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NEWS Bri Cornwall Staff Writer

By wearing collegiate apparel from the Boise State Bookstore, members of Bronco nation implicitly support labor exploitation, according to a new group on campus.

Students Against Sweatshops—part of United Students Against Sweatshops—is looking to change that by asking Boise State’s administration to consider restricting the amount of blue and orange products being made in sweatshops.

Boise State’s group met for the first time on Saturday, Oct. 11. Not a week later, they mobilized to complete their first walk-in at the Office of the President, where they handed chief of staff Randi McDermott a letter, along with articles about the issue, advocating for Boise State to source its clothing through Alta Gracia, a company whose Dominican Republic-based factory maintains ethical work-

ing conditions.

Philosophy and foundational studies instructor Dana Hathaway jumpstarted Students Against Sweatshops on campus.

She and five undergraduate students with a variety of majors met up on the front steps of the Administration Building on Friday, Oct. 17 at 1:20 p.m. and headed upstairs to President Bob Kustra’s office. Kustra was not in his office at the time.

The Boise State Bookstore sources its apparel through Nike and JanSport, both infamous for manufacturing clothing through sweatshops in developing nations.

“JanSport is a company whose parent company is VF,” Hathaway explained.

“Whoever is the parent company is who you want to look at because they’re the one who is contracting out that clothing … VF has an atrocious track record of having factory disasters and unsafe working conditions.”

VF Corporation is a clothing corporation and

parent company to several other brands besides JanSport, including Wrangler, Vans, The North Face and Lee. When Students Against Sweatshops visited Kustra’s office, Hathaway informed McDermott and executive assistant Melissa Jensen of the group’s aim. McDermott assured the group that she would pass the message to Kustra.

“We’re just here to deliver a letter to the president asking him to consider our ideas and meet with us,” she said. “We’re really just asking for Alta Gracia-brand apparel to be put into the Bookstore. We’re asking for 30 percent initially.”

Students Against Sweatshops has larger goals in mind beyond this initial change. If Kustra agrees to source clothing from Alta Gracia, the group is ready to ask Boise State to join the Worker’s Rights Consortium.

“That is an independent labor monitoring organization…This (organization) doesn’t take money from

any (apparel) company and they go around and monitor these factories independently,” Hathaway said.

Nearly 200 universities have joined the WRC. Next, the group would advocate for cutting ties with brands that support labor exploitation globally.

Cornell University cut ties with JanSport, according to its student-run newspaper The Cornell Daily Sun. The paper cited VF Corporation’s presence in Bangladesh for its decision to sever ties.

Last year a Bangladesh factory collapsed, killing over 1,000 workers.

“We’re all participants in various forms of exploitation,” Hathaway said. “Especially with apparel, we all wear clothes, and with food, we all eat food. So we are all participating in exploitation and we are part of the supply chain.”

The group was disappointed not to be able to talk directly to Kustra.

“I was hoping he’d be here,” Hathaway mentioned as the group left the Office

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Students Against Sweatshops challenges bookstore apparel

Students approach Kustra’s office. of the President.

“Well, I’m sure we’ll go back,” English education junior Andy Ridgeway replied. “We have infinite tries.”

Hathaway encourages

anyone who wants to learn more about the issues raised by Students Against Sweatshops or join the group to get in touch by emailing her at danahathaway@boisestate.edu.

we’ve talked about this one before), watching TV, texting and surfing Facebook

are also big no-no’s when it comes to studying to your fullest potential.

Students should make efficient use of their time when studying Maria Shimel

Online Testing Center

I recently read an interesting article about psychology and study tips that highlighted something that is not usually mentioned—what are some often done, but highly not-recommended, ways to study? The first suggestion was to watch out on

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focusing on key terms too much and not paying attention to the review questions and process parts of the class content.

For example, in ornithology (the study of birds), you might know all the parts of a bird, but if presented with a picture of a mystery bird could you identify it?

You also want to watch out

for over-highlighting your books and notes; it does not do you any good when you review the material if the entire chapter is blinding highlighter-yellow.

When you study with a friend, make sure to do things like test each other on the class material, cover review questions, teach each other content that there is

confusion on and go through your notes together.

It’s important to take advantage of having a fellowstudier and doing things like making personal flash cards; individually going through review material and reading your highlighted notes silently does not make the best use of having a study buddy.

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NEWS Shelly Bohorquez Staff Writer

Leonardo DiCatrio, or Leo for short, is a 12-weekold tabby kitten housed along with the rest of the freshmen in the Boise State residence halls this semester.

With the exception of approved service and companion animals, fish in small aquariums are the only pets currently allowed in the dormitories.

“We can’t have pets in the buildings without a medical documented need or as a service animal in training because of the issues that animals could potentially bring with them (like) rabies (and) fleas,” said Dean Kennedy, director of Housing and Residence Life.

However, the consequences for keeping pets in residence halls don’t seem too severe.

Brittany Smith, resident director for Driscoll, Keiser, Morrison and Taylor Hall, said the pet owners are asked to evict their pets.

According to Smith, residents that get caught with pets in their dormitories have 24 hours to find them another home. If not removed within 24 hours, students will be subject to disciplinary actions.

Transitioning from his previous housing at the Idaho Humane Society, Leo has been made well at home with his litter box and scratching post kept under the high dormitory beds.

“He’s my best friend,” said the cat owner, who wished

to remain anonymous in order to protect his kitten.

Students are allowed to maintain their privacy for the most part in dormitory rooms, as room checks are only done for safety measures and to confirm occupancy levels; this happens about twice per year according to Kennedy.

According to one of the four roommates living with Leo, students get excited when they hear that someone has a cat in the dormitories, and so the kitten has been receiving a lot of attention.

“He just chills when we put him in a sweater,” said the cat owner, referring to the methods by which Leo is taken to and from the dormitory. “When he meows, we just kind of cough.”

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Students keep pets in dorm despite regulations

Leonardo DiCatrio takes a catnap.

The roommates successfully managed to get the kitten to the vet without attracting attention, where

Students abuse study aids to get edge Name Title

College students are aware that Adderall is essentially steroids for the brain. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, 1 in 5 college students admit to using study drugs at least once for a short term boost in productivity.

In the blame game of study drug abuse, students are typically the ones at fault. However, when Winnie the Pooh OD’s on honey, someone has to question the person who gave him all that honey; after all, he’s just a bear.

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to get. I told the doctor I was having trouble concentrating,” said a Boise State student who preferred to remain anonymous. “I was never really diagnosed with anything, but every time I would tell them it was ineffective I would get stronger ones.”

Though this case may be somewhat irregular, the process of getting prescribed cognitive enhancing drugs lacks necessary assessments to properly diagnose a patient. A study conducted by the University of Chicago took 53 students diagnosed with ADHD through testing protocol and found that 43

percent of the students were diagnosed incorrectly.

Some healthcare facilities are taking precautions to prevent this from happening.

Boise State Health Services is putting patients through a more rigorous process than the traditional assessment by conducting a series of attentive tests and asking teachers and friends about the patient’s concentration habits.

These changes have proven to be effective according to Dr. Vincent Serio, director of Medical Services for Boise State Health Services.

According to the University of Chicago, the diagnosis rate of ADHD is increasing 5

percent every year, meaning that prescriptions for Adderall, the prescribed drug for that condition, are increasing as well. With abuse rates skyrocketing, many doctors have now made an ADHD diagnosis a shortcut to success for students by providing them with unnecessary mental aids.

“Anybody with a medical license and prescribing ability can prescribe it,” Serio said. “You can have someone with less extensive training may lean on subjective findings and doesn’t know the depth required to make a diagnosis.”

The issue here is that there

Leo received a shot for his kitten cold. Back in the comfort of the dorms, he lay catnapping after the

long day.

“He’s a friendly kitty,” said one of the roommates. “He likes everybody.”

is no fine line that determines the criteria for ADHD which leaves many physicians prescribing students medication for conditions they don’t have. Even though there are tests that can help determine determine the presence of ADHD, many doctors, through negligence or apathy, fail to evaluate patients thoroughly.

Lukewarm doctors aren’t the only ones to blame, as pharmaceutical companies are now marketing directly to patients. Direct marketing is able to convince people that penis pills will help them learn archery and run freely on a beach, just as it can convince students that the doodles on their notebook is a sure sign of an attention disorder.

As Serio put it, “It used to be people coming to the doctor saying ‘what do I need’ and now (with direct marketing) it’s more patient centered where people come to the doctor saying ‘hey I’m informed, I know that I need this.’”

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Full-time college students who use Adderall weekly: 6.4% College students who have ever used Adderall: 34.5%

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OPINION

You have to see to believe it Why aren’t there more film festivals in Boise?

Patty Bowen

Asst. Culture Editor

It is irrefutable that most hobbyists have a niche in the Boise scene. The differing communities within the interests of Boise are impressive and range from the model train enthusiasts in Old Boise to the Boise Ukulele Group.

In fact, almost every passion is accounted for except for film, as Boise’s attempts at film festivals fall flat, fade away or contain little to no artistic content.

Film festivals are an im-

portant part in building the culture of a city, similar to music festivals. Unknown directors and film aficionados with an eye for visual masterpiece create a symbiotic relationship that allows for the hosting city’s economy to grow while being infused with more film culture.

According to The University of Utah’s Bureau of Economic and Business Research, The Sundance Film Festival brought $269.8 million to Utah’s economy during 2014 and supports 1,434 jobs currently. That

alone is enough economic incentive to cheer for more film festivals in Boise. In addition, according to Filmmaker Magazine, the average filmmaker will receive a median of $12,825 per film at a B-ranked film festival (which is what we can assume a Boise film festival will start out as). There isn’t anything but good things that could come of this kind of indulgence in visual art.

Currently, there are only two non-touring film festival in Boise, Idaho: The Treefort Film Festival (which isn’t really a film fes-

tival exclusively), and The Idaho Horror Film Festival, which had its inaugural three days Oct. 16-18 at The Flicks and The Egyptian Theatre.

The horror film festival was more of a string of loosely related films at the same locations under the umbrella term of horror. Most, if not all, of the films shown during the three-day span were shown between a half an hour and 45 minutes after their announced showing time, if they showed at all.

The short “The Body” stopped two minutes into its only play-through due to technical errors and was never aired again during the festival.

The festival also premiered only one movie, which was written about in our last issue, rebuking the main purpose of a film festival: to show unknown films and introduce views to new work and new names.

WHAT ARE YOUR

To put it simply, the growing pains of The Idaho Horror Film Festival will be immense if it wants to become a respected part of Boise’s art scene or a “real” film festival by national standards.

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“I think ‘Occulus.’ I like that one.”

“I don’t really watch horror, but I’m a big fan of documentaries and whatever TV shows are around.”

“I don’t really have one. I guess I could go with ‘The Exorcist.’”

“I like ‘The Purge.’

It’s not really horror, but it is scary, I guess.”

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Culture

Starving artists struggle to make ends meet in Boise

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Patty Bowen

Everyone has heard the phrase “starving artist.” The concept of majoring in art generally gives fathers with traditional values a scare. This leads to awkward Thanksgiving conversations and frantic explanations that artistic pursuits can lead to monetary success.

The stereotype that 2-D artists need to move to large cities to be able to have the market for their work still holds true in some areas.

Making it in Boise

According to Julia Green, local artist and Boise State graduate, the market for art in Boise has shrunk since 2008 because of the recession.

Green feels that organized groups like City of Boise’s Arts and History Department have done a great job keeping a constant stream of opportunities open to Boise artists, but the times are still tough.

“It’s still a battle to convince people that our time and skill is worth money and that we shouldn’t be working for free,” Green said. “Luckily, with the help of the Internet, artists can get work all over and not be stuck in the local market.”

The addition of this online market makes up most of the opportunities for Adam Rosenlund, a local artist who is part of Flood Works. Because of the Internet, Boise artists have access to the same big city opportunities without the ridiculous cost of living.

Paying the bills

“Boise has a wonderful benefit of having a relatively low cost of living, so while you can

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Green’s love for cats shows in her art. compete or exhibit with artists who live in San Francisco or Los Angeles, you have the benefit of being able to actually keep a lot more of that money here in Boise,” Rosenlund said.

“An illustration job for Rolling Stone pays just as much if you are living in Boise as it would if you are living in New York” Rosenlund has found that the majority of his monetary funding often lies in private commissions from companies located outside of Boise. This allows Rosenlund to work for a large network of magazines, films and video game companies as well as find time for creating his personal comicbook series “Breaker, Breaker: Love vs. The Future.”

“I do commissions at times, but a lot of the time private patrons balk at the amount I charge per hour or job, so I tend to just stick to the larger stuff,” Rosenlund said. “They’re usually more creatively fulfilling, plus the prestige is there once the project is done that tends to lead right into the next project.”

Rosenlund feels that keeping friendly relationships with clients is key to artistic success because it lends to loyalty and

clients who “will go to bat for you every time.”

Commissions and freelance work

According to Green, another way for art students in school to support themselves is through commissions. Green feels that to be ready to be a full-time artist, students need to start doing paid work during college.

“If you are in college, start doing freelance or gallery work now,” Green said. “Committing to your work is something that can be hard to do but if you don’t already want to spend every waking moment making art and being involved, then why do you want to be an artist?”

Green also suggests students check out the website “Skillshare” to take extra art classes, while Rosenlund suggests students work on marketing themselves.

“We live in an era of armchair self promotion,” Rosenlund said. “It’s never been easier to get your work in front of someone’s face, so the only roadblock is your own self doubt.

Well that and sleep. Never sleep.”

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Culture

League of Legends championships draw global viewers replays, and post-game breakdowns.”

Hancock doesn’t play League of Legends himself, but is constantly encouraged by his friends to jump on the bandwagon and play with them. He has yet to give in to their requests but still joins them for viewing parties because of the excitement they produce.

“People would yell and shout at the champions being picked, and every time a large confrontation initiated, the room was turned electric,” Hancock said.

League in particular has picked up one of the largest audiences, surpassing all other esport streams.

Last season’s final matches were viewed, in total, by 32 million viewers around the globe. Season one’s championship was viewed by

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While some friends come together to witness the athletic prowess of athletic sporting events, others gather around screens to watch as teams of summoners battle between pixelated rivers, bushes and dragon pits in electronic sporting events.

Auto attack-generated static sparks flew as Korean team Samsung White defeated last year’s runner up champions Star Horn Royals Club in the 2014 League of Legends World Championships.

The viewer base for these championship games has been rising exponentially. What started as a small, niche group of avid gamers has turned into a full-blown fan base for one

they enjoy watching the games at a professional level.

“The atmosphere is one of fun and camaraderie,” Roderick said. “We usually don’t root too hard for one team or another and we just enjoy a good game.”

In some homes, footballs fly across televisions during pinnacle games, but in the homes of esports fans, turrets crumble and nexuses burst in a similar fashion. But, instead of touchdowns and fumbles, viewers witness poisonengulfed champion deaths and team fights.

“Personally I have no interest in American sports, but this entranced me,” marketing senior Sam Hancock. “League has professional players, sponsors, commentators, instant

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of the most played games in the world.

“The competition and the hype is fun,” said high school biology teacher Teri Roderick. “Seeing a high level of skill on characters that you play makes you want to strive to be better.”

Roderick plays League on a regular basis with her friends. She doesn’t play all that many ranked games or fight with her champions in a more professional setting but enjoys the fact that the game can appeal to both casual and intensive audiences.

She has traveled to Boise for the past three championship games to watch the games on stream with her usually online teammates.

Her group isn’t into hardcore League of Legends gaming themselves, but

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“There is little barrier to entry for League,” Hancock said. “For the most part it’s free, and it’s available on computer.”

League’s season three championships even beat out CBS’s Super Bowl XLVII livestream audience,

which peaked at three million unique viewers. But esports have a long way to go in terms of beating out television audiences with their online-only platforms, as the Super Bowl was viewed by over 108 million home viewers in the United States.

Tech N9ne brings the mainstream to unfamiliar territory Staff Writer

The independent hiphop mogul Tech N9ne will perform at The Revolution Concert House on Nov. 1 at 8 p.m. with an onslaught of other talents, including Krizz Kaliko and Stevie Stone.

Bringing a rock band to perform live with him for the first time, Tech has no intentions of relieving fans of their Halloween hangovers as his performances are seen as something of a riot maker.

Boise State students are eager for his upcoming performance.

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“I’m always excited when Tech comes around,” Alex Anderson, a senior Accounting major said. “A lot of what he has to say is basically an anthem of the college experience.”

Aaron Yates, otherwise known as Tech N9ne, has been a developing player in the rap game for over two decades, showcasing ridiculous speed and lyrical depth. After working with the remaining members of The Doors to create “Strange Days” on his last album, the atypical rapper recently assembled a rock band to perform with him, broadening his already wide

scope in the music industry.

“I started my label because I’m a fan of rock,” Tech said.

“I got the name Strange Music because I’m a Doors fan.

It’s always been rock and rap and the rock world is catching up to me.”

At 42 years old, Tech’s illustrious career continues to prosper as he finds himself

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in the mainstream light performing with artists like Kendrick Lamar and Wiz Khalifa.

“I’m Dracula. I’m forever, as long as I want to be,” Tech said. “I didn’t have to change myself. I stayed me and I have the ability to connect with people”.

One of the reasons Tech has managed to achieve hip-

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hop immortality is his unique three-dimensional style.

“I’ve always had the dark side, I’ve always had the party side and I’ve always had the rock side,” Tech said.

“Whether it’s gonna be calm, angry, hype-y or wicked, I’m blessed to have people who like it.”

Tech’s beastly range provides him with an assortment of fans to appeal to.

“The beat tells me how fast I can and can’t go,” Tech said.

“What’s more important than speed is the clarity. There’s no point in going so fast nobody can hear you.”

If Tech’s approach to hip-

hop proves to be a delusion, the auctioneering industry remains a promising alternative.

Expect the performance to include something along the lines of a straitjacket or a prison uniform with a face masked by tribal paint.

Tech N9ne’s psychotic technique produces something extraordinary.

“My music is human.

It’s left, right, up, down, all around, it’s everything,” Tech said. “I want my music to tap into people’s emotions. I want to make people smile, I want to make people cry, and I want to make people think.”

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Broncos take on rival BYU Terra Chambers

QB Grant Hedrick rolls out against BYU. um. The game was tight and close with Boise State coming away with a 28-27 victory over BYU. The two teams took an eight-year break from each other before meeting again in 2012. Boise State was able to prevail with a 7-6 home win over the Cougars.

“I remember that was the loudest it’s ever been in my four years here. That was a fun

atmosphere,” Martin recalled.

Last year’s meeting was at BYU when BYU pulled the victory out 37-20 over Boise State.

While BYU is a non-conference opponent, the proximity between the two schools and the equal level of talent has made the rivalry grow with each passing season.

“Anytime you play BYU, it’s a physical game,” head coach

Bryan Harsin said. “We’ve got to prepare ourselves for that.”

The two schools will continue to meet annually until at least 2023, making the Cougars Boise State’s fiercest rival.

“It makes a whole lot of sense that we play, it really does,” head coach Bryan Harsin said. “One, I think you’ve got two good football teams.

I think the fan base for both and the proximity and all that is strong. To me, it makes sense.”

Kickoff for the BYU game is set for 7 p.m.

MT Friday at Albertsons Stadium.

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Conference realignment has led to the culmination of several historic and national rivalries.

The same holds true to Boise State.

With the restructured MW ending the annual games between Boise State and Nevada and Fresno State beginning next season, the Broncos now turn to BYU as their prime rival.

Boise State plays BYU this Friday at Albertsons Stadium for the fifth time in program history.

The Broncos lead the overall series 3-1, but BYU got the victory last season when the two teams met in Provo, Utah.

“That was frustrating to go out there and not really have a shot in the fourth quarter,” senior defensive end Beau Martin said of last year’s game.

“Obviously, we’ve got a lot of work to do this week.”

Boise State and BYU first met in 2003. Boise State was able to come away with a 5012 victory in Provo, Utah.

The next meeting was in 2004 at then Bronco Stadi-

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Staff Writer

In volleyball, David could take down Goliath Walton’s Wisdom is a comprehensive sports column written by assistant sports editor and selfproclaimed sports wizard Brandon Walton.

Tonight, the Boise State women’s volleyball team will try and spring the greatest upset in school history. Yes, school history, even more so then our famous 2007 Fiesta Bowl victory over the Oklahoma Sooners.

The Broncos are taking on the number six ranked team in the whole country: the Colorado State Rams.

What is making this task even taller is the Broncos are heading into the Ram’s arena.

Moby Arena is unlike other houses as the Rams play in an almost 9,000-seat arena that is full to capacity every night.

To put this in perspective, their gym is roughly nine times larger than Bronco Gym. This certainly seems like an impossible task, right?

Not so fast. Every underdog has a shot to spring the upset.

David has beaten Goliath in the world of sports countless times.

Do VCU, George Mason, and Butler’s magical NCAA basketball tournament runs ring any bells? Appalachian State shocking Michigan at the Big House and the previously mentioned Fiesta Bowl victory are all examples of teams doing the seemingly impossible.

The Broncos have a lot of things going for them in this game. They come into it riding a four-game winning streak and boast a good record of 12-8 overall and 5-3 in conference on the season which is tied for third best in the MW. In addition Boise State has a plethora of talent that includes true freshman phenom Sierra Nobley, junior Sarah Baugh and senior Alyssa Gammel.

So, don’t count out the Broncos. They have the potential to win the biggest game in school history.

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Sports & rec Ali Roberts Staff Writer

With beautiful acrylic nails and a golden personality, Alyssa Gammel is nothing to mess with on or off the court.

“Alyssa has been fantastic from day one. She’s a kid that you can trust on and off the court to do the right things,” said head coach Shawn Garus. “[She] has a great work ethic, comes from a great

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family and she’s the perfect type of kid that we want to continue to recruit to Boise State.”

Gammel transferred to Boise State from Virginia Tech to follow her love of playing volleyball.

“I really liked Virginia Tech but I just felt that it wasn’t the right school for me volleyball-wise,” Gammel said. “When I was at Virginia Tech it was a different style of volleyball.

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Alyssa has been fantastic from day one. She’s a kid that you can trust on and off the court to do the right things... she’s the perfect type of kid that we want to continue to recruit to Boise State.

—Shawn Garus

sets and at Virginia Tech, they were a little high and loopy, and that made it hard for me to adapt.”

When Gammel first came to Boise State, she was playing as a six-rotation player, meaning she would play both in the front and back rows during a game.

This year, her role has changed and she has taken on more of a defensive position which has benefited the team greatly and allowed them to go head-tohead with the best schools in the conference.

“Since I got here, there has been really good sense of camaraderie on and off the court,” Gammel said.

“Some teams don’t really do things outside of the

Lexie Der preps for return Brandon Walton

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An ACL tear is one of the most gruesome injuries an athlete can suffer. Now, imagine suffering that in-

jury twice.

That is exactly what junior forward Lexie Der is going through right now.

Der tore her ACL for the second time late last season, which prevented her from

Der reading the defense last year.

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finishing the season with the women’s basketball team.

“I knew it was bad because Lexie never stays down,” junior center Miquelle Askew said. “I started tearing up when I found out the news and had a scared feeling of: what are we going to do?”

The news was not only a devastating blow to the Broncos, who were in the midst of one of their best seasons in recent memory, but also to Der herself, who was having a career-high season.

“I remember sitting in the doctor’s office hearing the news and getting emotional,” Der said. “It was so heartbreaking and

team practices or anything.

For us we do everything as a group. [That] has been really one memory that I definitely will take and it will be a lasting one.”

Gammel will graduate with a bachelor’s in social sciences with emphases in communication and psychology.

She will be looking away from volleyball to what her future has in store for her.

“Right now my plan is to stay here but just seeing what job opportunities that I’m going to have,” Gammel said. “I’ve been playing volleyball since I was in third grade. I’m just really excited what that chapter is going to hold for me.” rough.”

Der was quickly reminded by her teammates that they were there for her and would continue to be every step of the way to recovery.

“My whole team was very supportive and they always have been for me, injury or not,” Der said. “It was very nice to hear from them and know they were there for me through it all.”

Der knew the road to recovery would be a long one but was ready to meet the challenge head-on.

“It’s frightening to think about,” Der said. “But I always have a very optimistic attitude so I was able to pull myself together and told myself I just have to take it and roll with it.”

Der is currently in the middle of rehab. The prog-

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Move to Boise pays off for volleyball’s Gammel

Gammel shows her offensive skills. nosis is that she will be ready to play by the start of January.

“Recovery is going really well and I’m really enjoying rehab and the trainers are making it fun for me to go to,” Der said. “It’s been hard to stick with the strict schedule of things I can’t do.

I always want to do more, but everything has been going smoothly and hopefully it continues to do so.”

Her team and coaches have been pleased with the way her recovery is going as well.

“I have a lot of faith in our doctors and our trainers and I know she will be back ready to go as soon as they think she is ready,” head coach Gordy Presnell said.

Der is the standout leader on the team and her pres-

ence on the court has been vital to the success that the Broncos have had.

“There just isn’t girls like Lexie who at 6’1” can handle the ball like a point guard, shoot the three, and then defend the post,” Presnell said. “She is just so multidimensional and is one of the best players in the league and she is very important to our success.”

Der will continue the rehabilitation process throughout the rest of the year in preparation for her grand return to the game and team she loves.

“It will be such a good feeling to get back on the court and play with my team,” Der said. “After everything I have gone through, it will be a fantastic feeling.”

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