September 25, 2014 Vol. 27 Issue 12

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NEWS

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Mandatory course instructs campus safetyEryn-Shay JohnsonAsst. News Editor

New students need to think about it before they will be al-lowed to register for classes next semester.

The Office of the Dean of Students has brought Think About It, a college experience education course, to campus and is requiring freshmen and transfer students under the age of 21 to take the course. Failing to do so will result in a registra-tion hold placed on their ac-counts.

Think About It challenges students to use critical thinking when making decisions about alcohol and personal safety.

“We find that the education is that important. If you want to continue as a student and register (for classes) you need to complete the program,” said Blaine Eckles, associate dean of students.

The two and a half hour course focuses on college situ-ations that might be foreign to

freshmen and new students. “I thought it was kind of

useless at first,” said Ravin An-drews, freshman business en-trepreneurship major. “I know most of this stuff for the most part, although I did have a situ-ation come up in which I was like, ‘Oh, I kind of wish I had paid a little more attention.’”

The situations the course fo-cuses on range from sex in col-lege, partying smart, sexual vio-lence and healthy relationships.

The course is meant to be proactive in preventing student alcohol abuse.

“Our goal and our premise behind it is to help educate students so they can make informed decisions in what they’re engaging or choosing not to engage in,” Eckles said.

According to Eckles, the stats in the course provide insight into preconceived no-tions Boise State students have about safety issues.

The insights shed some light on common college experi-ence misconceptions. The in-

sights could let a student know that they are not alone in an experience or in their feelings.

One statistic from the course is that 20 percent of men and 34 percent of women have been in a relationship in which their partner has made them feel bad about their appear-ance. That 54 percent is made up of only freshmen and trans-fer students at Boise State.

The course attempts to pro-vide enjoyable learning and so far the Office of the Dean of Students has seen some incred-ible results. Eighty-six percent of students required to take the course have completed it.

“We want to improve our student success. First and foremost, we want to make the campus safer. We want to help students be success-ful in the classroom. We want them to be safe and successful and benefit their community,” said Christian Wuthrich, dean of students.

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NEWS

Splatter Party rocks Boise StateSean BunceAsst. News Editor

The only complaint from the Splatter Party held on Friday, Sept. 19 was due to excess noise, which ac-cording to posts on Twit-ter, could be heard from the top of Table Rock.

“There was a lot of posi-tive feedback (on social media)” said Ali John-son, ASBSU chief of staff. “There were a lot of peo-ple who said it was their best night of college; it’s the best night of my life. Which is for us really great because that’s what we try

to do, create those memo-ries for students.”

Approximately 900 peo-ple showed up to the event, narrowly missing the quota set by Bryan Vlok one week before of 1,000. Although all 1,200 tickets were dis-persed during Homecom-ing Week, ASBSU had many students asking to get in who couldn’t get a ticket. This prompted a last minute decision to open up the Splatter Party to more students, which instead of charging a fee for non-tick-et holding students as was originally planned, they let them in for free.

“The other option was students paying $10 to come in so we could cover that cost of paint,” Vlok said. “At the end of the day it didn’t affect us at all, so it actually worked out really well.”

Around 450 people left before the Splatter Party concluded, which accord-ing to Hailey Weatherby, secretary of student orga-nization affairs, was a good thing for those wishing to show off their orange and blue splattered spirit dur-ing the game.

“The later you stayed, the grayer-brownish you

got,” she said. “The people who left early had the cool-est looking stuff.”

Because the Student Union Building doesn’t close until midnight during the school semester, some students walked around, placing hand prints on the walls.

No one from Facilities Operations and Main-tenance was available to comment on this.

“We can’t really control what students do outside of the event,” Johnson said. “Thankfully it’s water-based paint, so it washed off really easily.”

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Boise State bridges career gapAlx StickelNews Editor

Boise State is initiating new programs, colleges and services to help combat Idaho’s unemployment and underemployment numbers. Idaho Department of Labor statistics reported Idaho’s underemployment rate as of 2012 is 16.9 percent.

This means college gradu-ates are not getting hired for the jobs they went to school for.

Bridge to Career is one of these programs.

Ken Petersen, dean of the College of Business and Eco-nomics, said Boise State is working with faculty from all disciplines to create Bridge to Career to address under-employment. Bridge to Ca-reer will help students get hired for jobs in their chosen career fields rather than jobs they are overqualified for.

Petersen said Bridge to Ca-reer was born from an email conversation between him and President Bob Kustra. In his State of the Univer-

sity Address, Kustra first an-nounced the plan for Bridge to Career, which will hope-fully be launched in Spring 2015. Bridge to Career will be incorporated into the new College of Innovation and Design.

Petersen also said com-munity “stakeholders,” or employers, will contribute input on how the program can be shaped to better meet their needs.

Students can meet Idaho’s employment needs by devel-oping universal in-demand employment skills like prob-lem-solving and team work.

“At the end of the day, employers know what they want and we want our gradu-ates to meet those needs,” Petersen said. “If we’re suc-cessful, they’re successful.”

Petersen said Boise State is aiming to be a leader in high-er education for transdisci-plinary degrees, projects and programs; Bridge to Career is considered a transdisci-plinary program, hence its potential future home in the College of Innovation and

Design.Petersen said students

need to know all students can participate in this pro-gram. In order for it to be successful, students have to be involved in it.

Petersen said this pro-gram is for students’ ben-efit; the goal is to make sure students have access to learning success strate-gies to get a job appropriate to the degree they earned.

“It’s in their best interest to engage it,” Petersen said.

Maria ShimelOnline Testing Center

It’s exam 1 time and the pressure is on! This week I’d like to take a moment to remind you that it is im-portant to take care of your body as well as your mind.

Healthy habits will assist in keeping you fresh and on top of your game when it comes to test time. Re-member to stay hydrated and avoid caffeine and sug-

ar, especially before a test. The artificial boosts

that we all love also come with an eventual low as the “cheap” energy wears off and can dehydrate you, too.

Make sure to eat healthy and include several snacks of fruit or vegetables throughout the day to keep your energy level up and your mind alert.

Also include healthy

snacks in your study groups, before classes and especially before an exam.

Don’t forget about your mental health, too, by set-ting up a regular exercise schedule so you can feel proud of yourself for work-ing on your body and giv-ing yourself a much need-ed outlet for the stressful life of a college student.

Don’t sleep on exam one

Labor statsStatewide unemployment for August 2014: 4.7%

Statewide under-employment: 16.9%

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Sean BunceAsst. News Editor

Most students are tight-lipped and cautious about what they say after the term animal testing is used in conversation. Generally the consensus is that animal testing is okay in research which will help cure human illness and unacceptable for consumer or industrial product testing—as long as the animals aren’t hurt while doing so.

“If it’s not harmful it will be fine,” said Shan-non Westergard, a student caught off guard while walking to the library. “If I wouldn’t want it done to myself, I wouldn’t want it done on animals.”

Boise State is currently conducting animal testing and discussing plans for a new vivarium. With this happening in their own backyard,

many students seem to lack knowledge about the subject altogether; this needs to change.

“I think we should do some of it, just depends what it’s for,” said Mathew Chance, freshman criminal justice major. “If it’s something that will kill them (animals) then no. If its something that’s helping us and not harmful to them then yeah we should (do animal testing).”

The California Biomedical Research As-sociation states that nearly all medical break-throughs in the last 100 years come from re-search using animals. Examples they use are the discovery of insulin, which was discovered by removing the pancreases from dogs and the polio vaccine, which was first tested on animals reducing the global occurrence of the disease from 350,000 cases in 1988 to 223 cases in 2012.

These breakthroughs aren’t without a cost. Al-though animals are treated with anesthetic and

other sedatives, Humane Society International paints a different picture that many never see.

According to their website, animals used in experiments undergo force-feeding, forced inha-lation, food and water deprivation, prolonged pe-riods of physical restraint and they’re subjected to burns and other wounds to study the healing process. Pain is also inflicted to study its effects and remedies. When animals are killed, it’s by car-

bon dioxide asphyxiation, neck-breaking, decapi-tation or other means.

Robert Schulkey, English major at Boise State, feels this may be a necessary evil.

“I’m not happy about it, but I realize it saves lives,” he said.

Before students have a knee jerk reaction about sensitive issues such as animal testing, they need gather more information about the topic.

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Dr. Rick UbicAssociate Professor, Materials Science & Engineering

I was interested to read Sean Bunce’s recent article on crosswalk safety in The Arbiter (Vol. 27 [9]). As a cyclist myself, I would like to put the counter argument: that motorists simply don’t know how to deal with cyclists on the road even when

they are obeying all the rules. Many motorists see cyclists as in-

convenient obstacles that shouldn’t be there—like children playing in the road. With this mentality they fail to give cyclists the respect and legal right-of-ways they are due, and this is not a new problem. A student back in 2002 talking to The Arbiter called bi-cycles “a daily annoyance and an occa-sional hazard,” which goes some way in revealing the emotional bias of some motorists (not to mention the irratio-nal motivation of the backers of BSU’s

policy 9010). The people who feel threatened by

bikes on a college campus are exactly the sort who go home in their over-sized trucks and are a “daily annoyance and an occasional hazard” to innocent folks like me on the roads.

My bike is not a recreational vehicle but my main form of transit: it’s how I com-

mute to/from work and get my son to/from his day care. I have frequently had to stop suddenly for a car going through a stop sign and failing to yield to me the right-of-way on the cross-street. I’ve even had to pull up short on University Drive when a pedestrian crossing at a crosswalk but against the light walked right in front of me. It seems cyclists are in danger from motorists and pedestrians!

One particular concern which I pointed out to the university almost a year ago (and about which nothing has yet been done) is the amount of west-bound traf-fic (especially cyclists) on Cesar Chavez Lane, which parallels the Greenbelt south of the river on campus. Cesar Chavez is a one-way road, with traffic only allowed to travel eastbound. There is potentially a BIG problem as they come to the junc-tion with the Friendship Bridge, where cyclists heading south across the bridge cross Cesar Chavez Lane. There is a stop

sign for (eastbound) traffic on the road, but of course none for westbound traffic because there is not meant to be any west-bound traffic. For this reason, westbound cyclists/motorists routinely do not stop at the junction, even though southbound cyclists have the right of way there. The potential disaster lies in the inevitabil-ity that a southbound cyclist will check for traffic to his/her right, see none, and sail through the junction while an illegal westbound vehicle, not seeing a stop sign, will also sail into the junction and right into the southbound cyclist. Speed will almost certainly make the collision worse, as the road here is fairly flat and south-bound cyclists, having just come across the bridge, are actually traveling downhill. I have seen many cyclists violating the one-way system here (even though the two-way Greenbelt is just a few feet away) plus several cars and even a few university vehicles.

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Banned Book Week connects students to literaturePatty BowenAsst. Culture Editor

What do “Fifty Shades of Grey,” “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian,” “Captain Under-pants” and “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” have in common? They were among the 10 most frequently chal-lenged novels in 2013, ac-cording to the American Li-brary Association. Banned books are being brought into the spotlight with the start of Banned Book Week, an annual celebration of novels that have been banned in large numbers of schools or libraries across the nation.

As a library without a particular religious af-filiation, the Albertsons Li-brary hasn’t had to dabble

too heavily in requests for books to be banned. With the exception of a film that mocked aspects of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, nothing has been requested to be banned from the Albertsons Library in the last 10 years.

“Personally if someone is an adult I think they should be able to read whatever they want,” said Tracy Bick-nell-Holmes, dean of the Albertsons Library. “Many of the books on the banned book list are things that I think are excellent because they talk about very tough topics: slavery, racism, etc.”

Both Bicknell-Holmes and associate dean of the li-brary Peggy Cooper are very fond of many novels on the banned book list, includ-ing “The Chocolate War,”

“To Kill a Mockingbird,” and “Of Mice and Men.” Banning classics likes these takes away opportunities for students to find a book that sparks their interest to read.

“Those who do not read are no better than those who cannot,” Cooper said, referencing Mark Twain. “(You should read) every one of these books on the list. Read for yourself, use your own judgment, pick one of these and read.”

For students who aren’t interested in reading in their free time, Bicknell-Holmes and Cooper suggested they try picking up a literary comic book like “Mouse” or the graphic novel version of “Moby Dick.” Graphic novels can serve as gateways into reading more serious novels.

“There are studies that have shown that students who don’t read well will see the pictures and think ‘wow what is that person saying’ and possibly even go and figure out what a word is,” Bicknell-Holmes said. “The more a student reads, the more they relate to and the more connections they make in their life.”

Throughout the conversa-tion Bicknell-Holmes and Cooper reinforced that the importance of Banned Book Week is to recognize that a student has the ability to read whatever they want, and they are doing them-selves a disservice if they do not take that opportunity.

“Our culture is within our literature,” Cooper says. “It doesn’t matter what you read, just read.”

Kelsey JacobsStaff Writer

For Colby Sanders, start-ing Freak Alley was a freak accident.

Freak Alley, located on Bannock between Eighth and Ninth streets, is an alley-way filled with artistic murals available for public view. In 12 years, they’ve had over 250 artists paint and repaint that alleyway.

In 2002, while wandering down the alley, Sanders was struck on the head by the door behind Moon’s Kitchen Cafe and walked away with an art project offered to him by the owners Mark and Cali. At first he was allowed to draw on the door, then the

two extending walls, and it snowballed from there.

Included in the expanse of Freak Alley contributors is former Boise State student Alexandria Claar, who left Boise State to pursue her art. In 2010, Claar was given the opportunity to paint in Freak Alley while working at a cus-tom longboard shop.

“I used to paint custom longboards for a company

called Sibbz, and sometimes help with promoting the boards and the shop,” Claar said. “They were starting to involve themselves in the public art scene and, when opportunities would arise, they would ask the longboard artists, including myself, if we wanted to be a part of it.”

Claar’s mural depicted a scene of Japan at the Shibuya 109 building.

“I added in some popular characters and a few people as well,” Claar said. “It is defi-nitely not my best work, but I still like to look at it some-times.”

Freak Alley is a prominent spot in Boise’s public art scene. It attracts all, from the art enthusiast to the average Joe just wandering through downtown. Sanders feels that Freak Alley is an integral part of this scene, especially for artists trying to gain recogni-tion.

“It was more for a personal need for my own space. Most-ly because I wasn’t doing well in other gallery settings or coffee shops,” Sanders said. “I just had to get my own thing

where I wasn’t being told ‘No’ every time I turned around.”

Sanders has created an en-vironment for aspiring artists to showcase their work, and has given them a opportunity for further experience. Claar said that the experience was awesome.

“I’m a fairly shy person

but was enthralled with all the artists there. I was there from morning to night every day for a week, and it was pretty exhausting towards the end but very much worth it,” Claar said. “I learned a lot from the experience and met a lot of really amazing people.”

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Culture

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Caffeine poor choice for student energyJustin KirkhamCulture Editor

From home-brewed coffee to cans of sugar and chemi-cals, students are known for their mass consumption of caffeine. This is mainly at-tributed to keeping up with their day-to-day endeavors and maintaining an essence of productivity.

But, in the long run, excess caffeine from energy drinks, coffee and soda can do more harm than good, further skewing a sleep schedule and building up a mental reliance on bursts of fake energy.

Registered dietician Me-gan McGuffy explained that energy drinks are a misno-mer, as they don’t provide actual energy, but rather elic-it a temporary stimulation in the nervous system.

“Actual energy comes from food in the form of protein or carbohydrates especially,” McGuffy said. “So if you’re eating consistently, that’s go-ing to be your best bet.”

McGuffy explained that many students are stressed and rely on caffeinated bev-erages to keep them mov-ing. But, in the end, “some of those beverages might not be

helping.”If students feel that they

need a boost from an energy drink, according to Health Services Medical Direc-tor Dr. Vincent Serio, they should instead analyze what sort of sleep patterns or di-etary habits are causing a need for that caffeine depen-dence.

“The more substances you add to the equation, like alcohol and caffeine, it’s go-ing to affect your quality of sleep,” Serio said.

Serio stressed that stu-dents who reach for a daily Monster or Red Bull are real-ly just applying a temporary fix or alleviation for underly-ing unhealthy routines. He found that students who feel they need that extra alertness boost on a regular basis have other aspects of their sleep schedule and diet that need fixing.

Caffeine, in its essence, is not necessarily a terrible thing. In a study by Wolters Kluwer Health professionals Bryan Bordeaux and Harris Lieberman, caffeine is use-ful in increasing “alertness, mental energy, and the abil-ity to concentrate, particular-ly when subjects are fatigued

or working at night.”It is excessive caffeine con-

sumption that leads to nega-tive effects.

“Too much caffeine can make you shaky, more tired, or irritable,” said McGuffy.

According to McGuffy, the best way to maintain energy during the day is to drink wa-ter and eat consistent snacks with protein, fruits, and veg-etables, along with a staple carbohydrate. McGuffy ex-plained that most students leave proteins out of their snacks and instead rely on chips or crackers that don’t offer lasting energy.

Serio stated that 400 mil-ligrams of caffeine is a good maximum for one’s daily in-take. This is the equivalent of two or three 8-ounce cups of coffee. Anything more than that can be more detrimen-tal than helpful, especially in terms of extreme intake. Se-rio has seen many students overdose on caffeine or face the negative side effects in-volved with excessive caf-feine intake.

“If you’re performing a stunt to see how much you can tolerate,” Serio said, “you can very quickly end up be-ing admitted to the hospital.”

McGuffy stated that many caffeinated beverages are high in sugar and calories and can sometimes amount to the fat and caloric value of an entire meal. Many sug-ary, complicated Starbucks drinks range upwards of 400 calories.

Serio suggested sticking to 150 calories as a baseline for one beverage. Staying under this cap can cut the unnecessary calories and fat that come with other, sugar-heavy drinks.

“I’d rather eat my calo-ries,” McGuffy said. “But if you want to drink yours, you have to work that into your diet.”

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Sports & Rec

Beau Martin returns to colorado rootsNate LowerySports & Rec Editor

Beau Martin took the path less traveled to get from Den-ver to Boise State. Now, he gets to return once again to his home state.

The Broncos travel to the Air Force Academy in Colo-rado Springs, only about an hour drive from Martin’s alma mater JK Mullen High School, for their second MW game of the season this week.

“It means a lot,” Martin said. “I got to do it last year against Colorado State and that was fun. It’s definitely special for me. I’m glad I get this oppor-tunity.”

Martin, a redshirt senior, is the anchor of Boise State’s defensive line. Currently, he is second on the team with 2.5 sacks.

Coming out of high school, Martin entertained several of-fers—including one from Air Force—but instead choose to attend Colorado State-Pueblo, a DII school.

“I just don’t think I was cut

out to be a cadet,” Martin said. “I have all the respect in the world for those guys. That is a very disciplined lifestyle. Be-ing offered by Air Force was an honor.”

It was hard to argue with his decision after one season. As a freshman, Martin had 7.5 sacks for the ThunderWolves and won RMAC Defensive Freshman of the Year honors.

Yearning to play DI football, Martin took a risk and left CSU-Pueblo and enrolled at Boise State as a walk-on.

After sitting out the 2011 season due to NCAA transfer rules, Martin earned a scholar-ship and made his first start for the Broncos in the 2012 season opener against Michigan State. After that, he would only make one other start before this season.

All of the trials and tribula-tions Martin has faced in his career would not stop him. Now an unquestioned starter, Martin is a big reason why Boise State is second in the na-tion in rushing defense, allow-ing only 53.5 yards per game.

The Broncos will need ev-ery bit of effort Martin can provide—Air Force ranks sixth in the nation in rushing offense. The Fighting Falcons average 335 yards per game.

As his career at Boise State

nears its end, Martin hopes he can use his degree in com-munication to continue a ca-reer in football—in any form really.

“I don’t ever see myself leav-ing this game,” Martin said.

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your fabulous selfMay the hunt be with you

Brandon WaltonAsst. Sports & Rec Editor

The start of fall marks the kickoff of hunting season.

“It’s a hobby everyone should take up,” senior nurs-ing major Johnny Wade said.

Hunting is one of the most popular recreational activi-ties in the state of Idaho.

Senior nursing major Colton Dyer has been around hunting his entire life.

“I grew up in that life-style and growing up, you just couldn’t wait to get out there,” Dyer said.

There are several things one must do to become a hunter.

“Safety matters and we have these regulations for a reason,” Dyer said. “Always be aware of gun safety and you can never be too care-ful.”

You must first take a for-mal training class known as

hunter safety.In the state of Idaho you

can enroll in the official Hunter Safety Education course when you’re 10 years old. The course can be either taken online or in a class-room.

“There is a lot of safety taught in the course about what to do and what not to do,” Dyer said.

Next, you are required to meet up with a certified hunter education safety in-structor and take a field test.

“They want to make sure you know gun safety and all the mechanics that come with it,” Wade said.

Once you are officially cer-tified, you can then go out and get a permit, or tag.

“Think of it like this: the government is giving you permission to go out and get that animal,” Dyer said.

Permits differ depending on what types of weapon you are going to use and what an-

imal you want to hunt.There are general tags,

which are for typical big game like deer and elk.

Then there are the special-ized tags that not everyone can get. These tags are ac-quired through a random drawing and are typically for more exotic and restricted game, such as moose.

“Those are like raffles,” Wade said. “They are like once-in-a-lifetime type of deals.”

These specialized tags for controlled hunts are much more desirable for several reasons.

Controlled hunts allow a limited amount of hunters in a specialized area, for spe-cialized game.

“With the hunting popula-tion rising, the government has to be able to regulate it,” Dyer said. “It could be bet-ter and there is always room for improvement, but it is a good system.”

Hunting season opens and students head for the hills

Theresa Vail is an avid hunter.

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