. The difference between thetwo is Robinson is' more of a for-ward, and Tiedman is better on thewing. But, Graham says that he isconfident with a lineup that con-sists offour guards.

"I am comfortable with it. I wouldlike to have (Kareem Lloyd) back in

there because hegives us anotherguy on the frontline," Grahamsaid. Lloyd wassuppose to bepart of the start-ing lineup thisseason, but issidelined with abroken toe un-til sometimearound thebeginning ofDecember.

Graham saidthat he wants tosolidify the ro-tation Saturdaynight in prepa-ration ofthe sea-son opener the

this time. We need to get the flowready to play."

Meaning players like freshmanAnthony Thomas and Iordan Keckprobably won't see much, if anyplaying time.

A huge lift for the Broncos lastweek was the play of two big fresh-men. Centers Colin Hallberg andKurt Cunningham combined for ispoints and six rebounds.

"I was very pleased with the waythey played because freshmen tendto be nervous and kind of panic onthe floor and I thought their compo-sure was very good," Graham said.

But in order to soliliify the rota-tion, Hallberg and Cunningham'sminutes should be reduced so se-nior Tez Banks can log in moreminutes and get ready for Montana.Banks was 0-5 shooting againstAlbertson, but did pull down ninerebounds in 18 minutes.

Junior guard Coby Karl was hap-py with the Broncos play but saidthe team needs to, "work on somekinks in our offense and do somethings we haven't been doing andjust come together as a team andjust tighten the screws."

Five school.s to watch this college basketball seasonBY HIKE HUGUENIN

The Orlando Senti net

DUKE BLUEDEVILS

LAST SEASON: 27-6THE BUZZ: The Blue

Devils have lacked depth andsizeinrecentseasons, butthatshouldn't be a problem thisseason. In SG 1.1. Redick andC Shelden Williams, Duke -which opens in the PreseasonNIT next week - may havethe best inside-outsidecombination in the nation.Freshman losh McRobertswill help Williams on theinside. Sophomore swing-man DeMarcus Nelson looksready to explode into a primecontributor. This is an ex-perienced group - five se-niors, including threewho should start - andCoach Mike Krzyzewskialways gets his teamto play intense defense. Oneconcern: Is there enough pe-rimeter shooting?

.KENTUCKYWILDCATS

LAST SEASON: 28-6

THE BUZZ: TheWildcats look, far andaway, to be the class of theSoutheastern Conference.As usual with 1\Jbby Smith-coached teams, the Wildcatsare going to play lockdowndefense. IfCRandolph Morrisdevelops as he should, hewould be a formidable pres-ence in the lane. The back-court of Rajon Rondo andPatrick Sparks isn't big, butboth are gritty. Sparks hasgreat range, and Rondo couldbecome one of the best pointmen in the nation. Depthlooks mighty good. TheWildcats will be balanced of-fensively, but the big questionis can a team without a pre-mier go-to scorer win it all?

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following Friday."The minutes may change some

this week because we need to startto get our group together that's go-ing to get most of the minutes andkind of get our rotation down a littlebit beller," Graham said. "Some ofthe guys who got extra minutes lasttime, they won't be there for them

MICHIGAN ST. TEXASSPARTANS LONGHORNS

LAST SEASON: 26-7 LAST SEASON:THE BUZZ: The 20-11

Spartans lost in a national THE BUZZ: Thesemifinal to eventual na- Longhorns lost two starterstional champion North from last season, but it's whatCarolina last season, and Rick Barnes' team is gain-lost a formidable trio of play- ing that's more important.ers in Alan Anderson, Chris F P,J, 1\Jcker returns fromHill and Kelvin Torbert. But academic ineligibility thatfour starters return, includ- cost him the second half ofing the athletic duo of G last season. Sophomore _CMaurice Ager and swingman LaMarcus Aldridge had sur-Shannon Brown, and the gery on an injured hip andSpartans should be the class missed the latter part of theof the Big Ten. Senior C Paul. _ season. Those two and BradDavis never has quite lived Buckman make for a niceup to expectations. Ifhe and frontcourt. If sophC?moresophomore PG Drew Neitzel F Mike Williams gets it to-play to their capabilities and gether, the frontcourt will bethe Spartans find some more lethal. PG Daniel Gibson willperimeter shooters, Coach be one of the three best in theTom Izzo could get his sec- nation at his position. There'sond national-title ring. The a solid group of newcomers.Spartans beat Florida in the And Barnes is an underrated2000 national championship X's-and-O's guy.game.

UCONNHUSKIES

LAST SEASON: 23-8

THE BUZZ: If hav-ing the best group of big menin the country is enough to .get you a national title, goahead and ship the trophyto Storrs, Conn. Consider:There's sophomore SF RudyGay (who may be the nation'sbest player), junior FIC JoshBoone, senior CIF HiltonArmstrong, senior PF EdNelson, senior swingmen :'" "'i.Denham Brown and RashadAnderson (from Lakeland k.

Kathleen) and freshman :SF leff Adrien. But it may:not matter if PG Marcus :Williams, who hasn't dazzled :folks with his on- or off-court :decisions, doesn't provide a "steady hand. If he struggles, ClIUIlTESY IINIGHTBlDDEHTHIIIUNE:" :

UConn is in trouble, even Looks like these may not be onthe facesofDuke players if the~ =with all those big guys. . . preseason polls have anything to say about the 2005-06 year. f

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Owens .embodiesall that' s bad about pro sportsBY KEVIN B, BL1\CKISTONE

The Dallas Morning News

The thing about Leon Lett,was that Leon was a joke whomwe looked forward to for a goodlaugh.

"Leon's whole career is like ahighlight reel, baby," Leon stateson his Web site maintained by hissponsor, Budweiser. "My person-al favorite moment came duringthe 1995 playoffs. We were down,14-10 in the final two minutes ofthe game and who gets the call1Leon. It was a call from my pub-licist, Tina, who had just landeda sweet photo op with me and thecheerleaders after the game."

The thing about Leon's real-lifealter ego, Terrell Owens, is thathe's just a joke, period.

It is difficult at this moment tothink of a more conceited charac-ter in the egotistical history of theself-absorbed world of profession-al athletics than the narcissisticfellow we've all come to know as1'.0., which, come to think of it,rhymes with pee-oh. He has takenself-indulgence to a level not evenLeon could've invented.

No wonder his latest employ-ers, the Philadelphia Eagles, an-nounced Monday that they'd hadenough, kicking the attention-starved wide receiver off the teamfor the rest of the season, if notfor good. What got Owens rliedmost recently? Was it his team'ssurprising struggles during theseason's first half? No. Was it themomentum it lost coming off lastseason's Super Bowl? No. Was iteven an understandable bout withego, like the team wasn't callinghis number enough and he felt hecould help more? No.

It was that the club didn't rec-ognize to his satisfaction the100th career touchdown recep-tion of his career."It just shows a lack of class they

have," Owens railed on ESPN.com last Thursday. "My publicisttalked to the head PH guy, andthey made an excuse they didn'trecognize that was coming up.But that was a blatant lie. Had it

back led to Owens getting sus-pended from Sunday night's con-test at Washington. Their offensemore hamstrung without Owens,the Eagles mustered just 10pointsand lost the important divisiongame by a touchdown.

Not that Owens cared. For ifthere is one thing he's made clearduring his career, it is that heplays solely for himself.

He ought to be a golfer. A tennisplayer. Amarathon runner. One ofthose adventurers who only doesthings by his or her lonesome.

The concept of team is anathe-ma to Owens, He was one of thosekids in kindergarten who got acheck mark on his progress reportnext to "no" after the statement

"plays well with others."Even Leonunderstood the Im-

portance of team play."I gotta step back. once in a

while and give other athletes,some air time,· he states. "Leontends to steal the show. I mean,that'S one day; you get Leon theother 364."

What is most mind-bogglingabout Owens is that so manypeople have, in fact, gone the ex-tra mile just for him. He seems to,have forgotten that he should be,with Baltimore trying to catch,passes from one of its lousy quar-.terbacks. That was due to a foul-,up by his original agent, DavidJoseph, who failed to file his free-.agent paperwork in time, leavinghim property of the 4gers, whothen traded him to the Ravens.

Owens broke into a tantrum, notunlike a kindergartner, and after,a series of negotiations, he got hisway, which was a trade to SuperBowl-contender Philadelphia toplay with Pro Bowler McNabb.

Then Owens signed a seven-year $49 million deal against theadvice of tlie players' union.

Earlier 'this year, Owenshired loudmouth agent DrewRosenhaus and lmmedlatelyan-nounced he was unhappy withhis year-old contract and needed'a bigger deal to "feed his Iam-lly." He threatened to hold out oftraining camp, and a confronta-tion with coach Andy Reid led toa one-week suspension before thcseason kicked off.

The Eagles, however, refused torcncgotiate the deal Owens hadjust signcd. Good for them. Nowthey're refusing to pay Owens$800,000 in salary for the nextfour games, which is the mostthey can suspend him under thelabor-management agreement.

They're willing, however, togive their royal pain in the glute-

, us maximus the rest of his salary,roughly $1 million, and have him -stay away. Givcn what we knowof Ter'rell Owens, it's not havinga platform that'll hurt him themost.

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Terrell Owens will not play again this season after beingsuspended by the Phlladelpia Eagles earlier this week.

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Along with a locker room fist-fight Owens got into with for-mer Eagles defensive end HughDouglas last wcck, the publictongue-lashing of his quarter-

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both national polls and have only a 3-point loss to No. 15 Oregon as a blem-ish on Presno State's record this sea-son.

Not to mention the Broncos areseven-point underdogs, the first timeBoise State has been an underdog Ina WAC game since the last time theBroncos started their 31-game confer-ence Winning in 2001 at Hawaii.

"This is finally the big game, this Isthe showdown. It's going to be prettyhyped up. It should be. Two undefeat-ed teams in the WAC. It will be a goodgame," center Jeff Cavender said.

It's also the biggest crowd other thanGeorgia that the Broncos have seenthis season. .

"Their crowd is pretty hostile andit should be a hostile environment.It's primetime and everyone is prettyjuiced for it:' Zabransky said ..

The Broncos were the darlings ofESPN for a long time, having won 15consecutive games on the television

network before losing back-to-baekgames In the Liberty Bowl and againstGeorgia to open the season. Some ofthe Broncos said this is a great chanceto show the nation how the team has _improved since the Sept. 3 loss.

"We are just wanting to show thatwe are improving and every week we'think we've gotten better and donesome things that we've wanted to do.So, it's another chance to go against aquality team," Daryn ColIedge said.

.The Broncos also know the target isstill on their backs as the conferencewin streak is up to 31 games and BoiseState has yet to lose to Fresno State asmembers of'the WAC.

"I think we've earned it a little overthe years, but it's another opportunityfor us to playa very good football teamand hopefully come out with a 'W',"Marks said.

But, the Broncos are still showingthat this is just another game to theplayers and coaches.

Not taking •.anything away fromFresno State,. but knowing rather thatone loss, whether it is to the Bulldogsor anyone else in the conference, maymean the end to bowl game talks.

"Every game on schedule is a biggame for us," Korey Hall said. "If welose, then weare probably not going toa bowl game from here on out. I think-Fresno even makes it a little sweeter.They are coming in here undefeated(in the WAC). It's definitely going to bea good game:

But, it still seems that despite howmany games the Broncos win in theconference, Fresno State continues toget the national coverage over a teamthat hasn't lost a conference gamesince 2001.

"I'd say a team like Fresno State isa team that bugs me the most," AlexGuerrero said. "Every year is supposedto be Fresno State's best team, but it'sgoing to be good to see how good theyreally are."

Boise State is coming off the bestoverall and Individual run games ofthe season.

The Broncos rushed for 303 yards. and Lee Marks became the first

Bronco to rush for over 100 yards in agame this season against New MexicoState.

"It's going to be a whole lot of hit-ting, a whole lot of smack talking andyou know. It's going to be fun," Markssaid.

But this Isn't the Aggies, and thissure isn't just some football game.

"Fresno is a great team. They are inthe national media, a lot like us andit's just definitely a very hyped game,"Zabransky said. "I'm excited for it, andI'd be stupid to say that 1was just as ex-cited last week as I am this week."

There's good reason for that type ofexcitement for the Broncos._The Bulldogs are ranked No. 20 in

COMMENTARY BYTREVOR HORN

Sports Editor

are king.That alone is big-time en-

couragement.Next Is the fact that this is

the fifth time in a row that"one of these two teams areranked in games they haveplayed since Boise State en-tered the WAC-and beganthe domination of FresnoState. Wow, the list keepsgoing. Once again I reportback to the geek numbers.Boise State and Fresno Statewere both ranked in thetop 25 to begin the season.For anyone interested-the

'WAC was the only non-Bf'Sconference with two teamsin the polls to begin the sea-son.

Again, geek alert-BoiseState is the only non-BCSteam with two losses withvotes in either major na-tional poll. Oh yeah-theBulldogs are No. 20 in bothpolls.

Anyone catching mydrift?

This game is huge witha capital-if you aren't go-ing to the game you need tobe glued to your televisionwatching ESPN tonight.

This is as good as youarc going to find outsideof USC-Cal, or Florida-Georgia-despite thisseason's 'largest outdoorcocktail party' being a borewithout Shockley.

Think anyone cares aboutCentral Floridaversus UTEPor TCU-BYU?

Nope.But they like Boise State

versus Fresno State.

So I have corne to a con-elusion.

Football in the WesternAthletic Conference isn't allthat bad. If you look downthe line, there are 58 play-ers in the NFL from cur-rent WAC teams. Compare"those numbers from nineWAC teams, to that of the 69players from 12 ConferenceUSA teams, and 39 play-ers frum 12 Mid-AmericanConference teams-yeah,the WAC does alright.

Only the Mountain Westhas more players per teamin the NFL (72 players fromnine MWC teams) than theWAC-thank you BYU, whohas 18 players representedin the NFL.

But those gceky num-bers aside, let me give you arun down on why tonight'sgame in Fresno is the bestyou will find outside of thebig, bad BCS conferences.

First of all, there is no lovelost between the two teamson the field. Yup, Boise gavemuch love to the FresnoState team last December inthe MPC Computers Bowl.Why not? Who here wantsan ACC team from Virginiato whoop up on their con-ference? Good for you Boisefans; however, Boise State isstill the stomping ground foreverything WAC football re-lated, and until Fresno State,or anyone else of that mat-ter beats them, the Broncos

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avg, (10), sacks, 25 (12), third downconversion, .55.4 (1), total defense,303.0 ypg (21), pass defense efficiency,112.4 (27), pass efficiency, 153.4 rating(13), punt returns, 26.6 avg. (2), kickoffreturns, 25.9 avg. (7) and pass defense,189.4 avg. (27).

And Joe Fernandez is a elose secondwith 20 receptions for 243 yards anda pair ofTDs. Both Paul Williams andAdam Jennings have caught threescores.

Senior running back Bryson Sumlinmoved passed the 2,OOO-yard mark inhis career this season and moved up to'eighth on the Fresno State Top 10 listfor career rushing yards.

Wendell Mathis leads the Bulldogsin rushing, with 811 yards on 135 car-ries and 12 touchdowns.

His rushing average is 6.0 yards percarry and he averages 101.4 yards pergame. Sumlin issecond on the teamwith 415 yards on 97 carries and 4 touch-downs. The Bulldogs average 174.6yards per game on the ground asa team

Marcus Riley's 46 tackles. DwayneAndrews and Rich Marshal each alsohave at least 40 tackles.

The Fresno State defense has re-corded 54. tackles for a loss, 24 sacks,seven interceptions, 35 pass breakups,seven fumble recoveries and threeblocked kicks.

Three players (Tyler Clutts, G.McIntyre and Ikenna Ike) have foursacks and 14 Bulldogs have registeredat least one sack.

Two of Fresno State's opponents thisseason were ranked in the NCAA top10 in scoring offense, averaging betterthan 40 points per-game. Toledo carneinto the game with the Bulldogs aver-aging 53 points per game, third-best inthe nation.

FSU held the Rockets to 14 points.Over the last two weeks, the Dogsheld their opponents to season lows inscoring, holding Hawaii to 13 pointsand San Jose State to seven. Hawaii's13 points, were the second fewest

points it scored at horne in the JuneJones era'.

The special teamsSenior Adam Jennings is the only

player in the nation to be ranked in theNCAA top five in both kickoff returnand punt returns. Jennings averages30.7 yards per kickoff return, No.3 inthe NCAA, and 18.1 yards per punt re-turn, No.4 in the NCAA.

He averages 15.5 yards every time hetouches the ball this season.

The Bulldogs' punt return team hasblocked three punts this season andhas returned four for touchdowns,gaining 505 yards in field position.

Fresno State is ranked No.2 in theNCAA with a punt return average of26.6 yards per.return.

The Fresno State punt teamhas only allowed 16 yards on fivereturns this season. That is five puntsreturned by Bulldog opponents allseason;

The offense. Bulldog senior quarterback Paul

Pinegar is 134-for-206 passing thisseason for 1,735 yards, 16 touchdownsand only four interceptions. His back-up Torn Brandstater has corne in for re-lief in every game this season, exceptthe loss against Oregon.

The Bulldogs are 31-9 in gameswhen Pinegar starts at quarterback,including 3-0 in bowl games.

Pinegar has connected with six play-ers for multiple touchdowns this sea-son. J. Jamison leads the team with 21catches for 304 yards and two scores.

The defenseFor the second straight year, the

Bulldog defense has been tops in theWAC.

Defensively the Bulldogs are led my

USC, Texas lead BCS;undefeated Alabama barely ahead of MiamiASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25No. School Record Points Prey1. USC 9·0 1617 12. Texas 9·0 1568 23. Miami (Fla.) 7-1 1452 54. Alabama 9-0 1450 45. LSU 7-1 1328 66. Penn State 9-1 1271 107. Notre Dame 6-2 1201 88. VirglnlaIech 8-1 1147 39. Georgia 7-1 1097 1110. Ohio State 7·2 1076 1211. Oregon' 8-1 943 1512. Florida 7-2 905 1313. Texas Tech 8-1 753 1614. UCLA 8-1 693 715. Auburn 7-2 680 171G. West Virginia 7-1 G77 1817. Florida State 7-2 605 9

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While strength of scheduleisn't a separate BCS compo-nent, all six computers have astrength-of-schedule factor intheir rankings.

, Each BCS league has at least

a BCS at-large bid if they win ninegames and are in the top 12 in thefinal BCS standings.

The Irish (6-2) finish theseason with games against Navy,Syracuse and Stanford, so thenine-wins criteria should be met.

The top 12 spot, though, bearswatching. The Irish are lIth this,week, thanks to their ranking(seventh) in both polls used incomputing the standings.

But the computers don't likethe Irish as much: Their averagecomputer rank is 18th.

The Fighting Irish look to bea lock for the Fiesta Bowl if theyqualify.

The three components ofthe standings are the USAToday coaches poll; the HarrisInteractive poll, voted on by me-dia members and by former play-ers, coaches and administrators;and six computers. Each of thecomponents counts one-third.

The best and worst computerranking are thrown out, and theother four are averaged to comeup with the BCS standings' com-puter number.

one team in the top 10 exceptfor the Big East. West Virginiais the highest-ranked Big Eastteam, at No. 14.

Remember that the onlyBeS poll that. really rnstters is

the last one, which will be re-leased Dec. 4.

Teams first and second inthe final BCS standings meetJan.4 in the Rose Bowl.

t,JSC and Texas remained firstand second in this week's BowlChampionship Series standings,and they're' pulling away fromthe field.

Alabama, the other unbeatenteam in Division I-A, moved upto third in4he standings, but theTide trails the Longhorns by al-most a full .0951 points.

No. 4 Miami is closer toAlabama (.0009 points) thanAlabama is to Texas.

Last-week, then-No.3 VirginiaTech was .0435 points behind No.2 Texas.

Tide players profess not to careabout how far they are behind.

"It really doesn't matter right• now because the bowls aren't

next week and they're not thisweek," Tide linebacker DeMecoRyans said. "The season isn't overyet, so being (No.) 3 or 4 isn't a bigdeal."

Being No. 120r better is a bigdeal for Notre Dame, for theFighting Irish become eligible for

Alabama players have a lot to celebrate now that the Tide are ranked 3rd in the BCS.

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