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The Associated Students of Boise State University (ASBSU) had $15,000 to spend at the beginning of the year, and with 70 percent of the school year left, they have already spent more than $11,000.

Not including the $8,000 that was ear-marked for Homecoming, ASBSU has spent $11,700.

H o m e c o m i n g is not included in this total be-cause some of the charges are still being processed. When it does come through, the remaining funds of $3,300 are prob-

ably not going to cover it, leading the Sen-ate to dipping into the contingency fund for the remainder of the academic year.

The $11,700 has been spent on four pieces of legislation. The first was the Gene Harris Jazz Festival sponsorship, which cost $5,000. This bill was passed Oct. 1.

The second bit of legislation was a pro-posal from Alpha Chi Omega, one of Boi-se State's sororities, which cost $1,500. It is to bring the program "Kristin's Story" to Boise State. "Kristin's Story" is presented by Andrea Cooper, whose daugher Kristin Cooper was sexually assaulted by a friend and subsequently commited suicide. The program is designed to help sexual as-sault victims get help. This program came to Boise State 4 years ago and Alpha Chi has been trying to bring it back. Alpha Chi

contributed $300 to bringing "Kristin's Story" here.

The Cultural Center received $4,500 for its annual Tunnel of Oppression, taking place Nov. 12-13. This covers materials for decorating and food and drink for the volunteers.

The most recent piece of legislation was $700 for the Islamic Cultural Week which took place last week.

Further fiscal legislation is still in the works, including a proposal to bring the formerly high school-exclusive "Rachel's Challenge" program to Boise State. The program was inspired by Ra-chel Scott, the first victim of the 1999 Columbine High School Shootings and her journal entries. The legislation for this is still in committee.

Sarah Tatischeff said it is worth it to have both programs come to the uni-versity.

"I actually had this at my high school," Tatischeff said. "The Rachel's Challenge program goes through five different things on how to make you a better person ... it still focuses on the bullying aspect of it, but it focuses more on improving yourself."

ASBSU used to have $25,000 allot-ted to spend but the funding was cut this year because they only used about $8,000 last year.

Because ASBSU has already used nearly the entire discretionary fund, they will probably have to use their contingency fund for the rest of the academic year.

Samantha RoyceJournalist

The Center for Advanced Energy Stud-ies (CAES) has donated a 3D visualization system to Boise State. The system, which was assembled by the Idaho National Laboratory (INL), is located in the De-partment of Biological Sciences.

The system comes with hand controls that follow the researcher’s movement with optical cameras. It also comes with special glasses. Now researchers can view and control their data in great detail from multiple angles.

The researcher puts on the glasses and stands in front of a 3D television screen. A computer transforms the data into images on the screen. The researcher controls the images with a small handheld device.

CAES gave the system to Boise State to conduct modeling and simulation research. The system can visualize sur-face defects in certain materials. And geoscientists can use it to visualize big data sets such as the Earth's surface and what's below.

“We haven’t decided what we’re going to use it for, but now that we have it here on campus it will certainly be utilized,” said Mark Rudin, vice president for re-search at Boise State.

Two Boise State graduate students who interned at CAES this summer will train faculty and staff who want to use the 3D visualization system as part of their re-search. Idaho State University and the University of Idaho also received the same type of system.

The system won’t be used for any spe-cific projects right away, but Rudin said it can be used for a variety of research appli-cations. It will be especially useful for geo-sciences and materials science projects.

Rudin would also love to see this tech-nology used in the classroom to enhance student learning at either the graduate or undergraduate level.

“Students learn differently nowadays,” he said. “You know, I think the 50-min-ute lecture is kind of a thing of the past. I think sitting in the laboratory taking pho-tographs or collecting data in notebooks and so forth was very valuable and it’s still very important in the research process.”

This 3D visualization system “just adds another dimension to the research,” he added.

Rudin said the university wants to get more of the systems and put them in dif-ferent colleges around campus. That way the colleges can incorporate them into their research and learning activities.

Rudin is also interested in how these systems might affect academic publish-ing. Traditionally a research paper is pub-lished in a print journal.

“And the trend, I’m guessing the trend in the future may be online Web-based journals where you can actually visualize and perhaps manipulate these 3D images as part of a research paper,” he said.

“I really think it reenergizes where we’re trying to go as a university,” Rudin said. “And it’s really exciting that we’re developing this capability throughout the state and that we’re given the opportunity to do this.”

Boise State gets 3D Visualization System

ASBSU has burned through 78 percent of academic-year funding

GabRielle bRandiniJournalist

Back in 2007, when the the fixed stand-by-a-marked-sign system was still embryonic, Valley Ride counted the amount of times when a Boise State student used their bus pass.

There were 19,540 stu-dents enrolled in the Fall of 2007, and those students used their pass 77,657 times. This means if every student rode the bus to school in 2007, they did so just three times.

Since then, Valley Ride has received a face lift: adding bus stop signs, altering fare prices, and updating the entire look of the line. The catalog-sized map was replaced

with cheaper, smaller one-route maps, the website was updated, en-tire routes were changed to streamline the whole system.

"I definitely ride the bus more than I did a couple years ago," said Angel Koyuyong, fresh-man and English major. "It's easier to catch the bus now because there's actually bus stops as opposed to a couple of years ago."

Instead of wandering down the road looking for a bus to flag down, stu-dents can find a bus stop and call the customer service line that's written on the signs for bus times.

Although bus atten-dance numbers have jumped drastically, there's only an extra

handful of students -- about 500 more -- en-rolled at Boise State this year compared to 2007. The difference for Val-ley Ride is that those students have taken the bus 161,224 times this year - more than twice the amount of times rid-den compared to 2007. If every single student in 2010 rode the bus this year, they hopped on weight times.

The main reason stu-dents ride is to cut costs. During the price hike of gasoline in 2008, students rode the bus 126,580 times, 50,000 more times than the year before. The $4.00 a gallon caused

people nationwide to use alternative modes of transportation, and that mentality has stuck.

"It's a waste of gas for me because I live so close to campus," said Koyuy-ong. "And I don't want to pay money for parking."

A parking permit for the semester starts at $84 dollars, and $158 dollars for the entire year. Along with gas, insurance, and other car payments, tak-ing the bus is a much more feasible option for many students.

"I'm too poor to have a car," said Kate McNearny, sophomore and English major. "Taking the bus is a lot easier and cheaper."

Students riding the bus has doubled to more than

160,000 trips this year

Campus security deters crime through prevention, involvement

Stephanie ScheibeJournalist

While a campus teeming with unaware citizens may already be an invitation for prospective crim-inals, it is the staff that operates under the Boise State University Security Dept. that ensures the safety of the thousands of stu-dents, faculty and staff who wan-der the BSU campus daily.

Contracted with the Boise Po-lice Department, Boise State al-ways has at least one employed police officer securing campus 24 hours a day. Security officers

patrol campus the majority of the time as well, while volunteer po-lice officers come intermittently.

The number of officers on cam-pus is usually small, but there are 20 to 30 officers who work down-town and are available imme-diately upon an emergency call from the university.

While many preventative mea-sures are taken directly, Lieuten-ant Plott, officer in charge of the units that patrol campus, said students are key when it comes to preventing crime on campus.

Where'd all the money go?

ASBSU AnnUAl DiScretionAry BUDget

Suzanne cRaiGJournalist

Get Involved:ASBSU Senate meets at 4:30 p.m. every Monday and Friday in the SUB Forum Room

Money that has been set aside to cover any excessive costs, with some already reserved for minimum balance and staff and employee matters.

ContInGenCy BuDGetDISCretIonary BuDGetThe primary fund for ASBSU, it is intended to be the source of the majority of the funding for legislation for the entire year. Also called "ASBSU Sponsored Projects."

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“We start with education,” Plott said. “We do new student orientation where we talk to students about things like locking up their bikes and being careful walking on the greenbelt.”

Plott said student involve-ment in crime prevention is two measures: awareness and reporting.

“Students need to be aware of their surroundings and pre-vent themselves from being a target,” Plott said. “They also need to report any suspicious activity. The more we can get involved with people on cam-pus, the better job we’ll do as far as preventing and address-ing crime."

Corporal Paul Grabe, has pa-trolled the campus for 19 years. He works the 4 p.m. to 2 a.m.

shift, trying to prevent crime as soon as he sees it.

He said officers look for peo-ple who "maybe shouldn’t be there.”

“We’re looking for somebody that maybe looks like they’re not a student or they don’t have any business on campus. Basi-cally, after doing the job for a number of years, they’re kind of looking like they’re up to no good.”

At 4 a.m. one morning he was put to the test when a sus-picious group of students were near some bike racks in the housing area. After talking to them and realizing that their denial was to what seemed like an attempt at a bike theft, Grabe was able to make a case against them and the students involved were excluded from campus.

oct. 14:

A car hit a parked car on Manitou Avenue and University drive at 3:50 p.m. The driv-er did not leave a note. A report was taken.

oct. 14:

Two intoxicated men were fighting at The Village Apartments at about 3 a.m. One was arrested.

oct. 11:

An unattended purse was stolen in the ILC. A report was taken.

oct. 9, 11:

Two quick release front wheels were taken off of bicycles outside Taylor Hall. A re-port was taken.

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CHICAGO — The case against Brooks Kellogg has all the elements of a graphic crime novel — an alleged mistress with a dark background, bruising high-stakes court fights and a murder-for-hire plot.

But behind the details spelled out in a federal court document lurks the ques-tion: What could possibly lead a respected 73-year-old Chicago businessman and former Kildeer village trustee to allegedly put out a hit on a business associate?

Kellogg seemed to be liv-ing the sweet life. He was a top executive for real estate companies in Libertyville, Ill., and Steamboat Springs, Colo. He and his wife, Gail, had an apartment on Chica-go's Gold Coast, a home on a golf course in Steamboat Springs and one in his col-lege town of Hays, Kan.

But Kellogg had serious money problems, court re-cords show.

A former business associ-ate, Stephen Bunyard, who works at a real estate firm in Destin, Fla., had sued and won a judgment that Kel-logg and a business partner owed him $2.5 million for cutting him out of a plan to build a 16-unit luxury subdivision in Steamboat Springs. Bunyard is also su-ing Kellogg for $500,000 on a townhouse deal.

Kellogg, who had real es-tate deals scattered across Chicago's suburbs, would soon face bigger issues.

Barbara Jean Blackmore, 47, who lived in Clifton, Colo., claimed that she was Kellogg's mistress and that, in September, Kellogg told her he wanted to hurt or kill Bunyard, according to an FBI affidavit released Thurs-day.

Blackmore agreed to put him in touch with a con-tract killer, the document said. The FBI stated that Blackmore "has provided

misleading information and inaccurate information in a number of respects," but that events corroborated her story.

On Oct. 5, Blackmore called Kellogg while FBI agents listened. The per-son Blackmore identified as Kellogg agreed to talk to the killer directly, saying the sooner "it" occurred, the better.

That led to the following exchange, according to the FBI document:

On Tuesday, Kellogg met an FBI agent posing as the hit man at Denver Interna-tional Airport and paid him $2,000 for expense money to commit the killing.

When the agent showed Kellogg a photo of Stephen Bunyard, Kellogg reportedly said, "That's the guy."

"You want him killed?" the agent asked.

"Yeah," Kellogg said.When the agent asked if

Kellogg had any other jobs for him, Kellogg reportedly said, "Yeah. I've got some other things in mind."

Kellogg was arrested and charged with use of inter-state commerce in the com-mission of murder-for-hire. If convicted, he could face up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

Bunyard watched out for himself after learning of the threats but took no special protections, said his attor-ney Reed Morris of Steam-boat Springs.

"Of course, he was hop-ing, as anyone would, that this was all bluster," Morris said. "That this worked out as it states in the (federal af-fidavit) is shocking."

Larry Pozner, a Denver

attorney representing Kel-logg, called the FBI com-plaint "sketchy" and said there was "no reason to think this is accurate."

Pozner questioned the reliability of e-mails and al-leged conversations, and in particular challenged the credibility of Blackmore, who has a lengthy criminal history in two states, the FBI affidavit alleges.

Blackmore gave the FBI instant messages pasted into an e-mail — with mis-spellings intact — where Blackmore wrote "so you want him dead," the affida-vit alleges.

"If that is necessary yes," Kellogg allegedly replied, adding, "bullet is the only way to safely get the job done" and "If that is the only option."

Reached by phone at her home, Barbara Blackmore said she met Kellogg online about tw-and-a-half years ago and the two had a rela-tionship. He gave her mon-ey to pay bills, she said.

"When he came along, it seemed like a blessing, and it ended up a total night-mare," she said.

Some of Kellogg's ac-quaintances expressed shock Friday at the allega-tions. Kellogg's nephew defended his uncle, saying, "There's something else go-ing on."

Doug Kellogg, 43, of Rockford, Ill., said he does not believe the allegations against his uncle.

"I would never, never be-lieve it," Doug Kellogg said.

Although he said he hasn't seen or talked to his uncle in more than a year, Doug Kellogg described

him as funny, clever, gener-ous and gregarious.

Meanwhile, Kellogg's Beth Corp., a real estate firm in Libertyville, is suing the village of Wilmette over a piece of downtown prop-erty on Green Bay Road. At a Sept. 16 meeting, Kellogg said, "We want a CVS store because they want to pay a lot of rent for it. It's an eco-nomic issue for us."

Mike Zimmerman, corpo-ration counsel for Wilmette, said it was "disconcerting and disappointing to learn that one of your litigants is allegedly involved in some-thing like this."

Earlier in his career, Kellogg worked as a high school teacher.

He was a frequent visitor to his college town, where he won an award for reno-vating a shuttered movie theater into a 1950s-themed banquet hall and bar. He also co-chaired a multi-million-dollar fundraising campaign for his alma ma-ter, Fort Hays State Univer-sity.

"People are, frankly, shocked," said university spokesman Kent Steward. "This is one of those things that don't make sense."

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Juan Williams: npR's reject; Fox news' 2 million dollar baby

Jana HoffmanColumnist

Tweet that inspired this week's column: jeffala @NPR was right to fire Juan Williams. He inter-jected his personal views into his profession: ob-jective journalist

National Public Radio's ex-news analyst Juan Williams is not a victim of the "leftist media." He may have lost his ten-year post with NPR, but Williams just scored a three-year, 2 million dollar contract withFox News (cha-ching).

Juan Williams was fired by National Public Radio because he went on The O'Reilly Factor on Oct. 21 and shared his "feelings" on a highly sensitive and racially charged topic. Williams was canned because he chose to step outside the bounds of unbiased reporting and into the land of Bill O'Reilly style commentary when he said,

"Look, Bill, I'm not a bigot. You know the kind of books I've written about the civil rights move-ment in this country. But when I get on the plane, I got to tell you, if I see people who are in Muslim garb and I think, you know, they are identifying themselves first and foremost as Muslims, I get worried. I get nervous."

Williams just wanted to talk about his feelings, is that really so bad?

Yes, yes it is.Though Williams may have sincerely believed

that discussing his "feelings" on The O'Reilly Fac-tor might have gleaned a post 9-11 empathetic connection with the public, he was out of line. As an analyst, his job isn't to talk about his feelings, it's to thoroughly investigate issues and report them to the public in the most unbiased and in-depth way possible.

That's the real issue here. Williams' commit-ment to NPR contractually trumped any need he apparently had to vent on The O'Reilly Factor. He knew this. Williams has been a reporter since 1976 and worked for NPR for the last 10 years. He was well aware that the head honchos at NPR weren't keen on his relationship with Fox News, and rightly so.

The O'Reilly Factor is a news commentary show. Guests are invited to share their personal take on political issues -- not to report the news. Williams got too comfortable in the show's spotlight. He got caught up in emotion and completely took for granted his responsibility to report, analyze and state fact.

The cold, hard truth is that journalists have the responsibility to shove their personal opinions into the deep dark recesses of their conscience while reporting. Regardless of their feelings about any given issue, journalists have an ethical obliga-tion to analyze and report. That's it.

Though inappropriate, NPR CEO Vivian Schiller said it best (and later apologized) when she told the press that Williams should have kept his fears about riding on planes with Muslims between himself and "his psychiatrist or his publicist."

It's quite obvious, really. Let's say NPR decided to keep Williams on long enough to finish out his contract. The more he would engage in emotion-ally slanted commentary on the The O'Reilly fac-tor, the more his presumably unbiased, politically correct stance at NPR would be scrutinized.

Williams' ejection from his news analyst posi-tion at NPR, though notably abrupt, was fated the moment he took a seat next to O'Reilly. An ultimatum of sorts would be inevitable for most anyone brave enough to report for National Pub-lic Radio and Fox News' Prime Time commentary shows simultaneously.

NPR's dismissal of Williams was justified.Read a defending statement by Williams on the

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Vivacious voting: An American right

Karey HoKeJournalist

An 18th birthday marks the day an individual can vote. It’s exciting to finally be able to participate in this Ameri-can "rite-of-passage," knowing what you mark on a ballot will directly affect an election.

As Election Day nears, whether at a national or state level, some voters make it a priority to read up on all the candidates, to ensure they are well-informed.

But for a number of vot-ers with hectic schedules, sometimes gathering intimate knowledge of every candidate is simply not an option.

People base their votes on a variety of reasons. Maybe they grew up in a conservative fam-ily, and rather than searching out information about differ-ent candidates’ platforms, they merely choose the Republican nominee.

Others may have heard a ra-dio or television ad and appre-ciated a candidate’s stance on that one specific issue.

Or, perhaps a person could pull a "Will & Grace" moment and vote for someone because they are black, gay or Jewish.

Whatever the reason, ev-ery American has the right to have their voice heard. Some elections are more critical than others. For example, the 2008 Obama versus McCain election had the highest voter turnout the U.S. has seen in decades.

Each election, from a state level to a national level, is im-portant. Regardless of whether or not they are up-to-date on every single candidate, Ameri-cans should take the time to vote.

It is a basic American right to be able to vote for any candi-date, no matter how the voter came to that decision.

While a candidate's stance on specific issues is definitely important, even more so, their charisma and persona to the general public can make or break an election.

Andy McCutcheon, a BSU senior and communication major said, "I think that people sacrifice information and be-ing well-informed for relatabil-ity and the prospect that (the candidates) will change things in the way that they want."

He added more and more,

people are voting for a specific candidate simply because they will do things a "conservative" or "liberal" way. This isn't nec-essarily a bad thing -- it sim-ply reflects a voter's personal choice, which is exactly how it should be.

No one should criticize oth-ers for voting solely because of political party preference. If a politician has made an effort to represent himself in a way that caters to Democrats or Republicans specifically, the ones who cast their ballots for said politician have every right to do so.

Voting is an essential Ameri-can right. Whether or not someone knows every candi-date in-depth and intimately is irrelevant: everyone can and should vote during an election.

It’s like freedom of speech -- it’s unconstitutional to stop ignorant people from talking, so why should they be stopped from voting?

Lazy voting: An American tragedyTony madonna

Journalist

Voting in the United States is a right that should be thought through carefully. If someone is not well-informed about the candidates, then that person should not vote.

A democracy is set up to urge every individual to vote for who he or she feels will represent their individual in-terests; however, people do not vote that way anymore.

"I think most people slack off (when it comes to voting) which is unfortunate," Presi-dent of Democracy Matters Gus Voss said.

Instead of doing the research on the candidates and submit-ting a true vote, "lazy voters" either do not care about who gets elected or voice someone else's opinion. In both cases, these people should not vote at all.

"If people don't see a candi-

date that will serve their best interests, they shouldn't vote at all," Vice President of Col-lege Republicans Domenic Gelsomino said.

The purpose of voting is to give people the opportunity to have their voices heard. Since there is no option for "indiffer-ence" on the ballot, those who do not care are heard through not voting.

Those who use their vote to support someone else's candi-dates should take more pride in the process or just refrain.

For example, some of the younger crowd is not engaged in politics enough to know which candidate would best represent their interests. These young voters decide they will favor either the Republican or Democrat, despite who the candidate is or what he or she represents.

"People should decide where they stand and then vote," Gelsomino said. "They should not vote for anyone else or for anyone else but themselves."

If someone does not know who to choose and decides to vote for the candidate of their families' or friends' affiliation, they would be better off not voting.

People should research the candidates to decide for them-selves or not vote at all. Voting one way or another because of family affiliation wastes the vote and skews the results of those who are politically en-gaged.

Voting for someone else's interests basically gives that person or group two votes, which is not fair to the rest of the populous.

Everyone gets one to use for himself or herself. Some-one shouldn't bother voting if it does not express how he or she feels.

The more politically engaged people become, the more they will vote for who they want, Voss and Gelsomino said.

The more educated the populous becomes on politics, the more educated and mod-erate our representation will become.

With uneducated voting, comes uneducated and un-even representation. Become politically engaged to make your choice count. Other-wise, leave the it to politically educated.

To vote or not to vote?

Political campaign ads litter street sides as the 2010 guber-natorial elections quickly approach.

U.S. SENATE Constitution: Randy Lynn Bergquist Democratic: William Bryk and P. Tom Sullivan Republican: Mike Crapo and Claude M. "Skip" Davis III

1ST DISTRICT U.S. HOUSE Democratic: Walt Minnick Independent: Dave Olson Libertarian: Mike Washburn Republican: Harley Brown, Michael Chadwick, Raul Labrador, Allan M. Salzburg and Vaughn Ward

2ND DISTRICT U.S. HOUSE Democratic: Mike Crawford Independent: Brian Schad Republican: Katherine Burton, M.C. "Chick" Heileson, Russ Matthews and Mike Simpson

GOVERNOR Democratic: Keith Allred and Lee Chaney Sr. Independent: Jana Kemp and Pro-Life Libertarian: Ted Dunlap Republican: Walt Bayes, Butch Otter, Ron "Pete" Peterson, Rex Ramell, Sharon Margaret Ullman and Tamara Wells

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Constitution: Paul Venable Democratic: Eldon Wallace

Republican: Joshua Blessinger, Brad Little and Steven Dana Pankey

ATTORNEY GENERAL Republican: Lawrence Wasden

SECRETARY OF STATE Democratic: Mack Sermon Republican: Ben Ysursa

SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Democratic: Stan Olson Republican: Tom Luna

Who's running in 2010

Go to arbiteronline.com to listen to a podcast with ASBSU senator Ryan Gregg about local elections.

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STATEWIDE RACESFEDERAL RACES

John GarretsonJournalist

The Boise State Broncos volleyball team (17-8, 4-5 Western Athletic Confer-ence) fell to the nationally ranked Hawai'i Rainbow Wa-hine (18-1, 8-0 WAC) in three

sets (25-13, 25-23, 25-20) Sat-urday night at Bronco Gym.

The Broncos looked a bit nervous in the first set as the Rainbow Wahine took the court in their intimidating black and green uniforms and professional demeanor. Several unforced Bronco er-rors along with Hawai'i's

dominant block wall guarded the net and forced the Bron-cos to fall 25-13.

Boise State found life and came out with fire, playing smarter and using strong communication to bring them an early 12-8 lead in the second game. However, it was the Rainbow Wahine’s

pinpoint precision with the ball as well as rocket-like kills that put them over the Bron-cos 25-23.

The third set played out the same. BSU came out strong with a 9-5 lead, yet brought back some of the obvious er-rors seen in the first match that buried Boise State’s

chance of a come back.“We started the match a

little tight," Boise State head coach Sean Garus said. "After we spotted them 10 in game one, we played them pretty tight from then on and there were a lot of things to be hap-py about. I think it’s a great opportunity (to play Hawai'i). We get them in front of a packed house here and once again a sell-out crowd to come see us play volleyball at a really high level and I don’t think we disappointed. They showed that they were a pro-gram that’s really on the rise.”

Senior middle blocker Ali-sha Young enjoyed the ex-perience of playing ranked teams, such as Hawai'i.

”It’s a great opportunity to play such a good team," Young said. "They’re a well-balanced team, a prepared team. We’ve had the op-portunity to play the Uni-versity of Washington and now Hawai'i, so it’s a great opportunity to see where we rank up against those teams."

Young led the Bronco squad with nine kills, a .381 hitting percentage, four as-sisted blocks and 11 total points. Junior setter Breann Nesselhuff recorded 30 as-sists, while sophomore out-side hitter Fiona Jones and junior libero Amanda Remy had seven digs apiece.

For the No. 4 Rainbow Wahine, Idaho native Brit-

tany Hewitt had eight kills, a .429 hitting percentage, six digs and 11.5 total points. Hewitt played volleyball at Eagle High School and grew up watching Boise State volleyball.

“It was really exciting be-cause I used to watch my sister play here so I kind of grew up watching (BSU vol-leyball),” Hewitt said.

It was the last time Hawai'i would play at Bronco Gym as Boise State moves from the Western Athletic Conference to the Mountain West Con-ference next year. The Bron-cos play a must-win game against Fresno State Monday night at Bronco Gym. Fresno State beat the Broncos in five sets Sept. 25. The Broncos must win to stay in conten-tion for the WAC tournament.

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WOMEN'S GOLF to finish STRONG

Blake Brown heads talented BSU golf team

John Garretson Journalist

The Boise State men’s golf team has been traveling across the continent this sea-son, playing all the way up in Pullman, Wash. down to the tropical Cabo San Lucas in Mexico, bringing the Bronco mentality and game play along for the ride.

Just a few weekends ago, the team finished an incredi-ble fifth out of 16 teams at the Purple and Red Invitational in Leyton, Utah, beating es-tablished programs such as California Polytechnic and Loyola Marymount.

Placing in the top 13 on the individual scoring were ju-niors Blake Brown and Scott Spiewak. Brown shot a 74, 70 and 70 with an overall stroke count of 214, finishing 2-un-der-par while Spiewak shot a 70, 69, 76 ending with a 215 count and putting him at -1 overall.

“Overall it went pretty well. We fin-ished fifth out of 16 teams. We weren’t that far out of even a better finish. We put together some solid rounds all the way through the line up one through five was pretty solid. We had a couple

bad nine hole scores but each one of them turned it around on the back, kind of what we’ve been working on,” BSU head coach Kevin Burton said.

The experienced Brown, who is the only one on the squad to have a collegiate win under his belt, leads the relatively young Bronco team. The Scottsdale, Ariz. native played at Horizon High School in which he was named Junior Golf Associa-tion of Arizona Player of the Year in 2008 an was named to the All-State team his junior and senior year. It didn’t end for Brown there as he entered his freshman year at Boise State, in which he was one of three Broncos to play in all 11 tournaments that year and won Western Athletic Con-ference golfer of the month in November 2008.

“Blake is one our leaders. He’s a solid player, he’s al-ready got a collegiate win

under his belt, and he’s got a lot of talent,” Burton said.

It was his sophomore year that gave Brown the honor he had always wanted -- a college tournament win. It came at the Palouse Colle-giate in Pullman, Wash. in which he shot a season-best 8-under 208.

Brown has acknowledged his increasing success over the past years from the high school to collegiate level, but knows the season is not done yet.

“My game has come a long way since my freshman year, so I can continue to im-prove upon the mental and physical aspects by working out and being consistent,” Brown said.

The Broncos continue to swing away at the remain-ing piece of their fall sched-ule at the Herb Wimberley Collegiate tournament at La Cruces, N.M. Oct. 25.

Q&a WIth BLaKe BroWn

FaVorIte CLUB: “Depends upon the mood I’m in. If I’m

angry I’ll use my driver, but if I’m in a good mood I like

taking sand trap shots with my wedge”

FaVorIte GoLFer: Kevin Burton (current BsU coach)

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10-12 hours of sleep”

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Young Bronco team hopes for big results

Wyatt MartInJournalist

The Boise State women's golf team hopes to continue its improvement on the sea-son in Memphis, Tenn. this week at the Memphis Fall Invite. While the team has struggled to finish at the top of its previous tournaments so far this year, coach Ni-cole Harris is very optimistic about where they're headed.

“We've been playing really well, we've shot three of our lowest team scores that we've had the past couple years,” Harris said. “Everyone's scor-ing averages have come down quite a bit.”

In last week's Prices Give 'Em Five Collegiate, in Las Cruces, N.M., the ladies fin-ished 12th out of 14 teams. Remarkable outings from sophomore Hayley Young, and junior Michelle Gooding propelled BSU. Young fin-ished the tournament six over par in three rounds to finish 7th. While Gooding was plus 16, putting her in 29th.

Young has led the Broncos in scoring in each of their four tournaments so far this season, including some of her best career rounds to date.

“Having the experience last year has prepared me more for this year,” Young said.

Getting experience for her young players is something coach Harris is very familiar with. With no seniors and

only 3 juniors, the Broncos are relying heavily upon their underclassmen to come out and perform well this year.

“One of the advantages is that everybody's fired up and ready to play, nobody's men-tally checked out yet. Even though we're young we are experienced because most of the girls got a chance to play last year,” Harris said. “We're going to have the same team next year, so it's great.”

Bringing in top players who are ready to perform as freshman has been one of Harris' strategies since her days of coaching at TCU. As an assistant there, she helped the Horned Frogs reach five straight NCAA Golf Championship appearances, winning three.

The team has one tourna-ment remaining after this week's Fall Invite, before they head into their winter off-sea-son. Even as the weather gets colder the girls will continue to practice until there's snow on the ground, at which point they'll move indoors for put-ting and short-game practice.

The team's roster consists of nine women, five of who travel to tournaments. The girls have a chance to play into one of these spots the week before in practice, so whoever is hot at the time will travel. Although this would apparently seem to add rivalry between team-mates, the girls find that it ac-tually builds camaraderie in

the team.“You can trust in each

other. I think that's a really important aspect on the golf course, knowing that my teammates are going to come in with solid scores,” Gooding said. “We're all really close, I would say we're like sisters. A lot of us have been together for a long time.”

With a dynamic combina-tion of youth and talent, the Bronco women's golf team has a chance to reach excel-lence this season and for many beyond.

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One of the advantages is that everybody's fired up and ready to play, nobody's men-tally checked out yet. Even though we're young we are experi-enced because most of the girls got a chance to play last year,” Harris said. “We're going to have the same team next year, so it's great.

It was really exciting be-cause I used to watch my sister play here so I kind of grew up watching (BSU volleyball) ,” Hewitt said.

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Speed killsFaster paced Bulldog offense gives Broncos fresh challenge

KIrK BeLLManaging Editor

The AP Poll No. 2 Boise State team was off through yet another weekend of the No. 1 team falling to the underdog. This week, No. 11 Missouri put a dent in Oklahoma’s short-lived driver’s seat to the national title game in January.

While this was all happening, the Broncos (6-0, 2-0 West-ern Athletic Conference) were planning for a different type of Louisiana Tech (3-4, 2-1 WAC) football team than they’ve seen in the past.

“They were in the shotgun and some spread stuff last year but it’s much different,” head coach Chris Petersen said. “This is all spread. A lot of big spits. No-huddle, going fast. They were going no-huddle in the past but they weren’t go-ing really, really fast. It’s quite a bit different.”

Bulldog offense>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>The former hit-you-in-the-mouth type of football LT has

traditionally played has been put to the wayside by new head coach Sonny Dykes who has switched up his focus to lightning quick offense who put together 97 offensive plays in their vic-tory against the Idaho Vandals.

“We’re still figuring him out,” Petersen said of Dykes. “Know his reputation, know the lineage he comes from. You can see the job, that he’s making an impact in a hurry in his first year. There’s no doubt that he’s going to do some great things in that Louisiana Tech program.”

The Bulldogs’ senior quarterback Ross Jenkins has played ef-ficient football, completing 70.5 percent of his passes with only two interceptions. He has six touchdowns this season with time spread to the Bulldog back-ups who account for three more touchdowns through the air.

Junior running back Lennon Creer rushed for 299 yards and four touchdowns -- his only touchdowns this season -- through the past two games, and has carried a heavy load for the running back corps.

Jenkins has two receivers who have been equally tough in junior Taulib Ikharo and sophomore Richie Casey. Ikharo has 31 receptions for 309 yards and Casey has 28 receptions for 308 yards. Despite finding success with Jenkins spreading the ball out, the two receivers have only caught three touchdowns this season.

Bulldog defense>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Despite Derek Dooley’s departure for greener pastures at

Tennessee, the Bulldogs held on to one of their key coaches in defensive coordinator Tommy Spangler. The consistency and similarity to prior Louisiana Tech defenses, according to Petersen, is a welcome sight for a team who appears to have finally hit its stride on offense.

“They’re a solid defense,” senior wide receiver Austin Pettis said. “They’ve got a lot of athletes, a lot of speed out there. It’s definitely going to be a better defense than we’ve seen in the past couple weeks so we’ll have to make sure we buckle down and take care of business on offense.”

Louisiana Tech is third in the Western Athletic Conference in rushing defense, allowing 152 yards per game to opponents on the ground. The Bulldog pass defense has been dismantled at times, allowing 296.71 yards per game to their opponents.

La Tech’s defense is led by junior linebacker Adrien Cole and junior defensive end Matt Broha. Cole leads the team with 54 tackles, three tackles for loss and one sack. Broha has been a force on the defensive line with nine tackles for loss, six sacks and two forced fumbles.

Bulldog special teams>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Though the Bulldogs’ ever present return threat Phillip Livas

is still a clear and present danger to any opponent, a new face has emerged as a kickoff return threat.

Sophomore Lyle Fitte has averaged 28.4 yards per return this season on kickoff returns for the Bulldogs. Livas has averaged 21.1 yards per return on kickoffs, but has struggled to break free bringing back punts. He has averaged 4.4 yards per punt return. The Bulldogs have only been punted to nine times this season, drastically marginalizing Livas’ ability to break free on punt returns.

Moore approaching, passes records

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>BSU junior quarterback Kellen Moore is currently besting

his NCAA touchdown to interception ratio record of 13-to-1 with 16 touchdowns and one interception. He passed Bart Hendricks' former school record set in 2000 of 650 passes completed, now standing at 663 and counting with six remain-ing games and a potential bowl game to accompany Moore's senior season, should he choose to stay one more year with the Broncos.

Moore is two touchdown passes away from tying Ryan Din-widdie's record of 82 touchdown passes completed. He is fourth in career passing yards for BSU with 8,589 passing yards. The current record is held by Dinwiddie with 9,819 yards.

The Broncos and Bulldogs meet Tuesday at Bronco Stadium. Coverage begins at 6 p.m. on ESPN 2.

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Lauren HookerJournalist

What town has had grisly executions, horrifying murders and shocking suicides?As one of the top haunted cities in Idaho, Boise is home to several paranormal hotspots. As the

Halloween season approaches, many people turn to Haunted World or the Corn Maze for a thrill. But for a seriously spooky experience, others seek out the real deal. Cold spots, apparitions and strange occurrences plague these locations and most are accompanied by a bone-chilling story.

Note that most of these locations require permission before entering the premises and trespassers will be prosecuted.

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#1: THe oLd IdaHo PenITenTIary

Originally built in 1870, the penitentiary housed more than 13,000 inmates over the duration of 101 years. It's

claimed to be the most haunted place in Idaho and those who visit tend to sense a ominous feeling.

“Visitors are said to have experienced paranormal things like hearing voices, the sensation that someone was

following them or in the room,” said Amber Beierle, the interpretive specialist for the Old Idaho Penitentiary.

Others claim to have captured photos of light "orbs" or "apparitions.”

Eight inmates on death row were hanged at the gallows and many other inmates committed suicide, died of

sickness or were murdered. The Old Pen held several of Idaho’s most notorious criminals including Raymond

Snowden, also known as “Idaho’s Jack the Ripper.”“This site witnessed sadness, despair and unspeakable violence,” Beierle said. “Desperate men and women

from all aspects of life walked these grounds and the real-life history of this place is far spookier than any real

or imagined ghost story.”

#2: BoIse sTaTe CommunICaTIon BuILdIng

Located on the BSU campus, the Communication Building used to be

home to the old Student Union. However, it’s now said to be home to the

ghost of a distraught girl.

Legend has it that a girl was stood up by her date to a dance, so she went

upstairs of the old SUB and committed suicide. Witnesses have reported

footsteps, the feeling of a ghostly presence and unexplained activity.

“I think that there are too many people that have had experiences with

ghosts or the paranormal for it to not exist,” said freshman Madison Hy-

land, an undeclared major.

Hyland is in the process of creating the Boise Paranormal Society, a BSU

student organization dedicated to the supernatural. More information can

be found on their Facebook page.

#3: THe BasemenT of THe IdaHo

HIsTorICaL museum

Built in the '40s, the construction of the Idaho Histori-

cal Museum was halted because of World War II. In order

to prevent people from falling into the unfinished base-

ment, builders nailed plywood over the opening. While

this prevented unfortunate accidents, it did not prevent

murder. The body of a teenage boy was found at the

site when it was re-opened for construction. Night shift

employees have reported artifacts changing locations and

seeing disembodied footsteps.

#4: THe BoIse LITTLe THeaTer

After a tragic fire in 1957 killed two employees and destroyed the

building, the Boise Little Theater was rebuilt at its current location. It

kept its positive reputation -- and added an unexplained presence as

well. Theorized to be one of the employees that perished in the blaze,

the ghost has been reported as a dark figure that often helps out

employees and has even stopped a potential accident.

“(A) little boy was doing something and fell through the trap door…

something caught him,” said Lynda Snodgrass, the Boise Little The-

ater co-wardrobe mistress, in an interview with Fox 12 News. “Every-

one ran down to see if he was OK and he just came walking back up

the stairs saying, ‘I’m OK, somebody caught me.’ ”

#5: BonnevILLe PoInT

Located on Blacks Creek Road off East I-84, Bonneville Point

is the place where Captain Benjamin Bonneville first spot-

ted the Boise Valley. Settled amidst the rolling hills overlook-

ing Boise, the historic site is on the path of immigrants of the

Oregon Trail, many of whom died in accidents, of sickness and

at the mercy of wild animals. The spot is said to have an air of

foreboding. Accounts of hoof beats and wagon wheels late at

night have been reported.

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Karey HoKeyColumnist

I am a music fanatic. The day I don't have music play-ing in my car while driving will be the day pigs fly. Nine times out of 10, I have my headphones on, no matter where I am.

Having said this, I will confess that a good portion of my music is not suitable for younger ears. I have no issues with listening to rap-pers and singers dropping F-bombs and running their sailor mouths. However, I realize not everyone shares my explicit music tastes.

Censoring is a huge part of any social media network. Whether you're watching television or listening to the radio, there's bound to be something either bleeped out or changed entirely to be more PG-friendly.

I completely understand the need for some censor-ship. If I had children, I wouldn't want them hear-ing what Lil' Wayne thinks of a particular girl, or what Ke$ha wants to do to a cer-tain guy. I wouldn't want to pollute my kids' minds with the stereotypical "sex, drugs, rock and roll" lifestyle.

However, I am strongly opposed to what local radio stations have began bleep-ing out: the word "alcohol."

The particular song I heard with this censoring was Trey Songz' "Bottoms Up." It's a great song, in my opinion -- it has all the es-sentials for a good party song. But in the last few weeks, local radio stations have been editing the word alcohol out of it.

Yet, later on in the song, when Nicki Minaj begins her part, she specifically says, "Can I get that dro?"

For those of you who don't know, it is referring to either a specific type of marijuana or a type of bong.

Like I said, my music taste is explicit and varied. I don't mind listening to people sing about alcohol and drugs.

But to bleep out the word alcohol, which is actually legal for every person older than the age of 21, and keep a blatant reference to illegal drugs audible?

Boise is a college town. We may not be as hardcore of one as, say, Moscow, or Boston, Mass. But many of the people in Boise attend BSU. Chances are, most of us will be exposed to alco-hol, either in person or in song. To me, when some-thing as simple as this term is censored out, it almost ruins the song.

Another great way to ruin a song is to blast it loudly and obtrusively in others' faces. I've seen people on campus who hold their mu-sic devices about six inches in front of them -- sans headphones. I love music as much as the next person; I don't like hearing someone else's tastes blaring at me when I didn't ask for it.

The bottom line is, music is a form of self-expression and a personal choice. Sometimes, obnoxious mu-sic-listeners need to be cen-sored. And sometimes, cen-sorship in songs is needed -- but when words such as alcohol are removed, it seems to me the station DJ's got bored and tried (unsuc-cessfully) to switch it up.

Censoring? I'm over it

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Black Student Alliance gets groovyMembers of the Black Student alliance gather for a photo Saturday. Some members dressed in ‘70s clothing for the party, while others came to have a good time and show support.

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Lauren HooKerJournalist

Disco lights, streamers and a plethora of balloons set the mood for the Black Student Alliance’s '70s party Saturday night.

Students and non-stu-dents of all races and ages dressed up in their finest bell bottoms, platform shoes and tie-dye to bust a move and get to know one another while promoting diversity and acceptance.

“My favorite part was be-ing able to emcee,” sopho-more civil engineering major

Jonathan Curtiss said. “You get to hype the crowd and get everyone involved and up and dancing.”

The dance floor was the place to be, and brought back the '70s with songs from KC & The Sunshine Band, Donna Summers and the Bee Gees. Attendees broke out their best hand jives, hip thrusts and even learned how to dougie, which is a hip modern dance.

“We want to introduce BSU students to the Black Student Alliance and say, ‘We’re fun! Come party!’ ” President Verdell Brookens said.

The Black Student Alliance is geared toward the integra-tion of African and African-American culture into the college setting.

“We want diversity in our group,” sophomore biology major Meskerem Berhanu said. “White, black, Hispan-ic, Indian, everyone. Diver-sity is everyone.” Berhanu is from Ethiopia.

The club aims to pro-mote diversity and culture through social events, guest speakers and weekly meet-ings designed to get every-one to participate in a fun way. BSA sponsors several

events a year to get involved, meet new people and learn more about the club.

“Black Student Associa-tion is about being a com-munity for black people on campus, and also a door-opener for those who don’t identify themselves as Black,” Brookens, a soci-ology major from Chicago, said. “Many black students feel like they don’t have an identity on campus, so we help them. We want to dispel myths and stereotypes about Africans.”

BSA meets every Friday at 4 p.m. in the Cultural Center.

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