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Blue and orange flooded Boise State at the Quad last Friday afternoon. Led by the Blue Thunder Marching Band and the Boise State cheerleaders, a pre-planned flash mob took storm to the center of campus. Students, fac-ulty, cheerleaders and band members executed a choreographed dance with military-like precision. The dance was set to the music of Lady Gaga's "Bad Ro-mance." Approxmately 1,000 people watched or participated in the event. The surprise flash dance was designed to promote Spirit Day for the university. See more coverage of the Flash Mob on page eight in the Culture section.

Why Boise State?"It's kind of a sad story. I had graduated high school and that summer I was kind of unsure what I wanted to do. Back in Germany, I had graduated and started seeing a girl," he said. "We were planning on staying in Germany because we figured it would be a good, you know, cultural experience. And then she started leaning toward going to a university in the 'States. And so like the hopeless romantic that I am, I followed her to this university."

What’s been your Boise experience?“I love it here. I’ll probably end up staying here after I graduate for a little bit. I just like that it's super community school based. The community is super in to Boise State. It’s like a college city.”

Chris Siegmund: The love-struck military brat Sadie Maughan: The volleyball star22-year-old junior English major from

Kaiserslautern, Germany21-year-old senior art major

from Murray, Utah

Is it hard being away from home?“Yeah it’s just, I don’t have family here. It’s just me, but I’m alright. It’s hard for my family because I’m the youngest, but it’s for a good cause,” Teregeyo said. “It was hard for them. Me and my family are very, strict? What do you call that? Close. They knew they had to let me go and everything.”

Why Boise State?“I knew I wanted to go far, far away. So, I applied, thinking, ‘total back up school, I’m never going here,’ thinking, who’s in Boise, Idaho? Ended up getting a full-tuition scholarship through the honors college. I came out and visited and saw a show at ... Boise Little Theatre ... I heard about BCT (Boise Contemporary Theater) and ISF (Idaho Shakespeare Festival) and saw all about the theatre program on-campus and the foothills and fell in love, went white water rafting, got a tatoo and decided I was coming to school.”

Vince Teregeyo: The first to leave the islands

Kelsen Glenn: The tattooed honors student

21-year-old sophomore physical therapy major from Saipan, Northern Marianas Islands

19-year-old Theatre major from Danville, Ill.

Why Boise State?“I came to Boise for biomechanics. It's a rare ma-jor, not many schools have it,” she said. (What is Biomechanics?) “Well, bio-mechanics, you can go either prosthetics or go into engineering. You can do so much with it. You can do anything in the medical field engineering wise, but I want to do research with it, so I'm going in to bio-medicine.”

Maddison Dahl: The bio-engineer22-year-old junior biomechanics major

from Bakersfield, Calif.

Far from homeHow do out of state stu-

dents arrive at Boise State?AnDRew FoRD

News Editor

Nearly 500 freshmen from outside Idaho chose to attend Boise State last year, an in-crease of 111 percent from 2005. Students raised in Idaho know many of the perks of liv-ing in the capital city, but outside of sports ac-claim, what drives students from the rest of the country to Boise State?

Vince Teregeyo: The firsT sibling To leaVe The islands and aTTend college

A 21-year-old sophomore physical therapy major from Saipan, Northern Marianas Islands

Teregeyo found out about Boise State after his girlfriend chose to attend the university a year earlier and his high school principal, who graduated from Boise State recommended it.

He knew Idaho was "home of the potatoes" and that the Bronco football team was popular.

Teregeyo said they watch college football on

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University drives Zipcar to bolster green

transportationSAMAnThA RoyCe

Journalist

Need a car but can’t afford the gas or the parking permit? Want to help out the environ-ment? Now Boise State students and employ-ees can drive cars and go green, because Boise State has partnered to bring Zipcar to campus.

The university partnered with Zipcar Aug. 24 to provide students and staff with four Zipcars: two Toyota Priuses and two Scion xBs. Two of the cars are located in the Liberal Arts parking lot and the other two are located near Towers.

Zipcar memberships are $35 a year for Boise State students, staff and faculty members who are 18 and older. Members can use the Zipcars 24-hours-a-day. Community members who are 21 and older can also access the cars.

The cars are affordable, priced at $8 an hour. The fee covers gas, insurance and parking on campus, according to Casey Jones, director of Transportation and Parking at Boise State.

To reserve a Zipcar, go to the Boise State website, http://zipcar.com/boisestate and sign up using the right side of the screen. New members receive $35 of free driving credit for the first month. Once members receive their Zipcard in the mail, they can immediately use it to reserve a car.

The cars use an online reservation system to be reserved.

“I think students are really conscious, maybe the most conscious about the environment, sustainability,” Jones said.

He thinks that the new car-sharing service is a good idea because it will lessen stress on parking garages, and help people use walking, biking and public transportation.

"I think it’s a critical piece to addressing the access needs of the campus community," Jones said. "Our focus is on providing a range of transportation options: biking, walking, us-ing the bus, all of that is necessary.”

Boise State’s Zipcars are available to employ-ees also. They can’t be used by departments for business purposes, but they can come in handy for personal use.

“If I need to go to the dentist or need to run an errand and I don’t want to bring a car to campus, it’s a good choice for me as a staff member,” Jones said.

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his island of Saipan, the most populated island of the Com-mon Wealth Northern Mari-anas Islands.

Saipan has a population of about 80,000 residents and is near Guam in the Phillipine Sea.

Teregeyo didn't know much about Boise State before ap-plying and attending, but felt it was a good school.

The change in geographics has made some things tough, including the dryness and the altitude.

“At first it was difficult for me to breathe here. I play sports and it's difficult for me to play because of the altitude here.”

Vince said leaving the is-lands behind was tough, but is a worthy cause.

“Yeah it’s just, I don’t have family here. It’s just me, but I’m alright. It’s hard for my family because I’m the young-est, but it’s for a good cause,” Teregeyo said. “It was hard for them. Me and my family are very, strict? What do you call that? Close. They knew they had to let me go and every-thing.”

chris siegmund: The defi-anT, loVe-sTruck, miliTary braT

A 22-year-old junior English major from Kaiserslautern, Germany

If Chris left it to the rest of his family, he'd be in Texas. But with a streak of defiance and a girlfriend with promise, the 22-year-old junior English major came to Boise State.

"I had just graduated high school and that sum-mer I was kind of un-sure what I wanted to do," Siegmund said.

He weighed staying in Ger-many and going to a commu-nity college there or leaving for the U.S.

Chris applied to Ameri-can colleges and universities while living in Germany, most of which were close to his family in Texas.

Siegmund had started see-ing a girl though, so the logic of staying-near-family went out the window and he ar-rived in the Towers dorms at Boise State for his first year of university life.

"The hopeless romantic that I am, I followed a girl to a uni-versity," he said.

His first experience in Idaho: Freshmen orientation.

"When I got off here, fresh off the boat, orienta-tion was the first time I had been to Boise." According to Siegmund, he knew the football team had won the Fiesta bowl, but " ... that was about it."

Siegmund had lived in the U.S. for part of his life growing up, but had lived in the South in Texas and Kentucky.

Chris said he knew a little about Bronco sports and about the recreational oppor-tunities in the area, but not much else.

"I started venturing outside of campus and seeing what Boise had to offer," he said. "I like that there's always some-thing to do recreational out-doors."

maddison dahl: california girl doesn'T like breaThing in an 'ashTray'

A 22-year-old junior biome-chanics major from Bakers-field, Calif.

It wasn't on the flyers or when she searched for infor-mation about the school, but once Dahl arrived in Boise she noticed people were just a lot more friendly.

"Especially coming from California, because, well, people are not as friendly in California."

According to Dahl, the air in Bakersfield is just smog, so it's nice to be able to run and breathe and not feel like she's "smoking a cigarette."

She said it's gotten better, but the most difficult part of Boise is not being near friends and family.

It was almost unbearable the first two weeks when she first got here, but she said she wouldn't go home.

"People are a lot nicer, they're willing to help you out more,"she said. "Even with administrators, they're willing to help you."

Dahl transferred from Ba-kersfield College, a commu-nity college in California with more than 18,000 students.

"I mean, it was a good school, but, people are grumpy."

Dahl said academics was the main reason she trans-ferred to Boise State, but she also plans on attending most the of the football games.

"I'm really excited to at-tend the games, espe-cially since I have a friend playing."

Scientists out to save chimps from private pet trade

Far From Home [from News page 1]

Stever Ross, a primatologist at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, Ill. founded ChimpCARe to locate and assess all chimpanzees kept as pets and assess their care. This led him to Jeanne Rizzotto, right, who had two chimps living in the lap of luxury and sipping bottled mineral water.

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Dead set against people keeping chimpanzees as pets, Lincoln Park Zoo primatolo-gist Steve Ross flew to Mon-tana last year to face Jeanne Rizzotto, a wealthy Realtor who had declared on nation-al television that somebody would have to step "over my dead body" to take her two pet chimps away.

Ross, a soft-spoken Chica-go scientist, had just founded Project ChimpCARE to locate every chimpanzee in North America and assess its level of care. He was astonished to see Rizzotto's chimps Con-nor and Kramer - living in the lap of luxury, eating pizzas and hot wings and quaffing bottled mineral water.

Rizzotto, a direct, hard-charging businesswoman, believed the 7-year-old chimps she bought for $50,000 each were none of Ross' business because what she was doing was legal.

"We bumped heads at first," said Rizzotto, 56.

But their meeting soon turned into a friendship and a long-running conversation, culminating in June, with Rizzotto very tearfully leaving Connor and Kramer at a Flor-ida chimpanzee sanctuary.

Their move is not the only success of ChimpCARE. This year, owners of a California colony of 14 "actor" chimps trained for work in film,

television and advertising closed their business. They asked Ross, who also heads the Association of Zoos and Aquarium's chimpanzee Species Survival Program, to find places for their chimps to live. He sent them to three zoos.

For Ross, the ChimpCARE project is about protecting chimps and people from a dangerous public misper-ception that chimps are safe, people-friendly animals, which makes him opposed in particular to using chimps as actors.

Chimps seen on screen are babies or prepubescent youngsters, never adults, Ross said. When they reach puberty, they become dan-gerously unpredictable and aggressive, a tendency that resulted in tragedy last year when one retired chimp at-tacked and severely injured a woman in Connecticut.

Chimpanzees, like other great apes - gorillas, orang-utans and bonobos - are endangered species facing extinction in the wild, Ross added. But surveys show the public thinks chimpan-zees remain plentiful, with respondents citing their constant presence in films and ads.

After a year of traveling and investigating, Ross and his zoo colleague, Vivian Vree-man, believe they have come up with the first accurate cen-

sus count of chimps in the U.S.: 2,073. That covers 272 living in accredited zoos, 999 in biomedical research labs, 586 in sanctuaries, 84 in un-accredited facilities like road-side zoos, 19 "actor" animals and 113 with private owners and breeders. ChimpCARE, Ross said, is most concerned about the latter three cat-egories that operate without oversight or standards.

In the U.S. it is illegal to pri-vately own gorillas, orangs and bonobos. But, to accom-modate biomedical laborato-ries that do invasive research on chimpanzees, it is legal to own captive chimps bred here. Anybody who can af-ford the going price can have one - $50,000 for a baby boy, $65,000 for a girl.

Breeders separate baby chimps soon after birth so that instead of bonding with their mothers, they bond with their trainers and own-ers. They grow up thinking they are human, Ross said, often eating human diets, dressing in clothes, learning to use toilets, playing video games, enjoying rides in the family car.

"You might think: What's wrong with that if the chimp enjoys it?" Ross said. "That is fine when they are babies and tykes, but by the time they reach puberty at 7 or 8 years old, taking them through the drive-through window at a fast-food restaurant might

not be such a pleasant expe-rience, anymore.

"An adolescent or adult chimp is a very dangerous animal that poses serious public safety concerns if they are not properly housed and managed."

How dangerous became clear in a widely publicized incident in February 2009, when Travis, a 14-year-old, 200-pound pet chimp, muti-lated a Connecticut woman.

In the U.S. it is illegal to

privately own gorillas, orangs and bonobos.

JAnA hoFFMAnJournalist

Tweet that inspired this week's column:OGOchoCINCO: #OCNNnews I've been

fined by the league a substantial amount of money for tweeting, 1st time twitter hasn't made me money but cost me money (tweeted Aug. 24, 2010)

Cincinnati Bengal Chad Ochocinco suffered his first National Football League-inflicted hardship in November 2009 when the NFL fined him $20 thousand for bribing a referee with a one-dollar bill to make “the right call.” Ochocinco said such a fine would force him to go without McDonald’s drive through for a week.

Now, the already victimized NFL star is facing another short stint without those tasty chicken nuggets. This time Ochocinco was fined $25,000 for tweeting during the Cincinnati Bengals ver-sus Philadelphia Eagles preseason game.

The guy was stuck between a rock and a hard place -- he could either follow some stringent NFL rules prohibiting the use of media devices and social media during game times (times he's getting paid to sit there and presumably pay at-tention), or to tweet away $25,000. That's rough-ly seven semesters worth of Boise State Univer-sity tuition. Go Broncos!

Sports stars should get a paycheck; even a grossly inflated one. They should also respect the football fans forced to sit through the hours of mindless advertising it takes to pay them. They should know that most fans watching don't have truckloads of money to tweet away to the cyber-sphere. The thought of $25,000 tweeted into nothingness is nauseating.

Ochocino is a jerk for flashing his money at his fans like that. While he's at it, he may as well strip down to his skivvies (undoubtedly made from fibers of shredded U.S. currency) and enjoy a dance of live mockery during half time. The Canadians do the news in their pant-ies via Pay-Per-View, so why not Monday Night Football?

Ochocinco is so rich, he could use hundred-dollar bills to wipe away his “other” business. In fact, a good bet would be that there’s money to be made just by visiting Ochocinco’s sewer line.

The seriously troubling element here is that sports stars are making so much money that $25,000 holds so little meaning, that they disre-spect their teams and their fans.

Everyone needs to take a load off. Football is a great American pastime and a much-needed pleasure during a bleak economic reality.

NFL football players are public servants of sorts. Though they don’t make decisions on wars, equal rights or entitlement programs, they are paid to give fans what they want. Fans want football players who love the game. They want players who respect their fans. Americans are struggling right now. They want NFL players to exude gratitude for the fact that they are lucky enough to have these jobs. NFL stars are getting paid American smackaroos to live the "dream."

Next time Ochocinco wants to dump $25,000, he might consider offering it up to a single mom who can barely feed her kids. Maybe he could give it to a United States veteran just back from the war. No doubt he could do something better than paying it back to the NFL.

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Living on campusThe ups and downs to living in the residence halls freshman year

ReBeCCA De LeÓnCulture editor

Incoming freshmen are faced with a deeply philosoph-ical question:

To live (on campus), or not to live (on campus)?

That decision would depend largely on what you want and what your goals are for the first year of school. If you wish to make Mom and Dad proud with your stellar grades, then perhaps you should consider living off campus.

Dorms are loud. Mostly be-cause there are way too many barely-adults running around like giddy schoolchildren now that they have virtually no su-pervision. And who would blame the little dickens? It is probably impossible for a handful of peers to gather to-gether and study quietly in-stead of having almost unre-stricted fun.

Which is exactly why you shouldn't live in the dorms.

It's not practical to expect hundreds of college students to behave responsibly when they are forced to spend down-time next to one other. So find another place to relax, because you won't be able to do it much in a dorm.

Bars, nightclubs and party houses are good places you can

go wild. Then you get to come home and sleep.

A study done by Education Credit Management Corpora-tion (ECMC), a nonprofit na-tional agency with a website dedicated to college students and their academic financial situation, showed that there are a handful of reasons why living off campus is a good idea.

"Focusing on your home-work can be a challenge with so much going on. It's very easy to blow off your assign-ments in order to hang out with friends. Finding an escape place -- whether a study hall or hidden nook in the library -- may be essential to keeping your grades in good standing," the website said.

Or maybe you don't want to study. Perhaps you came to college to party.

First of all, shame on you be-cause there are better ways to waste money.

Secondly, although you feel like you are free in a dorm room because it's not your parents' house, you're still be-ing monitored. Every dorm has a resident adviser. Some RAs are chill and let their freshmen kiddies run wild, which causes nonstop noise and chaos. Oth-ers are straight-laced and will bust you for partying, which is annoying.

But if you live in your own place, nobody tells you what to do. You can make it a crazy

party house, or you can make it a quiet sanctuary where you study and get the good re-port card mom brags to her friends about. Either way, it beats the crap out of living in a stuffy dorm.

And if you're going to live on your own, then be inde-pendent. Take control of your life and your finances and

be an adult."Increased responsibility for

the most part is a good thing," ECMC said on its website. "Sure it may be difficult to cook your meals, pay your bills and keep the dishes washed, but you are practicing for the rest of your life. You'll graduate with a better sense of what it takes to be 'on your own.' "

hALey RoBInSonOpinion Editor

There are few things more challenging and frightening than uprooting one's life com-pletely.

To ease these growing pains and make the transition more fun and beneficial, students should seriously consider liv-ing on campus their first year.

Yes, it can be loud. Yes, there is lack of privacy. But people have the rest of their lives to be silent hermits if they chose. This is a time for experience and meeting different people.

Residing in a dorm, students are immediately exposed to a plethora of new people. There are potential life-long friends, partners or even just some people to party with for a while.

Starting off another phase in life alone is scary, and liv-ing on campus helps alleviate some pressure for incoming students.

Jeff Hale, Boise State's execu-tive director of University Resi-dences, finds many benefits to on-campus living.

"Your still dealing with real life issues," Hale said. "The ad-vantage is you’re not dealing with it alone. Many students are adjusting to the independence of living away from home and so forth and by living on cam-pus they have the support of

other students who are doing the exact same thing."

In addition to a richer social life, studies also show students who live on campus actually get better grades too. Being so close to the library, other students and helpful staff and faculty boost the resources and their availability to non-com-muter students.

According to research from the Education Recourses In-formation Center, “Students living on campus are not only involved in the various edu-cational and social systems of the institution than their com-muter counterparts, but they also make significantly greater gains during college on a range of outcomes.”

Naturally, the temptation to stay up all night eating pizza and watching movies will be more prevalent in a building full of young adults, but learn-ing to deal with, and make re-sponsible decisions, is part of growing up for both on- and off-campus residence.

With both academic and social incentives to remain on campus for freshman year, there is another under-empha-sized reason: simplicity.

When a student moves out on their own, they are faced with a sudden flood of respon-sibilities: transportation, laun-dry services, separate bills for rent, gas and electricity, gro-cery shopping, cooking every meal -- the list goes on.

Living in the dorms, students pay their housing upfront so there aren't housing bills to worry about for the entire se-mester. Meal plans make food a swift swipe away. All dorms have laundry facilities in the building. And everything a stu-dent would need is either on campus or within a manage-able walking distance. Or, if it

isn’t, there is a bus system stu-dents can use.

Living on campus can be a great option that freshmen students should seriously consider.

With most amenities close at hand, on-campus living can be a fantastic way to kick off a four-year (or more) college ex-perience.

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Justin DalmeArbiter Journalist

They run. They sweat. And they enjoy it. They are the Boise State Track Club.

Track Club gives students an outlet to continue run-ning track and cross country competitively against other colleges.

While other clubs com-pete against club teams, Track Club gives students the unique opportunity to com-pete at a college level, and not be on a varsity team.

“One of the coolest things about the Track Club is that we actually compete against other college teams,” Track Club President Jesse Ward said. “It is an opportunity for students who aren’t on the varsity track club to compete and race against other college students, so it’s kinda cool.”

The club ranges from run-ning sprints, relays, field events, long distance and any other track and field events. And, it’s open to anyone who wants to come out.

“We want anyone to come," Ward said. "Anyone is wel-come to join.”

And, if you decide to go out for the club, but feel out of shape after the first day, that's alright.

“Don’t get discouraged right away," Track Club Vice President Tyler Towner said. "You need to come out and try it. We have a lot of fun -- it’s not just running. Too many people come out and they get discouraged and they quit after the first day. You’re not supposed to be good at it right away.”

“Usually it takes about a month to get in shape where you can run without really feeling it every day," Track Club Secretary Israel Shirk said. "It’s just a matter of sticking with it and running when you don’t feel like it, because everybody has those days. You just have to push through it.”

Track Club members are excited about going into their third year and they feel like it may be their best yet.

Tracking the miles

KirK BellManaging Editor

During the 2008 foot-ball season the Boise State Broncos made a slight tweak to their defensive look that would change how they approach for years to come. In year three of a steady implementation of the nickel back, it has become a proven position for BSU.

The nickel back posi-tion has moved away from its traditional use for the Broncos. It usually uses an extra safety or corner back in most defensive packages. Boise State has developed the position to be a hybrid of the two, a physical player who can play up on the line, but still has the speed and ability to break on the ball in coverage situations. It takes core concepts from the line-backer and safety positions and meshes them into one package.

The importance of the nickel back required more honed development as a

position so the Broncos' coaching staff assigned for-mer linebackers and cur-rent special teams coach Jeff Choate to the task.

“It’s very similar," Choate said. "The nickel is a field linebacker so the cover-ages and the blitz patterns and all those things are re-ally mirrored. In terms of a learning curve for me, it’s not a problem at all."

The BSU coaches have a set spot on the recruit-ing board for nickel back but go back and forth on how to approach the po-sition. Choate said they usually gun for that extra linebacker or safety during the recruiting process and develop a player who fits the mold.

"We do have a spot on the (recruiting) board for that and kind of go out with the idea that we’re looking for a kid with that skill set," Choate said. "We’re looking for a speed linebacker or a big safety."

Senior Winston Venable transfered to BSU from Glendale Community Col-

lege, where he played safety and joined the team for the 2009-10 season. He earned the starting job and imme-diately gained the respect of his fellow Broncos. He has come to define how the nickel back best fits the Broncos.

"I don’t know what the future plans for nickel are, but I’m sure it’ll be here for a while," Venable said. "I don’t foresee any changes as far as the type of play in the Mountain West because they might try something different there."

Venable finished his sea-son with 63 tackles, eight tackles for loss and two in-terceptions.

“The guy that’s had the toughest transition is prob-ably Winston (Venable) for a couple of reasons," Cho-ate said. "One being that he was a junior college guy. He didn’t grow up in our system. A second thing is he was a boundary safety primarily in college and he worked more as a field safety.”

Junior Hunter White was

recruited as a linebacker. After working as a lineback-er his first couple seasons with the Broncos, he transi-tioned to nickel back.

"It’s great for our defense and for the teams we see in the (Western Athletic

Conference)," White said. "It gives us a chance to be out in space. It’s definitely something we like having in our scheme. If it keeps working, we’re going to keep using it."

The potential for a de-

fensive adjustment could come next season when the Broncos make their move to the Mountain West Confer-ence -- just another part of the defensive evolution the Broncos have made to fit their opponents.

Joey mcculloughSports Producer

Boise State Athletic Di-rector Gene Bleymaier un-veiled plans for the expan-sion of Bronco Stadium, the building of a new foot-ball complex and Donna Larson Park, Friday, Aug. 27. The project will cost the school more than $100 million.

First addressed, was the newly purchased property formerly home to East Ju-nior High newly named Donna Larsen Park. This will be home to Ed Jacoby Track, which is currently circling the football field.

Also located there will be places for track and field events and a multi-purpose field that can be used for Boi-se-area football games. Rows of bleachers will be placed on both sides of the track with a seating capacity of 2,500 each.

Entrances to the complex

will be on Broadway Ave. and Warm Springs Blvd. The Warm Springs entrance will be a replica of the original entrance that was there in the 1920s.

Boise State and the Warm Springs Historical District have worked together to rec-reate the entrance.

Bleymaier, spoke during the press conference about how they plan to lower the current field 9 feet, 6 inches once the track is removed.

In the north end zone, they plan to add an entire section of seating. There are plans to build a new football facility beneath the north

section of seating. The fa-cility would be complete with a new spacious locker room and players' lounge, a coaches' locker room, a brand new weight room and training room would be within the facility.

Most of them are the origi-nals from when the stadium opened in 1970.

“We’ve probably got the worst locker room, the worst training room and the worst equipment room of any Di-vision 1 program I’ve seen -- and that’s not an exag-geration,” Bleymaier said. “Our football locker room, our training room and our

equipment room that we still use were built in 1969. Coach Pete pointed out that our football locker room for 105-plus football players has two toilets.

I asked Lyle Smith who was here when they built that facility why it has two toilets and he said because he wanted an extra one.”

By removing the bleach-ers that are at that end of the field, the stadium would net 3,900 seats.

A possible upper bowl could be added to the south end, which would fill in that side of the stands, possibly adding a second skybox on the east side.

Altogether the stadium would seat 53,000 fans in-stead of its current 33,000.

All of this expansion will cost Boise State a lot of money -- money the uni-versity just doesn’t have lying around.

“It’s over $100 million to

do the whole thing,” Bley-maier said. “We’ve just start-ed our fund raising efforts."

No timetable has been set for the completion of the ex-pansion, but Bleymaier said that the sooner they are fin-ished, the better.

“Right now, we’re an out-lier,” Bleymaier said. “We’ve got the smallest stadium of any team in the top 25. We’ve got the smallest bud-get of any school by far in the top 25.”

To pay for this enormous expansion, Boise State is re-lying on the donations from boosters and fans.

“State funding for uni-versities is going to de-crease and tuition and fees four our student athletes and our student body is go-ing to increase,” Bleymaier said. “Making up that differ-ence will fall on our season ticket holders, our boosters, the Bronco Athletic Associa-tion, our sponsors and our Bronco Nation.”

Bronco Stadium evolved Athletics unveils plans for Bronco Stadium expansion

We’ve probably got the worst locker room, the worst training room and the worst equipment room of any Division I program I’ve seen -- and that’s not an exaggeration -Gene Bleymaier, athletic director

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Bronco stadium will be pushed to more than 50,000 seating capacity after the renovations proposed are completed.PHOTO COuRTEsy BOIsE sTATE ATHLETICs dEPARTMENT

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Attention all wannabe Mes-sis, Drogbas and Ronaldos. Your presence is requested down at the intramural field Tuesday, Aug. 31 at 7:30 p.m. for the Men’s Soccer Club meeting and practice.

Are you just interested in kicking the ball around for fun? They have a variety of skill levels that play in the Boise city leagues.

“The opportunity to play soccer is available no matter what the skill level,” Shane Scaggs, Soccer Club presi-dent said. “We want to build a climate of soccer around the University.”

The club’s competitive team will have a 15-game regular season that includes trips to Salt Lake City, Utah, North-ern Idaho and Portland, Ore. The majority of its opponents are fellow Division-I clubs, al-though the schedule does in-clude two varsity level teams, Salt Lake City Community College and Northern Idaho College.

The team hopes to qualify at the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Associa-tion (NIRSA) regionals, which will be hosted in Boise at the FC Nova-Boise Capitals Soc-cer Complex. The winner of the regional tournament will then move to nationals, which will be held at Arizona State University.

The club finished 8-3-3 last year and finished fifth in the regional tournament, which was won by Weber State, who went on to win the NIRSA national championship. The team has even higher hopes for this season. It plans to return eight players to the competitive team, which includes all of last year’s

defensive back line.The Men’s Soccer Club was

founded last year by Boise State graduate Jesse Tribby, who now works as the club's adviser and manager, along with coaching the Borah High School soccer team. While the program is in its infancy, the team still has high goals.

“We want to advance past regionals, and we have the team to do it," Tribby said. "The ultimate goal, though, is to set up a program that will have success beyond myself for years to come.”

The meeting and practice Aug. 31 will primarily focus on team selections, since the season's beginning is nearly approaching. Players will be placed on subsequent teams by skill level, so amateurs to experts will be welcomed. The recreational teams will play in Boise city leagues against other city teams, and the cost will not be as much to players since less travel is involved. The opportunity to advance is also available for those who surpass their completion.

The club will play its home games at the intramural field, and will begin the season Saturday, Sept. 11 at 3 p.m. against FC Inter Boise for an exhibition game. The team opens its regular season at home against the Univer-sity of Idaho. The season runs through the end of October, with the possibility of nation-als in November.

“We really want to encour-age people to come out and get involved if they’ve got any interest in soccer,” Tribby said.

So if you’re the next Pele, or just haven’t quite been cured of World Cup fever, come down and kick it with the Men’s Soccer Club. Because for some, fall means futbol season.

Bend it like a Bronco

scHeDUle:9-11 FC Inter Boise, Boise, Idaho, 3 p.m.9-12 University of Idaho, Boise, Idaho, 11 a.m.9-18 Madison Dragons, Rexburg, Idaho, 12:15 p.m.9-18 Madison Dragons Alumni, Rexburg, Idaho, 2 p.m.9-18 Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho, 6 p.m.9-25 Idaho State University, Boise, Idaho, noon10-2 University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2 p.m.10-2 Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake City, Utah,5p.m.10-9 University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, 5 p.m.10-10 North Idaho College, Couer D' Alene, Idaho, 10 a.m.10-10 Gonzaga University, Spokane, Wsh., 1:30 p.m.10-16 University of Washington, Portland, Ore., TBA10-17 University of Oregon, Portland, Ore., TBA10-17 Portland State University, Portland, Ore., TBA10-22 NIRSA Regionals, Boise, Idaho, TBA10-23 NIRSA Regionals, Boise, Idaho, TBA10-24 NIRSA Regionals, Boise, Idaho, TBA

9-11 Roger Curran Invite, Nampa 12:45 p.m.9-19 Run with Animals 5K , Boise 8 a.m.9-25 Bob Firman Invite , Eagle 8:45 a.m.10-2 Charles Bowles Invite , Williamette, Ore. 9:30 a.m.10-16 Barber to Boise , Boise 9 a.m.10-21 College of Idaho Invite, Caldwell 5 p.m.11-21 Turkey Trot Relay, Boise TBA

According to Ward, the club’s goals are to expand the events the club competes in and the number of people participat-ing in those events.

“I think that it would be re-ally cool to have a full men’s and women’s cross country team, which is seven peo-ple," Ward said. "We’ve nev-er competed as a full team before.”

If the club gets more people to come out and race, they feel like they can compete with other colleges.

“Last year, we had some close relays with other college teams," Track Club Treasurer

Josh Fortin said. "If we have a couple more people who come out, and are serious, we could definitely compete at a college level.”

The club has its first meet Sept. 11, at the Roger Cur-ran Invite in Nampa. After that, there are six more cross country races, followed by the indoor and outdoor track seasons.

The team meets Monday through Friday at 4 p.m. in front of the Student Recre-ation Center. Anyone who is interested in running with the club can contact Ward at jesseward@u.boisestate.edu.

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club track and Field feels it can be a force to be reck-oned with going in to the 2010 season.

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The Swede Life

Jet lag & bacon?

Benjamin mackColumnist

I’ve been in Sweden for five days now, and I’ve learned four things:

1. Swedes like to try to speak English a lot, even if they don’t realize they’re speaking gibberish.

2. Almost everything can be sold in a tube, from bacon and bread dough to caviar and eggs.

3. Some stores are only open during certain times for women. How’s that for sexism?

4. You have to be 23 to walk into a bar, even though the drinking age is 16 years old.

Seriously, Sweden is a strange place. While it’s illegal to drink and drive, it’s per-fectly acceptable to ride your bicycle drunk. People smoke cigarettes are practically ev-erywhere, but get caught with marijuana and you’ll go to jail for one year -- sometimes without even a trial by jury.

Even though it’s as devel-oped as America, Sweden truly seems like an entirely different world. The people I’ve met so far are extremely friendly, and don’t seem to mind that I’m an American one bit (their views on U.S. history and politics, though, are a different matter).

There are a few exchange students here, but almost all of them are either from Ger-many, France, the Nether-lands or Denmark. So far, I’ve met only one other American, and she’s already half-Swed-ish -- that’s like saying you found someone to join your basketball team, but they’re really a football player.

When it comes to travel-ing to Sweden, I’ll be honest: jet lag is a killer. After a mur-derous 15-hour plane ride to Copenhagen, Denmark (travelers be warned: almost no one there speaks English), followed by a three-hour train ride highlighted by the train stopping to allow for a moose to cross the tracks (no joke), and finally complemented by receiving more information in a foreign language than every-one except perhaps Stephen Hawking could handle, I pro-ceeded to sleep for not one, not two, nor even 12 hours, but 24 hours straight. If only I had contacted the Guin-ness Book of World Records people first.

While the eight hour time difference from Boise takes adjusting, I think I’m finally adjusting. We’ll see Monday, when my first classes begin -- at 1 a.m. Mountain Time.

Benjamin Mack is a 20-year-old journalism major from Portland, Ore. study-ing in Växjö, Sweden for his junior year. You can fol-low his adventures online at arbiteronline.com.

a simple street shot of Växjö, Sweeden.

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Broncos vs. VandalsBoise State students discuss status of rivalry

Lauren HookerJournalist

In July, the University of Idaho’s newspaper, The Argonaut, printed an article that discussed the hatred all “true Vandals” must develop for Boise State students. It further explained to freshmen Vandals the rivalry can be “dirty, mean and vulgar.”

With this article in mind, Boise State President Bob Kustra described the University of Idaho culture as “nasty” and “inebriated” in an interview with the Idaho Statesman’s editorial board.

For years, the rivalry between Boise State University and Idaho has been a presence in Idaho. BSU students give their voices on how far is too far when it comes to showing school pride.

“I think it’s blown out of

proportion. BSU is moving

on and the U of I is left in the

dust. They’re not moving on,

so they’re holding onto the ri-

valry. BSU couldn't care less.”

-- Camron Newton, sopho-

more, elementary education

major.

“There is no malicious activity

between the schools, so it’s fine.

My friend loved the Broncos in

high school, but then went to the

U of I. Now he’s a big Vandal fan.

But that’s treason, isn’t it?”

-- Joshua D. Adams-Miller,

sophomore, civil engineering

major.“It’s a rivalry. It gets crazy, but that’s what it is. The whole news-

paper thing -- Kustra was OK in his retaliation. I think it’s good to have rivalries.”

-- Jordan Shoen, sophomore, un-declared major.

“Yes, it’s getting out of hand. From a marching

band point of view, we can no longer go back because

there were several march-ing band members injured.”

-- Chris Van Derhoff, freshman, chemistry ma-

jor.

“I think that’s competi-tion and aggression. It’s

college football. It gets the college behind it and fired

up. A rivalry wouldn’t be that much fun if we were

all friends.”-- Chene Goode, sopho-more, undeclared major.

“From what I’ve seen, and knowing students at the U of I, the students at the U of I take it way more seriously than Boi-se State students.”

-- Mckenzie Gray, freshman, music busi-ness major.

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“If our football team might go up to the U of I, then it’s getting out of hand. U of I peo-

ple hate BSU so much, but we couldn't care less. I think

it’s pointless.”-- Kristin DeHaas, se-

nior, early childhood education major.

karey HokeColumnist

When my lovely editor ap-proached me with the idea of having my own column, I was ecstatic. I had a grandiose vision of all the intelligent, witty phrases I could write and meaningful insights I would share with my fellow Broncos.

Where did I get stuck, you may ask? At the beginning, of course.

Jessica has a fashion col-umn. Sherika has a sex and relationship column. Both are fantastic topics with end-less possibilities and some-thing most everyone can relate to (and wants to read about).

So, I had a coffee date with an old friend to help me re-alize what I need to write about. This friend listened to me rant about how I wanted to write, but had no idea what to write about because I didn’t have a passion for anything specific enough to be interesting and blah, blah, blah.

I threw in something along the lines of, “I wish I could just write about what I see when I watch people.” She gave me an odd look and asked, “Well.. why don’t you?”

So friends, here’s what I’m bringing to the table: My thoughts on everyday people meandering around Boise State. We’ve all overheard pe-culiar phrases such as, “Can you get drunk from making out with someone who is?” We’ve all seen oddities float-ing around, like the woman strutting through campus wearing a cape.

The difference between you and me?

You might hear these things, whip out your phone and text your best friend or significant other something about the ... "special" event you just witnessed.

I’ll put it all in print and throw in my two cents.

You see, I’m a fairly quiet person. I’ve always been the one to sit and observe, rather than the one to lead a discus-sion. Once someone scales that particular wall, my dry sarcasm erupts over every seemingly insignificant cir-cumstance.

As a colleague once told me, I am pleasant in person. Get me in writing, and you will find yourself in a new dimension of seemingly un-characteristic derision. I’ve often been told I don’t have a social filter. I ridicule ev-eryone from freshmen to different ethnic groups to social groups and various age groups. I don’t discrimi-nate and I’m not prejudiced -- I mock everyone equally. Essentially, I’m here to give you my stream of conscious-ness about the awkward situ-ations I seem to attract on a daily basis.

And so for now, I will leave you with this. It’s not much, but give me a break -- it’s the first week of classes.

Today I watched a skate-boarder run head-on into a biker. Perhaps you’ve seen this before. The catch -- the skateboarder and biker both had their eyes straight ahead. There was absolutely no way the boarder could have missed the biker, or vice versa. Yet, in the middle of a conversation, I hap-pened to glance over in time to see the entire scene play out and hear the explosion of apologies and expletives. Really now?

“I don’t think it’s right for people to say bad things about other people just because it’s a ri-valry. It should stop at football, but it’s extending to the rest of the school.”

-- Stephanie Thiehitt, sophomore, nursing major.

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Rebecca De LeónCulture Editor

It was here in a flash, and dispersed just as quickly.

That's the idea behind a flash mob.

The excitement in the air was thick just before 12:30 p.m. last Friday, as stu-dents who knew of the flash mob's plans gathered in the Quad in anticipation of the large dance.

At 12:30 exactly, the boom-ing sound of Blue Thunder Marching Band's instru-ments turned pedestrians' heads as the band marched to the center of the Quad playing Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance." Crowd members began dancing while some students looked on confused as more members of the flash mob joined the event. The fi-nal crowd boasted roughly a thousand people, both par-ticipants and surprised by-standers. After a few chants, the crowd dispersed and within minutes, it was as if nothing extraordinary had occurred.

The dance was choreo-graphed by Boise State

cheerleading director Julie Stevens and headed by the Boise State cheerleaders. A video teaching the dance was sent via e-mail to people who showed interest in par-ticipation. Participants were informed about the secret plans by word-of-mouth and included students, staff and even Buster Bronco himself.

"I thought it was an im-promptu pep rally or some-thing," Molly Graham, a ju-nior biology major said.

Weeks in advance, mem-bers of ASBSU and the New Student and Family Program brainstormed ideas for Bron-co Welcome week. The idea of a flash mob surfaced as a way to celebrate Spirit Friday.

Sara Seely, assistant profes-sor and librarian at Albert-sons Library, helped organize the event for Bronco Wel-come, which takes place af-ter Convocation, a ceremony that officially starts a school year. This year's Convocation was Aug. 20.

"I wasn't aware of oppor-tunities for students to come and have a spirit rally kind of event. I'm excited that other units are involved and that we

can start doing these kinds of events at Boise State."

But the fun hasn't ended, yet. Spirit Friday will con-tinue via social networks. BSU and Albertsons Library have Facebook pages and students can post pictures of themselves in Bronco gear in hopes of being selected to win an iPad. Students will be able to post pictures of themselves starting Friday morning. The winner will be chosen at random at the end of the week.

Organizations in-volved with organiz-

ing the flash mob:Albertsons LibraryASBSUBoise State cheerleadersBoise State color guardBronco Athletics MarketingHarvey Neef Maneline

DancersKeith Stein Blue Thunder

Marching BandMarketing MindsOffice of Communications

and MarketingOffice of the Vice President

for Student AffairsStudent Involvement and

Leadership Center

Spirit in a flaSh

Secondhand Serenade to play Knitting Factory

An autumn of school and music

Lance MooReJournalist

As summer whispers its final farewell to the last rem-nants of influence upon the psyche of juvenility, autumn arrives to woo the flourish-ing adolescence of the City of Trees with an ageless ob-session: music.

The Knitting Factory an-nounced that Tuesday, Aug. 31 the alternative-emo rock band, Secondhand Sere-nade will be headlining both a lyrically and emotionally-charged concert to usher in summer as it gives way to autumn, while students at-tempt to balance business and play.

The White Tie Affair, Run-ner Runner and Camera Can’t Lie will open for Sec-ondhand Serenade.

“I think the combination of bands is going to result in a good show,” Anthony Star-bard, a sophomore majoring in criminal justice, said.

Music put out by bands such as Secondhand Ser-enade tends to be geared toward high school and col-lege students.

Now that the first week

of school has come and gone, this concert could serve as a nice transition for students who need to balance work load, study and play. With romanti-cally-inspired songs about life, love and the pursuit of happiness, Secondhand Serenade will swoon audi-ence members with a mix of older favorites and newer materials.

“The demographic that it (the music) is primarily aimed at is not necessarily the demographic that always consumes it,” said Zach Rahr, a sophomore art ma-jor attending the College of Western Idaho.

He said music ideology of love and life has a special place deep within the hearts of men and women alike.

See Secondhand Serenade for yourself

When: Tuesday, Aug. 31Time: Doors open 7 p.m.

Show starts 7:30 p.m.Cost: General admission

$16, VIP Alterknit Lounge (21 and older) $25, Skybox reserved seat $30

Tickets can be purchased online at bo.knittingfactory.com or at the Knitting Fac-tory Concert House at 416 S. 9th Street.

Boise State Quad mobbed with surprise dance, music

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The blue Thunder Marching band took the music into the albertsons Library before bringing beats onto the Quad for the flash mob last Friday.

cheerleader Kali oda executes a choreographed dance in the flash mob that struck boise State University students as they entered the quad.