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Kyla Heller, 22, English, BoiseHeller is going to be moving to ohio

in August because her best friend lives there. She’s hoping to get a job and start paying off her student loans. She says depending on what job she can find, she’s hoping to stay there for a definite number of years. “it’ll be hard to leave Boise because I have a lot of family here, but i think i can handle it and there’s al-ways Skype to stay in touch,” Heller said.

Andy McCutcheon, 23, public relations, BoiseMcCutcheon wants Boise to be his

point of return place, but also wants to spend a lot of time outside of Boise. He says he’d like to surf in California for sure. “i think what a lot of people don’t really consider is that it doesn’t matter what city you get a job in you’ll still be working in an office and that office is go-ing to be exactly like the office in your home town.” He want to have the free-dom to do what he wants to do and have that open up new experiences. “i’m from Boise, so I am super ready to get out of here and check out new places, but not be locked down to another place as well,” McCutcheon said.

Five great cities for graduatesEdina Macic

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The university received permission to offer a new master’s degree in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education from the Idaho State Board of Education (SBOE) April 21.

The new degree program, which will be offered through the university’s De-partment of Curriculum, Instruction, and Foundational Studies in the College of Education, is designed to address a growing national emphasis on student improvement in STEM subjects and to meet demand for qualified high school STEM teachers created by new require-

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Before the Micron Business and Economics building began construction the lot was home of the Thunderbird Lodge. The mo-tel boasted a large pool, 84 guest rooms and a coffee shop.

Back in the 1950s when Boise Junior College was growing on land that had once been an air-field, the 1.86 acre lot on the corner of College Boulevard and Capital Boulevard became the site for a new motor lodge.

The original owners were Ha-ven E. Schoonover and Paul C.

Warrick who built the inn during 1957 and named it the Thunder-bird. A few years later, Phillip Murelaga purchased the motel and added more rooms. The mo-tel also had suites, a lounge, two meeting rooms and 122 parking spaces.

In the late ‘60s, Murelaga changed the name to Ramada Inn until Boise State University bought the motel from Murelaga for $3.2 million in 1982. The name changed to University Inn. Murelaga remained as the manager with a lease from Boise State until the university closed

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Vi-brant, dynamic cities hold man-kind’s best hope for the future despite chronic problems with housing, transportation and crum-bling services, some big names in public policy told a national gath-ering of land-use journalists.

“Cities have never had more intensity, more magnetism,” said Adrian Fenty, former mayor of Washington, D.C., on Friday at Harvard University. However, “nowhere have (economic) prob-lems been seen more than at the city level.”

The forum’s participants point-ed out -- sometimes in caustic tones -- how a lack of political will was risking America’s best hope for resuscitating its urban centers.

Fixing the nation’s eroding in-frastructure -- roads, bridges, le-vees and ports -- would cost $2.2 trillion, said Ed Rendell, who was mayor of Philadelphia and gover-nor of Pennsylvania. But money is as scarce as political will, he said.

“There is a level of political cow-ardice in America I’ve never seen,” said Rendell, who made waves dis-cussing a “nation of wusses” when a National Football League game was canceled in December after a few inches of snow fell in Phila-delphia. “Nobody cares (about infrastructure finance). All we care about is planning for the next elec-tion.”

Bruce Babbitt, a former Ari-zona governor and former U.S. secretary of the Interior, called the nation’s efforts to establish high-speed rail “a complete and striking failure.” Like many bullet-train advocates, he believes they could help the United States catch up with surging competitors, but would require a special tax at a time when few are willing to pay more.

“We don’t have the political courage to define our priorities,” Babbitt said at the forum, a col-laboration of Harvard’s Graduate School of Design, the Lincoln In-stitute of Land Policy and the Nie-man Foundation for Journalism.

Larry Summers, a former presi-dent of Harvard and former eco-nomic adviser to President Barack

U.S. experts saydynamic cities key to our future

New York City, New York - New York and the surrounding areas expect to lose more jobs than it will gain this spring. The Big Apple expects only a five percent in-crease in jobs over the next 20 years.

Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina - The city isn’t looking for any new comers. In fact, their net employment outlook, which is how many businesses will hire, is a flat zero percent.

Des Moines, Iowa - The net employ-ment outlet in this metro area is only one percent. And each year there are 48 tornadoes on average that come through the city.

Fresno, California - The unemploy-ment rate is sky high at 17.2 percent along with high foreclosures. It is also deserted from some of the larger cities in Califor-nia like San Francisco being 183 miles away.

Los Angeles, California - The city ranked 59 out of 66 in a recent report of the worst cities in America for job growth. Add that to a non-existent public trans-portation system and bad air pollution and it’s not the glamourous city anymore.

St. Paul - Minneapolis, Minnesota - Hiring is on the rise for many of the big industry players in financial services, health care, retail, and manufacturing. This means a lot of jobs are open for students in health care a well as those looking to Best Buy.

Austin, Texas - The city has a low cost of living and according to Mint, a finance tracking website, there will be a 47.8 percent increase in jobs by 2030. The warm weather and sixth street bars can’t be beat either.

Salt Lake City, Utah - The unem-ployment rate is eight percent or lower, below the current national average of 8.9 percent. And they just got an In-And-Out Burger.

Boston, Massachusetts - AOL Job search shows more than 4,000 jobs be-ing offered, mainly in business develop-ment, finance, accounting, and sales.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - This city of 605,014 people has as a low cost of living and heavy diversity of industry along with an unemployment rate of 8 percent.

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POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Fran-cis Cole looked through her screen door at a flooded rice field across the street and briefly con-sidered fleeing to higher ground.

For the moment, she deter-mined to stay in her home of 25 years on Fair Street in southern part of this city -- despite a fore-cast that called for more rain. “This is all I got,” Cole, 63, said. “I’ll protect it the best I can.”

By noon Tuesday, the Black River had topped a levee in 30 different places. Roughly 1,000 homes had already been evacuat-ed in Poplar Bluff. Some of Cole’s neighbors’ homes were flooded.

Others opted for the safety of the Black River Coliseum in downtown Poplar Bluff, which had become a sea of cots. The Red Cross shelter there housed rough-ly 300 people Monday night, and more were expected Tuesday.

Chris Pigg, who was staying at the shelter with his wife and daughter, left his home Monday. Now, after the levee failure, he wasn’t sure if home still existed. “I’m just glad my family is safe,” he said.

Similar scenes played out across southeastern Missouri, where of-ficials grappled with near-record river levels. Seventy-five miles east of Poplar Bluff, at Birds Point, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was considering flooding 132,000 acres to relieve pressure from the rising Mississippi and Ohio riv-ers. Several hundred residents of Mississippi County had been evacuated from farmland homes.

The corps said it would delay its decision until Wednesday.

That hasn’t been done since 1937 -- blowing up the levee at Bird’s Point, just below the con-fluence of the two rivers at Cairo, Ill., and flooding the 34-mile path of the New Madrid Floodway. That concept was developed in 1928, a year after a massive flood along the lower Mississippi.

The main trouble comes from the Ohio, which is expected to crest Friday or Saturday a foot above its record at Cairo. Heavy rains that pounded southern Mis-souri for the past week also spread across the Ohio valley to east of Louisville, Ky.

Meanwhile, Mississippi Coun-ty officials want people to stay out of the floodway.

“It’s a very frustrating situa-tion,” said Janice McCameron, of the county sheriff ’s office in Charleston, Mo. “It’s still wise for people to evacuate. Just be-cause the corps won’t blow the levee doesn’t mean there won’t be flooding.”

The 1937 flood is the record for that area. The corps considered using the floodway again in 2005, but didn’t. The floodway is as wide as 14 miles before it rejoins the river east of New Madrid, Mo. Levees farther inland protect the rest of Mississippi County.

Late Tuesday, Missouri Attor-ney General Chris Koster asked the U.S. District Court in Cape Girardeau, Mo., to prevent the corps from using the floodway.

In Cairo, officials evacuated residents of nursing homes and closed the U.S. Highway 51 bridge over the Ohio because of

flooding on the Kentucky side.In Stoddard and Scott counties,

northwest of Mississippi County, two levees holding back swollen drainage channels broke on Tues-day, flooding about 30 homes near Bell City and Perkins.

In the St. Louis area, the Mera-mec and Big rivers were expected to crest below major flood stages today and Thursday, then fall. The Mississippi at St. Louis is to rise no more than three feet above flood stage. The region appeared to face no major flooding threat from rainfall late Tuesday.

For some Poplar Bluff resi-dents, the flooding was becoming too familiar.

In 2008, flooding damaged or destroyed hundreds of homes in Poplar Bluff, raising doubts about whether the levee was capable of protecting the town during heavy rain. A federal inspection gave the levee a failing grade, and the pri-vate district that maintains it has been unable to make repairs.

Todd Jordan, 37, came home to find several inches of water coat-ing his new laminate floors.

He busied himself ripping up the baseboards and drying out carpet with fans. Jordan remolded his house after it flooded in 2008. At the time, a neighbor who had lived there for more than 50 years told him the water had never been so high. So Jordan thought his home would be safe -- at least for a few more decades.

“I thought maybe it’s just a once-in-50-years deal,” he said.

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Flood pours through MissouriObama, called the stimulus program Summers helped create “a political disaster” of sorts. The federal government pumped nearly $800 million into state and local governments, but governors and mayors bickered endlessly and much of the money simply moved forward projects already on the books, he said.

Promises of housing assistance proved to be stimulus’ biggest disappointment, Summers said. People facing foreclosure desperately needed the money, but it wouldn’t be fair to bail them out when many more owners who owe more than homes are worth continue making mortgage pay-ments, he said.

Scores of spacious “McMansions” that sprung up over the past decade in countless suburbs across the United States could become rentals for several families each, predicted Arthur “Chris” Nelson, a University of Utah professor.

“My guess is we’re going to be converting hun-dreds of thousands, if not millions, by 2020,” he said Saturday, citing studies suggesting build-ers put up 5 million more homes than needed by 2010. He also predicted that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the federal government’s mortgage agencies, would disappear in the next three years, making financing markets more volatile.

Babbitt, Rendell and Petra Todorovich, di-

rector of America 2050, said dedicated funding sources -- most likely, special taxes -- seem to be the only hope for boosting intriguing projects like high-speed rail.

“It’s a political decision, not a technical deci-sion,” Babbitt said.

The trouble, according to Rendell, is that “the American people have no confidence we’re going to spend it right.”

Rendell said approval processes must be streamlined. An acknowledged optimist, he said projects requiring several tedious years should be accomplished in a matter of months, without red tape.

“We can do it,” Rendell said. “We’re the country that did everything. But so much of what we do is based on the way it’s always been done.”

Harvard economics professor Edward Glaeser said higher density, or more compact growth, can help cities draw on their greatest strength -- hu-man capital. He also warned against blaming cities for producing poor people, saying, “Cities don’t create poverty -- they attract it.

“The strength of metropolitan America is enor-mously powerful,” Glaeser said. “Cities offer enor-mous amounts of hope.”

Garth Stapley is a staff writer for the Modesto Bee.

ments that Idaho high school students take three years of math and science, rather than two.

“Throughout our educational system, more and more emphasis is being placed on the need for mastery of the STEM subjects,” said President Bob Kustra.

The new degree, which will be offered in the fall of 2011, is part of a larger and wide-ranging interdisciplinary initiative at Boise State to con-duct research, leverage resources and create op-portunities for overcoming a shortage of teachers qualified to teach STEM subjects.

Last summer, Boise State used a $1.25 million National Science Foundation Grant to create STEM Station, an initiative to coordinate STEM-related activities across campus and Idaho in or-der to find innovative methods for educating the next generation of scientists, engineers, mathema-ticians and STEM teachers. Research endeavors

include trying to understand how students learn STEM subjects and providing faculty research-ers and scientists, who often have little formal training in education methods, with support to develop their own research initiatives in teaching STEM subjects.

“Math, science and education faculty at Boise State University are working together to make the changes necessary to reverse a national trend of declining interest and aptitude for science and technology in our educational system,” said Mar-tin Schimpf, interim provost and vice president for academic affairs.

The new degree program broadens the empha-sis of an existing master’s degree in earth science education offered by the Department of Geosci-ences. All of the new degree’s class requirements are already being taught on campus, making the impact on fiscal resources negligible.

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MOTELS [from page 1]the motel. The rooms were then used as much-needed office space and the parking lot became general permit parking.

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The new building will be five-stories consist-ing of more than 100,000 square feet which will contain an atrium, a financial trading room, a 200-person auditorium, a graduate student re-search center, high-tech classrooms and a lounge. The estimated cost is $20 - $30 million.

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April is national Sexual Assault Aware-ness Month (SAAM). SAAM has been officially observed since 2001, although many women’s groups from the U.K. to the U.S. have been working to raise aware-ness about sexual assault and gender-based violence since the 1970s.

According to RAINN—Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network—every two minutes, someone in the U.S. is sexually assaulted.

Sadly, only 60 percent of these occur-rences will be reported to the police.

This startling statistic is one of the many reasons that the Idaho Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence exists.

“To not only lift the veil of secrecy and shame that surround sexual violence,” ex-ecutive director of the Idaho Coalition, Kelly Miller, said. “But to also raise aware-ness, advocate for change, and provide

support to survivors of sexual violence.”In observance of Sexual Assault Aware-

ness Month, The Idaho Coalition hosted two events in Boise Wednesday, April 20: “Real Teens Real Pressures,” which fo-cused on the gender-based violence and sexual harassments that many teens face, and “The Naked Truth: Advertising’s Im-age of Women,” a lecture presented by the popular speaker, author, film maker, and media critic, Jean Kilbourne, Ed.D.

Kilbourne’s lecture focused on the ef-fects advertising has on a woman’s body image and how these ads perpetuate vio-lence against women.

Boise State Women’s Center and Gen-der Studies students surveyed attendees of “The Naked Truth” event. They are conducting research on the sexualization of young girls in advertising and media. Junior communication major and gender studies student Rachel Holsinger has been compiling the data they collected.

“While speaking to people who at-tended ‘The Naked Truth,’ I was struck by

the sense of anger, sadness and frustration that they expressed. Allowing this trend to go unchecked … contributes to a large number of social problems, such as eating disorders, negative self image, depression, and domestic violence,” Holsinger said.

The Women’s Center at Boise State also observed Denim Day on Wednes-day, April 27. Denim Day is a movement to end victim blaming that began in 1999 after Italian courts overturned a rape con-viction on the grounds that the victim was wearing tight jeans and therefore must have consented in order for the jeans to be removed.

Though April is the month selected to focus on raising awareness about sexual assault, the Idaho Coalition and other groups such as the Women’s and Chil-dren’s Alliance are dedicated to sexual as-sault prevention all year round. The Coali-tion provides information, training, and resources for victims and survivor of sexu-al violence as well as advocates for change in policies and laws related to abuse.

Sexual Assault Awareness MonthLindSEy hiLEMan

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Russet, gold, red lady, yam, sweet potato, purple Peruvian, Okinawa -- if the Idahoan stereotype could be embodied in one place, Boise Fry Company would be it.

Potatoes are taken seriously here; 10 months out of the year, five of the seven types of potatoes are bought locally -- and they’re organic.

“We literally know our farmer,” said Ryan Reinke, general manager. “We’ve met our farmer. McDonald’s cannot say that. Actu-ally, nobody else can say that.”

To maintain freshness and superior taste, Boise Fry Co. also cuts its fries in-house. And blanch them. And fry them in peanut oil. From whole potato to greasy fry, em-ployees pay close attention to the spuds to provide high quality food -- a claim not many restaurants can make.

“We know where they start, where they come to, where they end, we’re involved with that process,” Reinke said.

Customers can choose between differ-ent cuts and types of potatoes. Homestyle, shoestring, curly, po-balls, regular -- the combinations go on and on.

I chose an order of purple shoestring fries, which turned out just as the name

suggests: purple and thin. Dashed with a hearty shake of garlic rosemary salt and paired with a dish of thick garlic aoli sauce, my fingers were soon covered in oil.

The Boise Fry Company offers nine dif-ferent sauces, eight of which are made from scratch (the ninth being ketchup, which they order). Made fresh every morning and afternoon, the staff dices pears for the Cur-ry Pear Ketchup, they prepare blueberries for the Blueberry Ketchup and meticulous-ly create the other sauces, steps that add up to create a quality taste.

Sauces include Thai, spicy fry sauce, chi-potle and more.

Spices add another level of flavor to fries, transforming them into something spicy, something sweet, or something completely random. One unique combination Reinke recommends is yam fries, add some cinna-mon ginger spice and dip it in hot marshm-ellow (only available in winter).

If an order of fries won’t fill you up, the Boise Fry Co. also offers burgers, made from beef or bison.

“Our buns are made fresh every morn-ing. They’re organic whole-wheat potato buns, our recipe,” said Reinke. “They’re made downtown at Le Café De Paris, it’s our recipe, they use our organic potatoes.”

Onions and tomatoes are bought locally, and patties are hand seasoned. Vegetarians

don’t feel left out! They also offer a Vegan Burger. Burgers are also topped with a gar-lic aoli sauce, which has the consistency of mayo.

If you feel as if you’re inhaling calories the moment you walk into the building, don’t worry; they also have an amazing qui-noa and spring mix salad, lightly drizzled with balsamic vinaigrette.

They also offer a variety of soft drinks, and beer for the over-21 crowd.

Boise Fry Co. won’t just entertain the taste buds; the eclectic feel of the dining area -- featuring metal tables, dark stained wood and paintings from local artists -- gives the place an intimate feel. The air is saturated with the smell of fry oil, and the kitchen is open, giving guests a clear view of their food being prepared.

If you’re a Foursquare user, multiple check-ins and mayorship result in free fries. Every fifth check-in will win you a free soda.

“Brad wants to do every first check-in gets a free hug,” Reinke said with a chuckle. “But I’m not sure we’re actually going to be able to do that, because we smell like fries, and not everybody wants to hug us. But some people won’t let go, they love the smell of fries.”

The Boise Fry Co. is located at 111 Broadway, near St. Luke’s Hospital.

Keep your eyes on the friesLaurEn hookEr

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1 out of every 6 American women has been the victim of an attempted or completed rape in her lifetime.

Victims of sexual assault are 26 times more likely to abuse drugs.

80% of victims of sexual as-sault are under the age of 30.

Approximately 2/3 of rapes were committed by someone known to the victim.

More than 50% of all rape or sexual assault incidents were reported by victims to have oc-curred within one mile of their home or at their home.

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In the April 25, 2011 issue of The Arbiter, the cutline for a Shades of Black image identified the dancer as Mikey Castro. The dancer’s name is Max Nguyen.

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Elvis cutouts and giant money post-ers decked the halls of Vegas-themed Up Til Dawn event on Monday night. Students of all ages came together to support St. Jude’s Hospital, an orga-nization aimed toward helping chil-dren with pediatric cancer and other diseases.

The smell of free pizza hung in the air as students filled out addresses on envelopes to family and friends. These letters are sent off in hopes of receiving a donation to help children diagnosed with cancer.

Depending on the number of ad-dresses each participant brought, they either won a free T-shirt or were en-tered to win an iPod Touch.

“I sent out ten letters,” said junior Eva Mauszyk, an English teaching ma-

jor. “It helps you get involved and aware of everything that goes on. Not too many kids our ages realize how to get involved. It gives us something to do.”

Activities included a bouncy bungee run, a fake marriage booth and even a performance by an Elvis Presley imper-sonator, who stuck around for a photo op afterward.

But Mr. Presley wasn’t the only man strumming on a guitar that night; freshman Jake Kreglo, civil engineer-ing major and almost-guitar-hero, rocked out to ‘Story of My Life’ by Social Distortion at the Guitar Hero competition.

“Being a rockstar would be awe-some,” Kreglo said as he gazed at the projected screen on the wall. “But I lost. I feel pretty bad. I didn’t rock hard enough.”

Guitar heroes weren’t the only ones showing a streak of competition. At the bouncy tent next door, eager contes-

tants bounced around like overgrown children, screaming and screeching as they tried to knock down their oppo-nents with giant punching gloves.

But nothing could top the most in-tense competition of all: crowning Mr. and Ms. Up-Til-Dawn.

Single ladies and single fellas lined up for the chance to wear the crown. Ms. Up-Til-Dawn had to choose a number from one to 100; but Mr. Up-Til-Dawn had it a little more difficult. In order to be crowned, he had to gain Ms. Up-Til-Dawn’s approval.

The eligible bachelors were asked a series of A or B questions: football or basketball? Blue or orange? Rock-star or Red Bull? Candlelit dinner or amusement park? If their answer cor-responded with Ms. Up-Til-Dawn’s choice, then they moved on to the next round.

The final round bore four competi-tors. It all came down to one question:

what is your best pickup line?“I’m a poor college kid, you’re lucky

you get a meal…fast food it is!” said Bachelor Number One.

“Who stole the stars out of the sky and put them in your eyes?” said Bach-elor Number Two.

“Hey, what’s going on?” said Bach-elor Number Three.

“…español, mamacita,” said Bach-elor Number Four.

“I’m a poor college student, so I choose the first one!” said freshman Margaret George, also known as Ms. Up-Til-Dawn.

Mr. and Ms. Up-Til-Dawn sported a lacy garter and feather boas dur-ing their fake wedding at the 24-hour chapel.

“I’m in a sorority, Alpha Xi Delta, so they encourage us to come,” George, a communication major, said. “Plus I like doing activities and things like this where it gives back a lot.”

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The sky is shedding its clouds like we’re shedding our layers, coats and scarves. Spring fever is in full swing at Boise State strutting its lacy, open-toed, and off-the-shoulder style down the university “runway.” Fashionistas are not only eager to respond to the warmth but also to show off their spring style with shrinking hemlines and exposed shoulders.

Shena Foster, a freshman busi-ness major, has a bold, fearless fashion sense.

“I like to stand out while some people like to fit in,” Foster said. “It describes me -- very different and classy.”

This fashionista paired a zebra shoulder-bearing blouse tucked into a mid-waist satin skirt with lace leggings and open-toed black stilettos. Lace leggings have stood strong against fashion threats proposed by other tights. They can turn almost any outfit into a charming, swanky look.

“Just be yourself,” Foster said. “Don’t follow every trend, but if you do, put your own twist to it and make it your own.”

When people think of spring, black and white are not always the color schemes that come to mind. However Foster looked classy and sharp by creating a confident personality and an un-deniable outfit attitude.

“Usually during spring you see a lot of bright colors. This spring

is different,” Foster said.Hint: Love wearing stilettos?

How about walking around in them from class to class? It is not the easiest. Try hidden platform stilettos! The hidden platform under the toes makes it so the foot isn’t on such a steep arch. This allows you to walk easier and with much less pain. So now you look fabulous and fellow stu-dents will whisper to themselves, I wish I could walk like her!

“High heels complement ladies with short or long legs,” said Foster. “They make you feel confident on your best or worst days.”

Trend follower or not, make your way through campus with some of these styling tips for spring.

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When you’re trying to impress your sweetheart with a nice meal, chicken-flavored ramen sim-ply won’t cut it. However, you don’t have to be a kitchen wizard to wow them with your magical culinary skills. By sticking to the basics and add-ing some flair, this easy-to-make dish looks and tastes classy. This dish is perfect when paired with roasted asparagus, or a side salad.

Ingredients:¼ cup olive oil1 tablespoon minced garlic½ medium onion, chopped2 tablespoons Italian seasoning1 can diced tomatoes1 teaspoon salt1 teaspoon pepper2 skinless, boneless chicken breasts¼ cup all-purpose flour1 egg, beaten½ cup crushed FiberOne cereal, multi-

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Here’s what to do:1. Coat a small saucepan with half of the olive

oil and place over medium heat. Once hot, add the garlic, onion and seasonings. Cook for five minutes until soft. Add the tomatoes, and cook for fifteen minutes until the sauce is thick, stirring occasionally.

2. Beat your chicken breasts with a mallet until they are about ½ inch thick. This reduces the fry-ing time, and allows for even cooking throughout the meat.

3. For the breading process, you’ll prepare an assembly line of sorts. In one bowl, add the flour and mix in some salt and pepper. In a second bowl, beat one egg and add a splash of water. On a plate, add the cereal/bread crumbs.

4. Lightly coat each side of the breast in the sea-soned flour. Then dip the breast in the egg wash, and let the excess egg drip off. Finally, coat the breast in bread crumbs.

5. Heat up the remaining olive oil over medi-um-high in a skillet. Once hot, fry each side of the cutlet for four to five minutes, making sure the meat is cooked thoroughly.

6. Transfer to an oven-safe baking dish, and top with finished tomato sauce and cheese. Place in the oven at 450F for ten minutes or until the cheese is melted.

Serves two.

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CubaWhat Next?

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The United States’ relationship with Cuba has been incredibly strained for more than half a century. In 1960, the U.S. enacted a crippling trade embargo on Cuba, plunging it into poverty. One of the main reasons for this measure was Cuba’s communist government and nationaliza-tion of gigantic amounts of American as-sets following the Cuban Revolution of 1959.

With major changes occurring in Cuba’s political scene and promised economic reforms on the horizon, the United States should begin easing trade restrictions and position itself in a way to invite dialogue and greater cooperation between the two countries in the near future.

The U.S. has historically played the dominant role in Cuba’s economy. Be-fore the revolution, almost all of Cuban exports were sold to the United States, the majority of its imported goods were American and American corporations dominated the Cuban business scene. Following the Cuban Revolution and large-scale nationalization of American assets, relations between the two coun-tries quickly turned sour.

The U.S. tried all kinds of things to change Cuba’s regime, but nothing worked. The Bay of Pigs invasion by CIA-trained Cuban rebels and various assassination attempts on President Fidel Castro and other politicians failed hor-ribly.When Cuba consolidated relations with the Soviet Union, U.S.-Cuban rela-tions were doomed. The following Cuban Missile Crisis episode nearly plunged the world into nuclear holocaust.

Since the fall of the Soviet Union, Cuba has not constituted a significant threat to America’s security and eco-nomic concerns. However, the embargo has remained. The U.S. states that it will not remove the embargo unless political changes occur.

The required political change that the U.S. must see has already begun. Fidel Castro turned power over to his brother, Raúl, in 2006. Just last week, at the most recent Cuban Communist Party Con-gress, Raúl voiced, with the approval of Fidel, the need for Cuba to institute reforms limiting terms of office for poli-ticians, allowing some market reforms, and encouraging younger generations to begin taking leadership positions.

These are significant changes. Fidel and Raúl Castro, along with the majority of current Cuban politicians, are ancient. Significant changes will occur in the near future when these leaders pass away and others fill their shoes. Cuban leaders see the writing on the wall regarding their economy.

In order to survive, they must intro-duce various market reforms to breathe life into their ailing economy.

In 2011, President Obama made small but significant economic allowances to Cuba regarding remittances and travel. This is a move in the right direction. It is in the United States’ and Cuba’s national interests to reinstate a trading relation-ship. Cuba’s economy is bankrupt and desperate for growth. Though the U.S. is not in such a dire situation, trade with Cuba would also help our economy.

The United States should continue in the direction Obama has pursued. The U.S. must situate itself in a good position for renegotiating relations when signifi-cant changes occur. In my opinion, there is much to gain and little to lose by in-creasing economic ties with Cuba.

‘Dead week’ buries students alive

Christine ritChieJournalist

The end of a semester is always hectic -- countless exams, projects, papers and presentations bombard students in the weeks leading up to fi-nals. Freshmen rejoice at the thought of dead week, the week before final exams take place. But soon they find out the sad truth.

Boise State has a reputation for keeping “dead week” very much alive. The university’s most recent policy (1996) regarding these last five days include not holding exams or quiz-zes, and not requiring students to learn new information. The exam rule is broken frequently.

“This semester, as with every se-mester, I have a lab exam and a few quizzes during dead week. And I have a few classes that will still be lecturing over new material that will be includ-

ed on the final,” said Chelsea Traw, junior pre-nursing major.

This is ridiculous. Holding tests immediately before important final exams is extremely stressful to an already bogged-down student. Most are studying, writing multiple-page papers or preparing daunting presen-tations -- they don’t need to worry about another pre-finals test.

BSU should hold true to its rules and limit the amount of work they assign for dead week. Ideally, profes-sors should hold review sessions the last week before finals or eliminate class altogether if attendance is not necessary.

Ann Campbell, Ph.D., an English professor, thinks dead week should be tamer than it is at present.

“They should institute a ‘reading period’ or ‘reading week’ if they want to prohibit testing or due dates dur-ing the period -- simply cancel the

last week or three days of class and give it to students to study for finals,” said Campbell.

More professors should jump on the bandwagon to make dead week a little bit easier so students across campus can breathe a sigh of relief. Even canceling classes that don’t re-quire exam review sessions -- such as the often paper or project based English and art classes -- would give students more flexible schedules.

There are other aspects of dead week that would be beneficial for stu-dents living on campus. Some other universities, including Iowa State and Purdue, mandate quiet hours across campus in order to provide a friend-lier environment to study. This is one thing Boise State does implement in order to help students focus during this last week. However, time would be just as valuable.

“I feel that dead week should be

strictly review. It would be much more helpful than giving new mate-rial,” said Traw. “It’s one thing to have exams over previously presented material but to still be throwing new topics during a time that is supposed to be used for preparation just feels wrong.”

Traw is just one of many students across campus who is frustrated.

“We don’t have a dead week,” said Kayla Werner, junior elementary education major.

Teaching new material and sched-uling exams during dead week is not just a violation of BSU’s policy -- it also limits the time students need to use studying for finals. Usually, final exams are more heavily weighted in determining grades. Boise State needs to nurture an environment that encourages stress-free study time rather than terrorizing its al-ready frazzled students.

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Men hope to rebound at home, leave conference on high note

Brittney JohnsonAssistant Sports Editor

The No. 56 Boise State men’s tennis team starts its run at the WAC Championship Friday. The Broncos are hosting the tournament this year in their final outing as members of the WAC. Boise State will face Hawai’i in the first round beginning at 3 p.m. at Julia Davis Park.

The Broncos are coming off a 1-2 closing weekend and a of couple injuries. Damian Hume suffered a concussion during a freak acci-dent in practice. He is expected to be back in action this weekend. Hume will team with Scott Sears to lead the team in doubles and are ranked No. 46 in the nation.

With the tournament hosted in Boise one last time, the team is excited to be home after a season spent mostly on the road.

“This is the festival baby. This is the final party for us. The great thing is it’s like your true love is there, you’ve got to make sure you’re on your best behavior, look good and you have the right dance moves so you can capture the girl. We have to capture the crown. We used to dominate the conference, the last few years we’ve come up a short just by a point here and a point there. This is our shot being at home and it’s going to be big for us,” head coach Greg Patton said.

Here’s a look at the WAC competition Boise State will be facing:Hawai’i – (6-12, 2-4)The Broncos first round matchup is one with a rich in rivalry tra-

dition on the WAC tournament stage. Hawai’i has won the WAC Championship three years in a row and the Broncos have challenged the Warriors each time. Hawai’i is a rebuilding team entering the tournament with a No. 5 seed. The Warriors are lead by senior Den-nis Lajola who will look to bring his veteran leadership to a rebuild-ing squad.

Earlier this season the Broncos faced the Warriors in Fresno, Ca-lif., pulling out a 5-2 victory.

No. 42 Fresno State – (14-8, 6-0)If the Broncos beat Hawai’i the No. 1 seed looms in the semifinals.

Fresno State has rolled over WAC competition this year and is rac-ing to Boise undefeated in conference play. The Bulldogs are lead by junior Remi Boutillier and senior Rekus de Villers.

Earlier this season the Broncos jumped out to a commanding lead against the Bulldogs after sweeping the doubles matches. With only three matches to win in singles the Broncos wilted against a high-powered singles attack by Fresno State. If matched up in the semifi-nals this will be a battle worth watching.

No. 52 New Mexico – (14-7, 2-4)The Aggies are coming into the tournament seeded No. 2 and

rolling out one of their best performances in the WAC. The Ag-gies are also riding high after defeating Boise State for the first time in school history last weekend. The 4-2 victory is a big mo-mentum booster and the Aggies could met the Broncos again in the championship Sunday.

No. 51 Idaho – (18-7, 4-2)The Vandals are seeded No. 4 coming into the tournament and

ranked nationally. Idaho is having one of its best seasons since join-ing the WAC and have beaten some of the top WAC teams already this season. Earlier in the year the Vandals upset the Broncos at home only to lose to them the next weekend again in Boise. The vet-eran Idaho Vandals open up the first round against Utah State Friday.

Utah State – (12-10, 2-4)The Aggies are coming into the WAC Tournament seeded No. 6

and trying to rebound off of what has been a difficult season. The Aggies lost to the Broncos earlier this season 6-1. Utah State is lead by senior Bryan Merchant and sophomore Sven Poslusny. USU will play Idaho in the first round on Friday.

Women begin WAC title defense today at Appleton Tennis Complextyler hawkins

Journalist

Consistency is vital, and the No. 70 Boise State women’s tennis team have lived up to it against Western Athletic Conference opponents that pose a threat, posting a regular season conference record of (5-1). BSU’s lone conference loss was on the road to the University of Nevada-Reno April 10, 4-3.

The Broncos have been tough on the road and at home in the month of April, going 5-1. The Broncos will head into this weekend’s WAC Championship as the top seed, having won six of their last eight matches and will begin their 2010 WAC title defense today at the Appleton Ten-nis Complex on the Boise State campus.

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Above: Senior Lauren Megale helped the Broncos crush Hawai’i Sunday and will hope to keep it going in the quarterfinals of the WAC Tournament Thursday. Left: Sophomore Jeff Mullen fist pumps after annihi-lating his opponent from New Mexico March 19 at the BOAS Tennis Complex Center.

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“The seedlings don’t mat-ter at all,” BSU head coach Beck Roghaar said. “No matter the team, everyone has to come out and win three games if they want to win the conference championship.”

Roghaar and the Broncos are excited to have the opportunity to host the tournament and feel that, accompanied by a good turnout in the stands, are positive resources they should and will try to use to their advantage.

“Anytime we get the chance to showcase our talent and our venue it makes it really fun. Everybody ‘s really excited and ready to go,” Roghaar said. “It’s not every day we get to have 1,500 people in the out pulling for us to get through the tournament. It’s for the team, program and the university and we want to leave the WAC on the right note.”

The best part of the tourna-ment is there can only be one No.

1 when it’s all said and done. Al-though the Broncos have dominat-ed the conference this season, they know the tournament is a fresh start for everyone, and whatever happened in the regular season is what it is--the past.

“Everyone is on equal playing grounds right now. Any team can beat team at this point, and all of the teams are going to come ready to play,” senior Lauren Megale said. “It’s all about who shows up, and if we show up we have as good as chance as anybody to win.”

Often times in sports, coaches look for an edge, or something to get the team re-focused heading into a big event; albeit bulletin

board material, or in BSU’s case, defending its WAC title. That’s not the case with the Broncos as they look to do what they’ve done all season, one match at a time.

“It’s going to be a tough tourna-ment. There’s no dark horse, I like everyone’s chances,” Roghaar said. “We’re talking about one thing right now and that’s either San Jose State or Utah State.”

The Broncos will wait for the outcome of the morning match between SJSU and USU, where they will face the winner in the quarterfinals that will take place Thursday at the Appleton Tennis Complex at 2:30 p.m.

Boise State head softball coach Erin Thorpe fills out the team’s lineup before its game against Louisiana Tech at Mountain Cove Softball Field Saturday April 9.

nikki hansonJournalist

The Boise State softball team swept its series against Hawai’i last weekend, something that hasn’t been done since 2005. Following their remarkable three-game sweep against Hawai’i, the Broncos received national recognition, claiming No. 31 in the polls.

The motto of the weekend was to take each game at a time and recognize that the team has been working diligently all season to reach this point. Their game plan was successful, as the team claimed the first game of the series.

The ladies were well-aware upon entering the series that with two good teams together and two good pitchers facing off with each other, you’re going to have really low scoring games. The first game of the series was an epic pitching duel between junior Aubray Zell and Hawai’i’s Stephanie Ricketts.

“We have a great defense and not only do we have a great defense, but Aubray (Zell) pitched one of her best games that she has ever thrown,” junior Christina Capobianco said.

Zell was named the Verizon Western Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Week for the series against Hawai’i. She picked up two complete-game wins while holding a 0.50 ERA. It is the third time this season that Zell has received this honor.

Capobianco came up with the big hit, giving Boise State its first lead against the Rainbow Wa-hine in program history. In the fifth inning, with freshman Devon Bridges on base after a walk, Capobianco sent Rickett’s change-up pitch sailing over the center field fences.

“I just went up to at bat,” Capobianco said. “Devon had an amazing walk, the best walk she could have had. Stephanie Ricketts, one of their best pitchers, threw me a change-up and she didn’t really know that a change-up is one of my favorite pitches. I took it to center and the score was 2-0.”

Boise State had the momentum going into Saturday after the win on Friday. Head coach Erin Thorpe’s main goal was to make sure the team was not satisfied with just the one win, but pre-pared to battle it out for the sweep.

“I think when you go into a program where you have never beat them before and you get that first win, there is a sense of ‘oh finally,’” Thorpe said. “We were trying to help the girls understand that, ‘no, you guys are good enough to take all three games, not just be satisfied with taking one.’”

The Broncos out-played Hawai’i, winning game one 7-4, and earned a 3-2 comeback win in the finale to claim the series sweep.

“We were ecstatic to win,” Thorpe said. “We were excited too, to be in Hawai’i and we knew we could relax at that point and have an extra day off and get to hangout a little bit before we went into those other conference opponents.”

Boise State currently sits in third place in the WAC standings, but face-off against No. 2 Fresno State this weekend. The Bulldogs come to Mountain Cove for a crucial three-game series April 29-30 for the Broncos’ home finale.

“It’s great to have the home field advantage and know that we have our fans behind us, and just to feel the presence of this is our house. We haven’t lost at home yet, so we are going to try and keep it one game at a time and keep the sweep going,” Capobianco said.

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Track and field coach leads through the word of GodJustin Dalme

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Many know J.W. Hardy as the Boise State track and field head coach; a coach who likes to win and one that has brought home the Men’s Cross-Country and Indoor Track and Field Western Athletic Conference Championships in just his second year.

But, a closer look reveals that Hardy is different than the average coach, as he goes beyond coaching and has started a campus ministry called FOCUS: Followers Of Christ Utilizing Sports.

“Really, what we are doing is ministering, not to the student athletes, but to the general student population. We really focus on life, but we use sport applications. A lot of times, it deals with forgiveness, grace, or whatever the topic may be, how to find strength, but it is done from a life setting. “

“Then we draw in on athletic ex-amples to really try to get the mes-sage across,” Hardy said.

The ministry focuses on bringing about fellowship, but also spending

time engaging in the word of God. One of the points Hardy tries to get across through the ministry is to help young people understand that they don’t have to be an adult to start picking up their faith and us-ing it to help them in several areas of their lives.

Hardy originally started FOCUS while coaching at his alma mater, Northern Arizona University.

“I felt like there was so much emphasis placed based on being a student athlete and not necessarily on the spiritual part of an athlete,” Hardy said.

Focusing on the spiritual part of his athletes is what helps to set Har-dy apart from other coaches. Even though he has a passion to win, Hardy looks to impact the person as well as the athlete.

“God really put a desire in my heart to (get) into coaching for that reason,” Hardy said. “Obviously I felt like I could make an impact in the sport of track and field, but also on a spiritual level with connecting with kids and really offering that there is something more to the col-lege experience than just going out,

playing intramurals, having a good time, and partying.”

For Hardy, offering a group like FOCUS is important because his university didn’t have anything like it. Hardy was saved and became a Christian at an early age, but start-ing drifting as he got older.

“Throughout time, I found my-self getting to college and walk-ing away,” Hardy said. “There wasn’t anybody in my circle that I would consider mentors or adults that encouraged me in that way.”

As Hardy progressed through college and into coaching track and field at a high school, he started to get back into his walk with God and even became an ordained minister.

“I was coaching at Northern Ari-zona University and I just basically couldn’t sleep. God was kind of at me, and I was just not at peace until I just kind of went, ‘okay God.’ I ap-proached my pastor and went ‘okay, this is what I think is supposed to happen.’ I was ordained and then three months later, I was called to Boise, Idaho. So, I guess that was the purpose of (being ordained) and

then without a ministry that was on campus, and one that was thriving real strong, here we are a year later. I really feel like that was exactly what was supposed to happen.”

Hardy views himself as nei-ther just a coach, nor just a min-ister, but a minister in track and field. He knows right now coach-ing is the position God has put him in to have an avenue to minister.

“Whether it stays in the life of athletics or whether at some point I am at a pulpit, I really don’t try to predict that,” Hardy said. “I just know one thing; I need to be in-volved in shaping the lives of stu-dent athletes in a spiritual way.”

Runnin’ HomeTrack and field hosts last home meet of season

Justin DalmeJournalist

The Boise State track and field team returns to Bronco Stadium this weekend as they hold the Idaho-Utah Border Clash.

The Broncos will compete against Idaho State, Northwest Nazarene, College of Idaho, Utah State, and Weber State. Competition is set to start Friday at 11 a.m. with the women’s heptathlon. Six Boise State seniors will be honored for senior day also.

After weeks of being split up,

the entire Boise State team will fi-nally run together again, something head coach J.W. Hardy is looking forward to.

“That’s definitely one thing that is probably the best aspect of this up-coming weekend,” Hardy said. “It re-ally is an opportunity for our whole team to compete at one location and really kind of tie it all in as far as what it’s like to get ready to move into con-ference. We are on our home turf.”

For a BSU team that has been inconsistent, competing well at this meet would be a great confidence booster before heading to the West-ern Athletic Conference Champion-ship in two weeks.

“Certainly I think that it would be great for us to go out and have a great weekend of competition, more for confidence,” Hardy said. “I think that there is frustration in being up and

down with any sport. One week you go out and run pretty well, or jump far, and the next week you don’t do as well. Certainly that can wear on confidence a little bit.”

One reason for the inconsistency may be the weather the Broncos have faced this spring.

“I think the entire outdoor season we have been battling,” Hardy said. “This spring has been challenging as far as weather. However, it is some-thing that you just kind of go with the flow and see how it turns.”

Whether or not Mother Nature cooperates this weekend, the Bron-cos will bring their A-game to the track and be ready to compete.

“Our team is getting to the point, certainly on our men’s side, that they are seasoned enough to understand big competition and what it means, when it’s time to toe the line,” Hardy said. “I wouldn’t expect anything different. They have gone out and obviously, during cross country and indoor (track), have been able to

perform at a level where they under-stand what it takes to win.”

The Broncos have a number of individuals who understand what it takes to win and are ranked inside the Top 100 in the nation.

Senior Sawyer Bosch holds the No. 13 spot in the 3000-meter stee-plechase. Long jumper Eetu Viitala is ranked No. 20 in the nation and throwers Chase Sexton and Alex Nelson are ranked No. 62 in discus and No. 17 in the hammer throw respectively.

Pontus Thomee also holds the No.36 spot in the Javelin.

On the women’s side, Alexi Mor-ton is ranked No. 68 in the heptath-lon while teammate Kate Jete is No. 90 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase.

Boise State’s Jake Christensen fires the ball against a Utah defender. The Boise State lacrosse team would go on to lose 13-2 against Utah Friday, April 15.

Track and field head coach J.W. Hardy works with sophomore sprinter Rolando Trammel during practice Tuesday at Bronco Stadium.

Lacrosse faces Vandals in PNCLL playoffs

trent lootens Sports Editor

The Boise State lacrosse team is hosting the first round of the PNCLL playoffs Saturday against the Univer-sity of Idaho. Tentatively the game is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m., but the team is hoping to move it to possibly 5 p.m. or earlier. The Broncos vs. Vandals will be played at the Intramural Field between the Student Union Building and the Appleton Tennis Complex.

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Head coach J.W. Hardy is very pleased to have his team together for the Idaho-Utah Border Clash Friday.

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