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WEEKLY EVENTS Men’s Basketball vs. New Mexico Tuesday, January 17

Taco Bell Arena, 9:00 PM, FREE w/ Student I.D., varies otherwise The Broncos are off to an impressive start in Mountain West Conference play. If you’ve been meaning to make it to a game, this week would probably be a good time to do so. The start time is later than usual, but is due to the game being featured on ESPNU.

Never Grow Up Book Club Wednesday, January 18

Leaf Teahouse, 212 N 9th St., 5:30 - 6:15 PM, FREE Hosted by Boise Public Library, this is a book club for adults who still love young adult novels. If you would like to read “Eleanor & Park” by Rainbow Rowell and “Artemis Fowl” by Eoin Colfer and then discuss these titles with other adults, don’t miss the Never Grow Up Book Club meeting.

Casita Nepantla Open House Thursday, January 19

Student Union Building, Student Diversity Center, 5:00 - 7:00 PM, FREE This open house event will showcase Casita Nepantla, Boise State’s center for displaying Latino art, such as that of Alma Gómez, and for encouraging scholarly work on Latino and Latin American issues. Students can also use the space for studying.

Tooth & Bristle Finale Friday, January 20

Rediscovered Books, 180 N. 8th St., 7:00 - 9:00 PM, FREE Rediscovered Books and the Boise State MFA program will be sponsoring the final installment of Tooth & Bristle for this season, this time featuring local writers Kathryn Jensen, Jackie Olson, Sam Campbell and Mary Lowry. There will be both poetry and fiction, and if you are a part of the Boise writing community, you will not want to miss this.

Dorothy with The Georgia Flood Friday, January 20

The Olympic Venue, 1009 Main St., 8:00 - 11:00 PM, $12.50 in advance/$15 at the door, 21+, If January has been too calm and quiet for you, consider attending this show; it is sure to be full of bluesy energy from the likes of Dorothy, an LA-based blues rock quartet, and The Georgia Flood, an American rock band from Atlanta with a Facebook page that touts influence from the Black Keys and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Loud, passionate tuneage is sure to be found here.

MLK Living Legacy

Keynote Speaker: Tavis Smiley Monday, January 23

Student Union Building Jordan Ballroom, 7:00 - 9:30 PM, FREE Broadcaster, author, publisher, advocate and philanthropist Tavis Smiley will be speaking as part of the MLK Living Legacy Committee's annual speaker event. Smiley touts many accomplishments including authoring 21 books and having a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and has been described as a voice of change.

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NEWS

The new student ID cards (seen above) feature the “B” statue­—located in front of the Administration Building—representing campus growth over the years. Image courtesy of the Information Desk.

Samantha Harting News Editor News@stumedia.boisestate.edu Boise State has upgraded the student ID cards’ design to feature the “B” statue, located in front of the Administration Building on University Drive.

Justin Cappello, assistant manager at the Information Desk/Bronco Card Office, led the creation of the new cards in order to update the former design—in circulation for about three years—which featured a statue no longer present on campus. The updated IDs began being distributed to students on Friday, Dec. 9, 2016. Selecting a new design, and getting it approved, took almost three months.

“We rolled them out on the ninth, because we wanted to start them for the Spring 2017,” Cappello said. “I basically gave probably 20 different pro-

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totypes—different images, layouts, color schemes, uses of our ‘B logo’ and images of campus.”

Cappello then presented his ideas to the Bronco Card Office staff, to get input about which styles they liked. The top three choices were shown to Information Desk/Bronco Card Office Manager Meaghan Compton and Student Union Director Brent Delong. From there, the favorite option was taken to the Branding Office for approval, according to Cappello.

After it was approved by the Branding Office, the image for the ID was sent to the Executive Director of Campus Services, Nicole Nimmons, who then presented it to Vice President Kevin Satterlee for approval. This was the last step before the image could be loaded into the system.

“I interfaced (the ID image) with the software system that prints and man-

ages the ID cards, worked out some bugs and we were rolling that morning,” Cappello said.

The chosen image, taken

by Photo Services, showcases the new logo which represents the University.

“That “B” logo that Boise State now has as a branding tool, was very recently implemented as the official logo of the University,” Cappello said. “It sits out in front of the Administration Building, which was one of the first buildings on campus back when Boise State was a Junior College.”

Cappello said the image reflects the progression of Boise State, and the anticipated growth of the University in years to come.

“One of the features of why I like that photo— why I think it’s unique to that ID card—is because it kind of shows the history in terms of the relationship of where Boise State started, and where we are now,” Cappello said.

Idaho hosts sister Women’s March on Washington Patty Bowen Editor-in-Chief Editor@stumedia.boisestate.edu More than a decade ago, over a million protesters gathered at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. in what is still considered the largest protest in U.S. history, the March for Women’s Lives. Standing in the crowd was Adjunct Professor for the College of Arts and Sciences and State Representative for the Idaho Legislature District 19 Melissa Wintrow.

“That march was powerful, but next week I estimate that we will see at least a million or more people in DC and millions coming together in marches across all our states to demonstrate and lift our voices to the incoming administration about the needs of our country and the wishes of our citizens,” Wintrow said.

During the Women’s March on Washington on Saturday, Jan. 21, protesters will gather in front of the Capitol Building to stand

together in solidarity for the protection of their rights, safety and health as well as show support for diversity in the wake of the inaugoration. Other sister protests will take place across the nation, including the Women’s March on Idaho happening Saturday, Jan. 21 at 10 a.m. in front of the Idaho Capitol Building.

“Women earn much less than men do, on the basis of reproductive rights, we are the 48th out of all 50 states,” said Nora Harren, cofounder of the Women’s March on Idaho. “Everything the Women’s March on Washington stands for is especially relevant in our state.”

While organizing the march, Colette Raptosh, the other cofounder of the Wom-

en’s March on Idaho, and Harren hoped it would get Idahoans take steps that could lead to a state providing equal rights for both genders. Harren and Raptosh said some of these steps included supporting Planned Parenthood and recreating the Idaho Women’s Commission, an agency that worked to improve the lives of women in Idaho through outreach and education.

“This is an opportunity to stand up for women, for people of color, for all those people who are marginalized and denied basic human rights,” Wintrow said. “ We are sending a message t h a t building walls is not an answer.”

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Past to present: Boise State creates new ID card design to feature “B” statue

Creating a beloved community

Living Legacy Celebration includes a march for equality Samantha Harting News Editor News@stumedia.boisestate.edu

A video of The Drum Major Instinct Sermon played in the Jordan Ballroom as students and community members filed in to make signs for the Day of Greatness March and Rally in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr on Monday, Jan. 16.

The group practiced chants before leaving to march across campus—with a police escort—down South Capitol Boulevard and onto the Idaho State Capitol to listen to various speakers give their thoughts on peace and equality. Though only 8 degrees, over 100 people came to participate.

The march was coordinated by the Martin Luther King Living Legacy Committee—a student led department advised by the Director of Student Diversity and Inclusion Francisco Salinas. The group organizes events and activities that promote love, diversity and inclusion, according to MLK Living Legacy Committee Chair Milaun Danclar.

Danclar helped organize speakers for the event, and said it was important for them to reflect the message of the MLK Living Legacy Committee, as well as Dr. King.

“We just want it to resonate with our attendees, resonate with our mission, with Dr. King’s values—we don’t censor anything,” Danclar said.

“You can literally say what is in your heart, as long as it’s not hate speech. Anyone can ask to speak.”

In her fourth year of being

Students and community members walked to the Idaho State Capitol during the Day of Greatness March and Rally on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Photo by Taylor Lippman / The Arbiter.

with the Committee, Danclar said she can see growth between the group and the community. Dr. King’s message of a beloved community is something Danclar feels strongly about, and she feels this march is a great way to bring people together.

“Idaho is too great for hate.

A lot of people have this misconception that Idaho is this red state; it’s very conservative, there’s a lot of prejudice and racism here,” Danclar said.

“To see so many people gather today, is really starting to dismantle that.”

The press coverage of the march will attract attention to the cause and generate conversation, according to Milaun.

Queen Alexander, Beloved Community Builder for the MLK Living Legacy Committee, is also encouraged by the outreach of the event.

“I love the impact we can make on the City of Boise. I also like seeing all of the little

kids so interested in what’s going on, because they are the future,” Alexander said. “I like educating and informing them on the realities of our society.”

Among those in attendance was junior material science and engineering major Justina Freilich, who said she was motivated to go to the march by her friends who have been the victims of societal injustice.

“It’s not about how we get there—it’s just about getting there. It’s really interesting to

see how far we’ve come, and how there’s still a long way to go,” Freilich said. “(Dr. King’s message) will continue to ring true forever. It’s really important we keep fighting for that.”

Senior nursing major Ian Capron also said it is important to stand up for those who are oppressed.

“We are a human family— while other are oppressed, nobody is really free,” Capron said. “One of the philosophies that I see in life is that we be-

long to one another. One person’s struggle affects me too, in one way or another.”

For more events, such as the Day of Greatness March and Rally, please visit the MLK Living Legacy website.

“That is the main goal of this, to just show people that we are a beloved community,” Danclar said. “We all can come together for a mission of love.”

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NEWS Bike lanes to be implimented on University Drive

Jacob Palmer Investigative/Enterprise Journalist JacobPalmer@u.boisestate.edu Cyclists on the Boise State Campus may soon have a more direct route to their classes with the planned addition of bike lanes to University Drive. The addition of bike lanes to University Drive would serve as an alternate route for cyclists who currently have to dismount their bikes when entering the Quad, or take alternate paths around it. John Lindgren, sophomore communication major supported the idea of adding alternate paths for bikers on campus.

“In the springtime and fall it’s hard because (bikers) don’t have a specific spot, so they have to weave through everything,” Lindgren said.

“We need some kind of bike lane so they don’t have to go the long way around the Quad and weave through people.”

One of the people involved in the planning of new bike lanes is Drew Alexander, facilities planner in Campus Planning. Alenxander is currently working with the Ada County Highway District (ACHD) to install bike lanes along University Drive. The project is still in planning stages, but Alexander plans to implement the changes sometime in the coming years. The project will make some minor changes to University Drive, such as the removal of one street side parking location to provide enough room for bikes. This development should help

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give cyclists more direct routes to their destinations without having to weave in between cars or pedestrians.

“Boise State is working with the Ada County Highway District to add bike lanes on University Drive between Lincoln Avenue and Broadway,” Alexander said. “Although (the plan is) still (in the conceptual stages), the lanes will adhere to best practices and include adequate buffers between any automobiles.”

Boise State was recently designated a Gold rank school for its bike friendly accommodations on campus by the League of American Bicyclists.. The plan to add bike lanes to University Drive is being pursued in the wake of the award. Along with other projects, staff at Campus Planning are hoping to propel Boise State to Platinum, the next rating for bike friendliness.

The plan for additional bike lanes is part of the Campus Master Plan—released in 2015—regarding transit on campus. Alexander outlined the basic concept of this plan to improve safety along University Drive.

“For this particular stretch of University Drive, the Campus Master Plan shows additional pedestrian and bicycle safety improvements, but anticipates vehicle travel as well—albeit at much lower amounts,” Alexander said.

“The Campus Master Plan has new routes for automobiles that encourage the use of streets on the periphery of campus, rather than University Drive itself.”

While the effort to install

bike lanes has seen some support, the plan to divert traffic away from University Drive could be more contentious.

Commuters would be compelled to take detours and bus routes might need to be rerouted if University Drive is narrowed or ultimately closed. Freshman nursing major Alyssa Janerio, who currently commutes into campus from Nampa, expressed concern about the plan to remove vehicle activity from University Drive.

“I drive on that street, and a lot of people do, that’s how we get home. A normal bike lane is cool, but I don’t know about a whole (road),” Janerio said. “It just seems a little weird, because you’d have to drive in a complete circle to get to the other side of campus.”

While this plan could be controversial, a lot of planning is still left to be done. As for the near future, Alexander did state the current plan to add standard bike lanes to University Drive is balancing the needs of drivers and cyclists.

“The current concept retains both vehicle travel lanes and the center turn lane.

Traffic along this section of University Drive will see very little, if any, impact,” Alexander said.

Construction isn’t planned as the project is still early in planning, but the goal of making Boise State safer for all drivers, cyclists and pedestrians, as well a keeping their travels around the campus as convenient as possible, will be a top priority it the coming years.

Boise State plans to add bike lanes to University Drive to give cyclists alternative routes across campus.

Photo by Jared Lewis / The Arbiter.

Goodbyes from leaving staff members

BSCTA will showcase creative technology at JUMP’s Innovation Day Taylor Munson News Reporter TaylorMunson@u.boisestate.edu

JARED LEWIS / THE ARBITER

The Boise State Creative Technologies Association (BSCTA) will participate in Innovation Day along with other Boise State clubs and local student invention programs. The event will take place in Downtown Boise at Jack’s Urban Meeting Place (JUMP).

BSCTA is a student organization which started at Boise State two years ago. The club uses maker technology as a way to explore interests, create entertainment and

build important career skills.

Members will present different types of entertainment technologies at Innovation Day, such as a model BB-8 robot from Star Wars: The Force Awakens and a giant rolling marimba made out of PVC pipe. This free community event will take place on Saturday Jan. 28 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

“It’s a lot of fun to see the community come out and enjoy what we’ve built. It’s a validation that we’re not just wasting our time slaving away in this dark room making 3-D printing stuff,” said junior multimedia experience design major Scott Schmader.

Schmader is the current President of BSCTA and one of the founding members of the group. “(The goal of BSCTA) is to use the funding that we get as a group through the University to purchase technologies that wo u l d n’ t

normally be available, and make them available for student use,” Schmader said.

Fellow founder, Ian Gilman, is a junior computer science major and BSCTA Communications Officer who enjoys interacting with the community.

“We go to these events and see people get so excited about technology that maybe we even take for granted, because we’re familiar with it,” Gilman said. “This may become an annual thing for us.”

BSCTA will showcase both group and personal projects.

In addition to the model BB-8 robot and PVC pipe marimba, there will also be a form of projection mapping, a spy monitor and kinetic sand.

Their club mascot—a large cube on wheels with a button that will make 65 different sounds from pop culture and video games—will be present as well. The mascot is called “HAL” (Haptic Applications Laboratory).

“He’s our mascot—not only because he’s fun—but because h e ’s some-

thing that represents our taking this technology, and using it to create something that brings this joy to anyone who tries it out, and has this experience,” Schmader said.

Schmader and Gilman have enjoyed using JUMP’s event as a means to share their passion for creative technology and innovation with the community.

According to JUMP’s Community Engagement Coordinator Kathy O’Neill, Innovation Day was started by Invent Idaho—a local nonprofit organization that provides opportunities for students to explore creativity and inventions.

“We want (JUMP) to be a place that sparks new interests, and for people to try something new. Then, maybe go back to Boise State and find a class to really dig deeper into, exploring something further,” O’Neill said.

JUMP released over 80 new programs this January, according to O’Neill. Students can participate, explore and share their passions through these programs just as the BSCTA will on Innovation Day. For more information about this event or other programs, visit JUMP’s website.

Students who are interested in becoming involved with the BSCTA can contact Scott Schmader at scottschmader@u. boisestate.edu. BSCTA is open to anyone and meets in the Makerlab on Tuesdays from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

$240,000 grant awarded to Boise State Public Radio “

“It is the largest grant Boise State Public Radio has ever received; it’s unprecedented,” --BSPR Director of Development Kelly Palmer Taylor Munson News Reporter TaylorMunson@u.boisestate.edu Boise State Public Radio (BSPR) recently announced that they received a $240,000 grant from the MJ Murdock Charitable Trust.

The grant will be used to upgrade BSPR’s technology over the next three years. This project will be completed in three phases, and will cost approximately $0.5 million in total.

“It is the largest grant Boise State Public Radio has ever received; it’s unprecedented,” said Kelly Palmer, director of development at BSPR. “There aren’t many funders out there who are concerned about the backbone.”

The project will replace a lot of the behind-the-scenes technology, including three transmitters in the Treasure Valley and Twin Falls, as well as general system upgrades to the infrastructure.

“A lot of times, granting organizations want to fund a new program—or something along those lines—so it’s great someone wanted to fund technical infrastructure,” said Tom Michael, general manager at BSPR. BSPR currently transmits to about two-thirds of the state, with 19 translators and trans-

mitters in places such as McCall, Challis, Salmon, Twin Falls, Boise and Sun Valley.

“For some people, we are a lifeline to the world—especially for people in rural areas,” Palmer said.

BSPR raises approximately 85 percent of its income independently, through memberships, major donors, business underwriting, foundations and grants.

“We’re non-profit, independent, public media and I think that’s really important for our listeners,” Michael said.

According to both Palmer and Michael, the end goal of upgrading the technology is to minimize outages, create more backup redundancy, establish a greater fidelity to the signal and make the overall operation much more reliable.

“We can have all the best journalists, best producers, best staff, but if you don’t have the means to reliably transmit that, then what is there?”

Palmer said.

The MJ Murdock Charitable Trust’s purpose is to fund “nonprofit projects and programs that enrich life in communities across Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington.”

“It shows there’s a concern and an interest to invest in independent, in-depth, unbiased journalism,” Palmer said.

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OPINION Petition for sanctuary campus demands change Sierra Williams Opinion Editor SierraWilliams659@u. boisestate.edu The Boise State student organization Students Honoring Active Demarginalization Efforts (SHADES) wrote a letter to President Bob Kustra requesting that Boise State deem itself a sanctuary campus. Essentially, a sanctuary campus is a campus that would enforce policies to ensure the protection of undocumented or DACA students, similar to the concept of a sanctuary city.

Now that President Barack Obama has officially issued his Farewell Address, the inevitable inauguration of presidentelect Donald Trump is upon us and the mixed feelings have yet to dissipate. Immigration became one of the larger topics for discussion with Trump promising to build a wall, get rid of sanctuary cities and reform current immigration laws like President Obama’s amnesty programs.

One of the many promises Trump made when he released his plans for the first 100 days of his presidency last year was to overturn President Obama’s executive actions on immigrations which includes the Deferred Action for Childhood Program (DACA). This program, which was signed into effect in 2012, does not grant lawful status. It provides relief and prevents the deportation of individuals who were brought to the US as minors for a period of time. A certain criteria must be met to be eligible for this program which includes that the individual has not been convicted of a crime, is enrolled in school or have

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completed school, and are/ were younger than 16 when brought to the states.

The idea of universities becoming sanctuary campuses became a common theme for conversations on college campuses throughout the election cycle. As of last year, Connecticut University, Wesleyan University, Columbia University, and even University of Pennsylvania—Trump’s alma mater— have all become sanctuary campuses.

In their petition, SHADES references Boise State’s “commitment to diversity and inclusion.” Acknowledging the demands of the petition would fulfill Boise State’s desire to stay true to this commitment. They ask that Boise State abide by these shared values by doing the following to show support for their undocumented/ DACA students: Prohibit school funds from contributing to federal immigration laws.

Prohibit Boise State police from asking about a student’s citizenship status.

Refuse to release a student’s immigration status.

Assure that all students have an experience free of hostilities, aggressions or bullying by encouraging campus dialogues.

Add a page to the school website that lists a description or resources for undocumented/DACA students.

Communicate that undocumented/DACA students are full members of the Boise State community.

Designate a Vice President for diversity and inclusion.

Some of the requests in this petition seem to be more plausible than others, especially when it comes to the way

in which they are enforced.

SHADES puts most, if not all, the responsibility on the university. Additionally, they seem to be asking for the university to take preventative measures rather than addressing how Boise State can help if these things were to happen. While it is the responsibility of the university to ensure that all of their students are safe regardless of their background while on campus on a macro-level, certain requests seem like they will be more difficult for Boise State to maintain complete control over. The demands of the petition are pushing Boise State in the right direction, but it leaves Boise State with the responsibilty to figure out how they plan to meet them.

For example, promoting campus dialogues in order to create an environment free of hostilities would require the involvement of not only the administration, but faculty and students as well. Students must be willing to engage in campus dialogues; forcing them could lead to a counterproductive result, such as silence or avoidance.

Fortunately, Boise State has a variety of clubs and organizations where these conversations are encouraged such as ACLU at Boise State, Tunnel of Oppression, and SHADES. Unfortunately, even though they are open and welcome to all students, they usually only attract those who are already familiar or have a particular interest in this field. The university should focus on providing more resources to its organizations that help with reaching out to more audiences.

For the best result, these campus dialogues regard-

ing creating a sanctuary campus would have to be integrated well within the classroom too. Doing so would help reach other audiences who may not be involved with organizations that are already having these conversations or with the concept of a sanctuary campus in the first place. This puts the responsibility on the respective professor to create a classroom environment that encourages this kind of dialogue, which is definitely necessary would fulfill the school’s commitment to diversity and inclusion. Professors can utilize their platform to encourage their students to become involved with organizations who commit to this too.

This petition is only the start of what needs to be an ongoing conversation at Boise State. It could serve as a tool to raise awareness and fostering discussion.

Making Boise State a sanctuary campus calls for the campus and community to remain informed and cognizant of the current political climate and how it will affect us on an individual level and community level. If Boise State can not meet all of the demands in the petition, they need to act on the ones that they can.

This petition provides Boise State with the opportunity to abide by their commitment to diversity and inclusion and it should not be taken for granted.

Letter to the editor: Ridgeway’s Tunnel vision How self-righteousness makes people narrow minded Anthony Machado Computer Science Senior SierraWilliams659@u. boisestate.edu Opinion Editor Andrew Ridgeway has narrowed his sights on defaming the Tunnel of Oppression, a student performance at Boise State that showcases sexism, racism and other forms of discrimination on college campuses. Already on his third opinion piece, he seems frustrated that Tunnel organizers haven’t simply dismantled the entire performance after reading the two whole articles he wrote shaming them.

Ridgeway repetitively argues

that raising awareness through events like the Tunnel is useless.

He explains when he was president of a Boise State anti-sweatshop organization, his attempts to “raise” Boise State’s awareness about sweatshops failed to change the school’s supply chain. He believes this one anecdote is clear proof that awareness campaigns do absolutely nothing, when really, it only helps readers understand how he got his defeatist attitude.

If Ridgeway believes raising public awareness is so worthless, I have to wonder why he bothers to write opinion pieces that seek to do that very thing.

What are his opinion pieces

What are his opinion pieces anyways besides attempts to publicly point out social problems? anyways besides attempts to publicly point out social problems? If Ridgeway truly believes in the futility of pointing out social problems, he should stop trying to point out social problems. With every article he publishes, he becomes more of a hypocrite.

The problem is, Ridgeway fundamentally doesn’t understand how empathy and awareness raising go hand in hand.

It’s empathy that leads people to create change. Empathy that can be stimulated through

awareness raising events like the Tunnel of Oppression.

Where students of all races and genders can vicariously experience a form of discrimination that, yes, they may have been aware of, but never really felt or experienced before. Events like the Tunnel inspire people to take action against the appalling things they see there. Don’t get so caught up on the word “awareness,” almost everyone is “aware” of societal problems, but few have “empathized” strongly enough with them to

take action. This is what the Tunnel encourages. This is what your anti-sweatshop club failed to do.

I realize I have not been very empathetic towards Ridgeway in this article. I wrote a previous draft that wasn’t as harsh, but after re-reading his vicious personal attacks on Tunnel organizers—calling them “condescending” and their performances “trauma porn”— and an organizer’s far too kind response piece, I thought it might be better for him to experience how they feel.

Ridgeway has become lost in the maze of his own self-righteousness. The deeper he goes,

the narrower his mind gets and the more justified he feels callously attacking fellow students who are trying to make the world a better place.

I would challenge Ridgeway to think of the last time he decided to take action against a social problem. Was it because someone preached about the methods behind their “strategy of liberation” and lectured him with a bunch of buzzwords? Or was it because something—a documentary, an article, a person—made him feel the social injustice? Think about it.

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FEATURE

Patty Bowen Editor-in-Chief Editor@stumedia.boisestate.edu

PICTURED: REX BARTLETT

Silhouetted in the dim light of the TV playing “Family Guy,” the two freshman fell into each other on his dorm room couch.

“We started making out,” said Jenna Smith, a Boise State student whose name has been changed to protect her identity.

Despite only knowing each other for a couple months, the pair had become friends, often seeing each other at parties or passing each other in the hallways of Taylor Hall.

“Then his hands went places, and I said ‘I don’t like that a whole lot,’” she continued. “And then he took my pants off and proceeded to rape me.”

The number of reported rapes on the Boise State campus more than doubled from 2015 to 2016. The increase likely means students feel more comfortable with authorities, making them more open to talk about and report incidents of sexual assault.

“We know that there are so many more rapes (that occur on campus) than are reported,” said Adriane Bang, director of the Gender Equity Center. “Not everyone knows they can report (at the Gender Equity Center), even despite all of our efforts to do education. So those numbers are actually tremendously low.”

According to the Campus Crime Logs, there were 15 reported rapes in 2016 and six reported rapes in 2015. Bang said these numbers are significantly lower than they likely would be if all sexual assaults that occurred on campus were reported. She cited a statis-

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tic produced by the the National Sexual Violence Resource Center that estimates one in five women and one in 16 men are sexually assaulted while in college.

Annie Kerrick, former director of Title IX/ADA/504 Compliance, said she had no reason to believe the increase in reported rapes hints at an increase in sexual assaults on the Boise State campus.

“An increase in numbers is actually a good thing in some ways because it indicates people are reporting crimes that are happening against them,” Kerrick said.

When students report a sexual assault, the Office of Institutional Compliance & Ethics uses the information to investigate for crime trends and help victimized students deal with barriers put in place after a sexual assault occurred.

“We try to do our best to keep this community safe, but when we don’t know about things, we can’t respond to them,” Kerrick said.

“We have to know what is happening on our campus to maintain community safety.”

The 15 rapes and one attempted rape recorded on the 2016 Campus Crime Logs didn’t include Smith’s sexual assault.

Smith said she would report what happened if there “weren’t any consequences” and if it wasn’t “a dragged out process that it would be more work than is needed.” Even though Smith and her assailant haven’t spoken since the incident—despite the daily glances in the halls and around campus that Smith must smile through—Smith worries that reporting the incident would get him into trouble.

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sault without causing repercussions for the assailant.

“There are different concepts of justice for different people,” Kerrick said. “Some people think ‘If this person who did this to me gets held accountable, that’s justice’. Other people just want their life to go back to the way it was before this happened.”

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“There is this mismatch with what people are actually experiencing and what our cultural stories around sexual assault are. In my experience, (sexual assault) is about wanting to have control over another person or seeing (the victims) decisions as less valuable than their own.”

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dents with services helping them mend any academic problems that might have arisen because of the sexual assault. It also provides them with counselling services and aid breaking their lease if their living situation was affected by the sexual assault.

According to Kerrick, it is not uncommon for students who are sexually assaulted to live in the same dorm or on the same floor as their assailant.

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take part in nonconsensual sex as rape, Bang said.

“There is this mismatch with what people are actually experiencing and what our cultural stories around sexual assault are,” Bang said. “(These rapes are often) crimes of opportunity or people are planning them out: going to parties and looking for people who are vulnerable. In my experience, (sexual assault) is about wanting to have control over another person or seeing (the victims) decisions as less valuable than their own.”

Smith said several of her friends had also been sexually assaulted. She said it wasn’t uncommon to see her female friends or acquaintances being baited into over-drinking at parties.

She advised that all students have the Find My Friend App on their phone. The app gives students a way to check up on their friends if their friend went home with a stranger or didn’t return to their dorm after a party.

“I know some guys who have taken advantage of some drunk girls,” Smith said. “I’ve gone to parties where guys specifically hand beers to girls, or just say ‘Oh yeah, just take another pull’ and she’ll be gone. Then they’ll say ‘Oh, yeah, just come back to my place and rest it off.’”

Smith said there was a lot of drinking happening in her dorm, even under the watchful eyes of their Resident Assistant (RA) who, even when aware of the illegal activity, doesn’t report the activity. According to Smith, this lack of repercussions is pretty common for Taylor.

Rex Bartlett, freshman political science and communication double major, lives in one of the Living Learning Communities

(LLC) in Taylor Hall, and hasn’t experienced the same problems with RAs or sexual assaults in his dorm.

“There’s a really strong sense of community in our (LLC) and we wouldn’t want to do that to any of the girls on our floor, and the girls on our floor wouldn’t want to do that to the guys because we’re a community,” Bartlett said.

According to Dean Kennedy, director of University Housing, there is likely a correlation between the reporting of sexual assaults and the ratio of staff members to residents.

“Increasing the student to staff relationship increases the opportunities for students to interact with staff and create relationships,” Kennedy said. “If something happens, regardless of what happens, they feel comfortable approaching that staff member who can then direct them to the correct resources.”

According to Kennedy, Boise State has some of the lowest RA to student ratios, with an average of one RA to every 32 student.

At Boise State, the dorms with the lowest ratios of RAs to students are Taylor Hall, Driscoll Hall, Keiser Hall, Morrison Hall and Towers Hall.

Of the 15 recorded rapes in 2016, four of them took place in Taylor Hall, making it the dorm with the highest number of sexual assaults in 2016.

“That’s four individuals in Taylor Hall that feel comfortable reporting what happened,” Kennedy said. “For me, making sure students feel comfortable reporting what happened and getting resources, that’s what is important.”

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CULTURE Boise State opens 2017 annual Student Juried Exhibition

Exhibit opens Jan. 17 at the Visual Arts Center in the Hemmingway Building Michael Paquin Culture Reporter MichaelPaquin@u.boisestate.edu Boise State will host its annual Student Juried Art Exhibition starting Jan. 17 and running through Feb. 15. Of the 80 students that submitted more than 200 pieces this year, 37 pieces by 30 students were selected by Guest Juror Blake Shell to appear in the exhibit.

Every year Boise State selects a new juror to review the pieces that will appear in the exhibition. This adds outside perspective and exposure to Boise State’s artists, according to Gallery Director Kirsten Furlong. Furlong said that

works played off of the history of the medium or used it in unusual ways showed an understanding of contemporary issues, which is always exciting to see in student work,” said Shell in her juror’s statement.

Shell serves as the Eichholz Director and Curator of the Art Gym and Belluschi Pavilion at Marylhurst University.

Shell had more pices to review than past Guest Jurors.

Furlong, who noted that the amount of submissions has been steadily increasing every year, added that submissions are open to all students enrolled in an art class at Boise State and that students don’t need to be an art major to make a submission.

“throughout I enjoyed seeing submissions that had style the group of works, which told me that the artist has a personal vision.”

-Guest Juror Blake Shell

she was pleased to have Blake Shell as this year’s juror.

“She has a really great reputation as a curator. Sometimes we have artists, but it’s always great to have curators to introduce them to what our students are doing. She’s known throughout the Northwest, so it was great to have her as the juror,” Furlong said.

“As I looked through the artworks, I was looking for varied things–personal vision, skill, understanding of making work in our contemporary times, and ambition. I enjoyed seeing submissions that had a style throughout the group of works, which told me that the artist has a personal vision.

Design and craftsmanship was strong overall. Artists whose

Charles Haman constructed his piece “Weapon of Mass Distraction” out of steel and wood. Photo by MIke Paquin / The Arbiter.

The reception is scheduled for Jan 26. from 5 to 8 p.m., with the award announcements at 6 p.m. at the Visual Arts Center in the Hemmingway Center. During the reception, student Candace Rood will present her performance-art piece, “The Wall.”

The awards—provided by the Art Department, Dean Tony Roark of the College of Arts and Sciences, the Visual Arts Center and Evermore Prints—include gift cards to the Boise State Bookstore and a $250 grand prize. The exhibition will be open on Jan. 17 and will be open Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Steel, amethyst, glitter and paint make up “When All That’s Left, We Crystallize,” by Aarin Bigler. Photo by MIke Paquin / The Arbiter.

Mary Levinson used NuPastel and charcoal to make her piece, “Your Insides.” Photo by Mike Paquin / The Arbiter.

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CULTURE Going down in “Mythstory”

Boise Artist Bryan Anthony Moore satirizes historical idols in engaging exhibit Brandon Rasmussen Culture Editor Culture@stumedia.boisestate.edu The wise, old heads atop monstrous bodies return the stares of passing viewers, who wander through the latest SUB Exhibition as if it were a toy store. In some ways, it is very much like a toy store, with mocking caricatures of dead achievers and even actual toys arranged throughout the room.

The exhibit, entitled “National Mythstory,” was created

by Boise Artist Bryan Anthony Moore and will be open for viewing until Feb. 19. While a distinct feeling of playfulness is certainly present, the artist seeks to use the provocative imagery to mold his own fantastical version of history, exposing the subjective nature of historical narratives in the U.S. Several of the sculptures and paintings feature the heads of historical figures on the bodies of dinosaurs, doing anything from sharing a laugh to ripping into each other in a titanic battle.

Moore explained these unusual images, while entertaining, comment on our tendency to mythologize the past.

“We have this American religion, with demigods or saints, like Washington or Lincoln,” Moore said. “They’re larger than life in our American mythos. Figuratively, they’re giants, so I’m literally making them giants.”

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was part of the reason Moore’s art was selected as a SUB exhibition.

“It really caught my attention how he describes himself as an illuminator,” said Portales. “He sees his own work as illuminations of narratives that are often misguiding students in some textbooks or other educational materials. I like the idea that art can bring truthfulness or light.”

Portales went on to note that though it deals with truthfulness, Moore’s work can’t necessarily be viewed as truthful in itself, as it makes its commentary from within the realm of parody and satire.

“What it does instead is use the juxtaposition to point out lack of truth,” Portales said.

Moore’s gleeful romp through “mythstory” engages its audience on multiple grounds, seeking to thrill, entertain and provoke thought. As Moore talked through his artistic process, he mentioned the presence of both horror and humor elements.

“The thing about horror is that it kind of turns people off and drives them away,” Moore said. “But if you have humor, it helps people to get over their initial fear and take a closer look at the work.”

“Founding Fossils: Pterodactyl-Adams Vs. Archelon-Jefferson” depicts exactly what the name suggests. Moore brings an an ancient rivalry to an even more ancient battlefield. Photo by Brandon Rasmussen / The Arbiter.

The xx, “I See You” changes it up

Other Staff recommendations: “Heartbreak Hits,” by Theo Katzman Brandon Rasmussen Culture Editor Culture@stumedia.boisestate.edu

Members of The xx are featured on Beats 1 in preparation for the release of new album. Photo courtesy of The xx’s Facebook page.

Darby Ebeling Copy Editor DarbyEbeling@u.boisestate.edu A medieval scene featuring herald trumpeters and the welldressed nobility? A dimly lit underground party filled with individuals dancing passionately? Some kind of fashion runway that combines the two?

It is difficult to mentally place the sonically created scene of “Dangerous,” the first track on The xx’s record “I See You,” released Friday, Jan. 13 on the Young Turks label. It is clear the album portrays a somewhat different energy than listeners have come to expect from The xx.

The appropriately titled “I See You” explores the interaction between the self and the other in a set of tracks that fluctuate energy like a dimmer switch. While The xx has previously released hazy and poignant albums, with tempos that rest like the dimmest setting on a lamp, with “I See You,” they rotate the metaphorical dimmer switch constantly, creating of emotional truth as it mirrors the ups and downs of a mind processing the complications of life.

The dynamic nature of this album’s energy demonstrates multiple layers of vulnerability.

The quicker songs are atypical for The xx and are, therefore, musically vulnerable. The slower songs are immensely emotionally vulnerable in their treatment of life experiences.

Romy Madley Croft, Oliver Slim and Jamie xx allow themselves to be seen, discussing romantic disapointments, anxieties about self-presentation and difficulties in their interpersonal relationships as a band.

Simultaneously, “I See You” suggests to the world that its secrets and vulnerabilities are on display too.

“Lips,” the album’s third track, features Madley Croft’s familiar droney tones, however Jamie xx and Rodaidh McDonald add grounding beats to balance out the vocals, and Trio Mediaeval is featured. It is easy to hear in this track that The xx has matured in their sound; instead of soley relying upon Madley Croft’s vocals, the trio is working together to create a more complicated sound.

In what appears to be a display of irony, Slim sings the lines “Now I go out/ But every beat is a violent noise” as his voice is all but drowned out by the powerful, loud and popstyle rhythms playing behind him in the album’s fourth track, “A Violent Noise.” The track laments the problem of attempting to interact or introspect

when the world is so loud, and cleverly brings the listener into the narrative by causing them the same discomfort.

The album’s fifth track, “Performance,” conjures an image of a lone singer on a tall stool in the middle of a spotlit stage, and is composed largely of a slow and quiet strumming on a guitar. “It is a performance/I do it all so/You won’t see me hurting,” Madley Croft sings. There appears to be some dualism at play here. The instrumentation of the track feels lonely and individual, but the lyrics suggest that—regardless of how individual a performer might feel—their act requires a second persona that is completely at the mercy of the audience.

The performance wouldn’t exist without the raw, true and lonely individual who composed it and the interaction between the instrumentation and vocals in this track deals with that dynamic flawlessly.

In a novel move, the album’s eighth track, “On Hold,” samples Hall & Oates’ “I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do).” The vocal sample is presented in an inventive way and embellishes a tale of failed young love.

This appears to be the album’s dance-party song, and it’s one that will stick easily in the mind. This track, and “I Dare You,” which follows, share a

desire for passionate living and instill a sense of yearning into the record.

“Test Me,” after a set of heavy lyrics about hurt in relationships—ostensibly in friendships between the trio members themselves—ends the album with a haunting instrumental that grounds the album in raw emotion. This track very explicitly deals with the complexities of being an individual who must interact with the world: a very large collection of other individuals. In its finality “Test Me” suggests that, above all, this personalto-other dynamic is what the album is about.

“I See You” is altogether much more fast-paced and frenetic than is usually expected of the trio. If the hazy, spacey tones have previously been a barrier, perhaps this record will provide a different listening experience. The xx appears to have created a work of literature here, playing with themes of personhood and relational interactions with the world and at times inventively pitting the instrumentation against the vocals to create symbolic meanings. For a hyper-dynamic listening experience, pick up a copy of “I See You.”

Heartbreak is often considered to be a somber tune and a cold, winter day. The world turns chilly and townsfolk shuffle around with their heads down in their puffy winter coats in solidarity with your suffering.

“Heartbreak Hits,” the latest album from Theo Katzman, lead vocalist of the funk group Vulfpeck, has a bone to pick with that image.

Throughout the course of 10 songs, Katzman explores his own experience in broken love with upbeat tempos and energetic compositions. Forged by funk, his tenor vocals deliver lyrics of pure discontent, served cold over a warm stream of tunes seemingly fit for a joy ride.

“My Heart Is Dead” is a prime example, painting a detailed picture of pain with an earworm of a guitar riff as a brush.

Katzman’s album is a delightful, but slightly painful reminder that heartbreak is not a cold day. It’s a sunny one, when your entire world ends but somehow, cruelly, it all goes on without you.

“Happy Belated,” by National Parks Patty Bowen Editor-in-Chief Editor@stumedia.boisestate.edu

The evening is the happy heaviness of blue skies and the unmatchable momentum of wind. Through out the vast expanse of long roads and lone train rides, moments catalyze into the hum on your lips.

That hum is Canadian indie-folk band National Parks’ new album “Happy Belated,” released on Dec. 30, 2016.

Don’t confuse National Parks with the American band The National Parks, even if Spotify did, and still does. The lyrics of the first song, “Backwards Centaur,” and the rest of the album, feel like gloveless Decembers without the cold, but all the chill.

“Throw your headphones in the garbage/Spill your mess on what you’ve started/I’ll be old and back, you’re not cool with that/You’ve got a rotten soul and holes to match.”

“Happy Belated” is a perfect combination of freedom in the form of isolation, loss in the form of simplicity, and disappointment in the form of a forgetten, belated birthday.

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SPORTS & REc Boise State Track and Field host Ed Jacoby Invitational Hyyppa and Clare O’Brien 400m – Morgan Diefendorf 800m – Sadi Henderson 1,000m – Anna McDonald and Alexis Fuller 200m – Morgan Diefendorf 3,000m – Gracie Tostenson, Anne Brinegar, Anna Hartwick, Maddie Hall and Megan Lacy

Evan Werner Sports & Rec Editor Sports@stumedia.boisestate.edu On Friday, Jan. 13 and Saturday, Jan. 14, the Boise State Broncos Track and Field team hosted the Ed Jacoby Invitational at the Jacksons Indoor Track at the Ford Center in Nampa.

The Ed Jacoby Invitational is named after Ed Jacoby, one of the most recognized track and field coaches in the world, and started in 2014. Jacoby received the Big Sky Conference Coach of the Year award, and was named NCAA District VII Coach of the year three times.

Jacoby was also a member of Track and Field USA and the United States Olympic Committee.

While coaching at Boise State over the span of three decades — 1973 to 1996 — Jacoby’s Bronco teams won nine Big Sky Conference Championships. Those wins included: 1973 men’s cross country, 1975 men’s cross country, 1983 men’s outdoor, 1989 men’s outdoor, 1994 women’s indoor and outdoor, 1994 men’s indoor, and 1995 women’s indoor and outdoor.

“In 1992, he was an assistant coach for the U.S. men’s team at the Barcelona Olympic Games.

One year after, he served as the men’s head coach at the 1993 World Track and Field Championships,” said Boise State media personal Pete Clark in a press release.

Boise State competed with the following schools at the meet: College of Idaho, Eastern Oregon, George Fox, Northwest Nazarene, Portland State, Southern Utah, Utah State and

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Boise State Track and Field run the show at the Ed Jacoby Invitational. Bronco Athletics / Courtesy

Washington State.

Two standout Broncos over the weekend included Camden Stoddard and Sadi Henderson. Stoddard cleared a career-high 16-4.75 (5.00m) in the pole vault. Henderson broke the school record time for the indoor 800m with a time of 2:05.71. Henderson now has the fourth-fastest indoor 800m in Mountain West history. She now has the fastest 800m time in NCAA Division I this season.

Earlier this week the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced the 2017 NCAA Division I Women’s Preseason National Team Rankings for the indoor

“Five Boise State athletes and one relay team recorded the necessary times and marks in previous years to attain preseason ranking consideration.”- Boise State Athletics season and Boise State women became the highest ranked team in the Mountain West Conference, coming in ranked at No. 20.

“The rankings were determined through a formula that considered preseason data and specific standards for marks and times. Athletes who possess the qualifying marks and times from previous indoor seasons who still have eligibility for this upcoming indoor season were considered in the calculation of the rankings,” said the Boise State Athletics

website.

Boise State Athletics also stated, “Five Boise State athletes and one relay team recorded the necessary times and marks in previous years to attain preseason ranking consideration.”

Those atheletes include, Allie Ostrander, Brenna Peloquin, Minttu Hukka, Jordan Ward, Courtney Hutchinson and the relay team consisting of Alexis Fuller, Sadi Henderson and Allie Ostrander.

The following Broncos competed in the Invitational:

WOMEN Weight Throw – Kendra Noneman and Paige Shepherd Distance Medley Relay (2 Teams) – Alexis Fuller, Morgan Diefendorf, Amy Pfaff and Gracie Tostenson | Clare O’Brien, Sadi Henderson, Anna McDonald and Brenna Peloquin Long Jump – Alyssa Adams Shot Put – Paige Inman, Baylee Dodd and Kendra Noneman Pole Vault – Allison Jeffries, Destiny Begin, Alyssa Adams, Ashley Caffrey and Amber Mallet 60m – Destiny Begin Mile – Brenna Peloquin, Amy Pfaff, Kyra Lopez, Emma

MEN Pole Vault – Camden Stoddard and Justin Stattner Distance Medley Relay (3 Teams) – Addison Dehaven, Noah Horsburgh, Ty Jordan and Miler Haller | Tom Richardson, Matt McDonald, Melika Ghali and Rhys Park | Yusuke Uchikoshi or Andrew Rafla, Ozo Rojas or Yusuke Uchikoshi, Jeff Lautenslager and Chandler Austin High Jump – Camden Stoddard Weight Throw – Drew Lindsley and Kevin Ketterling Shot Put – Kevin Ketterling 60m – Kofi Ansah Mile – Addison Dehaven, Jeff Lautenslager, Rhys Park, Melika Ghali, Yusuke Uchikoshi, Ozo Rojas, Miler Haller and Chandler Austin 400m – Dusty Fisher, Fernando Martinez and Cameron Wrout 800m – Noah Horsburgh and Yusuke Uchikoshi 1,000m – Ty Jordan, Matt McDonald and Addison Dehaven 200m – Bryce Kirby 3,000m – Andrew Rafla, Rhys Park, Tom Richardson, Keegan McCormick and Miler Haller 4x400m Relay – Dusty Fisher, Bryce Kirby, Fernando Martinez and Cameron Wrout

Broncos hang on to beat Fresno Rylan Kobre Sports & Rec Reporter RylanKobre@u.boisestate.edu

Boise State trailed 6-2 early in the first quarter, then went on a 13-0 run to lead 15-6 and didn’t look back. The Broncos broke a two game losing streak and beat Fresno State 67-66 at Taco Bell Arena on Saturday, Jan .14.

“We’re excited that we won the game,” Head Coach Gordy Presnell said postgame.

“They’re a good team. They were 10-6 entering the game and we knew it was going to be a tough game, so we’re excited about this. We’ve tried to step up and raise the level of anxiety a little bit in practice this week.

We felt like we played pretty good defense.”

The Broncos didn’t trail, other than the early 6-2 stint, but were tied three times in the second half and each time, they were able to pull ahead.

The final tie came with three seconds left when junior Shalen Shaw was fouled and made one of two free-throws to give Boise State a one point lead.

The Bulldogs got a decent look for sharp shooting sophomore Candice White from three, but the ball clanked off the backboard, rim and finally hit the floor without going through the Taco Bell Arena net giving Boise State their first win in three games.

The Broncos got an early spark from the freshman guard out of Pasco, Washington, Braydey Hodgins.

Hodgins came into the game in the first quarter and would make a three point play off of a running layup, and then would hit a three and two free throws

for eight points to help extend the Bronco lead to nine points in quarter one.

“It started with the starters.

Our intensity picked up, and it helped on the bench. Our bench intensity was awesome as well and that just kind of carried into the game,” Hodgins said postgame with Chris Lewis. “If that happens every game, we’ll be able to come off the bench and create a spark.”

Marta Hermida led the Boise State offensive attack with 14 points, but Shalen Shaw also contributed 13, including the deciding free-throw.

Shaw had 10 points at the end of the first half, but was in foul trouble for most of the game resulting in 28 minutes of floor time and only playing half of the fourth quarter.

On this night, all eyes were on the post play between two of the Mountain West’s premier centers: Boise State’s Marijk Vanderschaaf and Fresno State’s Bego Faz Davalos.

Faz Davalos entered the game ranked among the top ten in the nation in seven stat categories. Despite another big game on the glass with 14 rebounds, the Broncos were

able to find answers to stop her inside, holding her to just two points at halftime and ten for the game.

“We kind of traded buckets a bit in the fourth quarter, but I was pleased we got the big stop we needed. I thought Marijke Vanderschaaf stepped up big and I thought it was a good win for us,” Presnell said.

Fresno State came into the game 10-0 when scoring 60 or more points, but on Saturday it wasn’t enough to get a win.

The Bulldogs fell to 10-7 on the season and 3-3 in Mountain West play while Boise State improved to 13-3 and 3-3 in conference.

“We’ve had a rough couple games, couple losses,” Hodgins said. “This week at practice was pretty hard and we ramped up the intensity. It showed in the game and allowed us to get the win. Everyone stepped up. We had different people do what they normally don’t do, and it created a spark for us.”

Boise State will hit the road on Wednesday to square off against University of New Mexico at 7 p.m. MT.

Forward Joyce Harrell goes in for a basket against Fresno State. Photo by Corina Deiters / The Arbiter

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SPORTS & REc Boise State Rugby Club looks to start up season Evan Werner Sports & Rec Editor Sports@stumedia.boisestate.edu Beginning their season 1-1 before winter break, the Boise State Rugby Club looks beat Eastern Washington University in their first game back this semester on Jan. 28, at 3 p.m.

The Rugby Club had their first practice back since break in the REC Center, where they did conditioning training.

During the season the Rugby Club team uses a team with 15 players on it, although they do host a 7-player team tournament during the season.

The Boise State 7’s tourna-

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ment is part of the NCRC 7’s Circuit and is open to any collegiate team interested in participating. Students do not have to be in an NCRC team to participate in the Boise State 7’s tournament. The event will be sanctioned by USA Rugby, according to the club’s website.

“This season was different because we moved two games into the fall and finished the season in the next semester,” said Rugby Club President Joseph Green.

This season, the team will be looking to build off last year.

They were able to bring back some players from last season, although one-third of their starting roster this season are freshmen.

“Playing freshmen isn’t a challenge for us because we have had to deal with it in the past,” said Green.

Any student is welcome to try out for the team and even attend a practice to see if it is for them. Players trickle in through the season with varying experience and the team finds places for them. If you are eligible for the GEM scholarship and make the team, you are guaranteed to receive the scholarship, according to Green.

Boise State Men’s Rugby Club is a member of USA Rugby and is part of the Northwest Collegiate Rugby Conference (NCRC) in the Championship Division. NCRC members include Boise State, Eastern

Boise State Rugby Club is ready to strive in their 2017 season and continue into Spring semster. Courtesy photo via Boise State Rugby Club Facebook Page

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