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Program Coordinator Kali Furman (left) explains the Clothesline Project’s cause to senior Nadine Russell (right). The Clothesline Project took place outside the SUB on the patio where T-shirts depicted the intensity of domestic violence.
Make a shirt.
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Break the silence. Larisa Gavrilyuk
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It takes two minutes to get coffee, two minutes to walk from class to class, two minutes to make a phone call. And every two minutes, somewhere in America, a woman gets raped. October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month and Boise State is doing its part to bring awareness to the cause and supporting the victims. The annual Clothesline Project was held on campus October 19 and 20. The Women’s Center, Women’s and Children’s Alliance of Boise and Men Today, Men Tomorrow were there to provide information and support to victims and survivors who have been involved in domestic violence or any other violent situation. “I was made to be hugged not slugged” and “I’m taking a stance and
breaking the cycle” are examples from thousands of messages victims expressed on T-shirts. The Clothesline Project started as a community event in the small town of Hyannis, Mass., for women to come together to make shirts and express themselves all while bringing awareness to domestic violence. The Clothesline Project is now a successful event that, after two decades, is still going strong, now in 41 states and five countries. There are 500 projects around the world with an estimated 50,000 to 60,000 shirts, according to Clothesline Project’s website. In the past, shirts have been displayed in local businesses such as Thomas Hammer and LuLu’s Pizza. James Gravatt, a sophomore triple major with a minor in gender studies, is a peer educator with the Women’s Center. Gravatt helped with the event by doing research and “finding out
what makes a healthy relationship and getting statistics…of sexual assault and domestic violence on campus in the community and nation at large.” “Our goal is to acknowledge that there is an issue and we need to do something about it together,” said Adriane Bang, Violence Awareness and Response Coordinator. “That it is going to take all of us…to think about cultural shift in order to have healthy relationships to provide support for people who are experiencing these issues.” Between Wednesday and Thursday there were about 12 T-shirts made and about 60 people who stopped by to talk about the event. Others came and spoke with the Women’s and Children’s Alliance representatives who were there to provide support. “Sometimes it can be a challenging experience,” Bang said. Since most of the population now understands there is an issue with domestic violence, the Women’s Center is
going to be focusing on inviting people to participate in making this campus a better place to live, study and be in a relationship. Although bringing awareness is important, the Women’s Center is moving in a different direction. “People are more aware than they used to be,” Bang said. New this year at Boise State is the Healthy Relationship Peer Educator Groups. Their mission will be to provide training about consent, communication, healthy relationships and healthy break-ups. “Our team has a lot of connections on campus with Greek life, with all kinds of students leadership, housing, different campus organizations and that’s by design,” Bang said. “We know that peer education is a really powerful form of reaching out and building relationships with other students in order to help them feel invited and welcome them in.”
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Professor recieves grant to study hawk moths, bats Amy Merrill Journalist There is an evolutionary arms race between bats and moths, for those who were unaware. The stakes are high and the cost is life or death. Boise State’s own assistant professor of biological sciences Jesse Barber has recently received a $270,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to study the progressing race between bats and moths in hopes of revealing previously undiscovered evolutionary strategies. Barber has stated he plans to focus his study on hawk moths, named for their hovering and swift flight patterns and the noises they make to avoid becoming lunch for a hungry bat. He conducted previous studies and found other species of moths use noise to jam sonar used by predatory bats to convince the bats they would make for an unappetizing meal. Barbers said he believes hawk moths may have similar defense mechanisms, however only the male hawk moths emit noises. Barber plans to study thousands of different species of hawk moths from around the world to determine the rea-
sons behind the noises they make when being attacked by bats. The hearing organs and sound producing organs are diverse structurally. Barber said he hopes to show how these mechanisms are linked to the evolution of hawk moths. The hawk moth’s ultrasonic retaliation to an attack from its foe has multiple independent evolutionary origins. This is demonstrated through the diversity of the moths that shape the multiple behavior strategies, such as defensive and mating strategies. The research facility is equipped with multiple high-speed cameras capable of 3-D reconstruction that will capture the epic showdown between the bats and hawk moths. Boise State researchers will collect genetic and behavioral data to study the evolutionary war between bat and insect. This study will be the first of its kind to examine the interactions that occur between hawk moths and bats. This examination into the unique world of bat versus bug is projected to take about four years to complete and will hopefully shed some light on hawk moths’ unique array of sensory and behavioral strategies. Barber was unavailable for immediate comment.
Hawk moth Latin name is Macroglossum stellatarum. Have world’s longest tongue for moth or butterfly species. Hawk moth tongues can reach 14 inches long.
Feed on nectar while hovering in mid-air, much like a hummingbird. Most commonly found in Asia and Africa, but many sub-species live in the United States.
Many online literary critics have said that Edgar Allan Poe’s short story, “The Sphinx,” includes a sphinx moth that scares the story’s protagonist. Sphinx moth is another name for hawk moth. Statistics for hawk moths from Encyclopedia of Earth
Bat
Bats are generally harmless. Like any other mammal, they can carry rabies, although less than 1 percent of all bats are infected with the virus. More people die annually from dog attacks, bee stings, lightning and household accidents than from bat-transmitted rabies. Only 3 species of bats feed A single little brown on animal blood. These vambat can eat 1200 pire bats prefer to drink cattle mosquitoes in an blood and are only found in hour. Latin America. The smallest bat Bats have varied diets: 70 is the size of a small percent eat insects; many mouse; the largest, a tropical species eat fruit or fruit eater, has a 6-foot drink flower nectar; some bats wingspan. even catch frogs and fish. Statistics for bats from Department of Energy & Environmental Protection
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