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Saturday morning hundreds of Apple fans lined up to enter the first Apple store in Idaho at Boise Town Square mall. The store contains 114 “touch points,” including iPods, iPads, iPhones, laptops and desktops customers can work, explore and play with. Amy Root, a 34 year-old home maker was first in line at 7:35 a.m. Root didn’t plan on buying anything, but wanted to experience a store opening and support Apple. “It’s exciting that it’s happening in Idaho,” she said. The company brought in employees from Portland, Chicago and other stores to assist with the opening and train Boise specialists.

EdInA mACICJournalist

The Accountability Bill received new amendments from the Associated Students of Boise State Universi-ty (ASBSU) Ways and Means Committee Friday. The committee’s concern was to get senators involved on campus, according to Steven Mercado, a junior and chairman of the Ways and Means Committee.

Mercado said in order to reach out to students more, the bill includes two new amendments: First, senators must spend two hours per week meeting with students, faculty, administrators, or employees somewhere outside the office.

Second, senators need to attend at least three club meetings or events each month. Senators can-not already be members of the clubs.

The new changes were not accepted by senate due to the wording of the amendments. The bill was returned to the Ways and Means Committee to be fixed before it went to vote.

Some senators did not understand why they could not count visits to their own clubs, according to Mark Gehrke, a 21-year-old senior and senator at-large in ASBSU.

“It’s all about getting out of your comfort zone,” he said.

Gehrke hopes the committee makes corrections by Friday at 4:30 p.m. so it can be passed and be-come active.

“We are all about serving students," Gehrke said. "I think it’ll work because of the senators we have this year.”

According to Mercado, the committee did not want to have senators take on too many tasks, and wanted to show students ASBSU is involved.

Senators created a form to fill out each month to report back to the senate what they have been talk-ing about with active members of clubs and those who attend events.

“Senators are accountable to show they are in-volved and I’m excited that there will be a consistent outreach,” Mercado said.

Irving Lucatero, a 21-year-old junior construction management major said he thought the bill was a great idea.

“I think it will help create better communication between ASBSU and the student body. Face to face time with students’ senators is important.”

Senate soups upaccountability bill

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University enrollment jumped 5.6 percent to almost 20,000 stu-dents, an increase of 1,057 stu-dents from last fall.

The total marks the state’s largest enrollment for higher education institutions. Boise State’s student population has grown 21 percent from its en-rollment of 16,482 in 2000 and 48 percent from its enrollment of 13,529 in 1990.

“Our record enrollment indi-cates that students are choosing Boise State because of the quali-ty and breadth of its educational programs," Boise State President Bob Kustra said. "They are stay-ing here because of the out-standing undergraduate experi-ence and the advantages offered by a metropolitan university with a community atmosphere.”

Boise State has increased its overall retention rate to almost 70 percent. According to the university, the retention rate stemmed from a combination of strong orientation experiences, enhanced advising, first-year student programs, increased faculty-student interaction, campus employment opportu-nities and remedial math suc-cess.

In total, undergraduate stu-dent enrollment has grown by

653 students (17,349 total), grad-uate students by 404 students (2,644 total) and new transfer students by 153 students (1,147 total).

“The growth in our student enrollment is a clear signal that Boise State is a university on the rise,” Kustra said. “The substan-tial increase in graduate stu-dents demonstrates the strong connection between our aca-demic programs and research endeavors.”

Not only is the university growing, it also is attracting an increased number of high-abil-ity students.

Lucas Beran, a new freshman from Austin, Texas, said he could have attended public or private institutions in Texas. He instead enrolled in the Honors College at Boise State based on both the strength of the university’s eco-nomics program and the Col-lege of Business and Economics’ international accreditation.

“This is an awesome city and a great school,” he said. “I knew I could get a valuable economics degree here.”

The number of new freshmen in the top 25 percent of their high school graduating classes is up 9.2 percent, for a total of 653. In addition, 39.7 percent of enrolled freshmen scored in the top 25 percent on the ACT, a 19.5 percent increase from fall

2009. The average ACT score has increased from 22.03 to an im-pressive 22.42, above both the Idaho (21.8) and national (21) averages.

The number of new freshmen with a high school GPA exceed-ing 3.5 rose 13.3 percent, from 751 to 851. A total of 31 National Merit Finalists are enrolled at Boise State -- 10 new students and 21 continuing.

“The incoming class of stu-dents again has set a new stan-dard for academic success,” Vice President of Student Affairs Mi-chael Laliberte said. “They are meeting the highest admission standards in the state of Idaho, a measuring stick that will be even more selective in the years ahead.”

Idaho residents comprise 84 percent of the student body. Out-of-state enrollment has more than doubled in the last decade. Top states behind Idaho are California, Washington, Or-egon and Nevada.

The university saw a 16 per-cent increase in the number of new student applications this year. New degree-seeking fresh-men are up 11.6 percent from last year (249 students). Other class enrollment increases in-clude: sophomores, 5.7 percent; juniors, 2.5 percent; and seniors, 9.7 percent. These increases in-dicate more students are staying

in school and earning enough credits to move forward.

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Fall Enrollment Facts:

* Ethnic diversity of students is up, with 2,693 students (13.5 percent) from underrepresented populations.

* Freshmen enrolling di-rectly after graduating from high school increased 12.8 percent increase from fall 2009 (1,949). Those enrolling one year out of high school also increased by 12.8 percent.

* The number of students taking one or more online classes is up 479 students, more than a 10 percent increase.

* Female students make up 55 percent of the population, while males make up 45 percent.

* International students rep-resent almost 2 percent of non-residents.

* Registration by college is: College of Arts and Sciences (23 percent), College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs (22 percent), College of Business and Economics (15 percent), College of Health Sciences (14 percent), College of Education (13 per-cent), College of Engineering (9 percent).

* Prospective students can visit the university Oct. 16 for "Discover Boise State." The day-long event features a campus tour and workshops on admis-sion, financial aid, jobs, housing and more. Learn more at the website, admissions.boisestate.edu/discover.

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Spend our money on EarthJosh Gamble

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Maybe I’m the only one who's no-ticed this, but the Boise State Quad seems to be a hot destination for con-troversial events. Last year we had Shawn the Baptist, “Debaptisms” by the Secular Student Alliance and even the Lightfoot Militia.

The most recent potentially inflam-matory group to occupy the space was a group called LaRouche PAC -- a group that makes Tea Party Express seem rational. They’ve drawn criti-cism from both major political par-ties, as well as commentators, includ-ing Rush Limbaugh and Jon Stewart.

At Boise State, the group presented posters of President Barack Obama sporting a Hitler mustache with the captions “Obama wants to end NASA” and “Impeach Obama.”

They’re crazy; it’s pretty much self-explanatory. So rather than going on about how crazy they are, I took at look at their claim about NASA. I think they're getting this idea from the fact that Obama ended the Constella-tion Program -- a program for land-ing and potentially building bases on the moon. However, NASA is still going strong. The program was allot-ted $18.7 billion in 2010. Obama also plans a $5 billion increase during the next five years.

I’d rather he cut funding.Look around you. Colleges are rais-

ing tuition, public schools are floun-dering and our infrastructure is crum-bling. There are better things we could be spending our money on than space flights.

Yes, I know that exploring our inter-planetary frontier and whatnot is im-portant, but we’re still in the middle of a recession. According to NASA’s Fre-quently Asked Questions page, build-ing a space shuttle costs $1.7 billion and the average launch costs about $450 million.

Say we halved NASA’s budget and direct that money to infrastructure spending. We could build 1,169 miles of rural freeway, at $8 million a mile (according to Michigan’s Department of Transportation), or we could build 3,740 highway overpasses at $2.5 mil-lion each. That process would create 935,000 jobs.

According to a national survey by the American Society of Civil Engi-neers, if America’s infrastructure had a GPA, it would be D-level. The high-est grade on our report card was for solid waste: it was a C-plus. That’s right; we handle our excrement better than we handle flight, drinking water, bridges and public parks. Out of 14 criteria, nine were graded with a D or D-minus.

The Hoover Dam, adjusting for in-flation, had a price tag of $757,976,723. For less than the cost of building one new space shuttle, we could be two new dams the size of the Hoover, which has a 2.8 million kilowatt gen-erating capacity. Maybe we could even use that money to avoid gas pipe explosions like the one in San Bruno, Calif. that killed seven, injured 60 and destroyed 37 homes.

We should start bringing our money back to Earth; we don’t need to be out exploring space right now. We have plenty of time left before the sun ex-plodes and the need to colonize other planets won't be nearly so pressing if we take care of the one we've got. Let's stop and make sure our nation is up to snuff before we start expanding it.

Online, in demandBSU heeds student requests for simpler ticket sales

Karey hoKeJournalist

The student body cried out, and Boise State listened -- finally.

Starting Sept. 20, students will get their football tickets online.

Leslie Webb, assistant vice president for Student Affairs, is ecstatic about the new ticket policy.

“The spirit behind this is students, students, students,” Webb said.

She added that she feels mak-ing tickets more readily available will increase pride in the student body, Boise State Athletics and the university itself.

Last year, a student could take three student IDs and receive a guest ticket for each one. In the new ticket distribution policy, only the actual card owner can purchase and pick up a guest ticket with a valid student ID. Webb said last year, guest tickets were purchased and scalped for outrageous prices on Craigslist. The new one guest ticket policy was created to ensure enough tickets will be available for actual students.

Instead of catering to fans, alumni and spectators, BSU thankfully decided students are the ones paying to attend the uni-versity, therefore the student fees should be used to benefit them. So rather than having to scramble through various websites to find football tickets because they sold

out so fast, more tickets will be available to those who deserve to watch the Broncos play.

It is definitely time BSU put students first. Students should have first priority when it comes to football games and being able to show school pride. This ticket policy is the first step in the right direction.

“Last year, we camped out-side the ticket office and were up by 3 a.m. (for the Oregon game). We still didn’t get tick-ets,” junior nursing major Caitlin Murray said.

Many students are fans of the Student Football Ticket Policy: ’10-’11 Facebook page, created by ASBSU Vice-President Zach Snoderly. He has been work-ing diligently to ensure stu-dents are up-to-date about the ticket policy and dis-tribution.

Some students have expressed concerns about the system crash-ing and the serv-ers overloading on sale days. However, ASBSU Communication Director Jason Denizac said, “This is the same system that was used for the Fi-esta Bowl and for events at Taco Bell Arena.”

Events happen at Taco Bell Arena often and go without mas-sive ticket crises -- obviously, the technology works.

Additionally, to ease some of the "what if" scenarios from stu-dents’ minds, BSU officials held a "trial run" of the system Tues-day and Wednesday. They asked students to visit the Idaho Tickets website and reserve hypothetical tickets.

While some have said they’ll m i s s the

camaraderie of waking up at the crack of dawn and waiting in huge lines, the sane students are eager-ly anticipating the ease of the new ticket distribution system.

The first true test of the new system will start next week when student distribution for the home opener against Oregon State.

The ticket policy could include minor changes as the year pro-gresses.

New bill gives proper direction to Student Senate

Tyler KirKhamJournalist

Frustrated by what he believes to be a lack of accountability from the ASBSU Senate, Senator Pro Tempore Mark Gehrke introduced a bill for the Fall legislative session.

SB 02-2010, also known as the Accountability Bill -- introduced Aug. 30 and co-authored by Sec-retary of Academic Affairs Chase Johnson -- is meant to hold the student senators accountable for their actions and detail additional requirements for Senators.

Such a simple bill, barely a page long, is a long overdue measure for ASBSU. It isn't complicated or bur-dened by nit-picky details. It only asks what student senators should be doing in the first place: be avail-able to students and responsible for their actions.

A similar bill proposed last year was dismissed by the senate. It told senators to be available for 10 of-

fice hours each week and outlined specific details. Senate rules re-quire at least five office hours. It is hard to believe that such a modest request could not be fulfilled. Two hours a day, twice per week meets the expectations set forth by the rules. Two extra days a week meets the previous bill's requirement.

In contrast, Gehrke wants the time set aside by the bill to keep senators out of the office and talk-ing to students and faculty.

“We'd like to be approaching ev-eryone,” Gehrke said. “My goal is to … get (us) out of the office.”

Jason Denizac, director of Com-munications and Transparency, has set up a wiki site for ASBSU where students can find informa-tion on clubs, the campus and student representatives, as well as contribute ideas and comments on issues.

“The website supports the mis-sion of the Associated Students to represent the interests of students

and facilitate greater student in-volvement and engagement,” Den-izac said.

Gehrke hopes to use the wiki site to keep track of senators and com-mittees. Tools such as wiki sites were designed to allow anyone to edit and view the content. Sharing is the ultimate accountability tool. And peers make the best enforcers: if a senator isn't following through on a task, everyone knows. This produces a powerful incentive to complete everything.

Senator reaction to the Account-ability Bill was positive when it was proposed. And rightly so: if a senator doesn't feel they can be available to the students they rep-resent, they should resign and let someone who is willing and able to serve fill their place. Not surpris-ingly, past senators had a negative reaction to the bill. No finger was pointed to the dissenters.

A government is only as effective as its participants, and ASBSU is

no exception. Without student in-put and involvement, the new bill serves no purpose. Since all fee-paying students, part-time or full-time, are members of Associated Students, there are thousands of voices that need to be heard.

“I'd like feedback,” Gehrke said. “If you see something that you don't like, come tell me.”

All of the tools are in place to support the Accountability Bill. The only thing left is for the Senate to enact the bill and have it signed.

• Studentscangotoidahotickets.com/presalefrom7a.m.tomidnighttheMondayandTuesdaybeforeagamedaytoreservetickets.

• Aprintedreservationconfirmationisrecommended,itisn’trequired.• StudentsmusthavetheirstudentIDswiththemwhentheygototicketoutlets.• Startingat10a.m.thefirstdayofticketsales,amaximumofthreestudentticketscan

bepickedupbyonestudent,aslongallthreestudentIDsareprovided.

• GuestticketswillbeavailabletheWednesdaypriortogamedays,alsoonlineandstart-ingat7a.m.

• Onlyoneguestticketisavailableperstudent,andtheactualcardownermustbepresentfortheguesttickettobedistributed.

• Thedeadlinetopickupbothstudentandguestticketsis5p.m.Friday.Ifticketsaren’tpickedupbythen,theywillbereleasedforotherstudentstoreserveorpurchase.

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You could practically hear the air spew from the Bronco Nation bubble fol-lowing Virginia Tech’s loss to James Madison Univer-sity Saturday. Fan’s hopes of witnessing their beloved Broncos take on a national title opponent in their ad-opted home of Glendale, Ariz. were all but vacated.

Now critics said if there are any hopes for Boise State to make a case for a title game it must start this weekend against the Wyo-ming Cowboys in Laramie, Wyo. in the form of style points. If fans are counting on the Broncos head coach Chris Petersen to make that move, they’d better think again.

“We will never be caught up in that. I don’t care what anybody says,” Petersen said. “We’re just going to play to win and play our hardest. We’re just trying to win. If that means by one

point, that’s one point and we’re just trying to do our best and the combination of that is how we’ll play. It will never be to impress anybody else other than our staff and the players and our teammates.”

The Broncos haven’t made the trip to Lara-mie since 2006 where they squeaked by the Cowboys 17-10.

That might not be a problem if BSU comes out strong. The Broncos did come out with a quick start against the Hokies, scoring 17 unanswered points in the first quarter. Wyoming allowed an average of 27 points per game through two games this season. In last week’s game against Texas, the Cowboys allowed 20 points in the first half. They’ve struggled to put points on the board, averag-ing 17.5 points per game on offense; one of those games against a FCS opponent in Southern Utah.

BSU rushed for 168 yards

against VT in their season opener. Wyoming allowed and average of 179 yards over the last two games. The Broncos triad of run-ning backs -- juniors Doug Martin and D.J. Harper and senior Jeremy Avery -- could potentially carry the load for a relatively untested offense.

With Martin getting the nod as starter for the second straight game, a ground and pound offense could come into play if the Broncos can come out to a quick start.

“It’s exciting to watch-ing Doug run,” senior wide receiver Austin Pettis said. “It’s good knowing that you’re giving a touchdown block every play, pretty much, out on the safeties and DB’s.”

Wyoming’s offense, led by sophomore quarterback Austyn Carta-Samuels, has relied heavily on their pass-ing game through their first two outings. They average 259 yards through the air and just 47 yards rushing

per game. For Wyoming to have a chance against the Broncos, they will have to be carried on the shoulders of Carta-Samuels.

“They try to do multiple things in their run game with their quarterback who’s a really good player,”

Petersen said of Carta-Sam-uels. “He’s a dual threat all the way and they use him accordingly.”

Carta-Samuels, though limited through two games, has completed 42 of 56 passes for 479 yards and four of five (1 rushing, 3

passing) total touchdowns for the Cowboys. He has a season of experience under his belt having played his entire freshman year.

BSU travels to Laramie to face the Cowboys Saturday at 6 p.m. on CBS College Sports.

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The Wyoming Cowboys won't need extra motivation Saturday when the Broncos come to town.

This will be the Cowboys' first home game since the tragic death of 19-year-old freshman linebacker Ruben Narcisse.

More than a week ago, Nar-cisse was riding with three teammates when the vehicle lost control and rolled near the Colorado-Wyoming bor-der. The driver of the vehicle was said to have fallen asleep. Authorities who arrived on scene said there was no evi-dence of drugs or alcohol. One of the players involved in the crash still remains hospital-ized in Loveland, Colo., and is said to be in fair condition.

“It's difficult, particularly for a bunch of kids that are 19-22 years old,” Wyoming head football coach Dave Christian-sen said. “I can see the pain in them, and can understand what they're going through.”

The team has already made decals with the initials "RN" that will be worn on all the players' helmets and jerseys. Different players on the Cow-boy's roster will rotate wearing Narcisse's No. 12 jersey each week throughout the rest of the season. His locker remains untouched and sealed as he had left it, and will be left that way for the next four years. The University of Wyoming will also be giving away T-shirts to the first 5,000 students at the game with Ruben's No. 12, and the phrase “Ruben Nar-cisse always a Cowboy.”

Boise State is the second top

10 team Wyoming has faced this season. The Pokes hope to improve offensively after scoring only one touchdown in last week's 34-7 loss to No. 6 Texas.

Christiansen says play-ing the Broncos won't be an easy task.

“(BSU's) defense is extreme-ly good, they're fast, they're sound in what they do. They don't get out of position and they're very aggressive,” Chris-tiansen said of the Broncos.

War Memorial Stadium is expecting a sold-out crowd for the Saturday night game.

“It should be the biggest game of the year in Laramie,” Christiansen told reporters Monday. “I like that it's going to be a sell-out crowd and that we're at 7,200 feet where the oxygen is a lot thinner.”

Boise State players and

coaches might want to take note of the effects of the alti-tude since they will be making the trip more to Laramie often with the Broncos' recent move to the Mountain West Confer-ence beginning next season. At an altitude of 7,220 feet, Jonah Field at War Memorial Stadium is the highest field in Division-I football.

Though these two teams will undoubtedly battle for years to come, it's hard to foresee them playing a game with as much mutual impact as this Saturday's game has for both teams. For the Broncos, this will be the second major step in fulfilling what many hope to be their best season to date. And for the University of Wyo-ming Cowboys and their fans, this will certainly be the most emotional homecoming in their school's history.

Wyoming Football moves forward in midst of tragedy

Salvaging Virginia Tech's loss

Joey mccullouGhSports Producer

The second week of the 2010 college football season was highly anticipated for some great matchups. Games like Michigan vs. Notre Dame, Miami (FL) vs. Ohio State, and Penn St. vs. Ala-bama were just a few big games that took place this past Saturday. Some of those games matched their anticipation and hype, while others didn’t. There were games though that made unexpected headlines.

The game that most people in Idaho did not follow very closely, at least for a while, was Vir-ginia Tech hosting James Madison University. On paper the Hokies and Tyrod Taylor should have ran all over them. Apparently “Jimmy” Madison missed the memo and proceeded to upset the Hokies. VT went from being ranked #10 against Boise State to #13 against to JMU to now being unranked. A quick descent like that only hurts BSU’s search at a possible BCS National Cham-pionship berth.

The loss to JMU clearly affects the Broncos. It won’t hurt them a whole lot right now but will though have a larger impact on the Broncos come later down the road when we look back at the season. There is a lot of football still to be played, but specifically for BSU, there are some things that need to happen for a spot in the last game of the season to a possibility.

The Broncos need to win out the season and do so in impressive fashion. Boise State needs to blow out their opponents. Oregon State is the biggest opponent left on the schedule so they are an exception. However, the other two non-con-ference games verse Wyoming and Toledo along with the games against WAC opponents need to be victories with wide scoring margins. It’s not BSU’s style to score for score’s sake, but don’t be surprised if you see the starters in the game a little bit longer this season.

The Western Athletic Conference’s (WAC) suc-cess is very important for Boise State. Right now, Nevada and Fresno State both are receiving votes to be among the top 25 schools in the country. Fresno two weeks ago had an impressive win over last year’s Big East Champs Cincinnati while Nevada has earned a 2-0 record outscoring their opponents 100-30. If those two teams can finish the season with one or two losses, it would help strengthen BSU’s schedule and boost any power the WAC has.

Finally, Virginia Tech needs to win out the rest of their season. The only remaining top 25-team left on their schedule is Miami. The Atlan-tic Coast Conference (ACC) is a pretty weak BCS conference though, so some of their opponents could be easy targets. However, that only works if VT figures out what they are doing wrong and gets back to winning. VT still has the chance at winning their conference and automatically get-ting a spot at a BCS game. If they do that, it would not only help VT but also give some credit back to the Broncos.

boise state head coach chris Petersen doesn’t believe in running up the score on opponents to gain style points in the national polls.

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The boise state women's soccer team defeated seattle university 2-0 on sunday to get back on track. The team performed in front of a crowd of 967 people.

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The Boise State women’s soccer team defeated Seattle University 2-0 Sunday, break-ing its losing streak for the first home game of the season.

Freshman Katy Oehring scored the first decisive goal during the 20th minute of play. After receiving a pass from senior Shannon Sax-ton, Oehring proceeded to touch the ball left, passing the charging Redhawks goalie and placed her shot securely into the left corner of the goal.

“It felt really great," Oehring said. "We had a good combi-nation and I stayed composed to get it in and it’s nice to get ahead early. It set the tone for our team."

The Broncos' second goal was scored by junior Ashley Walsh during the 53rd min-ute. A left side corner kick by Chelsea Robinson sailed into the box where a battle for the ball ensued. A Seattle de-fender cleared the ball in an attempt to avoid the Boise of-fense. However, the ball went directly to Walsh who execut-ed a perfect shot into the left corner of the goal, avoiding the cluster of players.

BSU stayed strong defen-sively during the remainder of the game, shutting down the Redhawks offense. Junior goalkeeper Liz Ruiz made five crucial saves during the game, three in the second half.

“I just have to stay com-posed in the back because sometimes it can get a little boring but you just have to stay in the game and when it’s your turn to make a big save for the team. You just have to do it,” said Ruiz.

Scoring was a problem for BSU last weekend during the Governor’s Cup, but the wom-en seemed to have last week's problems behind them.

“We talked in the locker room today about remem-bering the past," head coach Steve Lucas said. "If you for-get about it then you’re going to re-live it.”

Despite last week's trials, the team’s hard work was evi-dent by its play on the field. Communication between players was apparent and ex-cellent ball-handling was un-mistakable with a total of 15 shots on goal by the Broncos offense.

“We flowed and the whole game was better. I thought being home and the crowd

helped massively, and we love that,” Lucas said of his team's improvements. “We had cer-tainly cleaned up our mis-takes from the weekend. Se-attle is a good team and we’ve always struggled with them.”

The Broncos have a losing history with the Redhawks, coming up short on their last two meetings prior to Sun-day's match. Despite their struggles with Seattle, the Broncos came out strong and with something to prove.

Boise State's soccer has gar-nered strong support, attract-ing 967 fans for the first home game. The support was just what the team needed after three consecutive weekends on the road.

“It’s a totally different en-vironment when you’re away and you’re nervous," Oehring said. "When we are home, we practice here everyday and it’s going to be the same routine. We know what we’re doing.”

Coming off the win, the Broncos prepare for the Mon-tana Invitational next week-end in Missoula.

The Broncos face the Uni-versity of Montana, Friday and the University of New Mexico, Sunday.

Red hot road warriorsBoise State wins five straight

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Last week, the BSU volley-ball team won every single game they played, including four road wins at the Cowgirl Classic last week.

The women dominated the court, dropping only one set the entire week with a BSU win against Weber State, 3-1 Sept. 8. The Broncos took down Utah Valley, Portland, Texas Arlington and Wyo-ming in straight sets.

With the five wins, the vol-

leyball team now stands at 9-2 for the year.

“It feels awesome,” sopho-more Liz Harden said. “Com-pared to last season, which we were 0-11, and this sea-son, it’s just a complete turn-around. It’s been so much fun on the court and off the court working with these girls. We’re like a family and it’s been so much better this year.”

Sophomore Kersti Whitney agreed.

“It’s really awesome, a huge change from last year, it’s

great to feel like we’re doing something right,” Whitney said. “We’re all committed to the system coach Garus has implemented, and it’s just really great that it’s work-ing and we’ve been able to turn around our program so quick.”

For Whitney, the win against Wyoming was espe-cially significant.

“It was also personally great for me to beat my big sister at the University of Wy-oming, so it was awesome,” she said.

And did she rub it in her big sister’s face?

“Yep, it was just great,” Whitney said, as a smile broke across her face. “We were talking smack back and forth all week, and it was just awesome to stomp them out in three.”

Senior Alisha Young was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player and both Harden and Whitney were named to the All-Tour-nament team.

“I was actually kinda shocked that I got it. I had a

solid weekend. For myself, I felt like I could have done better, but I still did really well. I was just stoked to get that,” Young said.

The women have a tough road trip this weekend, as they head to North Caro-lina for the NFINITY Wildcat Classic. BSU will face High Point, Eastern Michigan and Davidson. Eastern Michigan appears to be the biggest threat, as its record currently stands at 10-1.

“All this hard work from spring and summer is finally

paying off, and it’s just good to finally get to play and show what I can do,” Harden said.

Playing across the country won’t be an easy task.

“The traveling will be kinda hard because it is a different time zone, but I don’t think it will affect us that much. We’re a strong group of girls, and I think we will be fine,” Harden said.

This tournament will be the last before the team starts play in the Western Athletic Conference, and the girls are looking to end on a high note.

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While some might con-sider the cultural attributes of art to be a vastly different entity from religion, others use societal phenomena as a medium of creativity.

Anika Smulovitz, profes-sor of art metals at Boise State University, seeks to il-luminate the yin-yang effect of religion and art.

The artwork, titled "Con-temporary Judaica," is named for its modern ap-proach to Judaica, which is any philosophy or material pertaining to Judaism.

According to a VAC press release, Smulovitz’s work is described as “confronting power, beauty, religion and cultural value, while bring-ing insight to the discourse between material culture and contemporary society.”

“Creating contemporary Judaica allows me to ex-amine contemporary is-sues through the Jewish tradition,” Smulovitz said in press release.

The emphasis on the cul-tural value of this display sparked the intrigue of students.

“I like it because it is not so much religion but cultur-al," Julia Green, a senior il-

lustration major said. “I like the idea of ritual and put-ting her own work to ritual."

The display seeks to ex-emplify cohesion between ritual and craftsmanship, resulting in a final product that has religious influ-ence. These things together -- used not to convey a reli-gious message, but of rather

a use of religious context -- establish correlation be-tween culture and art, the artist said.

“It is not a religious inter-est that draws me towards making Judaica, but a cul-tural interest and an interest as a silversmith in creating work that has a ritual func-tion,” Smulovitz said in a bi-

ography about her life.The Visual Arts Center

(VAC) at Boise State will be displaying the Judaica art-work Aug. 30 to Oct. 22.

The work will allow the student body a chance to delve into the world of cul-ture through imagination and religion while being presented a neutral per-

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'Contemporary Judaica' displayed at Visual Arts Center

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He became possessive and jealous to a frightening degree. He never physically hurt me in any way but emotionally (and socially) he was like a python, slowly strangling individuality out of me until I either caved in to his expectations or broke free.

And I see this happening everywhere with couples of all ages and races. Emotional abuse is horrible because it attacks a person’s self value or personality. It can take the form of verbal abuse (yelling, name-calling, blaming, sham-ing), isolation from friends and loved ones or stonewall-ing and dismissing.

All of these make the victim feel alone and unimportant. And what’s scary is just how common it occurs. According to Women’s Health magazine, several studies have found that up to 35 percent of women have been in emotionally abu-sive romantic relationships.

So why do people take it? There are several reasons, the foremost being the abuse doesn’t usually start until a deep bond is forged and the victim keeps hoping her part-ner will change. Counselor Kelly McDaniel, author of "Ready to Heal" said it has a lot to do with what we learned about affection as kids.

If you grew up with parents who were harsh, judgmental, dismissing and unkind you may have learned to associate love with pain, replicating that pain in your adult relation-ships.

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I refused to be abused and, in doing so, gained a greater appreciation for myself, un-derstanding that no one can control me but me.

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