I n d ep en d en t
Issue no.
S t u de nt
V o i c e
o f
B o is e
S tat e
Sin c e
1933
27
November 2011
Volume 24
w w w.arbiteronline.com
Boise, Idaho
17
First issue free
Top Stories
Hoop-stars
Women’s B-Ball out to a terrific start!
Attendance
Facial hair decorates smiles nationwide Alisha Graefe
Assistant Opinion Editor
Missing class shouldn’t affect students’ grade.
page
4
‘Tis the season
There’s an event that happens every November which either excites, disgusts or just leaves people puzzled. This event is known as No Shave November or Noshember. The annual event celebrates laziness during the middle of fall and the beginning of winter. The self-proclaimed Home of No Shave November, noshember.com, describes the event “where guys and girls
“
VEMBER
alike unite in the height of laziness, agreeing to not shave their beards or legs (respectively) for the entire month of November.” But there is a lesser-known event that coincides with No Shave November that also practices the art of not shaving. An entirely separate event, which started in 2004, is called Movember. This event is, in practice, the same thing as No Shave November but men who participate in this hair raising event raise money for prostate cancer awareness. Men who participate in Movember do not associate themselves with men who participate in No Shave November, or Noshember. “Mo Bros,” or men who raise awareness for prostate cancer, can register on movember.com.
“
6
page
NO
Go for it! I like them clean-cut, but if they’re doing it for a reason then go for it.
Find recipes for three yummy seasonal drinks.
page
3
Weather
Student club breaks world record, twice Stephanie Casanova Assistant News Editor
Today
Rain & Snow
52º high
—Candace Coolberth, junior criminal justice major
50%
chance of precipitation
Tomorrow
“It doesn’t feel that fast because you’re going straight for the most part and there’s nothing around. There’s no trees, there’s no other cars. So it’s hard to gauge how fast you’re going,” Dave Schenker said, reminiscing about being behind the wheel of a race truck at 155 mph. Student club Greenspeed ran their truck 139 mph Saturday in California breaking the world record for fastest vegetable oil fueled vehicle.
They then reset the record at 155 mph on Sunday. The team made their way to El Mirage Dry Lake, Calif. Friday evening to compete in the Southern California Timing Association Event (SCTA). The November race was their last chance this year to beat the record, previously set at 98 mph. Greenspeed, with the help of many sponsors and a lot of time and dedication, transformed a 1998 Chevy S-10 truck in two months, making it fit for high speeds and implementing the safety
Rain & Snow
38º high
40%
chance of precipitation
Saturday
Rain & Snow
34º high
30%
chance of precipitation
What’s Inside News Briefs
page
Local
page
Opinion
page
Sports
page
The Arbiter
2 3 4 6
In addition to giving up razors all of November, they also “find sponsors to donate money for prostate cancer research on their behalf,” according to an article by The Washington Post. Mo Bros participate in a shave party at the end of November to clean up their hairy look. No Shave November beardgrowers have a group on Facebook but don’t raise money for anything. The big question doesn’t involve whether men are a part No Shave November or Movember, but what do the ladies think about this hairy event? Candace Coolberth, junior criminal justice major, said she has no problem with guys participating in the event. “Go for it! I like them cleancut, but if they’re doing it for a reason then go for it,” she said. Graycee Volkmann, freshman physchology major, has a different opinion on the matter. “I think most of them can’t pull it off and it just looks ugly,” she said. “I don’t think people
CODY FINNEY/THE ARBITER
Dave Schenker prepares the Greenspeed truck for departure. The fastest speed the Greenspeed truck has reached is 140 MPH.
features required by SCTA. “It basically came down to stripping down the whole vehicle down to the frame, cab and the bed and that was our platform for a stock vehicle,” Patrick Johnston said. Greenspeed was the only team with a truck running on vegetable oil. All other participants ran on gasoline or alcohol. “They just don’t have vegetable oil as a fuel yet,” Schenker said. “They’re going to vote (this) Friday in their board meeting as to whether or not they’re going to allow vegetable oil as a fuel … and that’s because of our petition.” Though this weekend went smoothly for the team, they’ve had a few rough patches along the road. Their two previous attempts to obtain the record didn’t turn out as planned. The team made their way to the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah last September hoping to break the record, but two cracked cylinders kept them from reaching their goal. “So we came back and our sponsors were awesome and they helped us out by getting us a new engine in basically two weeks,” Schenker said. The team got the new engine in the truck and got the truck running and ready for the next time-trial event in Utah. Unfortunately, the weather the night before the event prevented the team from reaching their goal for the second time. “That night it poured rain on the Salt Flats, so they
See RECORD I page 3
CODY FINNEY/THE ARBITER
Glorious beards, like the one pictured above, are all over campus this Noshember. should participate; they need to shave more often.” Although facial hair goes in and out of style, No Shave November or Movember don’t seem likely to be going out of style whether the ladies enjoy it or not.
Where the heck does your tuition money go?
Some goes to Children’s Center Tasha Adams News Editor
Every semester students empty their savings, take out loans or sell their livers to pay for their education. Every year, like clockwork, students complain about how much school costs. But do they really understand where that money is going? Sure, they get a pretty piece of paper when they grad-
uate, but where does the rest of that money go? The 2011-12 schedule of fees shows how tuition is distributed. Tuition is broken into three main categories; general education fees, facility and technology fees and activity fees. The three categories total $2,783 for full-time resident students and $239 per credit hour for part-time
See TUITION AND THE CHILDREN’S CENTER I page 3
Nerves still get to accomplished music professor Kimberley O’Bryan Journalist
Professor of voice and opera theater, Lynn Berg, has performed hundreds of works of opera, oratorio and artsong in Europe and all over the United States. So, it’s hard to believe he still gets nervous. “Oh yes,” Berg said as he laughed and put his hands over his face. “I want to die before the door opens and I go out on stage. I say to myself, ‘Why do I put myself through this?’ ”
Lynn Berg He puts himself through it because he’s known he wanted to be a singer since he was a senior in high school. But growing up in a small
See NERVES STILL GET TO PROFESSOR I page 3 arbiteronline.com