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ATTEMPTED ROBBERY AT BOOKSTORE Cuts to TRiO reduce opportunities for disadvantaged students.
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Campus Canvas highlights the skills of Gene Chandler.
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Ryan Thorne Staff Writer
Boise State Bookstore staff were left dazed Friday afternoon when a man pulled a knife on an employee in an attempt to steal textbooks. Daniel C. Elwell, a 25-year-old transient was in the process of leaving the bookstore from the exit facing University Drive when he was confronted by two store employees. One staff member asked Elwell to produce a receipt for books in his possession after staff noticed he had failed to pay for the merchandise. According to Shannon Westergard, a bookstore employee and sophomore psychology student
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back and pulled a knife out and he showed her it, it was open,” Westergard said. By then, Elwell had relinquished the textbooks he was attempting to steal. Staff let him go to avoid injury. According to Westergard, Elwell had two duffle bags when he ran out the University Drive exit. “He took off, he started running, but he wasn’t running very fast with the two duffle bags,” Westergard said. Police quickly located and apprehended Elwell who is being charged with two felonies, Burglary and Aggravated Assault, according to the Boise Police Department news release. Elwell is being held in the Ada County Jail.
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who witnessed the event, Elwell then produced a receipt from a different business. “So he gave her a Taco Bell receipt, and she said, ‘This is not the receipt for the books’,”Westergard said. Elwell was then asked to produce the card he had used to purchase the books. “She was like, ‘Well what card did you pay with?’” said Westergard. Elwell gave the staff member a College of Western Idaho identification card and was informed that the bookstore only accepted genuine debit or credit cards. Staff called police and two members attempted to block Elwell from leaving the bookstore until police arrived. “At that point, he had reached
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A swan floated across the open waters, it’s snowy feathers reflecting on the crystal stillness. It lifted its wings and stretched toward the sky with a glimmer of something gold atop its head catching the last hint of light as the sun went down. In the next instant, a beautiful young girl stood in its place, and beneath the light from the stars, the cursed princess was allowed to take her true form. Swan Lake is one of the most famous ballets of all time. With its tragic story and its musical score composed by Tchaikovsky, the story of the white swan is told by many according to Peter Anastos, artistic director of the upcoming performance of Swan Lake by Ballet Idaho. But the version they’ll be portraying is also unique in its own way. “If someone wants to really engage Swan Lake you have to study the model (old Russian Imperial model), and see what it was like originally,” Anastos said. “Then what you do is you go in there and you make changes that you think are appropriate for the size your company (and) the strengths of your dancers.” Anastos' show, though based on the original ballet, will be more modern. It won't have the frequent parading around that was expected in the 19th century and will have a faster pace.
Though the ballet is titled after the princess, Anastos has tried to draw more attention to other characters as well, which will be another distinct addition to the rendition of the classic ballet. According to Anastos, most people focus on Odette, but he wants to tell the story of the lonely, indecisive prince too. “He has a sort of existential dilemma and he meets this swan, she turns into a woman at night, so he meets her by the lake, and it completely changes his life," Anastos said. "I think that’s a good part of the story, so we’ve kind of shaped his role a little bit stronger, so really there’s two hero’s and it’s not just one.” Anastos put together most of the dancing troupe himself five years ago, and is proud the dancers have photo courtesy ballet idaho what it takes to put on a The The Morrison Center will host three performances of Swan Lake this weekend. show consisting of all four acts of Swan Lake. Because constant honing and refining be seen. If you come to see the ballet is so difficult it has procedure.” Swan Lake you’ll see one of required a lot of hard work Even though the story the great masterpieces of the and commitment from the is tragic, Anastos said they 19th century.” dancers. He pointed out that look forward to attracting Tchaikovsky’s music will be anyone could dance the bal- all age groups and acquir- played in the pit by The Boise let, but to make it look beauti- ing a younger audience, Philharmonic, and the cosful dedicated ballerinas were because ballet isn't just a tumes the ballerina’s will wear needed to go through the high-class pastime. are originally from London tough refining process. “We’d like to get some and the Royal Opera House. FOR MORE “This ballet is really hard, younger people to come and “There really is kind of INFORMATION there’s lots of very hard work, see the ballet. It’s very easy a magic, a magical and ON SWAN LAKE lots of very hard dancing, to understand. There’s no wonderful kind of escape,” and you have to make it all language, it’s all just a show, Anastos said. VISIT THEM ONlook effortless,” Anastos said. (and) it’s all just movement. Swan Lake will be perLINE AT BALLET“Technically some of the So, we’re trying to get a formed by Ballet Idaho three IDAHO.ORG/FEAsteps are very hard, you’ve younger audience to come different times between TURE/SWANLAKE. always got to lengthen your see us, because these are great April 12 and April 13 at the legs, lengthen your line. It’s a works of art that really should Morrison Center.
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