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Flappers get lucky at Casino NightAnthony AdamsStaff Writer

The Flappers and Dap-pers Casino Night Friday was like being teleported back in time. On the night of Jan. 27 poker, live mu-sic, a hazy atmosphere and dressed-up students gave the Simplot Ballroom the feel of a 1920s speakeasy.

After walking through the entrance, students were greeted with sounds from the Jack Hales Jazz Trio. A neon sign hanging behind them cut through the murky haze.

“It was great seeing ev-

erything come together and such a great turnout at the event,” said Derrick Lawter, Student Union program assistant. “I think it shows that the Student Union has the capabilities to put on programs of this scale in the future that stu-dents really enjoy.”

Students dressed up to represent the swinging fashion of the 20s. Each attendee received 25 tick-ets at the door to use as chips to gamble with. Ca-sino games like Blackjack, Craps, Roulette and Texas Hold’em, were available to students to try their luck

and earn more tickets.The tickets could then be

used to enter to win a num-ber of prizes: Beats head-phones, a Google Android tablet, bluetooth speakers and many other prizes.

Throughout the room, guests were crowded around the casino tables

watching who was going to hit it big or lose it all.

“This is the first time that I have ever seen a gam-bling event at BSU,” said Tommy Muller, senior at Boise State. “I wish they would have more like it.”

The dance floor was located front and center

in the room and never seemed to empty. Students conversed on what prizes they hoped to win, who won in the end or who lost the most tickets.

This event was put on by the Student Union staff with the intention of creat-ing an annual program that will get the students more involved in the SUB.

By midnight, more than 355 students were partici-pating in the casino games, according to Elise Afford, associate director of the Student Union.

The majority of the stu-dents who attended said

they wished that an event like this had been put on sooner. They hope that there will be one again soon so that they could bring friends.

“Seeing how many peo-ple came out to the event was extremely rewarding for myself and the other members of the team that helped plan the event,” said Kyle Prewett, Student Union program assistant. “We wanted this to be one of the best events of the year, and seeing a large turnout and people really enjoying themselves was great.”

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This is the first time that I have ever seen a gambling event at BSU. I wish they would have more like it.

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NEWS

Idaho Human Rights Day fuels controversySean BunceAsst. News Editor

It wasn’t until 1990 that Idaho became the 47th state to recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a state holiday.

An article published by the Boise Weekly, titled “Idaho Late to the Party to Celebrate Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.” explained that, in order to pacify legislators opposed to honoring King, it was decided that the third Monday of January would be known as “Idaho Human Rights Day.”

According to Andrew Geske, student support coor-dinator for the Multicultural Student Diversity Center, grouping both days together is a sign of disrespect to the civil rights movement which King began.

“Racism is a big enough problem in American society and Idaho culture specifi-cally,” Geske said. “We should give as much time as possible to discussing it, showcasing it, learning how to talk about it and recognizing the people

who fought against it.”Having what is normally

Martin Luther King Jr. Day be celebrated as Idaho Human Rights Day, Geske believes, de-tracts from what people should be focusing on.

“Martin Luther King Jr. did not fight against sexism in par-ticular or homophobia in par-ticular; he fought against rac-ism in particular. That was the civil rights movement,” Geske said. “I think it does him a great disservice. It’s a very diluted idea about what Martin Luther King Jr. was about.”

Ro Parker, program coordi-nator for the Multicultural Stu-dent Diversity Center, believes having a Human Rights Day in Idaho is well intended but agrees with Geske.

“I don’t think that people will think they’re covering (Martin Luther King Day) up with Human Rights Day,” Parker said. “But I think that is the outcome of it, it covers it up. I think the intent versus outcome is not being looked at here.”

According to Parker, there is an institutionalized racism

which exists in everything, from the media to the job someone wishes to apply for.

She explained that, until people can learn how to talk about issues such as racism, it will never go away.

“When we do trainings we

sometimes ask people, ‘How many here have been told that if you talk about race you’re a racist?’ Pretty much everyone raises their hand,” Parker said. “I think whether that’s explic-itly what they’ve been told or not, that’s the message that a

lot of people receive.”For Reverend C.T. Vivian,

who participated in rallies with King and was the keynote speaker invited to Boise State Jan. 26, it makes no difference what the day is called.

“It doesn’t matter what day it

is. Is it celebrated?” Vivian said. “It matters only that you do it.”

The Women’s Center re-fused to comment when asked for their opinion on having Martin Luther King Day separate from Idaho Hu-man Rights Day.

Study tip: Healthy habits help students achieveMaria ShimelOnline Testing CenterCourtesy

As college students it’s difficult to always make good health decisions. However maintaining a healthy lifestyle is a great way to help you achieve your best throughout the semester.

When you are healthy your brain is working at

full capacity, memories are clearer, problem solv-ing skills are faster and you have more energy to help you tackle the long day ahead.

It’s important to start the morning with a hearty breakfast and plan ahead for good meals and snacks throughout the day. Make sure to drink tons of water to maintain hydration and energy.

Setting up a regular ex-ercise routine is beneficial too as it assists in reducing stress and keeps your body strong.

As college students it can be difficult to maintain regular sleep schedules but that is one of the most im-portant parts of keeping a healthy routine. Make sure to give yourself a good sev-en to eight hours of sleep every night and try to main-

tain the same bedtime and wake-up hours.

Pulling all-nighters and binge sleeping on the week-ends is not a good practice as it just knocks your sleep schedule off kilter.

If you have questions about improving your health be sure to use the resources that Boise State provides such as the annual Health Fair, The Rec and Health Services.

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Vivian preaches non-violent action to create changeAlx StickelNews Editor

About 140 people gathered in the Jordan Ballroom to hear civil rights activist Rev-erend C. T. Vivian speak in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Vivian spoke on Jan. 26, eight days after Idaho Human Rights Day. Vivian received a standing ovation before he even spoke about civil rights, Dr. King himself and how so-ciety should approach social issues.

America has a long way to go.Social movements require non-violent direct action

“It’s interesting that the worst thing in our culture was really racism,” Vivian said in an interview with The Arbiter. “It’s a denial of our democra-cy. It’s a denial of our faiths, all of them. It’s the worst thing about our culture and what changed it was ministers. It wasn’t law.”

For Vivian, King lead a moral and spiritual move-ment for Civil Rights. While there were laws that advo-cated for civil rights, Vivian said they were not always fol-lowed.

While most of America has overcome outright racism, ac-cording to Vivian, King’s so-cial movement philosophies are still applicable in today’s social movements.

“You can’t catch Martin or why he’s important if you don’t understand non-violent direct action,” Vivian said. “He solved the problem. We taught people how to win without blowing your mind or blowing your head or somebody else’s head.”

Society needs moral and spiritual values

King gave us the answer to leading social movements to solve social issues, howeer all of the issues haven’t been solved.

As a minister, Vivian holds strong to the importance of having moral and spiritual values that are not necessarily associated with any particular religion.

“There used to be a time where all of us, I mean the whole nation, was concerned with moral and spiritual val-ues. That is not true today,” Vivian said. “I believe, of course, that the greatest value of all is love. The less people love each other, the less peo-ple like each other, the less people see our humanity in each other, the less likely we are to be as human as we need be to really make a meaning-ful culture.”

According to Vivian, Amer-ica has the tools to lead social movements and affect change because of non-violent action taught and demonstrated by King. However, without the purpose of love felt by both parties, problems will remain unsolved.

In addition to love, Vivian acknowledged social move-ments require suffering.

“If you suffered, you got it. If you suffered, you knew you’d want to do anything to get rid of that (suffering). That makes a lot of differ-ence,” Vivian said.Where we need to go in current movements

Tania Torres, sophomore elementary and bi-lingual education major at CWI, and Lindsey Paynter, senior biology major at Boise State,

said they appreciated Vivian’s focal point of non-violent ac-tion in his keynote address, because they are seeing it in social movements today like those for Michael Brown.

“I feel we need to continue to do that and we need to continue to do that and orga-nize together and fight for our common cause,” Paynter said.

Torres and Paynter said they feel this peaceful organi-zation is something students who didn’t attend Vivian’s speech should know about.

They also felt that a lack of awareness is detrimental to social movements and change in today’s society.

“I think what society is do-ing wrong is they’re not really

aware of things that are go-ing on,” Torres said. “There are just so many distractions now-a-days that. We have so much knowledge available to us like on the Internet and stuff and nobody’s really us-ing that to their advantage.”

As Vivian said, a lack of love is also stopping change.

“You have to understand finally without love you won’t remain non-violent and use it in all parts of life. That’s the ultimate goal,” Vivian said. “For 2,000 years, we’ve been taught it and still don’t want it. When I say don’t want it, I mean we haven’t made certain it’s the number one thing in our lives. We go to churches where we tell our-

selves ‘Oh yes, he’s Jesus and he loves and the greatest love of all...’ But when it comes down to living it, we haven’t gotten there in 2,000 years, which says we haven’t tried very hard.”Where we need to go in the future

Beside love, according to Vivian, America, and to a larger extent the world, needs to revisit their moral and spir-itual values.

“Violence. Materialism. We’ve almost forgot what moral and spiritual under-standings are,” Vivian said. “Moral and spiritual under-standings are the base of everything to create a mean-

ingful culture. And we’re so materialistic that we’ve almost forgot how to be hu-man.”

Vivian said, while the past is important, one thing soci-ety doesn’t do enough of is look toward the future. Social movements are about mov-ing forward. For Vivian, some of them suffer before they are even acted upon.

“Although we have a great movement, we very seldom talk about the future of man-kind,” Vivian said. “As soon as we start talking about the depths of something, we gen-erally think of it as not going to make it, so we don’t talk about the future in a mean-ingful human way.”

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opinion

Leslie Boston-HydeCopy Editor

Last year, the Quad was the center of attention at Boise State, with angry anti-abortionists and overly pas-sionate preachers expressing their opinions freely.

There are those who know how to use the power of free speech perfectly. They em-ploy motivating speeches without attacking people.

On the flip side, people condemn others for being different or disagreeing with their views.

While Boise State is dis-cussing the Quad policy, it’s difficult to take a step back and realize what’s really at stake.

Our right to express our thoughts is a powerful tool, and we should use it. When given such power, it’s im-portant to remember not to abuse it.

It’s easy to say, “Ban the controversial speakers. They disrupt the learning environ-ment.” By controlling what is said in the Quad, however, Boise State would infringe upon the First Amendment right to free speech.

Without the freedom of speech, America would no longer be a republic. The gov-ernment relies on its citizens to speak openly and without fear of the government repri-manding them. If free speech was eradicated, we would be stuck in the world of George Orwell’s “1984,” and that’s scary.

Is it right to tell a woman that she is a baby murderer and display large, gruesome posters of aborted fetuses while she is walking to class or an exam? Is it fair to a ho-mosexual to say he is going

to hell for loving someone of the same sex?

Believe me, I was deeply offended by comments made by the protestors. I was told that I should not be in col-lege because of my gender, and that, instead, I should be at home taking care of a man and his children. This was a Christian preacher talking down to a fellow Christian. It was very appalling, to say the least, and goes against the core values of the religion.

I would love it if I had never heard those comments on my way to take a test. I’m sure plenty of students felt the same way.

It’s the price of free speech. People speaking need to

realize that not everyone shares similar views. For those of us who might not necessarily enjoy being scru-tinized for various reasons, we’ll just have to buck up and endure.

The minute we start to regulate offensive arguments is the minute we give up our right to free speech.

Free speech in the Quad comes with responsibility of respect

“I appreciate free speech. I think it’s something beautiful we as a country share; however, I do think people take it a step too far, especially when we have people who are an-gry about religion and yelling at students. It makes me feel uncomfortable when we’re here to get an education; we’re here to make up our own ideas about the world. I person-ally don’t feel comfortable walking, by and I’m wearing my sorority letters, and someone is calling me a whore. That’s when I don’t feel like going to school. It’s not something I want to hear when I’m on campus.”

Alyssa Canestro, senior health science major

“I’ve had a similar experience (to Canestro’s) where you’re walking through the Quad or you kind of get attacked—it feels like—by certain groups that almost take it upon themselves to, rather than sharing their message, to educate others about what they believe, they really take it a step too far. They start attacking individuals that maybe don’t align specifically with their ideals and beliefs. I think we need to appreciate the op-portunity that we have with free speech, take advantage of it, speak about what we do believe in and what what’s important to us. We can’t just ignore the fact that we have that right in this country, we really should appreciate that we have that.”

Caitlin Hayden, junior marketing major

“I don’t think it should be. We’re all adults. Of course, if it’s going to be offensive, you’re going to get in trouble for it just like you would in the regular world, and it’s already regulated to a certain extent.”

Connor Demond, freshman business major

“No, I don’t think it should be regulated. Everyone is an adult and everyone has freedom of speech, so you can say what you want to say where you want to say it. It doesn’t need to be regulated by the school at all.”

Lane Mentaberry, freshman business major

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For more informa-tion on the current policies concerning free speech at Boise

State read “Policy for speech in the Boise State Quad

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opinion

Relationships grow as nature dies

Patty BowenCulture Editor

Inversion, cold weather and long visits with extend-ed family can make winter a rough season for students to function in. What started out as a College Humor vid-eo has began to catch on as a trend called Winter Cling.

According to the origi-nating video, an ideal Win-ter Cling is someone who is heavier set and has a lot of warm blankets in their apartment, making it easier to huddle for warm and not feel bad about the holiday weight that is inevitable for some people. It is also op-tional for them to have an HBO GO password and an apartment closer to your place of work.

“(Winter Cling is prefer-able) for some students be-cause they go through the winter doldrums and just

want someone to cuddle up to,” said Derek Bohm, soph-omore kinesiology major.

For Bohm, who is an out-door person, winter pres-ents a challenge because the cold keeps him from doing the activities he loves. In-stead he often finds himself trapped indoors. This vacu-um of time and happiness, however, could be best used with a winter cling.

“Some research has shown that even if we’re high on the personality trait of neuroticism by being in a loving romantic relation-ship it can be very beneficial to us and can reduce levels of neuroticism,” said Kim-berly Hardy, assistant pro-fessor of psychology. “I’d say that people dealing with seasonal affective disorder might be able to gain from having that social support and loving relationship to a greater extent than they

would during the summer.”According to Hardy, the

body releases a chemical called oxytocin, a social bonding hormone, while cuddling, which makes us feel “really happy, really re-laxed, and really good.” Be-cause of this, hormonally a Winter Cling could create an easier alternative than hi-bernating solo for students to get through the long cold months of winter.

“Just looking outside to-day with the fog it makes me I want to be at home in bed, I don’t want to do any-thing, there isn’t that moti-vation to go out for a hike,” Hardy said. “When we’re more active we’re going to feel happier, we’re going to feel healthier but if we’re kind of just sitting at home alone that can make us feel more depressed.”

While the winter cling creates a great alternative

to paying for your own HBO GO account and buying a cooking-for-one recipe book, it can also get you off scott-free with pesky parents who have an increasing obsession with your ability to create off-spring.

“I’m sure that a lot of people go through that were they’re not seeing any-body and their parents are like ‘When are you going to bring someone home?’” Hardy said. “‘When are you going to start having babies?’”

Unfortunately, according to Hardy, a year long com-mitted relationship is the most beneficial relationship hormonally, and is usually found to be more satisfying to the demands of the vul-ture like family that hangs out at your Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner cel-ebrations.

Jordan PalmerCommunicationSophomore

This letter to the editor was written in response to the ar-ticle titled “Policy for speech in the Boise State Quad remains unde-cided” published in the Jan. 11 issue of The Arbiter.

Wuthrich is right. Free speech needs to be protected.

Like many students last se-mester, I was discouraged to see and hear the offensive and deconstructive speech that was spoken by some speakers in the Quad. I was also discouraged by hearing students, instead of speaking respectfully, resorting to the same base tactics of name calling and harassment that the speakers showed. But, while some events and exchanges might have been unpleasant, I find that that reaction by some students to try to regulate free speech the most disappointing.

The whole purpose in a university can be found in its name—a combination of “unity” and “diversity.” Every-one united under one name yet each sharing differing view-points on the world. To start to regulate and ban free speech teaches students a very danger-

ous lesson, that they have the right not to be offended.

Nowhere in any of our laws is there a right to be unoffended. No matter what life path we might take, we are always going to offend or run into someone who might offend us, whether it be what we say or the lifestyle we live.

Instead of having a knee-jerk reaction to controversial issues, it benefits students as a whole to be exposed to these differing viewpoints. As the old saying goes, “Keep your friends close, and your enemies even closer.” It benefits students to know how the opposing side to their viewpoint thinks. It trains them how to react and debate these issues in life and in the work-force.

Just simply shutting down alternate viewpoints just be-cause they might be “offen-sive” does nothing to train their minds to deal with and solve problems in life. I ap-plaud Dean Wutrich in his de-fense of free speech and hope that in the future, Boise State will encourage even more free exchange of ideas and make the university the marketplace of ideas it’s meant to be.

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Textbook prices rise alongside student frustrationAugust McKernanAsst. Culture Editor

You can buy a MacBook Air for around $800. You can also buy 80 movie tickets or 800 cans of Ari-zona tea. Instead of buy-ing any of these items, Ben Chafetz, sophomore electrical engineering ma-jor, was forced to spend $800 on textbooks for this Spring semester.

The American Enter-prise Institute, a think tank dedicated to research on government, economics and politics, reports that college textbook prices have increased faster than tuition, health care costs and housing in the past three decades. This totals an 812 percent increase in the price of college text-books since 1978.

The increasing cost of textbooks has been associ-ated with the development of products that accom-pany textbooks, like study guides, online homework and quizzes. Textbook Publishing Industry

Three major textbook publishers, Pearson, Mcgraw-Hill Education and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt control a vast amount of the textbook market.

The U.S. Public Interest Research Group recently released a report detail-ing how to “fix the bro-ken textbook market.” It claimed that high textbook prices stem from a funda-mental flaw in the publish-ing industry.

“In a typical market, there is a direct relation-

ship between consumer and provider,” Ethan Senack, author of the re-port, wrote. “The con-sumer exercises control over prices by choosing to purchase products that are a good value, and the com-petition forces producers to lower costs and meet demand. In the textbook industry, no such system of checks and balances ex-ists.”

Professors choose what textbooks students need, and students, in turn, have to pay the set forth price.

In 2008, the Higher Ed-ucation Opportunity Act was enacted.

It reauthorized the amended version of the Higher Education Act of 1965 and gave some of the power back to students and professors.

According to the Stu-dent Public Interest Re-search Group, an organi-zation associated with the U.S. PIRG, the act requires “publishers to disclose prices and revision infor-mation when marketing textbooks to professors, offer all of the items in textbook bundles for sale separately, and also re-quires colleges to provide the list of assigned text-books for each course dur-ing registration.” This way students can shop around for the best deals.New Editions

Textbook publishers re-lease new editions of text-books about every three or four years depending on the type of book and what field it is in.

“If it’s a computer sci-ence textbook or technol-

ogy related, it’s got to be released more rapidly to remain relevant,” Shannon said. “If it’s a history book, new editions wouldn’t be released as often.”

New editions are re-leased to sell more books and make the publishers more money.

“Every time a new edi-tion comes out it’s tweaked to improve it somewhere by either adding content, deleted content, add-ing ancillary materials or a combination of these methods,” Shannon said.

Chafetz thinks new edi-tions of textbooks are re-leased too often but that

the practice makes sense.“Everybody’s got to

make a living,” he said. “They’ll keep releasing new editions that haven’t really changed except for a few parts. They need to make money. I under-stand why it’s happening. They’re trying to stay in the market. It’s actually pretty clever: clever but scummy.”Cost to Students

According to College Board, “The yearly books-and-supplies estimate for the average student at a four-year public college is about $1,200.”

Chafetz was assigned

textbooks for four of his five classes and purchased most of them through Amazon. He bought these textbooks using money he had acquired from the FAFSA, money he’ll even-tually have to pay back. In an effort to decrease costs, he bought eBooks and used books when possible and plans on selling them on craigslist or eBay once the semester is over

Students like Chafetz are being forced to come up with creative ideas to alleviate the high cost of textbooks.

Those not able to find a solution to their finan-

cial woe or scrounge up enough money for text-books simply go without.

The Student PIRG con-ducted a survey of 2,039 students from more than 150 different university campuses during the fall of 2013.

They found that, “65 percent of students said that they had decided against buying a text-book because it was too expensive.”

Chafetz has considered this option at various points but always decided against. He figured the books were worth it. He’ll soon find out.

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The science behind Sleep Cycle app fails to add upPatty BowenCulture Editor

Sleep can be a fickle mistress. Recently several news outlet including The Guardian, CNN, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times have given the Sleep Cycle app a lot of attention for its official claim to “use a 30-minute alarm window that ends at your set alarm time and wakes you in your lightest sleep phase.”

Although the claim is probably true, there is no science proving that wak-ing up at a lighter sleep

cycle actually makes a user feel better.

“(The Sleep Cycle app’s) claim is waking you up at one stage of sleep is better than waking you up at an-other stage of sleep,” said Richardo Refinetti, Psy-chology Department head. “What I know about sleep is: the more sleep the bet-ter. As far as we know, peo-ple who are using an alarm clock probably aren’t sleep-ing enough, so if you’re sleeping less, getting more sleep should be better not worse.”

According to Refinetti, the 30 minute alarm win-

dow that the Sleep Cycle App uses just deprives the user of precious minutes of extra sleep, by waking them up earlier than necessary. There is no scientific stud-ies that supports the REM cycle-focused conclusion that waking up in lighter sleep cycle will lift the user’s mood or make them feel less groggy.

“The two components of sleep are both different, but they are both needed. I don’t see how waking up in one to preserve the other would help anything,” Re-finetti said. “The merit of the device rests on whether

really you will feel better when you wake up during light sleep versus heavy sleep. I don’t know of any evidence of that.”

Setting this aside, it is probable that the Sleep Cycle app is able to pick up on your sleeping patterns using vibrations. The big-gest obstacle according to Refinetti would be getting a phone to accurately mea-sure those vibrations.

“The standard way to measure the stages of sleep is to take a person to the lab to measure the electrodes in their head,” Refinetti said. “Of course people

thought, instead of bring-ing people to the lab what if we use these things that ex-ist already (like wristbands that measure movement) to measure sleep.”

When comparing brain waves in labs with move-ment sensitive equipment, scientists found that about 80 percent of the time the equipment matched with the lab’s conclusions.

Refinetti explained that a large part of the hype around the Sleep Cycle app’s success could be a placebo effect.

“A big thing with mood disorders is that the pla-

cebo effect is gigantic. In many cases when people do studies introducing drugs, you compare the placebo with the drug and almost half the patients get bet-ter with just the sugar pill,” Refinetti said. “Given that, placebo is a big thing when you’re talking about feeling good and feeling bad.”

For students who want to try out the app on their own, it is 99 cents and runs on Android or iOS.

“The concept is not ab-surd,” Refinetti said. “I just don’t think there is any re-search at this point to actu-ally prove it to be true.”

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WITH STUDENT DEALS

STUDENT DEALS A non-football guide to Super Bowl SundayJustin KirkhamManaging Editor

As Sunday draws closer, many students are finishing their final Super Bowl prepa-rations; perfecting their gua-camole dip, rearranging their living rooms for seating and snack placement, and order-ing every type Pizza Hut wing possible.

Other students look on with disregard. After all, foot-ball is not everyone’s favorite thing, even if that is what the “American tradition” would have us believe.

Even so, there are multiple ways to enjoy the coming weekend’s festivities.

Texas bookstore man-ager Rey Hernandez usually avoids the Super Bowl alto-gether, replacing it with an annual viewing of Animal Planet’s “Puppy Bowl.”

The program features adoptable puppies of vari-ous breeds battling it out, as much as puppies can battle, to become the victors. When the dogs tire of batting toys around the enclosure, the screen is graced by a halftime kitten show.

You really just have to de-cide whether your forte is padded men or furry friends.

“For my whole life, I’ve never been a sports fan,” Hernandez said. “It’s all over-done. But the “Puppy Bowl” is just hilarious.”

But, two hours of playful animals is not the sole way to enjoy the football weekend. Those that attend a Super Bowl get together can draw multiple forms of entertain-ment from the event.

Junior Utah Valley Uni-versity fine arts major, Kate Manning, plans on attending a Super Bowl party “for free food, beer and commercials.”

Free things are always nice, and Super Bowl parties are fairly lengthy to begin with. So, with a little planning, one could easily arrange a day de-void of substantial meals and substantial spending.

Take the money you would have spent on meals and get yourself something nice. Latex gloves could act as a barrier between your fin-gers and Doritos dust, and a tasteful beanie could poten-tially block out some of the impending Patriots and Se-ahawks chants.

Manning spends a large portion of her time on the Internet and among vari-ous social media sites, Super Bowl commercial jokes will be prevalent for the next week or so.

“It’s nice to get the referenc-es to commercials and half-time shows,” Manning said.

And, as a bonus, Katy Perry is performing at Sunday’s

halftime show. The incen-tives have built themselves in.

Senior communication major Tiana Matson enjoys all things football and partici-pates in Super Bowl festivities annually. She suggested that non-sports enthusiasts attend solely for the social benefits.

“It’s a great place to pick up guys,” Matson said. “Not every guy is interested in the game, so you gotta stake out the right one.”

Romantic endeavors in-cluded, these parties are great places to build stronger social connections. One doesn’t necessarily have to enjoy sports in any facet in order to enjoy their time with friends.

And, if your closest friends aren’t attending, utilize one of these parties as a social experiment. Gauge the level of excitement for each guest, rate their reactions and, at the end, determine who is, in fact, the biggest sports fan of the group.

“My family enjoys watch-ing football games with me because I freak out,” Matson said.

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Colorado Rockies invade BoiseBrandon WaltonAsst. Sports & Rec Editor

Baseball season is still a few months away, but when members of the Colorado Rockies descended on Boi-se, it felt like opening day.

Manager Walt Weiss, outfielder Charlie Black-mon and first baseman Justin Morneau all came to Boise in an effort to pro-mote the Colorado Rockies new partnership with the Boise Hawks.

“They have been noth-ing but great to us since we signed the deal,” Boise Hawks president Todd

Rahr said. “We are excited to have them as our parent club.”

The Rockies became the Hawks new affiliate after the Chicago Cubs dropped Boise last September. In an unprecedented move ,the Rockies informed the Hawks they were coming down to visit the organiza-tion and the city.

“We feel it’s important to lay roots in some of the communities that our af-filiates are going to be in,” Weiss said. “It’s important to reach out and personal-ize the relationships with both the clubs and its

fans.”Upon arriving in Boise,

the Rockies contingent got to tour downtown be-fore heading to the Boise Basque Center to meet up with many fans. There the team signed autographs and took pictures with all in attendance.

“People have been so nice welcoming us in like this,” Morneau said. “We have re-ally been enjoying our stay, and it’s really been a lot of fun. What a great experi-ence.”

Blackmon is familiar with the Hawks after playing for Boise’s conference rival, the

Tri-City Dust Devils. He said it was a great opportu-nity to return to Boise.

“The Northwest is pretty special to me because it’s where I got my start in pro-fessional baseball,” Black-mon said. “It’s where I de-veloped my game to get me where I am today.”

During his time with the Dust Devils, Blackmon had very fond memories visit-ing Boise.

“I always looked forward to coming to Boise to play the Hawks,” Blackmon said. “There were just so many great things to do here like visit the famous Smurf Turf.”

Due to their tight sched-ule, the team wasn’t able to see The Blue or stay very long, much to their dismay.

“I wish we could have stayed here longer,” Mor-neau said. “We are not here as long as we would have liked to be. We wanted to see more of what Boise had to offer.”

The Hawks are hoping to have a long, prosperous relationship with the Colo-rado Rockies, and both par-ties agree the partnership makes sense.

“It makes a lot of sense geographically,” Weiss said. “It’s a perfect fit and a beautiful city. It’s going to be a great minor league town for our kids.”

The Rockies also feel that this partnership is going to make their organization better in the long run.

“It’s important because we can more closely follow

the kids that are coming up through our own system,” Morneau said. “You get to establish those relation-ships and connections early on with them.”

With the change, the Hawks are hoping to not only bring more fans to them but to the Rockies as well.

“One of the residual ef-fects of having any major league team is having your fans become a part of their fan base,” Rahr said. “We are very confident that if we have a long-term rela-tionship with them, this is going to become a Rockies town.”

The Hawks open their season on June 18 against Tri-City at Memorial Sta-dium in Boise.

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Ali RobertsStaff Writer

Moving across the entire country into a new home and new life can be a hard transition. For senior Ca-mille Redmon, joining the Boise State women’s bas-ketball team has made that drastic life change easier and has given her a new Bronco family.

Redmon, a center, transferred from Purdue in the spring of 2014 to play basketball for the Broncos.

Redmon made the deci-sion in order to grow as a basketball player.

“It was a personal growth thing. I love my family at Purdue but I realized that I wasn’t go-ing in the direction that I needed to.” Redmon said. “An opportunity opened up here at Boise State. I took it and it has been a great decision.”

Redmon was one of the last players to be added to the Broncos’ roster.

“It’s been great. I’ve had really good reception from all my teammates and coaches especially be-ing a last-minute edition,” Redmon said. “It was kind of unexpected but I feel like I fit into the pro-

gram really well and fill in some of the holes that they had.”

Head coach Gordy Presnell and the rest of the Boise State team were excited about the transfer.

“We knew we were get-ting a great player be-cause Purdue has a great program,” Presnell said. “She’s a really great kid and it’s been really fun to be a part of her life. In just a short period of time she’s going to get her mas-ters degree so we’re real fortunate she’s here.”

After coming from Purdue’s strict culture, Redmon has found Boise

State to be a much more relaxed and refreshing.

“I say it’s a lot more re-laxed. Coach Presnell is a very chill guy,” Redmon said. “He has so much confidence in us, and it’s a good balance because I’m used to intense, always-on-you coaching. So it’s been a big difference.”

Redmon is currently seeking her master’s de-gree in athletic adminis-tration.

After college, Redmon hopes to become a com-munications coordina-tor and stay involved in basketball and collegiate sports.

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Redmon plays against Montana state.

Nate LowerySports & Rec Editor

After late second half wins against UNLV and Colorado State, the argument could be made to rename Taco Bell Are-na ‘Heart Attack City.’

Just as the Boise State men’s basketball team was able to bounce back from a 0-3 start in MW conference play, the Broncos have become adept at closing out close games with exciting finishes.

“What a great MW college basketball game,” head coach Leon Rice said. “Every time I come in here, I’m like ‘how good are these games.’”

While expected stars Der-rick Marks—25 points in the final 15 minutes of the 82-78 win over Colorado State—and James Webb III provide the ex-citement and the big plays for Boise State, but it is the lesser known stars that make the dif-ference.

Reserve players Igor Hadzi-omerovic, Jake Ness and Rob Heyer—guys who will hardly steal headlines—provided the clinching plays that have con-tributed to the Broncos ‘five-game win streak.

“Their roles are just as im-portant in the reason why we are winning,” Rice said. “Der-

rick isn’t the player he is if the players aren’t complementing him in the way that they are.”

Ness, who played substantial minutes for the first time this season against the Rams, is also quick to avoid the spotlight.

“It doesn’t matter if they are in the spotlight and I’m behind, because I know we put in the same amount of work,” Ness said. “It doesn’t matter who the glory goes to because we’re all one team.”

Late games spelled doom for the Broncos last season, but now that the Broncos have broken free from their curse, they’re diving deeper into the final stretch of MW play with the hope of clinching a spot to the NCAA Tournament.

The Broncos now sit one game behind first place in the MW. Coming up in the next week are games against Utah State, who won a 69-67 match-up against the Broncos earlier in the season off a buzzer beat-er. The Broncos will also face San Diego State for the first time this season on Feb. 8.

“We have to keep working hard and stay committed to each other,” redshirt junior guard Mikey Thompson said. “We can’t have any mental lapses and win one game at a time.”

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horoscopes

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Aries- If you wish to survive, you must resort to devious methods. The first step is your look. Purchase a ratty sports hoodie that is at least 10 years old. Wear this hoodie at all times, even in buildings and in bed. Respond to friends and family with grumbles or silence.

Taurus- You are un-der a great deal of stress today. To balance your chi you must cease all stressful activities, namely your habit of ball deflation. Dump all of your balls in the trash, tell your neighbor to lock up their balls and for God’s sake, don’t go anywhere near the balls in Glen-dale, Arizona this week-end.

Gemini- Your work ethic is suffering. You must emulate the NFL to save your job. Only do what is absolutely convenient, challenging tasks are to be ignored or done at the last min-ute. Blame any mistakes on your coworkers and issue random drug tests to everyone in the office.

Cancer- Your inflexibil-ity will be your downfall. You need to be willing to expand your horizons. Obviously, this means dressing up a scantily clad, alien, female Jedi Master and attacking fol-lowers of the Dark Side around campus. Yes, that means fans of Leb-

ron James, the Dallas Cowboys, Tiger Woods and Lorde.

Leo- It is time for your career as a fashion mod-el to take off. This will re-quire a runway walk at all times, especially as you enter class. Make sure to work the cameras and show some curves. If your classmates give you odd looks, dismiss them with a wave of your hand and a hair toss.

Virgo- It is time to free up some time on your schedule. Abandon all appointments, classes and obligations. Let the universe bring you in contact with the things that are truly impor-tant. Don’t worry about unemployment, debt and broken promises. The universe must be trusted.

Libra- Your current identity may not allow you to function properly in class today. Time to unleash the Bourne Iden-tity on your teachers and fellow classmates. From now on, you must only use disposable phones as you walk erratically throughout campus, quickly looking over your shoulder at every turn.

Scorpio- It is time for you to take control of your privacy. For the rest of the week, emulate Marshawn Lynch and reply to question only with the following: “I’m thankful,” “Yeah,” and

“I’m only here so I won’t be fined.” People may judge you, but you will be happy in the end.

Sagittarius- Healthy food is so tacky. Your body deserves the sugar and fat it craves. Instead eating that salad that you derid-ingly made this morn-ing, stuff your face with cupcakes and candy bars. Your diet will be completely ruined, but your chi will be restored to optimal levels.

Capricorn-School work has begun to take over your life. Gather your friends and have them bring all school work and textbooks to the Excel-lence Bell. There, you will set fire to everything related to school while holding hands in a circle and singing kumbaya.

Aquarius- It’s time to take a stand against the authority in your life. In-vite all those above you to Chaffee Hall and pro-ceed to perform slam poetry for the next 8 hours. They will be so taken aback that they agree to your demands and allow you to do dress in newspaper.

Pisces- Fashion trends these days need to be revolutionized. In-stead of trying a new style, go back to the ones that people shun. By wearing flip flops with jeans, you will stand out and improve the balance in your life.

Why did the boy throw the butter out of the window?

What demands an answer but asks no question?What word in the English language is

always spelled incorrectly?

da riddles from monday- 1. a job 2. a river 3. mailbox