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FAN Fridays

Fans adorned in blue and orange apparel celebrate after a Boise State touchdown against the Tulsa Golden Hurricanes. The Broncos defeated the Hurricanes 41 - 21 at Bronco Stadium this Saturday.

Bronco fans show some love by wearing blue and orange gear every Friday

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Fridays aren’t just regular Fridays this year at Boise State. For the 2011-12 school year, the university launched its official Bronco FAN Fridays. Every Friday, Boise State invites students, faculty, staff, alumni, fans and friends to wear their blue and orange gear to show support for the Broncos.

Bringing students and the community together is one of the goals this collaborative project the university’s office of communication and

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As Genevieve Nutting walked through the Student Union Building, her petite frame stood confidently and her warm smile was contagious.

Boise State’s very own was crowned Miss Idaho America 2011.

“Oh it’s crazy, when you’re backstage you just feel this swirl of emotions,” Nutting said about the final seconds before the big show.

Through four years of pageants, Nutting balanced classes and writing for the sports section of The Arbiter.

She’s currently taking a break from school to pursue the title of Miss America. Next fall, she will return as a senior and major in mass communication with a journalism emphasis.

When Nutting isn’t on stage, she’s changing the world. Not only is she a beauty queen, she’s also providing her community with learning opportunities. She was a top 20 finalist in the Pepsi Refresh Project for her proposal for a self-esteem workshop for girls.

“I tried for months and I finally got submitted,” Nutting said. “I didn’t get the grant, but I spread so

much awareness about it. I have my own Facebook page for it now where I give out daily self-esteem tips.”

Nutting is a self-esteem activist promoting her platform beyond the pageant, building the three C’s through girl scouts: courage, character and confidence. She formed selfesteem workshops that have been attended by more than 1,300 girls.

“My self-esteem workshops are where I just really have a lot of passion because I did start those myself,” Nutting said. “My main message is to really love and embrace the person you are for who you are.”

Where does Miss Idaho America get her confidence?

“My mom bought me this lucky lady bug, but I’m not too sure how lucky it is because I have lost it three times,” Nutting said. “I heard this man give a pep talk and he said whenever you go out to perform just tell yourself that ‘I am the bomb and I’ve got this’. It is funny because I play classical piano so I’ll be sitting there saying ‘I’m the bomb, I’m the bomb, I’ve got this.’ ” Nutting said she pays attention to current events and her experiences with her self-esteem workshops brings her extra confidence on stage

during questionnaires. She also practices playing the piano, truly developing a love for her talent so she can give the best performance.

“I try not to cram at the last minute. I try to make it a lifestyle. The most important thing is that you stay genuine to who you are. I keep a notebook to myself where I remember names and what we talked about because that really reminds you why you’re competing. It is really just about the people you are meeting and interacting with. Before I go into an interview I read a couple of notes, it brings me back to myself,” she said.

Nutting has many aspirations leading up to the Miss America competition and helping the next contestants prepare to represent Idaho.

After pageant life, Nutting plans to finish school and hopes to one day write for “Women’s Health.”

“A lot of women say ‘follow me on my journey to Miss America,’ but my journey doesn’t end at Miss America,” Nutting said. “I really want to spread my platform and my self-esteem workshops.”

The 2012 Miss America Pageant DAVID WUERTH/THE ARBITER is Jan. 14 live from Las Vegas. Follow Nutting’s journey on Facebook by Genevieve Nutting, a Boise State student, will compete searching Genevieve Nutting. for the Miss America title in January.

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another event to show that. “[FAN Fridays are] a great way to establish a sense of belonging amongst the students,” Colby Tompkins, junior marketing major, said.

Jennifer Clough, pre-nursing sophomore, said that a little school spirit can go a long way, “[It] builds the community and everyone should be a little school spirited,” she said.

The main concern Clough voiced is that the university doesn’t get the word out for all sports like it does for football. A goal of Bronco FAN Friday is to fix that problem.

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A new online video has been released to launch Bronco FAN Friday and encourage students to participate.

Many students agree this is a great way to spread cheer and dedication to the orange and blue. Bronco FAN Friday brings in a “sense of community around the school and the sport, everyone supporting it brings it together,” Alyssa Kull, junior pre-nursing major, said.

It is not just about the school, the Treasure Valley is a notoriously tight-knit community and this is just

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After a 30-year run, NASA officially retired the space shuttles this Aug. 31.

The Space Shuttle Atlantis was the last active shuttle and made its final earth landing on July 21. Now, the United States no longer had ships capable

of low-earth orbit to reach the International Space Station (ISS).

In 2004, Former President George W. Bush made the call to stop the space shuttles, according to ABC News.

His idea was for NASA to take the billions of dollars it was spending on shuttle trips to the ISS and use it on mis-

sions to the moon or Mars.

Originally, NASA designed the space shuttles to be taxis for astronauts and cargo from earth to the ISS. “Ideally you would have a reusable system which is what the shuttle tried to do,” astronaut Leroy Chaio, Ph.D., said.

“The shuttle was all reusable except for the external fuel

tank. It turned out to be more expensive than we thought.”

Chaio was at Boise State’s NASA Day last week.

The event featured experts from the Johnson Space Center and Jet Propulsion Laboratory as well as presentations from Boise State researchers.

Since the ISS always has to be manned with a crew of six

and each astronaut can only stay aboard the ISS for six months, the United States is facing a problem: how are they going to rotate the astronauts?

NASA made a deal with the Russian Government to pay around $50 million per

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More than 100 Satellite fell, but arrested in Wall can’t be found Street protests NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK —- Protests that began on Sept. 17 have led to the arrests of more than 100 people on varying charges such as disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, obstructing governmental administration and assaulting a police officer.

On Saturday, 80 people were arrested. Prior to that, it is estimated that around 20 people had been arrested due to the protests.

The protests feature people set-

ting up to basically live on Wall Street in Liberty Square — using cots and small kitchens — and maintain barricades as they try to draw attention to the role that powerful financial interests play in the spiraling economy.

According to the movement’s website, occupywallst.org, NYPD officers have been arresting protesters and bystanders, also using mace and tasers. Leaders claim to be worried about increased aggression as arrest rates skyrocket.

PACIFIC OCEAN — The defunct satellite expected to fall to Earth finally did Saturday, but is unclear exactly when or where it landed.

It is expected to have landed somewhere in the Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and the western coast of North America.

Time estimates place the break-up and plummet of the satellite somewhere between 11 p.m. on Friday and 1 a.m. on Saturday (Eastern time).

No reports of debris have come in, so officials are unsure

of where it landed, beyond on top of someone.

This does not mean it is guaranteed to have landed in the ocean.

Fragments of the six-ton satellite may have landed in unpopulated sections of the western U.S., though they are not expected to have gone further inland than Portland.

Officials are awaiting more information from possible eyewitnesses on airliners and ships to make a closer approximation, according to the Los Angeles Times.

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Putin, Medvedev switched spots in the government.

Putin becomes president of Russia, again MOSCOW, RUSSIA — Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister and former President of Russia, has moved to reclaim the presidency.

He could potentially hold the position until 2024, leaving him with a run of power similar in length to Joseph Stalin.

President Dmitri Medvedev announced that he would be stepping down to allow Putin to take his place, in anticipation of the elections which do not take place until March. Pu-

tin is the most likely winner, as Medvedev is simply swapping positions with him, taking the title of Prime Minister.

This agreement brought the end of tension about the transfer of power from Medvedev to someone unknown and new.

But apparently, that was never a risk in the first place.

“I want to say directly: An agreement over what to do in the future was reached between us several years ago,” Putin said to the New York Times.

Collar bomber sent back to Australia SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA — Paul Peters was returned to Australia on Saturday and stands without bail, accused of strapping a bomb to a teenage girl’s neck in an attempt to extort money from her family.

The incident occurred in August. Peters was later arrested in Kentucky, where he was held until his extradition.

BOISE — The City Council will discuss the Smoke Free Air ordinances that propose banning smoking in select places where people work and gather on Tuesday.

Some of the locations on the list of potentially no-smoking places include bars, tobacco shops and home-based businesses.

Should the ordinances pass, their enforcement would rely

more on compliance than on fines.

If someone were to light a cigarette in a bar and then be asked to put it out, if they did so or left, there will be no harm done. If they refuse, they could be fined $69.

Should they pass, Boise will join more than 600 cities which have banned smoking in bars.

These cities include El Paso, Texas and even New York City.

Mountain lion killed Friday MORES CREEK — An unidentified boy went searching for his missing dog last Thursday night and instead found a mountain lion.

After spotting the mountain lion, the boy took off running and was chased by the female mountain lion which scratched his arm and hand.

There was no other damage done and the boy’s father fired his handgun into the air to scare the cat away before reporting the encounter.

Fish and Game conservation officers, an off-duty Meridian police officer, a Boise County sheriff ’s deputy and four dogs went out to search for the lion and found it when their lights hit its eyes, according to the Idaho Statesman.

Shots were fired and the lion was killed.

For information on how to deal with spotting a mountain lion (hint, don’t run) see the article in a previous issue of The Arbiter on wildlife on campus.

Nudists protest covering up in San Francisco

He was formally charged this weekend with special aggravated break and enter and committing a serious indictable offense, kidnapping, and demanding money with menaces, according to the New South Wales police.

His attorney said he will contest the charges, as he has no previous criminal record.

1967 war, despite Palestinian objections because of previous border agreements. The bid for statehood was presented Friday and will be dealt with Monday, though final action will take longer. For more information on how the Palestinian statehood bid works, see “Wenske comments on Palestinian statehood” in this issue.

Smoking in Boise may be further restricted.

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Abbas demanding Israeli concessions before negotiating NEW YORK — Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas put conditions on accepting the reopening of negotiations between the Palestinian Alliance and Israel on Saturday.

He stated that no negotiations will be considered unless it is demanded that Israel stop construction and settlement on lands that Israel claimed in the

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These nudists are following the proposed regulations.

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. — A previously scheduled “nude-in” has turned into a protest against a proposal that puts limits on where nudists can bare their chests (and everything else).

Originally intended to be part of the unofficial celebrations leading up to the Folsom Street Festival, called the world’s largest leather and fetish event, the nude-in has quickly drawn attention thanks to city supervisor Scott Wiener’s proposal.

The celebrators-turned-protesters bore signs with logos such as “Get Your Hate Off My Body” and “Nudity is Not a Crime.”

The protesters, consisting of at least one woman and several dozen men, were unperturbed by the brisk early autumn weather on Saturday morning.

The regulations proposed would require anti-clothing individuals to cover up while in restaurants as well as put some form of barrier between their butts and where they sat, should they take a seat in a public locale, such as a park bench.

Organizers of the protest told the Associated Press that the primary goal was not to spread awareness about the anti-nudist proposal, but was instead intended to promote acceptance of the human body no matter what shape or form it came in.

The neighborhood where the protest took place, the Castro district, is well known for its nude visitors.

Some passersby seemed highly amused by the nudists and even took pictures of them.

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get unlost The cure for procrastination Therese Schwenkler Columnist

I used to have psychology papers due every week and the only thing that could get me off my ass was the deadline. It’s due in three hours?

Crap, I better start writing.

If you’re like most people, then you probably operate in the same way. But what if you’re sick of the deadline stress? What if you want to actually start being productive? What’s more, what about those things that you don’t even have a deadline for, like cleaning your room or doing the dishes? Are you destined to live in a gross, smelly house for the rest of your life?

Yes, probably— unless you start doing what I learned to do after far too many all-nighters.

The method I discovered is so easy that I guarantee you can do it in one minute or less.

All you have to do is this: name the very first, very smallest action that is necessary to start your task. Then do it.

Sounds simple, right?

If you’re dreading writing that paper, all you have to do is open up a Word document.

If you’re dreading cleaning your room, all you have to do is pick up one dirty sock.

And if you’re dreading doing the dishes, all you have to do is turn on the faucet.

If you don’t want to do it, just keep reminding yourself that all you have to do is one tiny thing that’ll probably take you less than one minute to do.

The secret? Once you do that first thing, you’ll almost certainly keep doing more.

Not only does this help you stop acting like a lazy bum, but it also makes you more likely to finish your task.

How come?

Well, consider the following example of those “frequent customer” punch cards that businesses are always giving out. Imagine these two scenarios: In the first scenario, you have to make ten purchases and then your next purchase is free.

You get two “free” punches upfront.

In the second scenario, you have to make eight purchases, and then your next purchase is free. You don’t get any punches upfront.

Here’s the thing: in both cases, you have to make eight purchases to get the free one. Yet studies have shown that almost twice as many people will end up redeeming their punch cards in the first scenario as compared to the second.

What does this mean for you? Well, once you’ve picked up a single dirty sock, it’s as if you have two free punches on your card. You can now look back and say, “I’m already part of the way finished!” instead of “I have so much more to do.” Once you take action, you’ve essentially built momentum that will propel you forward in your endeavor.

Sounds easy, right? Go ahead and try it out-it’ll only take a second!

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Garry Wenske, Executive Director of the Frank Church Institute, explains the effects of a successful Palestinian statehood bid.

Palestinian statehood: How does it work?

Geoff Moore Journalist

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he Arab Spring may have appropriately become the Palestinian Autumn on Friday, as the Palestinian Authority’s request for statehood was formally presented to the General Assembly of Nations in New York.

American and Israeli officials spent the week leading up to this request trying to talk the Palestinian leadership out of this move.

The official position of the State Department and President Barack Obama is that negotiations are the only way to achieve peace between Israel and Palestine and they plan to veto the bid for statehood.

The president of the Palestinian

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Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, was welcomed to the main podium on Friday with an extended standing ovation by representatives of the world’s nations.

“The goal of the Palestinian people is a realization of their inalienable national rights in their independent State of Palestine, with East Jerusalem as its capital, on all the land of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip, which Israel occupied in the June 1967 war,” Abbas said.

Garry Wenske, Executive Director of the Frank Church Institute and teacher of the Model UN class at Boise State explained that the Security Council is made up of 15 members of the General Assembly of 193 nations.

The Security Council is the organization that will actually make the

decision regarding the creation of an independent Palestinian state rather than the entire General Assembly.

Five nations—including the United States—are permanent Security Council members. This status comes with the additional benefit of having a veto right on issues posed to the Council. “(The statehood bid is) a good move I think on the part of the Palestinian Authority, because nothing was happening, and now the issue of their membership is formally before the U.N.,” Wenske said.

Wenske described the statehood bid as largely symbolic, though important, for Palestinians because of the potential for change in their statehood status. The Palestinian Authority may

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seat on the Soyuz spacecrafts, Russia’s answer to the space shuttles. That figure will rise to about $63 million per seat by 2014, according to Time Science Magazine.

A crash last month of an unmanned Soyuz rocket carrying 3.5 tons of supplies to the ISS brought a lot of questions about how viable the plan really is, according to The New York Times.

NASA gave out nearly half a billion dollars in funding to private corporations in order to find a less expensive shuttle.

Several private sector crafts are in the works and the following should be available by 2015: The Dragon by Space X, CST-100 shuttle by Boeing, The Dream Chaser by Sierra Nevada Corporation and New Sheppard by Blue Origin.

In his speech during NASA Day, astronaut trainer Duane Ross from the Johnson Space Center was asked why NASA stopped the shuttle program before they had another viable way to retrieve astronauts from the ISS. Ross said “the powers that be made those decisions,” not him. But then he looked at the student, grinned and said, “Ask me when I’m retired.”

NASA still has plans for a deep space rocket called the Space Launch System or SLS, which will cost approximately $18 billion before its test flight near the end of 2017, according to Space.com.

NASA is also working on their own Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV).

It is “the most advanced human spacecraft ever built,” according to NASA’s website.

When it’s finished, it will potentially go into deep space, but it will also be capable of transporting cargo and people to the ISS.

be able to achieve Observer State status if they achieve a simple majority vote at the General Assembly, regardless of veto. “(If that happened) there would be additional pressure on Israel to negotiate with them and there would be additional legal claims and moral claims to the occupied territories so it would be a real advantage for Palestine to become a member of the U.N. for those reasons. It gives them equal footing in negotiating,” Wenske said.

“The Palestinian people deserve a state of their own. But ... a genuine peace can only be realized by the Israelis and the Palestinians themselves,” Obama said during a speech last year addressing the U.N. on the Israel and Palestine conflict.

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NASA Day brought astronauts, experts and a model of the Red Planet Rover to the SUB Tuesday. Astronaut Leroy Chaio, Ph.D., was a special guest.

After watching customers leave and the company’s stock price plummet, Netflix Chief Executive Reed Hastings on Sunday admitted that he had fallen victim to “arrogance” and announced changes to the DVD offering.

The company’s DVD-bymail service will get a new name, Qwikster, and add the option to order video games along with movies.

“We chose the name Qwikster because it refers to quick delivery,” Hastings wrote in a blog post and an email sent to subscribers. “We will keep the name ‘Netflix’ for streaming.”

Netflix in August announced that it would separate the pricing for online video streaming and DVDs, resulting in a price increase of as much as 60 percent for people who utilize both options.

A number of customers were outraged, and last week Netflix disclosed that it is on track to lose 600,000 subscribers in the current quarter, after previously telling investors to expect that it would add 400,000.

As a result, Netflix stock fell 26 percent in two days, equating to a loss of $2.6 billion in market value. In the post, Hastings defended the policy, which he said will generate more revenue and lower shipping costs so the company can spend more acquiring digital rights to movies and television series. He said the problem was in communication.

“In hindsight, I slid into arrogance based upon past success,” he wrote. “Inside Netflix I say, ‘Actions speak louder than words,’ and we should just keep improving our service. “But now I see that given the huge changes we have been recently making, I should have

personally given a full justification to our members of why we are separating DVD and streaming, and charging for both. It wouldn’t have changed the price increase, but it would have been the right thing to do.”

A new Qwikster website will launch within a few weeks, Hastings said, separating the company’s DVD library and ordering process from the video streaming one.

People who use both will have separate charges on their credit cards.

The addition of video games to Qwikster is a change of policy for Netflix after the company for years denied that it was interested in adding titles for the Wii, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 to its DVD collection.

It also puts Qwikster into competition with GameFly, the long-standing leader in subscription video games by mail.

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Brian Moynihan, CEO of Bank of America, announced the bank will cut 30,000 jobs.

Bigger isn’t better Bank of America job cuts leave thousands in the cold Geoff M oore Journalist

While the largest bank in the country has just announced a plan to cut more than 30,000 American jobs, local banks are gearing up to do what they arguably do best: support their local communities.

Bank of America announced its enormous plan to cut spending and “to become a more focused, leaner and more efficient company.”

This announcement was made mere days after President Barack Obama presented the American Jobs Act to Congress.

The job cuts amount to a 10.4 percent reduction of the bank’s work force and are planned to spread over the next few years.

Bank of America’s announcement is grim, but its own postrecession experience seems to be dramatically different than the experience of local banks or credit unions.

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President Branch Manager at D.L. Evans Bank in downtown Boise said “smaller banks have a niche” because of their usually extensive community involvement.

“In terms of online banking, your products and services are pretty much the same everywhere,” Pearse said.

This is one of the main reasons local banks don’t seem to be facing massive cuts. Online banking services are now available to essentially everyone with a bank account, no matter the size or region of coverage of the banking institution in question.

This gives people who think local banks are less risky the opportunity to access equivalent resources to large banks, but with the advantage of more accessible management and financial service information.

The online convenience is relatively new in local banks.

“We don’t have to be the biggest company out there.

We have to be the best,” Brian Moynihan, CEO of Bank of

America, said in a speech delivered before the job cuts announcement.

Whether or not that can be successfully accomplished is unknown.

In an economy that is increasingly skeptical of big banks being labeled as “too big to fail,” what it means to be the best bank is slowly changing.

It is clear Bank of America, at least, has recognized that bigger isn’t always better.

Information regarding the specifics of where the Bank of America job cuts will occur has yet to be released so the potential impact on Boise’s economy is therefore uncertain. However, Pearse expresses confidence on behalf of the “medium and small local banks [which] aren’t currently worried about job cuts.”

Both the main Boise branch of the Bank of America and its Corporate News office declined to comment. However, the Sept. 12 press release can be viewed on the Bank of America website.

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The great Bronco gear battle Ben Mack

Opinion Editor Be honest: you’re a hardcore Boise State Broncos fan.

When you were 3 years old, your parents took you to your first game at Bronco Stadium.

When you were 12, you plastered Bronco logos on everything possible. When you’re 35, you’ll probably redo your carpeting to match the famous blue turf — much to the chagrin of your wife or husband.

You literally bleed blue and

orange. Sales of Bronco merchandise is big business.

According to the Collegiate Licensing Company, Boise State currently ranks 34th nationally in merchandise sales.

But it makes sense: just name the item, from T-shirts and

hats to dog bowls and dishware, it can be found with a Broncos logo plastered on.

Heck, there are even blue and orange plastic flamingo lawn ornaments.

Pretty cool, huh?

But all those choices can be

dizzying for consumers. Go anywhere in Idaho — or anyplace in the country featuring the words “sporting” or “goods” — and one will be assaulted with a plethora of consumer choices.

When it comes to where to

shop, there’s two main choices: the official Bronco Shop, sponsored by the university, and other retailers such as Fred Meyer and Walmart.

So which option is best?

Let the Bronco gear broker battle begin!

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Bronco Shop • Best selection, period. Name the item, and the Bronco Shop has it. Even Boise State golf club covers.

• Every purchase there helps fund scholarships for Boise State students. According to the Bronco Shop’s website, over the past two fiscal years more than $2 million has been given to Boise State’s general scholarship fund. It’s literally shopping for a cause.

• Location, location, location. With six different locations — including two in Nampa and one in Twin Falls — visiting the Bronco Shop doesn’t require a trip to campus. Even more conveniently, their website allows for quick and easy shopping without ever having to leave your house.

• Shop savvy. Deals such as game day T-shirts for $5, or three shirts for $20, abound. These and other dandy deals make shopping a treasure hunt for bargains, and the clearance racks featuring out-of-season merchandise are full of good unique finds.

• Price. The Bronco Shop is relatively expensive.

Nike T-shirts can go for more than $20 each and hoodies can cost more than $50. At stores like Walmart or Target, it’s not uncommon to find shirts for $5 or less. Competition drives down prices.

• Opening hours. The early bird is supposed to get the worm, right? So do night owls. None of the six Bronco Shop locations are ever open after 9 p.m. and most are closed on Sundays. Stores like Fred Meyer are usually open until 11 p.m., and some Walmarts never close at all.

• Location. To get to a Bronco Shop, you either have to actually go on campus, brave the hordes of crazed shoppers at Boise Towne Square (to say nothing of the parking lot), drive out to Nampa (where you get to battle more possibly deranged mall-goers) or drive for more than two hours to Twin Falls. Other retailers are all over the place, especially in Boise.

Bottom line Despite it’s higher prices, the Bronco Shop is the best place to go for your Bronco fix. After all, why not make a difference for students while shopping?

Advertising covertly conquers campus Alisha Graefe

Assistant Opinion Editor It’s Sept. 23, a normal day on Boise State’s campus; students are trying to get to class, to their dorms, their cars or lunch at the Boise River Café while trying to keep up with the rush of traffic through the Quad. Once through the Quad, the hustle and bustle is less — but there is something else going on that isn’t quite right on this seemingly normal day.

Today, there are people other than students on campus. Right outside the Student Union are tents, gadgets and trucks galore.

The National Collegiate Ath-

letic Association (NCAA) and Reese’s have set up tents outside the SUB trying to sell video games and Reese’s to college students. A sign set up outside proclaims “Free photos compliments of Reese’s!” and there are students set up outside of the tents handing out coupons for $1 off Reese’s products.

Freshman Savannah Amberson said she never uses the coupons handed out around campus.

“I don’t even accept them,” Amberson said.

The bus that accompanied the tents and video game huts, was adorned with sponsor names like Best Buy, CBS Sports and marketing company IMG. The

purpose of these video game huts and the truck was to get students in to try out the new NCAA Football 2012 video game from EA Sports. Are these companies on campus actually benefiting students? Do college students even care that these companies invade their campus?

“I don’t really care but some people care because they’re there all the time, but it doesn’t bother me,” Amberson said.

“It’s smart! There’s a ton of people here all the time so you’re bound to sell to someone,” sophomore Destynee Dougherty said.

Advertising is all over campus every day— there were at least 46 companies out and around cam-

pus the day of the Boise State vs.

Tulsa game.

Every day around the Quad on campus, it’s almost guaranteed someone will be trying to promote something. It can range from memberships to churches to cans of Monster.

Americans and college students alike have become numb to the fact that they’re always being sold something. Logos are everywhere, on the things we buy, on the things we wear and on the things we eat. Even the arena on campus, formerly known as the BSU Pavilion, is now known as Taco Bell Arena.

But advertising is not a bad thing. It’s the reason companies

generate business and one of the reasons the United States has an economy at all.

But there comes a point where it is too much.

College students don’t even realize they are just a part of a huge marketing scheme. Either they are being sold, or being used to sell products. What many students don’t realize is that some of the people who are handing out coupons and merchandise are college students themselves.

One company that specializes in marketing to college students, UD on Campus, actually hires students and trains them to sell to their fellow classmates.

It is almost like there is a sci-

ence to figuring out the minds of college students.

“In every college town across the country, students are spending millions of dollars each year,” said UD on Campus’ Matthew Blue. “The goal is to connect your business to this powerful buying market and obtain some lifelong customers along the way. We’ve done the work for you. Here are the three things that all college students want, straight from the source: affordability, experience and camaraderie.”

While advertising in and of itself isn’t harmful, it becomes a problem when it’s absolutely everywhere. And at Boise State, it’s getting to that point.

Admissions standards too low Casey Briggs Journalist

Some of Boise State’s supposedly easiest classes are also the most failed. Why is it that a Metropolitan University of Distinction can’t have the majority of people that take introductory level classes pass?

A failing has taken place, but on whom does the blame lie?

English 101 and Math 108 are the some of the most failed classes at Boise State.

Both have readily available, free tutoring at the Writing Center and Math Drop-in Center. English 101 is an introduction to writing an academic paper, a skill that is needed in nearly every other class that a student will take. Math 108 teaches basic algebra skills and isn’t available for credit.

Why is it they have such high failure rates? The answer lies in many places. A major cause may be Boise State’s low admissions standards.

Boise State accepts 81 percent of all applicants and has a low graduation rate — six percent graduate in four years, according to collegeresults. org. The correlation between these two figures is most clear in introductory level courses, where failing is most common.

It is ridiculously easy to get into Boise State. A high school student with a C average and a median ACT score of 21 can be accepted into the university. Collegeresults.org lists the average SAT math score of incoming freshmen at 520, while the verbal score sits at 510. This is simply not acceptable for a university seeking higher academic recognition from its peers.

Boise State has almost more stu-

dents than ever before — according to the university, 19,664 students were enrolled for Fall 2011. Some of them simply may not be cut out for college, and as such, these students drag down the institution as a whole. Raising admission standards would remove these less-than-stellar students, solving the problem at the source.

Boise State isn’t a vocational or community college; we don’t need to have the admission standards of one.

There are other schools in the area to help educate those that can’t get into Boise State, such as the College of Western Idaho.

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Doug Martin finds a seem through the Tulsa defense. Martin finished the night with 75 yards on 21 carries and had a 33 yard touchdown run.

No stone left unturned Broncos clean up Hurricanes in typical fashion in their home opener Saturday night Sports Editor

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he warriors of the Smurf Turf came prepared for battle against the University of Tulsa Golden Hurricanes.

Once again, the story this week was Kellen Moore masterfully dissecting an utterly inept Tulsa defense. In the first half alone, Moore completed 19 of 25 passes for 239 yards and three touchdowns.

But while these are typically numbers most quarterbacks dream of having over an entire game, Moore wasn’t quite finished.

The southpaw slinger added another touchdown and 40 yards in the third quarter before sophomore Joe Southwick took his place.

Moore played the game

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Coaches do a great job all week and we do a really good job executing in practice all week. Games just kind of seem easy.

with a knee brace on the injured leg he “tweaked” last week at Toledo.

“I lost a bet,” Moore said, jokingly, following the game. “(The brace is) doctor order.

(The knee’s) fine.”

Moore’s favorite target was, once again, senior wide receiver Tyler Shoemaker.

“Shoe” finished the evening, catching five balls for 102 yards and two touchdowns.

“It feels good, I feel like it’s a lot of execution,” Shoemaker said. “Coaches do a great job all week and we do a really good job executing in

—Tyler Shoemaker

practice all week. Games just kind of seem easy.”

The big story of the night was the Broncos’ dominating defense, which smothered the Hurricanes’ offense in the first half, allowing only 90 yards through the first two quarters. Tulsa quarterback G.J. Kinne, (who wasn’t expected to play) started the game wearing a knee brace of his own and was noticeably limited in his mobility.

The defense had a shutout going into the third quarter and forced four turnovers as a unit. Senior cornerback

Jarrell Gavins once again displayed his shutdown ability on the outside, intercepting two of Kinne’s passes.

“He’s been phenomenal, he is playing those balls exactly as they need to be played. A lot of times defensive backs panic when they see that deep ball, but he finds it, finishes the route and goes up and catches it like a wide receiver,” Football Head Coach Chris Petersen said of Gavin’s play.

The senior has continued to come up with big plays the entire season, with three interceptions and four pass deflections.

Boise’s running game struggled to gain ground once again, netting only 131 yards on the night. The Broncos only managed to gain 2.9 yards per rush and, aside from a 33yard touchdown run by Doug Martin, were stagnate against

Tulsa’s defense.

“We need to run the ball better for sure. We’ve got to really analyze that,” Petersen said. “I think this team is capable with the line that we have and the backs that we have, but we really need to be able to run the ball better.”

The offensive line played another solid game and protected Moore exceptionally well, especially with the loss of starting center, Thomas Byrd. Quarterback Joe Southwick’s sack in the third quarter was the first sack allowed by the unit so far this season.

Senior defensive tackle Chase Baker sat out of Saturday’s game due to a hamstring injury suffered in practice last week, but should return next week. Boise State had another couple of scares

during the game when another pair of defensive lineman went down due to apparent leg injuries. Defensive end Tyrone Crawford and Billy Winn each were injured in the first half, but managed to return by the second half.

“I think we’re okay. It’s football season, you’re going to have to play with bumps and bruises but I think that’s why we worry so much. We know how fast things change and you can see that with Billy and Tyrone go down, we almost don’t have enough guys, it is paper-thin. We keep our fingers crossed that we can stay healthy all year long,” Petersen said.

The Broncos will have a week to prepare for their redemption game against the University of Nevada Wolfpack next Saturday at 12:30 p.m., at Bronco Stadium.

Moore and offense key in home opener win Joey McCullough Audio Producer

Bronco Nation waited three weeks for Boise State football to return home to once again rule the Smurf Turf. You could feel it in the air outside Bronco Stadium; people were amped for the start of the Broncos’ home opener against the Tulsa Golden Hurricanes.

First Key

Boise State played in front of the home crowd for the first time this season. The energetic crowd was chomping at the bit and was ready to unleash all the noise and havoc they could played a role in the Broncos’ victory.

Second Key

Once again, Kellen Moore showed off his ability to turn secondarys into helpless bystanders. It’s hard to not shake your head in amazement when he is 19-25 passing with 239 yards and three touchdowns at the half. Moore finished 23-29 for 279 yards with four touchdowns before back-up quarterback Joe Southwick came in at quarterback during the third quarter.

Senior Tyler Shoemaker was the go-to target again for Moore. Shoemaker finished with three more touchdowns giving him six, a career high for

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scores in a season.

“Shoe and I have been doing this forever, we came in together,” Moore said. “He’s the old man in the group so we’re getting in some plays and he’s come away with some good touchdowns.”

quarter with an interception of his own. It came to much of the delight of his coaches.

“We are so happy; any time he catches a ball we’re throwing a party,” Petersen said of his starting safety. “It was awesome to see the ball stick in his hands.”

Third Key

Fourth Key

For three quarters, Boise State’s defense was playing at their prime. The Golden Hurricanes were stifled by the Bronco defense, going three-in-out numerous times and only amounting 90 yards on 21 plays at halftime.

Tulsa quarterback G.J. Kinne threw three interceptions, two

by Jerrell Gavins and Aaron Tevis. The defense also endured injuries to lineman Tyrone Crawford and Billy Winn.

However, the second half, the Broncos defense took a step back. Crawford and Winn had returned to the field but Tulsa started to look more like the team that put up 33 points on Oklahoma State.

“The second half, [Tulsa] got some momentum and were getting us on our heals a little bit,” Head Football Coach Chris Petersen said. “We had a couple nice three and outs to get momentum back and that helped but … we need to get back to work, no question.”

Cedric Febis got his name into the spotlight in the fourth

The Broncos’ offensive line is in the midst of a lot of shuffling because of injuries. It has forced Petersen to turn to his bench to fill the holes. This scramble may be a reason why the rushing game has yet to really get started this season. The offensive line has felt flack for this but what is missed is how well they’ve protected their quarterbacks.

The pass protection has been helped by nifty footwork by the quarterbacks. Not until Joe Southwick came in for Moore in the third quarter Saturday had the offensive line given up a sack.

“The quarterbacks do a good job of working the pocket and not holding on the to ball too long,” Petersen said. “That’s one of Kellen’s fortes but [the offensive line] have done a nice job protecting the passer.”

Following Boise State’s 41-21 defeat of Tulsa, Petersen reiterated that there is a lot of work still to be done. There is always room to be better and for the Broncos that means improving each day.

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“Rock Over That!” yelled members of the Boise State men’s Rugby Club on a beautiful Saturday afternoon.

Cheering their fellow club members on as they scrambled to maintain possession of the ball on the Boise State intramural field, the Broncos defeated the Utah State Aggies 22-10 in front of an array of tailgaters, students and fans.

The men’s rugby club capitalized on the opportunity to impress playing very physical and fast. The Broncos jumped out to an early 3-0 lead only to see the Aggies take control halfway through the first half scoring on there only try of the game and making the extra two points to put them ahead 7-3.

The Broncos rallied late in

the first half to score on one of there three tries which put them up 10-7 at halftime.

Coming out strong in the second half the Broncos scored two more tries putting them up 22-7. With a late kick attempt the Aggies closed the gap to 22-10, but were clearly gassed from the Broncos’ aggressive physical play.

The Aggies never got closer.

Utah State looked beat up and exhausted after the game and the Broncos knew it.

“We played a good physical game we really brought play to them,” said sophomore Richard Adams. “We are young and we are physical. The guys have a really good attitude and want to play.”

Junior Norman Naylon, Jr. credited the win to the experience the team gained in their week one loss to the Air Force Academy.

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Boise State’s men’s rugby team defeated Utah State 22-10 Saturday at the intramural field.

“For a lot of guys it was their first game (referring to the week one loss versus Air Force) and in this game we only had one guy who it was his first game and he came in the second half so our guys gained a lot of experience playing Air Force and built on what they learned last week. I think if we stick with the same guys we got we will have a pretty good season this year,” Naylor said.

Senior Brett Johnson gave

Mile-high and Cougarville Boise State tennis away for the weekend Nikki Hanson

Assistant Sports Editor September is a month of firsts.

The first dreaded test of the semester in classes, the first home football game, the first hint of fall, and the kick-off to the men and women’s tennis season.

Men’s Tennis: The Boise State men’s tennis

team traveled to the Mile-high City this weekend to compete in the Eastern Washington Fall Classic. While the students of Boise State were getting buck wild for the first home game of the season, our tennis team was busy at work.

In the singles’ Flight Round of 32 , Colorado native, sophomore Aidan Reid matched up

against Michael Schaeffer of Oregon. Reid claimed a victory on the match, finishing 7-6 (6), 6-4. Freshman Garrett Patton also finished with a win against University of Portland’s Justin Guay, 6-2, 7-6 (7). Reid and senior Erik Sheldon competed in the doubles flight round 16 with a strong 8-3 victory.

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credit to his team’s forward play and is starting to see his team form an identity.

“Yeah, I think our forwards did a great job out muscling them on the scrums. I know they won a bunch of their putins so I think they were the stars of the game. The common theme in both games is that we have a really big team and we are really physical,” Sophomore Vice President of the Club Alex Nunez said. “We are excited to

will take place on Sunday, with live updates. However, the next destination on the Broncos’ schedule will be sunny California, next weekend for the Fresno State Bulldog Classic.

Women’s Tennis: The Boise State women’s tennis team kicked off their season in Pullman, Wash. for the WSU Cougar Classic.

In the singles’ Flight 1 Round of 16 Junior Marlena Pietzuch defeated Montana’s Alexander 6-1, 6-2. In the singles Flight 2 Round of 16 sophomore Morgan Basil was victorious against De La Torre of Montana State, 4-6, 6-1, 6-1. In the singles’

play. We played a physical game but I think we need to work on fundamentals, not trying to do that last minute move just keep possession of the ball and then just phases.”

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The Broncos are 1-1 on the year and 1-0 in conference play and with a tight-knit group of players and coaches other teams better be prepared because these Broncos are ready to play.

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The common theme in both games is that we have a really big team and we are really physical.

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Flight 3 Round of 16 sophomore Sandy Vo won her match 6-3, 6-3 against Idaho’s Flores.

The doubles Flight 1 Round of 16 was a success with senior Sonia Klamczyska and Marlena Pietzuch, who narrowly defeated Hjalmarsson/Tsan of Montana State, 8-6.

In the quarterfinals of the doubles match, Klamczyska and Pietzuch were again victorious, 8-5, defeating Lozano/Vickers of Idaho.

The ladies will also conclude the tournament this Sunday.

Next weekend will be a tournament at home, as Boise State hosts the Jack Taylor Classic.

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