The Arbiter 9/23/2010

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tudents, Boise State will be highlighted on prime time, national television Saturday.

The football team will be the focus and the students will be the crucial supporting cast. The nation's eyes will be focused on how Boise State is represented on ESPN's massive show "College Gameday." The costumes, signs and turnout of Bronco Nation will be in full view, so take advantage!

What Boise State needs is Bronco Nation to be a full force, wrecking ball of a fan base Saturday. Fans need to show up loud, colorful and damn near crazed on caffeine and the natural high induced by energetic crowds of people. The record number of fans who attended a College GameDay is 16,000 set by the Nebraska faithful. Bronco Nation should try to smash that figure. Fans from other, larger universities with more established teams will be watching and judging.

Some online fan boards are not happy about ESPN's decision to come to Boise. Most of what is said suggests that Boise State is too small and a waste of time for something as large as College Gameday to entertain. Also on Saturday, No. 1 Alabama will smash against No. 10 Arkansas in what could be the biggest game of the 2010 NCAA Football season to date. A match-up of that caliber outweighs what will happen between No. 3 BSU versus No. 24 OSU on the blue turf. So, if the game cannot match the scale of another, the fans need to help even the overall experience.

What Boise State does not need is Bronco Nation to be belligerent, out of control and dangerous. Have fun, but be smart Bronco Nation. This is a great opportunity to show off the pride of Boise State. Just as true, it's an opportunity to look really bad on national TV. The fans need to be a big presence, not a scary distraction. If you go to the game, don't be reckless or get too drunk -- easier said than done, I'm sure.

ESPN asked a member of our staff to write an article for them to post on its website. Also, "the worldwide leader in sports" asked The Arbiter to produce a video of Bronco Nation that will also appear on College Gameday's website. Both the article and video will be posted on arbiteronline.com. If the ESPN cameras don't catch you, our HD audio and video will. The Arbiter will be watching and you don't want to be "that wasted dude" or "that drunk chick" blasted on a national spotlight.

So, have fun, be loud and show off to the other colleges and the haters ... that's you Mark May. Sincerely, Bob Beers Editor-in-chief, The Arbiter

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Junior quarterback Kellen Moore will lead the Broncos’ potent offense against their second Top 25 team in three games. The Heisman Trophy hopeful has thrown for 585 yards and two touchdowns this season.

Senior wide receivers Titus Young and Austin Pettis have combined for 332 yards and five touchdowns in two games this season. Look for them to attack Oregon State’s secondary.

Boise State’s defensive line has stuffed both of its opponents this season. It held Wyoming to -21 rushing yards last week and combined for six sacks through two games.

Sophomore quarterback Ryan Katz will be making his first official road start on Saturday. Katz has impressed through two games, throwing five touchdowns and no interceptions.

The Rodgers brothers: junior running back Jacquizz Rodgers and senior wide receiver/punt returner James Rodgers both have big play capability with blazing speed.

Senior defensive tackle Stephen Paea is among the best DT’s in the nation. Most teams run away for Paea, which has only allowed him 1.5 sacks this season. Look for BSU’s running backs to do the same.

Broncos' thoughts on Gameday

Blast from the past Nobody wants to acknowledge it, but TCU could jump the Broncos in the polls ... again.

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TCU currently has more Top 25 teams on its schedule than BSU. BSU’s low strength of schedule was not favorable with the computers last season. TCU still plays No. 13 Utah and already has defeated No. 24 Oregon State.

BSU currently has No. 24 Oregon State only, but that could change if Virginia Tech moves its way back into the Top 25 once it starts Atlantic Coast Conference play.

The fate of BSU could lie in the hands of fellow Western Athletic Conference and future Mountain West Conference allies, Fresno State 2-0 (1-0 WAC) and Nevada (3-0). Both teams are receiving high numbers of votes in the polls, but need to continue to win and join the Top 25 to keep BSU comfortably ahead of TCU.

Head coach Chris Petersen: “I think it’s great for our students, it’s great for our fans and the community. I think everybody needs to enjoy it and just have a good time. I hope everyone really appreciates it because it doesn’t come around that often. I think it’s great for the program and we’re as excited as the fans are for them to be here to shed light on the university and the State of Idaho.”

Senior linebacker Derrell Acrey: This is a good opportunity for us to play a good team on national television. At the same time, it’s nothing new for us playing on ESPN. It’s good for the town, for the school to have GameDay come. It’s good for the guys to say ‘hey I played on College Gameday.’”

Junior quarterback Kellen Moore: The environment will be kind of a wild deal. It will be pretty funny because it will be so close, but we’re not allowed to be there. Maybe I’ll ask my parents how it was.

Senior defensive end Ryan Winterswyk: I think everyone’s juiced about it. We’re going to enjoy that they’re coming. We see it as a sign of respect, but we also know that while they’re here we also have a great team to play against, too.

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GameDay makes maiden voyage to Boise Trent Lootens

Expectations couldn’t be higher

Boise State and ESPN took their relationship took the next level when the worldwide leader in sports decided to send its famous college pregame show to Boise, Idaho for the first time.

Now, it’s up to Bronco Nation to do its part.

To put it lightly, BSU and the City of Boise have been waiting a long time for College GameDay to transcend upon Bronco Stadium. Students and fans are ecstatic to hear GameDay will be broadcast from the blue turf – BSU’s most famous asset.

There’s no doubt Bronco fans will hit this opportunity out of the park on Saturday.

The game is completely sold out and more than 5,000 student tickets were gone within an hour of release.

BSU fans rarely get to see a Top 25 matchup at home.

Compile that with GameDay, and the atmosphere will be nothing short of electric.

Boise State is eager to show the nation why it belongs in the same class as other BCS conference schools. GameDay, along with having the game broadcast nationally on ABC, gives BSU the stage it needs to prove its case.

Finishing three of the last four regular seasons undefeated, winning two Fiesta Bowls and starting 2010 ranked in the Top 5 has given Boise State options it never had before.

That success combined with the ranking allows BSU to be in the conversation for the BCS National Championship.

Of course, there are many obstacles the Broncos still have to overcome, but the possibility is very real. Loses by No. 1 Alabama and No. 2 Ohio State would put BSU in a position to lobby for selection into the title game.

Four years ago, BSU and BCS National Championship were never involved in the same sentence. Now, it seems every time you turn on the television all you hear are the two together. For better or for worse, BSU is in the running for the national championship.

Sports Editor

What to watch for Junior quarterback and Heisman Trophy hopeful Kellen Moore will lead No. 3 Boise State against No. 24 Oregon State at 8 p.m. EST Saturday night from Bronco Stadium.

The Broncos feature a potent offensive attack led by Moore and his barrage of weapons at receiver and running back.

courtesy ESPN

The College GameDay crew from left to right: Desmond Howard, Chris Fowler, Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit will be in Boise, Idaho this Saturday. The trip will be the first of its kind for Boise State.

Not to mention, BSU’s defense has only given up 107 total yards rushing in two games this season.

BSU’s defense, led by senior defensive end Ryan Winterswyk, has been stellar upfront and will have to contain OSU junior running back Jacquizz Rodgers.

Rodgers has averaged 103.5

yards per game through two games this season with three touchdowns. Slowing down Rodgers will be the key to the game. If Rodgers performs how he usually does in big games, OSU could steal the win from the Broncos.

This will be BSU’s first-ever nationally broadcast game on ABC.

What this all means for BSU Boise State feels like it has earned the opportunity to showcase its team, its fans and its blue turf on the biggest stage possible.

GameDay and ABC gave BSU the chance to prove why it belongs, which BSU is

grateful for. There’s no question Bronco Nation will blow the minds of college football fans across the country on Saturday.

The nation may not view the Broncos as underdogs any longer, but anyone who belongs to BSU will tell you that they still feel very much like underdogs and they’re proud of it.

A tale of two programs Beavers and Broncos carry strong similarities between coaches, recruiting Kirk Bell

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Oregon State head coach Mike Riley decided to paint the Beavers’ practice field blue to help the team get ready for the atmosphere at Bronco Stadium.

When looking at the surface of the No. 24 Oregon State Beavers (1-1) and No. 3 Boise State Broncos (2-0) a few things stand out. Both programs are on the rise under coaches who have helped developed their teams over the years.

OSU head coach Mike Riley has spent the past ten years rebuilding the Beavers’ football program back to national prominence. BSU head coach Chris Petersen has proven to be the most effective leader of the Broncos’ program during his tenure as both offensive coordinator and skipper of the BSU squad.

Both coaches have the utmost respect for what the other. Both coaches have been

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around to see the teams go 2-2 against each other between 2003-06. This match-up will give the other the slight edge in bragging rights.

“This team will be ready.

There’s no doubt about it,” Petersen said of the Beavers.

“There’s no mystery to this game. They’ve got good players, they’re well coached. They will come ready to play. Their players step up in big game and are always ready to play.”

The Beavers came close to knocking off a top 10 program in TCU in its first game at Cowboys Stadium. They kept it close but struggled to score an equalizing touchdown late in the fourth quarter.

Riley has seen the Broncos develop and has observed similarities in the teams.

“I think there are similari-

ties, for sure,” Riley said. “I think that they do a great job of evaluation for their system. They have kind of been, in some respects, are we like them, are they like us in the fact that I don’t know you’ve heard of a lot of their guys going in but you hear of them coming out and they’re playing in the NFL. That just goes to show you that they not only evaluate well and develop well but they’re also good at taking a safety and making him a linebacker or taking a linebacker and making him an end.”

Both Oregon and Idaho have smaller recruiting pools compared to the juggernaut schools on the west coast, mainly in California. Oregon’s population rests close to 3.8 million people with Idaho sitting around 1.5 million resi-

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dents. Though OSU has an edge in recruiting from its own state, both teams pull from similar pools in Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona and Texas.

Riley attributed the Broncos’ acute eye for recruiting players who fit their system. Petersen mirrors Riley’s thoughts on recruiting to their system.

“I think they do a good job of recruiting,” Petersen said.

“They know their system.

They’ve done the same things, their same general schemes on offense and defense. There’s enough variety to keep, obviously plenty of variety to keep guys off balance.”

And apparently both teams play on blue fields, at least temporarily. The OSU team has been practicing on a mock blue practice field prepared specifically for this game. Petersen joked about having the Beavers “right where they want them.” Though Riley is leaving little to chance by preparing on blue turf, he knows it is a minor detail to success.

“The hardest thing about Boise (State) is not the blue field,” Riley said. “They are a very good football team and they have good players and they are well coached.”

The Broncos face OSU at Bronco Stadium this Saturday.

Kickoff is scheduled for 6:07 p.m. MT and will be nationally aired on ABC.

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How zippy are Zipcars?

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So what if she’s a skank?

New car service not needed Tony Madonna Journalist

Zipcars are not practical in a college setting. Even though they provide a great service to the public, for college students, they are not necessary when there are multiple alternative transportation methods readily available for students.

BSU is a commuter school.

Zipcars are geared toward students living on campus without a car, but at Boise State, that's not a very large group. According to University Housing, 1,926 students are housed on campus, which is only about 10 percent of the student populous.

The Student Union Building is currently under construction, working to complete a transit station which is expected to be completed next fall. This station is specifically for alternative means of transportation, so students have easy access for their transportation needs.

"Our goal is to provide easier access to the bus system for students, faculty, and staff," said JC Porter, assistant director of Transportation & Parking Services. "We hope this easier access promotes more ridership."

The Valley Regional Transit buses and the BSU shuttle buses will use the transit center. These bus systems will take people anywhere they need to go, such as Wal-Mart or the mall. Also,

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according to Porter, the transit center may include flat screen televisions integrated with the GPS system for the buses so riders can see where the buses are.

Not only does the transit center provide easier access, but it is also free to students. Free bus stickers are available at the information desk in the SUB. "This project is mostly all grant-funded by the federal government. Students didn't have to pay for this," says Porter.

Carpooling is another option. Many students have cars on campus so others can catch a ride with a friend to locations such as the mall or the grocery store.

If a student has their own car, it would be cheaper and more convenient to bring the car to campus than have a Zipcar membership. The cheapest parking permit is only $25 for the year at the Parkcenter parking lot and the student wouldn't have to pay $8 each time he/she wanted to use it.

Not to mention, a lot of the hot-spots around Boise are within walking or biking distance for students on campus.

Campus has become more bike-friendly with the new Bike Barn and, according to Porter, there will be additional bike storage in the Lincoln Garage as well.

"I think (Zipcars) are good for college students, but not with

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Zipcars are geared toward students living on campus without a car, but at Boise State, that's not a very large group. the prices they have," said Amy Modglin, freshman business and accounting major.

Eight dollars -- maybe $16 to take a trip to Wal-Mart, Costco, or the grocery store -- is too expensive. It is just an added frivolous expense.

"Zipcars can be less convenient in that, if you reserve one for an hour and a half and you are late, you get charged more," said Jorge Cardenas, senior international business/marketing major.

Students can easily find other ways to spend their money and get around Boise. Alternative means of transportation are readily available and the money spent on Zipcars could be used for next semester's tuition, books, or alternative food sources. Simply, other methods of transportation have more "zip."

Student Voices What do you think of the new ticket policy?

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Ali McQuain

Junior, Communication "I think it's very efficient, being able to access it online, but obviously there are some downsides to it."

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Drew Rawlings

Junior, Electrical Engineering "I liked it a lot better because...it was a lot easier this year [than last year.]"

DeAnn Allen

Graduate Student Instructional & Performance "I can't imagine not doing it online, actually, it seems like it's so quick and easy."

Jill Krenecki

Information Desk Manager " I really enjoy the new ticket policy...I think from talking to students the only problems we've seen is just unfamiliarity, which I think will die down."

If the Obama Administration was a Broadway Production, the title would have to be “Promises, Promises.” Hundreds of promises made and hundreds broken.

Obama said that he would change the face of Washington D.C., that the Democrats would bring about the most ethical government in the history of the U.S. and that we were going to progress into the future and never have to worry again. We were lied to.

Behind all the smoke, mirrors and flashy ads the Obama Campaign and the Democrats played in 2006 and 2008, were failed politics and complete incompetency.

After only a few months in office, President Obama and the Democrat-controlled Congress rammed down the throats of a disapproving American Public a whopping $787 billion Stimulus Package known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The law was passed with the promise that it

A Zipcar membership is $35 annually for students, staff and faculty The $35 fee includes free driving for the first month The weekday rates are $8 per hour or $66 per day The weekend rates are $9 per hour or $72 per day All the rates are subject to change depending on the model of the car reserved Zipcar offers cars such as MINIs, pick-up trucks, BMWs and the Prius.

With each reservation, 180 free miles are included as well as gas and insurance.

wouldn’t “add one dime to the deficit,” and that it wouldn’t let unemployment go over 8.0 percent.

Now let me be clear friends, it did. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the National Unemployment Rate topped a mind-numbing 10.6 percent in January 2010 and the National Deficit tripled, amounting to $13 trillion.

Now, the President and the Democrats are beginning to break another promise.

The promise that no family making less than $250,000 would have their taxes raised.

Unfortunately, this promise was recently broken and with the soon-to-come expiration of the Bush Tax Cuts by the Democrats, it’s continually being broken.

With the rise of the Tea Party, led by the admirable Glenn Beck, the reign of the Democrats and of King Obama will soon be muzzled as the 2010 Mid-Term Congressional Elections will see conservative Republicans making record-breaking gains in both Chambers of Congress.

This new wave of conservative Republicans has made it clear to the American People that they are ready to repeal much of the Socialist agenda of taxation and redistribution, passed by the Obama Administration in the past 21 months and the Democrat Congress in the past five years.

“Yes We Can!” ignore the will of the American People, corrupt your Elected Representatives, bankrupt your Country, and end the American Dream. This has been President Obama and the Democrat Party’s mantra for the past decade. This November, let’s tell Obama and the Democrats “No You Can’t!”

Domenico Gelsomino is a freshman double majoring in political science and entrepreneurship. He is also the vice president of BSU college republicans.

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Last week, The Arbiter ran a couple of pieces about TV Azteca reporter Ines Sainz, and the controversy about women in sports reporting that bubbled-up around her. A lot has been said about the appropriateness of women interviewing mostly-naked athletes, proper work-place attire for sports journalists and about whether or not she deserved the alleged harassment due to the way she was dressed.

The aggravating part of this whole ordeal isn't the comments made by Clinton Portis. It isn’t the conduct of the New York Jets players, and it definitely isn’t the way Sainz was dressed. The problem is the “she was asking for it” rhetoric, based on her manner of dress and her Maxim photos.

Regardless of whether Sainz was actually harassed, no woman “deserves” harassment, and no woman is ever “asking for it.” This is the exact same rhetoric used by rape-apologists. (“Apologist” stems from the Greek word for defense, not "apology.") It’s called victim-blaming. It’s the notion that if a rape victim isn’t doing everything she possibly could to protect herself, she deserves what she got.

The idea often takes the seemingly innocuous form of rape prevention tips. “Don’t walk alone at night,” “Don’t drink around strangers” and “Take self-defense classes,” are a few common ones.

Since 77 percent of rape is acquaintance-rape or date-rape, maybe we should start handing young women pamphlets that say “Don’t have friends.”

Here’s a rape-prevention tip -- don't be a rapist.

If we, as a society, drop the notion that to be manly, one must be predatory, maybe we’d see fewer rapists. A crime is the fault of the person who commits it, not the victim. Society is selling men short by claiming that they lack the self-control to act like a civilized human being around women.

This attitude isn’t limited to rape. The same argument is invoked to defend sexual harassment.

“If she didn’t want to be a sex object for me, she wouldn’t be attractive.” The idea that if a woman doesn’t want to be harassed, she shouldn’t wear tight jeans, short skirts or low-cut shirts is absurd.

Have you been to a department store recently?

What else is there to buy?

“Sorry I’m not Amish enough for you, the black robe store is closed on Sundays.”

Women are told they must be sexy to do well in society, but if they are too sexy, they get no respect. It’s called slut-shaming. Society as a whole seems to think that if a woman makes herself too available, has too much sex or dresses too provocatively, then she is a whore and therefore lesser. Men, on the other hand, are encouraged to flaunt abs and chest muscles and have as much sex as possible. Men must be aggressive and virile, women must be passive and receptive.

The same is true of sexual expression. If a woman wants to have naked or semi-nude pictures or videos of herself distributed in magazines or online, that’s her business, not the business of the press.

In professional environments, particularly in male-dominated fields, a woman who is sexually available is a whore and gets no respect. However, if a woman is sexually unavailable, she’s just one of the guys, stripped of her gender identity.

Promiscuous women are not only dismissed and ridiculed, but are viewed as somehow being morally dubious. Fun fact: people have sexual appetites. Oddly enough, women are in fact people.

Aside from rape and infidelity, a person's bedroom activities have no bearing on his or her character. Women deserve to have sex how they want, with whomever they want, as well as dress themselves as they see fit without coming under scrutiny from the rest of society.

Into butternut squash-coated, Batmanthemed dildo orgies? That’s fine. So long as it doesn’t affect your job performance or treatment of other people and you use protection, I don’t care. … Unless I’m invited.

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Boise State gives Mountain Home its first wind turbine Gabrielle Brandini Journalist

Richard McKenna Charter High School cut the ribbon on Mountain Home's first wind turbine Monday, signaling the finalization of a project between Boise State and the city of Mountain Home.

The wind turbine, which has a rated capacity of 2.4 kilowatts, was installed through the Wind for Schools project, a program Boise State has been participating in since 2008.

Boise state has received grants from the Tidwell Foundation of Idaho to support installing wind turbines in schools, as well as some federal support.

Students at RMCHS contributed by holding a raffle and a bake sale, raising an extra $2,000.

The turbine will produce 1.8 kilowatt of power, enough to power 39 computers and 20 percent of the school's lighting needs, according to the website, Energyboom.com.

The turbine will only be able to provide a small fraction of the total energy

needed to power the school, but creating electricity wasn't the main goal of the initiative.

"The goal of this project was to bring the community together, and to provide firsthand experience to students on alternative energy," Todd Thorn said.

Thorn is a faculty member of RMCHS who teaches alternative energy courses. "It's educating students on the decisions that they make in the future, as well as encouraging some to look into wind energy as a career."

Real-time data from the wind turbine will be wirelessly transmitted to a computer in the alternative energy classroom. Teachers will be able to use this data in their lesson plans.

Since it was installed a month ago, 137 kilowatt-hours have been produced.

The installation of the turbine had opened the door for anyone else in the town who wants to install a small wind turbine to offset energy costs.

"We wouldn't have been able to do this without all the support from the community," Thorn said.

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Director Michael Hoffman with actress Helen Mirren on the set of his Oscar nominated film, "The Last Station." Hoffman is a Rhodes scholar recipient.

Michael Hoffman Movie director, BSU alumnus talks life, community Mitch Esplin News Producer

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Richard of McKenna Charter High School in Mountain Home Installed a wind turbine with the help of Boise State and the Wind for Schools program. The turbine will provide roughly 20 percent of the school's energy needs.

Michael Hoffman. BSU alumnus, theater guru, respected film director and Rhodes scholar recipient has an impressive directorial resume that includes films such as "One Fine Day" starring George Clooney and Michelle Pheifer, and "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Currently, Hoffman is working on a family comedy for Warner Bros., "Blended." He is also trying to acquire the rights to a book by Steven Ambrose called "Crazy Horse and Custer" to adapt into a film.

But what's more interesting is not just his collection of films, but the life behind them.

First, Hoffman was born in Hawaii because his father was in the Navy. From there, his family moved to Payette when he was about 6 months old.

From age 7, he was drawn to theater and storytelling.

"I acted consistently every chance that I got," he said. "I was really drawn to the whole idea of theater ... and I don't know why."

After graduating from Payette High School, he enrolled at Boise State.

During his time he not only became heavily involved in BSU and community theater, he became the student body vice-president, then president.

His student government built a student dental plan

and started a daycare, but the accomplishment he is most proud of as a student was starting the Idaho Shakespeare Festival in 1977. The festival is finishing up its 33rd season this weekend.

In 1979 he received a Rhodes scholarship to attend Oxford University in England.

Hoffman said getting the scholarship was difficult.

"It had been a dream of mine for a long time. I almost didn't apply."

His move to directing came when he found that he had a hard time integrating into English casts because his English-accent was "firmly rooted in Payette."

He had moderate success with plays he directed at Oxford and later was asked to direct a 20-minute video.

Hoffman said he didn't have any interest in directing the video, but he did it anyway.

The video gave him the opportunity to write and direct a full-length feature film, "Privileged" with assistance from Oscar-winning director John Schlesinger.

Hoffman said the film was "really awful" but it became the springboard for his film career and many others, including actor Hugh Grant, cinematographer Ueli Steiger and, Hoffman's girlfriend at the time, Oscar-winning composer Rachel Portman.

Last year Hoffman made "The Last Station," a film that received two Oscar nominations for Helen Mirren and

Christopher Plummer as Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor.

He said his inspiration for the film was his marriage.

Before his marriage, he read Jay Parini's book - which the movie is based on - but he didn't think much of it.

Twelve years into his marriage, he read it again.

"I immediately saw the movie I wanted to make," he said.

According to Hoffman, the themes of love spoke to him.

When he was writing the script he tried to make every scene about the dynamics of love or the "problem of love."

During high school and college Hoffman played basketball, but his true love is soccer.

"Something about soccer has just completely captured my imagination, I'm absolutely fascinated by it," he said. "I would get up at 5:45 a.m. every Saturday to watch the matches in real time."

Today, Hoffman has a strong interest in the refugee and homeless community in Boise.

He said he's always been interested in community service, but his interest in refugees started when his son set up a soccer camp for refugee children in Boise. Hoffman and actress Sally Field raised money to build the original Community House in Boise.

"I like seeing a need, involving myself and trying to fix that," he said.

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Steam leak causes Library evacuation

Andrew Ford News Editor

A leak from the steam tunnels outside Albertsons Library caused the building to be evacuated twice Monday afternoon.

"There was some small steam leakage -- just enough to set off the sensors," said Boise Police Officer Paul Grabe.

A call came in at 12:47 p.m. that the fire alarm had gone off and Boise Fire Department and Police Department responded.

The Library was evacuated

again after 2 p.m., but the second time, the fire department did not respond because police knew there was no fire, according to Grabe.

The steam tunnels had work completed on them this year, including new lines and expansion joints and some of the new connections are leaking.

The contractor that did the work, Lacy Mechanical, planned on coming in Tuesday morning to tighten the loose fittings, according to Lee Roetcisoender, HVAC (hearing, ventilation and airconditioning) specialist for

the university.

When firefighters arrived, they discovered the alarm was set off by a the malfunction and allowed everyone back into the library, said Lynn Hightower, communications director for the Boise Police Department.

"Anytime there is an alarm (that goes off in) a large structure like that, a lot of resources are sent because of potential for life safety," Hightower said.

Three fire engines, a ladder truck, a Medic Union and a battalion chief would typically attend a fire, in addition to campus police, she said.

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Monday afternoon students were evacuated twice from the Albertsons Library after a small steam leak caused a fire alarm to go off.

Homegrown radicals a changing terrorism threat

By Ken Dilanian McClatchy News

WASHINGTON - The rising threat from homegrown radicals makes terrorist plots against the U.S. harder to detect and more likely to succeed, top administration officials are slated to tell Congress on Wednesday.

In written testimony to be delivered before the Senate Homeland Security Committee, FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Michael E. Leiter, chief of the National Counterterrorism Center, each say terrorist threats have become more complex, with a greater array of plotters inspired by al-Qaida without necessarily being directly linked to the terrorist network.

"Homegrown terrorists represent a new and changing facet of the terrorist threat," Napolitano said in the testimony, obtained

in advance by the Tribune Washington Bureau. "The threat is evolving in several ways that make it more difficult for law enforcement or the intelligence community to detect and disrupt plots."

Citing the November shootings at Fort Hood in Texas, which left 13 dead, and the attempted Times Square bombing in May, among others, Leiter noted that there were more homegrown attacks or attempts in the last year than at any time since Sept. 11, 2001, when hijackers crashed airliners into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

"Homegrown extremists are increasingly more savvy, harder to detect, and able to connect with other extremists overseas," Mueller said.

"The Internet has expanded as a platform for spreading extremist propaganda, a tool for online recruiting, and a medium for social networking with like-minded violent

extremists, all of which may be contributing to the pronounced state of radicalization inside the United States."

The prepared statements were less clear on how the government intends to counter the domestic threat. A recent report by the Bipartisan Policy Center, the successor to the Sept. 11 commission, called it "fundamentally troubling ... that there remains no federal government agency or department specifically charged with identifying radicalization and interdicting the recruitment of U.S. citizens or residents for terrorism."

That is a major problem, said Sen. Joe Lieberman, the Connecticut independent who chairs the committee, and Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, the ranking Republican.

"We need to focus more deeply on the role of the Internet in violent Islamist extremism and reassess the ad-

equacy of the tools and legal authorities we have to detect online plotting and radicalization," Lieberman said.

The hurdles are both bureaucratic and legal. The government's counterterrorism apparatus consists mainly of law enforcement agencies that see their mission as investigating threats, crimes and conspiracies - not expressed radical ideas that amount to protected free speech.

Napolitano's testimony described new initiatives to encourage tips from the public, including an advertising campaign with the slogan, "See something, say something." Mueller touted the FBI's outreach to Muslim communities.

Napolitano noted that the Department of Homeland Security is working with an array of 72 state and regional "fusion centers," where state and local law enforcement officials with top-secret

clearance have access to high-level intelligence and analyze reports of suspicious activity generated by cops on the beat.

The Obama administration has thus far resisted any national program to combat radicalization similar to one undertaken in Britain, which is spending $200 million a year to "challenge the ideology behind violent extremism and support mainstream voices."

The administration has been criticized because it has avoided terms such as "Islamists" or "jihadists" to describe al-Qaida and related terrorist groups.

"It risks reinforcing the idea that the United States is somehow at war with Islam itself," Obama's counterterrorism advisor, John Brennan, said in an August speech.

Lieberman strongly disputed that argument, saying Muslims understand

the difference between their faith and "the terrorist political ideology that has exploited it."

The officials said the good news is that intelligence reports show that al-Qaida is weakened, pummeled by airstrikes from drones and other operations.

The CIA has carried out 15 aerial drone attacks in Pakistan this month and 69 this year, according to the Long War Journal, a blog that tallies the strikes from media reports. In comparison, there were 36 attacks in 2008.

Those operations, however, have not damped al-Qaida's ability to inspire disaffected Muslims, including Americans, the officials said.

Al-Qaida's ability to pull off spectacular attacks has diminished, the officials said.

But smaller attacks require fewer steps, Napolitano said, and "there are fewer opportunities to detect such an attack before it occurs."

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SEPTEMBER 23 , 2010

The Saucy Misadventures

The savvy girl’s

guide to: Dating Sherika Martinez Columnist

Dating can be deadly business. And for once, I’m not just being dramatic -- to put yourself out there emotionally and physically requires a degree of vulnerability and risktaking that would make even a Jersey Shore cast member think twice.

This was illustrated all too clearly by a good girlfriend of mine who, despite having an amazing rack and a lively personality, found herself with a razor blade contemplating carving her pain in her skin.

She had reached this emotionally volatile blast-off point because her boyfriend of one month informed her (not exaggerating) that she was his “plaything” and that he had been toying with her for the full duration of their relationship. It was shocking because he had appeared just as enthralled as she. Clearly, the dude had a doctorate in Douchology – heck, even I was left momentarily speechless when she told me his cutting words.

Cold-hearted dating cynic that I am, I was definitely taken aback by this guy’s apparent lack of a soul, but as I admonished my carve-happy compadre over sushi the other day, there are better ways for a beautiful, vivacious and wellendowed hottie like herself to get over such douchery. Emotional pain sucks and we all

have our way of dealing with it, but the best way to get over something is to laugh at it. And that was my goal when I posed to her with all seriousness the following two alternatives to dealing with the emotional fallout from Dr. Douchebag.

First, I told her heartbreak will always follow you through life because boys are dumb.

But a savvy girl has a secret weapon against heart hurts her sassy gay friend(s). Having an entire entourage of sassy gay friends myself, I can personally testify that I would’ve gone stark-raving mad by now if I didn’t have them, with their utter lack of sugar-coating, to accurately and artfully coach me through life with their onpoint romantic advice and sassy observations (“Did you see that shirt, honey? Nothing says ‘I live with my mom’ like that color combination!”).

Sassy gay friends not only help you through the hard times, but they also rebuild a single girl’s waning faith in the male gender.

The second great alternative, I informed her enthusiastically, would be masturbation.

Nothing says “over it” quite like the steady hum of your batter y-operated-boyfriend and multiple orgasms. And the best part is, pleasuring oneself doesn’t lead to any messy emotional attachments (you know you’ll always be there) nor do you have to worry about your hand cheating on you, talking back to you or leaving its dirty laundry all over the floor.

And that’s the trick to dating, I told my girlfriend as we giggled over my audacity. With a sassy gay friend and a finesse for fingering, you’ll find that you don’t need to date and when you don’t need to date because you’re happy on your own you’ll be less likely to engage in boy mind games.

Go to arbiteronline.com to read an article titled, "Do you have the new 'it' accessory." The article examines the controversy behind having a "sassy gay firend."

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Foursquare is the latest social networking site to hit the Web. In this day and age, there is a plethora of social networking sites to choose from -- Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Tumblr, etcetera. Each with so many different functions, and they all have something slightly different to offer.

However, some things the aforementioned social sites do not have: discounts, badges, and check-ins. Foursquare does have these things.

The application was created by Dennis Crowley and Naveen Selvadurai in New York City. Foursquare, launched in March 2009, is a location-based software that enables users to “check in” to locations using text messaging, a phone application or mobile Web. Users also have the option to leave tips, such as restaurant suggestions or movie recommendations. It isn’t just about announcing where you are; it’s about staying updated with the people and places around you.

“I think some of the motivations behind foursquare are kind of selfish. We build things primarily that make it easier for us to meet up with our friends,” Crowley said, in an interview with TechCocktail.com. “How do you take a Wednesday when you don’t have any plans, and suddenly you have something to do? How do you take a lousy party on Saturday night, and create software that surfaces up the next best thing to do?”

Not only does Foursquare give you alternative options on a slow night, but many venues also offer discounts when

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Foursquare isn’t just a social network -- it’s also a competition. you check in. Some local examples of companies include American Eagle, Pizza Hut and The Gap. Foursquare isn’t just a social network -- it’s also a competition. The more check-ins you have, the more points you accumulate. Plus, if you check in at a location multiple times, you become mayor of that venue; perhaps nothing to flaunt on your resume, but a large accomplishment as far as Foursquare is concerned.

Remember those elementary school days when you got a sticker for being good? Foursquare awards badges for checking into different venues. For example, if you hit up too many karaoke bars, you’ll earn the "Don’t Stop Believing" badge. Or, if you check in to too many venues with the tags "college" and "frat boys," you’ll be the proud new own-

er of an "Animal House" badge.

“Foursquare is an interesting community being that it's essentially built around the idea of one-upping your friends,” explained senior Albert Ma, a marketing major and Foursquare user.

“Badges and mayorship give you clear cut objectives for things you can achieve so that you can brag to your friends about how you've done more than them.”

Presently, Foursquare is making a bigger hit in large metropolitan areas, such as Chicago, Seattle and New York. However, with more than 3 million members as of August 2010, it shouldn’t be long until Foursquare spreads throughout Boise.

“It's a simple-to-use application," Ma said. "You go to some place, check in and you're done. Some people get into it, some people don't.”

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