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Wearing blue suede shoes and the

last of her wardrobe, Brandie VanOr-

der waited at the Student Union

Building Dining Stage to hear her fate.

The 20-year-old junior political sci-

ence major from El Paso approached

hundreds of students, bought a Black-

berry and even prepared to put off

graduation.

Well, it paid off. The Associated Stu-

dents of Boise State University (AS-

BSU) announced Monday morning

that VanOrder and her running mate

Eric Schuler edged out Andrew Mitzel

and Shaila Schmidt with 57 percent of

the first place votes to earn the top stu-

dent posts on campus.

The president and vice president

to-be will lead ASBSU into a new

constitution, hire a budgeting staff

and carry the torch to grab state

President& Vice president

ASBSU

Election Results

Brandie Vanorder

& eric schuler

Andrew Mitzel

& shaila schmidt

Total Votes= 1185

57%

47% Assembly

speaker676 1st place votes

509 1st place votes

*Because no candidate grabbed a majority, Gee’s first place votes would be cut and his second place choices transferred to other candidates, leaving Ryan Gregg as the winner.

49%Ryan Gregg

Austin Gee*

Gus Voss

557 1st place votes

256 1st place votes

637 1st place votes

487 1st place votes

785 1st place votes

323 1st place votes

321 1st place votes

23%

28%

Total Votes = 1134

Total Votes = 1108

ASecretary of

cademc

ffairs71%

29%

sarah Tatistcheff

Tracey smith

Secretary of clubS & organizationS

57%

43%

alexa Walker

chelsea White

external CoMMuNICATIoNsSecretary of

63%37% Emily Walton

Mitchell Laurence 704 1st place votes

421 1st place votes

Total Votes = 1125

andrew ford

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Q&ACampaign strategy with

Brandie VanOrder

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Total Votes = 1124

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The new representatives will go through a transition period working with existing officials this semester.

The idea came after the president, vice president and senate pro temp. attended a student government conference over the summer.

They learned how to improve elections as well as how to transition between rep-resentatives.

That’s been a weak point in the past for ASBSU, according to Jason Denizac, bud-get director for ASBSU and a 22-year-old political science major from Boise.

“The key thing is having -- maybe it’s ob-vious -- but a period of time where outgo-ing officers can work alongside incoming officers,” he said.

The transition period won’t work for ev-ery office because the 2011 constitution moved and replaced some positions and responsibilities, but it’ll work for most and play a key role in replacing current ASBSU President Stephen Heleker and Vice President Zach Snoderly.

Before becoming the secretary of ex-ternal communications Monday, Emily Walton stood in the Quad campaigning last week.

She discovered campaigning was as much a battle to explain what ASBSU is as it was to convince students to vote for her. Because of this, the senior English major from Declo, Idaho said “just raising awareness” will be among her top goals.

We started to ask her if it’s frustrating at all when you meet people who don’t ... when she interrupted, agitated. “Yeah,” care about student government?

“It is. The thing I want to tell them is, don’t come in and complain to anybody because this is really the way that we get our complaints heard on campus,” she said.

About 5 percent of the student body voted in this year’s ASBSU elections.

Walton, 32, said part of the reason for the low participation is because of non-traditional commuter students.

“I was that way too, I didn’t understand it,” she said. “People don’t realize how good your education is if you get in-volved.”

Walton transitioned to the Associated Students after starting a club.

“I understand non-traditional students don’t have a lot of time to do that, but, in the end it’s turned out to be 50 percent of my education has been outside the class-room.”

Brandie VanOrder, Schuler grab 57 percent of the vote, top

Q: What was your campaign strategy?A: (The) strategy was one on one conversations with students about what mattered to them. We didn’t hand out thousands of fly-ers, but we really had the confidence that those meaningful con-versations would be what mattered to students and hopefully what would get us into office. There’s no real way to test if that was the case, but I really think it was.Q: What was the first day out there like?A: I was really nervous at first. I definitely felt uncomfortable just walking up to random people -- most of whom I didn’t know -- to talk to them about something. But after the first conversation, real conversation with someone, where, they were like, ‘What do I care about? Oh, OK! This bugs me on campus ...’ I realized, oh, I have something to say about that. I have a way that I want to improve that. And it kinda gave me the confidence to keep going.Q: What was the worst conversation?A: There was one person who I asked if she would stop, if she had a minute to talk about ASBSU and she just kept walking pass me and said ‘No! I don’t believe in you guys!’Q: What was your campaign pitch?A: The question I posed to people was, ‘Rather than giving you a really corny elevator pitch about why you should vote for me, I’d rather know what do you do on campus. What do you care about?’ We tried to leave it really open-ended so it could be a positive or negative response.Some answers were edited for brevity.

Campaign strategy with Brandie VanOrder

Stephanie CaSanovaJournalist

The Latin American Arts Festival is coming to town for the next week.

The student-organization spon-sored event opens Saturday at 6 p.m. in an art gallery located in the Alaska Center downtown on 1020 W. Main St. The gallery will exhibit art from students, teachers and community members and will be open through the month of May.

The festival is a week-long event which includes an art exhibition, poetry readings, in-class discussions, a movie presentation and a concert.

“One of the objectives is Latin American Arts Festival and that’s what I want to incorporate, the visual arts part,” said Yeng Chi Martinez, a junior graphic design major from Mexico City. Martinez is presi-dent of the Multicultural Student Advisory Board.

The festival will host Mexican ac-tress Marina de Tavira, Chilean poet Raul Zurita, Mexican guitarist Gil Gutierrez, Mexican poet and artist

Raul Zurita, 60, studied civil and technical engineering until 1973. When a military coup overthrew the Chil-ean government on Sept. 11, 1973, Zurita was arrested and detained on a ship with almost 1,000 people.

Where are all the faculty senators?

Kimberley o’bryanJournalist

The Faculty Senate will have its yearly change of hands in April. Old senators and officers will step down while new ones take their place.

Only tenure or tenure-track faculty members are allowed to seek a senatorial position.

Each term lasts two years with half the senate elected each year. For example, a faculty member starts out as a junior senator, the former junior senator they replace becomes a senior senator and the former senior senator steps down. The system is created so that half the senate consists of experienced members.

The new constitution -- which has yet to be passed -- may fly out to the State Board of Edu-cation meeting in June. It would give the senate a similar contingency for president. If it had been passed this year, Associate Professor of chemis-try Owen McDougal, president, would become the past president, an advisory position allowing him to coach the incoming president.

Since there is no new constitution in place McDougal will simply say goodbye to the senate and return to instructing.

Running for the faculty senate is not much of a race, according to McDougal. There are no real politics involved and no vying for key positions. It’s difficult to get already overworked faculty to step up to the plate, he said. Provided volun-teers step forward, the faculty votes on who will represent their departments; one senator per 25 faculty members.

Associate Professor of nursing, Barbara Aller-ton said she didn’t volunteer to be in the senate, she was drafted.

“I was not really considering it, and I was asked by a colleague. I said yes, because I think it is important that faculty have a voice in their affairs,” she said.

The new senators will be seated at the meet-ing April 26. They will vote for the first time to elect officers. The senate generally has a break during the summer except for the nominating committee. They appoint faculty volunteers for all the committees associated with the senate including student affairs, faculty grievance and academic standards. A liaison for each commit-tee is then chosen by the senate president. Com-mittee liaisons call a meeting of their faculty constituents by Sept. 15 and report at the next senate meeting.

What happens if someone goes on medical leave or sabbatical? According to McDougal, four senators had to take leave this year.

“I sit down with the other senators for that department and the person leaving and tell them we need a replacement. Sometimes it hap-pens and sometimes it doesn’t,” McDougal said, shrugging his shoulders. The senate goes on without them.

Group has trouble keeping the staff cupboard filled

Valerie Meyer and Charlie Bisharat, a violinist from Los Angeles.

“I’m actually looking forward to meet(ing) all of them ... I’m from Mexico City, Marina de Tavira is from Mexico City too so it would be interesting and nice to get to meet her in another place that is not our country and share a little bit of perspective of what Mexico City is,” Martinez said.

“Hijas de su Madre: Las Buen-rostro” was the first major film Mari-na de Tavira, 37, acted in. The movie she will present at Boise State, “La Zona,” opened in 2007 and discusses class systems in Mexico.

Raul Zurita, 60, studied civil and technical engineering until 1973. When a military coup overthrew the Chilean government on Sept. 11, 1973, Zurita was arrested and detained on a ship with almost 1,000

people. His early work in poetry was a response to the military intervention and its effect on the Chilean people.

Gil Gutierrez, 49, is a gui-tarist from Oaxaca, Mexico and has toured South Amer-ica, Spain and the U.S. He’s composed music for films and been in musical groups and duets.

Violinist Charlie Bisharat, 48, was born in Inglewood, Calif. and was a member of Grammy-award-winning group Shadowfax in 1988. He’s had musical asso-ciations with the Rolling Stones, Michael Jackson, Sheryl Crow, Elton John, Ricky Martin and the Black Eyed Peas.

Valerie Mejer, 45, was born in Mexico City and is a poet, essayist and paint-er. Mejer is the author of Spanish and English po-etry and has helped translate others’ works.

Actress Marina de Tavira will conduct a master class with theater majors Mon-day, and present the movie “La Zona” (The Zone) the following night at the Special Events Center (SPEC).

Raul Zurita and Valerie Mejer will give a bilingual poetry reading Wednesday from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. They will also visit classes in the modern language

department to discuss con-temporary issues for Latin American writers.

Next Thursday there will be a bilingual reading of “Los Boteros,” a collection of sev-en poems written by Raul Zurita. The collection will be read by Zurita, Valerie Mejer and Professor Mac Test.

Gil Gutierrez and Charlie Bisharat will conduct a mas-ter class for interested musi-cians next Saturday, April 30 from 10 a.m. to noon followed by lunch at the Stu-dent Diversity Center.

The two musicians will also conduct a Latin Ameri-can concert at the SPEC at 7 p.m.

To fund this event the sponsor and co-sponsor clubs and departments col-lectively contributed $4,500 and were given a joint-club grant from ASBSU of $7,500.

All events are free. Stu-dents interested in attending Tavira’s movie presentation or Gutierrez and Bisharat’s concert at the SPEC can RSVP with the Women’s Center by calling 426-4259 or womenscenter@boises-tate.edu.

A full schedule of the festi-val’s events can also be found on the Latin American Arts Festival (Boise State) face-book page.

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This has been one of the most challenging times I’ve ever been through. I’ve learned a lot from my experi-ence as a senator, but also in just the last couple of weeks running for student body president. Even after my legal record was printed, I wanted to continue my run for ASBSU President. I couldn’t because my running mate, Walkyria Whitlock, consulted with her family regarding the published record and decided to drop out of the race. I couldn’t run by myself and she was the first one to of-ficially drop out, so I did not quit by choice.

I went into the President/Vice President Candidate Forum with her still even though I just found out an hour prior that the record of mine was printed. I made it clear at the beginning when I first spoke that I ran for the Sen-ate a year ago to spend my time around those that can help me make a difference on campus and move past any mistakes or mishaps that have taken place.

The “Frequenting” and possession charges at the top of my record are due to be dismissed by the judge. One night I went to a fellow class mate’s new apartment for the first time to study math with him (which I’ve proven). With my luck, that night he got arrested and charged with a felony for growing marijuana in his backroom and I got the frequenting charge. As for the possession charges before that, I was driving home from a party and gave someone a ride home. I got pulled over that night so they found his pipe and his small baggy of marijuana in my car, so I got charged for it. Due to the nature of these

situations, the charges were made eligible by the judges to be completely dismissed later by the court, which is still on schedule to happen.

As for the many “no insurance” tickets, these are mis-takes in my life I regret highly. I didn’t have the money to pay for car insurance but still had to drive to work to survive on my own since the age of 17. The rest of the other minor charges were not repeated and I’ve learned from them as well. The only things that got embarrass-ingly repeated were my driving record, and to this day I CHOOSE to ride a bike instead.

It’s unfortunate that my legal record was printed when my tenure as a senator & training for the last year shows a different story with my focus and what I’ve been able to accomplish for myself and those around me since the last charge. Who I’ve become in the last year should not go in vain over a legal record. While I think it could have been presented differently, I understand as journalists The Ar-biter has a responsibility to their jobs and readers to print public information about public figures. As a senator at-large, I also have a responsibility. Leaders learn from mishaps and mistakes. Leaders know to keep going and not let their pasts define them, but instead push them to become better. There isn’t a time where a TRUE leader goes through numerous road blocks and then just says “you know what, I give up, I’ve had my chances.” They instead keep moving forward and keep improving them-selves as leaders. I’m very thankful to be taking Applied

Leadership 201 right now (after my 101 class) and being a LeaderShape graduate while I’ve been in the Senate.

This last year in the Senate has taught me a lot about myself and what I can do with my abilities. From helping clubs spend the excess in the contingency fund in a pro-ductive way through grants to collaborating successfully with other leaders & clubs to bring the world renowned educator Jane Elliot to BSU. I’ve reached out to a lot of students on campus and have had only the best inten-tions to help with their college experience at BSU.

Thank you for taking the time to read about my side of things. Thank you VERY much to everyone that has been so supportive of me during this nightmare. Staff: Jeremiah Shinn, Leslie Webb, Damoni Wright, Francis-co Salinas, and many other BSU staff members. Fellow Leaders: Hailey Hyde, Mark Gehrke, Dan Fusselman, Andrew Mitzel, Stephen Heleker and many other stu-dents, supporters, family, and friends.

It has been an amazing experience serving you all as one of the last senators at-large for ASBSU. Our last Sen-ate will be this Friday at 4:30 p.m. in the SUB (“The Fo-rum” room).

I wish only the best of luck out of the newly elected officers that will serve you with only the best intentions. Thank you so much.

-- Steven MercadoASBSU Senator At-Large (Major in Commu-

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An open letter from ASBSU Senator Steven Mercado

Controversial Pastor Terry Jones and a gathering of about 50 followers torched a kerosene soaked Quran and videotaped the spectacle last month. This is the same pastor who last year halted plans to burn a Quran on the anniversary of 9/11. The congregation at Dove World Outreach Center had a court process and found the book “guilty” of crimes against humanity such as promotion of terrorist acts and “the death, rape and torture of people worldwide whose only crime is not be-ing of the Islamic faith.”

Perhaps these actions stemmed from a childish “they started it” men-tality spurred by the events last Octo-

ber when Muslims in southern Malawi burned Bibles, and set fire to the U.S flag in Pakistan in September. Though on the surface it seems like a double standard for Muslims to be so highly offended by the burning of the Quran, the fact of the matter is that no one should be setting fire to any religious books. America needs to put down the matches and starting setting an example.

Americans should hold themselves to a higher standard. Just because oth-er countries may exhibit disrespectful behavior, the United States should stoop so low.

Hing Potter, a junior political sci-ence major, disagrees with the burning of the Quran.

“I believe in freedom of speech, but this is an example of extreme preju-

dice and ignorance against others,” Potter said. “This is why it is important to educate and be open to diversity so that we can be fully aware of what is out there to use our rights in a respon-sible way.”

America is called the big brother country and prides itself on conveying an image of morality. The U.S. should show the world that it deserves the title of “big brother” by leaving the Quran and any other religious book alone.

Senior pre-med major Ammon Roberts finds this act completely of-fensive on a personal level.

“What an idiot,” Roberts said. “He has no right to look at someone else’s religious book and claim that it is a crime against humanity. I feel every-one has the right to believe whatever

they want to believe and to take some-one’s sacred beliefs and destroy them or make fun of them is unethical.”

Burning the Quran is disgusting and unnecessary. When people deface reli-gious books, they are saying they lack respect. People don’t need to agree with a religion they aren’t part of, but it’s beyond inappropriate to set fire to something an entire religion believes to be sacred.

Isn’t America all about religious freedom? People move here for free-dom -- the freedom to believe what they want to believe. If people disagree with someone’s beliefs, they need to get over it.

Don’t burn a sacred book to try to make a point, because it’s only going to make Americans look immature and closed-minded.

With respect, not rage

China is the most powerful up-and-com-ing country in the world. Their economy is booming, and they are expected to pass the U.S. as the largest economy by as early as 2030. Because of this, Americans should be interested in Chinese issues. One of the largest domestic controversies in China revolves around China’s illegitimate re-fusal to accept Taiwan’s independence and sovereignty. This conflict is termed the “Cross-Strait relations.” Regarding this con-troversy, the U.S. is doing the right thing by supporting Taiwan.

The conflict began following WWII when the defeated Japan ceded Taiwan to China through peace negotiations, and Taiwanese independence movements be-gan. During the Chinese civil war a few years later, the Communists took control of mainland China and the Non-communists retreated to Taiwan. This was the main cata-lyst of America’s original support for Tai-wan. Though tensions have cooled a great deal since then, the war has never officially ended. The main issue today is whether or not Taiwan is its own country, or a part of China.

In 1992, the two parties agreed to a very ambiguous definition of sovereignty in or-der to reestablish economic relations. Both sides have agreed there is only one China, but disagree on what this means.

However, tensions between the two en-tities remain strong. China is believed to have approximately 2,000 ballistic missiles aimed at Taiwan in addition to large num-bers of troops and warplanes. China claims if Taiwan were to declare independence it would militarily intervene.

On January 30, 2010, the Obama admin-istration agreed to sell over $6 billion worth of anti-missile systems to Taiwan. This has strained Cross-Strait and Chinese-Ameri-can relations.

Increased communication and coopera-tion between China and Taiwan is definite-ly a positive step, but such an ambiguous definition of sovereignty is unsustainable. Taiwan’s identity cannot remain undefined forever. Sooner or later this will need to be renegotiated.

It would be in China’s interest to rec-ognize Taiwan’s independence. Not only could it increase trade with Taiwan without incurring suspicion of expansionary goals, it could reinvest its military resources else-where and conclude a costly arms race.

The catch is this could be very unpopular to the Chinese public. It is unclear if popu-lar dissent could influence the security of China’s undemocratic, communist govern-ment. In China’s view, backing down in such a significant conflict could be a danger-ous precedent to set. China does not want to appear weak on the world stage.

Allowing China to forcefully annex Tai-wan could be an even more dangerous prec-edent and would undoubtedly increase ten-sions and frighten other countries within the region. In essence, the United States is employing a watered down policy of con-tainment towards China, similar to the one employed against the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

However, the U.S. walks a fine line: they want to encourage economic partnership and good relations, and at the same time draw a line in the sand regarding Chinese territorial expansion.

If China truly wishes to eliminate poverty and facilitate a society of equality among its citizens, it should recognize Taiwan’s inde-pendence and renounce expansionary goals and offensive military spending.

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“Being a young underdog and dealing with a life-changing neck injury might keep the average hu-man from going the distance and walking away with victory. But freshman Bekah Gher and junior Amy Glass aren’t just your typical athletes and they definitely aren’t average.

Gher and Glass finished strong after competing in the 2011 NCAA National Gymnastics Championships during the sec-ond semifinal in the Wolstein Center Friday, April 15. Though Glass had gone last year to sup-port a fellow teammate, this was both of the gymnasts’ first experi-ence competing and representing their school at nationals.

“All the teams looked good and

the gymnastics in general was bet-ter than last year,” Glass said. “They were of high cali-ber for the most part. I think our team could have definitely fit in there and show-cased what we have to offer.”

Glass came back this season after recovering from a neck injury two years ago and qualified to compete in the all-around at nationals this year. Her journey involved breaking re-cords and setting new high scores. She started the day off earning a 9.60 on the balance beam to tie her for 35th in the semifinal and for 66th overall. On the floor she set a new record for the best score for Boise State at nation-

als with a score of 9.850, which tied her for ninth in the semifinal and a tie for 16th overall.

On vault, Glass set another high score by nailing a 9.875 and estab-lished the high-est score ever a c c o m p l i s h e d

by a Bronco at nationals. Only .025 away from making it to the finals, Glass was tied for 11th in the semifinal for vault and 17th overall. To cap it off, she received a 9.750 on bars to tie for 30th in the semifinal and 60th overall. Glass finished with a 39.075 in the all-around, earning herself the third-best all-around score in the history of Boise State, as well as the second-highest finishing

placement at 19th place.“It was good for my first show-

ing for nationals,” Glass said. “I didn’t fall on anything and overall it was a decent meet, so I can’t ask for much more. I made it there and I wouldn’t change anything about it.”

Gher stepped onto the mat to show that age is just a number and to prove she had what it takes to own the beam. She received a score of 9.60 and the 35th posi-tion in the semifinal as well as 66th overall. This was the sixth-best score on beam in Broncos’ history at nationals.

“There were a lot of older, more experienced gymnasts who had been in the college world longer,” Gher said. “It was so much fun though and kind of exciting being there as a freshman and knowing I have three more years to poten-tially be there.”

Gymnasts Glass and Gher set new records at NCAA Nationals

After a 1-2 showing last weekend, the No. 50 ranked Boise State men’s tennis team will finish the regular season on the road this weekend in Las Cruces, N.M. Friday the Broncos take on Western Athletic Confer-ence rival Nevada and No. 73 New Mexico State. Con-cluding the weekend match ups, the Broncos face off against No. 63 Arizona.

The Broncos are looking to finish strong and cruise into hosting the WAC Tournament, which is now less than two weeks away. After a disappointing showing against undefeated WAC leader Fresno State, the Bron-cos rebounded to defeat three-time conference cham-pion Hawai’i 5-2 Sunday.

“It was a very tough night for everyone after we lost. Clancy (assistant coach) sat down with everyone and had a good talk and all you can really do is come out the next morning and get an early start and we just had to go out there and get the energy going from early on. They’ve won the WAC the last three years in a row, so

it was nice to get the edge over them before the WAC,” sophomore Scott Sears said.

Playing an upset role and becoming a bright spot for the Broncos up and down weekend was the No. 1 doubles team of Sears and Damian Hume. The Bron-cos duo knocked off the No. 17 doubles team in the nation against Fresno State to help the Broncos secure the doubles point. That win propelled Hume and Sears from their No. 82 ranking all the way to No. 36.

“That’s a Harlem Globetrotters leap way above the hoop. They are good if you look at their record, al-most every team they have played has been nationally ranked. They’ve been getting baptism under fire and now they are really starting to turn into a really great team,” head coach Greg Patton said.

Sears and Hume now have NCAA qualification on their mind.

“It actually boosted us up in the rankings quiet a bit so it puts us within a pretty good chance of making the NCAA’s in doubles which is exciting,” Sears said.

While the doubles has been secure for most of the season, there have been some shake ups to the singles line up, most notably at the No. 2 position. Freshman

standout Andy Bettles has worked his way into the new role which comes with stiffer competition.

“He (Bettles) rises to occasion, he is like one of the nights of the round table. The guy is just a crusader for us,” Patton said.

Even with three big matches remaining to finish the season, Patton and his team cannot stop think-ing of the WAC Championships BSU will be hosting starting April 29.

“We’ve got the WAC to look forward to and hopeful-ly win. The next two opponents we’ve got are so strong, we’ve got a chance to really close out with some good wins and then go in strong to the WAC. Taking every-body on in our home town should be great, I’m looking forward to WAC a lot,” Sears said.

If the Broncos win the two WAC games this week-end they are projected to be the No. 3 seed in the WAC Tournament behind Idaho and Fresno State. Boise State could knock Idaho to the No. 3 seed with wins this weekend and a conference loss by Idaho. The WAC Tournament will be played at the Apple-ton Tennis Center beginning April 29 and continuing through May 1.

Men’s tennis closes out regular season on the roadBrittnEy JoHnsonAssistant Sports Editor

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The Boise State track and field team will travel to Pocatello, Idaho, Saturday to compete in the Springfest Collegiate Shoot Out. There the Broncos will take on Idaho State University and other schools from around the northwest.

The Broncos are coming off a suc-cessful weekend in which they split between California and Utah and are looking to improve again this week. The Broncos only have two meets be-fore the Western Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships and will be looking to gain momentum this week-end. Here are some athletes to watch:

MenJunior Eetu Viitala has been strong

all winter and spring. Last week, he took the long jump title at the Mt. SAC relays with a jump of 24-11.25. Viitala also holds a top 20 national ranking.

Long distance runner Sawyer Bosch ran a personal best of 8:50.72 in the steeplechase last weekend. The mark is also the third best overall time in Boise State history.

Rolando Trammel has had a great season running hurdles thus far. He took home the 110-meter high hurdles in Utah with a time of 14.48. Trammel is nationally ranked in the Top 100 in both the 110 and 400-meter hurdles.

Joining Trammel in the national rankings is junior thrower Alex Nelson who sits in the top 20 in the hammer throw. Nelson placed second last week in Utah with a throw of 206-4.

WoMenRacquel Jones has been strong for

the women in the sprints. Jones ran 12.36 in the 100-meter to take the title and worked with teammates Destiny Gammage, Cyntrail Pierce, and Mack-enzie Flannigan to run 47.15 and win the 4x100-meter relay.

Freshman Ricci Morill placed third in the 800-meters with a time of 2:16.46. She also ran the 4x400-meter relay with teammates Emily Field, An-drea Wilson, and Paige Orcutt to take third also.

Joining Bosch in the steeplechase, Kate Jette also set the third best all-time performance in the women’s steeple-chase with a time of 10:47.32.

Another Bronco that set a personal-best was jumper Heidi Dorling who cleared 12-2.75 in the pole vault to place seventh.

Track and field faces brutal test in Eastern Idaho this weekend

Junior Amy Glass took the Boise State gymnastics team to new heights in 2011 thanks to her leadership. Glass helped the Broncos by setting several individual records which translated into all-time team high totals.

Freshman Bekah Gher competed at college gymnastics’ highest level in just her first year of collegiate competi-tion for the Boise State gymnastics team.

Boise State junior Damian Hume displays perfect form as he lines up for the return against BYU March 12 at the Appleton Tennis Cen-ter. Hume and sophomore Scott Sears are now ranked No. 36 nationally in doubles competition.

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y Streak Record Pct Home Away Neutral Streak

New Mexico State 11-1 .91

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Boise State 9-3 .75

0 6-0 3-3 W1 26-15

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4 11-0 10-6 5-9 W1

Hawai'i 8-4 .66

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8 21-5 4-4 5-4 L1

Utah State 4-8 .33

3 2-4 2-4 L1 9-35

.20

5 2-5 5-16 2-14 L1

Louisiana Tech 3-9 .25

0 1-5 2-4 L1 12-31

.27

9 2-8 4-12 6-11 L1

San Jose State 2-10 .16

7 2-4 0-6 L4 16-29

.35

6 7-6 5-9 4-14 L5

Nevada 1-11 .08

3 1-5 0-6 L6 10-28

.26

3 7-8 1-8 2-12 L6

Boise State softball’s five-game road trip was cut short due to weather con-ditions and wasn’t able to play a double header against Weber State in Ogden, Utah Monday. Utah State took two-of-three in the first three game series, as the Broncos finished with a heartbreak-ing 7-6 loss.

The Aggies defeated the Broncos Fri-day in the first game of the series 4-3. However, the Broncos came ready to play Saturday in the first game of their double header to conclude the series, only to be faced with the weather delay.

“Delays always make it a longer day,” head coach Erin Thorpe said. “It’s al-ways a long day being out on the field when you have a double header because you’re out there for probably eight hours in a day. It just extended it to about ten or eleven hours that we were out there that day.”

Boise State dominated the first game Saturday 10-1, stringing together six runs in the fourth inning in what had been a scoreless game up until that point. In fact, the Broncos have put together multiple innings this season with big numbers.

“I think some of the strengths of the team is that we hit and we have been hitting all season. We need to have confidence in the fact that we can hit,” Thorpe said. “If you look back, we score a lot of runs in innings where we score. It’s one of those things were we do feed off each other that way.”

However, Utah State would go on to outplay the Broncos in the second game, claiming a 7-6 victory.

“The second game I think they just beat us. I think that they out hit us. It

was a close game and went back and forth, not the outcome we wanted, but there’s nothing we can do about it now,” junior Allie Crump said.

The game was not lost for lack of strong pitching by junior Aubray Zell.

“I thought Aubray did a great job,” Thorpe said. “I thought she had pretty good command over her pitches. She is a very competitive person, so we knew she was going to go in there and do her best. In the second game we brought her in relief and it’s always really tough to do that when you pitch the first game of the day and then you take a break and then you have to re-warmup and get yourself ready to go again, especially on a long day.”

A road trip to face Hawai’i is next on the schedule for the Broncos. The Broncos are working on improving their pitching consistency before they depart Thursday.

“I think we are just working on build-ing our confidence back up, especially on the pitching side of things,” Thorpe said. “We are going to adjust some of our offensive workouts towards the strengths of the Hawai’i pitchers and really try to zone in on some of the spe-cific areas we know we’re going to see a lot, as far as locations were the pitchers are going to be throwing the pitches. And just adjusting to the heat we are going to face.”

The Broncos are coming to a close on their season, and with that in mind are working hard to reach their goal of a WAC Championship and Regionals. The ladies will need to come out strong in their remaining games, especially af-ter dropping a game to San Jose State and two games to Utah State. However, this is only more motivation for the Broncos to play at their peak perfor-mance level.

Softball drops two games to Utah State, delayed against Weber State

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Pierce Park Greens is located off State Street, a 10-minute drive from downtown.

For the biking community in Boise, strap your clubs on your back for a 7-mile ride. As Pierce Park is a par-3 course, a putter and a couple irons across your handle bars will suffice.

Watch out for stray balls com-ing from Plantation Country Club where members have a tendency to hook their balls out of bounds into oncoming traffic on State Street.

The golf course is easy to miss on Pierce Park Lane, with a small sign marking the turn to the course hid-den by trees.The unmarked parking lot can get full on a nice day as many people go to Pierce Park to hit range balls.

The establishment, located on about 30 acres of what used to be farm land encompasses a driving range, practice green, small pro shop and the nine-hole course.

The driving range is in the mid-dle of the property and the holes circle around it.

For beginning golfers, the par-3 course is less intimidating than a regular nine-hole golf course. The longest hole is 125-yards.

With a flat terrain and little trouble to get into this is the perfect place for a seasoned miniature golf-er to try their hand at a full swing.

For the more advanced player, Pierce Park is useful for short-iron

and target practice. The greens are small, and missing a green will re-sult in a chip shot with little area to work with.

Different chip shots will come into play, such as the bump-and-run if the ball comes up short. A softly landed lob shot will be needed if shots are left, right or long where many of the greens are surrounded by knolls and slightly elevated.

The small greens, sometimes only 7-yards across make for great short game practice, as many of the greens can be hard to hit if not spot-on with club selection and aim. Missing the green short makes for a much easier chip shot than missing the green long.

There are no real tee boxes but the tees are set up on mowed down parts of the land. To spice things up there are two sets of tees on each hole so if playing 18 you can tee off from a slightly different location on the second nine.

The ninth hole requires the most accuracy with a long narrow green that drops off to water behind and a pond on the right.

The facility is not state of the art, but it is a quiet retreat. A quick nine holes can be played in 30 minutes versus the typical two hour plus round.

Occasionally, fox, coyote and deer from the foothills will wander onto the course. As there are not carts for rent, you will have to try and outrun the animals by foot.

The pro shop is a little house and the only food available is candy bars and chips. Beer is also sold and

boxed wine. Currently there is not a golf professional at Pierce Park Greens but the service is friendly from the long-time employees working there.

Erica Haney is a sports journalist for The Arbiter and a PGA Profes-sional. Stay tuned for ongoing reviews of courses from around the Treasure Valley.

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Junior Kellie Caplan avoids a slide tackle while maintaining a double play throw to first base. The Boise State softball team would go on to defeat Nevada 13-0 at Mountain Cove Field March 25.

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Earth Day is this Friday. The first Earth Day was held the same day in 1970. Much has changed in our world in 41 years, but the most surprising fact is that Earth Day is the largest civil observance, worldwide.

According to the Earth Day Network more than one billion people comprised of 22,000 part-ners in 192 countries will partici-pate in events April 22 to encour-age awareness efforts for the other 364 days per year.

“Over the last 40 years, Earth Day Network (EDN) has execut-ed successful environmental cam-paigns on issues ranging climate change and drinking water to voter registration and saving the whale. EDN is a recognized leader in cre-ating civically-oriented innovative programs with partners outside of the environmental movement to tackle new challenges,” EDN states on its website.

The initial founder of Earth Day, then-Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin, arrived at the idea af-

ter witnessing the effects of a hor-rific and largely devastating oil spill outside of Santa Barbara, Calif. in 1969. This was coupled with in-creasing environmental awareness generated over seven years of tire-less efforts by Rachel Carson with the release of her global bestseller, “Silent Spring,” in 1962. Both of these individuals built the founda-tion of the modern movement we know today.

The end of the ‘60s was a tumul-tuous time, at best. America was entrenched in a largely contested war while feelings of peace and love from the past decade were fastly wearing thin; people were restless, angry and sick of “the smell of prosperity” -- a common-ly referenced euphemism for air pollution.

A year after the oil spill that promoted Nelson to action, he gathered political parties and 85 national coordinators to hold a nation wide “teach-in on the envi-ronment.” Twenty million Ameri-cans took to the streets, parks and auditoriums on April 22, 1970, to demonstrate for healthy, sustain-able environmental practices in coast-to-coast rallies.

The creation of the United State Environmental Protection Agency and various acts of legis-lation passed largely because of these demonstrations, which also worked to include the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act and Endan-gered Species Act. In 1990, Earth Day went global, mobilizing 200 million people in 141 countries. Earth Day 2000 sought to com-bine the feistiness of the first Earth Day with the international grass-roots activism of Earth Day 1990. For its 40th anniversary, Earth Day 2010, the EDN reestablished Earth Day as a focal point for civil demonstration of commitment to our one and only Earth. The EDN brought a quarter million people to the National Mall in Washing-ton, D.C. for a climate rally and amassed 40 million environmental service acts toward the 2012 cam-paign, A Billion Acts of Green.

What is Boise State doing to cel-ebrate the largest civil observance this week?

Our own Sustainability Club has put together a week of excit-ing and innovative events to help raise awareness for our environ-ment. In The Arbiter’s April 14 is-

The largest world- wide civil observanceAmidst the blooming spring flowers and blossoming campus land-scape, Earth Day brings awareness and celebration for Mother Earth’s beauty.

sue, we included an event calendar encompassing Sustainability Club’s start with the last Service Saturday, April 16 and culminating over a week of demonstrations, lectures, a market and the Trashion Show Friday, April 22. Event information can be found through the Sustain-ability Club’s Facebook or by email-ing their president, Jenna Duffin, at jennaduffin@u.boisestate.edu.

Outside of Earth Week and Earth Day activities, Boise State has made large and noticeable gains in its efforts to recycle. Information for campus recycling guidelines can be found at the Energy Research, Poli-cy and Campus Sustainability page at http://www.boisestate.edu/sus-tain/recycle.shtml. The little ways to help our environment add up when we all get involved.

Keep an eye on the Quad next week and get in the know about Earth Day!

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Where: Student Union, Jordan BallroomTime: 7 p.m. Description: This event takes ‘dressing trashy’ to a whole new level; come watch models strut their stuff in environ-mentally conscious recycled materials. Get tickets at the info desk. Cost: $3 general admission, free admission for students.

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Trashion Show

Where:Event will be held at the Alaska building in down-town Boise. Description: Featuring works by Latin American artists Yeng Chi Martinez, Erin Lindstrom, Alma Gomez, Valerie Mejer and many more. Part of Boise State’s Latin America festival.Cost: Free

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Where:Event will be held at the Linen Building in down-town BoiseTime: 7 p.m. Description: This month’s theme is Growing Pains: Com-ing of Age and Rites of Passage, and will feature personal stories from several storytellers, followed by a story slam. Enjoy open bar and Pie Hole pizza. Cost: Admission is $5.

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Story Story Night

Where:Join us for this international day of action at Julia Davis Park Time: 5 p.m. Description: Dress in black to honor the victims of the nuclear disaster that occurred 25 years ago. After the dem-onstration, there will be a discussion about nuclear energy at the Shangri-lah Tea House.Cost: Free

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Become one with natureMaybe your dorm room doesn’t have enough space to store all your

outdoor gear, maybe a shopping spree isn’t in the budget, that doesn’t mean that you can’t get your wilderness fix this spring. Whether you have a specific outdoor adventure in mind such as rafting or kayaking or you just want to get away from the city lights and sleep on the ground, Campus Recreation has the supplies you need available for rental at stu-dent-friendly prices. Campus Recreation offers more than 100 guided outdoor adventures that are open to students only.

“Another really awesome facility in the Rec center is the climbing gym,” sophomore business major and outdoor adventure assistant trip leader, Nick London said. “We’ve managed to increase participation this year in comparison to last year but it is still a big unknown for a lot of students.”

So if you want to get in a little practice before a climbing trip, London said Boise State has one of the best climbing facilities in the Northwest. The trained staff is always ready to answer any questions, provide tips and offer a hand.

For more information on the outdoor adventures and how to get started at the climbing gym, visit the outdoor program at the back of the Recreation center.

Around the townFor those who prefer a more urban experience, the Capital City Pub-

lic Market at The Grove Plaza is now open every Saturday through the fall. It is completely free to walk around and check out all the vendors, plus, everything from local produce to art is available for purchase.

Starting June 1, you can head back over to The Grove Plaza Wednesday nights for the free concert series, Alive After Five.

Pick a cause and walk it outIf you like the idea of getting out for some fresh spring air while get-

ting in some cardio and helping a good cause, there is no short-age of opportunities this spring and summer. In the month of April alone, you can walk for MS and march for babies with the March of Dimes. In the upcoming months there are a plethora of other races; some are for great causes like Race for

the Cure and Relay for Life, and some are just for fun: See Jane Run, where women race for champagne and chocolate or Meridian’s Poop Scoot 3k fun run, where everyone can race to the wastewater treatment facility!

Make a splashIt’s getting warmer outside, so it’s time to begin cozying up to the

water. To fight off the spring chill, you could visit Boise’s hot springs hot spot, Skinnydipper Hot Springs. Located in the Garden Valley/Banks area near Lucky Peak, this hot springs oasis is just warm enough to satisfy, and the best part is it’s completely free. If you don’t mind a semi-rigorous hike up a

mountain to get to the springs, it is well worth the time for a nice warm soak in the cool weather.

If you have the funding, rafting and kayaking places are starting to open their doors to Boiseans. It would make for a fun Saturday with family and friends.

Earth Day is upon us and what better way to celebrate than with a colorful health-conscious meal? The key to this meal is fresh, ripe in-gredients. Not to mention, mangoes are in season; full of dietary fiber and vitamin c, this gorgeous fruit is the perfect way to make your dish look five star. Spring break is over, but this tropical dish will remind you of vacation.

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Get your spring on with these fun flings

Spring has been taunting Boise for weeks. For most students -- and anyone with a pulse -- cabin fever set in months ago. On any given day, it’s hard to determine how many layers to put on and whether or not to pack around that umbrella. But there’s good news: It’s a fact of nature that eventually spring has to come, and even stick around for a few months. Here are a few ways to make the most of the warm weather and enjoy the sunshine.

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Shades of Black to astound students with dance, song

Natalie CraigJournalist

Students from Washington State University, the University of Idaho, and many other universi-ties across the Northwest have gathered to sing, dance, step, and perform drama and spoken word for Boise State.

The Black Student Alliance (BSA) will bring the Shades of Black talent showcase to the Simplot Ballroom in the Student Union Building this Saturday at 5 p.m. Admission is free for everyone.

Shades of Black celebrates black as a culture, not a race, ac-cording to their Facebook page. A diverse bunch of talented stu-dents will perform on stage in cel-ebration of their culture, as well as black culture. BSA President Joshua Henry, encourages every-one to attend regardless of their racial or cultural background.

“Shades (of Black) refers to

anything in between white and black,” said Henry, a junior psy-chology major. “Black is a culture that everyone can celebrate and be apart of.”

Mikey Castro, Boise State freshman and information tech-nology major, will be performing at Shades of Black with a dance-mate from their dance crew, The CoaliSion.

“It is one of the best feelings in the world to perform on stage,” Castro said. “This is the first ever Shades of Black show here at BSU; to be a part of the lineup for the first show is pretty cool.”

Shades of Black was created in 2003 by Kwapi Vengesayi, a Uni-versity of Idaho alumnus with degrees in sociology and architec-ture. The event was created at the University of Idaho where people of African descent were very ac-tive within the multicultural com-munity but lacked event planning to bring them together under a unified heritage.

“We had step shows, Africa nights, gospel concerts, and po-etry slams,” Vengesayi said. “Yet we did not have one event that al-lowed people to coalesce around a culture and heritage they all shared. So I created Shades of Black.”

Vengesayi said he hopes Shades of Black will be successful enough to come back to Boise State again because the showcase is enter-taining, enlightening, sometimes politically incorrect but always intellectual.

“Black experience is diverse and unique to each person regardless of their race, reli-gion, sexuality and politics,” Vengesayi said.

This is a casual show that high-lights cultural awareness in a way that will encourage tolerance and acceptance.

For more information on the upcoming event and future shows, visit their Facebook page, Shades of Black Show.

ARAMARKdoes its part to bolster healthy eating

laureN HookerAssistant Culture Editor

We walk this earth every single day. We breathe its air, drink its water, use its resources; instead of dedicating just one day to Mother Earth, Aramark and Boise State Dining Services strive to “Make Every Day Earth Day.”

“While Earth Day is celebrated once a year, our goal is to engage the campus community in sus-tainable practices that can form the fabric of their daily lives,” said Carol Scott, general manager for Aramark. “By making every day Earth Day, we can positively impact our campus environment today, while learning how to live a more sustainable life-style in the future.”

In order to accomplish this, several campus practices have been established to promote healthy and environmentally conscious habits.

You don’t have to become a vegetarian to help the environment. But by cutting down on the amount of meat you consume, you can help cut down on these meat demands. According to PETA.org, farm animals produce 130 times the excrement of the human population. Fecal matter releases noxious gases such as methane, hydrogen sulfide and ammonia into the environment.

Students can try Meatless Mondays at the Boi-se River Cafe to test their vegetarian mettle.

If you’re curious and want to learn more about vegetarian eating, the Boise River Cafe will also offer a Vegetarian and Healthy Eating Options with a chef from Boise River Cafe from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the BRC on Mondays.

On Wednesdays, students have the opportu-nity to Weigh the Waste and figure out what is in their garbage. Students can also learn how to prac-tice waste reduction, composting and recycling.

Students caught “green handed” on campus us-ing sustainable resources or practicing other green habits just might win a prize. But being green still has benefits outside of free prizes. Students can munch on earth-friendly cookies in the Boise River Cafe on Fridays.

Aramark announced that it has expanded its partnership with the Student Conservation As-sociation, an organization of students aimed at protecting the world’s forests, seas, parks and communities.

Ten students pursuing undergraduate or gradu-ate studies were chosen for the SCA Environmen-tal Internship program, one of which is from Boise State University.

“We are thrilled that one of the 10 managers se-lected is from right here at Boise State University,” Scott said.

Interns have the opportunity to work on proj-ects such as waste reduction, energy conservation and building operations.

photo courtesy shades of black showphoto courtesy mct campus

The Arbiter arbiteronline.com

April 21, 2011