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NEWS

Policy update demands immediate compliance Alx Stickel News Editor

For seven of Boise State’s 254 dismissed students, the third time will not be the charm for their academic success record.

Boise State is immediately changing its academic probation, dismissal and reinstatement policy to be in compliance with state policy (which was updated April 2002)—a limit of three dismissals and two reinstatements. These limits are now enforced at Boise State as of last semester.

The seven students which Boise State dismissed fall 2014 semester have either reached or exceeded the allotted number of dismissals and reinstatements. In the future, Boise State will not readmit them for another try

at finishing their education.

However, because students were unaware of the change, the university is ready to be lenient and possibly readmitting them one more time— if these students choose to appeal.

“It will eventually be stricter,” said registrar Kris Collins. “But currently our goal is to be as lenient as possible … I think a lot of times on some of our policies, Boise State has tended to be more lenient because we used to serve that role of a community college.”

Collins explained that now having a community college nearby, if students can’t come back to Boise State they still have an opportunity to go to increase their GPA and hopefully find another route to education.

Collins and Tomas Baiza,

director of Academic Advising and Enhancement, will be working with Chris Bower, ASBSU secretary of academic affairs, and other departments to develop ways of preventing students reaching probation and dismissal status in the first place.

“It is very challenging for institutions to identify struggling students who are not yet on probation,” Baiza said.

“Individual instructors will know how most students are doing in their own classes, but many universities struggle to devise a cohesive, early response plan for the struggling student because most intervention models are based on final grades.”

Bower sees a few considerable pros and cons with this new state policy. One benefit is that Boise State is becoming more competitive

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with other universities in the region, as higher standards help give credibility and prestige.

However, higher academic success standards may be a double-edged sword for the

student body. According to Bower while higher academic success standards are hoped to encourage higher self-worth and expectations, some students with extenuating life circumstances may

have a harder time remaining in compliance.

“The goal never is, ‘Let’s make it so hard that we lose some students’,” Bower said.

“The incentive is on us to work with the students.”

Eryn Shay Johnson Asst. News Editor

The Dallas Cowboys aren’t going to the Super Bowl, but gas prices still make it feel like the 90’s.

In Boise, gas prices range from $1.79 to $2.29, but most places are seeing fuel dip below $2 for the first time in years.

According to John Martin, economics lecturer, the prices are dropping due to the decrease in the price of oil.

This could make a huge difference for students commuting to and from campus and those looking to escape for a

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weekend.

“Having low gas prices adds a few more dollars to your income,” Martin said. “It’s almost like you have a pay raise.”

According to Martin, the drop in fuel prices could add 0.5 percent to 1 percent gain in the nation’s gross domestic product. The GDP measures the health of a country’s economy and the buying power of a country’s dollar.

The gain in GDP means that people are able to put more money into the economy than they had in previous years.

A gain could be beneficial in adding more jobs.

“People are getting jobs, but

they’re getting jobs at a lower wage than they were before,” Martin said. “The economy is, I don’t want to say weak, but it’s not strong.”

As time goes by and gas prices stay low, the economy could stabilize. Currently, the price decrease has a lot to do with the amount of oil the United States has been able to produce. The increase is due to the U.S. shale boom and Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries continued production.

“Supply is staying at its level, but demand is not nearly as much, so that in part is dropping the prices,” Martin said.

“The good news, from the standpoint of lower prices, is that certain things will get a little bit cheaper.”

Students are starting to be affected by the drop in prices as well.

“It’s been really nice,” said Hanna Gentry, freshman history major. “It used to be over $30 to fill my gas tank, but now it’s like $20. I’m driving a little more than usual.”

Since gas prices have been lower, Gentry has noticed herself saving more now that the prices are lower.

“I’ve been able to put a little more money off to the side to pay for more things, like

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gas near campus is cheap. textbooks, next semester,” Gentry said.

National experts expect prices to start increasing within six months. “(Experts) have even said that by 2016, prices would go back to $80 (per barrel

of oil) but they don’t expect it to go over $100 for some time,” Martin said. “But in the next 12 to 18 months, they’re looking at back to $80 level, which would be the $2.50 to $3.00 (gas price) range.”

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NEWS

Juliette Tinker furthers vaccine research Leslie Boston-Hyde Copy Editor

Juliette Tinker is fighting fire with fire in her vaccine research.

The Vibrio cholera toxin has been Tinker’s weapon of choice in the battle against Yersinia pestis, West Nile and Staphylococcus aureus.

“When I was studying (in my postdoctoral), I was learning about the structure and function of the toxin, and at that time I learned that it makes an

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excellent adjuvant,” Tinker said.

An adjuvant is a substance added to vaccines that boosts the immune system’s response to an antigen. The cholera toxin is manipulated so it is no longer toxic to the body.

Tinker started to accumulate her vaccine development project when she arrived at Boise State in 2005, starting with Yersinia pestis, which is well known for causing the bubonic plague.

“We started to look at

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Because these vaccines are all made in the same way ... we’re still learning a lot about how the vaccines get delivered, and what kind of immune response they generate, even though it’s not specifically for Yersinia or for West Nile.

ity milk,” Tinker said. “So (farmers) can’t sell the milk anymore.”

Although she has had success in her research, it’s come with many challenges.

While all three vaccines rely on cholera toxin to function, protein purification has been a major roadblock for Tinker and her research team.

“Those kind of technologies are maybe not as advanced in our lab as they should be. In industry, they’re a lot more advanced, and they’re able to scale up the production

of these proteins in the industry a lot better than we are,” Tinker said.

The Department of Defense also has stopped funding the Y. pestis and West Nile vaccines. The vaccines were in preclinical trials with mice. Tinker had success in eliciting an immune response in both cases.

The projects can’t move forward into the challenge trials, where researchers would challenge mice with each specific pathogen.

“We couldn’t get to (the challenge trials) because

that requires a bio safety level 3 facility, and Boise state is bio safety level 2,” Tinker said.

Tinker is still hopeful that using cholera toxin in her Staphylococcus aureus vaccines can help further the West Nile and Yersinia pestis projects.

“Because these vaccines are all made in the same way … we’re still learning a lot about how the vaccines get delivered, and what kind of immune response they generate, even though it’s not specifically for Yersinia or for West Nile,” Tinker said.

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antigens that might be good to incorporate with the cholera toxin in a vaccine.” Tinker said. “I started to look at Yersinia pestis when I first came here because that was really important bioterror pathogen.”

The Department of Defense funded the project to fight bioterrorism. The department also funded Tinker’s West Nile vaccine in 2006 when there was a large breakout from the virus.

Her main focus right now, though, is the vaccine against Staphylococcus aureus. When the bacteria infects dairy cows, it can cause mastitis.

“When (cows) get this infection, it can be chronic and it can cause low qual-

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NEWS

President Obama will speak Jan. 21 at Boise State.

The math on Obama’s college plan doesn’t add up Anita Kumar

McClatchy Washington Bureau MCT Campus Wire

There are at least six reasons that community college won’t be free anytime soon, no matter what President Barack Obama says.

Obama, who traveled Friday to Pellissippi State Community College in Knoxville, Tenn., to tout the America’s College Promise plan, said he wanted to make higher education as accessible as a high school diploma for all Americans.

But the plan has flaws that all but ensure it won’t be implemented and will serve only as a political proposal

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to make supporters happy.

Among the reasons:

The price tag

It would cost $60 billion over 10 years. White House officials wouldn’t say where they would find the billions to pay for it. And the spending would have to be approved by Congress, where Republicans just gained seats in midterm elections after campaigning against more federal spending.

Administration officials say they’ll indicate where the money will come from when Obama releases his budget proposal Feb. 2. “Without details to review, this plan is more like a talking point,” said Cory Fritz, a spokesman for House Speaker John

Boehner, R-Ohio.

The national debt

In December, the national debt reached $18 trillion, sparking renewed criticism from fiscal conservatives about the increase in government spending. Obama touted the declining federal budget deficit when he spoke in Knoxville on Friday, but he didn’t mention that the debt continues to increase.

“Why stop there?” Republican Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said. “Why not have the government buy a car and a house for everyone?”

The states

While the federal government would pick up 75 percent of the tab, the final quarter would come from

states that opt into the program. The states, which have already slashed funding for colleges and universities as they face budget shortfalls and competing priorities, would have to cut other programs to pay for the cost or to raise taxes.

The students

The program would provide aid to some students who don’t need it, instead of focusing on low-income students through, for example, expanding Pell Grants or reducing the paperwork for student aid. Administration officials estimate that 9 million students could participate if they attend at least half-time, maintain 2.5 GPAs and make progress toward

completing degrees or certificate programs.

“Making tuition free for all students regardless of their income is a missed opportunity to focus resources on the students who need aid the most,” said the Institute for College Access & Success, which usually sides with the Obama administration.

The emphasis

The lure of free tuition might lead some students who should go straight to four-year institutions to attend community colleges instead.

“Why support community college instead of college?” asked Russ Whitehurst, a former official at the Department of Education who

now heads the Brown Center on Education Policy at the Brookings Institution, a center-left policy research center.

The regulations

States and community colleges would have to abide by certain rules to get the federal money. For example, states would have to agree not to cut higher education funding elsewhere to pay for the proposal.

Community colleges would have to offer programs that transfer to public four-year colleges or lead to degrees and certificates that are in demand among employers, and implement programs that would improve student achievements.

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In her newly released book, “Commit to Win,” Heidi Reeder examines what prompts some people to follow through and why other people fall off their goals. According to her book, much of this can be summed up in one word: commitment.

“I think people have a misnomer about what commitment means; they over-associate it with being obligated,” Reeder said. “But commit-

ment is something different.

It’s an internal drive to stick with something that matters to you.”

“Commit to Win” outlines the four factors that statistically predict how likely someone is to be committed and how readers can set themselves up for success.

Reeder believes that by identifying and being aware of these factors, one can determine what choices will align with their values long-term.

“What if my goal is to be excellent in my career?”

Reeder said. “Some goals are really life-long pursuits.

What makes us stick with some things for the long haul versus what makes us let go of something and choose a new path?”

Self-help books have a reputation for spouting opinion or resting firmly on cultural stereotypes. Because of this, it was important to Reeder for her book to have a foundation in study and research.

“There’s an audience that is craving advice, suggestions, perspectives but ones that are based some real concrete evidence, where they can feel more confident in the expertise,” Reeder said. “I think that’s really my audience.”

Heidi English professor Ryan Blacketter strives to make each of his fictional characters sympathetic and believable for any reader. His novel, “Down in the River,” published in Jan. 2014, spotlights the uncanny humanity that can be found within his manic character, Lyle.

“Down in the River” follows Lyle’s emotional journey after his twin sister dies. His religious extremist brother doesn’t allow any mention of his sister because she committed suicide. Entrenched in grief and disillusionment, Lyle finds himself in several

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bouts of trouble, including a mausoleum heist.

“Even though Lyle’s a bit cracked mentally, he’s lost and heartbroken, and his bad actions are sympathetic,” Blacketter said.

It took Blacketter five years to fully compose and revise his novel. The first draft took one year to write, and the next four years were spent revising for five hours every day. Blacketter explained that this sort of intensive revision is necessary for compiling a novel with real, believable and human characters.

“Once you have your first

draft, then you can say, ‘OK, I’ve got something. I’ve glimpsed this world and its characters. Now I can begin,’” Blacketter said.

According to Blacketter, well-rounded characters are essential in creating lasting, quality writing.

“How many great doctors are there in the country?

Thousands. Doctors are a dime a dozen,” Blacketter said. “But how many great living fiction writers are there? Maybe 50, possibly much fewer. Writing literary prose that endures forever is the most competitive job in the world.” jared lewis/the arbiter

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Martin Corless-Smith

An adjunct in Boise State’s creative writing program and graduate of Boise State’s MFA program, Christian Winn recently published his first collection of short stories entitled “Naked Me.” The collection is comprised of 15 stories—some pieces ranging from only 200-300 words to a few longer short stories. “Naked Me” is a thin volume that can be read in one sitting— and after you finish you’ll

be happy to hand it off to your roommates so you can chat about it all night.

“I feel like we settled in a good place. Putting it together was such a process but it was well worth it,” Winn said. “I believe good writing should not only entertain but instruct.”

For students looking for accessible fiction, Winn offers stories with enough familiarity to draw readers in.

The stories, however, deal deftly with adult themes.

The work, while fiction, echoes scenes from Winn’s life. The title story, “Naked Me” begins with Winn’s experience with an exhibitionist his friends used to witness while playing cards.

“I drew from the college experience,” Winn said.

“It’s just such a spectacle, it’s uncomfortable ... it just somehow suited that group of people. It’s good for a fiction writer, I guess. There’s a lot of characters.”

Christian The English-born writer and painter Martin CorlessSmith has housed his considerable talents at Boise State for the last 15 years.

He has published five collections of poetry including his most recent work, “English Fragments: A Brief History of the Soul.”

His work is classified by many as post-modern, but contains many elements of something beyond that.

Corless-Smith is less concerned with how his poems are classified. Rather he focuses on the experience that he gets while creating them—one he hopes will carry over to the reader.

“You might start with an

impulse—it might be the shape of a house if it’s a painting or it could be the coming together of a few words that spark an idea,” Corless-Smith said. “But the idea is to sort of follow it and keep it buoyant.”

Those who are easily frightened by the idea of poetry might want to tread lightly.

Corless-Smith’s work is not the limericks of childhood. In his poetry, all the things that makes a novice readers cringe are realized. However, grappling with his work is exactly what makes it so rewarding.

“Part of what poetry is about is learning by playing, experimenting,” Corless-

Smith said.

While reading CorlessSmith’s poetry may seem like a daunting task, there’s plenty of encouragement to accomplish it—including a chance to experience firsthand a poet that may be talked about for generations to come.

“Boise State is extremely fortunate to have Martin here,” Carrie Seymour, professor of literature, told The Arbiter during a 2013 interview. “In my opinion, his poetry will be read and taught decades from now when he takes his place among the great poets that subtly resonate throughout his work.”

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Culture

August McKernan Asst. Culture Editor

Look right. Look left. Beauty is everywhere.

More beauty has reached Boise State with the arrival of Red Circle Press’ newest exhibition. The Special Events Center will feature Translucency through July 12. The show consists of twelve student and alumni printmakers’ conceptual interpretations of the word translucency.

“Translucency is about the diffusion of light, softness and movement to me” said junior fine arts major Jackie Hutchens, one of the artists featured

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in the exhibit.

“The inspiration for these pieces came from a photograph I took while in Portland for MusicFestNW. The photo was of someone dancing on a bridge while music played from a nearby stage,” Hutchens said.

“I tried to convey the mood of the photograph by using textured layers of grays, light pink, light purple and black.”

Hutchens used a process called monotyping to create these prints. Monotyping is a type of printmaking made by drawing or painting on a smooth, non-absorbent surface. The image is then transferred onto a sheet of paper

with a printing press.

Once a printmaking novice, Hutchens first encountered the medium during a printmaking workshop at Boise’s Wingtip Press Gallery. There she met Amy Nack, owner of Wingtip Press Gallery, founder of Red Circle Press and Boise State printmaking professor.

“Nack attended Translucency’s reception Jan. 15 to view the exhibition.

“Printmaking is a very collaborative medium because you have to share equipment,” she said.

Artist Karl LeClair particularly enjoys the collaborative nature of printmaking. “Shar-

ing a space with other artists forces you to share ideas,” LeClair said.

LeClair’s “Diffuse Existence” is the only 3-D piece in the exhibition. It consists of three clear planes in front of each other depicting a figure’s simultaneous existence in different dimensions.

“This piece is kind of an experiment for me,” LeClair said.

“It’s a mix of new imagery and imagery I’ve been working with for the past year.”

He hopes his piece “challenges viewers to think about their existence in a different way and leave with a better understanding of the bigger picture.”

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“Diffuse Existence” explores dimensionality. ing is a medium that’s reemerging and being reestablished,” said Jessica Wright, Boise State alumnus, former president of Red Circle Press and Translucency artist.

Red Circle Press is currently recruiting new members from

printmaking classes in an attempt to revitalise the organization.

“Printmakers on campus need to step up and start being more active in order for Red Circle Press to continue,” said LeClair.

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Culture

Tattooers show off their body of work What tattoos were most popular in 2014 and how the Tattoo industry has changed.

Patty Bowen Culture Editor

The tattoo industry swells and expands as students grow into a society that no longer discriminates against tattoos.

Without the sigma, room is left within the tattoo community for commonalities to form, including what tattoos were most popular in 2014.

“2014, year of the pine tree,” said John Robinson, artist at Ink Vision.

According to Robinson and Kendall Vader, Ink Vision artist, the most common tattoos of 2014 included pine trees, foxes, outlines of Idaho and infinity symbols with “words like ‘mom’ and ‘love’ inside.”

“Last year we did a lot of infinity signs and exploding birds,” said Jon Morse, tattooer at Devotion Tattoo. “There were days we’d do five infinity symbols on different people.”

The popularity of infinity signs, feather exploding into birds, watercolor and white tattoo have tapered off, making room for a spike of quotes in loose handwriting, Japanese words and a heavy use of black and grey coloring.

“I would say (watercolor) tattoos died off in the last six months,” Morse said. “It’s not a really good image to stand the test of time.”

Boise compared to

Other Cities

According to James Cox, tattoo artist and piercer at 208 Tattoo and Massage Lounge, the watercolor style of tattoo is still going strong in Portland where he was tattooing until he moved to Idaho three months ago.

“Over in Portland it was more realism, more watercolors,” Cox said. “Here it’s more traditional and line work.”

Cox pointed out that in Boise, customers in their early twenties are more shy about getting large pieces and usually stick to script and micro tattoos.

“Over in Oregon it’s the complete opposite,” Cox said. “Older people are scared to get tattooed and the younger crowd is getting pieces.”

The tattoo industry within Boise

Idaho’s tattooing laws are very lax compared to most states and don’t require a tattooer to be licensed.

“Just because there’s no laws and regulations in Boise, doesn’t mean there aren’t any standards,” said Dustin Fowler, tattooer at Devotion Tattoo. “Everybody knows about cross contamination, everybody knows about sterilization. You don’t get a lot of people doing gnarly, dirty stuff.”

Fowler explained that things like reusing needles, which was common in the

1980s, doesn’t really happen anymore, regardless of lack of regulation.

“No matter how much you regulate (cleanliness in tattooing), you can’t regulate bad art,” Morse said. “(Students) need to realize that tattooing is a subculture and not a business. It’s something you have to wear on your body for the rest of their lives.”

In Morse’s experience customers often chase the best deal, while tattooing should be viewed as a form of art whose task shouldn’t be pushed to the cheapest dealer.

Both Morse and Fowler feel that the biggest problem causing such a competitive market in the tattoo community in Boise is the saturation of the tattoo market.

“There are a lot of really good tattooers here, and there are a lot of people teaching people,” Morse said. “That sucks because there are a lot of really good tattooers who should be busier than they are.”

Because of the large amount of tattoo shops in Boise, the price of tattooing has stayed roughly the same for the last 15 years, making it harder for tattooers to get by. This changes the relationship tattoo shops have with customers.

“It seems to us that the most devoted tattooers are not the busiest,” Morse said. “The busiest tat-

tooers are, and I’m using someone’s quote on this, ‘good at the internet.’”

Influence the internet is having on tattoos

According to Boise artists, most customers under 30 brought in the picture of the tattoo they wanted on a phone from the blogging site Pinterest.

“No one brings in hard copies. It’s all on Pinterest,” Robinson said. “Lots of time you have dudes walking in with pictures of tattoos on girls backs. Lots of dudes wants feathers and pine trees.”

Fowler feels that sites like Pinterest create a globalization of tattoo ideas where people begin to get the same tattoos regardless of the region.

“I tattooed in three (states) in 2014 and I’d say the popularity of some tattoos are universal because of things like Pinterest,” Fowler said. “Everyone sees the same stuff now.”

Vader commented on how 2014 is also the “year of the backstory,” where it has become a trend for young adults to bring in a micro tattoo from Pinterest and tell a long story about why it is important to them.

“They have a detailed story that’s not necessarily apparent in the design,” Vader said. “You can assign whatever meaning you want.” lea marie roy, heidi baldini, linsey marie/the arbiter

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Culture

4 potential movie gems of 2014 Ryan Hoffman Music Director of University Pulse

Lots of great films are coming to theaters this year, but there are many films scheduled that will fly under peoples’ radars. Here’s a list of films students probably haven’t heard of yet, but could end up being some of the year’s favorites.

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Do you have symptoms that may be caused by the flu?

1. Strange Magic

It seems like George Lucas is continuing his company’s exploration into CG animation after the successful “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” TV show and film. This time though it’s an original story written by Lucas himself; a fairy tale involving goblins and elves, reportedly inspired by Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”

Lucas is not directing or writing the screenplay. Director and co-writer Gary Rydstrom is making this his debut feature film after working on the English language adaptations of Studio Ghibli anime films, like “Arietty” and “The Wind Rises.”

Rydstrom is well-known across the industry as “The sound master,” becoming one of the most famous sound designers in the world for his work on “Terminator 2,” “Jurassic Park,” “Titanic,” “Saving Private Ryan,” “Finding Nemo” and countless others.

Needless to say, the technical aspects of this film will be in good hands.

Release Date: January 23

2. Shaun the Sheep Movie

“Shaun the Sheep Movie” has a chance to be a fun ride

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“Chappie” hits Theaters March 6. for kids and adults. Based on the British stop-motion TV series of the same name and featuring the character audiences have come to know and love from “Wallace and Gromit,” Shaun stars in his own featurelength stop-motion adventure.

Let’s see if Aardman can repeat the success they had with the “Wallace and Gromit” film.

Release Date (US): TBD

3. Chappie

After the good but disappointing “Elysium,” writerdirector Neill Blomkamp of “District 9” fame returns with a story about a robot.

A star cast includes returning collaborator Sharlto Copley, who played Wikus in “District 9,” Hugh “Wolverine” Jackman, Dev “Slumdog” Patel, Jose Cantillo, who plated Hector in “Sons of Anarchy” and Caesar in “The Walking Dead”, and South African cult sensations Die Antwoord and Sigourney Weaver.

Release Date: March 6

4. In the Heart of the Sea

The trials of the famous whaleship Essex in 1820 have been made famous twice in literature; once, in Herman Melville’s dense classic “Moby-Dick” and, more recently, in Nathaniel Philbrick’s 2000 nonfiction account of the ordeal, “In the Heart of the Sea.” Now we have a chance to see Philbrick’s telling of the tale come to life on the big screen, courtesy of director Ron “Opie” Howard and the cast of Chris “Thunder God” Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson and Ben Whishaw.

The screen story is co-written by “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” and “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” writers Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver and the screenplay is by “Blood Diamond” writer Charles Leavitt.

Release Date: March 15 It view 16 more movies gems, their trailers and their possible box office potential, read the full article on The University Pulse website.

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Mitchell is one of the leaders this year.

Tennis causes a racket

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Asst. Sports & Rec Editor

Boise State’s men’s tennis team seems to be embodying Muhammad Ali’s infamous chant: “The champ is here. The champ is here. The champ is here.”

The tennis team is on a streak worthy of the great boxer; they’ve won three straight MW championships. As their season kicked off they’ll look to get number four.

“The season doesn’t start now,” junior Toby Mitchell said. “It started back in September. Now is when we see if everything we did in preparation for the season will really pay off for us.”

The Broncos got their season rolling with an emphatic 6-1 victory at Hawaii this past Friday.

“They are one of the best teams in the Big West,” head coach Greg Patton said.

“It was not a vacation. We were out there to play and compete.”

With the win, Boise State is

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hoping this is the beginning of their best season to date.

The Broncos start the season ranked 33rd with five players ranked in the region.

Boise State has senior Garrett Patton, junior Thomas Tenreiro and sophomore Brendan McClain ranked ninth, 10th and 11th in singles respectively.

In doubles, Patton and McClain are third while the team of Mitchell and junior Brian Foley are ninth.

“It shows that we have a lot of great quality tennis players,” Patton said. “I hope these ranking will stimulate and inspire them to get more out of themselves.”

The path won’t be easy.

The defending champions will have quite the non-conference schedule to start the season, with matches against Harvard, Northwestern and Pepperdine on the road.

“We are throwing the guys right into the fire,” Patton said. “They are going to have to learn how to get burnt and how to handle the heat.”

This season, Boise State

boasts a young team with only one senior on the roster.

“It’s been different from other years where there has been a distinct leader,” Mitchell said. “It’s more of a leader by committee. We all bring something different to the team on and off the court.”

The team doesn’t see the youth as a hindrance, but instead a gateway to bigger and better things.

“Being part of a program where winning is a culture has been a real highlight for me,” Mitchell said. “We don’t want to settle on these accomplishments, though we all want more and to go further than ever before.”

The Broncos will be back in action this Friday, Jan. 23 when they travel to the ITA Kick-Off Tournament in Los Angeles where they will face Texas Tech. Boise State will not be back home until Feb. 27.

“We are road warriors,” Patton said. “We are not only to survive, but we are going to thrive.”

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Geordan Martinez: A prodigy in the making Asst. Sports & Rec Editor

The Boise State wrestling team boasts one of the best wrestlers in the country— and he is a true freshman.

Geordan Martinez is ranked in many top 10 lists at 141 pounds and is off to one of the best starts in recent memory for the Broncos.

Martinez has already compiled a record of 18-5. He is looking to become the first freshman All-American in school history.

“The biggest thing that drew me to him was he was a great student,” head coach

Greg Randall said. “That’s been the top thing on our priority list. On top of that he is a damn good wrestler.

With those two combined who wouldn’t want a kid like that?”

Martinez came to Boise State by way of Peyton, Colorado. Before enrolling at Boise State Martinez was at the Air Force Prep Academy.

“It prepared me to come here, especially with academics,” Martinez said. “It helped me grow up a little bit and transition from high school to college.”

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“One of my high school coaches helped out here,” Martinez said. “He helped me a lot, when I was growing up and put in a good word for me.”

Martinez has been wrestling for quite some time. He started at the age of six and

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hasn’t stopped since.

“It was just kind of the family thing,” Martinez said.

“It was a family tradition that has been passed down from generation to generation.”

In addition to competing at such a young age, Martinez got additional experience by competing in freestyle and greco wrestling

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The biggest thing that drew me to him was he was a great student. That’s been the top thing on our priority list. On top of that he is damn good wrestler.

—Greg Randall

during the off-season.

“It definitely made me better and grow as a wrestler because there are so many other aspects to the other two styles,” Martinez said. “They differ a lot but they also go hand in hand with folkstyle.”

It is because of all of this Martinez has already obtained the respect and admiration of his fellow teammates.

“The guys already look up to him,” Randall said. “He has fell into that leader role whether he wanted to or not.”

The program has had a long list of great wrestlers

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such as Andrew Hochstrasser, Jason Chamberlain and, most recently, Jake Swartz.

If Martinez keeps it up he could join or even surpass the likes of those wrestlers.

“We are always looking for the next great wrestler to come through our program and hopefully he can be it,” Randall said.

Even with all the early success and accolades to start the season, Martinez isn’t content.

“It’s definitely a good starting point but I still have a lot of work ahead of me still,” Martinez said.

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Webb III shows off his athletic prowess.

Get caught up in Webb Nate Lowery

Sports & Rec Editor

Lost in the excitement of Boise State men’s basketball latest recruiting class wasJames Webb III. Webb III joined the Broncos after one season at North Idaho College. Redshirting the 2013, he was largely unnoticed by fans and the media.

Over the offseason, however, he wowed coaches and teammates with his pure athleticism.

Once he got the chance to show his abilities on the court, Webb III took off.

The 6-foot-8-inch Webb III has electrified crowds with his high flying dunks that recall images of the great

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Michael Jordan. His coaches, however, are impressed by his showmanship.

In an 82-73 win against UNLV, Webb III broke free in transition and took flight from just past the free throw line.

“I didn’t think it was mathematically possible,” head coach Leon Rice said.

Senior Derrick Marks has also been impressed with Webb III’s athleticism. “(His dunk) looked good,” Marks said. “We got him, Chandler (Hutchison) and me. We just get dunks.”

In 15 games of action, Webb III is the third leading scorer for the Broncos with 9.3 points per game and is the team’s leading rebounder with 7.0 per game.

With the loss of Drmic and last season’s leading rebounder Ryan Watkins, Webb III knew his time was now.

“It’s been a lot,” Webb III said of his ability to get rebounds for the Broncos. “I know I can’t play if I can’t get boards.”

Rice has also praised Webb III’s growth in the absence of Drmic. Without him, Boise State would possibly have lost games against UNLV and New Mexico.

“What I saw for James was growth,” Rice said. “He’s just going to get better and better and better. We threw him into the fire and changed his role when we lost Anthony.

That accelerated his progress.”

Webb III now seems to be

that big man that the Broncos were lacking at the start of the season.

“James has taken up some of that slack with Ryan gone,” Rice added.

As Hutchison, true freshman David Wacker and junior college transfer Kevin Allen continue to evolve and transition to the DI level, Webb III has provided the spark Boise State needs in MW play.

His ability to play zone defense and his inside scoring have provided just enough for the Broncos to win games against competitive teams such like UNLV and New Mexico.

Boise State will be back in action when they host San Jose State Wednesday Jan. 21.

Broncos are third in mW.

Women continue to thrive on the season Ali Roberts Staff Writer

The Boise State women’s basketball team, fresh off a win against Nevada carried the momentum over against New Mexico in 86-65 victory over the Lobos. With the win the Broncos remained in third place in the Mountain West standings.

Boise state is now 12-4 overall and 4-1 in conference.

Going into the game, New Mexico already was at a disadvantage with a poor road record and the Broncos impressive 8-1 record at home.

The Broncos had a rocky start in the first half with the New Mexico Lobos leading at the end of the first half 38-34.

“I think we were pretty flat the first half and didn’t adjust to their athleticism very well,” head coach Gordy Presnell said. “In the second half, I thought we had really good play out of Miquelle (Askew) and Brook (Pahu-

koa). They played with more emotion.”

The Broncos were able to turn the game around and ultimately pulled away by utilizing the three point line.

“We had fun,” sophomore guard Brooke Pahukoa said.

“I mean, you could tell right off the bat. We said, ‘hey it’s 0-0. The first half is out of our minds. It’s a new game lets go out and have fun.”

Pahukoa led the team with 20 points that included making three straight three pointers in the win.

The Broncos are hoping that the great start will lead to their first ever MW championship this season.

“It’s been really fun,” freshman forward Shalen Shaw said. “Playing with this team has been great. There’s great chemistry and we’ve been playing really well. I like that we are attacking everyone basically.”

The Broncos will be back in action when they face San Jose State on the road Wednesday Jan. 21.

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2. What has a tongue, cannot walk, but gets around a lot?

Ingredients: 1/2 cup of cream cheese, 12 jalapenos, 12 slices of bacon, and 1/2 cup of shredded cheese.

3. What has rivers with no water, forests but no trees and cities with no buildings?

Directions: Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with

aluminum foil. Mix cream cheese and cheddar cheese together in a bowl until evenly blended. Fill each jalapeno half with the cheese mixture. Put halves back together and wrap each stuffed pepper with a slice of bacon. Place on baking sheet. Bake in the oven for about 15 minutes.

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